“There is an old prophecy that the Faith in Ireland will nearly die out, but will reignite and turn the nation into a bonfire of Catholicism.” Father Tom Forde, OFM Cap, is a Chaplain at the University of Cork. In this deeply serious interview, he unflinchingly discusses the agony of Irish Catholicism today —and points …
‘The Devil Has Not Gone Away’ But the Faith Runs Deep in Ireland Read More »
SARAH ZAGORSKI MAY 26, 2015, SPRINGFIELD, IL In Illinois, Leo and Ruth Zanger are celebrating 59 years of marriage and the birth of their 100thgrandchild. Leo said, “The good Lord has just kept sending them. We could start our own town.” The Daily Mail reports that the couple has 12 children, 53 grandchildren, 46 great-grandchildren …
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Source: https://theorthodoxlife.wordpress.com/2013/12/09/murder-before-conception/ The Orthodox Church has historically taken a powerful stand against birth control. Saints and Early Church Fathers put contraception on the same level as homicide. St. John Chrysostom, St. Ambrose, St. Augustine, St. John IV Nesteutes (St. John the Faster), St. Clement of Alexandria, St. Epiphanius of Salamis, and St. Caesarius …
By Stephanie Pacheco This is the second in a series on Evangelium vitae. Find the whole series here. Twenty years ago, Pope Saint John Paul II denounced the moral impoverishment, particularly abortion and euthanasia, that devalues human life in his encyclical Evangelium vitae. He described Christ’s central message that we “may have life, and have …
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Dr. Peter Saunders Life News Half of all pregnancies in the United States are unintended. One might therefore assume that making the morning-after pill (MAP) more widely accessible would cut the unplanned pregnancy rate. Not so. A new recent US study is the first to estimate the impact of making the morning-after pill available over the …
New Study Confirms Free Morning After Pill Increases STDs, Fails to Cut Pregnancy Rate Read More »
May 7, 2015 (STOPP.org) — The young newlywed put herself at risk for collapse, stroke, heart attack, and death every day when she popped her birth control pill. Tragically, she had no idea there was any danger. Even medical personnel thought her symptoms were no big deal, and on more than one occasion chalked her symptoms up …
The birth control pill is killing women, but no one’s warning them of the risk Read More »
Summary of Fr John Hollowell’s sermon on sexuality * We representatives of the Church have failed to talk about sexual issues either because we are embarrassed or because we lack the courage. * Public school sex education focuses on fear of pregnancy or of STDs, with the cure to both being one form or another …
