LifeNews: Both The Irish Rover and The Sycamore Trust are reporting that the University of Notre Dame has shut down the four-year-old Notre Dame Fund to Protect Human Life. The decision appears to have been made so that direction of the Fund could be placed under … Continue reading
Kristen Hatten, LifeNews: I have written several pieces about China, from my most recent post on “birth tourism” to my coverage of the It’s A Girl documentary and the work Women’s Rights Without Frontiers is doing to save baby girls. China is a … Continue reading
CNA: The recent explosion of success in using adult stem cells to treat and cure diseases marks a shift in the medical field by making it unnecessary to use controversial embryonic stem cells, said Dr. Robin Smith. Full report here.
(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
Rorate Caeli: We bring to the attention of the dear Lord Cardinals the important ecumenical desire of the Russian Orthodox Church, as expressed by the head of the Department of External Relations of the Moscow Patriarchate, Metropolitan Hilarion: “It is … Continue reading
WND Lee Hieb, M.D.: A few weeks ago I wrote an article on bioweapons and particularly my fears about smallpox. For me, a terrorist release of smallpox is the most terrifying prospect that should keep every legislator, scientist and attentive citizen … Continue reading
Catholic Online: On February 28, 2013, the Department of Justice of the Obama Administration filed what is called a Friend of the Court or Amicus Brief in the case styled Hollingsworth v Perry.It should have come as no surprise to … 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
It was quite a long time ago, when I had a TV, that I heard Clint Eastwood, in a Dirty Harry movie, utter a particularly despicable and blasphemous line against Our Savior and His Holy Name. I clicked off the … Continue reading
First there’s Mayor Bloomberg (net worth 25 billion) outlawing certain food donations from markets and bakers to homeless shelters. Now this. God help them. Who do these bureaucrats think they are? May those responsible feel hunger and have to scramble … Continue reading
Catholic Culture: The belief that marriage is the union of a man and a woman is a stance akin to racism, according to the ombudsman of The Washington Post. More here.
LifeNews: Earlier this year I discussed some interesting ties between Planned Parenthood and the Rockefeller Foundation, and why came as no surprise the Foundation pushed to legalize abortion in Uruguay. The Ford Foundation was another advocate for the decriminalization of abortion there as well, but … Continue reading
AsiaNews: Card Bechara Boutros Rai, Maronite patriarch of Antioch today, begins a visit in Moscow. He is in Russia before travelling to Rome for the conclave that will elect the new pope, Ria Novostireported today citing Mgr Ivan Jurkovic, apostolic nuncio to … Continue reading
Catholic Culture: The commission of 3 cardinals who investigated the “Vatileaks” scandal will be asked by Pope Benedict XVI to share their findings with the full College of Cardinals, an Italian journalist reports. Read more here.
LifeNews: The state of Texas is defying attacks from the Obama administration in the form of threats to revoke federal funding if the state cuts of its funding for the Planned Parenthood abortion business. Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott and state … Continue reading
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