Couple Welcomes Their 100th Grandchild, Says “We Could Start Our Own Town”
STATE SARAH ZAGORSKI MAY 26, 2015 | 6:12PM SPRINGFIELD, IL In Illinois, Leo and Ruth Zanger are celebrating 59 years of marriage and the birth of their 100th grandchild. Leo said, “The good Lord has just kept sending them. We could start our own town.” The Daily Mail reports that the couple has 12 children, 53 grandchildren, 46 great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild. Ruth added, “There’s always room for one more.” The couple’s oldest child, Linda, is 58-year-old and their youngest is Joe, who is 31-years-old. In between are Debbie, Donna, David, Greg, Daniel, Mike, Steve, Chuck, Matt, and Ernie. On…
110 million sexually transmitted infections in U.S.: CDC report
By: Kirsten Andersen ATLANTA, February 15, 2013, (LifeSiteNews.com) – Just in time for Valentine’s Day, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC) released a report on Wednesday placing the current total number of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) in the United States at 110 million. Some 20 million new cases are diagnosed each year, costing taxpayers approximately $16 billion. Young people between the ages of 15 and 24 are disproportionately affected by the epidemic, accounting for half of all infections, despite being only a quarter of the sexually active population. Human papillomavirus (HPV) is most common infection, followed by chlamydia, gonorrhea, syphilis, herpes,…
How abortion played a part in Celine Dion’s devotion to her husband and family
By: John-Henry Westen January 15, 2016 (LifeSiteNews) – World-famous Canadian singer Celine Dion is undergoing another chapter in her life as she grieves the death of her beloved husband and former manager Rene Angelil. Dion’s fairytale life and the fame she brought to her native Canada would never have been if a Catholic priest had not convinced her mother not to abort Celine in 1967. And it’s likely that her fierce devotion to her husband and family was learned from her mother who gave her life and the example of loving sacrifice. Even though he was 26 years older, Celine’s…
Planned Parenthood President: “We’re Proud” We Killed 327,000 Babies in Abortions
STEVEN ERTELT JAN 27, 2015 | 2:45PM WASHINGTON, DC More than half a million pro-life people took to the streets of Washington D.C. to solemnly mark 42 years of legalized abortion since the infamous Roe v. Wade decision. But one top abortion activist celebrated the occasion. While Planned Parenthood normally likes to play down its abortion business, abortion is the sine qua non component of what Planned Parenthood does. In fact, Planned Parenthood has killed more than 1 million babies in abortions in the last three years. That’s why its president’s admission that the abortion business is…
Pope Francis Letter on Abortion in the Year of Mercy
LETTER OF HIS HOLINESS POPE FRANCIS ACCORDING TO WHICH AN INDULGENCE IS GRANTED TO THE FAITHFUL ON THE OCCASION OF THE EXTRAORDINARY JUBILEE OF MERCY To My Venerable Brother Archbishop Rino Fisichella President of the Pontifical Council for the Promotion of the New Evangelization With the approach of the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy I would like to focus on several points which I believe require attention to enable the celebration of the Holy Year to be for all believers a true moment of encounter with the mercy of God. It is indeed my wish that the Jubilee be a living experience…
Natalie Portman: Contraception caused depression that gave me ‘dark moments’
CAMBRIDGE, MA, June 5, 2015 (LifeSiteNews) – Oscar-winning actress Natalie Portman has announced that taking oral contraceptives caused depression that plunged her into some “dark moments” as a teenage college student. The actress, best known for her portrayal as Padme in the popular big screen “Star Wars” saga, spoke to graduates of her alma mater, Harvard University, last Wednesday. Portman admitted she had a difficult first and second year during her the keynote speech at Harvard College’s Class Day ceremony. “Some combination of being 19, dealing with my first heartbreak, taking birth control pills that have since been taken off the…
Population control won’t solve climate change, Caritas official says
VATICAN CITY, May 16, 2015–Controlling populations is not the answer in fighting poverty and protecting the environment, says a leading official for the Catholic aid federation, Caritas Internationalis. “We do not see that population control, the way it is being thought by many, is the right way to go forward,” Caritas secretary general Michel Roy said in an interview with CNA. The question of sustaining the planet is not approached “by suppressing people,” he said. Roy has been in Rome for Caritas International’s 20th general assembly which has been running from May 12-17 on the theme: “One human family, care…
BREAKING: House votes to ban abortions in the U.S. after five months
5:30 PM, MAY 13, 2015 BECKY YEH On the anniversary of the conviction of Philadelphia abortionist Kermit Gosnell, the U.S. House voted in favor of banning abortions across the country after five months. The Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act passed the House on a 242 to 184 vote, and now heads to the Senate. Lawmakers wrangled with the measure, also known as H.R. 36, in January, which sabotaged a highly anticipated vote on the anniversary of Roe v. Wade; however, the measure was reintroduced for another vote on the anniversary of Gosnell’s conviction. The law would effectively ban abortions in the U.S. after 20 weeks— when…
Irish Parliament Rejects Pro-Abortion Bill
Ireland’s parliament has soundly rejected a bill that would have denied legal protections to unborn babies by Paul Bois • May 14, 2015 DUBLIN, May 14, 2015 (ChurchMilitant.com) – Ireland’s parliament has soundly rejected a bill that would have denied legal protections to unborn babies. Losing by a vote of 74 to 23, the bill, led by Deputy Ruth Coppinger, sought to repeal the 8th Amendment to the Irish Constitution, which effectively banned abortion throughout all of Ireland in 1983. The amendment suffered a major blow in 2013 when Parliament passed a bill allowing abortion for the first time in Ireland at any…
Almost 50 percent of Ohio abortion facilities have shut down since 2011
May 4, 2015 Becky Yeh The number of abortion facilities in Ohio has dropped by almost half since the Buckeye State upped restrictions protecting women and preborn children over the past four years, a review of records by the Associated Press shows. State data reveals that the number of abortion procedures is also declining, as part of a nationwide trend. Seven abortion providers out of 16 have either closed down mills or curbed abortion services since 2011, while an eighth facility – a Toledo-based abortion center – is currently operating amidst litigation. Currently, nine abortion facilities remain open in the state. The number of induced abortions in Ohio…
