CatholicMaine

Lent: A Time for Prayer, Fasting and Good Works

CatholicMaine — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 14:33:53 +0000

In the Roman Rite, the beginning of the forty days of penance is marked with the austere symbol of ashes which are used in the Liturgy of Ash Wednesday. The use of ashes is a survival from an ancient rite according to which converted sinners submitted themselves to canonical penance. The act of putting on ashes symbolizes fragility and mortality, and the need to be redeemed by [...]

Message of Benedict XVI for Lent 2012

CatholicMaine — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 14:03:42 +0000

"Being concerned for each other" also entails being concerned for their spiritual well-being. Here I would like to mention an aspect of the Christian life, which I believe has been quite forgotten: fraternal correction in view of [...]

Bishop Lori Testifies in Defense of Religious Freedom

CatholicMaine — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 21:58:17 +0000

"The question before the United States government — right now — is whether the story of our own church institutions that serve the public, and that are threatened by the HHS mandate, will end happily too. Will our nation continue to be one committed to religious liberty and diversity? We urge, in the strongest possible terms, that the answer must be: Yes.

Choose Life License Plate: Travelling Billboards for Life

CatholicMaine — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 21:48:06 +0000

Choose Life Maine, Inc. in accordance with the Maine Bureau of Motor Vehicles, has initiated the process to make a specialty pro-life license plate available to the people of Maine. Currently, there are 25 states that have specialty Life License Plates. Choose Life Maine needs your help to make Maine the next state to offer a [...]

40 Days for Life Kickoff Rally

CatholicMaine — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 21:40:04 +0000

The 40 Days for Life kick off rally will be held on Saturday, Feb. 18 at 1 pm in front of Family Planning Association's abortion facility, 43 Gabriel Drive, Augusta, Maine. Penny Morrell, the Director of Concerned Women of America of Maine, will speak as the pro-life community prepares to pray and fast for an end [...]

Bishops Reject Obama “Compromise”

CatholicMaine — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 14:11:09 +0000

We just received information about this proposal for the first time this morning; we were not consulted in advance. Some information we have is in writing and some is oral. We will, of course, continue to press for the greatest conscience protection we can [...]

We Are Not Second-Class Citizens

CatholicMaine — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 13:19:52 +0000

The ball is now in the Obama administration's court. It is clear that they have a crisis on their hands … a crisis that literally has most of the American Catholic Church in an uproar.

The Wisdom of Christ’s Vicar: Humanae vitae

CatholicMaine — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 13:05:42 +0000

Who will blame a government which in its attempt to resolve the problems affecting an entire country resorts to the same measures as are regarded as lawful by married people in the solution of a particular family difficulty? Who will prevent public authorities from favoring those contraceptive methods which they consider more effective? Should they regard this as necessary, they may even impose their use on everyone.

EWTN Files Lawsuit

CatholicMaine — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 21:55:00 +0000

EWTN Global Catholic Network filed a lawsuit February 9 in U.S. District Court in Birmingham, Alabama against the Department of Health & Human Services, HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, and other government agencies seeking to stop the imposition of the contraception mandate as well as asking the court for a declaratory judgment [...]

Prop. 8 Ruled Unconstitutional

CatholicMaine — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 19:16:10 +0000

The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that California’s Proposition 8 unconstitutionally defined marriage as a union between a man and a woman, clearing the way for a possible U.S. Supreme Court hearing on “gay marriage.” Proposition 8 “served no purpose, and had no effect, other than to lessen the status and human dignity of gays and lesbians in California,” the federal court said [...]