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Fired priest may have been protecting seal of confession
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jmcgee
Last month, I posted the story of a priest suing his bishop, after being falsely accused and fired. Now, there’s another twist in the story: The dramatic case of the monk who filed a defamation suit against St. Vincent College for removing him from ministry after pornography was discovered on his computer has an even…
In-vitro pioneer wins Nobel
By
jmcgee
This news won’t fill the Vatican with joy: Robert Edwards of Britain won the 2010 Nobel Prize in medicine on Monday for developing in-vitro fertilization, a controversial breakthrough that ignited sharp criticism from religious leaders but helped millions of infertile couples in the last three decades have children. Edwards, an 85-year-old professor emeritus at the…
In Philippines, bishops threaten “civil disobedience” over birth control
By
jmcgee
The war of words over contraception is heating up — and in a way that might surprise Catholics in the western world. Could you imagine a threat like this being issued by bishops in the United States? The latest: Raising the ante against the use of contraceptives Roman Catholic bishops yesterday warned of “civil disobedience”…
Seeing Red: annual mass celebrated in Washington
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jmcgee
Before the First Monday in October, there’s the First Sunday, and what has become a long-running tradition in the nation’s capital. From the Washington Post: On the eve of a Supreme Court session that will feature six Catholic justices for only the second year in its history, five members of the court joined Vice President…
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