Weekly News (Second Week of May 2012)

1. Pope Benedict Speaks About Power of Prayer In His Life

VATICAN, May 9, 2012 (CNA/EWTN News).- Pope Benedict XVI says he has been sustained during his seven years as pontiff by the prayers of people around the world. [Read More]

2. RH Bill Not a Priority For Legislators This Year, Says Lawyer

MANILA, May 10, 2012—The Reproductive health bill is no longer the priority issue for lawmakers this year, but the upcoming election is, according to an election lawyer. [Read More]

3. An Open Letter To The Catholics of The Philippines On The Concert of Lady Gaga

A few days from now, pop star Lady Gaga will be coming over for a concert. She is an artist that needs no introduction; but for those who are not aware, she is famous for her catchy tunes and has risen to fame for her even catchier persona, bordering on the scandalous and unconventional, to say the least. [Read More]

4. Cardinal Dolan: Obama's 'Gay Marriage' Support Undermines Society

Washington D.C., May 10, 2012 / 02:06 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan is charging President Barack Obama with undermining the “very cornerstone of society” by supporting “gay marriage.” [Read More]

5. Obama's 'Religious Left' Folly: Using the Bible to Justify Homosexual 'Marriage' [Read More]

6. Video of Mom Rejecting Abortion of Disabled Baby Thrills Facebook

A video of a mom who shares her account of rejecting suggestions that she have an abortion following the prediction from doctors that he unborn child would be born with disabilities is thrilling Facebook. [Read More]

7. Fill Out a Form And Change Your Gender: New Law Passed by Argentinean Congress

May 11, 2012 (LifeSiteNews.com) - A bill has been approved by the Argentinean National Congress permitting individuals to change their “gender identity” at will, defining themselves as male or female at their own discretion, regardless of their physiological sex, without the necessity of “sex-reassignment” surgery or hormonal treatment, and without the approval of a judge. [Read More]

8. The Asian Tiger, Japan, Is In Danger of Extinction

May 7, 2012 (HLIWorldWatch.org) - Do you know any Japanese people? If you do, you had better look fast, because they’re an endangered species. [Read More]

9. Put The Mother in Motherhood

“Would Mother Mary put Jesus in day care?” This is the sobering question Dorothy Pilarski, Catholic mother, writer, television personality and speaker, has contemplated in her search for meaning and purpose in the vocation of motherhood in the modern world. [Read More]

10. Seeking The Kingdom

ROME, MAY 11, 2012 (Zenit.org).- Every time we pray the Our Father we say “Thy Kingdom Come,” but how many really understand correctly what this kingdom is, asks Cardinal Donald Wuerl in a recently published book. [Read More]