LifeNews.com (Free subscription) | 25/11/2009
Washington, DC (LifeNews.com) -- MSNBC is coming under fire from pro-life Catholics upset about the way two of its show hosts treated Bishop Thomas Tobin. The Rhode Island bishop received national attention the last few days as pro-abortion Congressman Patrick Kennedy made public a private letter admonishing him on abortion.
Boston Herald (Free subscription) | 24/11/2009
U.S. Rep. Patrick Kennedy's public feud with Rhode Island's top bishop over abortion rights comes as the nation's Catholic parishes have received marching orders...
Don Surber (Free subscription) | 22/11/2009
Democratic Congressman Pat Kennedy told the Providence Journal that the bishop has told the priests in Rhode Island not to give him communion because of the congressman’s stand on abortion and other political issues. The bishop’s spokesman said no he hasn’t. But the congressman said the bishop told him this. “Bishop Tobin has never addressed matters relative to [...]
Top Stories from Newser (Free subscription) | 22/11/2009
Health care reform, the cause of his father's life, has made Rep. Patrick Kennedy persona non grata in his Rhode Island parish—via the furor over publicly funded abortion. As the debate rages, Bishop Thomas Tobin has told the only public servant remaining in America's most famous Catholic family not...
