CatholicVote.org » Czech Republic http://www.catholicvote.org Sun, 19 May 2013 14:12:36 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Reader: Anti-Communist leader Vaclev Havel dies, Hitchens and abortion, Pope to canonize two Americans http://www.catholicvote.org/reader-anti-communist-leader-vaclev-havel-dies-hitchens-and-abortion-pope-to-canonize-two-americans/ http://www.catholicvote.org/reader-anti-communist-leader-vaclev-havel-dies-hitchens-and-abortion-pope-to-canonize-two-americans/#comments Mon, 19 Dec 2011 17:02:12 +0000 Joshua Mercer http://www.catholicvote.org/discuss/index.php?p=24155

Welcome to the Lunchtime Reader, where we assemble important stories to keep your eyes on.

Vaclev Havel was a playwright, anti-Communist, and former leader of a free Czech Republic. He died yesterday at 75. http://is.gd/5xzOCB

Brutal North Korean dictator Kim Jong Il dead at age 69. Pray for the people suffering in North Korea. http://is.gd/yrGU23

Christopher Hitchens: Abortion survivor, post-abortive father, cognitive pro-lifer. http://is.gd/2cqL9Q

NY Times: Newt Gingrich represents “new political era for Catholics.” http://is.gd/eqxHkA

Rep. Jim Clyburn, D-SC, ought to be ashamed. He compares the effort to ensure fair elections to racism, claiming that GOP efforts to pass laws requiring voters to show an ID is a “21st century poll tax.” http://is.gd/T77JBc

‘Vegetative’ patients may be fully conscious: Lancet study. http://is.gd/CPK65s

Two new U.S. saints! Pope Benedict XVI decrees miracles needed to canonize Blesseds Marianne Cope and Kateri Tekakwitha. http://is.gd/TTWc0d

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