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‘This is the worst night I have had’By DAVID KRANZArgus Leaderpublished: 11/06/2002 Daschle ponders changes power shift will bring A power shift in the U.S. Senate will bring some noticeable changes, including a more aggressive attitude toward Saddam Hussein, Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle said Wednesday. Daschle lost his leadership position soon after Republicans took control of the Senate in a surprising national election night success. “It is too early to tell what will happen on Iraq, but you will probably see a far more hawkish position, and confrontational tone to their approach,” Daschle said. Daschle credited President Bush...

Cellphones and Caller ID Are Making Pollsters' Jobs HarderBy ADAM NAGOURNEY A rapid rise in the use of cellphones and caller identification technology, along with telemarketing calls that are chasing Americans from their telephones, is making political polling more difficult and increasingly less reliable, pollsters say. A result this Election Day is that it is harder than ever for pollsters to find voters and to get them to say how they intend to vote. Pollsters say a problem that they first began noting 10 years ago, as Americans realized that answering machines could be used to screen out unwanted solicitations,...

Patent's note: What follows is a collection of articles EWTN posted on voting. They authorize you to forward it as you like:Feel free to print out and distribute any of the above to friends and family. I encourage you to send this to other Catholics you know. Please get out and vote. Drag your neighbors, unless they are libs. Drag your family. Talk them into voting pro-life if they are wavering, don't be afraid to get active and talk to people about it. There are too many close races this year, please make every effort to get to the polls,...

<p>John Paul II is a saint machine.</p> <p>The 82-year-old pontiff heads into his 24th year of papacy this month having named an astonishing 463 saints -- so far. On Sunday, he declares yet one more.</p> <p>For Roman Catholics, who believe God makes saints and the pope discerns them, this is one eagle-eyed pope. He has recognized more saints than any pope in history -- more, in fact, than all the popes of the past four centuries combined.</p>

Scandal Time III Richard John Neuhaus So, will there be further installments of this running commentary, Scandal Time IV through XIV, ad infinitum? Maybe not. After the Dallas meeting of bishops, some believe that while the fire is not extinguished, it appears to be contained. Dallas was about many things--there were moving, even inspiring, moments, and occasional hints of something like renewal--but the meeting was chiefly about damage control. By that measure it may be judged a limited success. If that turns out to the case, it is no little achievement. Although, as we shall see, it might have been...

RESTORATION OF SHROUD OF TURIN IS COMPLETED Patches and Additions RemovedTURIN, Italy, SEPT. 22, 2002 (Zenit.org).- The figure of the crucified man imprinted on the Shroud of Turin can now be more clearly seen, following its restoration by experts.At the official presentation of the restored shroud Saturday, Cardinal Severino Poletto, archbishop of Turin, explained that the purpose of the work was to guarantee the conservation of the cloth. The work involved the removal of patches sewn on the shroud 470 years ago.The cardinal, who is the relic's pontifical custodian, said that the restoration was carried out with the permission of...

MICHIGAN CATHOLIC CONFERENCE STRESSES ABORTION AS PRIMARY VOTING ISSUE LANSING, Michigan, Sep 11, 02 (LSN.ca/CWNews.com) - The Michigan Catholic Conference announced on Monday that a Catholic voters guide identifying abortion as the primary issue in voting was distributed to all 804 Catholic parishes in the state. "The statement is designed to serve as an educational tool for Catholic voters in Michigan," said Sister Monica Kostielney, President and CEO of the MCC.The guide, called "A Catholic View to Election 2002" says, "The Gospel of Life affirms that while the rights of the human person are championed and the value of life...

EXPULSION OF CATHOLIC PRIESTS FROM RUSSIA ESCALATES Father Edvard Maszkiewicz Is Latest VictimROME, SEPT. 11, 2002 (Zenit.org).- While the Vatican was protesting the latest expulsion of a Catholic priest from Russia, authorities there were expelling yet another one.Following the expulsion over six months of a Catholic bishop and other priests, sources of the Church in Russia reported that Father Edvard Maszkiewicz, a Polish Salesian, was impeded Tuesday from returning to his parish.Father Maszkiewicz, a parish priest in Rostov-on-Don, in southern Russia, was detained for several hours by the police on the border with Byelorussia, when he was returning by car...

RUSSIA'S PUTIN REBUFFS POPE ON EXILLED BISHOP MOSCOW, Sep 5, 02 (KESTON/CWNews.com) -- Russian President Vladimir Putin has rejected a request from Pope John Paul II for help in restoring a Catholic bishop to the Siberian diocese from which he was expelled early this year, CWN and Keston News Service have learned.In a letter to Pope John Paul that was written more than a month ago, but has not been made public, the Russian leader turned down the Pope's request for help, and failed to offer any plausible explanation for the bishop's expulsion.Although the exact content of Putin's message to...

The fast and the faithful Dolan quickly goes to radio ads to advocate service to church By TOM HEINENof the Journal Sentinel staff Last Updated: Sept. 4, 2002 Archbishop Timothy M. Dolan has burst out of the cathedral into everyday life, drawing large crowds at parish visits and, on the day after his installation, launching a radio ad campaign for one of his top priorities: vocations. Quotable For me, this is a time to go to the housetops. This is the time to be filled with all the energy and enthusiasm and creativity that we can get. - Archbishop Timothy...

SCHISMATIC CLERIC TO ATTEMPT "ORDINATION" OF LATIN AMERICAN WOMEN LIMA, Aug 20. 02 (CWNews.com) -- The renegade Argentinean cleric who attempted the "ordination" of six Catholic women in Austria earlier this summer will soon perform a similar ceremony for four Latin American women, a Peruvian magazine has reported.Caretas, a weekly edited in Lima, cited unnamed sources close to Romulo Antonio Braschi, a defrocked Argentinean Catholic priest and founder of the "Catholic-Apostolic Charismatic Church of Christ the King," saying that four Latin American women "are getting ready to be ordained on 2003 in Germany, with the support of some dissident bishops...

21-Aug-2002 -- EWTNews Brief CARDINAL ISSUES CLARIFICATION ON EVANGELIZATION OF JEWS BALTIMORE, Aug 20, 02 (CWNews.com) -- Cardinal William Keeler of Baltimore has issued a statement of clarification regarding a document released last week on Catholic-Jewish relations. The cardinal's statement emphasized that the document, released by a joint committee of Catholics and Jews, was a working document rather than an authoritative statement of belief.The August 12 statement, entitled Reflections on Covenant and Mission, said that "campaigns that target Jews for conversion to Christianity are no longer theologically acceptable in the Catholic Church." The document, put forward by a working...

All, The subjects of obedience to our hierarchy, just when and how far a Catholic is expected to be loyal to a Bishop or Pope, and the extent of their authority seem to have come up quite a bit lately. I thought it might be a good idea to present a couple articles for discussion. Please feel free to add your own articles to this thread. I don’t present these as authoritative Church teachings, though a few of the quotes may be just that. Any bolded emphasis is probably mine, except in titles. The Hierarchical Constitution of the Churchby Pedro...

Britain Names a Liberal as Archbishop of CanterburyBy THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Filed at 10:11 a.m. ET LONDON (AP) -- Welsh archbishop Rowan Williams, a renowned theologian and outspoken opponent of U.S. policies in Afghanistan and Iraq, was chosen Tuesday to be the 104th archbishop of Canterbury, spiritual leader of the world's 70 million Anglicans.Williams, who was chosen by Prime Minister Tony Blair, succeeds the Most Rev. George Carey, who is retiring on Oct. 31 after 11 years.``If there is one thing I long for above all else, it is that the years to come may see Christianity in this country...

July 21, 2002 World Youth Day pilgrims stream into Toronto, explore city, meet protestersTORONTO (CP) -- Hundreds of young pilgrims arriving for weeklong World Youth Day celebrations were greeted at Toronto's bustling Union Station by equally fervent young protesters Sunday.  Moments after streaming into the downtown train station to pick up registration packages, wide-eyed visitors were approached by youths handing out condoms and asking them to support Church reforms such as women's ordination.  Many pilgrims angrily threw the condoms and associated literature in the garbage.  "It's so condescending that they think we're naive and need to be liberated from sexual...

Group hands condoms to arriving pilgrims Catholic reformists: 'Don't leave it up to your Guardian Angel,' World Youth Day participants advised Odile Nelson National Post Saturday, July 20, 2002 A Catholic youth group distributed condoms to World Youth Day pilgrims at Pearson International Airport yesterday because it was concerned the delegates would not follow the Church's teaching of abstinence during next week's religious gathering."I think abstinence is a great thing for everybody who can manage that. But it doesn't work for everyone. It's not reality," Tobias Raschke, spokesperson for the International Movement We Are Church, said yesterday.The group seeks...

<p>Gov. Jesse Ventura said today he will not seek a second term, saying the allegations that his son misused the governor's mansion for late-night parties at least partly influenced his decision.</p> <p>"I am not seeking reelection again," Ventura said during an appearance late this morning on Minnesota Public Radio. "I will not run again."</p>

Pope Accepts Resignation of Archbishop Accused of Assault ope John Paul II has accepted the resignation of Archbishop Rembert G. Weakland of Milwaukee, the Vatican said today, a day after a man disclosed that the archbishop had sexually assaulted him when he was a 33-year-old graduate student, then paid him $450,000 in 1998 in a confidential settlement. The Vatican announced the decision without comment and gave the archbishop's age as the reason for the retirement. Archbishop Weakland submitted his request to resign in April after he turned the mandatory retirement age of 75. But he pressed the Vatican to speed...

A real downer Materialism breeds depression, makes happiness elusiveThomas Kostigen, CBS.MarketWatch.comLast Update: 12:01 AM ET May 23, 2002LOS ANGELES (CBS.MW) -- Dr. Richard Ryan and Dr. Tim Kasser say chasing money makes people mentally ill. Materialism breeds depression, not happiness -- and they have case studies to prove it.I tracked down Ryan at the University of Rochester in New York. Research papers, articles and discussions about "self determination" theory give me a good idea of what the two psych-oriented sociologists have discovered about the pursuit of affluence."When we started out, we were looking at people's value systems and their emphasis...

An Impossible OccupationBy SCOTT ANDERSON hrough a crack in the drawn curtain of his third-floor perch, Yigal Kelman uses the magnified scope of his sniper rifle to study the Palestinian family that has emerged onto a rooftop terrace some 300 yards away. The family appears harmless enough -- a man in his early 40's, two younger women, an old lady with a white head scarf -- but the Israel Defense Forces have placed the town of Atil, in the West Bank, under a blanket curfew: no one allowed outside, and that includes on terraces. What makes Kelman especially nervous about...