http://www.dfwcatholic.org Dallas & Ft. Worth's Best Catholic Website Tue, 16 Mar 2010 16:59:37 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I don't think anyone will be too surprised, but it's good to know the actual amount.   CatholicCulture.org has reported that the Catholic Health Association has spent over $1 million lobbying in favor of Obamacare.  But since Sr. Carol Keehan is compensated at over $850,000 per year, perhaps she paid for ... http://www.dfwcatholic.org/cha-spent-over-1-million-lobbying-for-obamacare/.html They are just completely tone deaf.  Or, they think they are utterly untouchable.  One of the two, or maybe both.  Thanks to http://culturewarnotes.com, we learn that the CCHD has produced its own version of Stations of the Cross for this year.  And in this version, there are a few scripture ... http://www.dfwcatholic.org/cchd-stations-of-the-cross-advertises-for-pro-gay-marriage-pro-abort-groups-2/.html The very good Archbishop of Denver, Charles Chaput, released a column recently regarding the socialist takeover that wouldn't die pending health care legislation in Congress.  He also criticizes, strongly, groups like CHA and pseudo-Catholic lobbies like Catholics United for the Common Good and Catholics for a Free Choice.  I don't normally ... http://www.dfwcatholic.org/archbishop-chaput-health-care-bill-doesnt-meet-moral-standards/.html A wave of nausea washes over me and I grip the edge of the kitchen counter.  Children and chaos swirl around me as I struggle to maintain my composure while giving voice to restore order.  No matter that I have tried to explain to my older children a thousand times ... http://www.dfwcatholic.org/one-more-life/.html Whenever we institute structures to benefit society, we risk allowing those structures to take over our responsibilities, but I wouldn’t say that such a risk is reason never to institute them. It’s not as thought the face of suffering that motivates our charity will disappear: even the most perfect social ... http://www.dfwcatholic.org/social-obligations-charity-and-the-state/.html Denver, Colo., Mar 15, 2010 / 06:18 am (CNA).- In his weekly column on the Denver Catholic Register, the Archbishop of Denver, Charles J. Chaput, O.F.M. Cap., says the health-care bill does not meet minimum moral standards and therefore, doesn’t have the support of the Catholic bishops. “The Senate version of ... http://www.dfwcatholic.org/archbishop-chaput-health-care-bill-doesn%e2%80%99t-meet-minimum-moral-standards8297/.html New York City, N.Y., Mar 14, 2010 / 05:47 pm (CNA).- Early this week, the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts hosted a panel in which Planned Parenthood was allowed to distribute brochures containing sexually explicit material to the young girls. The panel served as part of the ... http://www.dfwcatholic.org/planned-parenthood-distributes-sexually-explicit-brochures-at-girl-scout-meeting8295/.html Providence, R.I., Mar 14, 2010 / 01:53 pm (CNA).- Watching news reports of the 8.8 magnitude earthquake that struck Chile on Saturday, Nicole Jean-Gilles was drawn back to that fateful day seven weeks ago when she was nearly killed during the quake that rocked Haiti. Jean-Gilles is a nurse at Fatima ... http://www.dfwcatholic.org/rhode-island-woman-who-survived-earthquake-in-haiti-says-crisis-still-not-over8293/.html ANAHEIM, CA (MetroCatholic) - "Our committee is calling all Catholics to come join us and oppose Los Angeles Cardinal Roger Mahony's latest dissent-fest," says Kenneth M. Fisher, chairman of Concerned Roman Catholics of America, Inc. (CRCOA).  "He's going to make tens of thousands of Catholics hear Faith-subverters, the kind who ... http://www.dfwcatholic.org/catholics-urged-to-picket-cdl-mahonys-faith-subverting-dissent-fest8290/.html FOND du LAC, WI (MetroCatholic) - Vicki Thorn, the Executive Director of the National office of Post-Abortion Reconciliation and Healing in Milwaukee, comes to Fond du Lac April 18 and 19 at 7pm for two evenings of provacative discussion on “The Biochemistry of Attraction”, and “Healing our Wounds”, at Holy ... http://www.dfwcatholic.org/project-rachel-founder-to-speak-in-fond-du-lac-about-the-biochemistry-of-attraction8287/.html