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Euthanasia Mobile Squads in Holland

Posted to Personal Update | Issue 115 | 07/02/2012

Little Belgium Busy Catching Up

Posted to Personal Update | Issue 115 | 07/02/2012

Belgium recently ended a spell of 541 days without a government, setting a world record for a western democracy. However, the vacuum at the top didn’t stop the euthanasia bandwagon from rolling forward. As soon as the new Prime Minister, Elio di Rupo, was sworn in, the official Federal Committee on Euthanasia was ready with an open letter, asking that the 2002 euthanasia law be updated, as it is now considered too restrictive by its supporters.
 
The proposed changes to loosen its terms are:
 

Bishop Thomas Finnegan, Defender of Life, RIP

Posted to Personal Update | Issue 115 | 07/02/2012

Alice Glenn, a ‘Woman of Principle’, RIP

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FREE Book: The Heritage of John Paul II

Posted to Personal Update | Issue 115 | 07/02/2012

PS Blessed Pope John Paul II was seen personally by more people than anyone in the history, and for 26 years we read about him, heard him speak and watched him on TV. We think we know everything about this amazing man. But we’re wrong!
 

Marxist Journalism Still Rules in China

Posted to Personal Update | Issue 115 | 07/02/2012

In November, Chinese journalists were given a clear reminder of their duty by Mr Hu Zhanfan, the new head of CCTV, the powerful government-controlled broadcaster in China. Journalists, he declared, must remember that they are first and foremost “mouthpieces” of the government, that is, the Communist Party of China. This is, he emphasised, their purpose and identity, indeed, their raison d’être.
 

Blame and Fiction Are What Hari Does Best

Posted to Personal Update | Issue 115 | 07/02/2012

British journalism’s wonder boy, Johann Hari, figured in Update 111 (“Scandal of Dirty Hari’s Copy ‘n Paste Interviews”) when it was revealed that he was an habitual plagiarist. His behaviour since then, has become something of a lesson in, err, not repentance, but self-righteous blame-dodging. gtg
 

EU Rights Advocates Support Rough Justice

Posted to Personal Update | Issue 115 | 07/02/2012

BXVI—Religious Liberty is ‘the First Freedom’

Posted to Personal Update | Issue 115 | 07/02/2012

The pre-eminent social justice issue of our time, according to Pope Benedict XVI, is the free exercise of religion. He wasn’t just thinking of North Korea or Saudi Arabia but Europe and North America where religious belief, once considered a necessary element in the life of every society, is increasingly merely tolerated as the private choice of an eccentric minority, and in some quarters considered a social problem. There is a growing tendency of policy makers to inhibit the free exercise of religious belief.
 

Dodgy Commission Backs Assisted Suicide for UK

Posted to Personal Update | Issue 115 | 07/02/2012