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Tag:communists, pope, vaticanFor five consecutive days there’s been news about the happenings in the Communist world both in the past and current.
First on Monday, January 22, there was a report of the USSR’s attempt to assassinate Pope John Paul II. Then for the next four days are news reports of the attempts on Communist nations […]

Tag:charity, disease, gatesFortune Magazine’s January 22 issue has an article written by Bill Gates himself on his philanthropic activities.
Bill Gates via the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has donated some US$13 billion to various causes, since its creation in 2000.
Gates laments about rotavirus disease killing half a million children worldwide annually. He’s aggrieved that the […]

Tag:catholic, korea, saintZenit reports on the cause for canonization of John Song Hae-bung of Korea. Korea has had 10,000 martyrs since Christianity arrived at its shores in the 18th century.
This would most probably mean that Korea has the highest number of martyrs among Asian countries - more than even the Philippines, Asia’s only other (East […]

Tag:cars, Illinois, prolifeA Federal judge has ordered Illinois officials to offer license plates with the motto, “Choose Life”, stating that this is protected by the First Amendment.
Coincidentally the verdict was delivered on the 34th anniversary of the infamous Roe v Wade decision. Could the writing on the wall be any clearer than this for the […]

Tag:formation, pope, priestsThe Pope has stated that the Church needs priests who are grounded solidly on human, cultural and spiritual issues. This was reported by Zenit on 1/19/2007.
It’s interesting that the Gospel reading for the same day, Mk.3:13-19, records Jesus’ selection of the twelve apostles, who were eventually the first 12 priests. Was Pope Benedict […]

Tag:movie, world trade centerHere is a Catholic analysis of this movie from Dr. Stan Williams, a Catholic filmmaker himself. View it at the Moral Premise blog.
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Tag:marriage, new york, timesBy Peter J. Smith
NEW YORK, January 19, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The New York Times has once again published another ‘hit piece’ on the institution of marriage, alleging that for “the first time more American women are living without a husband than with one”. However, US census data for 2005 shows that the […]

Tag:brownback, christian, presidentNow that all the Presidential hopefuls have expressed and launched their intentions to run for the Presidency, we are able to form a picture of the future state of the US under each potential President. By extension, the policies of the US have wide ranging and significant implications on the rest of the […]

Tag:adultery, michigan, prisonSo says one of the commandments that God handed down to Moses on Mount Sinai a few millennia ago. This is what the law in Michigan commands too, today.
It’s odd that Michigan still lists adultery as a felony crime that deserves punishment up to life in prison. On one hand, from a Catholic […]

Tag:devil, God, satanThe last verse of today’s Gospel reading, Mk. 3:12, has Jesus instructing some demons, he had evicted from some possessed people, to not publicize that He was the Son of God as they had rightfully professed.
This verse set me thinking - would these demons have obeyed Jesus’ instruction? It would have been ironic […]