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From American Life League Oct. 22 Communique:  The Milwaukee Archdiocesan Priests Alliance has written to Cardinal Theodore McCarrick, asking that bishops refrain from telling priests to withhold Holy Communion from known pro-abortion public figures, adding, “We do not think it is wise to ask us to make on the spot judgments about the worthiness of any recipient.” The Milwaukee Catholic Herald reported on the letter without comment. American Life League is asking why Milwaukee Archbishop Timothy Dolan has been silent on the issue.  Report Details Hostility to Religious Expression in America https://headlines.agapepress.org/archive/10/afa/212004a.asp   Bishops call on Fox to ensure Mexico votes against human cloning at UN https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/new.php?n=2271   Gay activists on mission to get vote out for Kerry https://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/news/local/states/florida/counties/broward_county/9982214.htm   Kerry’s Auxiliary Bishops John Allen of the National Catholic Reporter writes that “if the Holy See were to vote in a secret ballot for the American president, Kerry would beat Bush 60-40.” Polling of American bishops would even be higher. A few bishops oppose Kerry, but many more privately support him and have whispered against the handful of brave bishops who threatened to withhold communion from him.  https://www.spectator.org/dsp_article.asp?art_id=7273   Traditional Values Coalition Provides Detailed Scorecards on U.S. election candidates https://www.traditionalvalues.org/voterguide_2004/index.php   Mother Plead’s for Her Baby’s Life   ‘Give my baby a fighting chance to live’  https://news.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2004/10/22/njones22.xml&sSheet=/news/2004/10/22/ixhome.html

It’s OK for men to hit us, says wives’ poll in Turkey https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2004/10/22/wturk22.xml&sSheet=/news/2004/10/22/ixworld.html   Revenue Canada Threatened Calgary Bishop During Election – Mainstream Media Finally Report Important Story https://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/TPStory/LAC/20041022/BISHOP22/National/Idx   Russian lower parliament set to approve Kyoto climate treaty https://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/10/22/russia.kyoto.ap/index.html   Beijing promises more freedom for religions https://www.asianews.it/view.php?l=en&art=1730

Movie Ratings Losing Value?  https://headlines.agapepress.org/archive/10/202004a.asp   Catholic League slams Ford Foundation for supporting anti-Catholic groups https://www.ewtn.com/vnews/getstory.asp?number=50606   Australian Special Minister of State Eric Abetz supports ending Medicare funding for most abortions https://www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/10/21/1097951792916.html?oneclick=true   Unsettling Canada – Fr. Raymond de Souza in First Things https://www.firstthings.com/ftissues/ft0410/opinion/desouza.htm   Former President Clinton eyes Becoming Next U.N. Secretary General https://washingtontimes.com/upi-breaking/20041020-025642-9944r.htm   First Things – Science concerning global warming not at all settled https://www.firstthings.com/ftissues/ft0411/opinion/derr.htm   Some Political Issues Should Be More Important Than Others for Catholics https://www.catholicexchange.com/vm/index.asp?vm_id=2&art_id=25682   UNICEF: The Mask is Off! – Don’t contribute to UNICEF https://www.catholicexchange.com/vm/index.asp?vm_id=1&art_id=25717   Global Warming Bombshell A prime piece of evidence linking human activity to climate change turns out to be an artifact of poor mathematics.  https://www.technologyreview.com/articles/04/10/wo_muller101504.asp