The 8th annual March for Life attracted a record number of French pro-lifers on Sunday. This year’s march was considered especially crucial by local pro-lifers, since 2012 will see presidential and legislative elections in France. While the abortion issue has … Continue reading
Over 1800 United States soldiers have died in action in Afghanistan since our invasion in 2001 and about 15,000 have been seriously wounded.What price Afghanistan? CatholicOnline News Consortium: According to a classified report, these killings have become the most visible … Continue reading
The Catholic Action League of Massachusetts today condemned the decision by the administration of President Barack Obama to enforce its mandate for contraceptive coverage in all employer sponsored health insurance plans, without a meaningful religious exemption for faith-based entities. Kathleen … Continue reading
Catholic Culture: Gunmen entered a chapel near Atoyac de Álvarez, a city of 60,000 in southwestern Mexico, killing seven and injuring five. The attack occurred on the evening of January 21 as the faithful were taking part in a novena … Continue reading
We hope so. Daniel McAdams exposes the reheated communist apparatchiks and their fellow revolutionary travelers who run the European Union, and who are trying to bring the nation of Saint Stephen to its knees. Now the Hungarians are taking to … Continue reading
Said one black pastor to homosexual activists: “how dare you compare your wicked, deviant, immoral, self-destructive, anti-human sexual behavior to our beautiful skin color.” What merited such a lambasting? The SPLC’s smearing pro-family organizations as “hate groups” for opposing the … Continue reading
Phil Lawler of Catholic Culture: Is it humiliating for American political leaders to read that Pope Benedict sees an erosion of religious freedom in our country? It should be. Read full article here.
Catholic Culture: Two Catholic priests who were kidnapped on January 15 in Sudan are alive and well, and the Archdiocese of Khartoum is negotiating for their release. More here with link to Fides report.
This, from RT: “Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has promised to revise the constitution that Europeans say has breached EU rules. The European Commission earlier this week mentioned curbs on the independence of the Hungarian central bank, the early retirement … Continue reading
Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti, who assumed office in November, said that the Church’s Magisterium and the Christian roots of Europe are indispensable in facing the continent’s economic crisis. More on this here.
A little note about the pro-life victory in Saint Benedict Center’s home state. Read the following, from Lifenews.com: Michael Tierney, an Alliance Defense Fund-allied attorney in Manchester, New Hampshire who helped promote the language, added, “It is time to get … Continue reading
LifeNews. com: After the Obama administration forced the state to fund Planned Parenthood, the New Hampshire legislature is taking steps to revoke taxpayer funding for the abortion business. The New Hampshire House of Representatives passed HB 228 by an overwhelming … Continue reading
Creative Minority Report: Catholic Charities USA and Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Washington have bestowed the “Keep the Dream Alive” Award on Anthony Williams, who served as mayor of Washington from 1999 to 2007. Williams, a Catholic, supported abortion … Continue reading
Catholic Herald: A Catholic chaplain aboard the sinking Costa Concordia rushed to consume the Eucharist in an attempt to protect it as the cruise liner began to sink on Friday night. Read more here
CNA: A truckload of attackers kidnapped two Catholic priests from their rectory in Sudan on Jan. 15, causing fears for their safety at a time of continued regional tensions. Read more here.
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