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Canadian Senate passes euthanasia bill

June 18, 2016 breaking Comments Off on Canadian Senate passes euthanasia bill

OTTAWA, June 17, 2016 (LifeSiteNews) — Canada’s Senate gave approval to the Liberal government’s Bill C-14 Friday, averting a standoff with the House of Commons over the controversial bill — which now only needs royal assent to become law. Senators voted 44 to 28 to accept the final version of Bill C-14, which outlines under what circumstances Canadians can be legally assisted to kill themselves, or be euthanized. Conservatives Don Plett, Tobias Enverga, and Independent Liberal Anne Cools were among those who voted in favor of the bill.

Too many couples do not understand marriage is for life, pope says

June 17, 2016 breaking Comments Off on Too many couples do not understand marriage is for life, pope says

ROME (CNS) — Because most people today do not understand that sacramental marriage really is a bond that binds them to each other for life, many marriages today can be considered invalid, Pope Francis said. Raising a point he has raised before, and one also raised by now-retired Pope Benedict XVI, Pope Francis insisted June 16 that the validity of a marriage implies that a couple understands that sacramental marriage is a bond that truly binds them to another for their entire lives. “We are living in a culture of the provisional,” he told participants in the Diocese of Rome’s annual pastoral conference. Answering questions after giving a prepared talk, Pope Francis told the story of a bishop who said…Continue Reading

Mother Teresa’s Canonization to Be ‘Great Joy’ for All of India

June 17, 2016 breaking Comments Off on Mother Teresa’s Canonization to Be ‘Great Joy’ for All of India

For the world today, she has become the face of Christ’ Zenit.org•June 16, 2016•Eva-Maria Kolmann• An Indian prelate has described Blessed Teresa of Calcutta, who will be canonized by Pope Francis Sept. 4, 2016, as the “best missionary of the millennium.” Bishop Salvadore Lobo of Baruipur, who headed the canonization committee, reported that Christ had said to Mother Teresa in a vision: “Go into the houses, I cannot go alone, you be my face.” Indeed, “for the world today she has become the face of Christ,” the bishop said. Bishop Lobo said that Hindus are also convinced that she was a saint. He said: “Some Hindus wonder why the Church needs to go through a canonization process. They say, ‘Mother…Continue Reading

Pope: The ‘Our Father’ is the cornerstone of our prayer life

June 16, 2016 breaking Comments Off on Pope: The ‘Our Father’ is the cornerstone of our prayer life

(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis said that prayers are not magic words for Christians and when we pray the ‘Our Father’ we can feel God looking at us and this prayer should be the cornerstone of our prayer life. His words came during his mass celebrated on Thursday morning in the chapel of the Santa Marta residence. Jesus always turned to the Father in the most challenging moments Taking his inspiration from the gospel reading where Jesus teaches his disciples to pray the “Our Father, the Pope’s homily was a reflection on the value and meaning of prayer in the life of a Christian. He noted that Jesus always used the word “Father” in the most important or challenging moments of…Continue Reading

Pope: ‘recognize the Lord in refugees, the poor, the disabled’

June 15, 2016 breaking Comments Off on Pope: ‘recognize the Lord in refugees, the poor, the disabled’

(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis encouraged believers on Wednesday to open their eyes and hearts to God’s love for the poor and to the gift of healing that he offers to all who turn to him in faith. His words came during the weekly General Audience in St. Peter’s square as he continued his catechesis for this Holy Year of Mercy. The Pope reflected on Jesus’ miracle of restoring sight to a blind man on the way to Jericho as recounted in the Gospel of Luke. He said that the blind man was sitting on the roadside begging and pointed out that, until not long ago, a person with disability had no choice but to live on charity. “That blind man,…Continue Reading

Judge Dismisses Bogus Charge Against David Daleiden for Exposing Planned Parenthood

June 14, 2016 breaking Comments Off on Judge Dismisses Bogus Charge Against David Daleiden for Exposing Planned Parenthood

Undercover investigator David Daleiden has been vindicated. Today, a Harris County, Texas judge dismissed the bogus misdemeanor charge against David Daleiden for allegedly trying to buy body parts from the Planned Parenthood abortion business he was exposing for selling them as a part of the Center for Medical Progress’ undercover investigation. Daleiden has maintained from the beginning that he and the Center for Medical Progress followed all applicable laws in the course of its investigative journalism and that the indictments were politically motivated.

Pope Francis decries Orlando massacre and prays for victims

June 14, 2016 breaking Comments Off on Pope Francis decries Orlando massacre and prays for victims

(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis is shaken and saddened by the ‘homicidal folly and senseless hatred’ that has left at least 50 people dead in an attack on a nightclub in Orlando, Florida. A statement released by the Holy See Press Office Director, Father Federico Lombardi SJ, on the Orlando massacre which has been described as the worst mass shooting in American history. Please find below Vatican Radio’s translation of the statement: The terrible massacre that has taken place in Orlando, with its dreadfully high number of innocent victims, has caused in Pope Francis, and in all of us, the deepest feelings of horror and condemnation, of pain and turmoil before this new manifestation of homicidal folly and senseless hatred. Pope…Continue Reading

Catholic leaders urge prayer after horrific Orlando shooting

June 12, 2016 breaking Comments Off on Catholic leaders urge prayer after horrific Orlando shooting

Orlando, Fla., Jun 12, 2016 / 10:19 am (CNA).- Following Saturday night’s shooting at a nightclub in Orlando that killed 50 people, Catholic leaders from around the U.S. are offering prayers for the victims and their families. “Waking up to the unspeakable violence in Orlando reminds us of how precious human life is,” said Archbishop Joseph Kurtz, president of the U.S. Catholic bishops conference, in a statement. “Our prayers are with the victims, their families and all those affected by this terrible act.” In the early hours of June

Donald Trump Tells Pro-Life Voters: “I’m With You 100%,” “We Must Protect the Sanctity of Life”

June 11, 2016 breaking Comments Off on Donald Trump Tells Pro-Life Voters: “I’m With You 100%,” “We Must Protect the Sanctity of Life”

Donald Trump, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, gave a speech today before thousands of pro-life voters at the Faith and Freedom Coalition’s “Road to Majority Conference” in Washington. Trump said he stood with them 100% and added that we should protect the sanctity of human life. Trump also mentioned how each of the people on his short list of potential Supreme Court nominees is pro-life– a nod to the most important issue in the presidential election from the pro-life perspective. “We want to uphold the sanctity and dignity of life,” he said. Here’s more: Presumptive GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump assured Christian conservatives Friday that he will fight for “our shared values” and warned that Hillary Clinton will push policies…Continue Reading

20 reasons why euthanasia corrupts everything it touches, and must be opposed

June 10, 2016 breaking Comments Off on 20 reasons why euthanasia corrupts everything it touches, and must be opposed

There are many in-depth analyses of assisted suicide and euthanasia flying about the Internet as the debate heats up in the Canadian Parliament and Senate. I’ve written several myself. Today, however, I want to give twenty summarized reasons for why people should reconsider euthanasia. Canada’s media – with notable exceptions like the National Post’s Andrew Coyne – have consistently promoted assisted suicide, with the result that many of the consequences and implications have not been adequately considered: 1. Assisted suicide suggests that for people to “die with dignity,” they must die faster. The underlying insinuation of the “Death with Dignity” movement is that those who do not opt for an expedited exit are not dying with dignity. 2. Assisted suicide…Continue Reading