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Daily Catholic Quote from Helen M. Alvaré JD

by ICL Editor | Jul 7, 2013 | Quote | 0 |

“Those currently invoking “women’s health” in an attempt to shout down anyone...

The Komen Alternative

by Teresa Tomeo | Nov 17, 2012 | Prolife | 0 |

One of the most frequently asked questions I receive from my radio listeners has to do with alternatives to the Susan G. Komen Foundation. Active Catholics are slowly beginning to understand that there is a connection between...

Daily Catholic Quote from Helen M. Alvaré JD

by ICL Editor | Jul 11, 2012 | Quote | 0 |

“Those currently invoking “women’s health” in an attempt to shout down anyone who disagrees with forcing religious institutions or individuals to violate deeply held beliefs are more than a little mistaken, and...

Six Important Things Catholics Must do this Political Season

by Deacon Michael Bickerstaff | Jul 1, 2012 | Put Out Into the Deep | 0 |

Catholics and the Healthcare Debate It is now three days since the Supreme Court ruled the...

Fourth of July will be Different this Year

by Teresa Tomeo | Jun 29, 2012 | Living | 0 |

I am not very proud to admit that over the years I have taken the 4th of July, or should I say the real meaning of this national holiday, for granted over the years. To me, the date has been more about another way and another...

The HHS Mandate and Conscience Made Simple – Five Things You Should Do Now

by Deacon Michael Bickerstaff | Feb 17, 2012 | Put Out Into the Deep | 0 |

By now, most every Catholic and non-Catholic citizen is aware of the important debate taking place...

US Bishops Request Your Urgent Action

by Deacon Michael Bickerstaff | Sep 27, 2011 | Prolife | 0 |

URGENT ACTION ALERTS: New Threat to Conscience On August 1, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued an “interim final rule” that will require virtually all private health plans to include...

Defunding Planned Parenthood

by Msgr. Roger Landry | Feb 28, 2011 | Prolife | 0 |

February has been a momentous month in Washington with respect to defending innocent human life from abortion. On the negative side, last Friday [February 18, 2011] President Barrack Obama rescinded a 2008 executive order by...

The Practice of Medicine Cannot be Isolated from the Truth

by Mark Armstrong | Oct 30, 2010 | Prolife | 0 |

“The Practice of Medicine Cannot be Isolated from the Truth!” An ICL Conversation with Dr. Theresa Deisher SEATTLE — The culture we live in is under assault. Nowhere are the battles more clearly drawn than in the world of...

To Be Human

by Mark Armstrong | Oct 29, 2010 | Prolife | 0 |

SEATTLE — The opening session at the 79th annual Catholic Medical Association conference in Seattle was delivered by Dr. Josef Seifert and was entitled “Christian Anthropology, Connecting a Proper Anthropology with Proper...

Ethical Lines Being Drawn in Cloning Debate

by Mark Armstrong | Oct 28, 2010 | Prolife | 0 |

SEATTLE — What does it mean to be human? It is an age-old question. The Discovery Institute played host to a discussion of what it means to be human as a prelude to the 79th annual educational conference now underway in Seattle...

Human Dignity

by Deacon Michael Bickerstaff | Oct 13, 2010 | Put Out Into the Deep, Social Doctrine | 0 |

I recently had a conversation with a man whose mother suffers from a disease that the man contended could be cured if only sufficient medical experimentation could be conducted using embryonic stem cells. There is no evidence...