Pro-lifers dig in for battle in Louisiana as Bishops overwhelmingly pass stricter measures at NCCB Conference

      A battle is brewing in bayou country as the pro-aborts take aim at the home state of the new pro-life Republican House Speaker Bob Livingston: Louisiana as they challenge the partial-birth abortion ban that has passed in 28 states but has been challenged in 20 with the delta state being the latest. Meanwhile, in Washington D. C. the bishops followed through on the stricter measures we carried in this section in Thursday's issue regarding more clout from the bishops' office that would curtail Catholic politicians that did not toe the line on Catholic doctrine. For more, click on Pro-life.

"Meet me in St. Louie" is Pope's message to Bill Clinton

     When the Pope and Bill Clinton last met in Denver in August 1993, it poured rain - much like tears from Heaven over the culture of death policies Clinton had set in motion. Five and a half years later they will once again meet - this time in St. Louis, Missouri on January 26, 1999 as the Holy Father will touch down for 30 some hours enroute from closing the Synod of the Americas in Mexico City. This time we strongly feel His Holiness will pull no punches in chastising the president for the amoral aura that has permeated this country and Clinton's promotion of the culture of death. We suspect the Pope will also appeal to the US directly to forgive debts and lift the life-threatening embargo on Iraq. For more, click on Papal showdown with Clinton

Pope asserts "sin" can easily be taken out of "cinema" if filmmakers dedicate their efforts to what God wants

     Speaking to a group representing cinema and arts at a Vatican conference organized by the joint Pontifical Councils for Culture and for Social Communication, the Holy Father urged that film can be an expression of the age and express what is good about the human experience. Sin and vices so often depicted wouldn not need to be an integral part of movies if the filmmakers would strive to develop a "new humanism" that would be"a mirror of the human soul which is constantly searching for God." The Pope expressed that film is an excellent medium for educating and conveying the "eternal message of life" to generations who are geered to the visual. For more, click on faith in film.

Holy See seeks relief from all debts for hurricane-ravaged Central American countries as Church oversees distributing relief supplies

      Following up the Pope's plea last week to prosperous nations to forgive the debts of third world countries by the year 2000, but especially now for those Central American countries so ravaged by Hurricane Mitch, the president of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace issed an appeal that all debts due from Honduras and Nicaragua be forgiven. Meanwhile, the Bishops in Honduras continue to head efforts to distribute relief supplies to the most needy while the Bishops of Nicaragua urged their government to be fair in its distribution and not exploit others for political gain. For more, click on Hurricane Mitch

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