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Archbishop Chaput pushes to deny communion to pro-abortion rights Catholic politicians

By | 04.12.11 | 2:22 pm | More from The Colorado Independent

Denver Archbishop Chaput asked Notre Dame University Catholics this weekend to press for Church policy that would deny communion to U.S. Catholic politicians who support pro-choice or pro-gay rights positions. The speech comes in the wake of surveys that show most Catholics don’t agree with Chaput on the issues. More…

Lord of the New Church

By | 04.30.09 | 10:57 am

Apropos of last week’s story on how conservative Catholic groups were trying to stoke a divide between the president and people of that faith, a new Gallup Poll:

Before the election, just 41 percent of weekly church attendees backed Obama, compared with 61 percent of infrequent

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Conservative Catholic Groups Fueling Obama Notre Dame Scandal

By | 04.24.09 | 6:00 am

Within hours of the news that President Barack Obama would give the commencement address to this year’s graduates of Notre Dame University in South Bend, Ind., angry opponents of the decision founded a new Website, NotreDameScandal.com, where they could register their complaints and sign a petition asking More…