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Joseph of Leonissa, OFM Cap.; was the third of eight children born at Leonessa (Italy) on January 8, 1556.At baptism he was given the name Eufranio.Impressed by the example of Matthew Silvestri, who had left the medical profession to embrace the Capuchin life and whose holiness was evident, Eufranio was inspired to become a Capuchin. After overcoming famil […]
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Lost in the massive debate over Komen and Planned Parenthood, pro-life Florida Sen. Marco Rubio has given what many attendees of the Wednesday night Susan B. Anthony List dinner call the best pro-life speech of the year. Rubio rallied pro-life supporters at the SBA List’s fifth annual Campaign for Life Gala in Washington, D.C., saying …
In the Spiritual Exercises, St Ignatius places before us a fundamental choice between the way of Lucifer and the way of Christ. The Meditation on the Two Standards offers us a means of imagining these two ways of life competing for our commitment. Roger Dawson SJ explores the decision that we are confronted with in the meditation: what is at stake for us in choosing between the two standards?…
A Catholic couple that I know went to a pastor to arrange for marriage. They had mentioned to friends and relatives that for various reasons they had no intention of having children, and they made this known to the pastor when he asked.
Dallas, Texas, Feb 3, 2012 / 04:37 pm ( CNA/EWTN News ).- Susan G. Komen for the Cure announced on the morning of Feb. 3 that it is amending its funding guidelines so that only those organizations under criminal investigation will be excluded, a move that could allow Planned Parenthood funding to be restored. “I am surprised that it happened so fast, but not that it happened,” nationally syndicated EWTN radio host Teresa Tomeo told CNA. Tomeo received much criticism for holding back her full support of the organization this week but said she is not surprised that breast cancer charity changed their initial decision. On Feb. 3, Founder and CEO of Komen for the Cure, Nancy Brinker, apologized to “the American public” for the original decision to pull funding from any organization undergoing investigation and said she did not want her charity “marred or affected by politics.” The new funding guidelines now specify that “disqualifying investigations must be criminal and conclusive in nature and not political.” Brinker said that her organization was “distressed at the presumption that the changes made to our funding criteria were done for political reasons or to specifically penalize Planned Parenthood. They were not.” The day before the organization decided to adjust its rules, 26 U.S…
A prominent New York priest has been directed to life “a life of prayer and penance” to atone for sexual abuse. Wallace Harris, who was once the president of the New York priests’ ……
I’m driving to a funeral in the morning. I’ll try not to drop tears on my keyboard as I type this. Please indulge a small autobiography of faith. I haven’t seen my old friend, Mr. Bosler, Big Ray, for a few years. But the fondness and the memories have not faded with time. Mr. Bosler was the one who taught me that the faith is reasonable…
Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney released an opinion column today that blasts the Obama administration for its new Obamacare mandate forcing religious employers to pay for insurance coverage that includes birth control and drugs that may cause abortions. The mandate, which has been soundly condemned by pro-life and religious groups, would force religious employers to …
One of Komen’s top officials reportedly quit in December when the nation’s biggest breast cancer charity made the decision to cut more than $600,000 in funding to the Planned Parenthood abortion business. News about Komen’s decision surfaced publicly this week and it has prompted a firestorm of controversy — with pro-life advocates applauding Komen and …
Michael Voris, RealCatholicTV.com Truth should be the focus of every endeavor in Life … but some Nigerians are rejecting their Catholic Faith for economic prosperity.
In a new statement issued today, Komen for the Cure is defending its decision to revoke funding for the Planned Parenthood abortion business — which has drawn universal praise from pro-life organizations. “We are dismayed and extremely disappointed that actions we have taken to strengthen our granting process have been widely mischaracterized. It is necessary …
February 2 is the 16th World Day of Consecrated Life, a commemoration begun by Blessed John Paul II in 1997. In his message for the 1st World Day of Consecrated Life, the Pontiff ……
by Patrick B. Craine OTTAWA, Ontario, February 1, 2012 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A pro-life Conservative MP has criticized last month’s CTV sting against British Columbia pregnancy centres with a report suggesting the broadcaster may have committed an ethics violation for pro-abortion bias. The Canadian Broadcast Standards… …
by Peter Baklinski CHARLOTTE, North Carolina, February 1, 2012 (LifeSiteNews.com) – What do you do after finding out that your unborn baby has a defect that is ‘incompatible with life’? Many parents are presented with a dreadful choice: either get an abortion, or carry to term a diseased fetus, who will face untold… …
In an earlier column , I proposed a thought-experiment involving a student who has been told by a friend that a teacher who he had always thought hated him has defended him in front of the principal against other teachers who were eager to have him kicked out of school.
Denver, Colo., Feb 1, 2012 / 01:56 pm ( .- Former Mexican soap opera star turned pro-life activist Eduardo Verastegui told a crowd of over 500 that he thinks abortion in the U.S. will one day come to an end. “I think we will see regeneration and the end of abortion in this country,” he said at a sold out Jan. 26 fundraiser for Lighthouse Pregnancy Center in Denver, Colo. Verastegui gave his testimony about growing up in a pro-life country and eventually seeing Mexico City legalize abortion. “Pro-choice, pro-life, all that, all those terms in Mexico didn’t exist until a few years ago when Mexico City passed that horrible law.” Although abortion was legalized in Mexico City in 2007, 19 states have since passed constitutional amendments
In an email distributed by Human Events, a conservative publication, Republican presidential hopeful Newt Gingrich takes the Obama administration to task of its new Obamacare mandate. The mandate, which has been soundly condemned by pro-life and religious groups, would force religious employers to pay for health insurance coverage that includes drugs that can cause abortions, …
