Don’t tell me this CBS journalist is ignorant of the fact that the pro-life cause, in an effort to save Black children, has highlighted the fact that black women have three times more abortions than whites. She is the one … Continue reading
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Chinese Activist Arrested for 3rd Time Protesting One Child Policy
Catholic Online: Chinese dissident Mao Hengfeng has been sentenced to hard labor for once again clanging China’s one child law. Hengfeng is among China’s most well-known dissidents, has been sentenced to 18 months of “re-education through labor,” Hengfeng’s husband, Wu Xuewei … Continue reading
Tibetan Monks: 68 Self-Immolations Since March 2011
UCANews: The number of self-immolations is rising steadily, with six in the past week alone. More on this here.
Pope Comments on Widow’s Mite and Obligation to Give ‘Something’
AsiaNews: “No one is so poor that they can not give something” is the lesson that Benedict XVI offered to pilgrims gathered in St. Peter’s Square for the Angelus prayer, drawing it from the readings of the Sunday Mass. Read more … Continue reading
Is Israel Planning to Use Nuclear Missiles Against Iran?
World News Daily: Only ‘The Nuclear Option’ Can Work Against Iran, Former IDF Chief Says But, Dan Halutz tells the Sunday Times, ‘I hope Bibi is not mad enough to think about it.’ Read more on this here.
Irishman Starts Catholic Foundation After Wife Murdered on Honeymoon
Catholic Herald: A Catholic man whose wife was murdered on their honeymoon last year said his faith has helped him come to terms with his loss. More here.
Cardinal Tong Addresses Pope on Growth of Church in China
AsiaNews: The Synod on the New Evangelization has just started, but already the difficult situation of secularization, lack of certainties and the spiritual quest is being seen not only a challenge, but a good opportunity for Christian witness. This was underlined … Continue reading
CNN Exit Poll: 50% of Catholics Voted for Obama, 48% Romney
dot.Commonweal: According to CNN exit polling, 50 percent of Catholic voters went for Obama, and 48 percent for Romney. This is down from 2008, when Catholics supported Obama over McCain 54-45, but up from ’04, when 52 percent of Catholics voted against … Continue reading
Physician Assisted Suicide Defeated in Massachusetts
Boston.com: A Massachusetts ballot question that would have legalized physician-assisted suicide for the terminally ill has been defeated by a narrow margin. More here.
Only 21% of Practicing Catholic Women Accept Church Teaching on Birth Control
No wonder Obama won California Catholic Daily: Recently a study was published entitled “What Catholic Women Think about Faith, Conscience, and Contraception.” 824 women gave answers that offer new data about the views of Church-going Catholic women towards contraception and … Continue reading
Maine Now First State to Pass Same Sex ‘Marriage’ by Popular Vote
CNA: Voters in the state of Maine approved a ballot measure Nov. 6 to redefine marriage to include homosexual couples, becoming the sixth state in the U.S. to do so, and the first to do so by a vote of the … Continue reading
Blaspheming Abortion Mob Stopped From Attacking Cathedral During Vespers
CNA: On Nov. 1 a mob of abortion supporters and anti-clerical leftists in Argentina tried to deface the Metropolitan Cathedral in Buenos Aires but was turned away by the police and a human chain of Catholics. Read more here.
Is Netanyahu’s Latest Threat at Iran Anticipating a Romney Win?
AsiaNews: Iran’s nuclear program is back in the spotlight after the chief of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said that Tehran is not co-operating with an investigation into suspected secret work on nuclear weapons. Statements by Israel’s prime minister … Continue reading
Bethlehem Nuns and Others Pray Rosary in Front of Israeli Soldiers
AsiaNews: The Elizabettine Franciscan nuns at Bethlehem’s Caritas Baby Hospital are promoting peace between Israeli and Palestinians by placing rosary beads in front of the West Bank Wall. Read more here.
Nun Charged With Stealing 100K From Buffalo Parishes
Catholic Culture: New York state prosecutors are bringing grand-larceny charges against a nun who is accused of stealing over $100,000 in church funds.
