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Pope Francis has tweeted his support for Alfie Evans, after the parents of the critically ill British baby lost a court battle to keep their child on life support. Tom Evans and Kate James had appealed to the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) to prevent doctors at Alder Hey Children’s Hospital in Liverpool from pulling the plug on their 22-month-old son, afflicted with a rare degenerative neurological condition, but lost their legal battle in late March. … [Read more...] about Pope Francis Tweets Support for Alfie Evans, Ordered to Be Taken Off Life Support

Cardinal Raymond Burke has once again voiced deep concern over the direction the Catholic Church is taking under Pope Francis, saying that the pope “not only refuses to clarify things” by clearly proclaiming Catholic doctrine but also “feeds confusion” in the Church. In an interview with La Nuova Bussola Quotidiana, the American cardinal—a prominent canon lawyer who formerly headed up the Vatican’s highest court—took recent media reports of the pope’s denial of the existence of hell as his point of departure. … [Read more...] about Cardinal Burke: Pope Francis ‘Feeds Confusion in the Church’

“The disciples experienced it at Easter, when they recognized with disappointment how everything appeared to go back to what it had been before. They were still in Jerusalem, disheartened; the ‘Jesus chapter’ of their lives seemed finished, and after having spent so much time with him, nothing had changed,” he said. … [Read more...] about Pope Francis: The First Gift of the Risen Christ Is ‘Forgiveness of Sins’

Pope Francis took advantage of midday prayers before some 50,000 people to condemn the alleged use of chemical weapons in Syria, citing “terrible reports” of dozens of dead, including women and children. Following his Easter prayer of the Regina Caeli in Saint Peter’s Square, the pontiff denounced the recent chemical bombings, saying that “nothing, nothing can justify the use of such extermination tools against helpless people and populations.” … [Read more...] about Pope Francis Condemns Use of Chemical Weapons in Syria

“The moral gravity of procured abortion is apparent in all its truth if we recognize that we are dealing with murder and, in particular, when we consider the specific elements involved,” he said. “The one eliminated is a human being at the very beginning of life. No one more absolutely innocent could be imagined. In no way could this human being ever be considered an aggressor, much less an unjust aggressor! He or she is weak, defenceless, even to the point of lacking that minimal form of defence consisting in the poignant power of a newborn baby’s cries and tears.” … [Read more...] about Pope Francis Calls for ‘Clear, Firm and Passionate’ Defense of Unborn Children