Jun

7

Cardinal Rigali Slams Bills on Stem Cell Use

June 7, 2007 | Leave a Comment

Congress Debates Cloning and Research Funding
U.S. bishops are urging Congress to reject legislation that would promote the destruction of human embryos.
Two bills, S.5 on embryonic stem cell research and H.R. 2560 on human cloning, are set for debate and vote.
Regarding the stem cell bill, Cardinal Justin Rigali encouraged representatives “to reject this misguided and unethical […]

Jun

7

Immigration bill in doubt after vote

June 7, 2007 | Leave a Comment

Charles Babington- Associated Press Writer
WASHINGTON- A fragile compromise that would legalize millions of unlawful immigrants risks coming unraveled after the Senate voted early Thursday to place a five-year limit on a program meant to provide U.S. employers with 200,000 temporary foreign workers annually.
The 49-48 vote came two weeks after the Senate, also by a one-vote […]

Jun

7

Blessed Anne of Saint Bartholomew

June 7, 2007 | 1 Comment

Anne was the daughter of peasants. She took care of sheep until she was twenty. Four miles from her hometown was Avila, the city where St. Teresa and her Carmelite nuns lived. Anne was accepted into the order. She became a lay sister rather than a cloistered nun. Sister Anne could go out on errands […]

Jun

7

“This is My Body, This is My Blood.”

June 7, 2007 | Leave a Comment

Christ did not say this represents My Body and this represents My Blood. These are words that cannot possibly cause confusion.
This great mystery is realized i every Mass when the priest, ‘in the person of Christ’ consecrates the bread and the wine. Christ himself clearly announced His presence in the Eucharist in the multiplication of […]