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Patricia Neal’s one great regret
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jmcgee
She found her way back to her Catholic faith after taking quite a few detours. From Msgr. Jim Lisante, quoted here: I met Patricia Neal over 20 years ago, and we have become good friends ever since. One time when she was on my television show, I said to her, “Pat, in so many ways…
Arrested for praying: case dismissed
By
jmcgee
Earlier in the week, I posted on the man arrested for praying outside a Planned Parenthood clinic. (There’s also a video of the act that some thought criminal.) Well, the charges have now been dropped: This afternoon, in a wake of national attention to the case, the Thomas More Society secured a dismissal of all…
Legacy: 40 years of abortion in New York
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jmcgee
On a grim anniversary, the numbers are even grimmer — especially when tallied in regards to race. Take a look at this: Forty years ago today, New York became the first state in the US where abortion was broadly legal. Since then, New York City has become the nation’s undisputed abortion capital, with an overwhelmingly…
“Direct abortion” vs. a “medical procedure”
By
jmcgee
Wednesday, the bishops released a document clarifying the difference between a “direct abortion” and a “medical procedure” — evidently, in connection with the much-covered case in Phoenix. Catholic News Service offers a summary: The committee’s statement quoted directive 45: “Abortion (that is, the directly intended termination of pregnancy before viability or the directly intended destruction…
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