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Profs at Jesuit universities lash out at bishops for opposing HHS mandate, gay ‘marriage’

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  • May 17, 2012
Kathleen Gilbertwww.lifesitenews.com Professors at four Jesuit-run Catholic universities have recently stepped into the media to voice their disagreement with Catholic bishops on church teachings, including on contraception and the nature of marri...

US Bishops' attorneys call mandate 'accommodation' inadequate

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  • May 17, 2012
Michelle Baumanwww.catholicnewsagency.com Arguing that a promised “accommodation” to the Obama administration’s contraception mandate fails to address religious freedom concerns, attorneys for the U.S. bishops suggest a possible lawsuit if th...

America’s oldest Catholic university honors one of the Church’s greatest enemies

John Jalsevacwww.lifesitenews.com All across America, Christians are uniting against the Obama administration’s mandate that would require all employers, including religions employers, to cover all birth control drugs, including abortifacient dr...

Over 26,000 petitions sent to Georgetown opposing invitation to HHS Secretary Sebelius

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  • May 16, 2012
Kathleen Gilbertwww.lifesitenews.com The Cardinal Newman Society is sending to Georgetown University President John DiGioia the names of more than 26,000 people who joined an open letter urging Georgetown to cancel an invitation to Health and Human ...

Franciscan University of Steubenville drops student health plan over HHS mandate

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  • May 15, 2012
Ben Johnsonwww.lifesitenews.com Catholic religious leaders have warned that religious institutions may be forced to stop providing health care coverage if the Department of Health and Human Services does not change its mandate to provide contracep...

Synchronized Prayer

Brad Matteswww.lifeissues.org Prayer’s our most effective tool to end abortion. And there’s a way we can be more effective about the way we use prayer. Vital Signs Ministries has a program called “Three for Five.” It’s a prayer initia...

Please check the New Notices on Upcoming Events

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  • May 6, 2012
Dear BCPLC members, New notices have been added to our calendar below. Please check for upcoming events that you may want to participate in to save lives.  Particularly check the following dates, Wednesday, May 9th - Sunday, May 13th and Wednesday, ...

Planned Parenthood Prayer Campaign for Abortion Yields No Results

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  • May 3, 2012
Jane Chastainwww.LifeNews.com For the last month, many people across America have been praying for abortion. Yes, you read this correctly. Planned Parenthood, through its Three Rivers affiliate in California, launched a 40-day campaign, March 18 t...

Barefoot and blind: how one Chinese peasant exposed China’s abuses to the whole world

Michael Cookwww.lifesitenews.com   A blind Chinese peasant has given the whole world a lesson in the power of one. Chen Guangcheng became one of China’s best-known civil rights activists after defending women in his province who had forced abor...

Nine lawsuits filed against Obama’s mandate: A brief rundown of the arguments

Fr. Frank Pavonewww.lifesitenews.com There are now nine lawsuits, including one brought by Priests for Life, which have been filed in federal district courts around the country challenging the Obama administration’s HHS mandate that requires emp...