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today's headlines
JAN. 24, 2006
SUPREME
COURT
Alito
wins this round
Associated Press (1/24/06: cnn.com)
WASHINGTON -- The Judiciary Committee favorably recommended Samuel Alito's Supreme
Court nomination to the full Senate on a party-line vote Tuesday, ensuring prospects
the conservative jurist will join the high court bench.
Alito
Nomination Goes to Full SenateJudiciary Committee Votes Along Party Lines to
Send Alito Nomination to Full Senate
Jesse J. Holland/Associated Press (1/24/06: abcnews.go.com)
WASHINGTON — The Judiciary Committee favorably recommended Samuel Alito's
Supreme Court nomination to the full Senate on a party-line vote Tuesday, ensuring
prospects the conservative jurist will join the high court bench. All 10 Republicans
voted for Alito, while all eight Democrats voted against him.
ABORTION
Where
The Real Action Is...
Karen Tumulty/Time (1/22/06)
For all the debate in Washington, the battle over abortion is actually in the
states, which are imposing more limits than ever. Missouri is a case study
Protesters
See Mood Shift Against 'Roe'; Court Nominees, Young Activists Cited at Annual
Antiabortion March
Michelle Boorstein/Washington Post (1/24/06)
Tens of thousands of abortion opponents held an upbeat rally on the cold, gray
streets of downtown Washington yesterday and described what they see as a societal
tide turning against the 33-year-old Roe v. Wade court decision that legalized
the procedure.
Marching
to overturn Roe
Keyonna Summers/Washington Times (1/24/06)
Thousands of pro-life protesters commemorating the 33rd anniversary of the Roe
v. Wade court decision marched to the U.S. Capitol and the U.S. Supreme Court
yesterday to urge lawmakers to overturn the ruling that legalized abortion.
Annual
anti-abortion rally feels tide turning; Court, state changes generate optimism
Carlos Campos/Atlanta Journal-Constitution (1/24/06)
Buoyed by the potential reshaping of the U.S. Supreme Court, thousands of abortion
foes took to the streets of Atlanta on Monday in an annual rally and silent
march. The march has been a tradition since the early 1970s, but only in the
past several years — with elections since 2002 of a Republican governor
and Legislature in Georgia — have anti-abortion forces had much reason
to believe the procedure would be restricted.
EDUCATION
Theologian
confirms plagiarism inquiry; Notre Dame mulls group's allegation
Tom Coyne/Associated Press (1/24/06: chicagotribune.com)
SOUTH BEND, Ind. -- A well-known liberal theologian at the University of Notre
Dame said Monday that the school is reviewing an article he wrote after a conservative
Roman Catholic group questioned whether the piece was plagiarized. The Cardinal
Newman Society alleges that a syndicated article Rev. Richard McBrien wrote
for several Catholic newspapers closely resembles the "structure, arguments,
ideas and general theme" of an article written a month earlier by Boston
Globe columnist Eileen McNamara. McBrien
said the allegations are unfounded.
CHURCH
AND STATE
Romney
may veto religious funds bill
Frank Phillips/Boston Globe (1/24/06)
Governor
Mitt Romney signaled yesterday that he is likely to oppose a bill requiring
religious institutions to disclose their finances, creating a major hurdle for
advocates of the legislation who must gain a veto-proof vote in the House to
guarantee that it becomes law.
DOCTRINE
AND PRACTICE
Vatican
commemorates arrival of first Swiss Guards 500 years ago
Associated Press (1/22/06: bostonherald.com)
VATICAN CITY - Pope Benedict XVI thanked the Swiss Guards on Sunday for their
500 years of service protecting the popes, as the Vatican opened its official
commemorations of the anniversary of the first mercenaries’ arrival from
Switzerland.
Displaced
Christian Conference Finds Site
K. Connie Kang/Los Angeles Times (1/24/06)
A Christian conference that was disinvited from the Roman Catholic cathedral
in Los Angeles because it was to feature a self-proclaimed mystic will be held
Saturday at the Alex Theater in Glendale, organizers said. Two weeks ago, Msgr.
Kevin Kostelnik, pastor of the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels, withdrew
the invitation to hold the event at the cathedral. In a letter, he said that
what had been portrayed as a Christian unity conference had turned out to be
largely a venue for Vassula Ryden.
CONGREGATIONS
AND FAITH GROUPS
'The
Mosque That Saddam Built'
Amit R. Paley/Washington Post (1/24/06)
When a generous benefactor donated $500,000 to help build a teal-domed mosque
amid the rolling tobacco fields of Southern Maryland, nobody paid much attention
to the source of the money. But a quarter-century and two Gulf Wars later, there
is considerably more interest in the philanthropist: former Iraqi dictator Saddam
Hussein.
Episcopalians
urge Marshall for sainthood
Associated Press (1/24/06: ajc.com)
NEW YORK — Episcopalians from a church where the late Supreme Court Justice
Thurgood Marshall worshipped are asking their denomination to name him a saint.
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