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Catholic Relief Services Update on Haiti Situation

by Catholic Relief Services January 18, 2010

We wanted to update you on the situation in Haiti and how Catholic Relief Services is responding. Almost immediately following the earthquake, CRS began delivering lifesaving supplies, including food and water, to desperate survivors. The supplies were already in place…

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Time to Close Office of Faith-based Programs

by Catholic League January 18, 2010

Catholic League president Bill Donohue explains why it is time for the Obama administration to shut down the Office of Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships:
The goal of the faith-based initiative launched by President George W. Bush was to put an…

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Rocky Mountain Christian Church to Receive $1.25 Million in Attorneys’ Fees

by The Becket Fund January 16, 2010

On Monday, a federal judge ordered Boulder County to pay more than $1.25 million in attorneys’ fees to Rocky Mountain Christian Church.  This was a follow up to the 2008 decision, in which a jury found that Boulder County violated…

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Haitian Suffering and American Compassion

by Ray Nothstine January 16, 2010

The devastation in Haiti is heartbreaking. For most of us, it is far too easy to be distracted from the tremendous need right now in Haiti because of our own daily circumstances. In many ways I reacted similarly to Jordan…

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Aid from Catholic Relief Services Reaching Hatians

by Catholic Relief Services January 16, 2010

Lifesaving supplies from Catholic Relief Services (CRS) are reaching desperate survivors in quake-shattered Port-au-Prince, Haiti. CRS is distributing food and water from its warehouses in the Haitian capital and the city of Les Cayes. Additional aid is on its way…

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Celebrity Cruises Stiffs Catholics

by Catholic League January 15, 2010

Ten days before Christmas, we learned that Celebrity Cruises had just announced that beginning in 2010, it would no longer have priests on board to celebrate daily and Sunday Masses. We immediately followed up by questioning the cruise line about…

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Christians in India Plan to Save Shrine

by ACN-USA News January 15, 2010

A plan to save a chapel to St. Antony in India, which was severely damaged by religious extremists, has received a boost from an international Catholic charity.
The chapel of St. Anthony, on the island of Rameswaram in Tamil Nadu…

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Catholic Relief Services Rushing Aid to Haiti’s Quake Survivors

by Catholic Relief Services January 14, 2010

Catholic Relief Services is readying food and other aid to help families affected by a powerful earthquake that struck Haiti on January 12. CRS has committed an initial $5 million (US) to help survivors of the devastating quake.
“This is…

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The Media’s Democrat Dialect

by L. Brent Bozell January 14, 2010

Mark Halperin and John Heilemann are laughing all the way to the bank at the mess Harry Reid is facing. The hottest backstage tidbit of their new campaign chronicle “Game Change” is that Reid praised Barack Obama’s political appeal as…

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Bob Shrum Throws Mud at Bishops

by Catholic League January 13, 2010

Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on an article posted today on TheWeek.com by Democratic consultant Bob Shrum:
Shrum begins his article with a broadside against Democrat Bart Stupak, the congressman whose amendment in the House version of the health…

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