Network for Church Monitoring

Defection of American Catholics from the Church - The Roman Catholic Church is quite literally an Un-American institution, not democratic, and sharply at odds with those that inform the laws of American secular society.

N4CM — Thu, 17 May 2012 12:52:35 PDT

This is the seventh of a series of chapters from N4CM Chairman Dr Stephen D. Mumford’s book, “The Life and Death of NSSM 200: How the Destruction of Political Will Doomed a US Population Policy”, given this November’s US presidential election and the Catholic Church’s immense stake in the outcome. In the following chapter, Dr Mumford examines why American Catholics are not conforming to papal teachings—with many leaving [...]

Postponing Self-Destruction of the Catholic Church - How the Vatican and US Catholic bishops have been able to extend their institution's life.

N4CM — Tue, 15 May 2012 13:40:49 PDT

This is the sixth of a series of chapters from N4CM Chairman Dr Stephen D. Mumford’s book, “The Life and Death of NSSM 200: How the Destruction of Political Will Doomed a US Population Policy”, given this November’s US presidential election and the Catholic Church’s immense stake in the outcome. In the following chapter, Dr Mumford explores the strategies by which the Vatican and US Catholic bishops have been able to extend [...]

Bringing Contraception to Italy: A story of moral heroism

N4CM — Mon, 14 May 2012 13:28:48 PDT

Luigi DeMarchi and Maria Luisa DeMarchi were groundbreaking leaders of Italy’s contraceptive movement. Here, the couple tells the tale of their two decade struggle to overturn Italian laws banning distribution of information about birth control while braving multiple jail sentences and fines. Taken from “Courageous Pioneers”, a book published in 2007 celebrating the successes of Dr. Clarence Gamble and Pathfinder’s [...]

Will Rio+20 Earth Summit feel political heat from the Vatican?

N4CM — Fri, 11 May 2012 13:15:27 PDT

According to a major report by the British Royal Society published in April 2012, population and consumption must be top priorities at the Rio+20 Earth Summit this June. In this Introduction to “The Life and Death of NSSM 200: How the Destruction of Political Will Doomed a US Population Policy”, N4CM Chairman Dr Stephen D. Mumford reveals how the Vatican has been the principle force in ensuring that population growth has been [...]

Why Atheists Have Become a Kick-Ass Movement You Want on Your Side - Atheists are becoming a force to be reckoned with. They are a powerful ally when inspired to take action - and a powerful opponent when they're treated like dirt.

N4CM — Fri, 11 May 2012 13:08:02 PDT

Source: AlterNet. Why would any organization or social change movement want to ally itself with a community that's energetic, excited about activism, highly motivated, increasingly visible, good at fundraising, good at getting into the news, increasingly populated by young people, and with a proven track record of mobilizing online in massive numbers on a moment's notice? If you need to ask that - maybe you shouldn't be in political activism.

The Great Population Debate: An Opinion Paper

N4CM — Wed, 09 May 2012 14:45:20 PDT

Source: The Journal of Social, Political and Economic Studies. The debate over how many people the world can accommodate began to surface after WW II when new life saving drugs such as penicillin cut death rates and populations grew faster than ever before–from about 1 billion at the end of the 19th Century to about 6 billion by 1999. The talk of what dangers the numbers present has become far more diversified [...]

The Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights: Neither Religious nor Civil - Why does the Catholic League exist? What are its tactics? And who are its allies?

N4CM — Tue, 08 May 2012 14:54:57 PDT

The Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights apparently has a single mission: suppression of all mainstream criticism of the Roman Catholic Church. In addition to embarrassment, the organization uses intimidation, bullying and distortion to suppress critics of the Catholic church, the Vatican, and the church’s many controversial policies. Given this November’s US presidential election and the Catholic Church’s immense stake in the outcome,[...]

Why Does Religion Always Get a Free Ride? - We try to persuade people out of almost every kind of idea there is. Why should religion be the exception?

N4CM — Wed, 02 May 2012 15:52:19 PDT

Source: AlterNet. Why should religion, alone among all other kinds of ideas, be free from attempts to persuade people out of it? We try to persuade people out of ideas all the time. We try to persuade people that their ideas about science, politics, philosophy, art, medicine, and more, are wrong: that they're harmful, ridiculous, repulsive, or simply mistaken. But when it comes to religion, trying to persuade people out of their ideas is somehow [...]

US Catholic Bishops: Implications of the Pastoral Plan for Pro-Life Activities - The Pastoral Plan is a set of well thought out guidelines which capitalized on centuries of experience of Jesuit manipulation of governments

N4CM — Tue, 01 May 2012 14:36:29 PDT

This is the fifth of a series of chapters from N4CM Chairman Dr Stephen D. Mumford’s book, “The Life and Death of NSSM 200: How the Destruction of Political Will Doomed a US Population Policy”, given this November’s US presidential election and the Catholic Church’s immense stake in the outcome. In the following chapter, Dr Mumford provides an analysis of the US Catholic bishops’ Pastoral Plan for Pro-Life Activities and its implementation, [...]

Vatican Power In America: Things Are Seldom What They Seem - Few Americans have any idea of the extent to which the Church has gone to impose its religious dogma on all Americans through law-making, judicial decision-making and the administration of government.

N4CM — Sun, 29 Apr 2012 13:42:51 PDT

This is the fourth of a series of chapters from N4CM Chairman Dr Stephen D. Mumford’s book, “The Life and Death of NSSM 200: How the Destruction of Political Will Doomed a US Population Policy”, given this November’s US presidential election and the Catholic Church’s immense stake in the outcome. In the following chapter Dr Mumford explores the broad consequences of the US Catholic bishops’ Pastoral Plan [...]