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SAN DIEGO, Aug. 20 (UPI) -- The University of San Diego has withdrawn its offer of an endowed chair to a Catholic feminist scholar who supports abortion rights. The announcement that Rosemary Radford Ruether had been appointed to the Monsignor John R. Portman Chair in Roman Catholic Theology was greeted with dismay by many Catholic and anti-abortion groups, the San Diego Union-Tribune said Wednesday. Ruether sits on the board of Catholics for a Free Choice.University spokeswoman Patricia Gray Payton said that one person who did not object was the anonymous benefactor who endowed the chair."Her public position and the symbol...

Bishop Robert Morlino of Madison Madison, WI, Jan 15, 2008 / 07:06 pm (CNA).- A dispute over a proposed Wisconsin law mandating emergency contraceptive coverage for rape victims has resulted in a clash between a group calling itself Catholics for a Free Choice (CFFC) and Bishops Robert Morlino and Jerome Listecki. The pro-abortion organization is calling opposition to the bill a violation of patients’ rights, while the bishops assert that the bill violates the rights of doctors and the freedom of conscience. At issue is whether the emergency contraception law will include conscience clauses exempting Catholic hospitals and medical...

Jon O'Brien the president of Catholics for a Free Choice Washington DC, Jan 9, 2008 / 03:06 pm (CNA).- A new ad campaign from the group, Catholics for a Free Choice (CFFC), has drawn criticism from the Catholic Association for confusing the Catholic position on abortion and attempting to sway voters in the presidential primary elections.  Michael Hernon, president of the Catholic Association stated that “Catholics for a Free Choice will stop at nothing to advance abortion rights. Their latest campaign puts a new spin on their dizzying logic that promoting abortion is somehow ‘Catholic’. Catholics stand for life and...

"I’m a member of the greatest religion in the world," says the woman who calls herself a Catholic. That's promising, right? But we're talking about abortion cheerleader Frances Kissling, as profiled by the New York Times, so you know things are going to be complicated. When the outgoing head of "Catholics" for a Free Choice talks to the Times about this "greatest religion," the pride doesn't come through quite so clearly: It abuses nuns, anyone who thinks, homosexuals, women who have abortions. It sexually abuses children. It treats people badly, and something has to be done to change its abusive...

NEW YORK, Feb. 22 /Catholic Newswire/ -- Catholic League president Bill Donohue commented today on the retirement party for Frances Kissling, head of Catholics for a Free Choice (CFFC), scheduled for March 2, two days after she resigns: "In 1993, and again in 2000, U.S. Catholic bishops, represented by the bishops' conference, denounced CFFC as a fraud. And well they should have. Funded almost exclusively by fat-cat bigots like those at the Ford Foundation (they gave CFFC $2 million in 2005, which was more than it gave to all but five of 141 organizations it allotted grants to in its...

Vatican Warns Countries About Pro-Abortion "Catholic" UN Campaignby Steven ErteltLifeNews.com Editor September 2, 2005 The Vatican (LifeNews.com) -- The Catholic Church is warning counties in Central and South America to be on the lookout for a United Nations campaign run by a pro-abortion "Catholic" group masquerading as an effort to support women's health.The Vatican Secretary of State has asked the Catholic bishops in Latin American countries to watch out for an effort by the pro-abortion group “Catholics for a Free Choice” to gather signatures from religious leaders. According to Catholic World News, the CFFC effort is intended to build support...

I have a weekly custom. On most Saturdays, I travel from my house just outside of Alexandria, board a Metro train, and ride to the Catholic University of America stop for daily Mass at the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception. Today, I was running a bit late, due to the fact that I got out of bed late, so I skipped taking a shower, got dressed, and made my way to the train station. It takes about an hour to get the Brookland/CUA Metro stop from where I live. I stood up and walked to the door of the...

SCHWARZENEGGER HIRES CATHOLIC FOE Arnold Schwarzenegger, Republican candidate for Governor of California, has hired Warren Buffett as his financial advisor. Catholic League president William Donohue expressed his concerns about this appointment today: “Warren Buffett is one of the most lavish donors to the nation’s most anti-Catholic organization, Catholics for a Free Choice (CFFC). Led by Frances Kissling, CFFC has twice been denounced as a fraud by the U.S. Catholic bishops. For many years, Kissling has worked tirelessly to downgrade the Vatican’s status at the U.N. Her non-stop attempts to discredit the teachings of Catholicism are known all over the world....

Arnold Schwarzenegger, Republican candidate for Governor of California, has hired Warren Buffett as his financial advisor. Catholic League president William Donohue expressed his concerns about this appointment today: “Warren Buffett is one of the most lavish donors to the nation’s most anti-Catholic organization, Catholics for a Free Choice (CFFC). Led by Frances Kissling, CFFC has twice been denounced as a fraud by the U.S. Catholic bishops. For many years, Kissling has worked tirelessly to downgrade the Vatican’s status at the U.N. Her non-stop attempts to discredit the teachings of Catholicism are known all over the world. Indeed, Kissling has expressly...

There are several articles on how the DNC has attacked the Catholic Church -- something Mary Landrieu has done nothing about. The first article is: KISSLING BARES HER ANTI-CATHOLIC STRIPES; SHE FURTHER SHAMES THE DNCClick Here for Catholic League Article Additionally, the DNC highlight two anti-Catholic groups that "pose as sheep in wolf's clothing". The first is the Frances Kissling's CFFC, the other is Call to Action-Online. Both of these can be found under: http://www.democrats.org/links/#religious Or just Click Here to show these and other links The next link highlights the attack on the Vatican directly by Frances Kissling's CFFC through...

Lay Group Calls on UN to Sanction Vatican Over Sex Abuse By Lawrence Morahan CNS Senior Staff Writer www.CNSNews.com - A Catholic activist group is calling on the United Nations to invoke the Convention on the Rights of the Child to denounce sexual abuse scandals in the Catholic Church. Catholics for a Free Choice (CFFC) announced it is launching a petition drive calling on Jacob Egbert Doek, chairman of the U.N. Committee on the Rights of the Child, to "immediately demand a report from the Holy See on both the magnitude of the problem and its plans to end pedophilia...