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Catholic politicians who attack Church should remember God’s judgment

Bishop Jenky

Politicians who consider themselves Catholic but collaborate in “the assault against their faith” should remember they will one day have to give account for their acts before God, Bishop Daniel Jenky of Peoria, Illinois said Feb 10.

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Catholic Resistance Must be the Response to the Unjust HHS Edict to Violate Conscience

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On Sunday, Catholics around the Nation heard from the ambo – or read in their parish bulletins- individual statements and letters from numerous US Bishops calling them to rise up in prayer, fasting, Catholic Action and resistance. This was triggered by what they called in a group letter an unjust edict issued by Kathleen Sebelius, the Secretary of Health and Human Services. It demanded that Catholic hospitals and institutions dispense contraceptives (some of which are abortifacients) and offer sterilization under the so called “Affordable Care Act”.

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Pope’s Christmas message expresses hope for peace in the Holy Land

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Vatican City, Dec 25, 2011 / 03:41 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- Pope Benedict XVI’s Christmas message called on believers to “turn to the child of Bethlehem, the son of the Virgin Mary,” to ask for peace in “the land where he chose to come into the world.” In his address delivered…

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Pope says Christianity trumps secularism in building good societies

Pope Benedict XVI

Vatican City, Dec 18, 2011 / 03:18 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- Pope Benedict XVI told the bishops of New Zealand and the South Pacific on Dec. 17 that the Christian faith provides the best foundation for society, and that promoting the New Evangelization is the best way to build a Christian…

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Swiss Guards celebrate 505 years of history

Swiss Guards

Vatican City, Jan 23, 2011 / 01:54 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- On Jan. 22 at the Vatican, the Swiss Guard commemorated more than five centuries of being the Pope’s sworn protectors. Corporal Urs Breitenmoser of the Swiss Guard called the celebration a “historic moment of maximum importance for us” in remarks…

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