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WASHINGTON (CNS) — As Oregon scientists announced May 15 that they had successfully converted human skin cells into embryonic stem cells, the chairman of the U.S. bishops’ Committee on Pro-Life Activities warned that the technique is morally troubling on many levels. Read more »
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BOSTON (CNS) — Boston Cardinal Sean P. O’Malley will not attend Boston College’s commencement this year because the college planned to honor the prime minister of Ireland, who has supported a bill to introduce legalized abortion in that country.
In a statement May 10, Cardinal O’Malley said he cannot support the Jesuit-run university when it confers an honorary degree on Prime Minister Enda Kenny at commencement ceremonies May 20 — an event traditionally attended by Boston’s archbishop. Read more »
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When a team of health officials and investigators looking into illegal drug use raided Dr. Kermit Barron Gosnell’s Women’s Medical Society Feb. 18, 2010, they happened upon what many are calling a “house of horrors.”
“There was blood on the floor. A stench of urine filled the air. A flea-infested cat was wandering through the facility, and there were cat feces on the stairs,” said a grand jury report about the conditions found in the clinic Gosnell ran in West Philadelphia. Read more »
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DUBLIN (CNS) – The Irish government has announced plans to legalize abortion in limited circumstances, but Minister for Health James Reilly insisted his plans will take “full account of the equal right to life of the unborn child.”
The announcement contradicts a 2011 campaign promise by Prime Minister Enda Kenny that his government would not introduce abortion in the predominantly Catholic country.
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CHARLOTTE, N.C. (CNS) — Pro-life supporters gathered near Time Warner Cable Arena in Charlotte Aug. 31 for what was intended to be a peaceful, prayerful vigil in support of the right to life for the unborn and in memory of the 3,300 lives lost daily through abortion in the U.S.
They were met by a handful of people who want to keep abortion legal and who tried to drown out the prayer vigil with their shouts.
The prayer vigil was the first of several pro-life demonstrations planned before and during the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte Sept. 4-6. Read more »
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Call it curious, ironic or just plain strange. New York Cardinal-designate Timothy M. Dolan, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, published a Jan. 25 op-ed piece in The Wall Street Journal to express his frustration over President Barack Obama’s ruling that most health insurance plans will have to cover contraception and other measures that are forbidden by official church teaching.
This points to a communication gap between Catholic leadership and the White House that has not always been there.
DALLAS (CNS) — The Feb. 3 decision by Susan G. Komen for the Cure to reinstate grants to Planned Parenthood affiliates for breast cancer screenings was the result of a “vicious attack” on the organization, said a pro-life leader.
Pro-life leaders hailed Komen’s announcement Jan. 31 that it would no longer give grants to Planned Parenthood, but it sparked a maelstrom of negative reaction and an online petition asking the group to reverse its decision.
(The Feb. 3 reversal by the Komen foundation was announced after the print edition of The Dialog had gone to press.) Read more »
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Whether they are just starting out or nearing the end of their careers, Catholics who want to practice medicine in conformity with the church’s teachings wonder how a new federal regulation requiring health plans to cover contraceptives and sterilization free of charge will affect their work.
Although the requirement will not directly impact physicians, some said it represents a governmental intrusion into health care that could grow in the future. Read more »
The following is the homily by Father Leonard R. Klein, diocesan director of Pro-Life Activities, at the Jan. 23 Pro-Life Mass at the Cathedral of St. Peter in Wilmington.
Gospel: Mark 3:22-30
The sin against the Holy Spirit has been the source of a great deal of reflection through the generations and the millennia of the church. It’s usually understood to be a kind of presumption and also a kind of stubborn resistance to the word of God and to his intervention in our lives. Read more »
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WASHINGTON — A Washington pastor told 17,000 exuberant teenagers and young adults gathered at pro-life rally and Mass in the Verizon Center Jan. 23 that he wondered if they knew “what an encouragement you are.”
Some 500 young people from the Diocese of Wilmington were also at the Mass and Bishop Malooly was one of its concelebrants. The bishop was cheered loudly by the diocese’s contingent at the rally when he was introduced to the sports arena’s young congregation.
