Saturday, May 18, 2013
Saturday, May 18, 2013
PARIS, France, April 23, 2013—After months of debate and massive protests, the National Assembly in France passed President Francois Hollande’s “marriage for all” bill in to law on April 23. With 331 votes in favor to the 225 votes against, the lower house approved President Hollande’s draft law which now legalizes “gay marriage,” allows gay [...]
LIMA, Peru, April 22, 2013—The president of Peru’s congressional Committee on Women and the Family has reaffirmed her commitment to resisting pressure from abortion and contraception advocacy groups. During a committee hearing on April 17, Aurelia Tan de Inafuko promised to continue efforts to respect life in the country, while rejecting calls to distribute contraception [...]
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BACOLOD City, April 22, 2013—Underscoring once again the sanctity of life and the need to repeal the reproductive health law that undermine it, the Diocese of Bacolod is set to hold a grand rally against the measure at the Bacolod Public Plaza on April 27 from 1 to 6 pm. In a circular letter, Bishop [...]
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MANILA, April 18, 2013—Despite its open endorsement of candidates in the coming May elections, the White Vote movement said it does not impose on Filipino voters, but encourages them to follow its lead. The White Vote movement, a coalition of various lay organizations in the Catholic Church, is endorsing senatorial candidates who are pro-life, pro [...]
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VATICAN City, April 15, 2013–A major highlight for the Year of Faith will be a two-day celebration in Rome on the Church’s teaching about the dignity of life and how it fits with the New Evangelization. Father Geno Sylva, the English-language official for the Pontifical Council for Promoting New Evangelization, hopes the event will speak [...]
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WASHINGTON D.C., Apr 11, 2013–Bishop Stephen E. Blaire of Stockton, Calif., has urged legislators to support laws that build “a culture of life” by placing more stringent guidelines around gun ownership and use. “Sadly, gun violence is too common a reality,” Bishop Blaire, chairman of the bishops’ Committee on Domestic Justice and Human Development, wrote [...]
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DENVER, Colo., April 7, 2013–Women in Denver, Colo., may soon be able to receive health care from a women’s clinic that offers a Catholic approach to natural, comprehensive care. “We want to care for the whole person,” said Abby Sinnett, a nurse practitioner in Denver. She explained to CNA that this means applying the latest [...]
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BACOLOD City, April 6, 2013—The San Sebastian Cathedral of Bacolod diocese has launched on March 31 the San Sebastian Family and Life Center in an effort to provide natural family planning services to married couples. The NFP services are the Center’s response to the growing need among Catholic couples who would like to follow the [...]
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LIPA City, March 21, 2013—Lipa Archbishop Ramon C. Arguelles expressed concern over the possibility that Malacañang might exert pressure on Supreme Court justices after the high court issued a status quo ante (SQA) order stopping for 120 days the implementation of the highly divisive Reproductive Health law. “I won’t be surprised. They had long prepared [...]
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MANILA, March 20, 2013—Pope Francis has urged for protection of life and creation, saying it is everyone’s vocation—Christians or not—to be “protectors of God’s gifts”. Addressing a crowd of an estimated 200,000 during his inaugural Mass at St. Peter’s Square, the pope stressed the responsibility of human beings to respect and protect one another and [...]
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