http://www.ncregister.com/ Breaking News and Analysis from the National Catholic Register en tmcfeely@ncregister.com Copyright 2009 2009-07-9T19:48:30+00:00 Subscribe with My Yahoo!Subscribe with NewsGatorSubscribe with My AOLSubscribe with BloglinesSubscribe with NetvibesSubscribe with GoogleSubscribe with Pageflakes http://www.ncregister.com/daily/conscience_rights_and_obama/ http://www.ncregister.com/site/article/conscience_rights_and_obama/#When:18:48:30Z By Tom McFeely | President Barack Obama promised to ensure “robust” conscience protections for medical personnel during his meeting last week with representatives of the Catholic press (including the Register’s publisher and editor in chief, Father Owen Kearns). That sounds good, given that Catholics and other pro-life medical professionals deserve complete protection against any pressures to force them to participate in … 2009-07-9T18:48:30+00:00 http://www.ncregister.com/daily/the_pope_and_the_president1/ http://www.ncregister.com/site/article/the_pope_and_the_president1/#When:14:51:04Z By Daily Blog | Pope Benedict XVI will meet tomorrow with President Barack Obama for the first time. The Register spoke recently with Carl Anderson, supreme knight of the Knights of Columbus, about the upcoming meeting. The full text of the interview is available here. Here’s an excerpt from the interview: What are your hopes for President Obama’s meeting with the … 2009-07-9T14:51:04+00:00 http://www.ncregister.com/daily/benedicts_communio-ist_manifesto/ http://www.ncregister.com/site/article/benedicts_communio-ist_manifesto/#When:13:01:36Z By Angelo Matera | For commentators like First Things editor Joseph Bottum, one of the most unsettling statements in Caritas in Veritate (Charity in Truth) — a dense and complex 30,000-word encyclical on the Church’s social doctrine — is the one that asserts an obligation to practice charity in all areas of public life equal to the obligation to practice personal … 2009-07-9T13:01:36+00:00 http://www.ncregister.com/daily/dr._deaths_dark_side/ http://www.ncregister.com/site/article/dr._deaths_dark_side/#When:20:10:19Z By Tom McFeely | It has been reported this week that Al Pacino has been signed to play convicted murderer Dr. Jack Kevorkian in an upcoming HBO production, You Don’t Know Jack. The HBO movie apparently will be based on a sympathetic biography of Kevorkian, the death-obsessed “assisted suicide” proponent who was convicted of second-degree murder in 1999, that was co-authored … 2009-07-8T20:10:19+00:00 http://www.ncregister.com/daily/pope_ensure_ethics_shapes_economics/ http://www.ncregister.com/site/article/pope_ensure_ethics_shapes_economics/#When:16:14:53Z By Tom McFeely | Pope Benedict XVI discussed his new encyclical, Caritas in Veritate (Charity in Truth), in remarks made in English during today’s general audience at the Vatican. Said the Pope: Today I wish to reflect on my encyclical, Caritas in Veritate. Some 40 years after Pope Paul VI’s encyclical Populorum Progressio, it too addresses social themes vital to the … 2009-07-8T16:14:53+00:00 http://www.ncregister.com/daily/two_takes_on_caritas_in_veritate/ http://www.ncregister.com/site/article/two_takes_on_caritas_in_veritate/#When:15:32:31Z By Tom McFeely | The Acton Institute and George Weigel are two of Catholic America’s most prominent proponents of market-based economics. But they have quite different views of Pope Benedict XVI’s new social encyclical, Caritas in Veritate (Charity in Truth). The Acton Institute offers a strongly positive assessment, available here in a section of its website that it has devoted to … 2009-07-8T15:32:31+00:00 http://www.ncregister.com/daily/cdf_assumes_sspx_file/ http://www.ncregister.com/site/article/cdf_assumes_sspx_file/#When:14:04:24Z By Edward Pentin | As expected, Pope Benedict XVI has brought the Pontifical Commission Ecclesia Dei under the auspices of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith. American Cardinal William Levada, the CDF’s prefect, will replace Cardinal Dario Castrillon Hoyos as president of the commission, which is charged with trying to reconcile the Society of St. Pius X with the … 2009-07-8T14:04:24+00:00 http://www.ncregister.com/daily/encyclical_discusses_life_issues/ http://www.ncregister.com/site/article/encyclical_discusses_life_issues/#When:16:29:20Z By Tom McFeely | Pope Benedict XVI addresses issues related to the sanctity of human life and human sexuality in depth in three different areas of his new social encyclical, Caritas in Veritate (Charity in Truth). In Chapter 2, titled “Human Development in Our Time,” the Pope states in No. 28: One of the most striking aspects of development in the … 2009-07-7T16:29:20+00:00 http://www.ncregister.com/daily/cardinal_newman_miracle_video/ http://www.ncregister.com/site/article/cardinal_newman_miracle_video/#When:16:06:46Z By Tom McFeely | Here’s a brief video recap of the recent news that Pope Benedict XVI has recognized a miracle attributed to the intercession of Cardinal John Henry Newman. The miracle involves the medically inexplicable healing of a debilitating back ailment that afflicted Deacon Jack Sullivan, a permanent deacon who lives in Marshfield, Mass. 2009-07-7T16:06:46+00:00 http://www.ncregister.com/daily/encyclical_press_conference/ http://www.ncregister.com/site/article/encyclical_press_conference/#When:13:21:39Z By Tom McFeely | From Vatican Information Service: This morning in the Holy See Press Office a press conference was held to present Benedict XVI’s new encyclical Caritas in Veritate. Participating in the event were Cardinal Renato Raffaele Martino, president of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace; Cardinal Paul Josef Cordes, president of the Pontifical Council Cor Unum; Archbishop Giampaolo … 2009-07-7T13:21:39+00:00 http://www.ncregister.com/daily/new_encyclical_links_economics_and_ethics/ http://www.ncregister.com/site/article/new_encyclical_links_economics_and_ethics/#When:13:07:08Z By Edward Pentin | Pope Benedict XVI’s first social encyclical, Caritas in Veritate (Charity in Truth), is a strong plea for a closer connection between morality and the free economy. In the document, which was released today at the Vatican, the Pope said ethical values are needed to overcome the current global economic crisis, combat poverty and foster authentic development. The … 2009-07-7T13:07:08+00:00 http://www.ncregister.com/daily/caritas_in_veritate_link/ http://www.ncregister.com/site/article/caritas_in_veritate_link/#When:12:18:00Z By Tom McFeely | The text of Pope Benedict XVI’s new social encyclical, Caritas in Veritate (Charity in Truth), has now been posted here on the Vatican website. 2009-07-7T12:18:00+00:00 http://www.ncregister.com/daily/irs_helps_planned_parenthood/ http://www.ncregister.com/site/article/irs_helps_planned_parenthood/#When:12:05:22Z By Tom McFeely | Or at least that’s the appearance given by a recent action by the Internal Revenue Service regarding an application for nonprofit status filed by the Coalition for Life of Iowa. According to a July 6 press release from the Thomas More Society, a Chicago-based pro-life law center, the IRS has told the Coalition for Life of Iowa … 2009-07-7T12:05:22+00:00 http://www.ncregister.com/daily/oldest_bible_now_online/ http://www.ncregister.com/site/article/oldest_bible_now_online/#When:10:56:56Z By Tom McFeely | The text of the Codex Sinaiticus, which dates from the fourth century and is the oldest known Bible in existence, can now be viewed online. The online version is the result of a collaboration between the British Library, the National Library of Russia, Liepzig University Library and the Holy Monastery of St. Catherine at Mount Sinai.  Comprised … 2009-07-7T10:56:56+00:00 http://www.ncregister.com/daily/the_life_of_a_crs_man/ http://www.ncregister.com/site/article/the_life_of_a_crs_man/#When:18:33:09Z By Tom McFeely | Patrick Oberst is the representative for Catholic Relief Services in the arid and impoverished African town of Abéché, Chad. It’s a harsh assignment, CRS information officer Lane Hartill reports in this article posted at The Huffington Post: Abéché is a town as dry and brown as burnt pie crust, its mud houses constantly blasted by a hair … 2009-07-6T18:33:09+00:00