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Senior US cardinal laments the silence of Catholics on pro-life, pro-family issues

Cardinal Raymond Burke, the most senior US cardinal and head of the Catholic Church's highest court, has lamented the silence of Catholics on pro-life and pro-family issues. In an interview he said: "There is far too much silence — people do not want to talk about [issues such as same-sex marriage] because the topic is not ‘politically correct. But we cannot be silent any longer or we will find ourselves in a situation that will be very difficult to reverse." He said that pro-abortion politicians must be denied Holy Communion, honours by Catholic universities and public Catholic funerals. [LifeSiteNews.com, 19 September]

Other stories:

Abortion

• Pro-abortion journalist argues that sex-selective is a woman's right [Guardian, 19 September]
• Abortion, same-sex unions are "diseases" which represent the "pseudo-values" of a "teenage" world, says Catholic patriarch of Ukraine [Religious Information Service of Ukraine, 19 September]

Euthanasia

• BBC accused of ’bias’ in favour of assisted suicide [Telegraph, 21 September]
• Queensland Australia will not legalize euthanasia [Euthanasia Prevention Coalition, 20 September]

Embryology

• Profile of Indian surrogacy centre used by British couples [Telegraph, 21 September]
• Boys born by ‘three-parent’ IVF therapy face fertility and health risks, says study [Times, 20 September]

General

• London South Bank University student leafleting: the message must not be silenced [SPUC youth blog, 20 September]
• Queen Mary University of London: opposition and hope [SPUC youth blog, 19 September]

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