Friday, August 17, 2012

Heroic News: “Obama's 'Catholic' supporters drop pro-life argument in 2012 appeal” plus 7 more

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Obama's 'Catholic' supporters drop pro-life argument in 2012 appeal

Posted: 17 Aug 2012 11:18 AM PDT

Catholics for Obama has launched its 2012 initiative with a focus on economic issues, in an apparent shift from its 2008 presentation of the presidential candidate as “pro-life.”

Obama 'not his brother's keeper' after all?

Posted: 17 Aug 2012 06:58 AM PDT

"A few days ago I received a call from a man I recently met named George. He was a bit flustered, and soon informed me that his young son was sick with a chest condition. He pleaded with me to send him $1,000 to cover the medical bills."

Canadian medical assc: 'babies only human after birth'


Posted: 17 Aug 2012 06:52 AM PDT

The largest association of doctors in Canada, in an attempt to stonewall a looming abortion debate from being unleashed, voted yesterday to support the wording of the country’s Criminal Code which states that a baby becomes a “human being” only after being born.

Pope champions 'spiritual adoption' of unborn


Posted: 17 Aug 2012 06:50 AM PDT

Participants in a decades-old pro life initiative and a centuries-old pilgrimage in Poland received affirmation from Pope Benedict on the feast of the Mary's Assumption into heaven.

FRC pres says 'hater' label may have motivated shooter


Posted: 17 Aug 2012 06:47 AM PDT

Family Research Council president Tony Perkins called for an end to the “reckless rhetoric” that may have motivated a gunman to open fire on a security guard at the organization’s headquarters.

Heros on the highway


Posted: 17 Aug 2012 06:40 AM PDT

Passing motorists who saw smoke billowing Thursday from a stand of pine trees along southern Mississippi's Interstate 10 rescued a woman and her disabled sister trapped inside a wrecked, burning sport utility vehicle.

Canadian city to fly pro-life flag over city hall


Posted: 17 Aug 2012 06:38 AM PDT

Kelowna is set to become the first city in British Columbia to fly a pro-life flag over city hall. The flag will fly during the last week of September, which the city has proclaimed "Protect Human Life Week," as it has done for the past five years.

Friends indeed: GA teachers seek to gift sick leave to husband of ailing woman


Posted: 17 Aug 2012 04:50 AM PDT

A large number of people turned out at the Gwinnett County School board meeting in Georgia Thursday in support of a woman suffering from a rare bacterial infection. Dozens of teachers asked the board to allow them to donate their time off to fellow teacher Mark Rinehart so that he can take care of his wife as she battles for her life.