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Move toward Abortion-on-Demand in All of Mexico
LifeSiteNews 10/7/2008, by Matthew Cullinan Hoffman
The Social Democratic Party is pushing the legalization of abortion, the National Action Party is seeking to guarantee the right to life. MEXICO CITY (LifeSiteNews) - In the wake of a Supreme Court ruling affirming the constitutionality of Mexico City's abortion law, which allows a woman to kill ...

Vatican Official: Put the Person at the Center of the Economy
Zenit News Agency 10/2/2008
Cardinal Martino Says the Financial Crisis serves "as a reminder that the human person must be put at the center of the whole of world economy." SANTIAGO, Chile (Zenit) - The financial crisis under way in the United States should remind us that the human person must be at the center of the ...

Ecuador Approves Anti-Life, Anti-Family Constitution
LifeSiteNews 10/1/2008, by Matthew Cullinan Hoffman
Pro-Life Action "will not rest until all fundamental human rights are restored in our Constitution" QUITO (LifeSiteNews) - Ecuadorians have approved a new Constitution for their nation that critics say contains pro-abortion and pro-homosexual language, threatens the right of parents to decide ...

EUROPE »
USAID Denies Funding to International Abortion Group
Catholic News Agency 10/7/2008
“The Bush Administration is to be congratulated for its consistent enforcement of a policy that is supported by the vast majority of the American people." WASHINGTON, DC (CNA) - Assistant Administrator for Global Health Dr. Kent Hill with the U.S. Agency for International Development has denied ...

What the Press Is Missing With Synod on the Word of God
Zenit News Agency 10/7/2008
“Perhaps not everyone in the secular media will understand this, but the whole Church is preparing to experience an intense moment of reflection and prayer." VATICAN CITY (Zenit) - As the bishops convened Sunday to begin the synod on the word of God, the Church began an "intense moment of ...

Pope to Patriarch: We Need Unity Faster
Zenit News Agency 10/7/2008, by Inmaculada Álvarez
"Our times make it even more necessary to hasten the journey toward the full unity of all the disciples of Christ." VATICAN CITY (Zenit) - Benedict XVI sent a personal message to Russian Orthodox Patriarch Alexy II saying that modern times call for a hastening of the journey toward Christian ...

MIDDLE EAST »
Iraq’s New Election Law excludes Christian Minority
Asia News 10/7/2008
“As president I have the right to amend what parliament passes and I can assure you that we will be amending the change in the law immediately.” BAGHDAD (AsiaNews) – The UN special representative for Iraq Staffan de Mistura said he was “surprised and disappointed” that Iraq’s parliament dropped ...

Mosul: Relentless Slaughter of Iraqi Christians
Asia News 10/7/2008
Two new attacks against the Christian community leave store owner and a 15-year-old boy dead. MOSUL (AsiaNews) - There has been a new attack against the Christians in Mosul. Yesterday afternoon, an armed group assassinated Hazim Thomaso Youssif, age 40. The ambush took place in front of his ...

ASIA PACIFIC »
Violence against All Christians Spreads in India
All India Christian Council 10/7/2008
The aicc recorded dozens of anti-Christian attacks in other states since Aug. 23, 2008. These include: Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, New Delhi, Punjab, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh, and Uttaranchal. NEW DELHI (aicc) - Senior leaders from the All India Christian Council (aicc) ...

India: Maoists Killed Swami, Government concealed Evidence
Asia News 10/7/2008
A Maoist Leader claims responsibility and charges the Government with covering up the truth. BHUBANESHWAR (AsiaNews) - A Maoist leader has again claimed responsibility for the death of Swami Laxmanananda Saraswati, whose assassination unleashed the pogrom against Christians in Orissa.He affirms ...

AFRICA »
Catholic Relief Services to Help 300,000 East Africans
Catholic Relief Services 10/7/2008
The project will help form more than 14,000 savings and lending groups comprised of almost 300,000 members and help the poor improve their quality of life. NAIROBI, Kenya (CRS) - An $8 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is enabling Catholic Relief Services (CRS) and local ...

Serving Through Satellite Radio
Catholic Online 9/17/2008, by Randy Sly
Going where no ministry has gone before, Faith Satellite Radio is taking the gospel to the ends of the earth by first taking it into space. WASHINGTON (Catholic Online) – Imagine being a part of a small Catholic parish in central Africa where normal means of communication is not available. After ...

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