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Catholic Online In an effort to save his administration from collapsing under the weight of the controversy caused by the oppressive Health and Human Services (HHS) edict requiring Catholics to violate their conscience, President Obama announced a “compromise”. Unfortunately, the compromise is a thinly veiled smoke and mirrors act of political theater.  Perhaps hoping to [...]

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By Keith A. Fournier Catholic Online (www.catholic.org) Obama 2012 has been launched. Should Catholics Support Him? The answer should be a resounding No! I write as a private citizen who is a Catholic. I write because I am deeply concerned about the state of the Nation I love. I write because I believe this is [...]

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by Deacon Keith Fournier Catholic Online On Friday December 10, 2010, an article written by Tom Blackwell appeared in Canada’s “National Post” entitled “When is Twins Too Many?” The article told the story of a couple who are part of a growing trend in Western culture: “Like so many other couples these days, the Toronto-area [...]

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With regard to the embryo in the womb, science itself highlights its autonomy capable of interaction with the mother, the coordination of biological processes, the continuity of development, the growing complexity of the organism. This is not an accumulation of biological material, but a new living being, dynamic and wonderfully ordered, a new unique human [...]

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My reflection at the time. Deacon Fournier today.

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STUPAK: “The Pope and the Catholic faith does not control Catholic legislators. We must vote reflective of our districts and our beliefs.” For the record, that (and his vote) is not my idea of faithful Catholicism or heroism. More Stupak here: http://www.ccgaction.org/node/787 and here: http://www.washingtontimes.com/weblogs/watercooler/2010/mar/24/stupak-pope-doesnt-control-catholic-lawmakers/ I beg everyone to cease making excuses for people who [...]

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Speaker Pelosi’s Bishop Corrects Her Once Again. Call to Catholic Action. By Deacon Keith Fournier Catholic Online [The social ordering principles contained within Catholic Social teaching of the Church are not simply “private” religious matters. They are profoundly public. They outline the parameters of civilized behaviour. They help to explain what is good about the [...]

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Bishop Tobin to Congressman Patrick Kennedy: ‘What does it mean to be a Catholic?’ by Deacon Keith Fournier Catholic Online Among those Catholics in public life who openly defy the clear teaching of the Catholic Church concerning the inviolable dignity of every human life from conception to natural death is Representative Patrick Kennedy. The son [...]

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by Randy Sly  Catholic Online 9/4/2009 The Gabriel Project continues to mobilize parishes around the Nation to assist mothers during pregnancy.   “You’ve got a friend!” is more than a song, it is a ministry. Women, who are pregnant and in need of help, are getting that message in many places across the U.S. thanks to [...]

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by Deacon Keith Fournier Catholic Online On June 29, 2009 Pope Benedict XVI told the faithful, “The publication of my third encyclical is now near, which has the title Caritas in Veritate. Taking up the social themes contained in Populorum Progressio, written by the Servant of God Paul VI in 1967, this document — which is dated [...]

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