<feed version="0.3" xml:lang="en-us" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><generator>Plime/1</generator><title>Adoption rights for gays is tantamount to &#8216;child abuse&#8217;, says the Catholic Church : ATOM 0.3</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/"/><tagline>Adoption rights for gays is tantamount to &#8216;child abuse&#8217;, says the Catholic Church : ATOM 0.3</tagline><author><name>www.plime.com</name><email>plime@plime.com</email></author><copyright>2009, www.plime.com.</copyright><modified>2009-11-29T13:06:57+01:00</modified><entry><title><![CDATA[Adoption rights for gays is tantamount to &#8216;child abuse&#8217;, says the Catholic Church]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/120888/1/" /><id>120888</id><summary><![CDATA[Adoption rights for gays is tantamount to &#8216;child abuse&#8217;, says the Catholic Church]]></summary><issued>2009-06-07T10:39:10+01:00</issued><modified>2009-06-07T10:39:10+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[And then get told to STFU by legislators on both side of the Atlantic.  <br/><br/>The Catholics claim this is <a class="plime" href="/redir.p?http://catholicactionuk.blogspot.com/2009/06/final-defeat-of-catholic-adoption.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">&quot;Anti-Catholic&quot;</a> and claiming &quot;Hostility towards religion&quot;.<br/><br/><a class="plime" href="/redir.p?http://www.charity.tribunals.gov.uk/documents/decisions/CatholicCareDecision_1609v2.pdf" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">PDF</a> documenting the appeal by the Catholic church]]></content></entry><hr size='1' class='line' noshade/><div style='padding-top:20px;height:300px;margin-right:10px;float:left;'><script type="text/javascript"><!--
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No Catholic Wedding For You!]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/105297/1/" /><id>105297</id><summary><![CDATA[Disabled? No Catholic Wedding For You!]]></summary><issued>2009-04-07T09:37:10+01:00</issued><modified>2009-04-07T09:37:10+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Some of the rules that will prevent you from marrying in a Catholic church are logical - can't murder your current spouse so you can marry your girlfriend, can't have previous marriage. Others are less so, for example if you are impotent for any reason such as paralysis you are not allowed to be married in the church. Also if you state you don't want kids, you can't be married in the church.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Catholic Bishop Asking Forgiveness for LDS Missionaries]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/55351/1/" /><id>55351</id><summary><![CDATA[Catholic Bishop Asking Forgiveness for LDS Missionaries]]></summary><issued>2008-03-23T14:13:33+01:00</issued><modified>2008-03-23T14:13:33+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[An investigation into whether three Mormon missionaries defaced a Catholic shrine has been dropped after Roman Catholic Bishop Arthur Tafoya urged forgiveness.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[SoulWow]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/world/l/105083/1/" /><id>105083</id><summary><![CDATA[SoulWow]]></summary><issued>2009-04-06T17:58:49+01:00</issued><modified>2009-04-06T17:58:49+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[The Catholic church in NYC goes the ShamWow! route for confessions during this holy week.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Cell phone tower splits Catholic parish]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/26916/1/" /><id>26916</id><summary><![CDATA[Cell phone tower splits Catholic parish]]></summary><issued>2007-07-10T22:50:55+01:00</issued><modified>2007-07-10T22:50:55+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Some parishioners at a Roman Catholic church in the Chicago area said that a cell phone tower on the roof of its community hall could be used for pornography.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Obama Calls For 'Open Minds' Amid Abortion Debate]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/115068/1/" /><id>115068</id><summary><![CDATA[Obama Calls For 'Open Minds' Amid Abortion Debate]]></summary><issued>2009-05-17T23:12:14+01:00</issued><modified>2009-05-17T23:12:14+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[President Obama tackled the divisive issue of abortion this past weekend, urging people on all sides of the debate to seek common ground. But less noteworthy than what he said is where he said it: the University of Notre Dame. The Roman Catholic institution had drawn criticism for inviting the president, whose support for abortion rights is at odds with church doctrine.<br/><a class="plime" href="/redir.p?http://www.plime.com/l/101830/1/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Update to this story</a>]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Church denies raped women pill]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/8857/1/" /><id>8857</id><summary><![CDATA[Church denies raped women pill]]></summary><issued>2007-01-10T18:11:00+01:00</issued><modified>2007-01-10T18:11:00+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Sexually-assaulted women who seek help at Catholic-controlled hospitals cannot be referred to rape crisis centres that supply morning-after pills, under church policy.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[The 1,500-ton Catholic church moved 248ft and rotated 90 degrees to make way for a new road]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/80095/1/" /><id>80095</id><summary><![CDATA[The 1,500-ton Catholic church moved 248ft and rotated 90 degrees to make way for a new road]]></summary><issued>2008-10-23T08:30:14+01:00</issued><modified>2008-10-23T08:30:14+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[It's not every day a building just ups and moves... especially not when it's a 1,500-ton church. But that was exactly what happened to the Cathedral of St Dominic in Fuzhou, China today. Part of the church building was taken 75.6m (248ft) from its original position to move it out of the way of a construction project.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Church child abuse: Church pays &#8364;127 million; Irish taxpayers pay &#8364;1.3 BILLION.]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/116749/1/" /><id>116749</id><summary><![CDATA[Church child abuse: Church pays &#8364;127 million; Irish taxpayers pay &#8364;1.3 BILLION.]]></summary><issued>2009-05-24T05:41:05+01:00</issued><modified>2009-05-24T05:41:05+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[In 2002, Minister for Education Michael Woods, on the afternoon of his last day in office, without consultation with the Irish Parliament or the state legal office, agreed the above deal. The church still holds the government by the balls.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Catholic school opens gates to Hell boy]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/26709/1/" /><id>26709</id><summary><![CDATA[Catholic school opens gates to Hell boy]]></summary><issued>2007-07-09T09:56:07+01:00</issued><modified>2007-07-09T09:56:07+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[The Hell family says it may tell a Catholic school in Australia where to go after it objected to enrolling their son because of his name.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Disney accused by Catholic cleric of corrupting children's minds ]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/83161/1/" /><id>83161</id><summary><![CDATA[Disney accused by Catholic cleric of corrupting children's minds ]]></summary><issued>2008-11-30T08:46:08+01:00</issued><modified>2008-11-30T08:46:08+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[A leading Catholic cleric has launched a fierce attack on Disney, claiming it has corrupted children and encouraged greed.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[No accountability for Catholic child abuse cases in Irish Repbulic]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/115889/1/" /><id>115889</id><summary><![CDATA[No accountability for Catholic child abuse cases in Irish Repbulic]]></summary><issued>2009-05-21T03:14:45+01:00</issued><modified>2009-05-21T03:14:45+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[After 9 years, a report on the child abuse that went on in Catholic institutions includes <i>no names</i>, and there will be <i>no consequences</i> for those responsible.<br/><br/>Another <a class="plime" href="/redir.p?http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/0520/abuse.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">source</a>]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Catholic Nurse &quot;Forced&quot; To Assist In Abortion Procedure]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/world/l/129082/1/" /><id>129082</id><summary><![CDATA[Catholic Nurse &quot;Forced&quot; To Assist In Abortion Procedure]]></summary><issued>2009-07-26T14:25:36+01:00</issued><modified>2009-07-26T14:25:36+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[A nurse is suing Mount Sinai Hospital, claiming the institution &quot;forced&quot; her to assist with an abortion, despite her pleas. &quot;The hospital even exaggerated the patient's condition and claimed the woman could die if the nurse, a devout Catholic, did not follow orders, the nurse alleges in a lawsuit.&quot;]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Catholic Church Quits Pretending]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/93638/1/" /><id>93638</id><summary><![CDATA[Catholic Church Quits Pretending]]></summary><issued>2009-02-09T17:17:10+01:00</issued><modified>2009-02-09T17:17:10+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[that they are anything but one big scam making up their own rules which brings them more power. They are bringing back <a class="plime" href="/redir.p?http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indulgences" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">indulgences</a>.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Catholic Archdiocese of DC Will Stop Social Service Programs if Gays are Allowed to Marry]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/135726/1/" /><id>135726</id><summary><![CDATA[Catholic Archdiocese of DC Will Stop Social Service Programs if Gays are Allowed to Marry]]></summary><issued>2009-11-15T11:56:42+01:00</issued><modified>2009-11-15T11:56:42+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Never afraid to let their bigotry and prejudice trump their boss rules to do good, turn the other cheek, and help people, the catholic charity plans on stopping charity work.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[AIDS to Spread Faster with Catholic Condom Ban]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/39369/1/" /><id>39369</id><summary><![CDATA[AIDS to Spread Faster with Catholic Condom Ban]]></summary><issued>2007-10-24T03:34:31+01:00</issued><modified>2007-10-24T03:34:31+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Latin America is at danger of having the epidemic of AIDS due to the current policy of Roman Catholic Church that discourages the use of condoms, UN officials reported.]]></content></entry></feed>