Monthly Archives: February 2012

After-Birth Abortion Is Really Infanticide

Posted on February 29, 2012 by

Two ethicists who work in Australia are calling for what they call “after-birth abortion”.  They say it is their preference to use these words instead of what it really is infanticide, because they believe a newborn infant has the same … Continue reading →

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More Contraception an Answer to Abortion?

Posted on February 24, 2012 by

The NZ Abortion Supervisory Committee released this month a Supplementary Report to their Annual Report of 2011. The report dealt with 2010 abortion statistics in New Zealand, and included information about the number of abortions, how and where they were … Continue reading →

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Making Reparation for Sins Against Life

Posted on February 23, 2012 by

As we begin the Lenten journey, it would do us well to stop for a moment and think about not only the state of our own soul, but that of our nation.  For it is the laws of our land which allow … Continue reading →

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Celebrating Family

Posted on February 16, 2012 by

Blessed John Paul II wrote in his exhortation Familiaris Consortio “the future of humanity passes by way of the family.”  Why would that be so?  Because it is within the family that children learn to be responsible, caring people who … Continue reading →

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Preventing the spread of HIV

Posted on February 3, 2012 by

A study has just been released which reveals that one in five gay or bisexual men in Auckland (New Zealand’s largest city) have HIV and don’t know it. One in 15 in the study of over a thousand gay or bisexual … Continue reading →

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