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Faith & Values in the News

Catholic priest found slain in California church rectory

Beloved Catholic priest found slain in California church rectory

This is a terribly sad business.

Supreme Court halts contraception mandate for religious groups

The Court had to intervene because additional promises from the administration have failed to find any sufficient realization. Religious Liberty is still very much threatened.

Philadelphia Priest’s ‘Historic’ Conviction Overturned

Protect children, YES! Witch hunts, NO!

ADW Response to U.S. District Court’s Decision in Archbishop of Washington et al. v. Kathleen Sebelius

The religious liberty fight for the Archdiocese of Washington continues!

Teacher fired over Playboy photos

It would be one thing if the woman had put the pornographic modeling career behind her, but her webpage was still up and we are told that immediately after being fired from teaching she went back to modeling. I suspect the whole business was a publicity stunt… which apparently has worked. Unlike religious schools, can public or magnet programs either claim or enforce morality clauses? Where is the bar of tolerance today? How is it that youngsters were aware of her background, anyway?

Family may move brain-dead girl to new facility to keep her on life support

A child has an operation that is regarded as routine and she has tragic complications. It is a very sad story and now there is a crucial moral impasse that has to be endured.

Vatican: No Change for Divorced, Remarried Catholics

It is noted that the Eastern practice of tolerance for penitential second marriages cannot be reconciled with our Lord’s words in Matthew and that it represents a real obstacle to ecumenism and reunion with the Orthodox churches.

CDF prefect says SSPX in schism, suspended from sacraments

Suspension from the sacraments is the tragic part. That means they have no lawful faculties. Priests need faculties and delegation to baptize, to witness weddings, to hear confessions, even to offer the Mass.

‘Duck Dynasty’ star Phil Robertson suspended by A&E

Louisiana governor defends ‘Duck Dynasty’ star

Bowing to Pressure, A&E Revokes Suspension of ‘Duck Dynasty’ Star

I guess St. Paul would be banned from A&E, too: 1 Corinthians 6:9-10; Romans 1:26-27; and 1 Timothy 1:8-11.

Obama health care promise named ‘Lie of the Year’

No need for much commentary.

Pope Francis is the Catholic Church’s Obama – God help us

FOX’s reviewer of video games makes an editorial slam against the Pope? Did someone just wake up to the fact that Catholicism is not a pawn of the Republican party? Shaw protests too much. The Pope does not do things simply to be liked or for political gain. He wants to save souls. The Church’s values will not be compromised. However, the love of Christ will always render a preferential option for the poor. The proclamation of the Gospel is given its efficacy, not by a callous dogmatism, but by a disposition of charity and humble submission to the Holy Spirit in imitation of Christ’s mercy, compassion and healing.