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<p>Political tidbits and other shenanigans from around the nation's capital.</p> <p>The president of the American Life League is praising the Catholic Diocese of Arlington, Bishop Paul Loverde and his "faithful priests" for standing up to an outspoken U.S. representative who thinks "it's possible to be pro-abortion and remain in good standing with the Catholic Church."</p>

Last week, Bishop William K. Weigand of Sacramento stood up and acted in the manner Christ expected from those who would follow in the footsteps of his 12 Apostles as shepherds of His flock. As has been widely reported, Bishop Weigand laid down the gauntlet before California Gov. Gray Davis, a nominal Catholic, and told him that as long as he continued his fervent support of the crime of legal abortion he could not receive communion - therefore all but pronouncing excommunication on Davis. Echoing the recent Vatican instruction about supporting so-called Catholic politicians or others who support abortion, the...

Annual Pro-life Mass January 22, 2003 Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament Dear Friends, Today marks thirty years since the U.S. Supreme Court legalized abortion in the United States. The Roe v. Wade and Doe v. Bolton decisions made abortion legal throughout pregnancy. These decisions held that the child in the womb is not human like the rest of us: that the child in the womb does not have a fundamental and inalienable right to live. Instead of liberating women from discrimination, abortion has betrayed women. As the U.S. bishops wrote in November: "Legal abortion promised what it could not give....

Abortion stirs inaugural spat Archbishop suggests Sebelius move service from Catholic church because of pro-choice stance Topeka — The leader of the Catholic Church in northeast Kansas is criticizing Gov.-elect Kathleen Sebelius for her support of abortion rights and suggesting Sebelius move her inauguration interfaith service from a Catholic church to another location. Archbishop James Patrick Keleher wrote in a recent edition of The Leaven, a Catholic newspaper, that he was confident Sebelius, a Catholic, would work diligently as the new governor to help the needy, but Keleher added, "I must note that Gov.-elect Sebelius is at odds with our...