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WASHINGTON, December 5, 2011 (LifeSiteNews.com) — The U.S. Supreme Court declined Monday to review a more-than-16-year legal battle over a New York City “unequal access” policy. The policy discriminates against churches and other religious…

OTTAWA, Ontario, December 2, 2011 (LifeSiteNews.com) - In much of the judicial world today arguments are made which don’t get to the heart of the issue, but are made to fit within judicial precedents and court standards in order to achieve…

December 1, 2011 (LifeSiteNews.com) - In an e-mail this morning, pro-life leader Randall Terry informed supporters that his eldest son, Jamiel, had died in a tragic car accident yesterday.

Terry said that the accident took place at around 7 am.…

November 29, 2011 (LifeSiteNews.com) - For many years faithful Catholics around the world have agonized over the actions of some bishops that discredit the faith and bring scandal.  And for the purposes of this analysis I’ll exclude the sexual abuse…

ROCKFORD, IL, November 29, 2011 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A ruling handed down this week means that one of the most notorious abortion clinics in the country, the Northern Illinois Women’s Center (NIWC) in Rockford, Illinois, will remain closed until…

VATICAN, November 28, 2011 (LifeSiteNews.com) – One of the highest ranking cardinals in the Vatican has said that the United States is “well on the way” to the persecution of Christians. 

Cardinal Raymond Burke, former Archbishop of St.…

NEW YORK, November 25, 2011 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Speaking to various bishops of the United States Saturday, Pope Benedict XVI responded to concerns expressed by the bishops about “the grave challenges” coming from secular society against the…

NEW YORK, November 25, 2011 (LifeSiteNews.com) - At United Nations headquarters Tuesday, Vatican representative Fr. Philip Bené reiterated the long-held position of the Holy See against the use of condoms, even for AIDS prevention.  While the…

November 24, 2011 (LifeSiteNews.com) - The Canadian Press revealed today that through an access to information request it has obtained a talking points brief by Conservative Government bureaucrats to Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird, advising the…

COTONOU, Benin, November 21, 2011 (LifeSiteNews.com) – On Sunday, at the closing Mass of his visit to Africa, Pope Benedict XVI presented a document – Africae Munus - to chart evangelization of the continent in the coming years.  The 55-page…

AUGSBURG, Germany, November 2, 2011 (LifeSiteNews.com) – In a press release, the major German publishing company owned by the Catholic Bishops of Germany says the company is considering suing the “slanderers” who have accused it of profiting…

COLOGNE, October 31, 2011 (LifeSiteNews.com) - After ten years of being internally warned by faithful Catholics, including in a 70-page dossier sent to all of Germany’s main bishops, the scandal of the German bishops’ ownership of a publishing…

GALVESTON, October 27, 2011 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The condom-resistant sexually transmitted disease human papillomavirus (HPV), known to be the leading cause of cervical cancer, has also been linked to increased risk of heart attack according to…

CORNWALL, October 26, 2011 (LifeSiteNews.com) - The new president of the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops is urging the faithful to “simply trust the bishops and the leadership of Development and Peace” as they move forward in handling the…