Mr President, don’t patronize Catholics. Stop attacking religious freedom. Repeal the HHS Mandate. Read more
Mr President, don’t patronize Catholics. Stop attacking religious freedom. Repeal the HHS Mandate. Read more
Conscience rights for abortionists? According to a recent article in the New England Journal of Medicine, that’s exactly what we need. The article, Recognizing Conscience in Abortion Provision, by Lisa H Harris, MD, PhD, makes two main points. The first is that abortionists may feel morally compelled to perform abortions and that they do so in the face of “stigma, marginalization within medicine, harassment and threat of physical harm.” She says that they continue to offer “… abortion care because deeply held,... Read more
To Dolan or not to Dolan? That was the question. Cardinal Timothy Dolan and his offer to pray the Benediction at the two political conventions were all the news a few weeks ago. It seems that he offered to pray at both the Republican and Democratic National Conventions. The Republicans, who are sharper tacks all around when it comes to currying religious political favor, answered with an immediate yes and then used their publicity machine to spread the word. They... Read more
For a link to buy To Heaven and Back or to join in the discussion about it, go to Patheos Book Club here. To Heaven and Back is the story of one woman’s life of providential living. To Heaven and Back tells the story of Dr Mary Neal, an orthopedic surgeon, who drowned in a kayaking accident in the Chilean Andes, went to heaven and was revived by the efforts of her companions. But it isn’t just another I-died-and-went-to-heaven-then-came-back book,... Read more
In their own words. Click on the links to see President Obama and Governor Romney flip-flopping their way to the White House. 2008: Obama says marriage is between a man and a woman 2012: Obama says same sex couples should be able to marry 1994: Romney says he supports legal abortion and Roe v. Wade 2012: Romney says he supports overturning Roe v. Wade Read more
For decades, the American Civil Liberties Union has been the self-appointed defender of civil liberties in this country. When they stood up for prisoner’s rights, I cheered. When they sued to allow members of the KKK to demonstrate peacefully, I was uncomfortable, but I knew it was consistent with the ACLU’s mandate and I respected this consistency. It spoke to me of integrity. But when the ACLU began to twist the Bill of Rights to promote an agenda that furthered... Read more
The Holy Father made a statement on Vatican Radio yesterday calling for Christians and Muslims to unite against violence. Rather than discuss what he said, I decided to reproduce the article from Vatican Radio for you to read without editing. You can find the original on the Vatican website here. Pope: Christians and Muslims united against war 2012-09-19 Vatican Radio (Vatican Radio) – It is time for Christians and Muslims to come together in a decided and sincere witness against... Read more
She could have been me. I didn’t get to that thought at first. My first reaction when I saw the Live Action undercover video The War on Baby Girls was anger. I’ve known this was happening, that women were aborting baby girls because they were baby girls, for quite a while. My sources were nurses and chaplains who work in Oklahoma hospitals. I helped pass a bill which tried, within the straight jacket of Supreme Court rulings on the subject... Read more
India’s ‘rent a womb’ industry is booming For around Dh20,000, there are women in India who are willing to be surrogate mothers for couples hoping to have a child. Helen Roberts reports on the burgeoning womb on hire industry in India Additional inputs by Anand Raj Published: 00:00 September 14, 2012 Be the first to comment Share on facebookShare on twitterShare on emailShare on redditMore Sharing Services7 Image Credit: Supplied picture Women at a surrogate house in Ahmedabad waiting... Read more
Public schools do not offer an equal chance for a good education to all students. Some public schools are excellent. Others are soul-killing factories. From my experience, it seems that this divides along economic lines. Wealthy parents, who have access to private schools for their children, also have the option of sending them to the best public schools. Poorer parents often have no choices. They are forced to send their children to sub-standard, dangerous, inner-city public schools. The deterioration of... Read more
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