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Written by: admin 10/22/2007
Holocaust heroine unveiled The Chicago Tribune (registration site) Four young Kansas women have become known as the "rescuers of the rescuer." What the high school students did started out simply enough: collaborate on a National History Day project to write a short play about an event from the past. What they accomplished when it was all said and done has been stunning: discover, research and introduce to the world Irena Sendler, a Polish Catholic woman who daringly saved some 2,500 Jewish children from the Warsaw ghetto yet remained virtually unknown to historians and the public for more than 60 years. Sendler, who resides in a Warsaw nursing home, was among the nominees for this year’s Nobel Peace Prize. More info here» Ripple effects of Missouri bill Newsweek A Missouri bill that is not an outright ban on abortion, but rather a regulation that financially squeezes practitioners who perform the procedure to the point where many will no longer be able to function, could have ramifications in bordering states. The bill reclassifies any facility that performs five or more abortions each month as a surgical outpatient center, meaning it must comply with a number of specifications for things such as hallway widths and ceiling heights. Pro-life groups hail the legislation as a way to protect women's health. More info here» Pope and ‘Spirit of Assisi’ ZENIT Violence in the name of God can never be justified, Pope Benedict XVI told a gathering of interreligious leaders in Naples, Italy, urging them to promote peace and the “spirit of Assisi.” The pope's appeal today resounded in the archdiocesan seminary of Capodimonte on the first day of the 21st International Encounter of Peoples and Religions. The meeting, organized by the Community of Sant'Egidio in Naples, has as its theme "Toward a World Without Violence: Religions and Cultures in Dialogue." More info here»
The Chicago Tribune (registration site)
Four young Kansas women have become known as the "rescuers of the rescuer." What the high school students did started out simply enough: collaborate on a National History Day project to write a short play about an event from the past. What they accomplished when it was all said and done has been stunning: discover, research and introduce to the world Irena Sendler, a Polish Catholic woman who daringly saved some 2,500 Jewish children from the Warsaw ghetto yet remained virtually unknown to historians and the public for more than 60 years. Sendler, who resides in a Warsaw nursing home, was among the nominees for this year’s Nobel Peace Prize. More info here»
Newsweek
A Missouri bill that is not an outright ban on abortion, but rather a regulation that financially squeezes practitioners who perform the procedure to the point where many will no longer be able to function, could have ramifications in bordering states. The bill reclassifies any facility that performs five or more abortions each month as a surgical outpatient center, meaning it must comply with a number of specifications for things such as hallway widths and ceiling heights. Pro-life groups hail the legislation as a way to protect women's health. More info here»
ZENIT
Violence in the name of God can never be justified, Pope Benedict XVI told a gathering of interreligious leaders in Naples, Italy, urging them to promote peace and the “spirit of Assisi.” The pope's appeal today resounded in the archdiocesan seminary of Capodimonte on the first day of the 21st International Encounter of Peoples and Religions. The meeting, organized by the Community of Sant'Egidio in Naples, has as its theme "Toward a World Without Violence: Religions and Cultures in Dialogue." More info here»
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