Japanese researchers are warning the island nation that its prevailing lack of interest in family and child-rearing could potentially result in the disappearance of the Japanese people within a few generations.
Monthly Archives: May 2012
Couple Lists Unused Embryos on Craigslist
When in vitro fertilization (IVF) left a couple from Des Moines, Iowa with 18 “leftover” embryos, they decided to use Craigslist as a way to find surrogate parents for their frozen offspring so that they could stay in touch with the children they didn’t want to raise themselves.
Woman of Grace: St. Catherine of Genoa
St. Catherine of Genoa (1447 – 1510)
The life of St. Catherine of Genoa confirms that spiritual renewal, virtue, holy reflection, and spiritual direction lead to wisdom and discernment. Born into an illustrious Italian family that was connected to two popes, Catherine was known as a quiet and pious child, being both prayerful and obedient. Read the rest…
Our Lady of Guadalupe – Feast Day December 12
The year was 1531, only 12 years after the Conquistadors arrived in Mexico to find the native Aztec-Nahuatl people still sacrificing tens of thousands of people a year to the gods of Sun and Night who they believed had the power to keep the sun in the sky. Read the rest…
Poor Self-Esteem Leaves Woman Marred for Life
A 30 year-old British woman whose low self-esteem as a teen caused her to seek plastic surgery for every imagined imperfection, is now suffering from a disfiguring infection caused by injections used to plump her lips.
Obama’s Same-Sex Marriage Stance Likely to Hurt at the Polls
In spite of widespread reporting to the contrary, a May 10 Gallup poll shows that the president’s sudden decision to back same-sex marriage is likely to hurt him at the polls in November.
ABC Cancels Anti-Christian GCB
In a major victory for Christians, ABC is decided to cancel it’s controversial sit-come, GCB, due to poor ratings.
Our Lady of Akita – Feast Day, June 12
In the Japanese town of Yuzawadai located less than 90 miles from the city of Sendai, the site of the March 11, 2011, tsunami, is the site of the miraculous statue of Our Lady of Akita and the apparitions of Our Lady that took place there. Read the rest…
Feast of Our Lady of Fatima
Between May and October of 1917, the Blessed Virgin Mary appeared to three shepherd children on the 13th day of every month in Fatima, Portugal in a field called the Cova da Iria. Read the rest…
Virgin of the Poor – Our Lady of Banneux – Feast Day January 15
“I am the Virgin of the poor,” Our Lady told 11 year-old Mariette Beco on the evening of January 19, 1933. It was the third of eight apparitions that Mariette would experience in the yard outside her home in Banneux, Belgium. Read the rest…
