Media Benefits and Dangers

March 15, 2009 in catholic, children/child, church, mass media, media
Tags: Benefits, Canada, cellphones, computers, Dangers, electronic, media, states, Study, technology, united, webcams

Canadian Study Calls for Greater Responsibility in Use By Father John Flynn, LC ROME, OCT. 21, 2007 (Zenit.org).- An explosion in media technology means both parents and society need to be more alert to the dangers children face. This was the warning contained in the Oct. 15 report entitled “Good Servant, Bad Master: Electronic Media [...]

Catholic Schools in the Spotlight

January 27, 2009 in bishops, catholic, children/child, church, education, faith
Tags: bishop, bishops, catholic, conference, Debated, diocese, education, faith, head, james, Ontario, president, Role, Schools, Spotlight, St. Catharines, Wingle

Catholic Schools in the Spotlight Role of Faith and Education Debated By Father John Flynn, L.C. ROME, OCT. 7, 2007 (Zenit.org).- State funding of Catholic schools has been a hotly debated topic in the lead-up to Oct. 10 legislative elections in the Canadian province of Ontario. John Tory, leader of the Ontario Progressive Conservative Party, [...]

Faith in Australia

August 30, 2008 in australia, catholic, children/child, Christ, Christianity, church, education, Ethical/Moral, Evangelization, Family, youth
Tags: adult, archbishop, australia, catholic, church, culture, day, doctrine, faith, formation, modern, moral, pentecostal, postmodern, religious, Renewal, school, wilson, world, youth

Churches Face Challenge in Postmodern Culture By Father John Flynn, L.C. ROME, JULY 8, 2007 (Zenit.org).- With just a year to go before World Youth Day takes place in Sydney, data on religion from the 2006 national census in Australia reveals several challenges facing the Church. The June 27 press release from the Australian Bureau [...]

Refugee Numbers Rising

August 23, 2008 in catholic, children/child, Christ, Christianity, refugee
Tags: africa, call, commissioner, high, horn, nation, refugee, resettlements, solidarity, unhcr, united

Pope Calls for Greater Solidarity By Father John Flynn, L.C. ROME, JULY 1, 2007 (Zenit.org).- The number of refugees rose in 2006 for the first time since 2002, according to data published June 19 by the United Nations. The information came in the “2006 Global Trends” report, from the Office of the United Nations High [...]

The Search for Perfection

July 26, 2008 in bioethics, children/child, culture, Ethical/Moral, europe, Pastoral, Right
Tags: academy, bio, biotechnology, cell, defect, diagnosis, down syndrome, elimination, embryonic, feecundation, genetic, Life, pontifical, preimplantation, research, stem, technology, vitro

Babies Eliminated as New Eugenics Gains Force By Father John Flynn, L.C. ROME, JUNE 25, 2007 (Zenit.org).- The desire for perfect babies combined with the possibilities of biotechnology is taking an ever-higher toll. Preimplantation genetic diagnosis (PGD), and other forms of screening enable the detection of genetic defects, leading either to embryos being eliminated before [...]