Make life the only choice

They don’t call it the scary-sounding “Hemlock Society” any more. The new name is “Compassion and Choices.” Under this cuddly rubric, bespoke death is now endorsed by respected society matrons and politicians as euthanasia’s version of Planned Parenthood. The once-reviled euthanasia obsessional — and criminal — Dr. Kevorkian, is raking in $50,000 a pop on [...]

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TIME Got it Wrong – Prof. George Opposed Grandiose Kennedy Funeral

Noted Princeton Professor Robert P. George says he is “not pleased” with TIME’s Amy Sullivan’s “selective” use of a quotation from him in her article “A Tale of Two Priests.” As well, contrary to the impression given in Sullivan’s article, George opposed the way the Kennedy funeral was done and strongly supports Archbishop Burke’s emphasis [...]

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The Neighborhood Pornucopia

There was a man who confessed he had become a habitual consumer of Internet pornography in his early teens. With self-disgust and embarrassment, he spoke of his machinations to avoid detection by others, and how he would quickly conceal his activities when others wandered within eyesight of his computer monitor. Even by young adulthood he [...]

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LIFE MATTERS – Enough is enough, we all get it – you don’t like Brian Tamaki!

Life Matters is a weekly opinion column which appears
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By Brendan Malone
About two weeks ago the NZ Herald broke a story about Brian Tamaki and his Destiny Church group which detailed a covenant signing service where approximately 700 men signed a written covenant of commitment to Brian Tamaki and his [...]

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Sanitized Childhood

I read a Curious George book to my children a few weeks ago. It was a library copy — one of the very old ones, wrapped in protective plastic with decades-old, handwritten due dates inside the front cover.
The story was typical H. A. Rey fare. The man with the yellow hat was exasperatingly clueless while [...]

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Priest’s new book challenges men to learn ‘true manhood’ by following Christ

Pennsylvania Catholic priest Fr. Larry Richards, aiming to clear up “gender confusion” and to challenge men to pursue holiness, has released a new book titled “Be A Man: Become the Man God Created You to Be.”
In the book, Fr. Richards recounts his own efforts to learn “true manhood” and shares inspiring stories from men he [...]

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Pharmaceutical company cites Vatican document to defend its use of aborted baby

A pro-life group is criticizing pharmaceutical company Neocutis’ defense of its use of cells harvested from an aborted fetus in the development of burn treatments and anti-aging creams. While the company said it takes seriously concerns about the dignity of human life—going so far as to cite a Vatican document—the pro-life group is questioning Neocutis’ [...]

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Abortion doctor and ordained Baptist minister: “Am I killing? Yes, I am”

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Planned Parenthood’s President Lashes Out at USCCB

Cecile Richards, president of the Planned Parenthood Federation of America, sent an email to her supporters on Monday, complaining of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops’ (USCCB) campaign against the abortion-funding health care bill. Richards begged for quick action from abortion supporters to counter the bishops’ influence and push the bill through Congress.
Richards’ attack [...]

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The folly of trying to teach babies by plonking them in front of a television has finally been confirmed

The house that Mickey Mouse built is taking a hit. The Walt Disney conglomerate that spans from Hannah Montana to most of Hollywood and from ESPN to sprawling worldwide resorts is giving up ground. It is minor turf, but still Walt and Team Disney’s lawyers are not used to losing.
Since 1998, Disney’s “Baby Einstein” videos [...]

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