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R.I.P: Girlfriend Of NBA Baller Dies After He Finds Her At Home Attempting Suicide

Posted on August 14, 2013 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Sad news Girlfriend Of NBA Player Ryan Anderson Dies Following Suicide Attempt A former Maxim model and past contestant on ABC’s “The Bachelor” has reportedly died following a suicide attempt. Gia Allemand, who was dating NBA Hornets Pelicans player Ryan Anderson, passed away as a result of severe brain damage and failed organ functions after being placed on life support following her suicide attempt. via ABC News Former “Bachelor” contestant Gia Allemand has died in an apparent suicide. “While in her residency in New Orleans on Monday night, Ms. Allemand was found by her boyfriend, NBA basketball player Ryan Anderson, following an apparent suicide attempt,” her family said in a statement. Anderson called 911 and Allemand, 29, was taken to University Hospital in New Orleans and put on life support, according to the statement. “Due to a critical loss of brain and organ function, life support was withdrawn today,” the statement continued. “Ms. Allemand passed away peacefully with her mother, boyfriend, and other life-long friends by her side. As a practicing Christian, Gia did receive the sacrament of last rites.” Allemand, a Maxim model, was best known for appearing on ABC reality shows “The Bachelor” and “Bachelor Pad” in 2010. Our thoughts and prayers go out to Gia’s family and friends during this time of grieving. Instagram

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Clueless on Catholicism: NBC’s Today Says Pope ‘Inflexible’ About Women Ordination

Posted on September 16, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

It can’t be any clearer: The ordination of women in the Catholic Church is not going to happen. Ever. It . Will . Not . Happen . This is not a case of Pope Benedict XVI being “inflexible,” as NBC’s Today show erroneously claimed this morning (9/16/10) in reporting on the Holy Father’s high-profile trip to England. NBC needs to know that this is not a case of “waiting it out” until another Pope comes along and “changes policy.” The issue will never be “up for a vote.” In the Catholic Church, the ordination of priests occurs through Holy Orders, a sacrament. The Church maintains that sacraments were instituted by Christ himself. As Pope John Paul II reiterated in his 1994 letter Ordinatio Sacerdotalis , the Church simply does not have the authority to change the nature of something that Christ instituted. The authority in this matter can never be a Pope or anyone else; the authority is Christ, says the Church. Indeed, “this judgment is to be definitively held by all the Church’s faithful,” as Pope John Paul II wrote. Take the sacrament of baptism. The very nature of the sacrament requires that the individual be baptized with water . The Church could not decide tomorrow to baptize with orange juice. Baptisms are done with water. In the same manner, Jesus chose only men to be his apostles, and the Church guards what it asserts to be a visible sign of God’s grace. The Church also asserts that the priesthood is about role , not power . In his Letter to the Romans ( Rom. 12:4-8 ) and his First Letter to the Corinthians ( 1 Cor 7 (all)), Paul teaches about roles in the Church. Although it may seem uncharitable and/or unkind to say, the protesters waving signs and screaming for the “ordination of women” (like those seen in England this week) are simply unknowledgeable of their faith. But I can’t imagine the Today show reporting that ! —— Dave Pierre is the author of the heralded new book, Double Standard: Abuse Scandals and the Attack on the Catholic Church .

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