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YouTube pulls pro-life video

Catholic Exchange

YouTube has enabled millions of Americans to post their own videos on the Internet for all to see.  It is billed as an equal opportunity outlet for would-be film producers. But the Population Research Institute is alleging the site has yanked its pro-life video, which featured  an interview that unmasked a devious effort by the abortion movement to conduct ambush interviews with Latin American bishops and pro-lifers. More info here>>

Founder of Templeton Prize dies

The Washington Post

John Templeton, 95, a billionaire investor whose lifelong fascination with science, the spiritual realm and their mutual connection to the meaning of life prompted him to establish the Templeton Prize to honor what he called progress in religion, died Tuesday in Nassau, Bahamas. He established the Templeton Prize for Progress in Religion in 1972 as a way of recognizing exemplary achievement in work related to life's spiritual dimension. Templeton always made sure its monetary award exceeded that of the Nobel Prize, underscoring his contention that advances in the spiritual domain are no less important than those in other areas of human endeavor. Mother Teresa of Calcutta was the first Templeton Prize laureate in 1973. More info here>>

WYD protesters stage fashion show

Agence France Presse

Australian demonstrators protested against Pope Benedict XVI's visit to Sydney for World Youth Day by staging an "annoying" fashion show of T-shirts displaying anti-Catholic slogans. NoToPope, a coalition including Christians, atheists and gay groups, was protesting at new regulations giving police power to stop conduct that "causes annoyance or inconvenience to participants" in World Youth Day. Failure to comply with the laws can attract a penalty of up to $5,500. More info here>>