Swarms of energetic pro-life advocates trooped to San Francisco’s Civic Center right across the City Hall on January 25, 2014 to mark the Tenth annual Walk for Life. In stark contrast to the icy and frigid cold weather braved by their East Coast counterparts, the largest-ever crowd of between sixty and seventy … Read more
The Surgeon General of the U.S. Public Health Service, Luther L. Terry, M.D., released the first report from the Surgeon General’s Advisory Committee on Smoking and Health on January 11, 1964. This warning kick started an unprecedented and successful antismoking campaign for public health, and it was accomplished in spite of the … Read more
Thousands upon thousands gathered at the National Mall in Washington, D.C., on January 22, 2014 for the annual March for Life, marking 41 years since the infamous Roe vs. Wade decision which legalized abortion in America. Despite a heavy snowstorm which blanketed the nation’s capital the day before, enthusiastic marchers were undeterred … Read more
We can look to Catholic Croatia as an example for the West! This small Balkan country has registered a resounding NO to same-sex “marriage.” Its cry on behalf of natural and traditional family – father, mother and children – has echoed throughout the world. As a result of the referendum held on … Read more
A Chinese boy was pronounced dead at a children’s hospital in Anhui Province (eastern China) but began to cry when he was about to be cremated, local media reported according to AFP news agency. Hospital sources told the official Xinhua news agency that the baby was less than a month old and … Read more
“To tell the truth, Jesus is not an object of veneration in the Muslim tradition[…] in the Koran, Jesus is a great prophet, famous for his miracles on behalf of a poor and sick humanity, but he is not the equal of Muhammad.” So says one of the most outstanding Catholic scholars … Read more