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Students Push for Addition of Latin Mass Posted: Tue Oct 23, 2007 1:06 pm (GMT -5) Click Logo To Link Original Students Push for Addition of Latin Mass Campus Ministry Says Training, Scheduling Concerns Pose Problems By Elizabeth Blazey Special to The Hoya Tuesday, October 23, 2007 The Latin Mass may be coming back to Georgetown, if one group of students has its way. Two students submitted last month a formal request to the Office of Campus Ministry for the addition of a Catholic Tridentine Mass on Sundays in Dahlgren Chapel. Administrators said that they are considering the proposal but have not made a decision. The students first asked Director of Campus Ministry Fr. Timothy Godfrey, S.J. on Sept. 7 for the addition of the Mass on Sundays at Dahlgren Chapel, one of the students, Steven Picciano (COL '09), said. Picciano said that at least 50 Georgetown students support this request, and that five Jesuits have already agreed to say the Tridentine Mass should the proposal be accepted. Fr. Timothy Godfrey, director of campus ministry, said he "will follow the same route as the Archdiocese [of Washington, D.C.] and take time in the implementation of this Mass." He said the archdiocese is working on determining what a "stable group of faithful" entails. Godfrey said the implementation of the Tridentine Mass has been delayed by logistical complications, including the need to train priests in saying the Mass. Furthermore, he said, the availability of Dahlgren is limited on Sundays, leaving little time for another Mass. "Campus Ministry already holds six Masses on Sundays, baptisms, marriages," he said. "Difficulty arises in trying to meet all sorts of needs." Godfrey said that he is working with Fr. John Langan, S.J., the rector of the university's Jesuit Community, and that the next step in the process — if the Mass is permitted — is for priests to say the Tridentine Mass in university-sanctioned Masses in Copley Crypt. He said that no specific timeline has been established for making the decision. Picciano said that, as a result of not having a Tridentine Mass on campus, some students attend Mass at St. Mary, Mother of God Church in Chinatown, and are, "by extension, excluded from the Georgetown community." "As a Catholic university, it makes sense to meet the spiritual needs of Catholic students," he said. Picciano said a Tridentine Mass is already said every Friday at 3:30 p.m. in Copley Crypt, typically by Fr. Stephen Fields, S.J., although this Mass is not part of the university's official schedule of Masses. Picciano said the Tridentine Mass offers a more solemn, humble and contemplative approach to worshipping God than the contemporary Mass. "It enhances the atmosphere of Mass," he said. "It's a way of praying to the highest." The Tridentine Mass is a traditional Mass that is said in Latin, offers more time for reflection and contemplation, and includes slightly different prayers, although the basic structure of the Mass is the same as contemporary Masses. The use of the Tridentine Mass sharply declined after the Second Vatican Council, which was held from 1962-1965. Pope Benedict XVI reaffirmed the legitimacy of the Tridentine Mass in an apostolic letter released in July. "In parishes, where there is a stable group of faithful who adhere to the earlier liturgical tradition, the pastor should willingly accept their requests to celebrate the Mass according to the rite of the Roman Missal published in 1962, and ensure that the welfare of these faithful [harmonizes] with the ordinary pastoral care of the parish, under the guidance of the bishop in accordance with canon 392, avoiding discord and [favoring] the unity of the whole Church," Benedict said in the letter, "Summorum Pontificum." According to the letter, in churches that are not parishes or associated with a convent or monastery — such as Dahlgren — it is the duty of the rector to grant permission for the use of the Tridentine Mass. Fields, one of the five Jesuits who expressed support for the proposal, said the Tridentine Mass can help enrich the spiritual experience of Catholics on campus who choose to attend the Masses, adding that some students are trying to form a Gregorian choir to enhance the Masses. "I hope that the consequences [of adding the Tridentine Mass] will be a healthy addition to the diversity of worship on campus, a cultivation of contemplative prayer, a renewal of the riches of Gregorian chant, a deeper appreciation of the Church's history and tradition and a deeper love of the Mass as the principal act of worship of the Church," he said. "Campus Ministry has been most gracious in honoring the request of the students on campus," Fields said. "The Pope asks that a stable group of worshipers request the Mass and that their pastors willingly accede to it. But some details had to be worked out with the archdiocese, and the students had to identify priests able and willing to celebrate it. It is quite complicated, and the priests need a period of training, which is still going on." Natasha Labeaud (COL '09) expressed support for the offering of a Tridentine Mass on campus. "I would probably go," she said. "It would be a nice option to have because it relates to the roots of Mass in general." _________________ IN CORDIBUS JESU ET MARIÆ SECRETMAN

Rotary club invites Dignitas International Posted: Tue Oct 23, 2007 11:59 am (GMT -5) Rotarians to meet at Orangeville fairgrounds October 18, 2007 Representatives from more than 40 Rotary Clubs across central southern Ontario will meet for the annual Rotary International Convention this Saturday, October 20, at the Orangeville Fairgrounds. Joining the Rotarians will be a cast of speakers, including keynote speaker James Orbinski of Dignitas International. Mr. Orbinski is a renowned humanitarian and past president of "Doctors Without Borders" who accepted the Nobel Peace Prize for the organization in 1999. Other guest speakers include Alan Maclachlan, "Insights into Personal Effectiveness"; Ron Denham, "Rotary International Water Projects" and Terry Palmay, "Share Rotary". A world community service panel plus a Youth Group Study involving 60 young Rotarian delegates from South and Central America, Europe, Australia, Japan and Thailand will provide a full day of international discussions around the Rotary themes of health, hunger and humanity. The evening will close with a choral presentation with 60-plus members of the Achill Choral Society, followed by a gala dinner. _________________ http://www.geocities.com/demographic_crash

Cardinal sees difficulties in talks with Islam Posted: Tue Oct 23, 2007 10:19 am (GMT -5) Cardinal sees difficulties in talks with Islam Rome, Oct. 23, 2007 (CWNews.com) - Responding to an initiative by 138 Islamic officials, the president of the Pontifical Council for Inter-Religious Dialogue has welcomed a bid for talks between Christian and Muslim leaders, but warned about inevitable difficulties in that dialogue. In an interview with the French newspaper La Croix, Cardinal Jean-Louis Tauran pointed out that Muslims do not accept the sort of inter-religious dialogue that Christians have come to expect. For example, he said, Muslims "will not allow in-depth discussion of the Qu'ran," since they believe that the words were literally dictated by Allah, and any questioning of the text borders on blasphemy. Because Islamic leaders refuse to discuss the fundamental basis of their beliefs, the French cardinal said, "it is difficult to discuss the content of their faith." Cardinal Tauran said that insofar as talks with Muslims can be pursued, Christian leaders should insist that Islamic societies respect religious freedom, in the same way that the western world respects the rights of Muslims. Specifically, he said, "if they can have mosques in Europe, it is reasonable to expect them to allow churches built in their countries." _________________ http://www.geocities.com/demographic_crash

Giuliani Defends, Employs Priest Accused of Molesting Teens Posted: Tue Oct 23, 2007 10:15 am (GMT -5) abcnews.com Video on GMA Giuliani Defends, Employs Priest Accused of Molesting Teens By BRIAN ROSS and AVNI PATEL Oct. 23, 2007 Presidential candidate Rudolph Giuliani hired a Catholic priest to work in his consulting firm months after the priest was accused of sexually molesting two former students and an altar boy and told by the church to stop performing his priestly duties. The priest, Monsignor Alan Placa, a longtime friend of Giuliani and the priest who officiated at his second wedding to Donna Hanover, continues to work at Giuliani Partners in New York, to the outrage of some of his accusers and victims' groups, which have begun to protest at Giuliani campaign events. "This man did unjust things, and he's being protected and employed and taken care of. It's not a good thing," said one of the accusers, Richard Tollner, who says Placa molested him repeatedly when he was a student at a Long Island, N.Y. Catholic boys high school in 1975. At a campaign appearance in Milwaukee last week, Giuliani continued to defend Placa, who he described to reporters as a close friend for 39 years. Click here to see photos of Giuliani and the Priest. "I know the man; I know who he is, so I support him," Giuliani said. "We give some of the worst people in our society the presumption of innocence and benefit of the doubt," he said. "And, of course, I'm going to give that to one of my closest friends." The accusations against Placa were made in testimony before a Suffolk County grand jury in 2002. Tollner, now a mortgage broker in Albany, N.Y., says he was one of three people to testify about Placa. "This man harmed children. He still could do it. He deserves to be shown for what he was, or is," says Tollner. Appearing publicly for the first time today on ABC News' "Good Morning America," Tollner says the abuse started when he and Placa were in the high school making posters for a Right to Life march. "As he started to explain how these posters should be done, I realized that something was rubbing my body," Tollner said. "After a minute or two, I realized that he's feeling me, feeling me in my genital area." The grand jury report concluded that a Priest F, who Tollner says is Placa, abused the boys sexually "again and again and again." "Priest F was cautious, but relentless in his pursuit of victims. He fondled boys over their clothes, usually in his office," the report said. Click here to see photos of Giuliani and the Priest. The report concluded that Priest F, and several other priests under investigation from the same Long Island, N.Y. diocese, could not be prosecuted because the statute of limitations had expired. Several former students from the same high school say they were asked by the "Giuliani organization" to contact ABC News and vouch for Placa. "There was absolutely not a hint of rumor of a speculation or a whisper, in four years, or in decades after of any sexual predatoriness on the part of Rev. Placa," wrote Matthew Hogan in an e-mail to ABCNews.com. Hogan says he recalls that Placa did give "special attention" to his former schoolmate Richard Tollner and remembers seeing Tollner in Placa's office "laughing, on opposite sides of a desk with Mr. Tollner happily animated sitting up on the couch talking." But Hogan says the school area where Tollner says he was molested "was CONSTANTLY trafficked even on off days and hours." "I will gladly help take apart in public anything that seriously overlooks the above. I'll be watching The Blotter like a hawk," Hogan wrote. In addition to the allegations that Priest F was personally involved in the sexual abuse, the grand jury also said that Priest F became instrumental in a church policy that used "deception and intimidation" to keep the church scandal quiet. Click here to see photos of Giuliani and the Priest. Placa served as a lawyer for the diocese in dealing with allegations of abuse against other priests and, according to the grand jury report, claimed he had saved the church hundreds of thousands of dollars in his handling of possible litigation. Lawyers for alleged victims say Placa would often conduct interviews, in his priest garb, without making it clear he was the church lawyer. "He was a wolf in sheep's clothing," said Melanie Little, a lawyer for several alleged victims of sexual abuse by other priests in the diocese. "He was more concerned with protecting the priests, protecting the reputation of the diocese and protecting the church coffers than he was protecting the children," said Little. Since going to work for Giuliani Partners, the former mayor and the priest have continued to be close. Placa accompanied Giuliani and his wife Judith on a trip to Rome earlier this year. Through a spokeswoman at Giuliani Partners, Sunny Mindel, Placa declined requests to comment on the allegations to ABCNews.com. Mindel also declined to specify what Placa does for the firm or how much he is paid. "Mr. Giuliani can do what he wants with his money, but he has to pay the price for people like myself who disagree with employing known child molesters," Tollner said. While no longer allowed to perform priestly duties or appear in public as a priest, Placa continues to maintain a residence at a church rectory in Great Neck on New York's Long Island. According to New York property records, Placa also co-owns, with another priest, a waterfront apartment in lower Manhattan in Battery Park City, valued at more than $500,000. Do you have a tip for Brian Ross and the Investigative Team? _________________ http://www.geocities.com/demographic_crash

FU at Steubenville: NO TLM 4 U! (disturbing tactics) Posted: Tue Oct 23, 2007 9:35 am (GMT -5) Franciscan University at Steubenville and Summorum Pontificum Fr. John Zuhlsdorf What Does the Prayer Really Say? October 23, 2007 http://wdtprs.com/blog/2007/10/franciscan-university-at-steubenville-and-summorum-pontificum/ I [Fr. John Zuhlsdorf] got this by e-mail: "A well-substantiated rumor has it that a petition for the implementation of Summorum Pontificum bearing 155 names of students and faculty has been denied by the plenary council of T.O.R friars on the grounds that the motu proprio does not apply to Catholic universities. You can certainly see what the implications are. Keep this one on your radar; it's going to be huge." UPDATE: I received another bit of information about what is going on. Slightly edited: "In response to your blog post on FUS denying the TLM—-it is more than just a rumor. I am a student at FUS and personally know the people organizing this petition drive. They truly were told "no" after submitting the signatures. As a matter of fact, the person organizing this petition was told by a priest in the chapel to seek professional counseling (Fr. Z's comment: Evidently a love for the TLM is a mental illness). "What is strange in all of this is that a couple of years ago the folks running the chapel bent over backwards to bring a French Novus Ordo Mass on campus in order to accommodate roughly 15 French-language students. Ten times that amount request a TLM and we are told to seek counseling. "Pray for us father." For decades this has been the standard reaction from the aging hippies and the intellectually lazy: if you want our traditional Catholic patrimony, you need psychological counseling. At the basis of this is a true clash of world views.

Fashion shows & trendy entertainment at former LA cathed Posted: Tue Oct 23, 2007 6:49 am (GMT -5) Scantily clad women, two men kissing, and a transvestite Former LA cathedral now a venue for sexy fashion shows and live, trendy entertainment California Catholic Daily October 23, 2007 http://www.calcatholic.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?id=b653f1a2-a391-4c89-a2a0-4d6535f001df Los Angeles' former cathedral, St. Vibiana's, built in 1876, has gotten a new life since the Los Angeles archdiocese sold it to developer Tom Gilmore in 1999. It is now called "Vibiana's Place," and reopened as an art center in 2006. "Church law requires that former churches be used for a dignified purpose," archdiocesan spokesman Tod Tamberg told the Associated Press in 2005. St. Vibiana's transformation into an art center is "really a wonderful second life for the former cathedral," said Tamberg. From Oct. 11-13, the old cathedral served as a venue for LA's "Fashion Week." BOXeight, a nonprofit arts organization, held its contribution to Fashion Week at Vibiana's Place. The event, "Have Faith in LA," was a "fashion, music and art collaborative." Designers featured at the event include Jeffrey Sebelia, whose Cosa Nostra collection displays his "love of all things punk rock," said the Oct. 10 Los Angeles Times. His most requested piece is "the flirty striped dress zigzagged with zippers." The Cosa Nostra web site reveals women's styles, some tight and formfitting, while others emphasize cleavage. "Have Faith in LA" featured Louis Verdad, a designer whose collection for women, like Sebelia's, emphasizes the sexy – bare shoulders, low cut necklines, short skirts. According to his web site, the León, Guanjuato-born Verdad is "known for his chic, sophisticated design," and draws his inspiration from "the elegant status-driven society in which he grew up." Less elegant, and more revealing, are the designs by the Bohemian Society, also featured at the Vibiana's Place show. Among the entertainment groups featured during three-day event was "You Wear It Well," which calls itself a "traveling presentation of short films and videos that investigate the intersection of fashion and film." A short clip, "A Shaded View of Fashion," featured on the group's web site features scantily clad women, two men kissing, and a transvestite. Another entertainment group was the Hysterica Dance Company, whose choreography, with barely clad men and women, emphasizes the erotic. BOXeight calls itself "an arts organization dedicated to the rejuvenation of a downtown neighborhood, and the organization of a Los Angeles arts community." It says it hopes that, through its efforts, "downtown will flourish into a standard for artists communities across the globe." Among BOXeight's sponsors is the Downtown Los Angeles Neighborhood Council, created by the new city charter in 1999. The council's mission is "to unite the diverse communities of Downtown Los Angeles and to provide an innovative forum for all community stakeholders to contribute to a healthy, vibrant, and inclusive Downtown."

The Encyclical Against the "Modernists" Turns 100 Posted: Tue Oct 23, 2007 6:44 am (GMT -5) The Encyclical Against the "Modernists" Turns 100 – But Without Fanfare No official celebrations for the centenary of the "Pascendi" encyclical. The "unworthy methods" used to fight this battle have been discarded. But the questions at the center of that controversy are still open. And the book "Jesus of Nazareth" is proof of this by Sandro Magister Chiesa October 23, 2007 http://chiesa.espresso.repubblica.it/articolo/172543?eng=y ROMA, October 23, 2007 – The anniversary came and went in silence, in the Vatican, without any official commemorations. But the questions addressed one hundred years ago in the encyclical "Pascendi Dominici Gregis" by saint Pius X "on the errors of modernism" are still seen as relevant. The reservation is due, instead, to the specific measures that the Church took a century ago: measures viewed as mistaken by today's Church authorities. This is what the new director of "L'Osservatore Romano," professor Giovanni Maria Vian, said in the first significant interview that he granted after his appointment: "Pius X was a great reformist pope, and in regard to the modernist question he understood very well what was at stake and what were the dangers for the Church's faith. Unfortunately, his reputation is now linked mostly to the ways in which modernism was combated, often with methods unworthy of the cause they were intended to defend." And this is also what is said in the only two articles on the "Pascendi" encyclical published in recent weeks by press outlets controlled by the Church hierarchy: "La Civiltà Cattolica," the journal of the Rome Jesuits printed with the editorial authorization of the Vatican authorities, and "Avvenire," the newspaper owned by the Italian bishops' conference. In "Avvenire," the theologian Corrado Pizziolo emphasized the enduring relevance of the central questions addressed by the encyclical. But in "La Civiltà Cattolica," Jesuit historian Giovanni Sale, in reconstructing the genesis and development of the document, highlighted the elements judged as most outdated: its excessively "doctrinaire" structure, its excessively "harsh and censorious" tone, and its "excessively fundamentalist and hard-line" application. * * * Fr. Sale denies that the actual authors of "Pascendi" were Jesuits. He indicates as the substantial authors the cardinal Vivès y Tuto, a Capuchin Franciscan, and Fr. Lemius, of the Missionaries of Mary Immaculate. But he confirms that "one of the greatest inspirations from the theological and cultural point of view" for the encyclical was indeed one of the Jesuits of "La Civiltà Cattolica," Fr. Enrico Rosa. In the judgment of Fr. Rosa – and of Pius X – modernism was "a new form of Christianity that threatened to overwhelm the ancient one." To oppose it, it had to be struck at its philosophical root, the error from which sprung all the other errors in theology, morality, culture, and practical life. The fundamental error attributed to the modernists was that of denying the capacity of reason to know the truth, thereby reducing everything – including religion, and including Christianity – to subjective experience. Fr. Sale notes, however, that the modernists never accepted this interpretive scheme: "In their view, the movement to reform religious studies, as they called it, had not originated in specific philosophical theories, but rather in historical criticism and the new exegesis of Sacred Scripture. That is, they chose as the foundation of their movement, not philosophy, but history, or rather sacred history, liberated from adulterations and restored to its original integrity, through the new historical-critical method." Furthermore, Fr. Sale writes that the modernist tendency has never reached the popular masses, as Fr. Rosa and Pius X feared: "The movement of the 'innovators' (at least the doctrinal and theological movement) remained confined to the restricted circles of Catholic scholars, mostly young priests or seminarians." But this did not prevent "some conservative Catholic forces," in the years following "Pascendi," from unleashing within the Church "a violent anti-modernist polemic, often with few scruples." The person most active in this campaign was a prelate of the Vatican curia, Umberto Benigni, who acted – Fr. Sale notes – "with the approval and blessing of the pope himself." Essential research on Benigni and on the "Sodalitium Pianum" he created – a sort of espionage center in the Church of the time – has been published by the French scholar Émile Poulat. * * * In "Avvenire," a different approach to "Pascendi" is taken by Fr. Corrado Pizziolo, professor of theology and vicar general in Treviso, the diocese of the birthplace of saint Pius X. He calls attention above all to the two questions that were at the center of the clash between Pius X and the modernists, in order to demonstrate that these are still relevant. The first question concerns biblical exegesis. According to the modernists, in particular Alfred Loisy, only the application of scientific exegesis to the Bible can assure reliable and verifiable results. Interpretation based on faith, on the other hand, "is not real: it is a purely subjective interpretation, the fruit of religious sentiment." Pizziolo writes: "The condemnation decreed by the anti-modernist magisterium does not concern scientific exegesis as such, but the declared opposition, as held by modernism, between faith and history, between theological exegesis and scientific exegesis." This opposition "continues to present itself today as a question that must be taken into account. There is no other way to explain why, one hundred years later, Benedict XVI would dedicate the foreword of his recent book on Jesus of Nazareth to recalling the value and limitations of the historical-critical method, insisting on the need for a scientific exegesis illuminated by the faith." The second question concerns divine revelation. The modernists identify this revelation in a purely interior experience, in religious and mystical sentiment. The "Pascendi" encyclical reiterates, instead, that revelation comes from God; it is God who speaks to man. And with even more force, Vatican Council II, in the constitution "Dei Verbum," emphasized that this communication is synonymous with the person of Jesus Christ. "Nonetheless," Pizziolo writes, "such an obvious fact cannot at all be taken for granted today. The sensibility of today's culture, including religious culture, tends to equate all of the existing religions, placing them all on the same level. Does not the idea perhaps appear again that religion – every religion, and therefore Christianity as well – is nothing other than a product of the human spirit? That so-called 'revelation' is nothing other than a generic and inexpressible experience of the transcendent, exclusively the fruit of religious sentiment?" Pizziolo concludes: "In the light of these brief notes, one may understand the importance of the themes touched upon in the encyclical 'Pascendi'. The encyclical addresses the foundations of the Catholic faith, at a moment in history in which these appear to have been brought seriously into question. It must certainly be said that the problems raised by the authors accused of modernism were real problems: the relationship between faith and history, and between faith and science; the relation between human conscience and divine revelation; the relationship between the human language of dogma and the supernatural truth that it expresses; the meaning of authority in the Church... But it must also be affirmed that many of the solutions proposed were not compatible with the Catholic faith. This led to the need for intervention by the magisterium. "We can also add that the magisterium of the time did not have access to a form of theology adequate for facing the questions that the new modern culture was raising. In this sense, the intention of the encyclical was not that of resolving all the problems under discussion, but that of reaffirming the identity and the integrity of the Catholic faith, reassigning to theology the task of reconsidering the topics in question. We can certainly recognize Vatican Council II as a result of this renewed reflection, but without imagining that all the questions that arose during the modernist period have found adequate and definitive answers. These questions remain, to a great extent, very relevant, and demand new efforts of reflection. But in the light of the teaching of "Pascendi," this effort will have to be carried out in full respect for the identity of the faith, and of the tradition of that people of God which is the Church."

Christian Investment Funds in Abortion/Porno Companies Posted: Tue Oct 23, 2007 6:29 am (GMT -5) Christian Investment Funds Found Contributing to Abortion/Pornography Companies By Meg Jalsevac LifeSite news October 22, 2007 http://www.lifesite.net/ldn/2007/oct/07102208.html SPOKANE, October 22, 2007, (LifeSiteNews.com) - According to a recent press release from the ChristianNewsWire, the individual Christian investing funds that serve as the financial vehicles for the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) and the Southern Baptist Conference (SBC) have reported investment involvement that directly contradict the Christian investment policies they portray to the public. The idea of responsible Christian investment is one that is becoming more popular according to a Financial-Research.com article. The article, provided by the similarly focused Ave Maria Mutual Funds, explains that popularity is increasing as "60 million Catholics and millions of other religious Americans attempt to align their morals and values with their investment decisions." According to the Christian NewsWire release, "the SBC, through Guidestone Funds. states that their 'funds do not invest in any company that is publicly recognized, as determined by Guidestone Financial Resources, as being in the liquor, tobacco, gambling, pornography, or abortion industries, or any company whose products, services or activities are publicly recognized as being incompatible with the moral and ethical posture of Guidestone Financial Resources.' However, according to the Quarterly N-Q Report dated March 31, 2007 found on the Guidestone Funds website, Guidestone holds 122,990 shares with a value of $7,411,377 in the 'healthcare' company Johnson & Johnson. Johnson & Johnson is credited with providing funding for research in 2006 for the possibly abortifacient birth control patch Ortho Evra. According to the Guidestone report, it also invests in other morally compromised companies including Merck and Pfizer, both companies well-known for the abortifacient drugs they have developed and produce. According to the Christian News Wire, as of earlier this year, the Guidestone Equity Index Fund, invested approximately $113 million in morally objectionable companies that "profit from or promote abortion, i.e. insurance companies that cover elective abortions, conduct human embryonic stem cell research or philanthropically support Planned Parenthood. Not only that, but this fund also invested approximately $35.5 million in companies profiting from or distributing pornography." Similarly, the primary investment firm of the USCCB is entitled the Christian Brothers Investment Services (CBIS). The USCCB's official investment policy states, "The USCCB will not invest in a company that derives a significant portion of its revenues from products or services intended exclusively to appeal to a prurient interest in sex or to incite sexual excitement." However, John Wilson, Director of Socially Responsible Investing, confirmed to LifeSiteNews.com that CBIS does invest in Time Warner, Inc. the parent company of New Line Cinema and HBO. Time Warner continues to remain on the Life Decisions International planned parenthood sponsors' boycott list. (http://www.lifesite.net/ldn/2007/jul/07072402.html) New Line Cinema is the production company of the sexuality drenched sitcom Sex in the City. On Dec. 7 New Line will also be releasing the movie version of the anti-Christian children's novel, the Golden Compass. (see http://www.lifesite.net/ldn/2007/aug/07082004.html) HBO sinks to even lower levels with its new show 'Tell Me You Love Me' which explicitly documents the intimate lives of three couples. HBO also produced the pornographic documentary which according to the HBO website, "features paired portraits, one clothed and one nude, of a cross-section of straight and gay actors, from porn legends to rising stars. These photos are interspersed with 15 essays on the intersection of pornography, sexuality and culture from a wide range of notable writers who contribute to the ongoing dialogue about the "pornification" of modern culture." Wilson defended CBIS' investment choices saying, "We have a policy on pornography and other kind of media products and that is essentially that we would not invest in any company whose primary line of business would be a media product with a pornographic line of content. Those organizations that derive a small percentage of its revenue from materials that some people might find to be objectionable - that would not fall under our criteria for a social screen." Wilson continued to explain that as an investment company, CBIS was required to balance how to be most morally effective and how to garner successful returns for their clients. He explained that CBIS frequently "engages in dialogue" with specific companies in an attempt to reconcile differences. He concluded by saying that since Time Warner is a company that "does some bad things, and does some good things, often times a dialogue strategy works best." See the entire ChristianNewsWire press release at: http://www.christiannewswire.com/news/637644509.html

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