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Opinion: President Obama, Health Care, Rationing and Senior Americans

Image of How this 'age-based priority' would work in practice is revealed by a graph that Emmanuel helpfully includes in the article and which is reprinted here.

'The views of this White House on the need to ration health care at the end of life to contain costs are well known.' FRONT ROYAL, Va. ... continue reading


The Bizarre Views of President Obama’s 'Science Czar'

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No one in their right mind would suggest that American women would be forced to abort their children? FRONT ROYAL, Va. (Catholic Online) - ... continue reading



Portions of Kennedy's Letter to Pope Benedict XVI

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Former Washington Cardinal Theodore McCarrick read excerpts from the letter and a response from the Vatican during the burial service. ... continue reading


R.I.P. Senator Kennedy: Let us Honor the Dead by Protecting the Living

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Rest in peace Senator Kennedy and my deepest condolences to your grieving family. To my fellow Americans, let us honor the dead by ... continue reading


Town Hall Ejects Pro-life Activist Randall Terry

Image of After the event, Terry commented on the reason for their demonstration. 'Howard Dean is an enemy of the unborn. As such, we felt it our duty to disrupt his speech -- in honor and defense of those slaughtered under his policies. God have mercy on him, and bring him to repentance.'

Randall Terry, Pro-life activist and founder of Operation Rescue, was escorted by police from a Town Hall meeting in Northern Virginia. ... continue reading


Georgetown to Honor AFL-CIO Leader Despite Organizations' Gay Marriage Advocacy

Image of The AFL-CIO constituency group Pride at Work has repeatedly promoted homosexual 'marriage' and hailed laws in Connecticut, Iowa, Massachusetts and Vermont in the face of strong opposition from the Catholic Church.

The Executive Council of the AFL-CIO unanimously called on the California Supreme Court to invalidate Proposition 8. MANASSAS, Va. ... continue reading



Bishop D’Arcy says Notre Dame must Answer for Honoring Obama

Image of In its decision to give its highest honor to a president who has repeatedly opposed even the smallest legal protection of the child in the womb, did Notre Dame surrender the responsibility that Pope Benedict believes Catholic universities have to give public witness to the truths revealed by God and taught by the church?

The real question posed by the situation is whether or not a Catholic university has a responsibility to give a public witness to the ... continue reading


Senator Edward “Ted” Kennedy Has Died

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Tributes are pouring in from people of many varying and often conflicting political positions for a man who certainly will be remembered as ... continue reading


Archbishop Chaput on 'Health Care and The Common Good'

Image of The growing misuse of Catholic 'common ground' and 'common good' language in the current health-care debate can only stem from one of two sources: ignorance or cynicism.

Funding killing of unborn children or discrimination against the elderly and persons with special needs is not 'common ground'. DENVER ... continue reading


School Official Cleared of Contempt Charge in Prayer Case

Image of 'Prayer is neither contemptuous nor criminal. It is outrageous that the ACLU sought civil contempt charges against an outstanding woman whose husband prayed a beautiful prayer at a privately sponsored event held off campus.' Mat Staver, Liberty Counsel.

SANTA ROSA COUNTY, FL (LifeSiteNews.com) - After a seven and a half hour hearing in federal court, federal District Judge Casey Rodgers ... continue reading


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