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from https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ballot1.jpg (Sept. ‎30, ‎2015?) see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-Catholicism#Colonial_era

New health care reform law contributes to the march toward a culture of death
Statement regarding the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
Most Rev. Samuel J. Aquila, Bishop of Fargo (March 30, 2010)

Printer-friendly six-to-a-page novena prayer cards for Pope Benedict XVI

I've made a video invitation to pray the Novena available for download. (You'll need Flash Video File (Adobe Systems Incorporated) to play the video)

Plenary Session on The Scientific Legacy of the 20th Century (28 October - 1 November 2010)

Scientific Insights into the Evolution of the Universe and of Life Plenary Session 31 October - 4 November 2008 Acta 20 Vatican City, 2009 pp. LXVIII-622 ISBN 978-88-7761-097-3 (available from http://www.casinapioiv.va/content/dam/accademia/pdf/acta20.pdf)

Verbum Domini (English translation) (POST-SYNODAL APOSTOLIC EXHORTATION VERBUM DOMINI OF THE HOLY FATHER BENEDICT XVI TO THE BISHOPS, CLERGY, CONSECRATED PERSONS AND THE LAY FAITHFUL ON THE WORD OF GOD IN THE LIFE AND MISSION OF THE CHURCH LIBRERIA EDITRICE VATICANA VATICAN CITY)

Brief history of the Shrine of Our Lady of Good Help in Champion

Basic information on apparitions at Champion

Psychoactive Plants: Opium Poppy, Marijuana, and Cocaine

; alt="Life at evacuation shelter: A girl warms herself near a fire at the entrance of an evacuation shelter in the quake-hit town of Onagawa in Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on March 16, 2011. The area was devastated by a massive earthquake and tsunami on March 11. (Kyodo)"

; alt="Tsunami aftermath in Kesennuma: Ships lie stranded in Kesennuma in Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on March 16, 2011. The area was devastated by a massive earthquake and tsunami on March 11. (Kyodo)"

; alt="Mother reunited with child after quake: A woman hugs her child in the quake-hit city of Kesennuma in Miyagi Prefecture on March 16, 2011, as they are reunited after five days. A massive earthquake and tsunami struck the area on March 11. (Kyodo)"

; alt="Quake aftermath in Kesennuma: People stand beside piles of debris in the quake-hit city of Kesennuma in Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on March 16, 2011. The area was devastated by a massive earthquake and tsunami on March 11. (Kyodo)"

; alt="Life in quake-hit Ofunato: A woman walks by her destroyed home amid snowfall in the quake-hit city of Ofunato in Iwate Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on March 16, 2011. The area was devastated by a massive earthquake and tsunami on March 11. (Kyodo)"

; alt="Life in quake-hit Miyagi Pref.: A woman pushes collected rain water in a bucket on a cart in the town of Onagawa, Miyagi Prefecture, on March 16, 2011. A devastating earthquake and tsunami struck the area on March 11. (Kyodo)"

; alt="Life in quake-hit Iwate Pref.: A woman lifts up belongings from the rubble amid snowfall in Miyako, Iwate Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on March 16, 2011. A devastating earthquake and tsunami struck the area on March 11. (Kyodo)"

; alt="Rescue and recovery efforts: Firefighters carry out a recovered body in the snow in Otsuchi, Iwate Prefecture, on March 16, 2011, following the massive earthquake and tsunami that struck Japan on March 11. (Kyodo)"

; alt="Japan's historic earthquake: Snow falls on damaged houses and piles of debris on March 16, 2011, in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, in quake-hit northeastern Japan, where the temperature dropped to midwinter levels the same day. (Kyodo) "

; alt="Midwinter weather in quake-hit area: People walk through snow-covered rubble in the tsunami-hit village of Noda, Iwate Prefecture, on March 16, 2011, as the temperature dropped to midwinter levels in northeastern Japan the same day. (Kyodo) "

; alt="Rescue efforts in Iwate Pref.: A rescue worker from the United States searches for survivors and victims of the massive March 11 earthquake and tsunami in Ofunato, Iwate Prefecture, on March 16, 2011. (Kyodo)"

; alt="Quake aftermath: Survivors look for their homes amid the rubble in Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, on March 16, 2011, five days after a megaquake hit Japan. (Kyodo)"

; alt="Photo frame in debris: A mud-covered photo frame is among the debris left in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, on March 15, 2011, four days after the area was devastated by the killer quake and tsunami. (Kyodo)"

; alt="Indonesians evacuating from Japan: Indonesians arrive at Soekarno Hatta airport in Jakarta on March 15, 2011, after evacuating from areas in northeastern Japan devastated by the March 11 killer quake an tsunami. (Kyodo)"

; alt="S. Koreans donate for Japan quake victims
People donate money to rescue efforts for Japan's massive earthquake at Jogyesa Buddhist temple in Seoul on March 15, 2011. Many organizations in South Korea are raising donations to assist Japan's recovery. (Kyodo) "

DiNardo-HR1473.pdf

from http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/inoakland/detail?entry_id=89409 May 2011

from http://www.gocomics.com/nonsequitur/2011/06/13

from http://www.ocregister.com/articles/cathedral-307174-diocese-million.html

July 6, 2011

Study Week on Astrobiology, Pontifical Academy of Sciences (November 6-10, 2009) (from http://www.casinapioiv.va/content/dam/accademia/booklet/booklet_astrobiology.pdf Sept 2, 2011)

source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:WBC_20051202_sacco-topeka5.jpg

source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Baptists-against-jews.jpg

source: http://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/pontifical_academies/acdscien/index.htm

source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mephistopheles

source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faust

	A little outside help: What could possibly go wrong?

Study Week on Astrobiology (November 6-10, 2009)

Casina of Pius IV, from "Vatican Gardens," Karen Esswein (Spring 2005)

(source: http://www.nationalgeographicstock.com/ngsimages/explore/explorecomp.jsf?xsys=SE&id=497838 / Mummies at the Capuchin Catacombs established in 1599 in Palermo, Sicily. William Albert Allard/National Geographic Stock

"The Sacred and the Philosophy of Religion,"

Basic Information on Apparitions

"Excerpts from the English translation of The Roman Missal"
© 2010, International Committee on English in the Liturgy, Inc. All rights reserved.

"Excerpts from the English translation of The Roman Missal" (annotated)
© 2010, International Committee on English in the Liturgy, Inc. All rights reserved.

Advent & Christmas With Pope Benedict XVI
Committee on Communications, United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, English translation copyright © 2010, Libreria Editrice Vaticana. All rights reserved

Archbishop Nienstedt's Letter Against Health Coverage Mandates (January 26, 2012)
(PDF) - 72 KB
from http://www.archspm.org/_uls/resources/Gen_Ltr_re_US_Dept_of_Health_decision____1-26-12.pdf

Carta del Arzobispo Nienstedt contra los mandatos de la cobertura de salud (Spanish) (26 de enero de 2012)
(PDF) - 68 KB
from http://www.archspm.org/_uls/resources/Gen_Ltr_in_SPANISH_US_Dept_of_Health_decision__1-26-12.pdf

USCCB: White House Misrepresents Its Own Contraceptive Mandate
(PDF) - 169 KB (February 3, 2012)
from http://www.archspm.org/_uls/resources/USCCB-Response-to-WH-Blog-on-HHS-Mandate-2012.pdf

USCCB: Six Things Everyone Should Know About the HHS Mandate (February 6, 2012)
(PDF) - 12 KB
from http://www.archspm.org/_uls/resources/USCCB-six-things-HHS-regulations-english-2012-02-06.pdf

USCCB: SEIS COSAS QUE TODO EL MUNDO DEBERÍA SABER SOBRE LA REGULACIÓN DE HHS (Spanish) (6 de febrero 2012)
(PDF) - 27 KB
from http://www.archspm.org/_uls/resources/USCCB-six-things-HHS-regulations-spanish-2012-02-06.pdf
 

The HHS Mandate for Contraception/Sterilization Coverage: An Attack on Rights of Conscience
United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (January 20, 2012)

USCCB's HHS Mandate Bulletin Insert (English)(February 12, 2012)

USCCB's HHS Mandate Volante Para Boletines (en Español)(12 de febrero 2012)

from https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Anti-Catholic_octopus_cartoon.jpg see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_conspiracy_theories#Anti-Catholic.2C_Vatican.2C_and_Jesuit_conspiracy_theories

Letter by Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan, Archbishop of New York, President of United States Conference of Catholic Bishops; to all Catholic bishops in America (March 2, 2012)
(from http://www.usccb.org/issues-and-action/religious-liberty/upload/Dolan-to-all-bishops-HHS.pdf)

United for Religious Freedom
A Statement of the Administrative Committee
Of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops
March 14, 2012

• Faith
  • Central mysteries of the (Catechism of the Catholic Church, 234, 647, 2558)
  • The Church as guardian of the (Catechism, 171, 181, 507)
  • Deposit of the (Catechism, 84-95, 173-175)
  • Dogmas of the (Catechism, 88-90)
  • Education in the (Catechism, 1656, 2225-2226)
    • And catechesis (Catechism, 4-6)
  • Of the faithful as the faith of the Church, received from the apostles (Catechism, 949)
  • Perseverance in the faith and its defense (Catechism, 162, 2088)
  • Proclamation, institution, and propagation of the (Catechism, 3-10, 24, 91, 171, 425, 927, 935, 939)
  • Professing the faith as a duty and task (Catechism, 2145, 2471-2472)
  • Witness to the (Catechism, 1816, 2220, 2473-2474)
• Authority/authorities
  • Christ's (Catechism, 581-582, 651, 668-669, 1063, 1441, 1673, 2173)
  • Of
    • The Apostles (Catechism, 551, 873, 1444, 1575)
    • The Church's ministers (Catechism, 875, 1551, 1563)
    • Truth (Catechism, 1777)
  • Bishops (Catechism, 883, 888, 894, 1596, 2034, 2179)
  • The Church's (Catechism, 85, 119, 553, 874, 895, 918, 1023, 1125, 1399, 1578, 1635, 1673, 1792, 2037, 2420)
  • Credo (Catechism, 194-195)
  • In the world
    • Abuse of civil (Catechism, 2155, 2242-2298)
    • Civil and human (Catechism, 1900, 1901, 2234)
    • Common good and (Catechism, 1903, 1906, 1909, 1928, 2266, 2293, 2406, 2429, 2498)
    • Duties of (Catechism, 1917, 1923, 2235-36, 2241, 2272, 2316, 2354, 2498)
    • Family and (Catechism, 2202, 2207, 2234)
    • Illegitimate civil (Catechism, 2155)
  • Foundation of (Catechism, 1899, 1918, 1920, 1930)
  • Foundation of human (Catechism, 1897-1904)
  • God's (Catechism, 156, 239, 668, 1295, 1381, 2086, 2777)
  • Jesus and religious authorities in Jerusalem (Catechism, 575, 587, 589, 591, 595-596)
  • Law as the enactment of (Catechism, 1951)
  • Legitimate exercise of (Catechism, 1897, 1921)
  • Limits to (Catechism, 2267)
  • Of the Magisterium of the Church (Catechism, 88, 2036)
  • Necessary for human society (Catechism, 1897-1898, 1919)
  • Refusal to obey (Catechism, 2256)
  • Respect for (Catechism, 1880)
  • Respect for others and (Catechism, 1902, 1930, 2199, 2254)
  • Service of (Catechism, 2235)
  • Of the Supreme Pontiff (Catechism, 1594, 2034)
  • War and international (Catechism, 2308
• Obedience
  • Christ's (Catechism, 411, 475, 532, 539, 612, 615, 908, 1009)
  • Of
    • The baptized to their calling (Catechism, 1269 (Catechism, 1269)
    • Faith (Catechism, 143, 144-149, 1831, 2087, 2098, 2135, 2340, 2716, 2825)
    • Priests (Catechism, 1567)
    • The Virgin Mary (Catechism, 148, 494, 511)
  • To
    • Conscience (Catechism, 1790)
    • Constituted laws (Catechism, 2240)
  • Duty of (Catechism, 1900)
  • As
    • An evangelical counsel (Catechism, 915, 2053)
    • Filial respect (Catechism, 2216-2217, 2251)
  • And
    • Freedom (Catechism, 1733)
    • Sin (Catechism, 1850, 1862, 2515)

God
∞

Backgrounder: Is The Respect for Rights of Conscience Act Overbroad? (March 20, 2012)

The HHS Mandate for Contraception/Sterilization Coverage: An Attack on Rights of Conscience (FAQ)  (January 20, 2012)

BACKGROUND: THE NEW FEDERAL MANDATE FOR CONTRACEPTION/STERILIZATION COVERAGE (January 20, 2012)

CURRENT FEDERAL LAWS PROTECTING CONSCIENCE RIGHTS (February 2012)

BRIEF OF THE UNITED STATES CONFERENCE OF CATHOLIC BISHOPS, THE EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH IN AMERICA, LUTHERAN IMMIGRATION AND REFUGEE SERVICE, AND REV. GRADYE PARSONS AS STATED CLERK OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH (U.S.A.) AS AMICI CURIAE IN SUPPORT OF RESPONDENT (March 26, 2012)

"Pastoral Visit of His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI to Sydney on the Occasion of the XXIII World Youth Day"
Liturgical Celebrations of His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI
(July 15-21, 2008)

"Liturgical Calendar 2008 for the Dioceses of the United States of America"
Committee on the Liturgy, United States Conference of Catholic Bishops

"New Sisters and Brothers in Perpetual Vows"
Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate
Mary L. Gautier, Ph.D., C. Joseph O’Hara, Ph.D., Georgetown University, Washington, DC (December 2011)

The Most Cherished of American Freedoms - Past and Present
(en Espanol) - April/May 2012

Catholic Organizations Respond to HHS “Preventive Services” Mandate (an open letter)

Above, as a full page ad

Backgrounder: The New Federal Regulation on Coerced Abortion Payments (April 11, 2012)