First Confessions

This week, President Felipe Calderón of Mexico said, “I am for the defense of life; I have full respect for the dignity of human life.”
Amid an intense national debate to legalize unrestricted abortion in Mexico’s Federal District, President Calderón has staked a strong stance in favor of life. The new laws would allow abortion up [...]

The Diocese of Oakland is building Christ the Light — a new cathedral whose cost has raised some concern among the faithful in the East Bay.
This cathedral is really just part of a larger diocesan complex that will also house a “organ, public plaza, mausoleum, conference center, parish offices, parish rectory, bishop’s residence, parking garage [...]

With near complete media silence surrounding his candidacy, many have wondered, “What ever happened to Senator Brownback?”
Today, they said, “Oh, there he is.”
In a rare nationally syndicated article, the Associated Press finally reported on the senator from Kansas. The article — “Presidential candidate Brownback: Homosexual acts are immoral” — was picked up by CNN and [...]

On March 6th, the highest consumer court in Mumbai recognized the personhood of the unborn when it ruled that an “unborn child is a living person.”
The dispute centered on an insurance company’s refusal to compensate the family of a pregnant woman who died alongside with her husband in a car accident. The court held the [...]