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NEWSLINK: “President Trump restores pro-life Mexico City Policy” – CNA

January 23, 2017 Catholic News Wire - Faith Central - Steve Welsh Abortion, Catholic, Catholic News, Donald Trump, Headlines, News Links, Politics, Public Policy, Respect Life

“On Monday, President Donald Trump reinstated the Mexico City Policy, an international pro-life regulation …. The executive order was signed January 23, one day after the anniversary of the far-reaching Roe v. Wade decision …. Originally instituted by President Ronald Reagan in 1984, the Mexico City Policy states that foreign non-governmental organizations may not receive federal funding if they perform or promote abortion[] as a method of family planning. …”

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NEWSLINK: “US. abortion rate keeps declining – but what’s behind it?” – CNA

January 22, 2017 Catholic News Wire - Faith Central - Steve Welsh Abortion, Catholic, Catholic News, Headlines, Human Rights, News Links, Politics, Respect Life

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“… Pro-life leaders have welcomed the overall finding of a smaller #abortion rate, although they raised some questions about the accuracy of the report. …”

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NEWSLINK: “Kickbacks for suing the Church? Lawsuit claims major misbehavior at SNAP” – CNA

January 20, 2017 Catholic News Wire - Faith Central - Steve Welsh Catholic, Catholic News, Headlines, Law, Litigation

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“A former employee of the controversial Survivors’ Network of those Abused by Priests has filed a lawsuit claiming wrongful termination for challenging the organization’s misbehavior, including alleged kickbacks from attorneys who were suing the Church on behalf of sexual abuse victims. In the lawsuit, Gretchen Rachel Hammond, a past development director of SNAP, claimed to have been fired after coming to learn ‘SNAP does not focus on protecting or helping survivors – it exploits them.’ …”

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NEWSLINK: “NO #abortion extremist #PaulEhrlich at the #Vatican”

January 20, 2017 Catholic News Wire - Faith Central - Steve Welsh Abortion, Catholic, Catholic News, Human Rights, Newswatch, Respect Life

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“The Vatican has invited Dr. Paul Ehrlich, the undisputed father of the modern, pro-abortion population control movement to present a paper at an upcoming Vatican-run conference. … The Stanford biologist champions sex-selective abortion as well as mass forced sterilization as legitimate methods to curb population growth. Ehrlich has also openly defended forced abortion for population control, writing that ‘compulsory population-control laws, even including laws requiring compulsory abortion, could be sustained under the existing Constitution if the population crisis became sufficiently severe to endanger the society.’ …”

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NEWSLINK: “Fighting the Homoheresy” – Church Militant

January 20, 2017 Catholic News Wire - Faith Central - Steve Welsh Catholic, Catholic News, News Links

“… Fr. Oko continued the theme, citing shocking numbers: As many as 10 percent of the clergy worldwide are homosexual, according to his estimate, going up to a stunning 50 percent in Rome.
In spite of claims that the sex abuse scandals and homosexual infiltration are largely a thing of the past, Fr. Oko’s commentary reveals this remains a grave problem that afflicts the Church — largely perpetuated by the fact that few in the Church are willing to admit the problem exists ….”

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NEWSLINK: “Cardinal Dolan has one minute to read from Bible at Trump inauguration” – CNS/Catholic Philly

January 15, 2017 Catholic News Wire - Faith Central - Steve Welsh Bible, Book of Wisdom, Catholic News, Donald Trump, Politics, Public Policy

“… In the prayer, #Solomon acknowledges that #God made humankind ‘to govern the world in holiness and righteousness and to render judgment in integrity of heart.’ The king continues by asking God for wisdom, ‘the consort at your throne, and do not reject me from among your children.’ Solomon also pleads with God to send wisdom ‘that she may be with me and work with me, that I may know what is pleasing to you.’ He asks that his ‘deeds will be acceptable and I will judge your people justly and be worthy of my father’s throne.’ …”

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NEWSLINK: “Siblings arrested in cyberattack that compromised Vatican computers” – CNA

January 15, 2017 Catholic News Wire - Faith Central - Steve Welsh Catholic News, Headlines, News Links, Vatican

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“… The attack reportedly hacked as many as 18,000 accounts, including computers used by Cardinal Gianfranco Ravasi at the Pontifical Council for Culture, computers at a #Vatican guest house regularly used by prelates visiting Rome, and thousands of e-mail messages.

Vatican officials have not yet commented on the attack, and it is yet unknown to what extent sensitive Vatican information may have been compromised. …”

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FAITHLINK National Catholic Register: “Cuban Priest: ‘Kill Me, Jail Me, But We Won’t Suspend Holy Mass'”

December 4, 2016 Catholic News Wire - Faith Central - Steve Welsh Catholic, Catholic Faith, Catholic Mass, Catholic News, Faith Links, Headlines

“A pastor in Cuba has stood firm against the Cuban government, refusing to suspend Masses during the nation’s nine-day period of mourning for Cuban despot Fidel Castro, who died November 25. …”