Adult Stem Cells used to Cure Blindness

LONDON, April 29, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – UK physicians are pioneering the use of adult stem cells to cure blindness resulting from a damaged cornea – so far, they have used the therapy to restore eyesight in 40 patients. Opthalmic surgeon at Queen Victoria Hospital in East Sussex, Sheraz Daya, explained to the BBC that “Many people who’ve had injuries to their eyes, or even people born with congenital deficiencies of stem cells, land up having a problem with the top layer of their cornea.” Although corneal transplants have been used to treat the condition for some time, “Even if we […]
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New Study Confirms Abortion Increases Risk of Future Premature Births

PARIS, April 29, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A new study from France has confirmed that abortion increases a woman’s risk of delivering future children prematurely; the risk of very preterm delivery (less than 33 weeks) increases even more dramatically. After studying data on 1,943 very preterm births, 276 moderately preterm babies and 618 full-term controls, Dr. Caroline Moreau of Hopital de Bicetre and colleagues concluded that women with a history of abortion were 1.5 times more likely to give birth very prematurely (under 33 weeks gestation), and 1.7 times more likely to have a baby born extremely (under 28 weeks gestation) […]
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200 Women Storm US Capital to Lobby Against Abortion – Met With Every Senator

WASHINGTON, April 29, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Almost 200 women from all across the country came to Washington, DC Wednesday, to make their voices heard, declaring abortion harmful to women and their unborn babies. Pro-life women met with every United States Senator urging them to confirm President Bush’s judicial nominees and support pro-life legislation. For the first time, pro-life women joined together to lobby the U.S. Senate in an unprecedented effort to make pro-life women’s voices heard. Several pro-life groups worked together including Susan B. Anthony List, National Right to Life, Silent No More Awareness Campaign, Eagle Forum, Family Research Council, […]
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Terri Schiavo’s Final Hours: An Eyewitness Account – Fr Frank Pavone Archbishop Chaput: Pope Benedict will have no ‘media honeymoon’ U.S. networks downplay pro-Pope polls, reveal liberal media bias The Strange Dishonest Campaign Against Academic Freedom A Culture wash In Porn
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Catholic Church Withdraws Recognition of College That Plans to Honor Pro-Abortion Hillary Clinton

MANASSAS, VA, April 29, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Archdiocese of New York has determined that Marymount Manhattan College is no longer a Catholic institution. The college has been under protest by the Cardinal Newman Society for inviting pro-abortion Sen. Hillary Clinton to give its commencement address and receive an honorary degree on May 20. This is the fourth time since the late Pope John Paul II issued Ex Corde Ecclesiae, the apostolic constitution on Catholic universities, that a bishop has declared an historically Catholic college or university to be not Catholic. The three colleges previously declared no longer Catholic include […]
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Abortion Clinic That Refused To Help Mother Whose Baby Was Born Alive Facing Legal Complaints

ORLANDO, April 29, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – On Wednesday, Liberty Counsel, a nonprofit litigation, education and policy organization dedicated to advancing religious freedom, the sanctity of human life and the traditional family, filed two complaints against the abortion clinic that refused to help a mother whose baby was born alive at the clinic. The complaints were filed with the Florida Department of Health and the Florida Agency for Health Care Administration. The mother, Angele, is represented by Liberty Counsel. Angele had gone to the EPOC clinic in Orlando to obtain an abortion. After the first day of the procedure, Angele was […]
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Father of 6-Year-Old Arrested Over Objection to Homosexual Curriculum in Kindergarten Class

LEXINGTON, Mass, April 29, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – David Parker was arrested Wednesday by Lexington Police, allegedly for “trespassing” at his son’s elementary school, while attending a scheduled meeting with the principal and the city’s Director of Education over his objections to homosexual curriculum materials and discussions in his son’s kindergarten class. According to an “Article 8 Alliance” press release, at the meeting, Parker requested that the school inform him of when homosexual discussions would take place, so he could exclude his son from the activity. He said he would not leave until his request was granted. The Principal and the […]
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UK Court Approves “Designer Baby” as Stem Cell Source to Treat Ailing Sibling

LONDON, April 29, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – UK’s highest court, the Law Lords, has upheld a lower court decision allowing the creation of a designer sibling through IVF to be used as a source of stem cells to cure six-year-old Zain Hashmi. Shahani and Raj Hashmi’s son Zain has beta-thalassaemia, which could possibly be cured by a bone marrow transplant using “material” from a baby created through IVF purely for the extraction of genetically matching bone marrow. The process involves sorting new embryos created using IVF to find a genetic match, who is then allowed to grow into a baby to […]
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Anchorage Catholic Hospital Procured Out of State Abortion Without Parents’ Knowledge, Suit Alleges

ANCHORAGE, April 29, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The parents of a teenaged girl are suing a social worker and the Anchorage Alaska Catholic hospital she works for who the parents say helped the girl get an out-of-state abortion two years ago. The suit names the Sisters of Providence, doing business as Providence Health System Alaska and Providence Family Practice Center. The suit alleges that the social worker, with the collusion of hospital officials, helped the girl to go to Seattle at public expense for an abortion without informing her parents. Alaska state law requires parental consent for a minor to procure […]
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Boston Doctor Uses Stem Cells from Amniotic Fluid to Repair Birth Defects

BOSTON, April 29, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Amniotic fluid, like umbilical cord blood, has been discovered to contain stem cells that could be used to repair severe birth defects. Dr. Dario Fauza at Boston’s Children’s Hospital, says that infants are difficult to treat surgically and often suffer from surgery related complications such as life threatening infections. He hopes that his research with stem cells from amniotic fluid will make some surgeries unnecessary. “People always thought that amniotic fluid was just a deposit of dying cells … but that’s not true. They are very vibrant cells,” Fauza said. Dr. Fauza admits that […]
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Conservative Party Rejects Organizer of Huge Ottawa Marriage March As Potential Candidate

OTTAWA, April 29, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – John Pacheco, the principal organizer of the largest rally in the country in defence of traditional marriage in Ottawa only three weeks ago has been rejected as a possible Conservative candidate for the Ottawa West riding. The stunning development has left social conservatives within the party scratching their heads. Pacheco, working with life, faith and family groups drew over 15,000 people to rally for traditional marriage on Parliament Hill on April 9. In an interview, Pacheco told LifeSiteNews.com that he launched an appeal to the party once he learned of his rejection but the […]
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Louisiana Court Upholds Re-Write of Crimes-Against-Nature Law

GRETNA, April 28, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The State of Louisiana until recently had a prohibition against sodomy as part of its crimes-against-nature law. An appeals court has upheld the decision by 24th Judicial District Judge Robert Murphy that the section of the crimes-against-nature law that prohibited sodomy and oral sex should be struck out of the statute. This decision has annoyed homosexual activists who wanted the entire statute struck down. In 1996, the Louisiana Electorate of Gays and Lesbians, or LEGAL, sued the Jefferson Parish district attorney’s office claiming that the law was unconstitutional. Because of a 2003 U.S. Supreme […]
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250 Belgian Pharmacies Offer Euthanasia Kits

BRUSSELS, April 28, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Two hundred and fifty Pharmacies across Belgium began offering euthanasia kits Friday. The kits, which cost 60 Euros ($77 US), are proposed as a means to make the jobs of doctors who commit euthanasia in homes easier. A yahoo.com report said 40% of euthanasia there occurs in the patient’s home. Belgian health authorities report almost 700 euthanasia killings by physicians since its legalization in 2002. See related LifeSiteNews.com coverage: Euthanasia Rates Escalating: Kills One a Day in Belgium, Five a Day in Netherlands Belgium Legalises Euthanasia tv
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Pro-Abortion Catholic Politician Salazar Calls Focus on the Family “The Antichrist”

DENVER, April 28, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – US Senator Ken Salazar, a staunch supporter of abortion, has labelled the Christian group Focus on the Family, “the antichrist of the world”. Salazar’s comments were made on KKTV television Tuesday in Colorado Springs where Focus on the Family has its central headquarters. Speaking of Focus founder and president Dr. James Dobson, Salazar said, “Jim Dobson is not our president, and he’s not our senator. The right-wing part of the Republican Party and the so-called Christian conservative organizations like Focus on the Family have essentially tried to hijack the American government. I don’t think […]
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President Bush Statement on House Passing Child Interstate Abortion Notification Act

WASHINGTON, April 28, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – President George W. Bush praised the House for passing the Child Interstate Abortion Notification Act. “I commend the House for its bipartisan vote to protect the health and safety of minors by ensuring that state parental involvement laws are not circumvented,” said the President yesterday. “The parents of pregnant minors can provide counsel, guidance, and support to their children, and should be involved in these decisions. I urge the Senate to pass this important legislation and help continue to build a culture of life in America.”
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Abortion Restrictions Improve as US House Approves Bill Banning Transportation of Minor Girls Across

WASHINGTON, April 28, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The US House of Representatives passed the Child Interstate Abortion Notification Act (CIANA) Wednesday, which bans the transportation of a minor girl across state borders in order to avoid parental notification laws for abortion in the girl’s home state. Bill H.R. 748, sponsored by Florida Republican Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, passed by a bipartisan margin of 270-157. “This legislation will close a loophole that allows adults not only to help minors break state laws by obtaining an abortion without parental consent, but also contributes to ending the life of an innocent child,” she said, according to […]
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Fund Abortion at Private Clinics or Face “Consequences” Feds Warn New Brunswick

FREDERICTON, April 28, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – New Brunswick remains deadlocked with the federal Liberal Government over funding of abortions at private clinics. While the province will pay for abortions at hospitals after two doctors approve the procedure, the province is under pressure by both the federal government and a lawsuit by abortionist Henry Morgentaler to fund Morgentaler’s private Fredericton abortuary that offers abortion on demand. Yesterday the provincial Department of Health and Wellness received a letter from the federal government initiating an official dispute avoidance resolution process to attempt to settle the issue. However, if things don’t go the way […]
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More States Are Passing Fetal Homicide Laws Women converge on Capitol Hill to tell Senate of their pro-life views Most in U.S. say press is biased
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London, Ontario Gay Activist Demands Apology for Councillors’ Opposition to Same-Sex ‘Marriage’

LONDON, Ontario, April 28, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Julie Glaser, a London homosexual activist, is outraged that the city of London would allow any of its councillors to disagree with her. Glaser is objecting to the participation of Councillors Ab Chahbar and Rob Alder in a rally for the protection of the traditional definition of marriage and has demanded a public apology from City Council. Homosexual rhetoric has long rested on the premise that homosexuality is a natural condition of birth and therefore characterizes any disagreement with the agenda as ‘hate.’ Principled opposition to the proposed change in the traditional definition […]
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Jewish Group Forms to Fight Prejudice against Christians

BOSTON, April 28, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A long-time news columnist has joined forces with other like-minded conservative Jews to defend Christians against anti-Christian bias in media and politics. The group, Jews Against Anti-Christian Defamation (JAACD), is led by president Don Feder, an author and 19-year veteran columnist with the Boston Herald. “What I consider an epidemic of anti-Christian bigotry and persecution is something that has concerned me for a long time,” Feder said, according to a WorldNetDaily report. “By maintaining their loyalty to the eternal values revealed at Sinai, Christians have become pariahs in the eyes of the establishment, but […]
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Florida Child Services goes to Court to Stop Abortion on 13 Year-Old Ward

MIAMI, April 28, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Department of Children & Families (DCF) in Palm Beach County, Florida, is asking a judge to block the request of a 13 year-old girl in their care to have an abortion. The girl’s lawyers are arguing that under state law, a minor has the right to decide for herself if she will abort her child. The girl, who cannot be named except for her initials, “L.G.,” is in the custody of the DCF who claim that at thirteen she does not have the maturity to decide. On Thursday, Judge Ronald Alvarez, ordered a temporary […]
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Spanish Mayors Vow They Will Refuse to Perform Gay “Marriage”

MADRID, April 27, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Several of Spain’s mayors have come out against the latest move by elected officials to legalize same-sex “marriage” for the country, vowing they will not perform the ceremonies. “Even if the law allows me to marry homosexuals, I will not exercise this authority,” said Javier Leon de la Riva, mayor of Valladolid, according to an Expatica report. Mayors of Avila and Leon have also said they would refuse to perform the ceremonies, despite a statement from the government’s second-highest ranking official, Maria Teresa Fernandez de la Vega, who warned that “public servants must apply […]
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Catholic Docs Okay With Abortion-Causing Birth Control But Not Embryonic Stem Cells

FLEMINGTON, NJ, April 27, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – According to a new national study conducted among 1,536 U.S. physicians, most Catholic physicians overwhelming support the use of birth control pills among healthy adult women. A large majority of all physicians (93%) and Catholic physicians (87%) indicated that they would “prescribe birth control pills to any adult patients that request them and for whom they are medically appropriate.” The national survey was conducted by HCD Research and the Muhlenberg College Institute of Public Opinion (MCIPO) during April 21-23, as part of their continuing investigation of the social, political and economic issues confronting […]
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Bush Signs Bill Legalizing DVD Filtering Enabling Parents to Rid Films of Swearing and Sex

WASHINGTON, April 27, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – US President George W Bush signed legislation Wednesday ensuring that companies that produce DVD filtering technology – devices that can delete or skip offensive material in DVD movies, like swearing and sex – will be able to continue manufacturing the technology without penalty. ClearPlay Inc. is one company offering such a device – for a monthly fee of $4.95 USD, they release filters for new release movies that can be used in their DVD players. In September 2002, eight Hollywood movie studios and the Directors Guild of America filed a lawsuit against ClearPlay. The […]
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UK Nurses Urge Legalization of Prostitution

LONDON, April 27, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – UK nurses, attending their Royal College of Nursing annual conference, campaigned for several so-called reforms, including a call for the legalization of prostitution. Nurses voted “overwhelmingly” in favour of decriminalizing prostitution, according to a BBC report, claiming that by doing so, it would eliminate the stigma associated with the “sex trade.” Prostitutes would then be more comfortable with seeking medical assistance for prostitution-related complaints, the nurses argued. Sponsor of the motion, Liverpool nurse Andrea Spyropoulos, claimed “Prostitutes are stigmatised, marginalised and denied access to healthcare.” Some nurses opposed the easing of laws that proposed […]
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Abortion Survey in Japan Finds 56% of Women Who Aborted Felt Sorry for Baby

TOKYO, April 27, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A Government survey in Japan has found that 55.9 percent of women who had had an abortion said they felt sorry for the fetus; 15.2 percent said they blamed themselves for the experience. The survey of 890 women conducted by a research group with the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare in cooperation with the Japan Family Planning Association also found that one in six women between 16 and 49 years of age has had an abortion. According to the Japanese newspaper The Asahi Shimbun, the survey found 5.5 percent of the respondents said […]
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Adult Stem Cells Do Not Turn Cancerous Studies Suggest

HOUSTON, April 27, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Regenetech Inc., a Houston-based, adult-stem-cell company, said this week that recent scientific studies of adult stem cells expanded with its NASA-created techniques indicate the cells do not turn cancerous. Last week researchers from Spain and Denmark claimed in the journal “Cancer Research” that under certain circumstances adult stems cells can turn cancerous if allowed to multiply outside the body for a lengthy period. Regenetech said that two recently completed scientific studies demonstrated the effectiveness and safety of its proprietary expanded stem cell process thereby making its process the most successful procedure of expanded stem […]
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US National Academies of Science offers “Ethics” Guidelines for Cloners

WASHINGTON, April 27, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The National Academies of Science (NAS) has issued a 240-page report offering what it is calling ethics ‘guidelines’ for scientists doing research using live human embryos and cloning. Predictably, the NAS report has based its chosen form of ethics on the now-customary utilitarian Bioethics so favoured researchers who are eager to go forward with embryonic research and cloning. Committee co-chair Richard O. Hynes, spokesman for the NAS, said that a standard set of guidelines for use by the whole US research community, “is the best way for this research to move forward.” The report […]
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San Francisco Mass for Pope JPII Snubbed by ALL city elected government. “In fact, not a single elected, member of city and county government was there, nor did any send a representative.”
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NZ Legalizes Gay Civil Unions

WELLINGTON, April 26, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – New Zealand ushered in civil union legislation today conferring upon same-sex couples all the rights and privileges normally allotted to heterosexual married husbands and wives. The new law also allows common-law heterosexual couples to formalize their unions without conceding to the full pact of marriage. Conservative National Party leader Don Brash said lawmakers were “preoccupied with social engineering,” according to a theage.com.au report. “I voted against it on the second reading on the grounds that this was quite a major change in civil society, and it might well be desirable to have that sort […]
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US First Lady Promotes Fatherhood at NFI Gala

WASHINGTON, April 26, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – US First Lady Laura Bush told National Fatherhood Initiative (NFI) members, “Celebrating fatherhood is something our whole society should be doing,” during a keynote address at their awards gala April 19, according to a Washington Post report. NFI’s mission “is to improve the well-being of children by increasing the proportion of children growing up with involved, responsible, and committed fathers,” by utilizing “public awareness campaigns and other resources,” according to their web site. NFI uses newsprint, web, billboard, and other media advertising to promote their ideals. “It’s Mom who usually provides the kiss that […]
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Virginia to Change Birth Certificates to Name Homosexual Adopting “Parents”

RICHMOND, Virginia, April 26, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Though the state of Virginia has laws prohibiting unmarried couples and homosexual partners from adopting children, the state Supreme Court has just ruled that children jointly adopted by homosexuals must be issued new birth certificates to indicate the names of their new ‘parents.’ In the ruling, Justice Donald Lemons wrote for the majority, “This case is about issuing birth certificates under the provisions of Virginia law. It is not about homosexual marriage, nor is it about ‘same-sex’ relationships, nor is it about adoption policy in Virginia.” That was not the view of the […]
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Canadian Religious Freedom Alliance Intervenes in Kempling v. BC College of Teachers

VANCOUVER, April 26, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Canadian Religious Freedom Alliance (CRFA) intervened last Thursday before the BC Court of Appeals, in the case of beleaguered teacher Chris Kempling against the BC College of Teachers. Kempling was suspended for one month without pay for writing a letter to the editor of his local Quesnel, BC, newspaper criticizing the Liberal government’s same sex marriage legislation. As an intervener in the appeal of the judgment against teacher Chris Kempling, CRFA emphasized that freedom of religion and expression, as protected by the Charter of Rights and Freedom, is not limited to individuals in […]
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Lawyers’ Group Warns Civil Unions is Capitulation, not Compromise on Gay “Marriage”

HARTFORD, Conn., April 25, 2005, (LifeSiteNews.com) Connecticut’s decision to create civil unions for same-sex couples has been called a “naive move that further erodes marriage” by attorneys associated with the Alliance Defense Fund (ADF), an organization active in numerous cases involving marriage, domestic partnerships and civil unions in the United States. Connecticut Gov. M. Jodi Rell signed a bill which grants same-sex couples all the same benefits of married couples – only without a marriage license – because it contains an amendment stating that marriage under state law would be limited to one man and one woman. Glen Lavy, senior […]
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Pro-Marriage Groups Draw 7,000 Plus at Rallies across Canada

LONDON, KINGSTON, and SCARBOROUGH, Ontario, RICHMOND, BC, April 26, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Four rallies in the past weeks since the March for Marriage on parliament hill, saw almost 7,000 people in total coming out to defend marriage. A rally in London, Ontario’s Victoria Park drew 5,000 people April 17 – organizers said it was “the largest political rally ever held in the city.” Those in attendance heard speeches from local Liberal MP Pat O’Brien, Islam Imam Dr. Munir El-Kassem, the Evangelical Fellowship’s Janet Buckingham, Defend Marriage’s Dr. Charles McVety and Citizen Impact of Canada President Jack Baribeau. While convincing Members […]
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Quebec School Nurses to Prescribe Abortifacients to School Girls

MONTREAL, April 26, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Rates of abortion in formerly Catholic Quebec are among the highest in the world. Recent statistics also show that young people are experiencing climbing rates of sexually transmitted diseases. Instead of addressing the question of unmarried sexual activity among teenagers however, the College des Medecins du Quebec has decided to allow school nurses to prescribe chemical contraceptives to girls without a doctor’s supervision. Abortifacient hormonal contraceptive pills have a long list of side effects, some of which can be dangerous to women. Many studies have shown increased risk of thromboembolism, coronary artery disease, cerebrovascular […]
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Half a Million People Attend Pope Benedict’s Inaugural Mass

VATICAN, April 25, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Vatican Information Service relates the following account of Pope Benedict’s inaugural Mass yesterday: In St Peter’s Square at 10 a.m. today, fifth Sunday of Easter, in the presence of a police estimate of half a million people, Pope Benedict XVI presided at the Eucharistic celebration for the official inauguration of his Petrine ministry. One hundred and fifty cardinals concelebrated. Among the bishops, priests and religious present was the Pope’s brother, Msgr. Georg Ratzinger. Many of the people who filled Via della Conciliazione, adjacent streets and other areas of Rome were able to follow […]
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Abortion Fails to Kill Both Twins – Mother Sues Hospital

PERTH, April 25, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The legal ramifications of abortion are reaching levels of absurdity that are becoming difficult to parody. With the advent of the bizarre notion of ‘wrongful life’ lawsuits has come the answer to the pro-lifers’ rhetorical question, “What do you do if a hospital fails to kill your child?” In the case of Stacy Dow, a 20-year-old Scottish woman who gave birth to a healthy girl after trying to abort her and her twin, the answer is, ‘sue.’ Dow is suing Tayside University Hospitals NHS Trust for 250,000 pounds because they failed to kill both […]
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Abortion: “Horrible . . . The Worst Thing I Ever Did” says Ozzy Osbourne’s Wife

LONDON, April 25, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – In the new book Sharon Osbourne: Unauthorized, Uncensored – Understood, author Sue Crawford relates that the wife of the famous musician Ozzy Osbourne was ordered to have an abortion by her mother after becoming pregnant at 17. A Contactmusic.com review of the book which is to be released Thursday in the UK notes that Sharon Osbourne considers the abortion of her child at an abortion clinic the “worst thing” she ever did. Speaking of the abortion clinic she said: “It was full of other young girls, and we were all terrified.” Of the abortion […]
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Homosexual Couples in New Brunswick Court Today Vying for Gay “Marriage”

MONCTON, New Brunswick, April 25, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Four same-sex couples who are challenging New Brunswick’s law prohibiting same-sex couples from “marrying” go to court today. The couples cite the potential federal election, which would mean the scrapping of currently tabled federal same-sex “marriage” legislation, as their motivation. Homosexual partners Catherine Sidney and Bridget McGale from Saint John, and Wayne Harrison and Ross Leavitt will argue at the Court of Queen’s Bench in Moncton today that the federal definition of marriage as the union of a man and woman violates the Charter of Rights and Freedoms. tv
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Law Protects Babies Born Alive after Abortion – Bush Administration Vows to Enforce

WASHINGTON, April 25, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Following on the news that an Orlando woman’s cries for help for her infant son, born prematurely April 2 in an abortuary as the result of an induced abortion, were ignored, the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced plans Friday to vigorously enforce violations of the Born-Alive Infants Protection Act. The Act ensures that any infant who is fully born and shows signs of life is considered a human person entitled to the full protection of the law – whether or not the baby is born during a failed abortion. Congress […]
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Canada Conservatives could Win Majority Government as Ontario Popularity Hits 40%: Poll

OTTAWA, April 25, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Conservative Party of Canada is in a position to win the next election with a “strong Tory minority government” – or even a majority government – according to Ipsos-Reid poll senior official Darrell Bricker.   The CanWest/Global-commissioned survey found that, nationally, the Tories hold a “solid” lead of five percent over the Liberals, with 35 percent voter support. In Ontario, where the choice of government will be decided, the Conservative’s popularity has soared to 40 percent, with Grits trailing at 36 percent, and 20 percent for the NDP. “The minimum that you’re looking […]
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Navajo Indian Nation Outlaws Same Sex “Marriage”

WINDOW ROCK, April 25, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Tribal Council of the Navajo Nation has outlawed same sex ‘marriage’ citing spiritual reasons. The Navajo Nation, a huge reservation that spans parts of Utah, Arizona and New Mexico, is a semi-autonomous political unit within the US and can make laws that are binding upon its residents. The three states with which it shares territory also do not allow homosexuals to register their partnerships as legitimate marriage. The Council voted unanimously citing the already existing inclusions of the terms, ‘man’ and ‘woman.’ The measure, called the Diné Marriage Act, also outlaws polygamy […]
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United Nations Plans to put Abortion Drug on List of Essential Medicines

WASHINGTON, April 25, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The World Health Organization (WHO), the health branch of the United Nations maintains a list of drugs which it considers most important for health care. The Model List of Essential Drugs was established in 1977 and includes a long roster of analgesics, vaccines and anti-malarial drugs. Since the introduction of the deadly abortion drugs mifepristone and misoprostol, there has been a concerted lobbying effort by abortion organizations to get approval for it to be included in the list. The WHO application report dated January 2005, said that in developing countries, of the 182 million […]
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Pope Grants First Audience of Papacy to Media

VATICAN, April 25, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Vatican Information Service recounts the audience of Pope Benedict with the media: In the first audience of his papacy, Pope Benedict XVI welcomed several thousand members of the print and electronic media this morning in the Paul VI Hall and thanked them for their arduous work in recent weeks in covering the “important ecclesial events” that have taken place in Rome and “for the service you have given in these days to the Holy See and the Catholic Church.” Greeted by enthusiastic applause, he spoke to the journalists, photographers and cameramen in Italian, […]
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Official Vatican Translation of Pope Benedict’s Homily at Inauguration Mass

VATICAN, April 25, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) -Â The Vatican Information Service has made available the text of the homily – published in English, French, Spanish, Italian and German – delivered by the Pope during the Mass for the inauguration of his pontificate celebrated yesterday: “Your Eminences, my dear brother bishops and priests, distinguished authorities and members of the diplomatic corps, dear brothers and sisters. During these days of great intensity, we have chanted the litany of the saints on three different occasions: at the funeral of our Holy Father John Paul II; as the cardinals entered the conclave; and again today, […]
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Pro-Lifers Refusing Donations to Canadian Cancer Society due to Embryonic Stem Cell Position

OTTAWA, April 25, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Every April, the Canadian Cancer Society’s door-to-door campaign takes place across Canada. Thousands of volunteers hit the streets during Daffodil Month, knocking on doors to collect funds to support the work of the Society. It’s been a springtime tradition since 1948. However, this year many a canvasser is turned away by otherwise willing donors due to the Canadian Cancer Society’s decision to fund research which destroys human embryos. It was in March of 2002, that the Cancer Society first shocked pro-lifers stating its support of the then-new health research guidelines which permitted experimentation on […]
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Psychologist Dismissed for Treating Homosexual Inclinations Reinstated

COLUMBIA, April 22, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Dr. Warren Throckmorton, a psychology professor at Maryland’s Grove City College, was removed from the National Provider Advisory Council for Magellan Health Services, one of the largest mental health management companies in the US. He had served on the council from 1999 until February this year, when he was dismissed because of his position on homosexuality. Today the company announced it would be reinstating Dr. Throckmorton. Until a scant few years ago, homosexuality was understood by the medical community to be a form of mental illness, but offered little treatment. Throckmorton is one of […]
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Maurice Strong in Hot Water over Oil-For-Food Scandal – Strong Owns Cordex Why They Ran – Peggy Noonan (Wall Street Journal) Shock! New Pope a Catholic – Gerard Baker (The Times) Top Vatican officials re-appointed by Benedict XVI George Weigel on the New Pope Michael Novak on the New Pope
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Canadian Hospital Bans Bedside Bibles for “Health Reasons”

FREDERICTON, April 22, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The administration of the Dr. Everett Chalmers Regional Hospital in Fredericton has decided to ban the bedside Bibles that once comforted patients on the grounds that they are a health hazard. Hospitals in Canada are facing a rise in the rates of serious infections due largely to staff carelessness and poor implementation of prevention protocols. Since the SARS scare in Toronto in 2003, hospitals have taken greater care with possible outside instruments that might carry illness-causing bacteria. At the same time, however, hospitals are also advancing in the secularizing trend of most Canadian institutions. […]
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Misleading Scare Headline on Adult Stem Cells: “Adult Cells Cancer Threat”

MADRID, April 22, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Bias in favour of embryo stem cell research is rife in media that is totally dedicated to the political cause of abortion. Now the BBC has followed suit and run the scare headline, “Adult Cells Cancer Threat.” In research published in the New Scientist, the Spanish scientists have shown that if adult cells are cultivated long past the stage at which they are normally used for research, they can be induced to form tumours. A team at the Autonomous University of Madrid grew the cells for up to eight months and then transplanted into […]
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Euthanasia Rates Escalating: Kills One a Day in Belgium, Five a Day in Netherlands

BRUSSELS/AMSTERDAM, April 22, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Euthanasia cases are on the rise since their legalization in Belgium in 2002 – from approximately 20 per month in 2002 to 30 per month now, according to a report from a government group that regulates the practice. The Netherlands has also seen a rise in euthanasia cases, from 1815 in 2003 to 1,886 last year, as reported by the country’s health ministry Thursday. When euthanasia was legalized in 2002, Belgium set up the Federal Control and Evaluation Commission for Euthanasia. The group released a report Thursday, revealing that, over the first 15 months […]
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Abortion Rate in Australia – New Stats Show 91,000 Babies Killed Per Year

CANBERRA, April 22, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Almost one in five Australian babies are killed by abortion – approximately 91,000 per year – according to the latest federal government findings, released Thursday. The report is the result of the most comprehensive investigation into abortion carried out by the government. Pro-life National Party Senate leader Ron Boswell, who formally requested the analysis, called the figures “alarming.” Boswell said that, as a result, he would “consider what action might be possible that would have majority support,” after consultation with party members. The report also revealed that there were also 419 late-term abortions performed […]
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Canadian Children Found Most Common Victims of Violent and Sexual Crime

OTTAWA, April 22, 2005, (LifeSiteNews.com) – Statistics Canada released a report indicating that children and youth were the most common victims of violent and sexual crimes in Canada in 2003. According to the report 60% of police reported sexual assaults, 21% of physical assaults and 17% of other crimes dealt with children in spite of the fact that young people only make up 21% of the population. The report found that the risk of violent victimization for children and youth increases with age and that the perpetrators of violent crimes against children and youth change as children get older. The […]
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Texas Bans Homosexual Foster Parents

AUSTIN, TX., April 22, 2005., (LifeSiteNews.com) Texan politicians voted 81-to-58 to ensure foster children are placed in the homes of normal parents, prohibiting gays, lesbians and bisexuals from becoming foster parents. The decision came as a result of an amendment added to the Child Protective Services reform bill (SB 6) unanimously passed by the state Senate, after which it went to the House of Representatives. Several Democrats argued against the amendment. As a result of the amendment any individual who applied to be a foster parent, or a foster parent whose performance is being evaluated, must list whether he or […]
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Leftist Weekly Declares “Love” For Abortion And Planned Parenthood

WASHINGTON, D.C., April 21, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) Life Decisions International (LDI), an organization dedicated to challenging the Culture of Death by concentrating on exposing and fighting the agenda of Planned Parenthood, issued a press release yesterday revealing the perverse pride often manifested by some advocates of the “culture of death.” Editors of the Portland Mercury, a radical left publication located in Oregon State, belligerently stated “now that the Portland Mercury is featured in The Boycott List, we can shove it in the face of all those other liberal organizations, and say, “You think you love abortion? Well… look at THIS! We […]
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“Apoplectic” Reaction of Liberal Mainstream Media to “Papa Ratzinger” Delights Catholics

CYBERSPACE, April 21, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Catholic bloggers (online self-published commentators), are having the time of their lives mocking and ridiculing and generally enjoying what they are calling the ‘apoplectic’ reaction from liberal mainstream media that has spent 25 years building up Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger as the Catholic left’s bogy-man of “archconservatism.” Within hours of the new Pope’s first appearance, author and journalist Michael Rose had launched a new weblog, “Chronicle of Pope Benedict XVI.” Rose whose 2002 book, “Goodbye, Good Men” blew the whistle on the culture of homosexuality in many US seminaries, is keeping a running record of […]
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Abortion Practitioners in Indiana Required by Law to Inform Women of Ultrasound Option

INDIANAPOLIS, April 21, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels signed a bill into law Tuesday mandating that women be told about their option to have an ultrasound of their unborn child before undergoing an abortion. Abortion providers must inform women that an ultrasound will reveal pictures of their unborn child, as well as allow her to hear the fetal heart beat. Gov. Daniels’ spokesman, Jane Jankowski, told AP, “He supports the legislation because it provides a pregnant woman with information to help her make an informed decision.” The governor signed the legislation immediately before attending a Right to Life […]
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Abortion Referendum in Portugal Approved by Socialist-Led Government

LISBON, April 21, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – On Wednesday, Portugal’s ruling Socialist Party has won support for a bid to hold a national referendum on abortion. In the February election, the Socialist party ran on a platform that included a promise to conduct a national referendum to overturn the country’s official prohibition on abortion. Socialists hold 121 of the 230 seats in parliament. The proposal seeks to make abortion on demand legal up to the 10th week of pregnancy. The question reads: “Do you agree that abortions, carried out in the first 10 weeks of pregnancy, with the woman’s consent, in […]
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Spanish Upper House Approves Gay “Marriage” and No-Fault Divorce

MADRID, April 21, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Spain’s parliament approved a bill Thursday as a first step towards full legalization of same-sex “marriage” for the predominantly Catholic country. The measure, a proposal of the country’s ruling Socialist party, passed 183-136. Before becoming law, the measure requires Senate approval – a likelihood according to media reports. The new measure proposes that same-sex couples be allowed the same legal status as heterosexually married couples, including the right to adopt children, and access to pensions and inheritance. In a statement, the Spanish Bishops Conference called the proposed law “an error,” saying it “went against […]
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Hilary Clinton to Receive Honorary Doctorate at Catholic College Despite Abortion Advocacy

MANASSAS, VA, April 21, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Marymount Manhattan College has invited pro-abortion Sen. Hillary Clinton to deliver its commencement address and receive an honorary doctoral degree on May 20, publicly defying New York’s Cardinal Edward Egan and the U.S. bishops who forbade such honors in a statement last June. Sen. Clinton has consistently supported legalized abortion, speaking at gatherings of abortion-rights advocates and voting against a ban on partial-birth abortion. She also has advocated expanding embryonic stem cell research and has declared contraception “basic health care for women.” During a January 2005 speech to New York State “family planning […]
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Canadian House of Commons Statement Introduces New Pope

OTTAWA, April 20, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – In the Canadian House of Commons yesterday, Niagara Falls Conservative MP Rob Nicholson found himself in a position to announce to his fellow Members of Parliament the news of the election of Pope Benedict XVI. Here is what was said: Hon. Rob Nicholson (Niagara Falls, CPC): Mr. Speaker, We have just received word from Rome that a new Pope for the Roman Catholic Church has been named. He is Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger from Germany. Canadians of all faiths wish him well and pray for God’s blessings on his pontificate. The papacy has played a […]
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Scottish woman is handed her dead unborn baby in hospital blunder Woe Canada – David Frum The Life of Pope John Paul: Shepherd of Souls or Antiquated Authoritarian?
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On Line Petition Against Honorary Degree for Abortion Champion Morgentaler

LONDON, Ontario, April 30, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – News that notorious Canadian abortion activist Henry Morgentaler is to receive an honorary Doctor of Laws degree from the University of Western Ontario has prompted one group to create a website – UWOProtest.com– with an on line petition to protest the outrage. In the face of a “firestorm of protest,” the university said it still plans to bestow the honour June 16. Despite university vice president and spokesman Ted Garrard’s claim that the decision of the honorary degrees committee “is final,” uwoprotest.com points out that “Western’s senate has no policy against revisiting and […]
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French Court Nullifies First Gay “Marriage”

BORDEAUX, France, April 20, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A French appeals court today upheld a lower court decision nullifying the country’s first same-sex “marriage.” The mayor of a Bordeaux suburb defied the government by conducting the country’s first homosexual “wedding” last June. Noel Mamere, mayor of Begles, despite a warning from government officials that the ceremony was illegal and he would be subject to prosecution, “married” two men, Stephane Chapin, 34, and Bertrand Charpentier, 31. A lower court ruled the marriage illegal and nullified it last July. “We will keep going to the end,” Charpentier claimed, according to an Agence France-Presse […]
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Critical Time for Pro-Life and Pro-Marriage Canadians to Renew Political Party Memberships

OTTAWA, April 20, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Political wisdom coming from insiders on Parliament Hill suggest the government will suffer a non-confidence vote loss on May 19 precipitating the long-expected June election. As a result party mechanisms on selection of candidates for the upcoming elections are in high gear. Canadians concerned with life and family issues have only today and tomorrow, in many ridings, to sign up to political parties to participate in selecting candidates to run for office. While Conservative and Liberal incumbents cannot be challenged, party candidates in all other ridings are open to challenges. Pro-life and pro-family supporters […]
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New Pope’s Name, Benedict XVI, Signals Modernists in the Church and Radical Secularists in Europe

ROME, April 20, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – In the early days of any papacy, much attention is given to signals that give hints to the direction and priorities of the newly elected Pope. One of the most significant, but difficult to verify of these signals is the papal name. Since the early centuries of the Church the newly elected Pope has followed the custom of adopting a name, usually one of some predecessor. The name Benedict has ancient roots in the Church and derives from the Latin meaning ‘to bless.’ Analysts have largely focused on the connection with the most recent […]
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eBay Pulls Sale of Consecrated Communion Host After 9,000 Complaints Received

SAN JOSE, California, April 20, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – eBay confirmed to LifeSiteNews.com today that the company voluntarily cancelled a listing for a consecrated Host. It was not clear at the time of this publishing that the company policy had changed to ban all similar sales. A customer representative named Joshua, when asked why he thought eBay pulled the listing, told LifeSiteNews.com that “it could have been the eight or nine thousand complaints we received.” The cancellation is no doubt the result of backlash from faithful Catholics – outraged at the offence this had caused – but is likely also in […]
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Royal Canadian Mounted Police to Escort Gays as “Honour Guard” at U.S. GLBT Award Ceremony

TORONTO, April 20, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Canada is sending an honorary RCMP police escort to accompany homosexual activists Kevin Bourassa and Joe Varnell, who will be honoured at a Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgendered (GLBT) awards ceremony in Philadelphia May 1, for being the first same-sex pair married legally in North America. Varnell and Bourassa gained notoriety for successfully challenging Ontario’s prohibition against same-sex “marriage,” thereafter becoming the first legally married same-sex couple on January 14, 2001. The awards ceremony marks the 40th anniversary since the first gay pride parade celebrated the deviant lifestyle in the streets of Philadelphia in […]
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US Supreme Court Upholds Massachusetts Abortion Mill Buffer Zone

WASHINGTON, April 20, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The US Supreme Court Tuesday maintained a lower court ruling, upholding the Massachusetts law forbidding pro-life protesters from counseling outside abortuaries within the state. In 2000, the commonwealth created a so-called buffer law forbidding pro-lifers from approaching within six feet of anyone within 18 feet of an abortuary. Pro-life groups had challenged the law as being an unconstitutional infringement on first amendment rights to free speech. The law forbids anyone from approaching someone entering an abortuary “for the purpose of passing a leaflet . . . or engaging in oral protest, education, or counseling.” […]
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Abortion-Causing Morning-After Pill Approved Across Canada Without Prescription

OTTAWA, April 20, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – An order-in-Council signed yesterday will make it possible for all pharmacies across Canada to distribute the abortifacient drug levonorgestrel (morning after pill) without a prescription. “This drug is a double dose birth control pill which is a hazard to women’s health, yet Health Canada seems not to care. Even the regular birth control pill causes blood clots and strokes,” said Jim Hughes, National President of Campaign Life Coalition (CLC). “The morning after pill also prevents a newly conceived child from implanting in the uterus, resulting in the death of the child. Promoters are trying […]
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Support for US Traditional Marriage Amendment Highest Ever

April 20, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Popular support for a change in the legal definition of marriage to include homosexuals has never been high either in the US or in Canada. It has mainly the product of small influential and experienced lobbyist groups whose strategy has been to make gains in courts where public input is neither necessary nor desired. Another poll has just been released that shows support by the US public for legalizing homosexual partnerings has fallen even more. The poll by Gallup has found that 57% of Americans now support the introduction of a constitutional amendment that would […]
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MP Calls for Halt to Full Funding for Abortion in Canada

OTTAWA, April 20, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) -Yesterday, Garry Breitkreuz, M.P. for Yorkton-Melville, threw his support behind the vast majority of his constituents calling on the government to stop public funding of all abortions that aren’t medically necessary. “The demands are pouring into my office and I want everyone to know that I share their concerns and frustration,” said Breitkreuz. “My years of research clearly show that neither the federal or provincial governments have the evidence to support blanket coverage of all abortions.” Breitkreuz released Health Canada’s responses to five of his Access to Information (ATI) Act requests to prove his point […]
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Cardinal Ratzinger Elected as 265th Pope of the Catholic Church – Pope Benedict XVI

VATICAN, April 19, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – To the cheers of hundreds of thousands in St. Peter’s square and millions around the world German Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, who served the Church as the guardian of doctrine for 24 years under Pope John Paul II has been elected as the 265th pope of the Catholic Church. He has chosen the name Pope Benedict XVI. In his first public address as Pope, Benedict XVI said: “The cardinals have elected me, a simple and humble worker in the Lord’s vineyard. I am comforted by the fact that the Lord knows how to work and […]
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CBC Radio Guest Disses New and Former Pope during Announcement of Benedict XVI

TORONTO, April 19, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Michael Enright, radio host for the radically liberal, taxpayer-funded Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, hosted anti-Catholic “Catholic” New Times editor Ted Schmidt during a feature announcing the new leader of the world’s Catholics – Pope Benedict XVI. Schmidt spent several minutes abusing the leadership of the former Holy Father, John Paul II, as the “Superstar papacy” that “sucked the energy and oxygen out of . . . local dioceses’.” Before the announcement of Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger as Pope Benedict XVI, Schmidt prophesied, “I don’t think [the next Pope will be] Ratzinger . . . the micromanaging […]
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Supreme Court Decides Fate of Swing Clubs

OTTAWA, April 19, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Canada’s top court will rule on whether swing clubs in the nation will remain open. The case results from the decisions of two separate Quebec courts – one that ruled that a swing club there was the equivalent of a brothel, and a second decision that ruled the swing club was legal and could remain open. Normand Labelle, lawyer for the Crown, argued swing clubs are “trivializing sexuality,” with patrons regarded as “consumer items,” according to a Canada.com report. Dictionary.com defines a “swinger” as “A member of a couple, especially a married couple, who […]
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Cardinal Ratzinger – Pope Benedict XVI on Life, Faith, Family and Freedom

VATICAN, April 19, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The newly elected Pope Benedict XVI, unlike his predecessor John Paul II prior to his election, comes to lead the Catholic Church after spending the last 24 years in the public eye as the head of the most important office in the Church – the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (CDF). As such, his teachings on the most pressing issues facing the Church today have been readily available. In his writings he has touched on the so-called controversial issues, noting pro-abortion Catholic politicians should be denied Holy Communion, and that Catholic legislators […]
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What Kind of Man is Pope Benedict XVI?

ROME, April 19, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The mainstream North American and European media has never been friendly toward either the Catholic Church or to the man they hold up as the archetypal defender of Catholic conservatism. Joseph Ratzinger was the favourite target of dissident Catholics, liberal theologians, feminist ‘nuns,’ leftist media sources and anyone with a grudge against the Catholic Church. In his 24 years as Prefect of the Congregation of the Doctrine of the Faith “rigid archconservative” was the least of the insults heaped on the new Pope. In the weeks leading up to the conclave, with the odds-makers […]
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“It’s about Children, Stupid!” Says Bishop Fred Henry on Homosexual “Marriage”

CALGARY, April 18, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Bishop Fred Henry of Calgary has not backed away from his very public stand in defence of traditional marriage even while facing the accusations of discrimination at the Human Rights Tribunal. Public opposition to same-sex marriage is picking up steam across the country -Âon Saturday, 1500 supporters of traditional marriage rallied in Calgary. At the rally, Bishop Henry addressed more of his customarily forthright language to the cause of marriage. Bishop Henry reminded politicians that the issue transcends the posturing common to political parties. Young Liberals at their party’s convention sported buttons in support […]
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Canadian Gov’t Pre-Empts Gay ‘Marriage’ Law by Altering Stats Gathering Questionnaire

OTTAWA, April 18, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – In a move anticipating the success of Bill C-38 (on the redefinition of marriage), Statistics Canada has reformatted its questionnaire for the 2006 census to include same-sex marriages. The federal statistics agency has taken the action despite the fact that the legislation is not likely to pass due to an upcoming election resulting from the fallout of the Gomery inquiry. StatsCan, the agency that performs a regular census for Government and private purposes, has added “same-sex married spouse” to the list of suggested answers to a question about relationships on the new census form, […]
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Ratzinger, in Final Pre-Conclave Homily, Warns Cardinals of a “Dictatorship of Moral Relativism” in

ROME, April 18, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger, the Dean of the College of Cardinals, made a last public appearance at a Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica before entering the conclave to vote on the successor to John Paul II. In his homily, the Cardinal who served the Church as the guardian of doctrine for 24 years, warned the Cardinals that the Catholic Church must not become prey to modern moral relativism or ideological trends. Continuing a theme Ratzinger has been developing in books, articles and interviews over the last few years, he warned again of the advance of […]
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eBay Won’t Sell Native “Prayer Sticks” – Another Consecrated Host For Sale

HAMPSHIRE, UK, April 18, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The giant online marketplace eBay has thus far refused entreaties from numerous Catholics demanding that the sale of illicitly obtained Holy Communion be prohibited. Following the controversy which erupted last week  over the listing of a communion host consecrated at a papal Mass, eBay is currently listing another, described as “Holy Communion wafer blessed by Pope John Paul II.” The online marketer forbids the sale of religious items of Native origin. The eBay “Prohibited and Restricted Items” overview notes under “Artifacts” that Native American “gravesite-related items, and burial items may not be listed […]
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Fighting for Life in the 109th Congress – Rick Santorum https://www.crisismagazine.com/hill.htm Reluctant Cable Operators Delaying Launch of ‘Gay-Themed’ Channel https://www.cwfa.org/articles/7915/CFI/pornography/index.htm A Chinese Pope? (corrected link) https://www.insidethevatican.com/newsflash-apr13-05pm.htm
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Homosexual Episcopal Bishop Out to Claim Bible for Abortion-Rights Activists

Washington, D.C., April 18, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) The logical consequences resulting from the first ever consecration of a homosexual bishop continued to manifest themselves as Bishop V. Gene Robinson of the U.S. Episcopal Church addressed those Planned Parenthood’s fifth annual prayer breakfast in Washington on Friday April 15th. The Washington Times carried a news article in which Rev. Robinson was reported as directing his comments against “people of faith” and suggested that Planned Parenthood should target them so as to “promote abortion rights and comprehensive sex education”. The main theme of Robinson’s comments dealt with the reasons surrounding last year’s election […]
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Pornography Profits Offered to Toronto Sick Kids Hospital

TORONTO, April 18, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The proceeds from the last film of a Canadian porn star who died last year, was offered to Toronto Sick Kids Hospital by the former agent of the woman. The agent also asked that the video cover highlight that “all proceeds from the sale of this video go to Sick Kid’s Hospital in Toronto,” according to a Reuters News report. The agent for Natel King, the porn star who was stabbed to death by a photographer during a photo shoot last year, asked the hospital to accept the proceeds from King’s last film, “Lesbian […]
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eBay Consecrated Communion Host Returned to Church by Seller – eBay Refuses Policy Change

SIOUX CITY, IA. April 18, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Diocese of Sioux City announced Friday that that the much-publicized sale of what was purported to be a consecrated host on eBay has been withdrawn by the seller. Monsignor Roger J. Augustine, administrator of the Diocese of Sioux City, met with the seller Friday and was advised that the sale would not be consummated. According to Msgr. Augustine, the seller deeply regretted the effort to sell the Eucharist and extended a personal apology to him, the Diocese and any others who had been offended by the eBay listing. Because the transaction […]
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Canada and 32 Other Countries Frustrated at Block of Homosexual Agenda at United Nations

GENEVA, April 15, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Disgruntled at unsuccessful lobbying efforts to push a homosexual agenda through at a meeting of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights underway in Geneva, New Zealand, Canada and 32 other countries pushing the agenda issued a bitter statement this morning. “It has been two years since Brazil first tabled their draft resolution at this Commission seeking to condemn discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation,” said the statement.“We deeply regret that this Commission is still not ready to address that resolution today.” Behind the scenes homosexual activists from the International Gay and Lesbian […]
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Knights of Columbus tell Catholic MP’s to vote like Catholics on Gay ‘Marriage’ Bill

IRON BRIDGE, April 15, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Dan Heffernan, a representative of the Ontario State Council of the Knights of Columbus, has asked Catholic MP’s to read and reflect on the Vatican document, “Considerations Regarding Proposals to Give Legal Recognition to Unions Between Homosexual Persons.” The document, that produced much negative comment from the media, outlines the duties of Catholics in public life in countries where homosexual partnerings are being proposed for legal recognition. Writing on the day of the funeral of Pope John Paul II, Heffernan urged Canadian Catholic politicians to weigh their decisions in light of their Catholic […]
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US Pharmacists Battle over Forced Dispensation of Abortion Drugs

MADISON, WI; SPRINGFIELD, IL; PHOENIX, AZ, April 15, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Governors in two states are mandating that pharmacists, regardless of their deeply-held religious beliefs, dispense abortifacient birth-control and morning-after pills. Arizona Democratic Governor Janet Napolitano vetoed conscience legislation Wednesday that would have allowed pharmacists the right to refuse sales of abortifacients like the birth control and morning-after pills. “Pharmacies and other health care service providers have no right to interfere in the lawful personal medical decisions made by patients and their doctors,” she claimed in her veto, as reported by the dailystar.com. Arizona Catholic Conference executive director Ron Johnson […]
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Abortion-Causing Drugs Must be offered by Pharmacies – US Federal Law Proposes

WASHINGTON, April 15, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Democrats in the Senate have proposed a new bill that would force pharmacies to dispense abortifacient birth-control or morning-after pills, notwithstanding an individual pharmacist’s moral opposition to the drug. Sponsor New Jersey Democrat Frank Lautenberg, claimed, “If a pharmacist is allowed to pick and choose which prescriptions to fill, everyone’s health could be at risk,” according to a Reuters news report. Pharmacists would not be allowed to flat-out refuse a patient – they would be required to send the customer to another pharmacist or pharmacy if they themselves were unwilling, because of moral or […]
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Bush Talks about Jesus, Holy Father with Reporters on Flight Home from JPII Funeral

En route to WACO, Texas, April 15, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – US President George W. Bush, on his flight home after attending Pope John Paul II’s funeral at the Vatican, sat down with the seven news reporters who traveled with him aboard Air Force One to talk about Jesus, his personal faith, and the life of Pope John Paul II. “This will be one of the highlights of my presidency, to have been at this great ceremony,” Bush said, according to a White House release. “I knew the ceremony today would be majestic, but I didn’t realize how moved I would […]
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McGill Professor Warns Same-Sex “Marriage” Bill will Usher in Tyrannical State

OTTAWA, April 15, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – On Parliament Hill during the March for Marriage April 9, one professor said, “It is not our welfare only, but the welfare of Canada, that is at stake in same-sex marriage.” Dr. Douglas Farrow warned that the passage of the same-sex marriage Bill, C-38, would replace the family as the foundational unit of society to make the state itself the primary social unit. He said a vote for this bill “is a vote for tyranny.” Farrow pointed to the duplicity of the bill’s supporters who “claim that it will not alter marriage fundamentally at […]
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Oregon Supreme Court Ruling Nullifies 3,000 ‘Marriage’ Licenses of Same-Sex Couples

WASHINGTON, April 14, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Today, the Supreme Court of Oregon acted in accordance with established law and nullified 3,000 marriage licenses that were distributed to same-sex couples last year in Multnomah County. The Multnomah County Board of Commissioners began issuing the licenses illegally on March 3, 2004, after deciding that limiting marriage to the union of one man and one woman was unconstitutional. The court ruled that the county had no authority to issue licenses to same-sex couples. Tony Perkins, President of Family Research Council, reacted to the ruling saying, “We must commend the Oregon Supreme Court on […]
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eBay Refuses to Back Down from Allowing Sale of Consecrated Communion Host

SIOUX CITY, April 14, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – eBay, the largest online marketplace in the world, has refused to forbid the sale of consecrated Communion hosts. Catholics around the world are outraged at the auctioning of a consecrated Host which the seller from Sloan, Iowa claims to have received illicitly at an outdoor papal Mass in 1998. The package of Catholic ‘collectibles’ was offered with the condescending caveat, “First of all, I am not catholic and do not believe i’m (sic) going to hell for selling this collectible. So, if you’re going to send me a message saying that I am […]
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Prime Minister says Fiji’s Sodomy Law Reflects Biblical Truth

SUVA, April 14, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – In the independent island nation of Fiji, homosexual activity is illegal. The Australian online newsmagazine, The Age, reports that the president of Fiji also considers homosexual acts to be sinful. Prime Minister Laisenia Qarase, said that the Bible clearly states homosexuality is sinful and the laws of Fiji reflect that. Speaking on a local radio station, the Prime Minister reacted to criticism from the Australian Green party after two men were sentenced to two years in prison for violating the country’s sodomy laws. Qarase said that the international critics should not interfere with Fiji’s […]
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Moms and Dads Key to Children’s Academic Future

EXETER, UK, April 14, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A new study by Exeter University professor Charles Desforges has revealed that parental involvement in a child’s education is by far the best predictor of future academic success, regardless of the social class, income or educational level of the parents. Desforges describes the involvement of parents in the education of their children as the single biggest factor affecting the success of the students. The impact is felt especially at a young age. A secure home environment, including the involvement of both parents, coupled with opportunity for intellectual stimulation was found to contribute greatly […]
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Student Threatened with Suspension for Wearing “Homosexuality is Wrong” T-Shirt

RANCHO CUCAMONGA, CA, April 14, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A high school student wearing a t-shirt that stated: (front) “Tolerance is the virtue of believing in nothing”, and (back) “Truth is truth – homosexuality is wrong” was threatened with suspension. The ‘A’ student, with no history of discipline problems, was removed from class and sent to the principal’s office where she was told to change shirts or leave campus. Her parents called the Pacific Justice Institute (PJI). “It is regrettable when parents have to choose which right their child will be deprived of – free speech or a public education,” said […]
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Massachusetts Court Fight for Traditional Marriage in Continues – Hearings May 2

BOSTON, April 14, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court announced that it will hear oral argument on Monday, May 2nd at 9:00 a.m. in a case seeking to block the court’s decision in Goodridge v. Department of Public Health, which legalized same-sex marriage. As a result of that decision, same-sex couples have been permitted to marry in Massachusetts as of May 17, 2004. This case, which is the last legal action surviving that is capable of stopping this decision, was filed by the Thomas More Law Center, Citizens for the Preservation of Constitutional Rights (CPCR) and others on […]
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UK Death Linked to IVF Treatment

LONDON, April 14, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Another victim has died two days after beginning in vitro fertilization treatment, due to the allegedly rare side effect associated with in vitro fertilization treatments known as Ovarian Hyperstimulation Syndrome (OHSS). Temilola Akinbolagbe, 33, collapsed at a bus stop – she was disconnected from life support five days later, after reportedly suffering a massive heart attack. The heart attack followed after a blood clot formed, associated with the hormonal treatments used to stimulate egg maturation. Doctors say the potentially fatal form of OHSS occurs in one percent of women, although a less severe form […]
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Prime Minister Promises Public Hearings on Homosexual ‘Marriage’ Bill to Keep MP Liberal

OTTAWA, April 14, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Liberal MP Pat O’Brien’s stated today that he has agreed to remain with the Liberal Party since Prime Minister Paul Martin agreed that there would be public hearings on the homosexual ‘marriage’ Bill C-38. However, the legislative committee studying Bill C-38 is restricted to hearing only technical evidence. Moreover, Paul Macklin, Parliamentary Secretary to the Justice Minister, has indicated that there will be no travel across Canada for public hearings on the bill. Conservative Justice Critic Vic Toews is challenging Prime Minister Martin to follow through with his commitments to hear Canadians’ views on […]
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Health Canada Cited as Deceiving and Two-Faced on Abortion-Causing Morning After Pill

OTTAWA, April 13, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Canadian Physicians for Life (CPL) is asking, “Is Health Canada using the media to push a political agenda?” Several media outlets are reporting that effective this month, Health Canada will allow the abortifacient hormonal drug, commonly known as the Morning After Pill, to be dispensed without a doctor’s prescription or oversight. But for that to happen, an amendment must be made to the Food and Drug Regulations, removing the drug, Levonorgestrel, from the list of prescription-only drugs. Health Canada, however, when questioned on the matter by CPL would not confirm the plan. Physicians for […]
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Cabinet Post Serves to Alter Dryden’s Morality on Child Care – Flip Flop Minister?

OTTAWA, April 13, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Ken Dryden, the Liberal Minister for Social Development, has been spearheading the Liberal Party’s push to impose universal publicly funded daycare, but his insistence on the intervention of the state in childrearing has been a recent development. Dryden, in a speech in Saskatchewan in March 2002 was singing a different tune. He said that the needs of children are met when they can spend more time with their parents. Characterizing the slogan ‘quality time’ as an excuse used by modern parents to assuage their guilt for not spending enough time at home, Dryden said, […]
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UN Leader Says Pope’s Teachings Responsible for “Sending People to Their Death”

STOCKHOLM, April 13, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Speaking to Reuters news agency Monday, the head of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) Thoraya Obaid said she hoped the next Pope of the Catholic Church would alter the Church’s stand against condoms. Obaid insulted Catholics, characterizing the late Pope’s stand, and that of the Church, as “sending people to their death.” Speaking of the use of condoms in the fight against AIDS and the positions of some claiming to be Catholic in favour of such an approach, Obaid said, “We are hoping the new Pope will take this message further, because it […]
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Liberal MP Kilgour Quits Liberal Party, O’Brien Soon to Follow

OTTAWA, April 13, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Edmonton Liberal MP David Kilgour announced he will sit as an independent over Liberal Party support for same-sex “marriage” legislation, in addition to other issues. “I want to make it absolutely clear that I’m not planning on going back to the Conservatives,” Kilgour said, as reported by the CBC. He spent four terms as a Progressive Conservative before crossing the aisle to spend four terms as a Liberal, beginning in 1991. “I’m sitting as an independent, in fact sitting as an independent on the Liberal side,” he added. “After eight elections, four as a […]
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34 Liberal MPs Vote to Kill Gay Marriage Bill C-38 – More Expected in Final Votes

OTTAWA, April 13, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A Conservative amendment to the Liberal bill to redefine the traditional marriage which would have stopped bill C-38 in its tracks was defeated in the House of Commons yesterday by a vote of 132-164. Fully 34 Liberal MPs voted with the Opposition Conservatives against the Liberal government bill, along with 95 of the 99 Conservative MPs and three Bloc MPs. The vote is probably a good predictor of the second reading vote expected next week. However, the second reading vote may be delayed by a Conservative filibuster since the Liberals are refusing cross-country hearings […]
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Lutherans Propose Ordination of Practicing Homosexual Pastors

CHICAGO, April 13, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America has put forth a resolution recommending the ordination of actively homosexual ministers – provided they live in committed same-sex relationships. Up until now, homosexuals could be ordained for active ministry as long as they were celibate. The resolution was put forward at an ELCA council assembly meeting Monday. The proposal would require ratification through a vote at a Church wide assembly planned for August. A task force studying the issue made three recommendations that will go to a vote at the August meeting. One recommendation questions whether the […]
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Six Episcopal Priests to be Defrocked for Opposition to Homosexuality

HARTFORD, April 13, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Six Episcopal priests were warned Sunday that their opposition to the ordination of the first openly homosexual bishop would mean their dismissal as pastors of their parishes, and eventually even to their being defrocked. The six had “abandoned the communion of the church” by their opposition to their bishop, who supported the ordination of New Hampshire’s Bishop Gene Robinson, according to a letter from the bishop, Andrew D. Smith. The six have been vocal in their condemnation of Bishop Smith since Robinson’s ordination in 2003. Rector of St. Paul’s Church in Darien, Rev. Christopher […]
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Failure to Require Warning Labels on Contraceptives May Have Put Teen Lives at Risk

WASHINGTON, April 13, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A new report from the US Government Accountability Office (GAO) concludes the Food and Drug Administration may have put the public’s health at risk by spreading inaccurate information regarding the safety of contraceptives containing the spermicide Nonoxynol-9. At least seven different studies in the past 13 years have demonstrated the dangers of Nonoxynol-9, which has been found to increase the likelihood of HIV/AIDS infection. Yet sex education groups like Advocates for Youth and the National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy continue to promote the use of condoms containing the dangerous lubricant. “Kids are being […]
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May 12 March For Life to Feature Demonstration by Women Suffering Post-Abortion Syndrome

TORONTO, April 13, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The March for Life in Ottawa, Canada’s annual pro-life march, will feature a demonstration by the group Silent no More. Those who attended the US March for Life in Washington in January, reported that the Silent no More demonstration attracted much attention. Women who have had abortions and been physically or emotionally scarred by post-abortion syndrome, stood carrying signs that read, “I regret my abortion.” Silent No More Canadian spokesman, Angelina Steenstra, says the initiative hopes to inform the public that abortion is harmful emotionally, physically, psychologically and spiritually to women and others involved […]
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Russian Abortion Killing and Sterilizing Millions; Demographic Collapse Likely to be Worse than Prev

MOSCOW/VLADIVOSTOK, April 12, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – An English language news magazine from Moscow reports that up to one third of Russian abortions result in the death of the mother. The Russian government has been alarmed for some time at the impending demographic disaster created by the low birth rate. In addition, after decades of communism which endorsed abortion as a form of birth control, the physical and psychological after effects of so many millions of abortions have yet to be completely felt. Communist Soviet Union was the first nation in the world to legalize abortion in 1920. Conservative estimates put […]
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Illinois Governor Mandates Pharmacists Dispense Abortion Causing Morning-After Pills or Face Consequ

CHICAGO, April 12, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Governor of Illinois, Rod Blagojevich, has warned pharmacists in the state to dispense the abortifacient morning-after pill or face legal backlash – despite a state statute that exempts pharmacists from participating in practices contrary to their religious views. The face-off between pharmacists and the governor began after a Loop Osco pharmacist denied two women the Plan B abortifacient morning-after pill. Illinois’ Health Care Right of Conscience Act states that health care professionals are not obliged to act contrary to their conscience. On April 1, Gov. Blagojevich issued an emergency order that all pharmacists […]
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Harper Calls Changing Definition of Marriage “An Assault” on Culture and Religion

OTTAWA, April 12, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Along with numerous other Members of Parliament and religious leaders, Conservative Leader Stephen Harper and former Alliance Leader Stockwell Day addressed the almost 20,000 people gathered in Ottawa to defend traditional marriage. Harper was clearly impressed with the size of the crowd as he said, “I am thankful that so many of you, from so many communities, from so many parts of this great country, have taken the time and the effort to come here today.” He added, “This crowd represents all ages, all ethnic communities, ‘our two national languages’ (said in French), all […]
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Bank of Montreal Caves to Media Pressure and Cancels 15 Year Old MasterCard Affinity Program With Pr

TORONTO, April 12, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Bank of Montreal has officially declared that it will cease to support a pro-life affinity MasterCard when the agreement expires on July 2006 because of a “small number” of complaints. The BMO President and CEO of the Personal and Commercial Client Group, Robert W. Pearce, replied to a Globe and Mail article entitled “When affinity is really an affront” (April 2). The letter to the editor, entitled “end of an association” and dated Saturday, April 9, 2005 stated that “As a commercial enterprise, Bank of Montreal does not want to be involved in […]
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Saskatchewan MP Supports Bishop Henry, Warns C-38 a Direct Attack on Religious Freedom

OTTAWA, April 12, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Maurice Vellacott, Conservative MP for Saskatoon-Wanuskewin says that Human Rights Tribunal cases against Bishop Fred Henry show the connection between freedom of speech and freedom of religion. While Paul Martin and Justice Minister Irwin Cotler claim that the new legislation to change the definition of marriage to include homosexual partnerings does not pose a threat to religious people, Vellacott says the evidence is against them. “This militant attack against the Calgary bishop is another example – in a growing body of evidence – exposing the dishonesty of the Prime Minister’s claims,” he said. “Bill […]
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CBC Poll Shows Majority of Canadians Oppose Same Sex ‘Marriage’

OTTAWA, April 12, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – 52% disagree with the government’s plan to change the definition of marriage to include homosexual partnerships according to a new CBC poll. Of 1,203 respondents, 44% said they supported Bill C-38. The CBC commissioned the poll from Environics in late March to coincide with the amendment proposed by the Conservatives to reverse the intention of the bill and make the traditional definition of marriage continue to be the legal norm. The CBC poll supports an earlier study that had largely the same results. In January 2005, a poll commissioned by the Conservative Party of […]
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President Bush Dedicates Full National Radio Address to Pope John Paul II

Washington, D.C., April 12, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The United States President, George W. Bush, will have a place in history as being one of the great admirers of the recently departed Pope John Paul II, as indicated by the consistent and sincere praise he has given the Pope. The President’s official comments began on April 2nd, the day Pope John Paul II passed away. Mr. Bush opened his weekly Saturday radio address by saying “Before I begin today, I would like to say a word about Pope John Paul II. His Holiness is a faithful servant of God and a […]
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Conservatives Court Liberal Pro-Life, Pro-Marriage MP Pat O’Brien

LONDON, Ontario, April 12, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Conservative Party of Canada is courting London-Fanshawe Liberal MP Pat O’Brien, who said he is entertaining the idea. “The Liberal party is starting to look like the NDP-light,” he said in an interview, as reported by the London Free Press. “I’ve been fighting my own party on the issue of same-sex marriage for the last two years and mostly losing,” O’Brien said, according to a Toronto Star report. “I don’t know if I can even vote for the Liberal party . . . How can I represent it?” “This is not the […]
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55% of US Families Childless: US Census

WASHINGTON, April 12, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Howard Centre for Families, in a release today, revealed that fully 55 percent of US married-couple families are childless. A 2003 United States Census Bureau report revealed that, of 57,320,000 married couples, 31,406,000 did not have any children eighteen years of age or younger. The Howard Center author refers to the work of John C. Caldwell, who, in a 2004 article “Demographic Theory: The Long View,” appearing in the Population and Development Review, argued that population dynamics in the US, and arguably of all western nations, is a reflection of the change from […]
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Ottawa Archbishop: Government Wants to Normalize Sodomy and We Say No

OTTAWA, April 11, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Speaking at the March for Marriage rally Saturday before a crowd of over 15,000, Ottawa Archbishop Marcel Gervais said “Our government wants sodomy to be accepted as part of the norm and we refuse that.” The Archbishop also said he stands “arm in arm” with his brother bishop in Calgary, Bishop Fred Henry.ÂDue to complaints about his presenting the Catholic teaching on homosexuality, Bishop Henry is facing a possible tribunal hearing before the Alberta Human Rights Commission. Canadians from all faiths, backgrounds and regions of Canada took part in the March on Parliament Hill […]
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15-20,000 Attend March for Traditional Marriage on Parliament Hill – Media Claim Only 4,000

OTTAWA, April 11, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The official estimate of the crowd given by March for Marriage organizers at the huge rally before Parliament on Saturday was 20,000. RCMP confirmed the number at more than 15,000. While the national broadcaster CBC went with the police estimate of 15,000, much of the biased Canadian media reported 4000 attendees, a falsehood demonstrating a bias beyond even a mediocre attempt at fair and balanced coverage. Among the speakers were Official Opposition Leader, Stephen Harper, former Alliance Leader Stockwell Day, and about another dozen Conservative MPs. Liberal MP Pat O’Brien was also present along […]
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Canadian Presbyterian Pastor Urges Catholic PM to Forsake Gay Marriage in Honour of Pope

OTTAWA, April 11, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Speaking at the March for Marriage rally on Parliament Hill Saturday, Rev. Tristan Emmanuel, executive director of Equipping Christians for the Public Square Centre, called on Prime Minister Paul Martin to follow the example of Pope John Paul II, who was buried yesterday morning. Rev. Emmanuel exhorted the Prime Minister by writing “You’ve said some very wonderful things about the late great Pope John Paul II. And you are very right he was a great leader for freedom, but also for the family. If you really, truly, respect Pope John Paul II, then I […]
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Euthanasia of Infants by Doctors Responsible for Nearly Half of Newborn Deaths in Belgium

BRUSSELS, BELGIUM, April 11, 2005, (LifeSiteNews.com) – Belgian doctors are directly responsible for nearly half of the 253 deaths of newborn babies during a year long period, a new study reports. The controversial report, published in The Lancet, covers a period from August 1999 to July 2000 and shows that pediatricians who responded to the survey admitted they had taken “end of life” decisions in more than half the cases. According to the report, infant euthanasia has become commonplace in the most liberal regions of northern Europe. In 2002, Belgium legalized euthanasia for adults who are suffering ‘constant and unbearable […]
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BC Appeals Court says Schools Must Create “Homophobia-Free” Environment

VANCOUVER, April 11, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – In 1996, Azmi Jubran, a grade ten student at Handsworth Secondary School in North Vancouver filed a complaint against his school and the North Vancouver School Board for failing to act decisively to stop what he called ‘homophobic’ harassment. He said that, although he was not homosexual himself, he underwent years of teasing and bullying by fellow students who called him ‘gay,’‘faggot,’ and ‘queer,’ and assaulted him. Jubran described his experiences: “Having a group of kids come after me, during school, after school, and punching me, kicking me, spitting at me. I had my […]
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Action in Wake of Terri’s Death Saves Grandmother From Starvation and Dehydration Death

LAGRANGE, GA., April 11, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A repeat of the Terri Schiavo death was averted on Friday when Mae Magouirk, an 81 year old Georgia widow who had undergone 10 days of being deprived of food and hydration, was airlifted to the University of Alabama-Birmingham Medical Center where, according to her nephew, she is receiving food, fluids, cardiac care and neurological help. Magouirk, who was not terminally-ill, comatose, nor in a persistent vegetative state, was a patient at Hospice-LaGrange in Georgia. Her guardian, 36 year old granddaughter, Elizabeth (“Beth”) Gaddy of Hoganville, Ga., had requested that the hospice begin […]
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Scottish Hospitals Admitting to Very Late-Term Abortions

EDINBURGH, April 11, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Scottish hospitals are admitting to committing abortions up to as late as 34 weeks – only 6 weeks from the child’s due date – a “Scotland on Sunday”Âinvestigation found. The UK stipulates that abortions later than 24 weeks be carried out at the discretion of the doctor, and only in cases of severe fetal deformity. Although the law states that the later-than-24-week exception is only for cases of severe deformity, statistics reveal women are increasingly eliminating so-called defective children, even for frivolous reasons such as cleft lip and palate. “To hear that an abortion […]
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Canadian House of Commons Hears Warning of Threats to Religious Freedom with Same-Sex “Marriage”

OTTAWA, April 8, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – James Lunney, Conservative MP for Nanaimo-Alberni said in a speech in Parliament that Liberal assurances of protection of religious expression with bill C-38 are “empty,” and warns that freedom of religion under the Charter is under threat. Speaking on April 5, Lunney said, “The foreign affairs minister (Pierre Pettigrew in comments to the media,) says to the church to stay out of it. Bishop Henry of Calgary is told by officials from Revenue Canada to desist from criticizing the government or the church’s charitable status might be revoked.” Since then, Bishop Henry has been […]
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Official English Translation of Homily from Pope John Paul Funeral Mass

VATICAN, April 8, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Below is the official Vatican Information Service English translation of the homily, delivered in Italian by Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, at the funeral Mass for the Holy Father John Paul II, held in St Peter’s Square this morning: “‘Follow me.’ The Risen Lord says these words to Peter. They are his last words to this disciple, chosen to shepherd his flock. ‘Follow me’ – this lapidary saying of Christ can be taken as the key to understanding the message which comes to us from the life of our late beloved Pope John Paul II. Today […]
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UN Stealth Pro-Abortion Stand Exposed by Refusal to Back US Abortion Clause

NEW YORK, April 8, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – If last month’s fuss by pro-abortion groups over a US proposal to clarify that a United Nations document on women did not promote abortion was not enough to convince people of such a UN agenda, a repeat performance this month should add more credibility to the charges against them. At United Nations headquarters in New York this week, UN delegates from all over the world are meeting to discuss population and development, HIV/AIDS and poverty. The meeting of the Commission on Population and Development (CPD), was however another opportunity for the United Nations […]
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Schiavo Precedent already Reality – Granddaughter Pulls Woman’s Feeding Tube

LAGRANGE, Georgia, April 8, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A woman convalescing from surgery was moved to a local hospice, where her granddaughter, claiming to have legal power of attorney over her grandmother, ordered the hospice to pull the 81-year-old woman’s feeding tube. Mae Magouirk has not had food or water since March 28, even though her living will states that food and water not be discontinued unless she enters a coma or a persistent vegetative state. Magouirk was expected to make a recovery after surgery for a dissecting aorta, until her granddaughter, 36-year-old Beth Gaddy intervened, ordering her transferred to a […]
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Marriage More Mutually Beneficial than Living Together, British Study Determines

COVENTRY, April 8, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Once again, research from secular sources has confirmed what Christians have known all along. University of Warwick researcher Nick Powdthavee has shown that the increase in happiness of one spouse can significantly increase the happiness of the other; but only if properly married. The same effect is not seen among those who are merely co-habiting. The research was an analysis of information obtained from the British Household Panel Survey. It studied the life satisfaction data from the 9,704 married individuals. Moreover, the increase in happiness – as much as 30% – was even shown […]
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Leading Evangelical Minister Reminds Canadian Prime Minister to Abstain from Communion at Pope’s Fun

OTTAWA, April 8, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Popular evangelical minister and television personality, David Mainse, who is in Ottawa lobbying legislators on the impending same-sex ‘marriage’ bill, has called upon Paul Martin and other politicians who claim the name ‘Catholic’ not to receive communion when attending Pope John Paul’s funeral tomorrow. Mainse has been a vocal supporter of Calgary bishop Fred Henry who is being hauled before a Human Rights tribunal for his strong stand against homosexuality. Referring to Henry, Mainse said, “I intend to say the very same things as he has said. He’s a brave man and I appreciate […]
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Vatican Play by Play of Pope’s Funeral – Mass Crowd Calls for Immediate Sainthood

VATICAN, April 8, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Vatican Information Service has released the following description of the funeral of Pope John Paul II: Before the start of the funeral Mass today for John Paul II in St.  Peter’s Square in the presence of an estimated 300,000 people,  including over 200 heads of State and government, the deceased Pope’s body was placed in a cypress casket and closed in the presence of a number of witnesses. Among those present for this rite were Cardinals Martinez Somalo,  camerlengo of Holy Roman Church, Angelo Sodano, former secretary of state, Joseph Ratzinger, dean of […]
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Homosexual Activist Named to Key Environmental Post by PM; Blocked by House

WINNIPEG, April 8, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Canadian Prime Minister Paul Martin, after naming the homosexual activist former mayor of Winnipeg to a key environmental post, was later blocked by an upset parliament that voted 143-108 to quash the appointment. Glen Murray, elected mayor of Winnipeg in 1998, also ran unsuccessfully as a candidate for the Liberal Party in 2004. Murray, a former city councilor, boycotted committee meetings in 1991 to protest then Mayor Bill Norrie’s unwillingness to proclaim Lesbian and Gay Pride Week. Murray was also involved in changing the Manitoba Human Rights Code to give special status to homosexuals […]
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Former President Clinton Insults Pope on Way to Funeral

ROME, April 7, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Former President Bill Clinton, one of recent history’s most ardent political advocates of abortion, placed himself on an equal footing with the Pope and critiqued the Pope’s legacy in comments to reporters while en route to Rome for the papal funeral. Matt Drudge reports that Clinton told reporters, the Pope “centralized authority in the papacy again and enforced a very conservative theological doctrine. There will be debates about that. The number of Catholics increased by 250 million on his watch. But the numbers of priests didn’t. He’s like all of us – he may […]
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Connecticut’s Democrat-Controlled Senate Approves Civil Unions for Homosexuals

HARTFORD, April 7, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Democratic-controlled Connecticut Senate approved civil unions for same-sex couples, having “all the same benefits as are granted to spouses in a marriage,” by a margin of 27-9 Wednesday. The vote was divided mostly along party lines, in a Senate with 24-12 Democrat control. “Parties to a civil union shall have all the same benefits, protections and responsibilities under law, whether derived from the general statutes, administrative regulations or court rules, policy, common law or any other source of civil law, as are granted to spouses in a marriage,” the measure said, as reported […]
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Conservative Leader Stephen Harper to Address March for Traditional Marriage April 9

OTTAWA, April 7, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Conservative Leader Stephen Harper is set to address the March for Marriage on Parliament Hill Saturday April 9. LifeSiteNews.com confirmed his participation with Harper spokesman Carolyn Stewart Olsen, who noted that a delay in confirming his speaking at the event was due to Harper’s attendance of the funeral of John Paul II in Rome Friday. “We had it confirmed today that they’ll be coming back late on Friday, so it’ll be fine,” said Olsen. At noon on April 9 crowds will gather at the Supreme Court (Kent and Wellington) and march to Parliament Hill […]
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Clinton, Other Senators Filibuster FDA Pick over Abortion-Causing Morning-After Pill

WASHINGTON, April 7, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – New York Senator Hillary Clinton and other Democrat Senators plan to block the vote of President George Bush’s choice for head of the Food and Drug Administration, citing a lack of approval of the abortion-causing morning-after pill, Plan B, for sale without a prescription as the reason. Fellow Democrat, Sen. Patty Murray (D-Wash), ignoring all scientific evidence pointing to the risks for women associated with the abortion-causing pill, said, “We will be putting a hold on this nomination when it goes to the (Senate) floor until a decision is reached on Plan B.” Reuters […]
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Kansas Voters Approve Constitutional Amendment Banning Homosexual “Marriage”

TOPEKA, Kansas, April 7, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Kansas voters overwhelmingly approved a constitutional amendment Tuesday banning same-sex “marriage” for the state, making theirs the 19th state to enact such an amendment. The amendment passed by a margin of 70-30. Wichita’s Immanuel Baptist Church pastor, Rev. Terry Fox, who led the campaign against same-sex “marriage,” said, “We always felt like if Kansans were given an opportunity to vote, they would vote strongly to protect marriage and defend marriage in the way it has traditionally been defined. The real winner here was marriage itself,” he added, according to an abcnews.go.com report. Kansas […]
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Rally to Support Calgary Bishop Henry as He Faces Trial by Homosexual Activists

CALGARY, April 7, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A rally to support Calgary Bishop Fred Henry is in the works for this weekend, after the Alberta Human Rights Commission admitted to entertaining two human rights complaints against the bishop from homosexual activists, for comments the bishop wrote in a pastoral letter condemning same-sex “marriage” in January. “A number of us feel that our Canadian government is heading in a direction where freedom of speech and freedom of expression are going to be taken away from us,” organizer Everal Nelson told the Calgary Sun. “If he’s going to be taken to the human […]
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Official English Translation of Pope John Paul II Last Will and Testament

VATICAN, April 7, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Following is the text of the spiritual testament of John Paul II, which was released today in an Italian translation of the original Polish. The translation from Italian into English has been done by the Vatican Information Service: The testament of 6.3.197 (and successive additions) “Totus Tuus ego sum” In the Name of the Most Holy Trinity. Amen. “Watch therefore, for you do not know on what day your Lord is coming” (cf. Mt 24, 42) – these words remind me of the last call, which will happen at the moment the Lord wishes. […]
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Priests for Life Head Fr. Pavone Preaches to Standing Ovation at Schiavo Funeral

GULFPORT, Florida, April 7, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Almost 1,000 people rose to their feet to applaud the life of Terri Schiavo during the homily given by Priests for Life national director Father Frank Pavone at her funeral mass Tuesday evening. “We are with you,” Fr. Pavone said, as those gathered to remember Terri rose to their feet in applause. Fr. Pavone provoked cheers and another standing ovation when he called on those in attendance to work “so that what happened in this tragic place will never happen again.” “God calls us to go forth from this place and build a […]
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Colorado Governor Vetoes Bill Requiring Hospitals to Give Morning After Pill

DENVER, April 6, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Catholic governor of Colorado has vetoed a bill that would have forced Catholic health institutions to give information on the abortifacient drug known as the Morning After Pill. Most health professionals call the drug ‘emergency contraceptives’ and routinely prescribe it to women after rape. The bill did not have the necessary support in the House to override the veto. The Archbishop of Denver, Charles Chaput, objected that the wording of the bill did not require that women be given the information that the drug often causes an early-term abortion. Governor Bill Owens, a […]
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Dobson: Jefferson’s Predictions of Oligarchy Have Come True

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo., April 6, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Focus on the Family Action Chairman Dr. James C. Dobson is stepping up efforts to alert his constituents to the dangers of judicial tyranny, devoting his April newsletter to spotlighting how badly unbalanced the Founding Fathers’ system of governmental checks and balances has become. Dobson documents in detail what he calls the “heady abuse of power that is all too common among independent fiefdoms known as judges,” noting that Thomas Jefferson spoke prophetically when he repeatedly warned that an out-of-control judiciary would threaten not only the soundness of the Constitution but the […]
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Poll: Canadian Protestants Approved Pope’s Moral Stands More than Francophone Catholics

April 6, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Canada’s National Post newspaper commissioned a Compass poll on Canadian attitudes to the achievements of the late Pope John Paul II. The Post found that Canadians have a remarkably positive view of the Pope’s achievements both as a religious leader and as a statesman. The survey, conducted in February before the Pope’s health started to fail, shows that Canadians of all Christian denominations held him in high regard. “According to Canadians, the Pope’s greatest achievements were, standing up for traditional Catholic values; bringing respect for the Church through his own person and character; fostering enthusiasm […]
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Zogby Poll Shows Large Majority of Americans Oppose Forced Starvation

PINELLAS PARK, Fl., April 6, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A Zogby Poll just released indicates that Americans oppose the forced starvation of people in Terri Schiavo’s condition prior to the removal of her feeding tube. These results, taken by one of the nation’s most respected pollsters, show opposite results to opinion polls taken by many television networks while Schiavo lay dying from forced dehydration and starvation in a Florida hospice last month. When asked, “If a disabled person is not terminally ill, not in a coma, and not being kept alive on life support, and they have no written directive, should […]
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Professor Draws 250 to Silent March Against University Award to Controversial Abortionist

LONDON, ON, April 6, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The University of Western Ontario (UWO) has not yet backed down on the controversial decision to give an honorary degree to Canada’s notorious abortionist Henry Morgentaler. Rev. Michael Smith, who teaches at UWO-affiliated St. Peter’s Seminary sponsored a silent prayer walk today to protest the scheduled June 16 award of an honorary Doctor of Laws degree to Morgentaler. The hour-long walk began at 2 p.m. from two places—King’s and Brescia university colleges—and ended outside the University Community Centre where the 250 participants prayed silently for ten minutes. There were no signs, or placards, […]
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Half of Sexually active Teens will get STD

RALEIGH, N.C., April 6, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Half of US teens who are sexually active will contract a sexually transmitted disease by the time they are 25, a study by the American Social Health Association (ASHA) revealed Tuesday. The report, State of the Nation 2005: Challenges Facing STD Prevention in Youth, also highlighted that “overall incidence of STDs has increased dramatically in recent years.” ASHA President Dr. James Allen warned that many STDs – like Chlamydia, a leading cause of infertility in women – could go undetected because of mild symptoms. The study also found that teens who watched the […]
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“Miracle” Boy with Severe Genetic Problems Survives Despite Docs Recommendation of Abortion

FAIRVIEW, April 6, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Clanton Crumbley is a boy who should not be alive according to a number of statistics. The nine-year old child was born with a genetic abnormality so rare that it has been unofficially named after him: “Clanton Syndrome.” Clanton’s illness caused hearing, sight, heart and kidney problems and scoliosis, a severe curvature of the spine. He has also had speech problems for which he receives therapy. Naturally, the first suggestion after the possibility of genetic problems was diagnosed at 19 weeks, was abortion, but the parents said no. When he was born, doctors recommended […]
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Even Abortionists Backing 20-Week Limit for UK Abortions

LONDON, April 5, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Even one of Britain’s largest abortuaries is backing a bid by politicians there to restrict the age limit for abortions to 20 weeks or younger, arguing that babies older than that are then “potentially viable” outside the womb. Planned-Parenthood affiliate, Marie Stopes International, UK’s largest private abortion provider, said Sunday it would like to see the abortion limit reduced from Europe’s oldest legal age for abortion – 24 weeks – to 20 weeks. Marie Stopes is responsible for the atrocity of 60,000 unborn deaths per year. “We do feel that in light of medical […]
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Abortion-Causing Morning-After Pill Available Over the Counter in Canada by Spring

OTTAWA, April 5, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The abortifacient morning-after pill, Plan B, is to be available directly from pharmacies for over-the-counter sales throughout Canada by April, the Canadian Medical Association Journal revealed last week. Saskatchewan, BC, and Quebec already have provincial laws allowing non-prescription sales of the chemical abortifacient. Dr. Will Johnston, President of Canadian Physicians for Life, told LifeSiteNews.com that there are several problems associated with Plan B’s removal from prescription-only status. Firstly, Dr. Johnston warns that eased availability of the morning-after pill, “by removing a consequence of promiscuity, can’t help but add to the problem of the spread […]
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A Physician’s Poem on the Death of Terri Schiavo

TORONTO, April 5, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The following poem on the death of Terri Schiavo was submitted to LifeSiteNews.com by Dr. John Shea Terri’s Thirst For those who were not by her side   For those who were not there   How was it then that Terri died?   She died of ‘comfort care’   She found no aid   No remedy   In her resort   To any court   A world which kills   Within the womb   Will waft the weakest   To the tomb   A court that contradicts God’s word   Becomes at once the […]
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Young People Love the Pope Because of His Moral Stands, Not Despite Them

TORONTO, April 5, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Since the death of Pope John Paul II, media is awash with commentators talking about his influence. An especially consistent theme is the surprise that the Pope, who is portrayed as a severe moralist, should be so especially loved by young people. Media commentators show a consistent tone of perplexity that a man who was known for his uncompromising stands on moral issues would have such wide appeal for youth who are portrayed as dedicated hedonists. LifeSiteNews.com interviewed a number of young Canadian Catholics who revere the late Pope and asked them the question, […]
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Abortion is Primary Direction for Obstetricians After Down’s Diagnosis Study Finds

CAMBRIDGE, April 5, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A study published in the latest edition of the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology shows a bias in favour of abortion from doctors who inform women on their options with a prenatal diagnosis of Down’s Syndrome. The study’s author writes that after the possibility of Down’s Syndrome is shown, mothers reported that “the doctors did not tell them about the positive potential of people with Down syndrome.” After a pre-natal diagnosis of Down’s Syndrome, doctors and other health professionals, the study found, also often fail to give up-to-date information on the latest findings […]
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School Counsellor Suspended for Christian Stand on Homosexuality in Letter to Editor

QUENSEL, BC, April 5, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – In a decision handed down yesterday, Quesnel School District Superintendent Ed Napier suspended school counsellor Dr. Chris Kempling for three months. Dr. Kempling has been employed as a counsellor since 1990, and has been active in a wide variety of volunteer positions in the community. He is also the local spokesperson of the federal Christian Heritage Party, and had written a letter to the editor of the local newspaper on behalf of his party, criticizing the Liberal government’s same sex marriage legislation. The school district did not provide a single example of disruption […]
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Michael Schiavo’s Insurance Company Contributed to “Death with Dignity” Bill Supporter

CLEARWATER, Florida, April 5, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Jerger & Centonze Insurnace (sic) Agency, a company that lists its address as 2807 Marrie Court – Michael Schiavo’s address – and has as a co-founder, Michael’s girlfriend/fiancé Jody Centonze, was a contributor to the campaign of death-with-dignity bill champion Florida Senator Jim King. “Conflicts of interest among key players in the Terri Schiavo controversy could give the United Nations oil-for-food investigation a run for its money,” wrote canadafreepress.com Editor Judi McLeod. “Campaign contributors to the political campaign of district 8 [Jacksonville] Florida Senator James W. “Jim” King include Richard M. Jerger […]
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Vatican Releases Details on Pope’s Death and Those Praying With Him at Death

VATICAN, April 2, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The following details on the death of beloved Pope John Paul II were released by the Vatican Saturday evening. The Holy Father died at 9:37 this evening in his private apartment. At 8 p.m. the celebration of Mass for Divine Mercy Sunday began in the Holy Father’s room, presided by Archbishop Stanisaw Dziwisz with the participation of Cardinal Marian Jaworski, of Archbishop Stanisaw Ryko and of Msgr. Mieczysaw Mokrzycki. During the course of the Mass, the Viaticum was administered to the Holy Father and, once again, the Sacrament of Anointing of the Sick. The […]
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Latest Poll Shows US Opposition to Same-Sex “Marriage” at 68%

WASHINGTON, April 4, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A recent poll found that opposition to same-sex “marriage” by Americans has reached a high at 68 percent, according to results of a CNN/USA Today/Gallup poll. In addition, 57 percent favoured a constitutional amendment enshrining marriage as “between a man and a woman.” In a similar poll last year, only 55 percent opposed same-sex “marriage,’ while only 48 percent supported a constitutional amendment. Gallup conducted the national survey of 443 adults March 18 to 20. Kansans go to the polls Tuesday to vote on a state constitutional amendment to protect marriage as the union […]
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Terri’s Body Cremated, Independent Coroner Shunned from Terri Schiavo’s Autopsy

PINELLAS PARK, Florida, April 4, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Bob and Mary Schindler were denied their request that an independent coroner and noted forensic pathologist be present at the autopsy of their daughter, Terri Schiavo. The results of the autopsy – carried out by Medical Examiner Dr. Jon Thogmartin – will not be available for several weeks. Terri’s body was cremated Monday. Terri Schiavo died Thursday morning after 13 days of starvation and dehydration subsequent to a stop-feeding order from her husband Michael and Pinellas County probate judge George Greer. The decision to prohibit Allegheny County, Pa, coroner and pathologist Dr. […]
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Historical Illiteracy and Ideological Enthusiasm for Divorce Behind Support for Gay ‘Marriage’

OTTAWA, April 4, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The debates in the House on Bill C-38 make for revealing reading. Support for same sex marriage seems to go hand in hand with support for, the shattering of families by Canada’s runaway divorce rate, and thinly disguised hatred for traditional religion and nearly total historical illiteracy. One of the more bizarre statements came from Mark Holland the Liberal MP for Ajax-Pickering, who claimed that marriage could be whatever anyone wants it to be because ‘cultures change over time.’ He said that religions have nothing legitimate to say on the subject because “the religious […]
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President Bush Statement on the Death of Pope John Paul II – Mentions “Culture of Life”

WASHINGTON, April 3, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The following were the official remarks of President George W. Bush on the death of Pope John Paul II made in late afternoon yesterday. “Laura and I join people across the Earth in mourning the passing of Pope John Paul II. The Catholic Church has lost its shepherd, the world has lost a champion of human freedom, and a good and faithful servant of God has been called home. “Pope John Paul II left the throne of St. Peter in the same way he ascended to it—as a witness to the dignity of human […]
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The Accomplishments of Pope John Paul II – 3rd Longest Papacy in History

VATICAN, April 4, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Vatican Information Service has made available the following impressive summary of the accomplishments of Pope John Paul II. At 4:45 in the afternoon of October 14, 1978, ten days after the funeral of Pope John Paul I, 110 cardinal electors, and 88 persons selected to assist them, entered into conclave, sealed off from the world, to elect his successor. At 6:18 p.m., on October 16, white smoke appeared from the small chimney of the Sistine Chapel, thus signaling that the cardinal electors had chosen a new Roman Pontiff. Twenty-seven minutes later, Cardinal Pericle […]
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John Paul’s Funeral Is April 8, Burial In St. Peter’s Basilica

VATICAN, April 4, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Holy See Press Office Director Joaquin Navarro-Valls held a briefing in the Holy See Press Office detailing the funeral Mass for John Paul II saying: “The funeral Mass for John Paul II will be celebrated on Friday, April 8 at 10 a.m. in St. Peter’s Square. “The funeral liturgy will be celebrated by the cardinals and the patriarchs of the Oriental Churches. Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, dean of the College of Cardinals, will preside. “At the end of the liturgy, the casket of the Roman Pontiff will be brought into the Vatican Basilica and then […]
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President Bush Comments on Pope John Paul – “An Inspiration to Us All”

WASHINGTON, April 2, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – In his weekly radio address today, President George W. Bush began saying, “Before I begin today, I would like to say a word about Pope John Paul II. His Holiness is a faithful servant of God and a champion of human dignity and freedom. He is an inspiration to us all. Laura and I join millions of Americans and so many around the world who are praying for the Holy Father.”
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Vatican Protocol after a Pope’s death

VATICAN, April 2, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The death of a Pope—like so many other activities as the Vatican—is surrounded by long traditions. But some of the events that will follow the final breaths of the Holy Father were dictated by Pope John Paul II himself, in his 1996 apostolic constitution Universi Dominici Gregis . The camerlengo—in this case, Cardinal Eduardo Martinez Somalo—has the ritual responsibility for announcing the death of the Pontiff. The camerlengo, according to Vatican protocol, calls the deceased Pope by his Christian name three times. When there is no response, the prelate announces, “The Pope is truly […]
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Funeral Mass to Remember Terri Schiavo on Tuesday, April 5

CLEARWATER, Fl., April 2, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Terri Schindler’s family have arranged a funeral Mass to remember their daughter and sister on Tuesday, April 5. Supporters have been encouraged to join in prayer with the Schindlers. The funeral will be held at Holy Name of Jesus Catholic Church, 5800 15th Avenue South, Gulfport, Florida on Tuesday, April 5, with a reception from 5:30 PM to 7 PM (at the Maria Center directly across from the church). Services begin at 7 PM. Media will be barred from the reception and Mass. While touched by the kindness, Terri’s family has received flowers […]
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Vatican Announces Death of Pope John Paul II – Pro-Life Movement Mourns

VATICAN, April 2, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Vatican has announced that Pope John Paul II passed away in the last few hours. In a statement the Vatican Press Office noted, “The Holy Father died this evening at 9:37 p.m. (2:37 p.m. EST) in his private apartment. All the procedures outlined in the apostolic Constitution `Universi Dominici Gregis’ that was written by John Paul II on Feb. 22, 1996, have been put in motion.” Earlier today, Holy See Press Office Director Joaquin Navarro-Valls noted that the Holy Father remained conscious. “The clinical conditions of the Holy Father remain very serious. In […]
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Religious Leaders, Homosexual Activist, Support Bishop Henry

CALGARY, April 1, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Leaders of various religious denominations expressed their support for Calgary Bishop Fred Henry Thursday – including recognition of the bishop’s right to free speech from a homosexual activist. Bishop Henry called a press conference Wednesday to express his criticism of an Alberta Human Rights Commission decision to entertain two human rights complaints against him for a pastoral letter condemning same-sex “marriage” that appeared in the Calgary Sun in January. Statements from representatives of the Jewish, Islamic, Sikh and Mormon faiths acknowledged that homosexuality is a sin, and the bishop should be granted the right […]
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Official Vatican Releases on State of Pope’s Health

VATICAN, April 1, 2005 (LifeSiteNew.com) – – Last evening at 10:15 p.m., Holy See Press Office Director Joaquin Navarro-Valls released the following declaration to journalists: “The Holy Father today developed a high fever caused by a urinary tract infection. “Appropriate antibiotic therapy was begun. “His clinical condition is being closely monitored by the Vatican medical team that is caring for him.” At 6:30 a.m. today, Holy See Press Office Director Joaquin Navarro-Valls released another declaration: “This morning the Holy Father’s health conditions are very serious. “Yesterday afternoon, March 31, as already announced, following a confirmed infection of the urinary tract, […]
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Conservative Leader Harper Responds to Charges of Muzzling Social Conservatives

TORONTO, ON., March 31, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) Conservative Leader Stephen Harper has responded to accusations that he is trying to muzzle pro-life and pro-family MPs within the Conservative Party. An interview with CTV’s Craig Oliver last month has caused a stir since reporting on the comments from the Sun chain spun the comments as indicating Harper would refuse to sign nomination papers for Conservative candidates who spoke out on abortion or same-sex ‘marriage’. During the interview Oliver asked “Are you going to get tougher with members of your party who say things which embarrass you and the party and are often […]
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Fr. Frank Pavone: Terri Schiavo ‘Responsive’ Until Death

PINELLAS PARK, FL, April 1, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – National Director of Priests for Life, Fr. Frank Pavone, spent the late hours of Wednesday night and the hours leading up to Terri Schiavo’s death early Thursday with her. He spoke about it with FOX News. When asked by FOX “Was their any sign of response from Terri Schiavo?” Fr Pavone responded: “Yes. And let me tell you, I’ll preface that by saying I visited with her several times before the feeding tube was removed. She was very responsive – closing her eyes when I said, ‘Let’s pray together, Terri,’ opening them […]
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Catholic League Supports Bishop Henry in Human Rights Suit over Gay ‘Marriage’

TORONTO, April 1, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Catholic Civil Rights League (CCRL) expressed its support for Bishop Fred Henry of Calgary Thursday, in the human rights complaint launched against him in Alberta. Calgarians Carol Johnson and Norman Greenfield filed the complaints with the Alberta Human Rights and Citizenship Commission after Bishop Henry’s pastoral letter condemning same-sex “marriage” was republished on LifeSiteNews.com and in the Calgary Sun newspaper in January. Commenting on the case, League President Phil Horgan said, “This action strikes at the core of freedom of speech and freedom of religion guaranteed to all Canadians in the Charter of […]
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Official Statement of the Schindler Family on the Passing of Terri Schindler Schiavo

PINELLAS PARK, Fl., April 1, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) -The following is the text of the statement read by Terri Schindler Schiavo’s sister, Suzanne Vitadamo; and brother, Bobby Schindler, in front of the Woodside Hospice, in Pinellas Park, Florida, at a 4:30 PM, press conference yesterday. As you are aware, Terri is now with God and she has been released from all earthly burdens. After these recent years of neglect at the hands of those who were supposed to protect and care for her, she is finally at peace with God for eternity. We are speaking on behalf of our entire family […]
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Latest Vatican Official Bulletin Says Pope’s Condition “Further Worsened”

VATICAN, April 1, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – At 6:30 this afternoon (noon EST), Holy See Press Office Director Joaquin Navarro-Valls released the following statement to journalists: “The general conditions and cardio-respiratory conditions of the Holy Father have further worsened. A gradual worsening of arterial hypotension has been noted, and breathing has become shallow. “The clinical picture indicates cardio-circulatory and renal insufficiency. The biological parameters are notably compromised. The Holy Father – with visible participation – is joining in the continual prayers of those assisting him.”
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