by Julia Regina de Cardenal, President, Fundación Sí a La Vida On Sunday, February 3, 2019, the citizens of El Salvador elected a new president for a five-year term: Nayib Bukele, a 37-year-old man who ran as the GANA candidate (Grand Alliance for National Unity), a party known for its centrist-right inclination. This is the . . . Read more
The United States is not the only nation where abortion laws could pivot this year. In Catholic Poland, abortion is still largely viewed as the horror it is by the population, which is 87% Catholic. Pro-life legislation, introduced in 2017 by the “Stop Abortion” pro-life group, would ban abortions on babies with fetal abnormalities. Their . . . Read more
The Road to Peace “If there is righteousness in the heart there will be beauty in the character. If there is beauty in the character, there will be harmony in the home. If there is harmony in the home, there will be order in the nation. When there is order in the nation, there . . . Read more
Time for Civil Disobedience? “They” said legalizing abortion would be limited. Lie #1: abortion will be permitted up to 6 months. Devout health care workers have been begging for their freedom of conscience rights to be observed, allowing them to be excused from murdering babies in the womb. Lie #2: the government promised there would . . . Read more
When Does “Human Rights” Not Mean Human Rights? As this year draws to its close, we note the 20th anniversary of the papal encyclical Fides et Ratio (On Faith and Reason) of Pope Saint John Paul II. In the document, the Holy Father deplored the separation of the two entities, which lead to a kind . . . Read more
(HLI Tanzania) – HLI saves lives at the grassroots level. It’s that important to us. Emil Hagamu, HLI Regional Director for English-speaking Africa, began receiving some text or email messages about a year ago. They came from a young woman, and he couldn’t recall where he’d met her. But her messages were full of good . . . Read more
There are over 31 negative effects of the pill.[1] Here’s a quick list: Heart attacks Cancers Anaphylaxis Sudden total or partial blindness Environment poisoning Pulmonary embolisms Early abortion High blood pressure Dizziness and fainting Abdominal discomfort, bloating, and pain Gall bladder problems, including gallstones Inflammation of the pancreas Nausea and vomiting Fluid accumulation Long-term hormonal . . . Read more
Health [helth] noun 1. the general condition of the body or mind with reference to soundness and vigor: good health; poor health. 2. soundness of body or mind; freedom from disease or ailment: to have one’s health; to lose one’s health. Twelve years ago today, the Federal Drug Administration (FDA) approved the deadly abortion drug . . . Read more
Some baptized Catholics who support abortion use a distorted understanding of Church teaching on the “primacy” of conscience to support their views. They also frequently misrepresent theological principles regarding Catholic sexual ethics. One of the most common abuses involves probabilism, which simply means that, if a definitive judgment has not yet been rendered by the . . . Read more
A fundamental misunderstanding of the role of the human conscience lies at the root of many of the problems in the Catholic Church today. Very few Catholics even know what the conscience actually is. When pressed, many will say “If my conscience tells me it’s all right, I can do it.” This is just one . . . Read more
