BUENOS AIRES, March 21, 2013 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Miguel Woites, a confidant of Pope Francis while he was archbishop of Buenos Aires, is denying a widely publicized claim that the then-Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio suggested the endorsement of gay civil unions as … Continue reading
‘The number of Christians has fallen from about 1,400,000 in 2003 to nearly half a million now’ (Mideast Christian News/WND) BAGHDAD – Patriarch Louis Sako of the Chaldean Church said there are only 57 churches left in Iraq compared to … Continue reading
FARGO, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota lawmakers who approved what would be some of the most restrictive abortion laws in the U.S. are now considering outlawing all abortions. The “personhood” measures would ban abortions by defining human life as beginning … Continue reading
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — A federal judge has struck down a Missouri law exempting moral objectors from mandatory birth control coverage because it conflicts with an insurance requirement under President Barrack Obama’s health care law. The ruling by U.S. … Continue reading
(UK Guardian) Singer-songwriter Michelle Shocked has shocked fans after launching an anti-gay rant onstage in San Francisco on Sunday night. The singer – who became a favourite of leftwing music fans with early albums such as The Texas Campfire Tapes … Continue reading
DETROIT (WWJ/AP) — A federal judge has blocked the Obama administration from requiring Domino’s Pizza founder Tom Monaghan to provide mandatory contraception coverage to his employees under the federal health care law. The devout Roman Catholic says he considers contraception … Continue reading
CAIRO (McClatchy Newspapers) — President George W. Bush kept it simple in his short television address the evening of March 19, 2003: U.S. forces had begun their campaign to unseat Saddam Hussein, he said. The goals, he outlined in his … Continue reading
(Rorate Caeli) Regarding the cancelling of the press conferences that some of the American cardinals were giving in these days, Fr. Lombardi observed that “the Congregations are not a synod or a congress in which we try to report the … Continue reading
(Population Research Institute) It is now safer to be a monkey in Spain—at least if you’re one of the larger species—than a man. Thanks to a new law passed by the Spanish parliament and signed into law by Prime Minister … Continue reading
Statement by Patriarch Gregorios III, Patriarch of Antioch and all the East, of Alexandria and of Jerusalem, after terrorist explosions in Damascus’ Mazraa district left a toll of 53 dead and 235 injured and caused extensive damage, particularly to a … Continue reading
Vatican City, Feb 21, 2013 / 07:56 am (CNA/EWTN News).- The effort to reach an agreement between the Church and the Society of St. Pius X will be passed on to the next Pope, Father Federico Lombardi said. “An important … Continue reading
(The Weekly Standard) Last week, the Obama administration rolled out what it calls an “accommodation” for religious institutions subjected to the Obamacare mandate that forces American employers to provide, and individuals to purchase, health insurance that covers contraception, sterilizations, and … Continue reading
(CNSNews.com) – Floyd Lee Corkins II, who pleaded guilty in federal court on Wednesday to the Aug. 15 shooting at the Family Research Council (FRC), identified his target on the website of the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), which includes … Continue reading
DALLAS (WSJ) — The Boy Scouts of America’s national executive board said Wednesday that it was delaying a vote on changes to the group’s ban on gay scouts and leaders, amid pressure from religious groups that say more discussion is … Continue reading
The administration decides that state-run health care trumps our first liberty. See “The President’s War on Religious Freedom” at National Review Online.
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