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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: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: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:bishop, catholic, chinaZenit news agency reports on the death, at the age of 103, of Bishop Joseph Meng Ziwan of Nanning, China.
Here is a Bishop who refused to collude with the Communists and remained an Underground Bishop throughout his life and spent about 20 years in forced labour camps.
Such a contrast between Bishop Meng of […]

Tag:africa, eradicate, malariaIn most parts of the world malaria has been eradicated. Much progress has been made in eradicating diseases and this is evident from the disappearance of many infectious diseases from all the continents, save Africa.

Jeffrey D. Sachs, Director, of the Earth Institute in Columbia University, writes in the Time magazine issue of 1/15/2007, […]

Tag:bishops, catholic, moviesThe U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops have released their top movie picks for 2006. Here goes:
Top Ten

Akeelah & the Bee
Babel
Flags of Our Fathers/Letters From Iwo Jima
Joyeux Noel
Little Miss Sunshine
Miss Potter
The Pursuit of Happyness
Sophie Scholl
The Painted Veil
United 93

Honourable Mention (not in ranking order):

Blood Diamond
Bobby
Children of Men
Death of Mr. Lazarescu
Fateless
Little Children
Pan’s Labyrinth
Prairie Home Companion
Rocky […]

Tag:church, collaboration, communismThe latest news, post Polish-church scandal, indicates that it has been common during the reign of Communism in Europe, for the Church (including Roman Catholic, Protestant and Orthodox) to be in cahoots with the Government.
The reason given in the report is that the Church hierarchy in the respective countries, colluded with Government so […]

Tag:cells, research, stemResearchers at Wake Forest University and Harvard University have discovered stem cells derived from embryos in human mothers. The extracted cells have been grown into brain, liver and bone cell types.
The Harvard researcher, Dr. George Daley is hopeful that one day mothers may be able to freeze these amniotic stem cells to be […]

Tag:jerusalem, travel, zenitZenit is a news service providing news from the Vatican. They are on a subscription drive to help spread the news from Vatican and subsequently be an effective evangelizing tool.
Subscription is free. You may offer a free gift subscription to anyone you wish. This year their drive includes rewarding the person with the […]

Tag:domain, internet, namesICANN the internet oversight agency has revived a previously rejected plan to create a cyber red-light area. This would involve creating .xxx domain names.
ICANN welcome public comment on this proposal. Read more here.