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Pro-Life Catholics Witness in the Public Square
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Pro-Life Catholics Witness in the Public Square

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by on Apr 03, 2013 in Contraception & Abortion, Featured, Government & Politics
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It’s not unusual for foreign countries to import from the United States. This week however, Spain will bring in an unusual “made in the USA” product: the Catholic Pro-Life movement.  Speakers from Project Rachel, Catholics Called to Witness, the Dallas Respect Life Office, and Human Life International, have been invited to speak at “The Catholic […]

Spain’s New Government Remains Curiously Silent on Defense of Traditional Values
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Spain’s New Government Remains Curiously Silent on Defense of Traditional Values

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by on Jan 09, 2012 in Featured, Life Issues & Bioethics
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It was predictable that Spain’s parliamentary elections last November would end in victory for Spain’s conservative People’s Party after the abject failure of the Spanish Socialist Party in combating rising unemployment and languid economic growth during the economic crisis. Similarly, it was thought to be predictable that a conservative victory would yield major gains for […]

There Be Dragons Indeed
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There Be Dragons Indeed

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by on May 16, 2011 in Featured, On TV and Movies
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I am one of the apparently few people who have seen There Be Dragons, Roland Joffe’s film about St. Josemaria Escriva, founder of Opus Dei.  Only it isn’t really about Josemaria at all.  It’s about Spain. The photography is beautiful and the settings are wonderful (so good that they made me homesick for Spain, where […]