The state of Texas is defying attacks form 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. More on this here.
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Seven States File Suit Against Department of HHS Over Insurance Mandate
Catholic Culture: Seven states–Florida, Michigan, Nebraska, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, and Texas–have filed a federal lawsuit against the Department of Health and Human Services in an attempt to block its mandate requiring insurers to cover contraception, sterilization, and some abortion-inducing … Continue reading
Planned Parenthood ‘Educator’ Set Up Sex-Ed Program for Girl Scouts in Indiana
LifeNews: Yet another link between the Planned Parenthood abortion business and the Girl Scouts has come to light and it is giving pro-life advocates further pause about their involvement in the organization. Indiana Right to Life has learned the city … Continue reading
Obama Exposed During CNN Debate for Protecting Infanticide
Read LifeNews account here.
Anti-Mandate Women: Yes, They Exist
Washington D.C., Feb 21, 2012 / 04:03 am (CNA).- In response to the claim that most women do not oppose the Obama administration’s contraception mandate, journalist Kathryn Jean Lopez published a long list of notable women who object to the new rule. … Continue reading
Holy Father to Decide on SSPX Rapprochement ‘Before Summer’?
(Rorate Caeli) For the record of events, an excerpt of the dispatch published by French Rome-based religious news agency I.Media on Feb. 20: A decision on the Fraternity of Saint Pius X taken before summer? Antoine Marie Izoard, I.MEDIA Agency … Continue reading
Bishop Williamson Acquitted
BERLIN (AFP)—A German court quashed a British bishop’s high-profile conviction for Holocaust denial for procedural reasons but said he may face a new trial on the same allegations. For a more sympathetic article, go to Kreuz.net (German).
Anti-Contraception-Mandate Legislation Introduced
(John Birch Society) United States Senator Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) has introduced the Religious Freedom Restoration Act, S. 2043, which has 30 cosponsors. This proposal would block the requirement that religiously affiliated universities, hospitals, nursing homes, and other institutions offer health … Continue reading
Rabbis for Human Rights Protest Continuing Demolition of Palestinian Homes
AntiWar.com: It was a dark and stormy night in the village of Tha’lah. Israeli “civil administration” officials arrive at the hut of a local shepherd, ordering the entire family to vacate their house within one minute. Full report is here. … Continue reading
China’s Anti-Abortion Crusader and Wife Beaten and Dying in House Detention
LifeNews: The leading campaigner against forced abortions in China has collapsed outside his home because he has been repeatedly beaten and denied medical care after local population control officials have sentenced him to home confinement for exposing a massive forced … Continue reading
Political Dissident Tells Congress of Brutal Tortures in Castro’s Prisons
The Catholic World Report: Prominent Cuban dissident Dr. Óscar Elías Biscet testified recently at a congressional hearing about the “systematic and flagrant violations against human rights” carried out by the Cuban regime against political prisoners. “The Cuba in which I … Continue reading
Romney’s Record Not Much Different than Obama on Anti-Life Measures
In an interview with LifeSite News last week C.J. Doyle, who directs the Catholic Action League of Massachusetts, said: “The injury to the conscience rights of Catholic hospitals was not done so much so much by the church’s ideological enemies … Continue reading
53% of Babies Now Born to Women Under 30 In America Are to Unwed Mothers
NY Times: It used to be called illegitimacy. Now it is the new normal. After steadily rising for five decades, the share of children born to unmarried women has crossed a threshold: more than half of births to American women … Continue reading
Threats, Arrest, or Reward, China and the Church
The pope created a new cardinal in China, the current acting Bishop of Hong Kong, John Tong Hon. Here is part of what he had to say in an interview with Asia News. www.Chiesa: On the occasion of his appointment, … Continue reading
A Priest, a Layman, an Editor, Thorns in Castro’s Side
The Miami Herald; Cuba H: One is a Cuban priest who wrote letters criticizing Fidel and Raúl Castro. Another is a Catholic layman who collected 25,000 signatures seeking change. The third edited a church journal muzzled under government pressures. Read … Continue reading
