Gospel of Life Appeal
The Annual Gospel of Life Appeal will take place on Respect Life Weekend on October and 5th and 6th during all Sunday weekend masses. The goal of
The Annual Gospel of Life Appeal will take place on Respect Life Weekend on October and 5th and 6th during all Sunday weekend masses. The goal of
born in 1869, in a small village in the Darfur region of Sudan. She was kidnapped while working in the fields with her family and subsequently sold into slavery. Her captors asked for her name but she was too terrified to remember so they named her “Bakhita,” which means “fortunate” in Arabic.
“In that way, the parts of the body will not take sides. All of them will take care of one another. If one part suffers, every part suffers with it. If one part is honored, every part shares in its joy. You are the body of Christ. Each one of you is a part of it.” (1 Corinthians 12:12-25)
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Embryonic Stem Cell research (ESCR) involves harvesting human embryos (usually discarded embryos from IVF clinics) for their stem cells, the primordial cells in their body that have the potential to change into any other kind of cell (such as bone, muscle, or nerve, etc.) that could be used to repair damaged cells in a sick patient (such as turning stem cells into nerve cells and repair a patients damaged spine).
The Catechism of the Catholic Church begins its section on war with this solemn disclaimer, “The fifth commandment forbids the intentional destruction of human life.
According to the National Fertility Association, over 7 million people in the United States struggle with issues of infertility.
Since the Supreme Court reinstated the constitutionality of capital punishment (or the death penalty) in 1976, more than 1200 people have been executed by the state. According to groups like The Freedom Project, there is evidence that hundreds of people who have been executed, or who await execution, have been wrongly convicted of capital offenses and are actually innocent.
“Now this is the message that we have heard from him and proclaim to you: God is light, and in him there is no darkness
No matter how difficult your situation is, we can help. Being pregnant doesn’t mean your life is over. It may be very different, especially at first, but you are not alone.