A Ministry of Forming Faithful Families http://www.formingfaithfulfamilies.com/ a non-profit public charity under section 501(c) (3) of the Internal Revenue Code. Every baby is a magnificent treasure, an awe-inspiring gift, a precious gem! Is God calling you to take up this beautiful opportunity to trust Jesus, to triumph over this fear driven culture that is afraid …
by Glenn T. Stanton, Posted on Oct 4, 2011 COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (BP) — How many computers or cars do you think Toshiba and Toyota would sell if they didn’t let you test them out first? Who in their right mind would make a big commitment of purchase without trying it out first? But don’t …
FIRST-PERSON: Cohabitation & divorce there is a correlation Read More »
Fr. Matthew Habiger OSB PhD Contents • What Is Our Conscience? • Formation of Conscience • Christian Marriage • Humanae Vitae • The Winnipeg Statement • Follow-up Statement on Conscience by Canadian Bishops • God Decides What Is Right and Wrong • God Gives Moral Law To The Church • The Church As Divine Institution …
by James and Kathleen Littleton One of my favorite gospels, one of my favorite reality checks, is in the Gospel according to Mark 4:35-41, NAB. It is the story about the disciples crossing the lake with Jesus asleep in the stern. “On that day, as evening drew on, Jesus said to them, ‘Let us cross …
Edited reflection from Better by the Dozen Plus Two Read More »
by Joseph Meaney, POSTED ON JUN 18, 2014 The beautiful port city of Corpus Christi in Texas will have a special celebration of its feast day this weekend. For the first time in 37 years there will be no facilities committing abortions in the city! At one time in Corpus Christi there were three abortion …
Thanks Given to Our Lady for Closure of Last Abortion Office in Corpus Christi Read More »
BY HILARY WHITE, Thu Jun 12, 2014 LONDON, June 12, 2014 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Catholic Church is living through a “great crisis” of belief and practice, facing a “new paganism” comparable to the first centuries of the Church, and in which many priests and bishops are actively collaborating, Bishop Athanasius Schneider, auxiliary bishop of Astana …
By James V. Schall, S.J., June 08, 2014 Charles E. Rice’s new book argues that once absolute relativism is established as the state “religion” there is no limit to what the state can and will do “There are many paths to total state control of life—fascism, totalitarianism, communism. In the United States the path is …
By Mike McManus, Marriage Savers “The American family is falling apart. Consider two grim trends. The U.S. marriage rate has plunged 57% since 1970, according to ‘The State of Our Unions’ for 2012. Two-thirds of Americans over age 15 used to be married. Now it is only 48%. The unwed birth rate was only 5% …
Why Is Marriage Plunging & Unwed Births Soaring? Read More »
BY ANNE MORSE, Thu Jun 12, 2014 June 12, 2014 (POP) – Long, long ago, when Anne’s parents were in college (sorry, mom and dad), demographers made an observation: they saw that for most of human history, even though couples were having far more than two children, mortality was also very high. The result was …
Why normal people should care about ‘baby busts’ Read More »
BY PETER BAKLINSKI, Tue Jun 10, 2014 HALIFAX, Nova Scotia, June 10, 2014 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Robin Cyr, 34, was experiencing a birthing mother’s worst possible nightmare. Her baby girl who had done so well during nine months of pregnancy was, after a painful and complicated labor, stillborn. The tiny baby had been officially declared dead …
Stillborn baby declared ‘dead’ revives 25 minutes later, now 3 months old Read More »
BY NATALIE JOHNSON, Tue Jun 10, 2014 June 10, 2014 (The Daily Signal) – Miss Pennsylvania Valerie Gatto, a contestant on last night’s Miss USA pageant, described herself as a “product of rape” in an interview with TODAY.com. Gatto revealed she was conceived after her mother was raped at knifepoint by a stranger. Gatto is …
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Premarital sex, embryonic stem cell research, euthanasia growing in acceptance by Rebecca Riffkin, May 30, 2014 WASHINGTON, D.C. — The American public has become more tolerant on a number of moral issues, including premarital sex, embryonic stem cell research, and euthanasia. On a list of 19 major moral issues of the day, Americans express levels …
BY BEN JOHNSON, Wed Jun 04, 2014 CLACKAMAS, OR, June 4, 2014 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A Planned Parenthood affiliate has announced that, in order to remain financially viable, it is closing three offices in the Pacific Northwest and laying off employees at its remaining locations. Stacy Cross, CEO of Planned Parenthood Columbia Willamette, which covers Oregon …
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BY COLIN KERR, Thu Jun 05, 2014 WARSAW, Poland, June 5, 2014 (LifeSiteNews.com) –– The Vatican’s Secretary of State has urged Poles to trust Divine Providence and welcome the “children whom God wants to give you.” Cardinal Pietro Parolin, who was in Poland to mark its twenty-five years of freedom from communist rule, challenged the …
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On May 13, 2014, Americans United for Life’s President & CEO Dr. Charmaine Yoest, and General Counsel Ovide M. Lamontagne, J.D. spoke alongside legal and medical experts at an panel hosted by The Heritage Foundation on the one-year anniversary of the conviction of late-term abortionist, Kermit Gosnell. Other speakers included Byron Calhoun, M.D., Professor and …
