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Nun approved abortion at Catholic hospital
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jmcgee
The circumstances were extraordinary — and the decision, I’m sure, was not easy to make. But the result has sparked a growing controversy in Arizona, where even the bishop has now intervened. From the Arizona Republic: A Catholic nun and longtime administrator of St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center in Phoenix was reassigned in the…
Catholic college offers course on same-sex marriage
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jmcgee
And the archbishop isn’t happy about it: Newark Archbishop John J. Myers said a course on same-sex marriage to be offered in the fall at Seton Hall University “troubles me greatly.” “This proposed course seeks to promote as legitimate a train of thought that is contrary to what the church teaches. As a result, the…
The last holdout
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jmcgee
Only one diocese in America declines to take part in the USCCB’s annual audit on compliance with the so-called “Dallas Charter”, which was created in the wake of the 2002 sex abuse crisis. And this week, opposing sides staged two small protests over that decision. From the Lincoln Journal Star in Nebraska: Forty-four Catholics gathered…
The astonishing memo that helped change the church
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jmcgee
It was addressed to “Wilton” — then-Bishop Wilton Gregory, President of the USCCB — in early 2002 and was written by his chancellor. It is only now seeing the light of day. First, the story behind it, from the St. Louis Beacon: From November 2001, when Bishop Wilton Gregory was elected president of the U.S.…
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