Bishops are not 'Obama haters,' Dolan insists

by John L Allen Jr on Feb. 14, 2012 NCR Today

ROME -- Insisting that the Catholic bishops of America are not “Obama haters,” soon-to-be Cardinal Timothy Dolan of New York said this morning that while the bishops regard a recent compromise on insurance mandates announced by the administration as unacceptable, he’s committed to “dialogue” and a “posture of openness” in trying  to reach agreement.

There’s still “a little glimmer of hope,” Dolan said, that an acceptable solution can be found.

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Feb. 13, 2012 - Bishop Conley's column in the Feb. 8 Denver Catholic Register invites each of us to attend this year's Living the Catholic Faith Conference. Bishop Conley tells the remarkable story of Saint Josephine Bakhita, who was kidnapped and taken into slavery at age 9. The witness and charity of a Catholics changed her life. You could do the same for someone today. As Bishop Conley writes, your faithful witness is badly needed. Come to the conference and be strengthened in this call...[read more] 

Feb. 8, 2012 -  Reporter Julie Filby interviews workshop presenter Steve Markel about his planned presentation, "Families of Character." She also takes a peek into what teens can expect from this year's new Youth Track, interviewing Jason Evert about his planned talk titled, "Romance without regret: saying ‘yes’ to real love." Read the full article in the Denver Catholic Register.

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Stephen Colbert, one of comedy's funniest Catholics, featured our Keynote Speaker back in 2009, to explain why the Vatican accepts the possibility of alien life. Don't miss Brother Guy's March 3 presentations: "The Logos Becomes Flesh," and "Why does the pope have an astronomer?"

Jan. 25, 2012 -  Reporter Julie Filby interviewed both keynote speaker John Allen Jr. and workshop presenter Jennifer Fulwiler about their planned presentations at this year's conference.

John Allen Jr. about his keynote presentation, “Evangelical Catholicism:” “I’m not using ‘evangelical’ here to refer to a certain brand of Protestant Christianity, but in the root sense of the Greek word euangelion meaning ‘good news’ or ‘gospel.’ Evangelical Catholicism is a powerful thrust within the Church to renew its missionary energies, and to shape culture in light of the faith.”

Jennifer Fulwiler, on her talk, “When your loved one is an atheist:” "Because of the nature of the writing I do, I hear from a lot of people—especially atheists and agnostics—who are seeking faith. My (email) in-box is also flooded with conversion stories—so I have years of experience dialoguing with both people who are not there yet, and people who have come home. The talk will be a synthesis of not only my personal experience, but what I’ve heard from probably hundreds of people.”

... (read Filby's complete newspaper article here)