More Madness.  An article today in the Telegraph.co.uk tell us that parents today are uncomfortable with traditional fairy tales.  Seems they just aren’t politically correct.  I would have let this slide, but for one detail.  They have a problem with Snow White.  It turns out that the title “Dwarves” is demeaning.  For anyone that remembers [...]

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Our Lady of Kibeho: Mary Speaks to the World from the Heart of Africa

It will help to have a little background on the peoples of Rwanda/Burundi.  Two of three groups are involved in what took place there.  The Hutu and the Tutsi.
The Tutsi are a people who live in Rwanda, Burundi, and the northeastern part [...]

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If there is any doubt in your minds that the world has become a place where we eliminate our problems rather than deal with them, the following two stories should remove it.
On August 1st, a 12 year old boy from Sierra Vista, Arizona was told to clean his room.  He did not talk back.  He [...]

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As a child, I can remember looking at National Geographic Magazine.  I was fascinated by the fact that the women in the pictures were all topless.  I know that some boys have looked at these pictures inappropriately, but even at that young age I sensed there was something “right” about the pictures.  The women were [...]

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Reading 1Is 60:1-6Rise up in splendor, Jerusalem!  Your light has come,the glory of the Lord shines upon you.See, darkness covers the earth,and thick clouds cover the peoples;but upon you the LORD shines,and over you appears his glory.Nations shall walk by your light,and kings by your shining radiance.Raise your eyes and look about;they all gather and [...]

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Val sent me this post today.  I know I should be commenting  on the story itself, but I couldn’t help but be struck by the irony…
By GWEN GOWENJan. 2, 2009

Robyn Paul, her husband and their three children look like the classic American family — until you find out that Tiernan, their kindergartner, is still [...]

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There has been a slew of pro choice Catholics running for and taking, office these days.  Joe Biden, Nancy Pelosi, and John Kerry come to mind.  But none so clearly demonstrates the huge divide between Church and state as the Kennedy clan. 
Caroline Kennedy, now vying for Hillary Clintons old job, is the latest example [...]

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While researching the previous post, I stumbled across the following video.  Abortion advocates claim that a woman has the right to do whatever she wants with her own body, even if that means taking the life of another body.  They laugh at our assertion that the unborn child is a fully human person. 
We are [...]

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How many times have we all heard that mantra?  I personally, respect this claim.  I do not refer to the pro choice crowd as pro abortion and am fine if they refer to me as anti choice.  We all know what we mean, and getting caught up in the semantics game only serves to divert [...]

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I stumbled upon two articles today, that both encouraged and disheartened me.  The first article shares the results of a Harris Poll.  It seems that 82% of Americans consider themselves to be Pro Life. 
The Harris survey included 2,341 adults and was conducted December 10-12.
It found 82 percent of Americans said abortion should either [...]

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