Italian Nuns Refuse to Kill Eluana Englaro

“The nuns who run the hospice in which Eluana Englaro has been living for 14 years have refused to carry out the court order to remove her food and hydration tube. On Friday, the highest court of appeals of Italy upheld a previous court’s ruling that Eluana Englaro, the young disabled woman who has been [...]

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“New generation” political education a must: Pope

“Formation for a new generation of “lay Catholics involved in politics” is urgent and vital, Pope Benedict has said.”
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NZ birth rate highest since early 60s

“The first nine months of the year produced the highest number of recorded births since 1962 – when New Zealand mothers averaged over four children each.”
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A sad sign of the times

What a sad indictment against our culture when a newspaper runs a story about a new fertility test with the following headline…
New test tells women how long to delay having children
You know you’re in a spot of bother as a society when even a fertility test is being touted as a contraceptive tool to try [...]

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El Salvador Rejects Anti-Family, Pro-Abortion Youth Convention

“The President of El Salvador, Elias Antonio Saca, affirmed at an Ibero-American leaders’ summit late last month that his country would not sign the Ibero-American Convention on the Rights of Youth (ICRY), as it violated El Salvador’s Constitution. His decision cheered Latin American social conservatives who have been wary of articles in the Convention that [...]

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Italian Court Clears Way for Father to Kill Daughter

On Thursday, November 13, Italy’s top appeals court upheld a July ruling allowing a father to remove basic care – food and water – from his 35-year-old daughter.
Eluana Englaro has been receiving food and water via a feeding tube since a 1992 car crash that left her with a brain injury. Her father, Beppino Englaro, [...]

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