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February 4th, 2012%
Read the original here: Book Review: Dante in Love
A.N. Wilson has reconstructed a historical tour guide packed with entertaining and illuminating details, carefully and clearly describing the complex local conflicts of the Ghibelines and Guelfs that dominated Dante’s Florence, telling of riots in Florence in the key year of 1300 and tracing Dante’s personal relationships.He describes Dante’s great work, , as a ‘mystical autobiography’ in the tradition of St. Augustine’s and insists that ‘if Dante’s Comedy works – if it takes you over, which is what it is trying to do – then in the end, you become the pilgrim’….
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February 4th, 2012%
See the complete article here: Marco Rubio Gives Amazingly Powerful Pro-Life Speech
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 …
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February 3rd, 2012%
Original post: Komen Foundation to continue funding some Planned Parenthood affiliates – for now
by Ben Johnson WASHINGTON, D.C., February 2, 2012, (LifeSiteNews.com) – Although the Susan G. Komen for the Cure Foundation has decided to immediately end most of its funding for Planned Parenthood around the nation, three clinics will see their grants renewed for at least another year. Ambassador Nancy Brinker,… …
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February 2nd, 2012%
Read more from the original source: State drops request to force mentally ill Catholic woman to have an abortion
by Ben Johnson BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, February 2, 2012, (LifeSiteNews.com) – A petition that could have forced a 32-year-old mentally ill woman to abort her child against her religious objections has been withdrawn. Norfolk Probate and Family Court Judge Gregory V. Roach authorized the Massachusetts Department of… …
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February 2nd, 2012%
Read the complete article: Parents End Request for Abortion on Mentally Ill Daughter
The parents of a 32-year-old pregnant woman, known only as Mary Moe, have officially withdrawn their request to subject their daughter to a forced abortion and sterilization. Moe, who suffers from schizophrenia and bipolar mood disorder, was being treated in a Massachusetts hospital. When she became pregnant, doctors were purportedly concerned that her medications could …
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February 2nd, 2012%
More: Cardinal Anthony Bevilacqua Dies at 88
By JOSEPH PRONECHEN | PHILADELPHIA — Bells tolled from St. Martin’s Chapel on the campus of Philadelphia’s St. Charles Borromeo Seminary last night, announcing the death of Cardinal Anthony Bevilacqua. The 88-year-old cardinal died in his sleep in his apartment at the seminary. With the death of Cardinal Bevilacqua, who was the retired archbishop of Philadelphia, the Church in the United … …
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February 1st, 2012%
More: Is Denial of Life-Saving Care for Mentally Disabled Girl a Sign of Things to Come?
By CHARLOTTE HAYS | PHILADELPHIA — When Joe and Chrissy Rivera sat down with a physician at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia to talk about their child’s medical prognosis, the couple had no inkling they were about to become part of a heated national debate. Their 3-year-old, Amelia, has a rare genetic disorder, Wolf Hirschhorn syndrome, a condition caused by missing … …
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February 1st, 2012%
Continue reading here: Susan G. Komen for the Cure Breaks Ties With Planned Parenthood
By EWTN NEWS | In the midst of a congressional investigation, Planned Parenthood has lost the support of the nation’s leading breast cancer charity, Susan G. Komen for the Cure. Last year Planned Parenthood received roughly $680,000 in grants from Komen and $580,000 the year before. Komen spokeswoman Leslie Aun told The Associated Press that the cutoff is a result of … …
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February 1st, 2012%
Go straight to: Susan G. Komen pulls funding for Planned Parenthood
Dallas, Texas, Feb 1, 2012 / 01:26 am ( CNA/EWTN News ).- In the midst of a congressional investigation, Planned Parenthood has lost the support of the nation’s leading breast cancer charity, Susan G. Komen for the Cure. Last year Planned Parenthood received roughly $680,000 in grants from Komen and $580,000 the year before. Komen spokeswoman Leslie Aun told the Associated Press that the cutoff is a result of the charity’s recently adopted criteria which prohibits giving grants to organizations undergoing investigations by local, state or federal authorities. Planned Parenthood has been the subject of a federal investigation headed by Rep. Cliff Stearns (R-Fla.) since last year.
January 31st, 2012%
See the original post here: What does abortion have to do with Dr. King’s dream? Everything.
by Fr. Frank Pavone Co-authored with Alveda King, niece of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. January 30, 2012 (LifeSiteNews.com) – For seven days every year, in January, we experience elation quickly followed by an almost unbearable sadness. On January 16, this year’s national observance of the birth of Dr. Martin Luther… …
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January 31st, 2012%
Read full article here: U.S. deficit falls slightly – but still far too high
It's slightly lower than last year – but still far too high. A new budget report this week predicts the ……
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January 31st, 2012%
Go directly to: Lincoln bishop: prepare for ‘suffering’ under HHS mandate
Lincoln, Neb., Jan 30, 2012 / 06:14 pm ( CNA/EWTN News ).- Catholics may have to suffer for the integrity of their institutions, Bishop Fabian W. Bruskewitz of Lincoln, Nebraska announced in his response to the Obama administration’s contraception mandate. “We cannot and will not comply with this unjust decree. Like the martyrs of old, we must be prepared to accept suffering which could include heavy fines and imprisonment,” Bishop Bruskewitz wrote in a letter he ordered to be read at every Sunday Mass in his diocese on Jan. 29. “Our American religious liberty is in grave jeopardy,” he warned, describing the impact of new rules that Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius has instituted as part of federal health care reform. Those rules, confirmed as final on Jan. …
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January 31st, 2012%
Read the complete text here: Employee steals $1 million from Archdiocese of New York
New York City, N.Y., Jan 31, 2012 / 12:58 am ( CNA/EWTN News ).- An Archdiocese of New York employee allegedly stole about $1 million from the archdiocese’s Department of Education Finance Office in a “sophisticated fraud” over several years’ time. Anita Collins, an employee of the archdiocese since 2003, was fired on Dec. 6, 2011 when the alleged fraud was discovered. The archdiocese and outside auditors discovered the theft after new oversight controls and safeguards were implemented in 2011, archdiocesan spokesman Joseph Zwilling said Jan. 30. The theft was initially believed to be at least $350,000, but an investigation from the Manhattan District Attorney determined the new estimate. “The Archdiocese will continue to cooperate fully with the District Attorney’s office in its investigation, and is grateful to the District Attorney for the sensitive yet thorough way that the investigation has been conducted,” Zwilling said. Collins, 67, allegedly billed the archdiocese for non-existent services and moved the money into accounts she controlled, the New York Times reports…
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January 30th, 2012%
Read more: What Economic Downturn? The Abortion Business is Booming
As the U.S. economy continues to shudder, Americans find themselves in a tight spot. 2011 was the worst year on record for home sales, unemployment claims rose markedly in the 4th quarter, and the high energy prices we have endured are set to worsen with gasoline expected to top $4 a gallon this summer. Nevertheless, …
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January 30th, 2012%
See the rest here: California Pro-Lifers Try Again for Parental Notice on Abortion
Signatures are currently being gathered to put Parental Notification on the 2012 November ballot for the fourth time in California. In 2008 Parental Notification’s Proposition 4 lost by a very small percentage, 52% to 48%. Parental notification proponents are back this year in full force, but this time they have something that changes the game …
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January 30th, 2012%
See the rest here: Gingrich Would Scrap Embryonic Stem Cell Research Funding
Campaigning in Florida over the weekend, Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich said he would scrap taxpayer funding for embryonic stem cell research that pro-abortion President Barack Obama put in place the first year in office. “I believe life begins at conception,” Gingrich said Sunday at a news conference, according to an AP report, which said …
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