New Bishop for us

Our new Bishop has been appointed. Bravo.



"Vatican City, March 23 (CNA) .- This morning Pope Benedict XVI appointed Bishop Salvatore J. Cordileone to become the next Bishop of Oakland, Calif. Currently serving as an auxiliary bishop of San Diego, Bishop Cordileone will become the shepherd of 400,000 Catholics in the Oakland area."

Protect Civil Disobience

While I rarely agree with actions taken by our late President, I support entirely the regulation prohibiting discrimination against health professionals who refuse to practice procedures they consider evil. I oppose abortion believing it to be a serious sin. But I also oppose making it criminal. If Obama is successful in repealing the regulation, doctors and others will be forced to perform abortions.

WASHINGTON (CNS)—To combat what they see as threats to the conscience rights of health care professionals who oppose abortion, the Catholic Medical Association and other organizations are taking both legal and educational steps.The Philadelphia-based Catholic Medical Association, which has some 1,100 members nationwide, has joined with the Christian Medical Association and the American Association of Pro-Life Obstetricians and Gynecologists in an effort to intervene legally against lawsuits filed by the attorneys general of eight states, Planned Parenthood of America and the National Family Planning and Reproductive Health Association. The suits seek to overturn a Department of Health and Human Services regulation that codifies several existing federal statutes prohibiting discrimination against health professionals who decline to participate in abortions or other medical procedures because of their religious or other moral objections. On Feb. 27, the Obama administration announced it
was reviewing a proposal to rescind the regulation, which took effect two days before the inauguration of President Barack Obama. After the review by the Office of Management and Budget, the proposal is to be published in the Federal Register, opening a 30-day period for public comment.

Year of St. Paul the Apostle

During lent our parish, St. Rose of Lima, has a weekly bible study focusing on St. Paul. This promises to be a lively discussion proving that Paul remains exciting and provoking even after 2000 years.