March 12, 2001   Le Repos' Featured Site!     Simbahayan: Buhay-Pagtatanggol I was made aware of this web site by Dr. Brian Kopp ... and I was amazed at the wealth of prolife information contained on the site. This is what it has to say about its purpose: "Catholic teaching accepts the natural truth that the family is the basic human society. On top of its natural dignity, the family has been raised by Jesus Christ -- by virtue of the Sacrament of Matrimony -- to the nature of a "Domestic Church". The wider community of believers more commonly known as "the Church" is best understood in turn to be the "Family of God", a communion of persons with God as Father, we as children (through, with and in Jesus Christ His Son), and with a divinely appointed mother, Mary the mother of Jesus. Buhay-Pagtatanggol refers to the last of five main segments of family life formation adopted by the Simbahayan sa Maynila. The family and human life itself has come under siege. Pope John Paul II himself has warned against the "culture of death" and "conspiracy against life" and urges one and all to vigorously promote a "civilization of life". The following is your jumping board to specific subject areas on defending life and the family, examined from the perspectives of faith, science, and experience. " Take the time to check this out and bookmark it. It's more than worth it.   Thought of the Day   "I believe in the sun even when it's not shining. I believe in love even when not feeling it. I believe in God even when He is silent."    -- Unknown Click on the titles to read the articles   No Cause Can Justify Terrorism, Pope Says   Cardinal Thanked for "Personal, Sober" Meditations   Record Number of Candidates for Sainthood Beatifies by Pope   Son Recalls His Father´s Martyrdom   Lutherans split over Pope's role   Papal visits to blame for disasters, say Wee Frees   German Bishops Rule Out Cloning, Misuse of Embryos   Activists warn of back-door attack on abortion rights   Secret human clone testing revealed   Church, lawmakers blast cloning plan   Planned Parenthood Facing Increasing Number Of Lawsuits   Socialist Leads in Paris Elections   Protesters Urge Spain to Scrap Water Plan   Polish Face Truth of Jedwabne   Leftist Score Advance in Latvia Vote   NATO fails to find breakthrough in Serbian peace talks   Japan Skirts Recession But Optimism Muted   Israeli Troops Fire at Palestinians   Arafat-Sharon summit unlikely as Palestinians accuse Israel of new "war"   Iraq Drafts Thousands Into 'Jerusalem Army'   Protests Rock Jakarta, Govt Warns of Collapse   India Bus Accident Kills 40   Missionary Forced To Leave Zimbabwe   Uganda Missionaries: "We fear incidents and manipulation at polling stations"   Nun Questioned in Congolese Leader´s Death   Southern Sudan Is Turning Desperate   Police Arrest 23 in Malaysia   Justice Department Investigating FBI in Spy Case   Justice Dept. to Probe Own Security   Republicans See Possible Tax Fix   Bush to Delay Faith-Based Initiative   Senate report urges arms for Taiwan   Soaring Electric Use More Fiction Than Fact   U.S. developing cyber-warfare capabilities   Russian Web site features weapons   Calculate your tax cut online   Hospital blunders to feature in TV documentary   Investigation call over human-pig hybrid experiment - This one's in a class of its own :P   Scientists create mice with longer memories   Farmers braced for more outbreaks   Moderate earthquakes rock central Taiwan   Parents of 2-year-old 'streaker' taken to court   Message to Louise Starr Tomkiel - ARCHIVED   Message to Carol Ameche - ARCHIVED   Message to Fr. Jack Spaulding - ARCHIVED   Message to Laura Zink - ARCHIVED   US schools are the real killers   Argument for home-schooling?   Listen to the Troops - by Oliver North   How Far Can Personal Freedom Go?   New book traces occult influence on famous men and 'dark brotherhood'   The Web’s Dark Secret   Woman returns to family as a peacock   Short hair lands schoolboy in solitary   Fruitarians charged with manslaughter over daughter's death Back to the top