Read more Catholic stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/13251/catholic.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 12:57:21 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74569/ri-bishop-disses-kennedy-over-pro-choice-stance.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagHealth care reform, the cause of his father's life, has made Rep. Patrick Kennedy persona non grata in his Rhode Island parish—thanks to the furor over publicly funded abortion. As the debate rages, Bishop Thomas Tobin has told the only public servant remaining in America's most famous Catholic family...http://www.newser.com/story/74569/ri-bishop-disses-kennedy-over-pro-choice-stance.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 22 Nov 2009 8:23:13 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73269/maine-shoots-down-same-sex-marriage.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMaine voters yesterday shot down a state law allowing same-sex marriage after an emotionally charged campaign that drew hordes to the polls. The vote was another indication of a list to the right election night. “It has all come together and the institution of marriage has been preserved," said Frank...http://www.newser.com/story/73269/maine-shoots-down-same-sex-marriage.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 04 Nov 2009 4:45:00 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/72903/catholics-rip-larry-for-whizzing-on-jesus.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe US Catholic League has complained about an episode of Curb Your Enthusiasm that shows Larry David accidentally urinating on a painting of Jesus hanging in a bathroom. Other characters then think the painting is miraculously crying. "Was Larry David always this crude?" asked angry league president Bill Donahue. "Would...http://www.newser.com/story/72903/catholics-rip-larry-for-whizzing-on-jesus.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 30 Oct 2009 4:05:12 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/68606/editor-ripped-by-belusconi-bro-for-gay-affair-loses-job.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAn editor of a Catholic newspaper criticized for a gay affair in a publication owned by the brother of Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi is out of a job, reports the New York Times . He resigned just days after he slammed the randy head of state in an editorial for...http://www.newser.com/story/68606/editor-ripped-by-belusconi-bro-for-gay-affair-loses-job.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 04 Sep 2009 2:23:31 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/68136/kennedy-to-pope-pray-for-me.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagIn the months before he died, Ted Kennedy penned a letter to Pope Benedict beseeching the pontiff's prayers—and enlisted no less a messenger than the leader of the free world to deliver it, reports CNN. “I am writing with deep humility to ask that you pray for me as...http://www.newser.com/story/68136/kennedy-to-pope-pray-for-me.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 30 Aug 2009 10:00:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/67068/us-nuns-dodge-specter-of-sex-abuse.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagLast week the largest group of American nuns held its annual meeting, and once again they refused to let survivors of sexual abuse in Catholic schools attend. When even the bishops have acknowledged the depth and seriousness of abuse within the Church, it's strange for the nuns to bury their...http://www.newser.com/story/67068/us-nuns-dodge-specter-of-sex-abuse.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 17 Aug 2009 9:11:38 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/67047/why-gingrich-became-catholic.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagNewt Gingrich shrugged off religious issues while in office, and was recently seen reading a novel before Mass—so why his sudden conversion to Catholicism? Some analysts say he converted this spring to position himself for the Republican nomination in 2012. Joining other high-profile conservatives on the road to Rome,...http://www.newser.com/story/67047/why-gingrich-became-catholic.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 16 Aug 2009 17:20:01 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/64356/shes-catholic-too-you-know.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSonia Sotomayor would be the sixth Catholic on the Supreme Court, but that’s getting relatively little attention because of a political double-standard, writes William McGurn of the Wall Street Journal . When Samuel Alito was the nominee du jour, Democrats worried that he’d be the fifth Catholic. But they’re not worried...http://www.newser.com/story/64356/shes-catholic-too-you-know.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 14 Jul 2009 11:02:42 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/64108/obama-brings-pope-letter-from-ailing-kennedy.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagPresident Obama delivered a letter from Ted Kennedy to Pope Benedict XVI at the Vatican today, CNN reports. Obama met with the pontiff for about a half hour before leaving Rome for Ghana. The contents of Kennedy’s letter were personal, an Obama aide said, and “not known to anyone I...http://www.newser.com/story/64108/obama-brings-pope-letter-from-ailing-kennedy.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 10 Jul 2009 17:03:18 CDT