Despite threats to their safety from pro-abortion activists, from whom police confiscated jars of feces and urine, the pro-life community rejoiced when members of the Texas state senate approved a bill to ban late-term abortions. The bill seeks to ban
The Vatican has announced that it has frozen assets belonging to Monsignor Nunzio Scarano, a senior Italian cleric who is suspected of money laundering and corruption. This action is part of an investigation that could extend to other account holders
Texas police confirmed that they have confiscated numerous jars of feces and urine that pro-abortion activists allegedly planned to throw at legislators. The alleged targets were legislators who will vote for a bill that would ban abortion past 20 weeks
A bill to ban abortions after 20 weeks and strengthen the medical safety standards of abortion clinics is before the Texas state Senate Friday for debate and a vote. The Senate debate is being watched closely following a previous special
With a late-term abortion ban having passed the House, and more states adopting late-term abortion restrictions and safety standards, feminists and liberal politicians are on defense regarding abortion, a prominent plank of the liberal agenda and a pivotal political and
A draft proposal presented at a town hall meeting in Newtown, Connecticut on Thursday evening states that the families of each of the 26 victims of the horrific school shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary School will receive $281,000 in donated
Vanity Fair Italy named Pope Francis its “Man of the Year” Wednesday, saying that the Roman Catholic leader’s first 100 days as pontiff had already made him one of the world’s top leaders. Newsmax reports that the 76-year-old former cardinal
As the Muslim sacred month of Ramadan began on Monday, President Obama extended a statement of greeting to the Muslim community: With the start of the sacred month of Ramadan, Michelle and I extend our best wishes to Muslim communities here
Pope Francis has contacted the Metropolitan Cathedral of Buenos Aires and asked that a statue in his likeness be removed from the gardens surrounding the cathedral. According to La Gazzetta del Mezzogiorno, after finding out that a statue of himself
MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow received a “Pants On Fire” rating from the PolitiFact Ohio Truth-O-Meter for her statement on her June 28 show in which she said that an Ohio budget item, later signed into law by Gov. John Kasich (R), requires
On Tuesday, Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) weighed in on President Obama’s unilateral decision to not enforce the employer mandate of his signature healthcare law. The Washington Examiner reported that Lee observed that during the legislative debate on ObamaCare, its supporters
USA Today lamented in an editorial on July 2nd the likely “short-lived” victory of Texas state Sen. Wendy Davis (D) who, according to the editorial board, became “an overnight social media star among liberals,” as she filibustered a late-term abortion
Following a full day of debate, Texas lawmakers in the state house passed a bill, 98-49, that will ban abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy. The bill would also require that abortion clinics be held to the same basic health
A new Rasmussen poll indicates that fewer voters than ever are calling themselves pro-choice, and the gap between pro-choice and pro-life voters is the narrowest it has been. The survey of 1,000 likely voters finds that 46 percent of those
Physician and Texas State Sen. Bob Deuell (R) held up a pair of baby shoes on Monday to represent unborn children who are aborted. Deuell’s baby shoes countered the visual symbol of the “pink sneakers” worn by State Sen. Wendy
In Egypt, an attack took place at Mar Mina Church in Port Said’s al-Manakh Tuesday, as a masked gunman opened fire and escaped, according to the state-run news agency, MENA. On Monday, unknown assailants attacked Port Said’s western seaport and
On Monday, Pope Francis tweeted from his @Pontifex account: We pray for a heart which will embrace immigrants. God will judge us upon how we have treated the most needy. — Pope Francis (@Pontifex) July 8, 2013 The pontiff’s message,
Critics are charging pro-choice Democrats in New York’s state Senate with a scheme to ram through an abortion rights amendment during the Jewish Sabbath in order to prevent Sen. Simcha Felder, a pro-life Orthodox Jew, from casting a vote. The
The Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, said that the Anglican Church must adapt to a changing society that has become increasingly secularized–by ordaining women bishops. Yahoo News reports that Welby, a former oil executive who was named successor to Archbishop
Kenyan Cardinal John Njue, Archbishop of Nairobi and president of the Kenyan Episcopal Conference, joined other African leaders last week in open dismissal of President Obama’s urging to accept same-sex marriage. “Those people who have already ruined their society…let them
Pope Francis’ first encyclical, released on Friday, is actually, as he himself described it, the work of “four hands.” A joint effort by himself and his predecessor, Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, the papal letter, entitled Lumen Fidei which, in Latin,
The Fides agency has reported that Islamist supporters of Mohamed Morsi have burned down a Coptic Catholic parish as revenge for the ouster of the former Egyptian president. According to the report, groups of Islamists first looted the home of
Less than a week after Texas state Sen. Wendy Davis (D) became a main-stream media “superstar” for filibustering a bill that would restrict abortions in that state, North Carolina senators have introduced a bill that would put into action many
Abortionist Kermit Gosnell has signed a plea document in which he admits he ran an illegal “pill mill” out of his West Philadelphia abortion clinic that became known during his trial as the “House of Horrors.” LifeSiteNews reports that Gosnell,
On Wednesday, Rep. Steve King (R-IA) said, “If President Obama wants to make changes to ObamaCare, he must come to Congress.” King confronted the Obama administration on its decision to illegally delay enforcement of the employer mandate of the president’s
