The latest budget bill which will keep the government running until April 8 has once again failed to include the cut to Planned Parenthood funding that was approved by the House last month. In addition, two Senators who once supported the bills are now either withdrawing or seriously reconsidering their support.
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Nuclear Crisis Worsens in Japan: Church Prays for Courage
The nuclear crisis in Japan has become critical as a third explosion sends plumes of radioactivity into the air and government officials are telling people to remain inside and make their homes as airtight as possible.
Plan B Linked to Greater Risk of Heart Disease
Jeanne Monahan, Director of the Center for Human Dignity at the Family Research Council, says there have been a number of media outlets reporting on a link between the morning after pill and an increase in the number of young girls who are developing heart disease.
Japanese Bishop: People are "Exhausted and Disoriented"
Bishop Martin Tetsuo Hirago, of the hard hit diocese of Sendai, Japan, said the tragic 9.0 earthquake and resulting tsunami that struck the area last Friday has had "a strong emotional impact on society," and has left one priest dead of a heart attack.
Intense Religious Opposition Thwarts Maryland Same-Sex Marriage Bill
Baby Joseph Transferred to Catholic Hospital in St. Louis
Under cover of darkness, Father Frank Pavone, national director of Priests for Life, arrived in Ontario, Canada, Sunday night to rescue Baby Joseph Maraachli from the London Health Sciences Centre and see him safely transferred to a Catholic hospital in St. Louis.
Controversial Health Care Czar on the Ropes
The future of Dr. Donald Berwick, the man put in charge of Medicare who supports rationing health care, is unable to gain the support he needs to be confirmed and may have to give up his position by the end of the year.
Apostolic Visitation of U.S. Religious Concludes
Mother Mary Clare Millea, ASCJ, Apostolic Visitator for Institutes of Women Religious in the United States, held a concluding workshop last week for the religious who assisted with on-site visits to congregations of women religious, signaling the end of the years-long visitation.
8.9 Quake Kills Hundreds in Japan
Prayers are desperately needed for the people of Japan where one of the largest earthquakes ever recorded struck 80 miles offshore, spawning a deadly tsunami that left hundreds dead.
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