Catholic Fire

"Husband and wife are called upon to collaborate with God in the creation of another human being. But they must remember that they can only "procreate", they cannot create...God alone can create the soul, it cannot originate from either parent. The soul is not made of some pre-existing matter. It is a totally new creation. Human beings cannot produce something out of nothing." "The special role granted to women in pro-creation... is highlighted by the fact that as soon as she has conceived (and conception takes place hours after the marital embrace), God creates the soul of the new child in her body. This implies a direct "contact" between Him and the mother - to - be, a contact in which the father plays no role whatever. This contact gives to the female body a note of sacredness, for any closeness between God and one of His creatures is stamped by His Holy Seal. This divine "touch" is once again a special privilege that every pregnant moth...

DENVER, Colorado, May 16, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) - Colorado Gov. Bill Ritter signed into law Monday two bills legalizing homosexual adoption and banning abstinence-only sex education. Ritter defended his decision to sign H.B. 1330, which permits homosexual couples to adopt, by claiming the law would “strengthen families and provide children with as stable an environment as possible,” The Colorado Springs Gazette reported. Jim Pfaff, president and CEO of the Colorado Family Institute, told Focus on the Family’s Citizen Link that both bills were examples of paybacks to financial supporters. “Both bills show that this was a Legislature that was willing to pay back its benefactors,” he said. “Their agenda is to expand rights and legal acceptance of the homosexual lifestyle. What we need to be doing is strengthening the capability of mother-and father households to adopt. “It’s a clarion call to the Church, that we need to be addressing the adoption issue.” Pfaff said Ritter’s support of a...