Articles for Month: May 2006

By Terry Vanderheyden SYDNEY, Nova Scotia, May 31, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A Cape Breton University (CBU) professor is the target of a human rights complaint by a homosexual student. Comments posted by the professor at his private web site critical of the Anglican Church of Canada for its permissive and condoning stand in relation to same-sex “marriage” are the cause of the complaint. History Professor David Mullan wrote to his local Anglican bishop in 2004, criticizing the trend: “When Anglicanism in some manner recognizes homosexuality as a legitimate ‘lifestyle’ for Christians, it will become a church in schism,” he charged. […]

By Gudrun Schultz PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, May 31, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A U.S. district court judge has refused to release the homosexual activist group Philly Pride Presents from a lawsuit brought by members of the Christian group Repent America. The lawsuit was filed on behalf of eleven members of Repent America, claiming allegations of a conspiracy between Philly Pride and the Philadelphia police to deny the group free speech during the homosexual celebration of “OutFest” in October 2004. The group was harassed and prevented from speaking by homosexual activists known as the “Pink Angels,” and were arrested by the police and […]

COLOMBO, May 31, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Sri Lanka has banned screenings of The Da Vinci Code in theatres and local television channels following an appeal by the country’s Catholic Bishops Conference to the President. President Mahinda Rajapaksa ordered the ban on the film on Wednesday the 24th May, according to a press release by the Sri Lankan pro-life group Cultura Vitae. The news was welcomed by the country’s 1.5 million Christians as it was deeply offensive. “The movie attacks the very roots of Christian faith and hurts the sentiments of all Christians,” the Catholics Bishop Conference said in a letter […]

By LifeSiteNews.com Staff TORONTO, May 31, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Around 9:35am on May 31st, the building at 120 Eglinton Avenue in downtown Toronto was alerted to a bomb on its premises. A second call was made to the administration office shortly afterwards stating that the bomb was located on the 7th floor of the building. The premises were evacuated and over 30 police officers arrived on the scene.  It was not specifically stated in either of the telephone calls who the bomb was targeting but police felt that there was a strong likelihood it may have been the Right to […]

By Hilary White TORONTO, May 31, 2006 (LifeSiteNew.com) – A new biography of the late former Canadian Prime Minister, Pierre E. Trudeau has made a splash in Canada’s normally staid publishing world. The book, titled “Young Trudeau: Son of Quebec, Father of Canada, 1919-1944,” shows a side to Trudeau that would have been unlikely to come to light under a Liberal or even Progressive Conservative party government. The new bio, to be officially released tomorrow, depicts Trudeau not in the usual iconographic way as the sacrosanct icon of the progressive new Canada but as an anti-Semitic admirer of Hitler and […]

By John-Henry Westen OTTAWA, May 31, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – LifeSiteNews.com has learned that an unborn victims of violence act that would have seen murderers of pregnant women charged with the death of the unborn child as well as his or her mother has been deemed non-votable by a parliamentary subcommittee. The bill (C-291), proposed May 17 by Conservative MP Leon Benoit, was, according to parliamentary sources, rejected as unconstitutional by an all party committee with a Conservative MP chairing giving the Conservatives the largest representation on the committee. The committee is comprised of Chairman Joe Preston (Conservative), Scott Reid (Conservative), […]

By Terry Vanderheyden VATICAN CITY, May 31, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A Vatican delegation to the United Nations has objected to granting UN NGO status to two homosexual activist groups. The International Lesbian and Gay Association argue that they deserve NGO status at the UN as a matter of human rights. The Vatican delegation, headed by Msgr. Ruben Dimaculangan, stated in an intervention dated May 16, a copy of which has been obtained by LifeSiteNews.com, that the demands of homosexual activist organizations have nothing to do with human rights. In particular, “sexual orientation is not comparable to race or ethnic origin,” […]

By Gudrun Schultz HEIDELBERG, Germany, May 31, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – An international study has shown that having more than one child dramatically lowers the chance of developing cancer for women carrying breast cancer gene mutations. The International BRCA1/2 Carrier Cohort Study (IBCCS) examined the effect of pregnancy, birth and breastfeeding on women with cancer-causing mutations in the BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes, who have an increased risk of developing breast cancer. The study, reported in Medical News Today, found that while one pregnancy and birth had no effect on subsequent cancer development for those carrying the mutant genes, a woman’s risk […]

By Gudrun Schultz JERUSALEM, May 31, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Supreme Court of Israel will not decide on the legality of three same-sex “marriages” that took place in Canada until further deliberation has taken place, after a recent hearing. The couples who brought the case to court want their unions recognized by the Israeli government, arguing that heterosexual couples married overseas are acknowledged by the Ministry even if they would not have been able to marry within the country. Israeli law does not recognize same-sex unions. Orthodox rabbis, who are opposed to same-sex marriages, perform Israeli wedding ceremonies. Gaining government […]

By Hilary White   MONTREAL, May 30, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The CBC reports today that UNICEF has announced that it will no longer be collecting funds with the familiar orange boxes at Hallowe’en as of this year. For fifty years, the United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund has been collecting the coins in Canada to fund its work in developing countries.   But the organization has come under increasing criticism for moving away from its original purpose – to provide material aid to children in emergencies – and moving into the UN’s population control agenda, promoting abortion, contraceptives and sex […]

DC Comics Confirms: Batwoman hero to return as lesbianhttps://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/5030518.stm Adult stem cells ‘cure’ incontinence https://www.contracostatimes.com/mld/cctimes/living/science/14638551.htm IVF blunder gives white parents biracial twinshttps://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/health/healthmain.html?in_article_id=388262&in_page_id=1774&in_a_source= Contrasts In Media Treatment of DaVinci Code and The Passionhttps://www.mrc.org/SpecialReports/2006/sum/sum052306.asp Leading Anglican UK Bishop: Bible supports homosexual partnerships those who don’t agree must “convert”https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2006/05/28/nchurch28.xml Downloads of Net porn hit record highhttps://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=388134&in_page_id=1770 Thomas Jefferson advocated government protection of religious practice rather than the protection of the government from the influence of Judeo-Christian principles. https://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/opinion/columnists/guests/s_455603.html Chinese detain pro-life activist prior to Tiannamen anniversaryhttps://www.wral.com/apworldnews/9284106/detail.html Georgia state Supreme Court asked to hurry ruling on appeal of veto of consitutional ban on homosexual […]

By John-Henry Westen related editorial:  To Amnesty International: As a Person of Colour I Oppose the Discrimination Against the Unbornhttps://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2006/may/06052601.html WINNIPEG, May 30, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Amnesty International’s Canadian branch voted at its annual general meeting over the weekend to have the organization move into abortion advocacy. A controversial proposal by the international headquarters of the group was sent out to the regional branches of the organization last year asking if they should begin advocating for a global right to abortion. Some pro-life Amnesty International members in Canada have expressed regret at the decision and have said they are no […]

By Gudrun Schultz WARSAW, Poland, May 30, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) -Poland is embracing its Christian identity with a new enthusiasm, the Seattle Times reported yesterday. According to recent census data, 96% of the population say they are Roman Catholic, and 57% say they attend Mass every Sunday. The churches are filled to capacity and there is no shortage of priests. During his pontificate, John Paul II expressed hope that Poland would be the source of a “new evangelization” of Western Europe. In recent years, a political movement in the country has begun efforts to influence the restoration of Christian values to […]

By Gudrun Schultz COLOGNE, Germany, May 30, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Germany has banned all journalists from photographing or videotaping within the city’s drive-in brothel zone, threatening prosecution for failure to heed the warning. “This zone is owned by the city of Cologne and is not considered a public street,” said Robert Kilp, the head of the city’s public affairs department. “Anyone filming or taking pictures there will be liable to prosecution. Prostitutes are having sexual intercourse in cars there, it is not a good thing to be filming,” reported the Guardian May 3. The drive-in brothel project was initiated by […]

By Gudrun Schultz JERUSALEM, May 30, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A Jerusalem District Court has ordered the Jerusalem Municipality to pay over CAD$80,000 to a city organization promoting homosexuality, the Gay and Lesbian Center. The payout covers “cultural and social activities” held by the Center since 2003, when the city stopped funding the organization, reported the Jerusalem Post Monday. Judge Yehudit Tzur accepted the organization’s argument that the city was discriminating against them, saying in her ruling, “[The municipality] must treat this community with equality, out of recognition of the supreme value of equality, and out of respect for the values […]

By Hilary White  SYDNEY, May 29, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A government-funded preschool in Sydney, Australia that cares for children ranging in age from six weeks to six years, is coming under criticism for introducing a curriculum in which children are introduced to the notions of “transsexualism” and “gay marriage.” The Marrickville Council, the municipal body responsible for the centre, says the staff of their child care facilities “work as collaborators with children” and supports “all aspects of human diversity within our community.”  Marrickville Mayor Sam Byrne boasted that the centre had “successfully adopted several strategies to encompass lesbian, gay, bisexual, […]

By Peter J. Smith AUSCHWITZ, Poland, May 29, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Pope Benedict XVI concluded his visit to Poland to a place that was “particularly difficult and troubling for a Christian, for a Pope from Germany”: the Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp complex. The visit concludes the Pope’s visit to Poland, where over 1 million Catholics received him in Krakow enthusiastically. The Pope came with humility into Poland, speaking only Italian, and some prayers and greetings in Polish. But only spoke German in the place where “humanity walked through a valley of darkness.” “I could not fail to come here. I had […]

by Hilary White KRAKOW, May 29, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – An open letter signed by 100 over Polish Catholics on the occasion of the visit of Pope Benedict XVI, calls on Catholic clergy who collaborated with the communist regime to come forward. The letter follows revelations in Zycie Warszawy daily earlier this month that Msgr. Michal Czajkowski of Warsaw was an informant on the activities of fellow clergy including Fr. Jerzy Popieluszko, a hero of the Solidarity movement murdered by communist agents. The letter from the laity urged priests to admit their guilt in collaborating with the communist regime, saying, “priests […]

By John-Henry Westen QUITO, May 29, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Last week the Ecuadorian Constitutional Court unanimously concurred with a lower court ruling prohibiting the sale of the morning after pill Postinor 2. TheÂsuit to have the pill banned was put forward by Fernando Rosero Rohde, the president of a local pro-life group in November 2004. Rohde reacted to the ruling saying it was “an historic day for Ecuador.” The case was hard won since powerful pharmaceuticals and foreign interest groups were pushing for the legalization of the drug. In 2004 the Ecuadorian Ministry of Health ordered the removal of the […]

By Gudrun Schultz DUBLIN, Ireland, May 29, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Ireland’s Supreme Court struck down the nation’s statutory rape law as unconstitutional last week, leaving a legal void the Department of Justice is now scrambling to fill. A provision in the law made sexual intercourse with a girl under the age of 15 automatically considered rape, regardless of the circumstances. The Supreme Court ruled the law was unconstitutional on the grounds it did not leave room for a genuine mistake, even if it were proven that a girl had lied about her age, reported the Irish Emigrant this morning. The […]

Violence Breaks Up Illegal Homosexual Parade

By Gudrun Schultz GREAT BRITAIN, May 29, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Babies are being aborted late in pregnancy for such minor defects as club feet or extra digits, reported the Sunday Times last week. More than 20 babies were aborted after 20 weeks gestation because it was found they had club feet, a condition that is correctible by surgery or physiotherapy, according to information obtained from the Office for National Statistics covering the period from 1996 to 2004. Four more otherwise healthy babies were aborted late-term because they had webbed fingers or extra digits, both of which can be easily corrected […]

VANCOUVER, May 29, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Canadian Movie Theater chain Cineplex Odeon abruptly cancelled a planned in-theater advertising campaign by Campus Crusade for Christ May 17. Valued at more than $60,000, the ads were part of the organization’s program encouraging the public to view The Da Vinci Code movie and explore religious issues raised by the film. “We’re very disappointed the movie chain cancelled our ads without any discussion or verification regarding our plans,” said Campus Crusade Marketing Director Braden Douglas. The Langley, BC-based organization had produced a 10-sec movie screen teaser ad encouraging the public to visit a […]

Special to LifeSiteNews.com In this essay, Canada’s best known Catholic novelist, Michael O’Brien, the author of the highly acclaimed Father Elijah: An Apocalypse, begins a serious reflection on the emerging new world order with a whimsical tale demonstrating that the present debate over world government is not an abstraction. See the essay here:https://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2006/may/060526a.html

Poll: Same-Sex Marriage Invalid for Majority of Americanshttps://www.angus-reid.com/polls/index.cfm/fuseaction/viewItem/itemID/12001 Provincial council in Spain orders crucifixes removed from schoolhttps://www.catholicnewsagency.com/new.php?n=6833 Sexual Abusing Priest Was Actually involved with Satanismhttps://www.news.com.au/story/0,10117,19254550-2,00.html Prime Minister Harper muzzles MPs on homosexual ‘marriage’ of RCMP officershttps://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/Layout/Article_Type1&c=Article&pubid=968163964505&cid=1148593811103&col=968705899037&call_page=TS_News&call_pageid=968332188492&call_pagepath=News/News New high: 81% say nation’s moral values getting worsehttps://www.bpnews.net/bpnews.asp?ID=23322 Get Serious About China’s Rising Militaryhttps://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/05/24/AR2006052402431.html Large Percentage of Canadians Hold Conservative Viewshttps://www.canada.com/nationalpost/news/issuesideas/story.html?id=9f257e57-9576-4540-a4ca-a54a88179b7a Principal refuses to allow in homosexual boy wearing dress into promhttps://www.wnd.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=50367 Scottish Abortion Rate Hits New High of 12,603 Babies Killedhttps://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/tm_objectid=17127938&method=full&siteid=66633&headline=scottish-abortion-rate-hits-12-603—name_page.html Girls from broken homes may grow up to be less attractive, research published by the Royal Society shows.https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/5011730.stm Broadcast Decency Bill […]

by Hilary White  OTTAWA, May 26, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – In late April, LifesiteNews.com revealed that Amnesty International was canvassing their members on a proposal to move into abortion advocacy. Now the human rights group claims that their proposed foray into abortion stems from their support for women’s and homosexual rights.  LifeSiteNews.com has obtained copies of a form letter Amnesty sent to supporters who contacted them objecting that abortion violates the rights of the unborn. Amnesty wrote, that their proposal to support “sexual and reproductive rights,” (SRR) stems from their “global campaign to Stop Violence against Women, as well as its […]

By Peter J. Smith  May 26, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – France, once called the Eldest Daughter of the Church, has begun to awaken from her deep secular slumber, and so has her daughter Québec. France and Québec have been the respective leaders in the European and North American continents in the culture of death, but there are definite signs of a promising renewal. Better yet, France may even have found its champion against what Pope Benedict has called “the dictatorship of relativism.” Nicolas Sarkozy, one of the most visible public ministers of France and favorite for the 2007 presidential election, has […]

by Hilary White FREDERICTON, May 26, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Last week, the Dr. Everett Chalmers Hospital in Fredericton announced that it would cease committing abortions as of July 1. This would have put a virtual halt to all publicly funded abortion in New Brunswick until a group of doctors responded positively to New Brunswick Health Minister Brad Green’s request that other doctors take up the practice.  Green told CBC News yesterday, “We have physicians now in two hospitals who have indicated that they are willing to begin providing these procedures, so our focus now is on continuing to meet with […]

By Gudrun Schultz WASHINGTON, D.C., May 26, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – President Bush has chosen a new advisor on domestic policy with a history of pro-family interests, reported Focus on the Family’s CitizenLink yesterday. Karl Zinsmeister is a fellow at the American Enterprise Institute in Washington, D.C., and has been editor of American Enterprise magazine for the past 12 years. The 47-year old husband and father has pro-family groups optimistic about his approach to life and family issues. “Karl is a very bright man, an intellectual, a conservative in the very broad sense of that word,” Gary Bauer, one-time domestic-policy adviser […]

By Gudrun Schultz BUENOS ARIES, Argentina, May 26, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Catholic Argentina is facing an explicit threat against the country’s pro-life laws in a proposal to legalize first trimester abortions, reported Catholic News Service Monday. The proposal is part of an ongoing revision of the Argentine penal code. Under the new code, the section addressing abortion would read, “The woman is not punishable when the abortion is practiced with her consent and within three months of conception, provided circumstance made it excusable.” The Argentine Constitution recognizes the humanity of the unborn child “from the moment of conception.” Abortion is […]

By Gudrun Schultz SACRAMENTO, CA, May 26, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has said he will veto a bill to include mandatory instruction on achievements of homosexual persons in school curriculums throughout the state. “The governor believes that school curriculum should include all important historical figures, regardless of orientation,” governor spokesman Adam Mendelsohn said Wednesday. “However, he does not support the Legislature micromanaging curriculum.” The bill passed the Senate vote 22-15 on May 11. Opponents of the bill said it would introduce irrelevant material into textbooks and overstep the rights of parents who do not want their children exposed […]

Editorial

Blasts Union Admin for Failing to Accommodate People of Faith

By Peter J. Smith BLACK JACK, MO., May 24, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The little Missouri town of Black Jack is getting bad press in spades and a possible ACLU lawsuit, since its city council last week rejected a measure to adjust the definition of “family” to include unmarried couples with children. The city has told Olivia Shelltrack and Fondray Loving, who have three children, that they need to get married if they want to live in compliance with the city’s zoning laws for a single family home. Black Jack, a little town of more than 7,500 persons near St. Louis, […]

by Hilary White  OKLAHOMA CITY, May 25, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The state of Oklahoma has passed a law requiring that at least one parent gives consent before their minor child can seek an abortion. In contrast to most jurisdictions where underage girls can be taken for an abortion without parental knowledge, Oklahoma legislators reasoned minor children and their families need to be protected from abortion’s consequences.  The new law also allows public funding to be made available for pro-life counselling and alternative support for women experiencing unexpected pregnancies. The informed consent clauses allow information to be given to a woman […]

by Hilary White   NAIROBI, May 25, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Anglican Archbishop of Kenya has cancelled the activities of an English delegation led by the Bishop of Chelmsford, John Gladwin, because of his support for homosexual political activism. Gladwin and his group were to have led a two-week tour of African Anglican communities but was rebuked by the Archbishop Benjamin Nzimbi, for his liberal views on homosexuality.  Gladwin is a patron of Changing Attitude, a homosexual activist group in the British Anglican church. Changing Attitude’s website says the group’s goal is to “see a day when the Anglican Churches […]

Italian Prime Minister Blasts Ministers for Abortion and Civil Union Talk

Ruling Orders Police to Take Training on Trassexuality

By Terry Vanderheyden TRONDHEIM, Norway, May 25, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Norwegian research has found that pregnancies resulting from implantation of artificially-created embryos carry at least five times the risk for a dangerous complication of pregnancy known as placenta praevia. Placenta praevia is a complication where the placenta attaches over the mother’s cervix, impairing the child’s likelihood of a natural birth, and raising the risk for bleeding in pregnancy, miscarriage, and premature delivery. A team of researchers from St Olav’s University Hospital in Trondheim, Norway, examined records from over 845,000 pregnancies, revealing that there were 3 instances of the disorder per […]

By Terry Vanderheyden PURCELLVILLE, Virginia, May 25, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A home schooling association is warning that the U.S., and even more so other countries, faces the threat that home schooling may be deemed illegal due to international law. The Home School Legal Defense Association’s (HSLDA) Chairman and General Counsel, Michael Farris, warns that even though the U.S. has never ratified the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, the convention may still be binding on citizens because of activist judges. According to a new “interpretation” of what is known as “customary international law,” some U.S. judges have […]

By Gudrun Schultz OTTAWA, Canada, May 25, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Canada’s national media operates under a strong anti-Conservative bias, Prime Minister Stephen Harper said Wednesday. “Unfortunately the press gallery has taken the view they are going to be the opposition to the government,” Mr. Harper told A-Channel TV in London, Ontario. “They don’t ask questions at my press conferences now.” In response, PM Harper said, his Conservative government will focus on communicating with local media outlets. “We’ll just take the message out on the road. There’s lots of media who do want to ask questions and hear what the government […]

Australians don’t support gay marriage says Prime Minister Howardhttps://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200605/s1644777.htm Ottawa may host Secretive Bilderberg Conferencehttps://www.canada.com/nationalpost/news/story.html?id=9e437d43-a085-4391-b99a-10d0d18a0585 Teacher Blasted by Parents for Sexual Orientation Questionnaire Placed On Leavehttps://www.jsonline.com/story/index.aspx?id=426177 Bishops’ Conference Urges Supreme Court To Uphold Federal Ban On Partial-Birth Abortionhttps://www.usccb.org/comm/archives/2006/06-102.shtml British Airways, Ford, Among Top Sponsors of Gay Pride Europehttps://www.pridelondon.org/pride/sponsors.asp Madonna Blasted for Staging Crucifixionhttps://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/5006008.stm India rejects pope’s criticism of “religious intolerance”https://www.ansa.it/main/notizie/awnplus/english/news/2006-05-22_1229695.html Southern Baptists Urge Partial-Birth Abortion Banhttps://www.bpnews.net/bpnews.asp?ID=23297 58 percent of Americans oppose ‘gay marriagehttps://www.bpnews.net/bpnews.asp?ID=23295 Ohio at Bottom of Homosexuals’ Listhttps://headlines.agapepress.org/archive/5/232006d.asp Orthodox Church in Russia, abroad against Moscow gay paradehttps://en.rian.ru/russia/20060523/48484321.html Davenport diocese hit with 14 new abuse claims https://www.globegazette.com/articles/2006/05/22/latest_news/doc4472372fe3c96190954463.txt Conservatives Surge To […]

by Hilary White  ROME, May 24, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – In Italy, a political controversy is growing over the support given to so-called homosexual “civil unions” by the new minister for family in the recently elected centre-left government, Rosy Bindi.   With the institution of marriage failing in Italy and the Italian birth rate plummeting, Bindi told Italy’s largest circulation paper on Sunday that co-habiting couples need “public recognition,” a stand that is contrary to her often-declared Catholic faith. “It is not possible to relegate the safeguard of civil unions only to the sphere of private law,” Bindi told Corriere della […]

By Gudrun Schultz HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, May 24, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A federal district court judge has ruled that the freedom of speech rights of two street preachers were violated when they were prevented from speaking against homosexuality outside a Pridefest event. U.S. District Judge William Caldwell issued a declaratory judgement earlier this month, saying police actions against Pastor Jim Grove and Repent America leader Michael Marcavage were unconstitutional. The men were prevented from speaking to participants entering the event area, from a location held by PrideFest organizers but not in use for the event. Police also attempted to create a […]

by Hilary White MINNEAPOLIS-ST. PAUL, May 24, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Graduates and their families got an unexpected earful of Catholic doctrine at the graduation ceremonies of St. Thomas University this weekend. Ben Kessler, a well-known student recently honoured by peers and faculty as Tommie of the Year, spoke of the “selfishness” of birth control and extra-marital sex. An audible roar of protest erupted when Kessler asked, “What in society is selfish? I would point to the common practice of birth control…Birth control is selfish.” On a videotape of the speech obscene comments can be heard as well as shouts of […]

Male Female Ratio Skewed In Predominantly Chinese and Indian Communities

By Gudrun Schultz CHICAGO, Illinois, May 24, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Members of the Rainbow Sash Movement, a homosexual activist group demanding the Catholic Church accept homosexuality, have said they will once again disrupt mass in Catholic Cathedrals on Pentecost Sunday. The group wears rainbow-coloured sashes while attending mass to indicate they are actively living a homosexual lifestyle, but intend to receive communion regardless. The demonstration challenges the Church’s teaching that homosexual behaviour is gravely immoral and constitutes a mortal sin. Under church teaching, a Catholic cannot receive Holy Communion while in a state of unrepentant mortal sin. The demonstrators were […]

By Terry Vanderheyden LONDON, May 24, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – British pop music star Elton John has attacked the Catholic Church and its position on condom use as a reason for the demise of 60 of his friends to the sexually-transmitted disease, AIDS. Speaking at a business awards ceremony, he said, “We don’t have a medical vaccine but we have a social vaccine and it’s called education.” He failed to include in his so-called education platform that condoms may be a leading reason for the HIV/AIDS epidemic. Even leading health experts at the United Nations have acknowledged that condoms have an […]

By Gudrun Schultz TORONTO, Ontario, May 24, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Ontario elementary school teachers’ union, to which all elementary school teachers in the province must pay dues, is offering special leadership training for select groups of members including all homosexual, bisexual and transgender members in addition to visible minorities. Called “Diversity in Leadership,” the Elementary Teachers Federation of Ontario (ETFO) will be holding an introductory leadership development program the first weekend in June for men and women who “self-identify” as “Aboriginal, with a Disability, Visible Minority, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgendered.” Among other goals, the program will include “opportunities […]

By Gudrun Schultz OTTAWA, Canada, May 23, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A recent conference on the Vatican document Humanae Vitae and artificial contraception offered an open look into the beauty of the Church’s teaching on respect for life and sexuality within marriage, and the vast social problems it says have resulted from the widespread use of artificial contraception. Conference organizer John Pacheco, who co-founded The Rosarium, a Catholic organization dedicated to increasing respect for life in Canada, said the conference was intended to be a re-opening of the issue of contraception. “No-one talks about this issue,” said Mr. Pacheco in an […]

By Terry Vanderheyden SPRINGS, South Africa, May 23, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – South African researchers have discovered a medication that temporarily arouses patients from a permanent vegetative state. Scientists Ralf Clauss, now practicing nuclear medicine in the UK, and Wally Nel, in family practice in South Africa, found that Zolpidem, an insomnia drug, effectively restored consciousness to three individuals who were all in permanent vegetative states for at least three years before commencing the trial. After administering the drug, which the doctors have been doing every morning for three years, the three individuals all “wake up” to varying degrees, answer simple […]

by Hilary White  PONTEFRACT, UK, May 23, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Two homosexual men who volunteered to be foster parents to troubled children were convicted of multiple counts of sexual molestation of their charges. Ian Wathey, 40, and Craig Faunch, 32 were convicted of molesting and filming eight-year-old twins and two 14 year-old boys placed in their care by the Wakefield council.   The council is being criticized for having failed to act after accusations of abuse were made against the two men. The twin boys mother, identified only as “Mrs X,” complained when she found suggestive photographs of her sons. […]

Jesuit Civiltà Cattolica says Africans Culturally Suited to Chastity not Condoms

Canterbury Tales: The Covenant to Agree to Disagree

By Gudrun Schultz SCOTLAND, UK, May 23, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Scottish schoolchildren will soon be hearing about how to engage in “safe” homosexual activity, and getting advice on same-sex relationships, from their teachers. The Scotsman reported Sunday on the coming release of a new set of official guidelines that includes homosexuality in school sex education programs. The new material will include information on male and female condoms for protection against sexually transmitted diseases, advice on the “emotional” side of homosexual relationships, and contact information for homosexual health services and support groups. Laws preventing the promotion of homosexuality in Scotland’s schools […]

By Gudrun Schultz MICHIGAN, United States, May 23, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Demonstrating again the dangers of artificial procreation, doctors reported last week on the case of five children fathered by the same sperm donor have inherited a rare and often fatal disease from him. The rare disease naturally affects only about one child in five million, said Dr. Lawrence A. Boxer, director of paediatric haematology and oncology at the University of Michigan, who discovered the cases. When four families with affected children came to him in one year, “it became pretty striking,” he told the AP. The families had seven […]

"You will never get accustomed to killing somebody. We are not trained to kill."

By John-Henry Westen VATICAN, May 23, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Addressing Catholic bishops from Atlantic Canada Saturday, Pope Benedict XVI warned that “Canada is today suffering from the pervasive effects of secularism.” The Pope explained that “the attempt to promote a vision of humanity apart from God’s transcendent order and indifferent to Christ’s beckoning light, removes from the reach of ordinary men and women the experience of genuine hope.” The Pope pointed to the abysmally low Canadian birth rate as evidence of the trend.“One of the more dramatic symptoms of this mentality, clearly evident in your own region, is the plummeting […]

By John Jalsevac FRONT ROYAL, VA, May 19, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Australia’s Cardinal George Pell, was in Front Royal, Virginia May12-14 celebrating Mass and giving the Commencement address at Christendom College. LifeSiteNews.com interviewed the Australian Church leader at the college. This is the final instalment of a three-part interview. (for first two parts see below) LifeSiteNews.com: Following on that question, you yourself have admitted in the past a certain amount of regret at not having preached more often on moral matters from the pulpit. By this point then you’ve admitted that you’ve learned your lesson and altered your tactics. What […]

FollowingÂon yesterday’s appeal article here are more reasons to financially support LifeSiteNews. We are constantly amazed at the unexpected emails of encouragement that readers send us. It is almost embarrassing at times. Now of course not all the emails are positive considering the issues we cover. The worst by far are from pro-abortion and gay activists. These are almost all genuine hate mail, with personal attacks, strong emotion and absolutely no attempt to present reasoned arguments or even to address any specific news items. That tells us a lot about the substance of their complaints about our factual, professionally produced […]

by Hilary White BRIDGEPORT, May 19, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Church officials in the Diocese of Bridgeport, Connecticut told The Associated Press (AP) on Wednesday that one of the diocese’ priests is leaving his parish and ministry amid financial and homosexual scandals. Bridgeport Bishop William E. Lori said he “requested and received” the resignation of the Rev. Michael Jude Fay of St. John Roman Catholic Church. Bishop Lori told AP that Fay’s “personal suitability for priestly ministry” was being investigated. “A thorough and fair independent investigation of the financial stewardship of St. John Parish by an external auditor will be completed, […]

By Gudrun Schultz WASHINGTON, D.C., May 19, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A U.S. senate committee voted to send a constitutional amendment banning gay marriage on to the full Senate Thursday, amid intense debate and flaring tempers, reported the AP yesterday. The panel decided in favor of the amendment in a 10-8 vote along party lines.  The measure would prevent states from recognizing same-sex marriages by amending the constitution to explicitly define marriage as a union between one man and one woman. “Marriage in the United States shall consist only of the union of a man and a woman,” the measure states. […]

By John-Henry Westen NEW YORK, May 19, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – In a move that has pro-family groups shaking their heads, the United States has backed the application of homosexual activist groups to acquire special status at the United Nations. A coalition of largely Asian and African countries sought to dismiss the applications for NGO status of two homosexual activist groups which they felt had not yet sufficiently distanced themselves from pedophilia, and were moreover doubtful of the contributions that the groups would make to the UN’s work. At a meeting of the UN Economic and Social Council Committee on NGO’s […]

By John Jalsevac FRONT ROYAL, VA, May 19, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Australia’s Cardinal George Pell, was in Front Royal, Virginia over the weekend celebrating Mass and giving the Commencement address at Christendom College. LifeSiteNews.com interviewed the Australian Church leader at the college last Friday. This is the second part of that three-part interview. Cardinal Pell:” . . . I mean, we believe that Christ is the Son of God and I believe that if we follow what he says, either popular or unpopular, you’re much more likely to be blessed than if you set out to tailor His message-cut bits […]

Catholic nurses under pressure to assist abortions https://www.speroforum.com/site/article.asp?id=3632 Global Government Group Gives Hillary Clinton an A+ Ratinghttps://www.canadafreepress.com/2006/klein051706.htm Taiwan Thinks Adultery Should Remain a Crimehttps://www.angus-reid.com/polls/index.cfm?fuseaction=viewItem&itemID=11922 Scalia: Keep Foreign Law Out of Decisionshttps://www.townhall.com/news/ap/online/gov/supreme-court/D8D6TA308.html Australian prime minister addresses packed Commons, lauds U.S.https://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/18052006/2/national-australian-prime-minister-addresses-packed-commons-lauds-u-s.html Dishonesty of including morning-after pills and related abortifacients in the category of contraceptives -May 18, 2006 – Richard John Neuhaus https://www.firstthings.com/ 9th Circuit Panel Judges soften harsh statement against the right of parents to control their children’s educationhttps://www.family.org/cforum/extras/a0040554.cfm Survey indicating most Americans support embryonic stem-cell research fails to note that it requires the destruction of human life.https://www.family.org/cforum/news/a0040534.cfm CDC: Center for Disease […]

Homosexuality: "We've got to see that this is not tolerated amongst clergy and religious orders"

To all LifeSiteNews readers, It is that time of year when we need to ask for your financial support. There are extra special facts this time that will assure you LifeSiteNews is well worth your generous contribution. Reliable stats on traffic to our site for the past few years were just produced. To us, at least, they are shocking. We knew LifeSiteNews.com was popular but had no idea of the extent of that popularity. This service, your service, is clearly meeting a need. Here are some figures: *Â 11,136,254 individual, full LifeSiteNews pages were viewed in 2005   * So […]

"What does it say about a society in which men send women out to defend them?"

By Terry Vanderheyden EDINBURGH, May 18, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – An overwhelming majority of those involved in a consultation on adoption by same-sex couples in Scotland are opposed to the move – 89% according to Scotland’s Catholic prelate, Cardinal Keith O’Brien. Despite the opposition, lawmakers there plan to go ahead with the measure anyway. That decision has prompted the Cardinal to threaten to opt out of the consultation process. “What is the point of all this consultation process continuing if it is going to be ignored?” he said in an interview with Vatican Radio. “We know that children should be brought […]

By Hilary WHite OTTAWA, May 18, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – NDP Member of Parliament for Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Tony Martin, was photographed on the lawn of Parliament Hill with a group of smiling young pro-life activists. Martin’s action has drawn no criticism from his party which remains firmly opposed to the goals of the March. Martin has in the past shown a slight but certain latitude in his position regarding the life issues. In 2003 he told Campaign Life Coalition that he would support legislation for the right to fully informed consent for women seeking abortions and the rights of […]

By John-Henry Westen NEW DELHI, May 18, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The President of the Conference of Catholic Bishops of India (CCBI), Archbishop Oswald Gracias, has condemned the proposal of Amnesty International to enter into abortion advocacy. In response to a request by LifeSiteNews.com, Archbishop Gracias said, “If the much-respected organization adopts a pro-abortion policy, it would mean that Amnesty International is bidding good-bye to human rights, which has been it’s hallmark for over forty years.” Archbishop Gracias, a Canon Law expert, responded to those who argue that abortion, especially in cases of rape and incest could be seen as a […]

By Terry Vanderheyden BARRIE, Ontario, May 18, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A psychologist who accompanied a friend to a Swiss suicide clinic was before a professional appeals panel yesterday, accused of misconduct. The College of Psychologists revisited the complaint against psychologist Peter Marshall, who wrote a letter to the National Post in December 2004 describing his trip to Switzerland with his friend ‘Su’ who killed herself with the help of Dignitas, a Swiss assisted suicide organization. Toronto psychologist Marty McKay launched the complaint, which was initially rejected by the College. McKay argued in the appeal that Marshall brought the profession into […]

By Gudrun Schultz WASHINGTON, D.C., May 18, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said it responded “aggressively” to multiple reports of deaths linked to the chemical abortion drug RU-486, despite allowing the drug to remain on the market. Four women in the U.S. alone died from infections with the rare bacterium Clostridium sordellii after taking the abortion drug, also known as Mifeprex or misoprostol, and a fifth recent death was also linked to the drug’s usage, involving a similar bacterial infection. “FDA responded aggressively to these reports,” FDA Deputy Commissioner Janet Woodcock told a U.S. House of […]

Fear easy availability would encourage young girls to be promiscuous

By Terry Vanderheyden OTTAWA, May 18, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Canada’s Supreme Court has reserved its ruling in a lawsuit brought by the survivors of same-sex partnerships, who challenged a denial of retroactive disbursements of survivor benefits under the Canada Pension Plan (CPP). The federal Justice department under Liberal Prime Minister Paul Martin appealed an Ontario Court of Appeals decision in 2004 that approved pension benefits for surviving partners of same-sex couples retroactively to 1985. The December 2003 decision ruled that restricting CPP survivor benefits to same-sex couples whose partners died after 1997 violated the Charter of Rights. If the court […]

By Gudrun Schultz OREGON, United States, May 18, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Oregon’s confusion over the state’s alarming rate of suicide among the elderly would be laughable, if it were not so tragic, said Wesley J. Smith, an expert in the field of bioethics and euthanasia and the author of a critical examination of the assisted suicide/euthanasia movement, Forced Exit: The Slippery Slope from Assisted Suicide to Legalized Murder. Oregon legalized physician-assisted suicide in November of 1997. Over the ensuing decade, rates of non-physician assisted suicide in the state have outstripped the national elder suicide rate, with about 100 Oregonians aged […]

By Terry Vanderheyden PORT WASHINGTON, Wisconsin, May 17, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A high school student club for homosexuals has raised the ire of parents through a “Heterosexual Questionnaire” that posed such questions as, “If you have never slept with someone of your same gender, then how do you know you wouldn’t prefer it?” Hundreds of students were asked to write answers to the highly personal questions in what the group claims was part of a national homosexual awareness campaign dubbed the Day of Silence. Two teachers approved distribution of the survey, according to a Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel report. One parent said […]

So Bad It Drew "Prolonged Laughter" and "Catcalls" at Serious Scenes, "Hisses" at Cannes Debut

By Terry Vanderheyden LONDON, May 17, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A UK bachelor who spent £50,000 to beget triplets, now five years old, will be featured on a BBC television special to broadcast today titled One Life: I’m The Daddy. In another version of “truth is stranger than fiction,” Ian Mucklejohn decided at age 58 that his life was incomplete, so he paid a woman to donate her eggs, which were then fertilized by his sperm; the new embryo was then implanted into the womb of a second (US) woman who acted as the surrogate mother. He chose an American as […]

By John-Henry Westen FREDERICTON, May 17, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Presse Canadienne is reporting that at the end of June, the only hospital still performing abortions in the province of New Brunswick will end its practice of taking the lives of the unborn at the end of June. The Dr. Everett Chalmers Hospital in Fredericton has been the sole hospital performing abortions since Moncton’s South East Health Authority ended the practice in 2002. Calls to the hospital to confirm the report were not returned by press time. Abortionist Henry Morgentaler is attempting to use the news to push the provincial […]

By John-Henry Westen OTTAWA, May 17, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Conservative MP Leon Benoit introduced in Parliament today a bill to recognize unborn victims of violence. Bill C-291, An Act to amend the Criminal Code (injuring or causing the death of a child before or during its birth while committing an offence), saw first reading today. Speaking to the bill, Mr. Benoit said, “Current laws protect women who are victims of violence, or at least they are meant to do that, however if a woman makes a choice to keep her child there is no protection under current law for that […]

Journal editor says immigrant violence no coincidence in "society that has lost respect for human life itself"

By Terry Vanderheyden NEEDHAM, Massachusetts, May 17, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The U.S.-based Catholic Medical Association has called on drug manufacturers to stop using aborted fetal tissues in the production of vaccines. Drawing on a recent Vatican Pontifical Academy for Life (PAFL) publication condemning unethical vaccines, the CMA explained in a release that “circumstances have arisen in which development and /or application of certain medical techniques, even though effective, are morally illicit and must be condemned and actively opposed.” “An ethical problem exists today because some vaccines for rubella (Meruvax), Hepatitis A, (VAQTA, HAVRIX) as well as others are derived from […]

By Gudrun Schultz ATLANTA, Georgia, May 17, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A county judge has used a technicality to throw out Georgia’s ban on same-sex marriage, saying voter approval of the measure was gathered in violation of a rule limiting ballot questions to one subject, reported the Associated Press today. The ban was approved in 2004 after 76% of Georgia voters indicated their support for the amendment. Fulton County Superior Court Judge Constance C. Russell said voters should have been given the opportunity to indicate if they supported some measure of legal status for same-sex relationships. “People who believe marriages between […]

Urges politicians to stand firm against homosexual civil unions

By Gudrun Schultz OTTAWA, May 16, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – An expert in the field of breast cancer presented strong evidence linking breast cancer to abortion, in a press conference held by members of the Parliamentary Pro-Life Caucus last Thursday. Dr. Angela Lanfranchi is clinical assistant professor of surgery at Robert Wood Johnson Medical School in New Jersey and co-founder of the Breast Cancer Prevention Institute. “The link between abortion and breast cancer is simply the result of a woman’s biology,” said Dr. Lanfranchi, citing multiple scientific studies that link induced abortion with a significant increase in breast cancer rates. Breast […]

By Luke Jalsevac OTTAWA, May 16, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Following the National March for Life each year Campaign Life Coalition hosts a special all-day conference specifically for youth. This year’s unprecedented 500 youth turnout stunned organizers who were expecting numbers similar to last year’s 300 attendees. The featured speakers, who included lawyer Alex Vernon, LifeSiteNews editor John-Henry Westen, McMaster LifeLine president Johanna Miller, C-Fam Director of Intergovernmental Relations Samantha Singson, Campaign Life Coalition President Jim Hughes and newly elected Conservative MP Pierre Lemieux, all spoke passionately about the vital, prominent and necessary role of youth in defending life at all […]

by Hilary White ST. PAUL-MINNEAPOLIS, May 16, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Fr. Robert Altier of the Archdiocese of St. Paul-Minneapolis, after his public objections to a diocesan sex education program, has been removed from his position as assistant at St. Agnes parish and demoted to assistant chaplain at a nursing home. The Desert Voice website said that Fr. Robert Altier would obey Archbishop Harry Flynn’s order to leave his thriving parish ministry. Fr. Altier was ordered in March to cease publishing his homilies on Desert Voice and to stop his appearances on local radio after he made his objections to the […]

by Hilary White PITTSBURGH, May 16, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Vatican has announced that Bishop Donald Wuerl of Pittsburgh will replace Theodore Cardinal McCarrick as archbishop of the Catholic diocese of Washington DC. The Archdiocese of Washington is one of the “red hat” dioceses of the US whose archbishop is customarily made a cardinal, and Wuerl, at 65, is likely to be of voting age at the next papal election. Last year, Bishop Wuerl threw his support behind the teaching of Intelligent Design (ID) as an alternative theory of creation to materialist Darwinism. Bishop Wuerl spoke of the theory’s “reasonableness” […]

By John-Henry Westen WELLINGTON, May 16, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – At its recent annual meeting in Wellington, the New Zealand branch of Amnesty International decided to endorse the proposal that the international organization enter into abortion advocacy. The move follows the decision of the organization’s UK branch which decided similarly last month (see coverage: https://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2006/may/06050504.html) New Zealand Right to Life expressed disappointment over the decision. In a press release, the pro-life group condemned Amnesty for their decision “to actively fight to deny the human rights of unborn children and their inalienable right to life.” New Zealand Right to Life added, “In […]

OTTAWA, May 16, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The National Abortion Federation, a U.S. based group of abortion providers have today announced the launch of a Canadian public policy and outreach program. “This US based group, has expanded into Canada and they held a press conference today at the Centre Block of Parliament with the help of three pro-abortion MPs; Carolyn Bennett (Liberal MP and a current candidate for the Liberal leadership), Irene Mathyssen (NDP MP) and Penny Priddy (NDP MP),” said Jim Hughes National President of Campaign Life Coalition (CLC). The program, says a release by the pro-abortion organization, seeks “to […]

CBC, National Post, Toronto Star Offered No Coverage

HOLLYWOOD, May 16, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – “Da Vinci Code” director Ron Howard has been quoted as saying there will be no disclaimer in the film. Catholic League President Bill Donohue notes that the refusal is disingenuous given the fact that many other controversial films touching religious or cultural groups had disclaimers. “The book which the film (Da Vinci Code) is based on begins with three ‘facts,’ all of which are malicious lies, yet Ron Howard says no disclaimer is needed because ‘this is a work of fiction.’” The following got a disclaimer about a fictionalized TV show or film:· Asians: […]

by Hilary White WASHINGTON, May 15, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The legal watchdog group Judicial Watch has released four-page letter written in January 1993 by Ron Weddington to then president-elect Bill Clinton asking him to use abortion as a tool for “eliminating” the “barely educated, unhealthy, and poor.” Using terms reminiscent of early 20th century eugenicists, Weddington’s letter has revealed the stark anti-human principles that have always supported the US abortion movement. One quote directly echoes the utilitarian polemicists who called for the elimination of “useless eaters” from pre-war German society. Weddington tells Clinton that the “survival” of US society “depends […]

By Steve Jalsevac FRONT ROYAL, Virginia, May 15, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – In it’s May 6 Weekly Briefing, the Population Research Institute warns of an obviously growing fascist trend among gay activists who wish to silence all freedom of religion and speech pertaining to criticism of homosexuality. Joseph A. D’Agostino, PRI’s Vice President for Communications, writes in the Breifing that “Today’s homosexual ‘rights’ activists are determined to impose upon Western society a neo-paganism that is anti-life, anti-family, and anti-religious, and they actively seek to punish those who disagree.” PRI, a world leader in exposing the lies and manipulations of the population […]

By Gudrun Schultz LONDON, United Kingdom, May 15, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A bill that would legalize assisted suicide in the UK was blocked by a vote in the House of Lords last week, after extensive debate and protests. An amendment to delay the bill for six months was supported by a majority of 48 votes. The Assisted Dying for the Terminally Ill bill would allow doctors to give terminally ill patients lethal drugs to end their own lives. Those opposing the bill said it would offer a backdoor welcome to euthanasia, as well as strip protection from vulnerable members of […]

By Gudrun Schultz VATICAN CITY, May 15, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Married love is the primary model of God’s love for humanity, Pope Benedict said in an address last week, and it is the only foundation strong enough to support a society “that can be home to all human beings.” Speaking to an international congress promoted by the John Paul II Institute for Studies on Marriage and Family of the Pontifical Lateran University, the Holy Father said the heart of John Paul II’s teaching on human love was that “marriage and the family are rooted in the most intimate core of […]

By Gudrun Schultz WASHINGTON, D.C., May 15, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) –The House voted strongly last week against an amendment that would allow U.S. military hospitals to perform abortions. This is the tenth year in a row the measure has been brought forward, since Congress banned abortions at federally funded facilities, including military hospitals, in 1996. The measure was defeated despite a stipulation that military members would have to use private funds to pay for abortions, reported the United Press International. Concerned Women for America supported the decision in a press release Friday, saying: “The Davis/Sanchez/Harman Amendment to the Department of Defense […]

By Gudrun Schultz SACRAMENTO, California, May 15, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A proposed state law forcing into classrooms and textbooks mandatory instruction on the contributions of gay Americans came closer to realization last week, as it passed the California Senate. The bill states, “Instruction in social sciences shall include…an age-appropriate study of the role and contributions of … people who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender, to the economic, political, and social development of California and the United States of America, with particular emphasis on portraying the role of these groups in contemporary society.” Opponents of the measure said it would […]

by Hilary White GROVE CITY, May 15, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Associated Press has issued a correction to their earlier coverage of a Swedish study, which they claimed lent credence to the theory that homosexuality is strictly a physical phenomenon and not a learned behavior. LifeSiteNews.com reported last week that Dr. Ivanka Savic of the Stockholm Brain Institute, the lead researcher in the study, wrote to Dr. Warren Throckmorton that AP had misrepresented her work and had indulged in a conclusion not supported by her paper. AP wrote, “…the findings add weight to the idea that homosexuality has a physical […]

Culmination of years of effort by international population control groups

OTTAWA, May 15, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Nearly six thousand people from across Canada took part in the annual March for Life in the national capital Thursday.  The perfect weather, a warm day with cloud cover to keep the burning sun at bay, was very much appreciated by the upbeat crowd made up mostly of youth, thousands of whom arrived on buses from high schools in Ontario. Campaign Life Coalition President Jim Hughes told LifeSiteNews.com that he was invigorated by the youth presence.  “It was excellent,” he said, “It recharged my batteries seeing all those happy, upbeat young people there.  It […]

The World Isn’t Overpopulated – Here’s the Mathhttps://www.henryinstitute.org/article_read.php?cid=2 Rights Groups Protest Against Sex Slaves at 2006 World Cuphttps://www.christianpost.com/article/europe/663/section/rights.groups.protest.against.sex.slaves.at.2006.world.cup/1.htm The Effects of the da Vinci Codehttps://www.christianpost.com/article/culture/1748/section/barna.releases.new.da.vinci.code.findings.warns.of.movies.impact/1.htm Demographics: Social Conservatives Will Take Overhttps://www.canada.com/reginaleaderpost/news/viewpoints/story.html?id=ade28fa9-a1d9-40ef-9cf5-f2975c58aaa0&p=1 Conservative Christians Criticize Republicanshttps://www.nytimes.com/2006/05/15/washington/15dobson.html?hp&ex=1147752000&en=e08dec9e1107338d&ei=5094&partner=homepage Abortion pill prosecution a landmarkhttps://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,3667684a10,00.html Evangelicals re-thinking ‘contraceptive mentality’https://www.bpnews.net/bpnews.asp?ID=23238 Russia Said to Be on Edge of AIDS Crisishttps://www.breitbart.com/news/2006/05/15/D8HKD9T83.html Family stops hospital from taking boy off life supporthttps://www.kansascity.com/mld/kansascity/news/local/14572943.htm “Da Vinci” unites Indian Muslims and Christianshttps://today.reuters.co.uk/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=topNews&storyID=2006-05-15T091554Z_01_DEL216789_RTRUKOC_0_UK-RELIGION-INDIA-DAVINCI.xml&archived=False Argentinean lawyers reject AIDS prevention manual for studentshttps://www.catholicnewsagency.com/new.php?n=6725 Chinese State church installs another bishop, ordained without Vatican consent in 2000https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/new.php?n=6727 ACLU Says the War on Christianity is a Mythhttps://www.family.org/cforum/news/a0040490.cfm Christian Pharmacy […]

by Hilary White   WASHINGTON, May 10, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The US, National Breast Cancer Coalition (NBCC), has nominated in first place, the Coalition on Abortion and Breast Cancer (CABC) for its “Golden Boob” award. The “award” is a facetious double entendre intended to chastise “those whose frivolous or futile actions or initiatives actually undermine this critical mission.”“The Golden Boob Award is our way of shining a light on efforts that misrepresent the truth about breast cancer to push a different agenda,” stated Fran Visco, president of the NBCC.  NBCC has singled out CABC for, they allege, using the medical […]

By Terry Vanderheyden LONDON, May 10, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – An adviser to the UK’s Church of England on child protection has caused anger by suggesting that convicted pedophiles should be given counselling but not jail time. National child protection adviser to the Church’s Archbishop’s Council, Janet Hind, claimed that counselling in a community setting rather than in jail was a more effective way to rehabilitate sex offenders. Hind argued that “One shouldn’t necessarily think that because somebody hasn’t gone to prison that isn’t the safe option, because obviously offenders come out of prison and, if they haven’t had proper treatment, […]

by Hilary White  TORONTO, May 10, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Popular Toronto author, columnist and television host, Michael Coren has been “blacklisted” from appearing on Canada’s publicly funded broadcaster, the CBC. Coren writes in a column in the National Post, that the CBC had asked him to appear on the CBC News Sunday program on a political panel on May 6 about the Conservative government’s budget and then cancelled him without explanation.  Coren says the CBC cancelled his appearance on the panel because of standing objections at the CBC to “certain conservative, particularly morally conservative, voices in the media.” Coren […]

By Terry Vanderheyden OTTAWA, May 10, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Evangelical Fellowship of Canada (EFC) has endorsed pro-life action in the days leading up to the national March for Life, calling on Christians to “Let the voice for life be heard this year everywhere.” EFC President Bruce Clemenger called for the action in a bulletin insert that went out for Sanctity of Life Sunday, May 3. Clemenger called for Christians to stand up to the “culture of death,” as parliament prepares to resume debate on a controversial bill to legalize euthanasia. “The way we are born, as helpless babies, demonstrates […]

by Hilary White STOCKHOLM, May 10, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A US researcher has called to task the Associated Press for misrepresenting a scientific report on homosexuality. On Tuesday, May 9, the AP ran a story saying that a group of Swedish researchers had evidence showing that the brains of lesbians “react differently to sex hormones than those of heterosexual women”. These findings, AP concluded, “add weight to the idea that homosexuality has a physical basis and is not learned behaviour”. A key plank of the homosexual political movement’s agenda is that the condition is physical or genetic in origin and […]

By Terry Vanderheyden and John-Henry Westen WASHINGTON, May 10, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – U.S. President George W. Bush has endorsed his brother, Florida Governor Jeb Bush, as a potential future U.S. president. Jeb would make a “great president” of the United States, the U.S. President said, according to An AP report. The president admitted he did not know whether his brother had any intention of running for the Oval Office: “It’s up to Jeb to make a decision to run,” he told reporters at a roundtable interview with several Florida newspapers. “I have no idea what he’s going to do,” Bush […]

By Gudrun Schultz EDMONTON, Alberta, May 10, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A bill protecting the freedom of Albertans to opt out of teaching homosexual material or performing same-sex marriages ran out of time on Monday, as opposition members used stalling tactics to ensure the bill did not have a chance to pass. A private members bill, the Protection of Fundamental Freedoms (Marriage) Statutes Amendment Act offered protection to those who oppose homosexual activity. The bill would have amended the Human Rights, citizenship and Multiculturalism Act by forbidding sanctions against Albertans who express their freedom of conscience and religion by supporting or […]

By Gudrun Schultz ROCHESTER, New York, May 10, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A new Harris poll shows abortion on demand is continuing to lose support among the U.S. population. At 49%, support for Roe vs. Wade is at the lowest rate ever since the 1973 decision to make abortion a constitutional right. In a survey of 1,016 U.S. adults conducted between April 4 and 10, 2006, 47% of Americans said they opposed the Supreme Court decision to legalize abortion. A clear majority of respondents, 53%, indicated there should be some limits on access to abortion. 20% said they were never in […]

HOLLYWOOD, May 10, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Actress Blythe Danner and her daughter, actress Gwenneth Paltrow, have disappointed fans by issuing a letter supporting Planned Parenthood, the world’s largest abortion supplier, and denouncing the “growing movement” to end abortion as “disturbing.” “I think fans like to look at Blythe Danner and Gwenneth Paltrow as an example of loving family members. It is disappointing to see how Grandma and Mom could so radically support the brutal killing of innocent babies who would be just as loving and adorable as Paltrow’s children, Apple and new baby Moses, if they were given the same […]

By Gudrun Schultz ATLANTA, Georgia, May 9, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced the agenda of an upcoming conference on the bacterium responsible for the deaths of at least four women after using the chemical abortion drug RU-486. The one-day workshop, entitled the Emerging Clostridial Disease Workshop, will address scientific questions about deadly infections caused by the normally benign bacterium Clostridium sordellii and its link to the use of the abortion drug Mifepristone. Used in combination with the drug Misoprostol, the abortion agent causes the death of a baby in the early stages of pregnancy by […]

by Hilary White LONDON, May 9, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – With the prospect of the legalization of doctor assisted suicide looming in the House of Lords in Britain next week, a UK group is saying euthanasia is opposed to good health care. The campaign, Care Not Killing, is opposing the pro-euthanasia group, Dignity in Dying, that has created much sympathy in the UK for the bill. Among Care Not Killing’s individual supporters is David Williams, 51, from Cardiff, who survived cancer and is now speaking out against the pressure for euthanasia. Currently, doctors could face as much as 14 years in […]

"The impact will be severe and pervasive"

Truth of abortion of no consequence to UK courts

by Hilary White APPLETON, Wis. May 9, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A Wisconsin woman has been fired from her teaching position by a Catholic elementary school because she underwent in vitro fertilisation treatments in order to obtain her two daughters. Kelly Romenesko told the PostCresent.com news outlet that she had no idea that the Church was against in vitro even though she is a life-long Catholic and was told that if she underwent IVF it would violate her contract stipulation that teachers must adhere to Catholic principles. ÂRomenesko’s teaching contract stipulated that she uphold and act and teach in accordance with […]

Quest for a 'superhuman' race and to create a race of sub-humans to do menial or dangerous tasks

WASHINGTON, May 9, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – As the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) prepares for a May 11 meeting in Atlanta, Georgia focusing on deadly infections allegedly caused by the abortion pill RU-486, Judicial Watch, the public interest group that investigates and prosecutes government corruption, today released a new special report: “The Clinton RU-486 Files.” The report contains recently uncovered documents that shed new light on the Clinton administration’s aggressive drive to push RU-486 to market in the United States. Judicial Watch obtained the documents from the National Archives at the Clinton Presidential Library in Little Rock, Arkansas in February […]

Canadians probe China ‘organ harvesting’ allegationshttps://sympaticomsn.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20060508/china_organ_harvesting_060508 The coming conflict between same-sex marriage and religious liberty – by Maggie Gallagher https://www.weeklystandard.com/Content/Public/Articles/000/000/012/191kgwgh.asp?pg=1 UCSF resumes human embryo stem cell workhttps://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2006/05/06/MNGUUIMR5D1.DTL When Porn Makers Take Over a Neighborhoodhttps://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/05/07/BAG3SIK3KH1.DTL Czech Bishops’ Conference slams Da Vinci Code for dishonoring Christian symbolshttps://www.catholicnewsagency.com/new.php?n=6665 Colombian bishops reaffirm need to defend life from conception to natural deathhttps://www.catholicnewsagency.com/new.php?n=6664 Costa Rican chancellor says state has duty to defend the familyhttps://www.catholicnewsagency.com/new.php?n=6663 Plan for Vote on Decency Legislation Thwartedhttps://www.cwalac.org/article_325.shtml Problems in California public schools and a Web site that can help.https://www.cwfa.org/articles/10659/CWA/education/index.htm Austalian PM stands by Pell after Islam commentshttps://www.theage.com.au/news/National/PM-stands-by-Pell-after-Islam-comments/2006/05/05/1146335890691.html Most parents let kids surf […]

Confirms complaint that movie version of story "greatly empowers the Witch at Aslan's expense"

Condemns Texas law allowing hospitals to kill patients

By Gudrun Schultz CALGARY, Alberta, May 8, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – An Alberta human rights panel ruled Thursday against a Calgary professor who wanted a “hate speech” complaint he filed with the Alberta Human Rights Commission against an area pastor kept off the Internet. Calgary professor Dr. Darren Lund issued a complaint four years ago against Pastor Stephen Boissoin over a controversial letter Mr. Boissoin wrote to the editor of the Red Deer Advocate, in which he called on the heterosexual population to take a stand against the “horrendous atrocities” of the “aggressive propagation of homo- and bisexuality.” Mr. Boissoin expressed […]

Warns against "manipulations of life that violate human dignity"

Move Would Hurt Amnesty Donations Catholics and Evangelicals Warn

SAN FRANCISCO, May 8, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – On Friday in Smelt v. Orange County, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals dismissed a challenge brought by same-sex marriage advocates. Liberty Counsel defended the case on behalf of Campaign for California Families, which was granted defendant-intervenor status. The case began when Arthur Smelt and Christopher Hammer filed a federal lawsuit against the Orange County Clerk seeking a same-sex marriage license and claiming that the California Marriage Laws and Federal Defense of Marriage Act (“DOMA”) violate their rights of Equal Protection, Due Process, Privacy and Freedom of Speech provisions under the United States […]

By Gudrun Schultz SACRAMENTO, California, May 8, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Twelve high school students who were suspended for voicing their opposition to homosexuality are considering a lawsuit against their Roseville school. The Oakmont High School students wore T-shirts to school printed with the message “Homosexuality is sin. Jesus can set you free.” School officials warned the students to remove the shirts or face a two-day suspension. The students took the suspension. The students were participating in a nationwide event called Day of Truth, intended to be a peaceful expression by students of Christian beliefs on homosexuality. The event countered the […]

By Steve Jalsevac NAPLES, FL. May 8, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Pro-life, pro-family leaders at the United Nations and elsewhere have often found Muslims to be allies in their struggles to defend life and family. However, at the same time there has been anxiety about the rapid growth of extremely violent Islamic radicalism which has no regard whatever for the lives of even innocent women and children or for any freedom of religion. Cardinal George Pell of Sydney Australia, who says, “September 11 was a wake-up call” for him “personally,” bluntly addressed this issue in a talk to a Legatus Summit […]

By Steve Jalsevac FRONT ROYAL, Virginia, May 5, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – In its weekly briefing today the Virginia based Population Research Institute slams the credibility of the Planned Parenthood Guttmacher Institute’s latest report. PRI says the report, “Abortion in Women’s Lives”, “has holes so big and assertions so far from being scientific that its authors should be ashamed”. PRI’s Joseph D’Agostino indicates that the report reflects the current desperation of the abortion lobby over the impending, eventual demise of the infamous Roe decision. The statistics used in the report are seen to be gross exaggerations to bolster Planned Parenthood’s claims […]

Speakers represent organizations that often oppose Catholic teaching on moral issues

By Hilary White VANCOUVER, May 5, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – This Thursday, the BC Court of Appeal heard testimony from pro-life and civil liberties interveners in the case of Gordon Watson and Don Spratt who were arrested in December 1998 for having stood inside a “bubble zone” in front of Everywoman’s abortion site in Vancouver. The two men are appealing convictions of violating BC’s Access to Abortion Services Act that prohibits pro-life sidewalk counselors or protesters within 50 metres of an abortion facility. They were holding a wooden cross and signs that said “Abortion is Murder” and “Unborn Persons have a […]

Contradicts organization's stated support for UN Convention on the Rights of the Child

By Gudrun Schultz BAKER, Oregon, May 5, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The social acceptance of contraception and abortion has influenced Catholics to abandon the teaching of the Church, said Oregon Bishop Robert Vasa in an article published by the Catholic Sentinel today. Rejecting the Church’s teaching on contraception has a profound impact on our ability to love God, he emphasized, saying, “The truth is that it is simply not possible to say on one hand, ‘I do love the Lord with my whole heart, mind and soul’ and at the same time to say, ‘My decisions about how to deal with […]

By Gudrun Schultz VATICAN CITY, May 5, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Cardinal Alfonso Lopez Trujillo, president of the Pontifical Council for the Family, said the Catholic Church would not change its position on the use of condoms to prevent the spread of AIDS, reported the Catholic News Agency this morning. In an interview with Columbia’s Radio Cadena Nacional, Cardinal Trujillo said the Vatican “maintains unmodified the teaching on condoms” and said Pope Benedict XVI has not called for any studies on altering the prohibition against condom use. “As a dicastery we do not have any instruction or any indication to the […]

By Gudrun Schultz OTTAWA, Ontario, May 5, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Liberals have once again exposed their conviction that Canadian parents are incapable of raising children without the government’s help. Liberal leadership hopeful Carolyn Bennett said Tuesday that Harper’s “spiteful” approach to childcare will turn children into criminals by denying them access to daycare programs, in an interview with CTV’s Mike Duffy, reported the Toronto Sun. “There’s actually no plan for early learning and child-care spaces,” Bennett said. “So it’s a good job they’re putting more money for prisons in the budget, because we’re going to need them if we […]

By John-Henry Westen DUBLIN, May 4, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – British Actor Ian McKellen who was launched into mega-stardom playing Gandalf in the Lord of the Rings film in 2001, has used the recognition generated by the film to forward his crusade to promote homosexuality. Ironically, the genius behind the story which gave McKellen his current pedestal – J.R. Tolkien – held that homosexuality was a disorder and was a staunch defender ofÂtraditional Catholic teaching on sexual morality, according to experts on the famed writer. McKellen’s latest endeavour is to campaign for homosexual ‘marriage’ in Britain. This week McKellen complained that […]

By John-Henry Westen COLOGNE, May 4, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Germany’s legal prostitution scheme, introduced by the Socialist-Green government in 2001, has generated new controversy as the World Cup is about to begin.ÂGerman authorities are readying for a boom in the sex trade with the construction of mega-brothels and sex-huts or “performance boxes” as they are called. (coverage: https://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2006/may/06050108.html) Even stranger than the fact that German governmental authorities are, through taxation, profiting from the wiles of prostitution, is the fact that the Catholic Church in Germany is involved in the legal prostitution scheme. The city of Cologne funds the project with […]

ACLU triumphs over wishes of 105,000 citizens who signed ballot initiative

By Gudrun Schultz CHILE, May 4, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The bishops of Chile identified the protection of life, the recognition of the family founded on marriage, and the right of parents to education their children as three essential principles for the future of human progress, reported Fides news agency yesterday. “With Pope Benedict XVI we reaffirm three principles indispensable for authentic human and social progress: protection of human life from conception to natural death, recognition and promotion of the natural structure of the family founded on marriage between a man and a woman, [and the] protection of parent’s rights to […]

By Terry Vanderheyden NEW YORK, May 4, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – CBS television has teamed up with a homosexual advocacy group to provide public service announcements (PSAs) aimed at promoting the lifestyle to teens. CBS has joined with the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) to run the PSAs, which will be dropped into the day-time soap opera “As The World Turns,” to promote acceptance of teen homosexuality. The program will air May 9. According to a Traditional Values Coalition release, this particular show includes a teenager who tells his parents that he is a homosexual. The PSA will tell […]

Bishop Fred Henry expresses disappointment

By Terry Vanderheyden MEXICO CITY, May 4, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – After a spokesman for Mexican President Vicente Fox said Tuesday that he would sign into law a bill that decriminalizes the possession of marijuana, cocaine, heroin and other drugs, the president has come back with a surprise reversal. The new law approved Friday in the Mexican Senate, “represents progress,” argued the president’s spokesman, Ruben Aguilar. Because it defines “the minimum quantities that a citizen can carry for personal use,” the law would make it easier to catch drug dealers, he maintained, according to an Associated Press report. Yesterday, it was […]

WASHINGTON, May 4, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – US President George W. Bush has issued the following proclamation proclaiming May 4 as National Day of Prayer. National Day of Prayer, 2006   A Proclamation by the President of the United States of America Throughout our Nation’s history, our citizens have prayed and come together before God to offer Him gratitude, reflect on His will, seek His aid, and respond to His grace. On this National Day of Prayer, we thank God for His many blessings and His care of our country. God has greatly blessed the American people, and in 1789, George […]

Homosexual supporters label disagreement as attack on people because it makes them feel bad

CBS exposes DaVinci fraudhttps://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/04/27/60minutes/main1552009.shtml The “It’s Just Fiction!” Doctrine: Reading Too Little Into The Da Vinci Codehttps://www.ignatiusinsight.com/features2005/colson_justfiction1_mar05.asp Our Neat, Clean Culture of Deathhttps://www.catholicexchange.com/vm/index.asp?vm_id=2&art_id=31567 Pregnancy, birth, abortion rates down among Georgia teenshttps://www.wtvm.com/Global/story.asp?S=4845848&nav=8fap What Has Christianity Done For Us? A Lothttps://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2006/118/32.0.html Gov’t-Backed Adult Stem Cell Research Center in Australiahttps://www.christianpost.com/article/asia/941/section/govt-backed.stem.cell.research.center.to.open.in.australia/1.htm CBS and Gays Team Uphttps://www.mediaweek.com/mw/news/recent_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1002425560 News Feature on Dr. Robert Walleyhttps://vancouver.24hrs.ca/Lifestyle/2006/05/01/1558634-sun.html 1/3 of U.S. girls having sex get pregnant https://www.suntimes.com/output/news/cst-nws-teen03.html Another Hit at Abstinence – U.S. teens are once again victims of the left’s agendahttps://www.cwfa.org/articles/10636/BLI/dotcommentary/index.htm Canadian PM gets a shot at 2 years in power – Support of Bloc ensures survival Lays groundwork […]

by Steve Jalsevac Ottawa, May 3, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Rose Dinner and Youth Conference events associated with the annual May 10 -12 National March For Life in Ottawa have for the first time both been sold out. What makes it more remarkable is that this has occurred over a week before the events are to take place. Jim Hughes, president of Campaign Life Coalition, the national pro-life organization that organizes the March For Life events, reports 900 tickets have been sold for the Rose Dinner and there is a growing waiting list. Hughes notes that had the Congress Centre […]

By John-Henry Westen COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, May 3, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Despite the fact that abortion is officially illegal in Sri Lanka, Marie Stopes clinics perform abortions. The Cultura Vitae pro-life group held a demonstration yesterday outside the Marie Stopes clinic in Colombo which is situated a mere 200 meters form the local Cathedral. The demonstrators – a group of mothers from the Catholic Renewal Movement – gathered to pray in front of their premises to the surprise and evident unrest of the abortionist, his staff and patrons. Eshan Dias, PhD, the President of Cultura Vitae was on hand at […]

Insulting religions a crime in Germany

By John-Henry Westen BELLINGHAM, WA, May 3, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A Western Washington University pro-life club’s display was virtually destroyed by yesterday afternoon by a bare-foot male student who was photographed and videotaped as he dismantled the display. After spending more than three hours playing his guitar and observing the campus-approved display, the Asian male began to tape newspapers over one of the perimeter signs that warned students they were approaching the display. The student was then observed leaping over the perimeter barricade that surrounded the display. Pro-life students, out of respect for his person, did not physically interfere as […]

Men Far Less Likely to Practice Religion

By Gudrun Schultz OTTAWA, Ontario, May 3, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The new Conservative Government released its 2006 budget yesterday with a statement on the central importance families hold for the country’s future. “Strong families are the cornerstone of a sound and prosperous society, and are key to ensuring a bright future for Canada,” the budget stated. “The most important investment we can make as a country is to help families raise their children.” Childcare concerns were addressed by the introduction of the $1,200 Universal Child Care Benefit, which will give families $100 dollars per month for each child under the […]

Organs extracted from live people and people who survive are cremated alive

By Gudrun Schultz HOUSTON, Texas, May 3, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Andrea Clark’s family is rejoicing today after a new doctor took over the critically ill woman’s care and helped convince St. Luke’s Episcopal Hospital to end futility proceedings. “I’m so happy I don’t know what to think, or say, or do,” Ms. Clark’s sister, Melanie Childers, said in an email to ProLifeBlogs, where updates on the battle to save Andrea were posted almost daily. “Not only is my sister not going to be put to death by St. Luke’s Episcopal Hospital, but it also looks like she is recovering from […]

By Terry Vanderheyden NAIROBI, May 3, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – In a letter condemning corruption in Kenyan government, Episcopal bishops there affirmed that respect for life is fundamental to the survival of the nation. Writing on behalf of the country’s Episcopal community, Archbishop John Njue stated, “We must understand clearly that if we have no respect for the lives of other people, our community and nation will not progress. It will not even survive.” “The deliberate murder of an innocent human being is against the law of God and human dignity itself,” the bishop’s statement emphasized. “Human life is sacred – […]

By Gudrun Schultz LANCASTER, England, May 3, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A 45-year-old man who fears his doctors may refuse him food and water has taken his case to the European Court of Human Rights, reported the BBC today. Les Burke suffers from a brain illness, cerebella ataxia, which may result in his eventual paralysis. He faces a likely future of being unable to move or speak, but with full mental capacity. Under General Medical Council guidelines, his doctors would be permitted to withdraw food and water from him once his condition deteriorates. Mr. Burke is trying to ensure that does […]

By Gudrun Schultz OTTAWA, Ontario, May 3, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Last years’ Supreme Court decision to legalize swinger’s clubs and public group sex in Canada dangerously undermined the concept of “social morality” as a basis for future rulings, according to a review by Canada’s Centre for Cultural Renewal. Published April 28 in Lex View, the Centre’s analytical review on the social impact of court judgements, the review identifies key areas of concern raised by the decision. The primary issue at stake is the court’s retreat from the concept of social morals as the standard for identifying criminal anti-social behaviour. The […]

NEW ROCHELLE, N.Y., May 2, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The results of a study published in the April issue of Stem Cells and Development suggest that human stem cells derived from bone marrow are predisposed to develop into a variety of nerve cell types, supporting the promise of developing stem cell-based therapies to treat neurodegenerative disorders such as Parkinson’s disease and multiple sclerosis. Stem Cells and Development, a peer-reviewed journal published by Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., carries the paper, entitled “Human Mesenchymal Stem Cells Express Neural Genes, Suggesting a Neural Predisposition.” (online here www.liebertpub.com/scd) The surprising results lend a new perspective […]

Is advancing leftist "soft totalitarianism," that wants "atheist, nihilistic" state religion

By John-Henry Westen VATICAN, May 1, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Although mostly below the surface, there has been much activity from the Vatican in combating the negative effects of Cardinal Carlo Martini’s break with the Catholic Church on bioethical matters. (coverage: https://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2006/apr/06042108.html) The controversial remarks, published in the Italian weekly L’Espresso, were, according to EWTN’s Vatican Bureau Chief Joan Lewis, the cause of a “high level meeting” on how to deal with the matter. The results of that meeting, says Lewis, “may never be known for no statement or declaration was issued, no article appeared in the Vatican newspaper, nor was […]

by Hilary White CINCINNATI, May 2, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The US 6th Court of Appeals in Cincinnati has ruled against a Baptist prison chaplain who sued his employers after he refused to allow an unrepentant homosexual inmate to participate in the chaplaincy choir. Citing freedom of speech, the Rev. William Akridge was fined two days pay when he refused to change his mind after the inmate lodged a complaint of discrimination based on sexual orientation. The court upheld an earlier ruling by U.S. District Court in Columbus that Madison Correctional Institute in London, Ohio, was in the right in 2002, […]

by Hilary White  AMSTERDAM, May 2, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – For the third year in a row, medical authorities in the Netherlands have reported an increase in the number of legal euthanasia cases. Regional Oversight Boards for Euthanasia showed doctors reported 1,933 cases in 2005, up from 1,886 in 2004 and 1,815 in 2003.  Many studies have shown that the number of actual cases of doctors killing their patients is roughly twice what is officially reported, despite laws making the practice legal.   Earlier this year, a study produced in Holland, found that at least 50% of patients requesting euthanasia were […]

By Gudrun Schultz WASHINGTON, United States, May 2, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The American Coalition of Life Activists (ACLA) appeared to have lost a 10-year legal battle yesterday when the Supreme Court refused to take up the group’s appeal, but the Thomas More Law Society suggests there may still be hope of winning the case. The confrontational anti-abortion group was sued by Planned Parenthood and a coalition of abortionists after they posted “wanted” crime posters of known abortionists on a website. The initial ruling by an Oregon circuit court in 1999 ordered ACLA to pay $108 million in damages, after the […]

Canadian Population to hit 33 million in 2006 – Increase due entirely to immigrationhttps://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20060428/population_census_060428/20060428?hub=TopStories “We never say no.” The right-to-die movement abandons pretense by Wesley J. Smith https://www.weeklystandard.com/Content/Public/Articles/000/000/012/124abkbr.asp Spanish Health Ministry points to ‘abandonment by men’ as main cause of abortionshttps://www.catholicnewsagency.com/new.php?n=6612 Sort of Pro-life Democrat vying for governorhttps://www.washtimes.com/national/20060501-121453-1107r.htm Family of Terri Schiavo alarmed by judge’s participation on pro-euthanasia panelhttps://www.catholicnewsagency.com/new.php?n=6608 The press and partial-birth abortion.https://article.nationalreview.com/?q=Y2NhNWQ2YTAxNzdlZGUzMWQ4ZmQ3NjM3MmY1MWJjZWM= Why Wang Wenyi Was Shouting – Is Beijing committing atrocities against the Falun Gong movement? https://www.weeklystandard.com/Content/Public/Articles/000/000/012/160ymogj.asp China’s cruelty – West’s official silence on organ harvest appallinghttps://calsun.canoe.ca/News/Columnists/Levant_Ezra/2006/04/30/1558307.html Inquiry into abortion time limit is rejectedhttps://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2006/04/28/nabort28.xml&sSheet=/news/2006/04/28/ixhome.html Japan’s toys for […]

465 students registered for youth conference, almost 900 tickets sold for Rose Dinner

by Hilary White NEW YORK, May 1, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The US ambassador to the UN confirmed this weekend in an interview what many pro-life lobbyists have long known: that the United Nations is a world in which the normal rules of life do not apply. Referring to the hit 1950’s science fiction television show that featured weird and surreal twists on ordinary life, John Bolton told the UK’s Telegraph, that the UN atmosphere is “like a bubble,” a kind of “twilight zone” in which “things happen … that don’t reflect the reality of the world.” Bolton is a leading […]

VANCOUVER, May 1, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Video footage of a physical attack on a pro-life demonstrator which was reported on last month has been put online by LifeSiteNews.com. On Friday afternoon April 7, 2006 Rose Mawhorter was assaulted by an unknown and as yet unidentified assailant. Mawhorter, a member of the executive of Campaign Life Coalition BC, was protesting with graphic abortion images across the street from Vancouver’s notorious abortion clinic, Everywomans Health Center, at the corner of Broadway St. and Commercial Drive when she was attacked from behind and thrown violently to the ground. Her female assailant ripped Rose’s […]

Mega brothels being constucted for additional 40,000 women to be added to 400,000 prostitutes already in country

by Hilary White ST. JOHN, May 1, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Recent changes to the statutes in Canada defining marriage, are leading inevitably to similar changes to the divorce laws. Last week, another legal breakthrough is being hailed by the homosexual lobby but this time the definitions changed are not of marriage but of adultery. A New Brunswick court has ruled that a St. John man may be granted a divorce because his wife cheated on him with another woman. Pascal Thebeau filed for divorce but was refused on the grounds that the federal definition of adultery did not include same-sex […]

By Gudrun Schultz SYDNEY, Australia, May 1, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Cardinal George Pell, Archbishop of Sydney, said the church would speak out against proposals to lift an adoption ban for same-sex couples, under review by the government of New South Wales. Cardinal Pell told the Sydney Morning Herald that children have the right to a “mother and father.” He said the church would present the review with sociological findings that show children are better served by being raised with a mother and a father. The findings were reached by comparing children raised in married-parent families, unmarried heterosexual unions and same-sex […]

By Gudrun Schultz NEW YORK, May 1, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) –The University of Oregon has come under fire from the Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights over an anti-Christian edition of the campus newspaper the Insurgent. The March 2006 issue of the Insurgent contained two anti-Catholic “rants” and several sexualized depictions of Jesus Christ, including a full-page colour cartoon of a naked Christ Crucified, with an erection, on the front page. University president Dave Frohnmayer responded to the issue by stating, “While I am an ardent supporter of free speech, I also have strong beliefs that this freedom should be […]

By Gudrun Schultz HOUSTON, Texas, May 1, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Sunday was scheduled to be the day of Andrea Clark’s death, on the order of her doctors, but efforts by her family have managed to buy her at least two more days of life. The family’s lawyer has served the hospital administration with a cease and desist letter to stop plans for removing life support from the 54-year-old woman until a Houston court can be contacted with a request for an injunction against the hospital (https://www.prolifeblogs.com/articles/archives/2006/04/cease_and_desis.php#more). St. Luke’s Episcopal Hospital agreed to keep Andrea on life support until at least […]

by Hilary White CALGARY, May 1, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Pure Fashion Shows are catching on in many cities of the US and even in Canada. Pure Fashion is a project associated with the Challenge Clubs for girls in grades 8-12 run by the lay organization, Regnum Christi, a Catholic movement associated with the Legionaries of Christ. Pure Fashion has been described as “models on a mission” to show that girls and women do not have to be “frumpy” to be modest and feminine. Pure Fashion bills itself as an international “faith-based” program that trains girls to dress, wear make-up and […]

OTTAWA, May 1, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Catholic Organization for life and Family, jointly founded by the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops (CCCB) and the Knights of Columbus, has called on Canadians and especially Catholic Canadians to attend the national March for Life in Ottawa on May 11. The complete message from (COLF) follows: Message from the Catholic Organization for Life and Family on the occasion of the National March for Life Ottawa – May 11, 2006. Â Demographers have told us: the current birth rate – 1.5 children per woman of child-bearing age – cannot maintain the Canadian population […]