Posted in Culture, Education, Faith, Law, Media, Right to Life issues on Mar 31st, 2009
The Notre Dame controversy continues to gain steam, even a week and a half after the announcement that President Obama would speak at commencement and receive an honorary law degree from the University.
At the time of writing, 221,776 people have signed the petition to Fr. Jenkins at www.notredamescandal.com.
Eight bishops have spoken out against Fr. Jenkins, [...]
Posted in Activism, Bioethics, Culture, Euthanasia, Health Care on Mar 31st, 2009
On this day, March 31, four years ago, Terri Schiavo died of dyhydration and starvation by order of the courts. Her family, who fought for the right to care for her, was devastated. And a nation stood divided and stunned by the atrocity that took place in Flordia.
Today, euthanasia and assisted suicide are rapidly and [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Mar 31st, 2009
Four years ago today, Terri Schindler Schiavo’s body succumbed to greatest battle she ever fought. The battle for her life. Though her physical presence is not here to continue fighting, her family and friends continue fighting for the right to life, in the name of Terri.
In response to the media missing the moral insanity of Terri [...]
The abortion industry isn’t.
In an email to supporters Planned Parenthood explains:
“As the economic downturn has worsened, Planned Parenthood health centers across the country are seeing an increase in the number of patients,” the pro-abortion group’s president Cecile Richards said.She confirms the media reports saying people are “swarming into Planned Parenthood clinics.”According to Richards, Planned Parenthood [...]
Posted in Education, Media, Politics, Right to Life issues, Society on Mar 25th, 2009
As expected by many people, the invitation of President Obama to speak and receive an honorary degree at Notre Dame has sparked controversy across the nation. However, the public outrage has grown larger than I think most had imagined.
On Friday Catholicvote.org and the Cardinal Newman Society opened http://www.notredamescandal.com/. When mainstream media picked up on the [...]
Posted in Bioethics, Law, Right to Life issues on Mar 24th, 2009
It’s subjective. To the point that a particular judge in the UK declared one child’s life too intolerable to remain in existence.
A seriously ill baby, known only as OT, died on Saturday in the U.K. after his parents lost a legal bid to keep him alive.The nine-month-old boy suffered from mitochondrial disease, a rare metabolic [...]
The University of Notre Dame, a prominent Catholic university, named for Mary the Mother of God, has a history of hosting various events and speakers whose philosophy or mission do not coincide with Catholic Church teaching, and have brought division among student and alumni populations.
This year, Notre Dame is once again ignoring Church teaching in [...]
Most people think they are a thing of the past. In fact, the risk of the return of back alley abortions is a prominent argument against the overturning of Roe v. Wade.
The truth: back alley abortions still happen.
The 38-year old mother of 8 is accused of forcing her teenage daughter to abort her baby.
According [...]
Posted in Abortion, Faith, Government, Media, Politics on Mar 19th, 2009
Governor Kathleen Sebelius of Kansas is up for nomination for Health and Human Services Secretary. Her pro-abortion agenda has brought to the focal point of her home state. In large part due to the fact that she is yet another Catholic politician who disregards the Church’s teaching on life.
Archbishop Joseph Naumann, a great pro-life voice [...]
Posted in Faith, Government, Law, Politics, Society on Mar 10th, 2009
Yesterday, I reported on a bill being proposed in the Connecticut Legislature that would restructure the legal and financial leadership of the Catholic Church, via the State law.
In response to strong opposition from both Catholic and non-Catholic groups, this bill has been pulled.
The bill that would allow the state legislature in Connecticut to reconfigure the [...]