Palm Sunday: “Hosanna!” “Crucify Him!” A Contradiction? 1

The Palm Sunday Liturgy opens Holy Week with two expressions:

First, “Hosanna,” which is sung at the beginning of Mass (beautifully done here by the Monks of Solesmes): More…

Do I Really Have to Confess All My Sins? 2

If you want all your sins forgiven, then, Yes, you really do need to confess all your motral sins. And it’s worth it too.

Here’s why:

When it comes to forgiveness there is nothing like confession. More…

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This is the best Pro-Life Anti-Abortion video I’ve seen yet. Informative and powerful! Everyone needs to see this. Please, share.

Are Relativism and Catholicism Compatible? 2

Is there such a thing as cafeteria Catholicism?

Welcome to the Catholic Cafeteria

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Left to Die (Video Testimony of Jill Stanek) Reply

Either we prevail in defending the right to life, or more innocent children will be left to die.

Watch this compelling video that reveals the true story of induced labor abortion and infanticide, so called “Live Birth Abortion.”

Visit Jill Stanek’s website at http://www.jillstanek.com/.

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Holy Week Missions in NY with Mission Youth Reply

Last year, on Good Friday, I had the experience of carrying a huge cross through Mid-Town in Manhattan with volunteers from Mission Youth. More…

HHS Update: Supreme Court Hearings — Days Two and Three Reply


“Not a good day in court for the government.”

Here is a really good analysis of yesterday’s hearings at the Supreme Court, followed a 2 part video synopsis of today’s hearings. More…

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Note: Whilst preparing this I looked for the article in the Journal of Medical Ethics. The paper on after-birth abortion referred to was by Australians  Alberto Giubilini and Francesca Minerva. Mysteriously, their article has ‘disappeared’ from the on-line version of said Journal.

+ Cardinal George Pell, Archbishop of Sydney
11 Mar 2012

There were 44 million abortions worldwide in 2008 according to last month’s issue of the Lancet.

It is a huge number; big enough to worry the editor, who declared that reducing abortion “is now an urgent priority for all countries”.

But not everyone agrees.  Also last month in another medical journal, two Australian academics opened abortion’s last frontier with a discussion of the “ethics” of “after-birth abortion”.

The argument is simple enough.  There are persons and “potential persons”, who are in fact “non-persons” and can be killed.

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The Ethics of Infanticide: Why Should the Baby Die? Reply

Fr Joseph Tham, LC, MD, PhD

“Doctors said they could do no more and sent me home to die – I’m still waiting.”– Nicky Chapman

Suppose you delivered a baby with osteogenesis imperfecta, a rare condition with defect in collagen formation that makes the bones brittle and easy to fracture.  In this case, the condition commonly known as brittle bone disease was so severe that at birth alone the infant suffered 50 fractures. The prognosis was very poor, and the baby would probably grow up blind, deaf and unable to communicate and with severely diminished mental functions. What would you recommend the parents to do? More…

HHS Update: Supreme Court Hearings — Day One Reply

Here is a brief report on yesterday’s hearings: More…