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Cardinal Rigali opposes US-President Obama
USA
Cardinal Justin Rigali has condemned US-President Barack Obama’s removal of limits on federal funding of embryonic stem-cell research. Cardinal Rigali is the chairman of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Committee on Pro-Life Activities. According to him, the President’s decision is a sad victory of politics over science and ethics”. The Cardinal stressed that “this action is morally wrong because it encourages the destruction of innocent human life.” He added that ethically sound means for advancing stem cell science are readily available.
Call for a Church Investigation
UK
Cardinal George Pell of Sydney, Australia has called for a Church investigation of conditions in the Legion of Christ following the revelations that the group's founder, Father Marcial Maciel, led a double life. Speaking at Oxford, the Australian prelate said that it was "not entirely reasonable" to expect Legion officials to answer questions about their own order. According to the Cardinal one critical question would be "to what extent there was a cover-up." Cardinal Pell said the investigation should be undertaken by Church authorities outside the Legion.
Priest Murdered
South Africa
Father Lionel Sham was found murdered yesterday, following his abduction over the weekend. The priest ministered at Our Lady of Africa church in Mohlakeng, South Africa. An 18-year-old man has been charged. Father Sham was the second South African priest murdered in the past ten days. “There is a perception that there is money in the Catholic Church, and it is likely that a priest will be alone in his house. There was a time when people respected clergy,” said Archbishop Buti Tlhagale of Johannesburg.
A Beautiful and Remarkable Thing?
Great Britain
A wealthy couple from Bath, England, are the latest British citizens to end their lives at the Swiss suicide facility in Zurich. Peter and Penny Duff, a retired wine consultant and his wife, died on Feb. 27, 2009. Both were suffering from terminal cancer. The couple's daughter, Helena Conibear, called what her parents had done a "beautiful and remarkable thing." Now, euthanasia advocates in the United Kingdom are calling for a debate on the law prohibiting assisting suicide in the U.K, reports LifeSiteNews.com.
Cardinal Rigali opposes US-President Obama
USA
Cardinal Justin Rigali has condemned US-President Barack Obama’s removal of limits on federal funding of embryonic stem-cell research. Cardinal Rigali is the chairman of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Committee on Pro-Life Activities. According to him, the President’s decision is a sad victory of politics over science and ethics”. The Cardinal stressed that “this action is morally wrong because it encourages the destruction of innocent human life.” He added that ethically sound means for advancing stem cell science are readily available.
Call for a Church Investigation
UK
Cardinal George Pell of Sydney, Australia has called for a Church investigation of conditions in the Legion of Christ following the revelations that the group's founder, Father Marcial Maciel, led a double life. Speaking at Oxford, the Australian prelate said that it was "not entirely reasonable" to expect Legion officials to answer questions about their own order. According to the Cardinal one critical question would be "to what extent there was a cover-up." Cardinal Pell said the investigation should be undertaken by Church authorities outside the Legion.
Priest Murdered
South Africa
Father Lionel Sham was found murdered yesterday, following his abduction over the weekend. The priest ministered at Our Lady of Africa church in Mohlakeng, South Africa. An 18-year-old man has been charged. Father Sham was the second South African priest murdered in the past ten days. “There is a perception that there is money in the Catholic Church, and it is likely that a priest will be alone in his house. There was a time when people respected clergy,” said Archbishop Buti Tlhagale of Johannesburg.
A Beautiful and Remarkable Thing?
Great Britain
A wealthy couple from Bath, England, are the latest British citizens to end their lives at the Swiss suicide facility in Zurich. Peter and Penny Duff, a retired wine consultant and his wife, died on Feb. 27, 2009. Both were suffering from terminal cancer. The couple's daughter, Helena Conibear, called what her parents had done a "beautiful and remarkable thing." Now, euthanasia advocates in the United Kingdom are calling for a debate on the law prohibiting assisting suicide in the U.K, reports LifeSiteNews.com.
