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Catholic Marriage Website Print E-mail
Written by Jason Engel   

As reported by the Catholic News Agency, the U.S. Catholic Bishops have recently launched a website designed to help in a health marriage 'for people of all faiths'.  This, in its core, is a good idea I guess; but why do the Catholic Bishops feel they should address peoples of all faiths when it comes to marriage advice? The advice given to a Catholic should be given to everyone, but generally only Catholics would understand.  General advice that could be followed by people of other faith or no faith at all will be incomplete and could be down right wrong for Catholics. 

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Listen to the Earth Print E-mail
Written by Jason Engel   

In this story, reported by Reuters, our Holy Father is quoted several times urging us to pay attention to our environment and heed its so called, warnings.  He even offers a certain amount of merit to the 'Theory Of Evolution' and the science behind it.

Some may consider this as Pope Benedict bending to modern, ideological pressures but...

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Mandated Abortions Print E-mail
Written by Jason Engel   

As reported by Heartland.org, Connecticut has passed a state law mandating all hospitals, even Catholic ones, to offer the "Plan B' pill to rape victims.  As an obvious infringement on religious freedom, this law is a joke and should have never been passed.

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Vatican City-State Launches New Website Print E-mail
Written by Jason Engel   

The Vatican City State has launched its own website. Not to be confused with the Holy See Website, which concentrates on news and Church related topics, the Vatican City State site offers much more information on the history and current government and legislation of the actual state.

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"NEW" Embryonic Stem Cell Method Might Split Supporters? Print E-mail
Written by Eric Engel   

Not For The Catholics!

A report in MSN Slate Magazine (  http://slate.msn.com/id/2128276/   ) announced that some recent experiments gave scientists the ability to extract embryonic stem cells without killing the embryo. It then posed the question “ Has the report changed any minds”.

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