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Protecting the Faith

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Life and the Eucharist are under attack. I think devotion to the latter would help
the former.

New
Ad Campaign Questions Cardinal’s Coddling of Pro-Abortion Catholic Politicians
Thu May 6,10:16 AM ET

To: National Desk
Contact: Joseph R. Giganti of the American Life League, 703-928-9695 or jgiganti@all.org;
Web: http://www.all.org

“WASHINGTON, May 6 /U.S. Newswire/ — Today, American Life League’s Crusade for the
Defense of our Catholic Church launched the first in a new multi-ad campaign that
will engage members of the Catholic Church’s hierarchy who have said they will not
take steps to ensure that pro-abortion Catholic politicians are barred from receiving
Holy Communion. The first ad comes in response to Cardinal Theodore McCarrick’s
recent disclosure that despite clear indications from the Vatican that pro-abortion Catholic politicians should be denied Communion, he had ‘not
gotten to the stage where I’m comfortable in denying the Eucharist.'”

Abortion Critic’s Ads Target Cardinal

Fri May 7, 1:18 PM ET
By RICHARD N. OSTLING, AP Religion Writer

“American Life League, an outspoken opponent of abortion, has started an advertising
campaign targeting Cardinal Theodore McCarrick over his reluctance to deny Communion
to Roman Catholic politicians who support abortion rights.”

“A
Time for Honesty”
A Pastoral Statement by The Most Reverend John J. Myers,
Archbishop of Newark
May 5, 2004

“Our times demand honesty. It is possible to value sincerely one�s Catholic heritage
and to revere one�s Catholic forebears and yet not to have Catholic faith.”

Kerry-Communion
debate reaches Australia

“Melbourne, May. 03 (CWNews.com) – An Australian prelate has said that ‘public
and notorious’ opposition to Church teachings would be grounds for denying
the Eucharist.”

Not in My Backyard

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Bishop Wuerl had better do something about this.

Kerry Takes Communion on Mother’s Day
May 9, 4:59 PM (ET)
By MIKE GLOVER

"PITTSBURGH (AP) – Democrat John Kerry attended Mother’s Day Mass on Sunday and took communion although some Roman Catholic leaders say he should not receive it because his abortion-rights stance violates church teachings."

Backup Babies

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Does this mean a non-match would be aborted?

Lab Created 5 Babies for Stem Cells
Associated Press
Wednesday, May 5, 2004; Page A02

"CHICAGO, May 4 — In a practice that troubles some ethicists, a Chicago laboratory helped create five healthy babies to be stem-cell donors for siblings ill with leukemia or a rare anemia."

Real Choice

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A cliched phrase keeps coming back to haunt me: “It’s better to be safe than
sorry.” I can’t help but wonder why it doesn’t seem to apply to the abortion
debate. Roe v. Wade decision said that the government can’t say when life begins.
It doesn’t say a fetus is or isn’t a person. It seems to me (and this idea was the
main reason I stopped being pro-choice) that if we can’t be certain, we ought not
kill it. Why don’t people wish to err for life rather than death? If an action has
an unknowable outcome that kills (and let there be no doubt about that part) either
something or someone, shouldn’t that action only be taken in the most
dire of circumstances, lest a person be killed unjustly?

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Katholic Politicians

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Why Communion Could Be Denied
to Anti-Life Legislators
Interview With an American Theologian in Rome

“ROME, APRIL 26, 2004 (Zenit.org).- Moves by the Church to deny Holy Communion
to staunchly pro-abortion Catholic politicians are growing.”

What
Vatican II did, and didn’t, teach about conscience
Elections and voting booths are never `faith-free’ zones

“Vatican II must be the most widely praised and rarely followed council in
Catholic history -at least when it comes to candidates and voters.

Catholics who appeal to the “spirit of Vatican II” and claim to be following
their consciences when they ignore Catholic teaching on issues of vital public importance
would be wise to revisit what the council actually said.”

Analysis:
Kerry and Catholicism
By Uwe Siemon-Netto, UPI Religion Correspondent

“Washington, DC, Apr. 19 (UPI) — There are between 25 and 30 million Catholic
voters in the United States, most of whom favored the Democrats. But today about
40 percent are independents. And they make up a big chunk in swing states such as
Florida, Michigan, Missouri, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin — states the
presumptive Democrat candidate John Kerry must win if he wants to make it to the
White House.”

For
Catholic Politicians, a Hard Line
By Charlotte Allen
Sunday, April 11, 2004; Page B01

“Today, Easter Sunday, tens of millions of American Catholics will crowd into
churches to attend Mass and receive Holy Communion in honor of Christianity’s most
sacred feast day, the celebration of the resurrection of Jesus Christ. Among those
standing in the Communion line may be Massachusetts Sen. John F. Kerry, the likely
Democratic nominee for president.”

Canon
Law and Catholic In Name Only

“A debate is brewing around St. Blog over the appropriateness of refering to
pro-abort ‘Catholic’ politicians as Catholic In Name Only (CINO). Initially,
I intended to stay clear of this controversy since I’m personally not fond of the
CINO label. This has nothing to do with canon law and everything to do with taste
— I prefer the much more inflamatory (and I would argue accurate) designation of
Demoncrat.”

Catholic(?) Kerry
Watch

“Chronicling Democratic presidential frontrunner John Kerry’s desperate attempts
to maintain his status as ‘a Catholic in good standing’ while publicly
flouting the moral teachings of the Catholic Church.”