Month: December 2017

http://www.ncregister.com/daily-news/power-and-sex-why-our-culture-needs-the-churchs-teachings-on-sexuality The recent testimony of female celebrities and ordinary women who have been preyed upon sexually by powerful men has demanded a reckoning across many sectors of American life. “We are finally becoming conscious of a vice that has been socially accepted,” said the actress Salma Hayek, who accused the famous Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein …

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Philip Kosloski | Dec 28, 2017 https://aleteia.org/2017/12/28/how-many-holy-innocents-were-killed-by-king-herod/ Ever since the 5th century the Church has commemorated a separate day in memory of the children killed by King Herod after Jesus’ birth. Matthew is the only one to record the event and the details surrounding it are slim. Then Herod, when he saw that he had …

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DAVE ANDRUSKO   DEC 28, 2017   |   12:35PM    WASHINGTON, DC All I can say is, “Wow!” In a mere 486 words, Christine Flowers wrote one of the finest pro-life essays I have ever read. “So let’s talk about abortion” can—and should—be read at the Philadelphia Daily News. After beginning, “Conversations about abortion take …

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COLUMBUS, Ohio, December 22, 2017 (LifeSiteNews) — Ohio’s Republican Governor John Kasich today signed a pro-life bill banning abortion of babies diagnosed in utero with probable Down syndrome. The Down Syndrome Non-Discrimination Act will go into effect in 90 days. The bill, which passed the Ohio Senate 20-12 and the Ohio House 63-30 last month, prohibits abortion …

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ROME, May 18, 2017 (LifeSiteNews) — There is a need to “prioritize” procreation as the primary end of marriage today, because when this “distinctive” and “proper” purpose is questioned or doubted, the “marriage institution itself — and society thereafter — begins its slide down the slippery slope,” the head of Human Life International’s (HLI) Rome …

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MICAIAH BILGER DEC 21, 2017 | 2:07PM THE VATICAN Speaking to the world’s growing underpopulation problem, Pope Francis described children as a “blessing” that the devil is trying to destroy. “The devil wants infertility,” the pontiff said during his Tuesday homily at the Vatican, according to the Church Militant. “He does not want us to …

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MARK MELLINGER   DEC 19, 2017   |   5:55PM    KNOXVILLE, TN A woman living in East Tennessee has delivered the longest-frozen embryo to successfully come to birth. Emma Wren was born to Benjamin and Tina Gibson on Saturday, November 25, 2017, weighing 6 lbs. 8 oz. and measuring 20 inches long. Prior to …

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Sheila Liaugminas | Dec 15 2017 It’s the result of creative thinking about how to be of help and service to people in need, women in abortion clinics. Throughout December, Christmas carolers will gather outside abortion facilities across America, to draw attention to the unborn children at risk of abortion. The Pro-Life Action League’s nationwide caroling event, …

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JOHN STONESTREET   DEC 18, 2017   |   12:51PM    WASHINGTON, DC America is shrinking. I don’t mean we’re getting shorter, I mean that we aren’t having enough babies. Here’s why that’s bad news. An old Far Side cartoon by Gary Larson portrays an average American couple welcoming visitors to their home. In the …

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December 14, 2017 (LifeIssues.org) – A recent study analyzed the safety and efficiency of chemical abortion pills that are available online. The drugs are better known as RU 486 (mifepristone) and Cytotec (misoprostol). Chemical abortion is a two-drug process; first mifepristone kills the tiny developing baby and then misoprostol causes uterine cramping to expel the dead …

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MICAIAH BILGER   DEC 13, 2017 Little Vanellope Hope Wilkins would not be alive today if her mother had listened to her doctors’ repeated urgings to have an abortion.  At just nine weeks of pregnancy, Vanellope was diagnosed with ectopia cordis, a condition where the heart grows outside of the chest, the Daily Mail reports. Doctors …

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Michael New, Ph.D. Dec 11, 2017 Last week, the New England Journal of Medicine published a study finding that hormonal contraceptives increase the risk of breast cancer. It is among the first studies to specifically analyze the effect of newer, low-dosage methods of contraception. The study is both thorough and comprehensive, as it analyzes nearly 1.8 million women …

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MICAIAH BILGER   DEC 6, 2017 Catholic Archbishop Joseph F. Naumann of Kansas City soon will become an even more influential pro-life leader in the United States. Already a strong advocate for life in his current position, Naumann is slated to become the next leader of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Pro-Life Activities Committee; U.S. …

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https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/wall-street-journal-columnist-blames-contraception-for-enabling-sexual-abuse December 1, 2017 (LifeSiteNews) — The continually unfolding epidemic of sexual harassment and sexual abuse is owed in part to the proliferation of contraception, Wall Street Journal columnist Peggy Noonan wrote last week. Noonan explained in a Wall Street Journal opinion piece what popes have predicted and practicing Catholics have witnessed over the last four decades of exploding …

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Author: Alanna Gomez Have you been given this scenario to justify abortion before? “What about a baby whose mother is addicted to crack cocaine and will be born with an addiction to crack? Would you rather that baby suffer horribly and have a terrible life?” How do you respond? Usually, I reply with something like the …

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Michael Cook | Nov 30 2017 A modern successor to the Hippocratic Oath has been approved by the World Medical Association. This is the first revision in a decade and reflects changes in the climate of medical ethics. The current declaration is still a noble attempt to affirm that doctors have duties towards their patients and towards …

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