Do you really want to go to a doctor who can kill you and get away with it? Think, just for a teeny-tiny moment, what that means, or at least what it has come to mean in jurisdictions where euthanasia has been legalized for a few decades. What has happened is what always happens. People kept on pushing. If euthanasia with informed consent and only for the terminally ill was a good thing, then euthanasia of the merely sick, or maybe just... Read more
The women of Myanmar are focused on saving young girls and women from human trafficking says Cardinal Maung Bo of Yangon. The Cardinal says that large numbers of women and girls are being trafficking into China and Thailand. He further says that China’s one-child policy has led to a shortage of women and girls in that country. From Catholic News Agency: Women in Burma are working to end human trafficking, Cardinal Charles Maung Bo of Yangon said Tuesday. The cardinal... Read more
Sandra Day O’Connor, the first woman to serve on the United States Supreme Court, has been diagnosed with early-stage dementia, which is “probably Alzheimer’s Disease.” From NPR: “While the final chapter of my life with dementia may be trying, nothing has diminished my gratitude and deep appreciation for the countless blessings in my life,” she writes in a letter released by the Supreme Court’s public information office. “As this condition has progressed, I am no longer able to participate in... Read more
Things are getting worse for Christians in China. “Before, as long as you didn’t meddle in politics the government left you alone,” Pastor Jin Mingri said. “But now if you don’t push the Communist party line, if you don’t display your love for the party, you are a target. “Of course we’re scared, we’re in China, but we have Jesus.” From The Guardian: Pastor Jin Mingri has felt firsthand the pain of one of Chinese president Xi Jinping’s harshest crackdowns... Read more
Americans are scarcely aware of the horrific scandal in the Church in India. It involves accusations which appear to be well-founded of priests and bishops, raping nuns. A priest and lay person, who were both set to testify as witnesses in one of these cases have been found dead. From Catholic News Agency: A priest who had been a key witness in the charge of rape against Bishop Franco Mulakkal of Jullundur died Monday, prompting a police investigation into his... Read more
What is is like to work for a monster? It turns out that for the maids in a monster’s house, it’s a time of eating your fill for the first time in your life and feeling respected in the larger community. The abnormal seemed normal for Hitler’s maid. To this day, her feelings are somewhat conflicted. Read more
Are you ready for the March for Life? We have a new theme: Unique from Day One. Pro Life is Pro Science. From CNA: The theme of the 2019 March for Life will be “Unique From Day One: Pro-Life is Pro-Science,” March for Life President Jeanne Mancini announced at an event on Capitol Hill on Thursday. The theme was chosen as science is inherently pro-life, Mancini explained Oct. 18. Science has continued to “reaffirm the scientific fact, and the truth,... Read more
Boko Haram has announced they will “spare” a 15-year-old Christian school girl, Leah Sharibu, from execution, and instead make her a “slave for life.” Boko Haram abducted 110 girls from a school in Northern Nigeria. Leah Sharibu was the only Christian among the 110 girls who were kidnapped. All the girls were ultimately released when the government paid a ransom for them. Reports claim that the government did not ransom Leah Sharibu because she is not a Muslim. She was... Read more
When John Paul II consecrated Russia to the Mother of God, he prayed a prayer that resonates strongly with me. I pray it a lot. In tense times, I have prayed it every morning before I start my day. I’m sharing it with you with the thought that it might resonate with you, too. From famine and war, deliver us. From nuclear war, from incalculable self-destruction, from every kind of war, deliver us. From sins against the life of man... Read more
Pope Francis defended the way the Church has responded to the clergy sexual abuse scandal. He says the Church has “grown in its understanding” of the “monstrous” problem. I normally support the Pope and back him in what he says and does. But not this time. How does one “grow in understanding” that raping little children is wrong? More to the point, how do mean who have excellent educations, years of experience in pastoral work, enormous amounts of power and... Read more
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