Sunday, May 2, 2004

Canibal Abortionist

You'll wait long and hard to hear this reported on any news network...even from the so-called fair and balanced news network.



From Wichita Eagle | Top of the news:



"State Attorney General Phill Kline presented materials to legislators Thursday alleging that a Kansas City, Kan., abortion provider operated a dangerously substandard medical facility and even ate fetal tissue.



The allegations about the facilities came during a presentation to the House Committee on Federal and State Affairs.

'It's a place where no woman, no person, should have to undergo a surgical procedure,' Kline said.



The allegation that the physician ate fetal tissue was included in written materials that Kline presented to the committee. The report came from a Kansas City police officer; the name of the witness he interviewed was blacked out in documents provided to legislators.



The report, prepared for Kline after officers conducted an investigation of an unrelated theft complaint at the clinic, said officers observed 'filthy' conditions in some parts of the facility and blood stains on the floor."

De-Coding DaVinci a Bestseller!

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Good Quote on Unity

From Mother Raphaela's book Growing in Christ:



"But as long as we insist on calling the parish we attend 'Our Church,' it will remain just that. We will be divided. Only God’s Church, the Church of Christ, is One."

Dr. Rick Fitzgibbons Suggests Programs for Priests

Interesting interview on Zenit. He has interesting views on the whole area of homosexuality, and his claim of diocese hiriing mental health professionals who don't agree with Church teaching is right on the mark.



From Zenit News Agency - The World Seen From Rome:



"Two different recent studies have found that the answers to a small number of questions about childhood and adolescent experiences, which relate to the development of a positive masculine identity, included within a larger questionnaire, allowed the clinical interviewer to conclude, with 90% accuracy, whether the subject has homosexual attractions.



When the evaluation reveals probable same-sex attractions, the candidate is not automatically excluded from consideration. If he is willing to do the hard work required to come to overcome his emotional pain of male insecurity, sadness and anger, his same-sex attractions could be resolved.



After he no longer identifies himself as a homosexual, he could reapply. The Church should not take the moral risk of allowing someone who identifies himself as a homosexual to enter the seminary.



Also, it is essential that mental health professionals involved in any way with the evaluation of candidates for seminary or with treating seminarians or priests, as well as the faculty at the seminaries, support the teaching of the Church on sexuality, particularly on homosexuality.



In our experience, there are some dioceses and religious communities that rely upon the work of mental health professionals who actively disagree with the Church's sexual morality. Given the specialized nature of evaluating candidates for seminaries we recommend that the psychologists and psychiatrists who engage in this important work be required to participate in ongoing educational programs given by those loyal to the Church's teaching on sexual morality."

Saturday, May 1, 2004

Galante Says No Communion for N.J. Governor

He's in a marriage that the church does not recognize among other contradictions of the faith...



From N.J. Bishop: No Communion for Governor | theledger.com:



"The Most Rev. Joseph Galante said Thursday that he was taking the stance primarily because the Democratic governor remarried without receiving a church annulment.



Galante also cited McGreevey's support of abortion rights, stem cell research and other positions that contradict church views.



Galante, who was installed Friday during a Mass at St. Agnes Church in Blackwood, said he felt duty-bound to take a hard-line stance on the issue. He said the public becomes confused about church teachings when bishops fail to challenge Catholic politicians on their voting records."

Not Salem, but London, Ontario

I've posted a teaser but go to The Globe and read the whole story.



From The Globe and Mail:



"The scene was something from a bygone age. The accused, a soft-spoken, unmarried woman of 34, wore a long, blue dress from neck to ankle. She sat in the 'prisoner's box,' an elevated pew in the centre of the splendid 19th-century courtroom. The room was filled with people in Amish dress -- men with broad-brimmed hats, women in homemade cotton, little boys with hair cut in the shape of inverted bowls. Except for the closed-circuit camera, it could have been the century before last. Or maybe Salem. "

Notre Dame Names New President

Will assume position June of 2005.



From Yahoo! News - Notre Dame names new president:



"Quickly and without much fanfare, a 50-year-old priest emerged from the administrative ranks Friday to be named the next president of one of the nation's most prestigious universities.



University of Notre Dame trustees named the Rev. John I. Jenkins -- a philosopher, top administrator and former trustee -- as the third president of the national Catholic institution in the past half-century. "