Pope Francis’ retooling of the JPII Institute shows his modus operandi
VATICAN— The September 19 re-establishment of the Pontifical John Paul II Theological Institute for Science on the Family and Marriage is a good object lesson in the modus operandi of Pope Francis. It offers observers some helpful lessons about the Roman Pontiff’s leadership style. The John Paul II Pontifical Institute, founded by the late Polish Pope, whom Pope Francis calls the “Pope of the Family”, has developed as well-respected institution in theological circles. It is known to foster and promote theological discussions on family and marriage issues at twelve campuses around the world. The institute’s work was mentioned in the…
Jailed priest: Abortion centers are ‘modern-day Calvary.’ The Church must be there
ALEXANDRIA, September 18, 2017 (LifeSiteNews) — A priest arrested Friday at a Virginia abortion center says these are the “modern day Calvary” and that he had a “moral obligation” to take part in the peaceful attempt to rescue women and unborn children from the violence of abortion. “The Church needs to be there,” Fr. Fidelis Moscinski told LifeSiteNews. “Just as the Blessed Mother and St John were present at Calvary where the innocent blood of Jesus was shed, Christians need to be at the modern day Calvary interceding, praying, offering compassion, alternatives, but most of all offering love and a…
Report: Sex-Ed Programs Show “No Long-Term Difference in Sexual Activity of Pregnancy Rates”
Last month, the New York Times “The Upshot” blog ran a piece by Aaron Carroll, a professor of pediatrics at Indiana University School of Medicine. With this piece, Carroll became the latest in a long line of liberal critics of abstinence-based sex-education programs. He mentions that funding for abstinence-based programs increased during the George W. Bush administration. He then cites a number of meta-studies, which purport to show that abstinence-only sex-education classes are ineffective at either reducing or delaying teen sexual activity. LifeNews.com Note: Dr. Michael New is a professor at Ave Maria University. He is a former political science professor at the University…
13-Year-Old Given Permission to Abort Her 32-Week-Old Unborn Baby Gives Birth Instead
In a startling turn of events, the baby of a 13-year-old rape survivor who received permission to have a late-term abortion was born alive Friday in India. The young girl from Mumbai was 32-weeks pregnant, far past the point of viability and the country’s 20-week legal abortion limit. The man who allegedly raped her, a co-worker of her father, has been arrested. Abortions are illegal after 20 weeks of pregnancy in India. However, women increasingly have been petitioning the high court for permission to abort their unborn babies after 20 weeks in cases involving fetal abnormalities or sexual assault. Earlier…
Court Allows 13-Year-Old to Abort Her 32-Week-Old Unborn Baby
The Supreme Court of India gave a 13-year-old rape survivor permission to abort her late-term, viable unborn baby Wednesday. The young girl from Mumbai is 32-weeks pregnant with her unborn baby, far past the point of viability and the country’s 20-week legal abortion limit. The man who allegedly raped her, a co-worker of her father, has been arrested. Abortions are illegal after 20 weeks of pregnancy in India. However, women increasingly have been petitioning the high court for permission to abort their unborn babies after 20 weeks in cases involving fetal abnormalities or sexual assault. NDTV reports the high court…
Pro-Life Women Provide Help and Support for Pregnant and Parenting Moms After Hurricane Harvey
For the first time since Harvey made landfall in Houston last weekend, Meredith Phillips was able to take the time to enjoy a hot meal Thursday afternoon. Coming on the heels of several days’ worth of adrenaline, and with weeks and months ahead of her to process the impact of the storm, it was a well-earned—if too brief—respite for Phillips, a Houston resident who helps operate a Christian housing ministry for pregnant moms called LifeHouse. As the storm approached late last week, Phillips and her team had to evacuate their program’s residents from one of its three locations, relocating the…
80% of Teens in Obama-Funded Sex-Ed Programs Fared Worse Than Their Peers
President Donald Trump took a lot of flak this summer for making deep cuts to a sex education program backed by pro-abortion President Barack Obama. But research indicates that the Teen Pregnancy Prevention program, which awarded millions of dollars in grants to the abortion chain Planned Parenthood, is not helping teens. Valerie Huber, the chief of staff for the assistant secretary of health, told Breitbart News that the program results have been “more than disappointing.” Trump’s administration announced $200 million in cuts to the program earlier this summer, angering abortion activists and others. At the time, Health and Human Services…
BREAKING: US Senate votes to not defund Planned Parenthood, repeal Obamacare
WASHINGTON, D.C., July 26, 2017 (LifeSiteNews) – The U.S. Senate voted 55 to 45 today to reject the repealing of Obamacare and defunding of Planned Parenthood. On Tuesday, Vice President Pence broke a tie in the Senate, which was divided 50-50 on whether to allow debate and voting to take place on the American Healthcare Act (AHCA), which repeals Obamacare. Specifically, the vote today was on an amendment to the AHCA that would swap the AHCA with a simple repeal of Obamacare. The AHCA outlines some provisions “replacing” Obamacare. In 2015, the Senate passed similar language ending Obamacare and defunding…
Baby Charlie Gard’s parents end legal fight: Read their full heartbreaking statement
LONDON, July 24, 2017 (LifeSiteNews) – Baby Charlie Gard’s parents made a heartbreaking statement in court today as they announced they were ending their legal fight to give their 11-month-old a chance at life. The statement included a stinging rebuke of London’s Great Ormond Street Hospital, which refused to allow Charlie’s transfer for experimental treatment. “Had Charlie been given the treatment sooner he would have had the potential to be a normal, healthy little boy,” said the statement from Chris Gard and Connie Yates, read by Connie in court this morning. They insisted, based on consultation with U.S. expert Dr….
How the LGBT Movement Used Fake Science to Push Gay Marriage
In his book “32 Yolks,” Eric Ripert, head chef and owner of Michelin three-starred Le Bernardin in New York City, tells the story of his parents’ divorce when he was 5 years old: I went from being a happy kid to a kind of pint-sized depressive. From the time I was 5 until I went away to cooking school and for many years after, I was rarely truly happy—just different degrees of sad. Ripert says that from the moment his parents split up, when he was with his mother, he missed his father; when he was with his father, he…
