Articles for Month: April 2007

By Gudrun Schultz   WASHINGTON, D.C., April 26, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Latino communities are having a significant influence on the practice of religion in the United States, according to a new study released April 25 by the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life and the Pew Hispanic Center.   Entitled Changing Faiths: Latinos and the Transformation of American Religion, the study examined the distinctive religious emphasis of the Hispanic faith communities and the resulting political views that have a growing influence on U.S. politics. “The major findings in this study leave little doubt that a detailed understanding of religious […]

By Gudrun Schultz   ST. LOUIS, Missouri, April 26, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – St. Louis Archbishop Raymond Burke took a strong stand this week against a Catholic charity’s decision to book singer Sheryl Crow for a benefit concert, publicly condemning the move and withdrawing from his position on the board.   Crow’s advocacy for legal abortion and embryonic stem cell research would make her appearance at the Cardinal Glennon Children’s Foundation event a “scandal” that could confuse others and lead them to evil, Archbishop Burke said.   At issue was Crow’s public advocacy for “actions which result in the deliberate killing […]

Law would grant federal government sweeping, entirely subjective authority to regulate thoughts, words and actions of American citizens

By John-Henry Westen   WASHINGTON, April 26, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Fr. Frank Pavone, National Director of Priests for Life, applauded the remarks made Monday by Vatican Archbishop Angelo Amato, secretary of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith. The Archbishop called abortion “terrorism with a human face” and said: “Besides the abominable terrorism of suicide bombers, which is ever-present in the media, there is the so-called terrorism with a human face, which is also a daily occurrence and just as repugnant, which continues to be propagated by the media, manipulating traditional language with expressions that hide the tragic reality […]

* Note: The linked items below or the websites at which they are located do not necessarily represent the views of LifeSiteNews.com. They are presented only for your information.   Grassroots Organizations Fight for Right to Run Ads  https://www.citizenlink.org/CLtopstories/A000004474.cfm   Pro-family activist warns of consequences of redefining marriage  https://www.onenewsnow.com/2007/04/pro_family_activist_warns_of_c.php   US Universities are headed by people who were students in the rebellious ‘60s. Ironically, they’ve become what they once hated  https://www.citizenlink.org/CLNews/A000004472.cfm   The Auth cartoon against the five Catholic Supreme Court justices who voted to uphold the Partial Birth Abortion Ban Act  https://www.firstthings.com/onthesquare/?p=715   Let’s be realistic about reality –  […]

By John-Henry Westen   WASHINGTON, April 26, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A study to be published in the upcoming June edition of the American Journal of Public Health has researchers alarmed about growing rates of syphilis among homosexual and bisexual men.   The overall number of syphilis cases in the United States fell from 50,578 in 1990 to 7,177 in 2003. Nevertheless, homosexual men have seen their rates rise significantly in this decade. “The entire nation was caught unawares,” said study lead author James Heffelfinger, M.D., a medical epidemiologist with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.   The study provides […]

Complains this is first time "Court has ever upheld a restriction on abortion without a health exception"

Override fails to gain veto-proof majority by one vote through defection of Sen. Charles Laster

* Note: The linked items below or the websites at which they are located do not necessarily represent the views of LifeSiteNews.com. They are presented only for your information.   Aborted alive in the UK vs. U.S.  https://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=55372   Dutch Discuss “Why nobody else wants euthanasia”  https://www.radionetherlands.nl/features/amsterdamforum/070422af   Abortion is back – in 2008- Pat Buchanan  https://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=55356   Partial Pro-Life Democrats  https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2007/04/partial_prolife_democrats.html   North Dakota passes conditional abortion ban  https://www.bismarcktribune.com/articles/2007/04/24/news/state/132450.txt   MSNBC’s Grotesque Partial-Birth Analogy: Issues ‘Sucked Life’ Out of GOP  https://newsbusters.org/node/12176   On Abortion: Rudy Criticized Pope John Paul II / Defended Clinton  https://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1820650/posts   HPV vaccine concerns give […]

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