Friday, November 16, 2012
| | The Fallacy of Catholic Relativism By Judie Brown Being a faithful Catholic means showing our faith both publicly and privately, not merely when it's convenient or easy. Living our faith is often difficult, but Jesus never promised us it would be easy. Instead, He promised us the ultimate reward if we choose to follow His commands and live a life in accordance with His will. And this is what we should be striving for with every action, with every breath, and with every word that leaves our lips. Today's commentary examines why this is so. [ Click here to read more. ] |
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| HEADLINES |  |  Justice Department offers pro-life activist plea bargain: Limit your protests or pay $20,000
LifeSiteNews
On election day, the Justice Department forced a pro-life protester to stay at least 25 feet away from a Pittsburgh abortion facility or face $20,000 in fines. The move is the latest act in what some pro-life activists and attorneys have argued is the Obama administration's attempt to stifle pro-life speech nationwide. Justice Department attorneys accused Meredith Parente, 56, of shoving two escorts outside Planned Parenthood of Western Pennsylvania. Parente admitted no guilt but signed the agreement last Tuesday to avoid a costly trial. As part of the agreement, she is permanently enjoined from violating the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances (FACE) Act. |
|  Vegetative patient Scott Routley says 'I'm not in pain'
BBC News
A Canadian man who was believed to have been in a vegetative state for more than a decade, has been able to tell scientists that he is not in any pain. It's the first time an uncommunicative, severely brain-injured patient has been able to give answers clinically relevant to their care. Scott Routley, 39, was asked questions while having his brain activity scanned in an fMRI machine. His doctor says the discovery means medical textbooks will need rewriting. (view video at link) |
|  Just before organ harvesting, comatose patient recovers
National Catholic Register
Carina Melchior is a 20-year-old Danish woman who was plunged in the middle of controversy by two close encounters with death----the first in car crash last year that put her in a coma, the second in a hospital where doctors persuaded her parents to donate her organs and shut off her life support. But Carina recovered, and now is at the center of a storm of questions about the criteria for brain death, over-aggressive transplant agencies, and the commodification of the human body. | |
