Articles for Month: October 2007

October 29, 2007   Most Reverend George H. Niederauer                                               Archbishop of San Francisco  One Peter Yorke Way   San Francisco, CA 94109-6602   Your Excellency:    During your first visit to Most Holy Redeemer parish on Sunday October 7th, 2007, you gave Our Lord in Holy Communion to members of the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence (SPI) a homosexual activist group widely known for its attacks upon and mockery of the Catholic Faith.  Your subsequent October 11th apology notes that you did not recognize these “strangely dressed persons” as members of the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence and that these individuals […]

By John-Henry Westen   VATICAN CITY, October 31, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – This morning Pope Benedict XVI announced his “general prayer intention” for November.  The intention reads: “That those dedicated to medical research and all those engaged in legislative activity may always have deep respect for human life, from its beginning to its natural conclusion.”   In his two-and-a-half years serving as Pontiff, Benedict has consistently stressed the need for prayer to protect the sanctity of life and the family.    The Holy Father’s June prayer intention last year requested the Church to pray for Christian families, asking: “That Christian families […]

OTTAWA, October 31, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Two-thirds of Canadian women support legal protection for unborn children, according to an Environics poll released last week. A smaller majority of men (57%) support legal protection. Currently in Canada there are no legal restrictions on abortion at any stage of pregnancy.   More than one-third (34%) of women support legal protection from conception onward, 21% after three months of pregnancy and 12% say babies should be protected after six months. Overall, 62% of Canadians supported legal protection at some point before birth.   The Focus Canada poll of 2,047 Canadians was conducted between […]

By John-Henry Westen   WASHINGTON, October 31, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A CNN/Opinion Research Corporation Poll conducted from October 12-14 has found that most Americans do not believe the law should accept homosexual ‘marriage.’   1212 adults were polled by telephone and asked, “Do you think marriages between homosexuals should or should not be recognized by the law as valid, with the same rights as traditional marriages?”  56% of respondents said they “should not” while 40% said they “should”.  3% were unsure.   A related LA Times/Bloomberg Poll conducted October 19-22 found that only 30% of Americans supported homosexual ‘marriage’.    […]

In 1994 Hyde said he was "greatly disappointed with the failure of much of the church hierarchy to take an unequivocal stand on abortion."

Verifies distinct trend in last ten years towards support for legal rights for the unborn

By Hilary White   NEW YORK, October 31, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – It has been revealed that leading Democrat presidential candidate Hillary Clinton has received thousands in campaign funds from the Cold Spring Harbour Laboratories under the directorship of Dr. James Watson. Watson recently resigned his position from the lab after his comments to British media were dubbed “racist.”   In June this year, Clinton, with fellow New York Democrat Charles E. Schumer, requested that the lab, a leading proponent of human genetic experimentation, receive US $900,000 of taxpayer funds. Federal campaign filings show that Watson donated more than $70,000 to Democrat candidates and […]

Minority report MP's blast Committee's pro-abortion bias

By Thaddeus M. Baklinski   ROME, October 31, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Pope Benedict’s remarks concerning pharmacists’ right to conscientious objection when asked to dispense drugs that induce abortion have provoked the ire of Italian politicians.   Speaking at an international conference on Monday, the Pope told Catholic pharmacists they should be guaranteed the right to conscientious objection in cases where medicines they distribute can block pregnancy, cause abortion or assist euthanasia.   While token concession was given that the Pope has the right to express his viewpoint, Italian Health Minister Livia Turco said the Pope could not tell professionals such […]

By Matthew Cullinan Hoffman   BUENOS AIRES, October 30, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The President-Elect of Argentina, Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, recently claimed to be “opposed to abortion”, but her attempts to clarify her statement seem to affirm her party’s pro-legalization position. “I have always defined myself as being against abortion” she said in a radio interview days before the national presidential election, held on October 28th. However, using rhetoric that is common among pro-abortion politicians in the United States, she clarified that “I don’t think anyone is in favor of abortion” and added, “I don’t believe that those who advocate the […]

Archbishop and Cardinal participate

By Hilary White   LONDON, October 30, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Conservative Christian groups in the US are reacting strongly to the revelation by British author JK Rowling that one of the main characters in her Harry Potter series is a homosexual.   Roberta Combs, president of the 2.5 million strong Christian Coalition of America, was quoted in the Daily Mail saying she was “disappointed” that Rowling chose to make Dumbledore homosexual.    At Carnegie Hall during her US book tour, in response to a question by a fan, Rowling revealed to huge applause that Dumbledore is a homosexual. Rowling responded to the […]

Sydney Institute   By + Cardinal George Pell  Archbishop of Sydney  29/10/2007   Even its most ardent opponents now concede grudgingly that religion is not about to whither away anytime soon. One hundred and perhaps two hundred years ago, there were hopes that this might come to pass, at least among the educated in the West. These hopes have died hard and for some it seems the disappointment is bitter indeed. Authors such as Richard Dawkins and Christopher Hitchens, among others, are very angry about it; like Jonah in the Old Testament, “angry enough to die”. Jonah was angry because […]

By Hilary White  SAN JOSE, California, October 30, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – On October 25, the School of Law at Santa Clara University, a self-described “Jesuit, Catholic university,” honoured one of the US most famous homosexual legal activists at its fourth annual “Celebration of Diversity” gala.   A news release said Birch, a graduate of the school, was president and executive director of the Human Rights Campaign, “the nation’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) advocacy organization,” from 1994 to 2004. Californian Catholic reports that under her tenure, Human Rights Campaign increased its membership from 100,000 to 1.1 million supporters, and […]

Warns against "false analogy" between racist and homosexual discrimination

By John-Henry Westen   TORONTO, October 30, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Halloween is here again, and with it the fundraising drive for UNICEF, the so-called children’s fund of the United Nations, which has been mired in abortion support for the last twenty years.  The organization has not learned from its past and continues to engage in the anti-life agenda.  Earlier this month UNICEF joined Planned Parenthood International and the UN’s population control arm UNFPA in sponsoring a women’s conference, one thirds of which was dedicated to promoting abortion.  (https://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2007/oct/07101201.html )   UNICEF has been implicated in population control and “family planning” […]

By Thaddeus M. Baklinski PHILADELPHIA, October 30, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – President George W. Bush has announced this year’s recipients of the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation’s highest civil award.   Prominently named on the list of eight is Dr. Oscar Elias Biscet, who is currently serving a 25 year prison sentence for pro-life activities and peaceful demonstrations against the Communist regime in Cuba.   Dr. Biscet was originally arrested in 1999 for refusing to perform abortions at the hospital where he worked. He had served two years of a three-year sentence when he was released, but then was re-arrested […]

Co-president of GU Pride, Scott Chessare, responded by exclaiming "We won!"

Outraged Catalonians denounce decision as immoral and unjust

By Thaddeus M. Baklinski and Steve Jalsevac   OTTAWA, October 30, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The omnibus anti-crime Bill (C-2) which Canada’s Conservative government introduced on Oct. 18 includes a re-introduced provision to raise the age of consent for sexual activity. Focus on the Family Canada reports the bill is likely to pass and “the age of sexual consent in Canada could soon be raised from 14 to 16”. Meanwhile, in the Oct. 29 Law Times, there are calls for wider input into the complex crime bill and criticisms of the government’s intent to make the vote a confidence vote. That […]

By John-Henry Westen   VATICAN CITY, October 29, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Speaking to Catholic pharmacists this morning, Pope Benedict XVI warned them against dispensing drugs “that have the goal of preventing the implantation of the embryo.” The comments should have an impact on the debate around the use of Plan B for rape victims at Catholic hospitals in the United States.   Michael Izzotti, the Canadian representative of Pharmacists for Life International told LifeSiteNews.com that the Pope’s comments address the controversy in the United States over the use of Plan B at Catholic hospitals. Izzotti rejected the assertion that the […]

By Hilary White   LONDON, October 29, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – While British Parliamentarians debate in committee whether the gestational time limit of 24 weeks for legal abortion is too low or too high, thousands rallied outside the Houses of Parliament on Saturday for an end to the legal killing of Britain’s children. The protest started the night before when pro-life activists projected the number of abortions on to the riverside face of Parliament.    From the rally, the demonstrators marched to the nearby Westminster Cathedral for a prayer vigil. Organisers said that pro-life efforts in Britain are focused on incremental gains […]

Archbishop has since been under intense media pressure

By John-Henry Westen   SAN FRANCISCO, October 29, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A half-heated apology by the Miller Brewing Company has done nothing but fan the flames of an already established boycott of Miller beer.  Catholic League president Bill Donohue commented on Miller’s ‘apology’ of Oct. 26. “They either don’t get it or they think we’re stupid. Miller’s latest apology is nothing but a rehash of what it has been saying all along-it limits its apology to the use of its logo on the offensive Last Supper promotional poster for the Folsom Street Fair. But it still refuses to apologize for […]

Obscene material to the hours of 9PM to 6AM

Editorials decried "political correctness" and homosexuality as wedge to force Christians out of public service

By Hilary White   LONDON, October 29, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – British doctors in favour of abortion may have misled the members of the Commons Committee examining the question of whether to lower Britain’s gestational age limit for legal abortion. The Daily Telegraph reports that Conservative MP Nadine Dorries has accused doctors of giving inaccurate information to give a result favourable to maintaining the 24 week limit   Dorries said the British Medical Association had “work[ed] it” so that only pro-abortion motions were discussed at its annual conference. The Commons Committee has been criticised for its decision to attempt to ignore the ethical […]

By Thaddeus M. Baklinski TUSCANY, October 29, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A pro-homosexual ad campaign, run by the regional government of Tuscany in north-central Italy, has lead to criticism from both sides of the issue.   The campaign, which aims to promote the idea that homosexuality is genetic, uses a photo of a newborn baby whose hospital identity bracelet bears the French word “homosexual”. The poster caption reads “Sexual orientation is not a choice”. The image is expected to appear on billboards across Tuscany.   The Vatican’s Secretary of State Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone told ANSA that “Doing a publicity campaign like […]

* Disclaimer: 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.   Hundreds of babies saved from abortion in Mexico by volunteers who counsel women outside hospital entrances – resistance from doctors and nurses at 3 hospitals- medical personnel have refused to perform any abortions at all at 5 hospitalshttps://www.calcatholic.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?id=d8861773-d4b1-40a5-959c-e39e…   Rio de Janeiro governor promotes legalization of abortion to reduce number of criminalshttps://www.catholicnewsagency.com/new.php?n=10814   Woe to Those Who Call Evil Good – By Bishop Joseph Naumannhttps://www.firstthings.com/onthesquare/?p=883   Supreme Control of Abortion […]

Accuse organizing committee of attempting "to manufacture a false consensus"

Pro-Life Advocates Exclaim "It's Not over, We're Here for LIFE!"

Rudy offers the right the ultimate Faustian bargain: retention of power at the price of one’s soul.https://www.worldnetdaily.com/staticarticles/article58346.html   President Bush poised to appoint Mary Ann Glendon as U.S. ambassador to Vaticanhttps://www.catholicnewsagency.com/new.php?n=10786   Sam Brownback, the Kansas Republican who sought the Republican presidential nomination on a socially conservative platform, is considering supporting former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani’s candidacy – Iowa moms and Catholics outragedhttps://www.catholicnewsagency.com/new.php?n=10796   Construction company ‘digs in their heels’ to build the largest Planned Parenthood abortion facilityhttps://www.catholicnewsagency.com/new.php?n=10795   Forty years ago Britain passed a law that has facilitated 6.7 million abortions. A government inquiry has seen to […]

Life Dynamics says ailing abortion industry relying on 'universal health care' to jack up profits

Case could result in pro-gay state dictating marriage laws of all other states

Cardinal of Santo Domingo: "We are prepared to defend life in any place or circumstance"

TOPEKA, DENTON, Texas, October 26, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Kansas Supreme Court ruled today that the grand jury called to investigate late-term abortionist George Tiller by over 7,000 citizens of Sedgwick County will be delayed at least until November 16.   Operation Rescue President Troy Newman issues the following statement in response to the ruling:   Today the Kansas Supreme Court has ruled to ignore Kansas law that gives citizens the right to convene a grand jury to investigate criminal wrong-doing. In doing so, they have become contributors to the crisis in Kansas that has been caused by what we […]

Campaign Life Coalition regrets party's "misplaced, intense emphasis" on MMP

Harper Conservative government has previously strongly opposed such legislation

Investigation into child services in region revealed bias in favour of homosexuals

US Pro-life leaders call for suspension of tax funding

Map coordinators are hoping to encourage peaceful and prayerful protests at all PP sites

By Meg Jalsevac   TORONTO, October 25, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – In an interview with media in Toronto, Canada on Tuesday, Harry Potter author, J.K. Rowling said that she has been surprised by the scope of reactions that have surfaced from her announcement that one of her lead characters is gay.  “It has certainly never been news to me that a brave and brilliant man could love other men.”   As previously reported by LifeSiteNews.com, Rowling surprised a large audience at a recent book reading in Carnegie Hall by announcing the ‘good’ wizard of her storyline was gay.  Reaction to the […]

Homosexuality the flash point

Martin Ssempa states that the opposite is true

Event is part of massive campaign against abortion decriminalization initiative

FRONT ROYAL, VA, October 25, 2007 (HLI.org) – The Rev. Thomas J. Euteneuer, STL, president of Human Life International (HLI), today remarked on an op-ed appearing in the British publication The Observer on October 21, entitled, “Britain’s abortion debate lacks a moral dimension” by the Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr. Rowan Williams.   Father Euteneuer said, “While not agreeing with everything Dr. Williams said, I certainly appreciate his comments on the tragedy of abortion in commemorating the fortieth anniversary of the British Abortion Act. He is certainly correct about the moral ‘slippage’ that has occurred, where abortion is viewed far more […]

Catholic College ignored request from local bishop and many others to cancel pro-abort speakers

By Matthew Cullinan Hoffman   MONTEVIDEO, October 24, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) -The Uruguayan Senate is preparing to vote again on decriminalization of abortion in the country.  The legislation would allow abortion for virtually any reason during the first three months of pregnancy.   Although the new vote was originally scheduled for today, it has now been delayed to make time for more hearings, which its proponents hope will break the current deadlock over the issue.  The most recent vote, on October 17, resulted in a 15-15 tie, which was much closer than votes in earlier years.   According to the Uruguayan newspaper […]

By Hilary White   ROCHESTER, New York, October 24, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Despite the growing evidence of life threatening side effects from Gardasil, the vaccine for Human Papilloma Virus, government health agencies around the world continue to implement mandatory Gardasil vaccination programs for women and young girls.    Today New York State Senate Democrats held public hearings to discuss whether to make the vaccination mandatory for young girls and whether it should be covered at public expense for uninsured girls. Virginia and Texas have already passed laws making the vaccine mandatory by next September. The rules include an opt-out for parents […]

By Hilary White   BELFAST, Northern Ireland, October 24, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Northern Ireland’s leading pro-life group, Precious Life, said they are “delighted” at the outcome of a vote in the Legislative Assembly to scrap Department of Health guidelines that would have made abortion more available.    Precious Life had been instrumental in bringing forward petitions and a motion in response to the proposed guidelines and lobbied MLA’s throughout the summer. The group warned that the draft guidelines would change how the abortion law was interpreted and “effectively legalize abortion”.    The director of Precious Life, Bernadette Smyth, told the Irish […]

US Pro-Life Leader Judie Brown says cowardice is "Catholicism's achilles heal"

Speech given by Clinton friend and abortion 'rights' advocate, Madeleine Albright

Charges they "don't believe in conservative principles or values or ideals"

LifeSiteNews in depth interview with Eduardo Verastegui and Leo Severino

Bella release begins this Friday in 29 US Cities

Dear Readers,   Well, “Bella” is finally coming out in US theaters this weekend. We hope that many of our US readers will go out to see the movie if it is showing in their area.   We are finally publishing our fascinating in-depth interview from last year with the movie’s producer Leo Severino and star/producer Eduardo Verastegui. It is perhaps the most intimate interview of Eduardo that you will read anywhere. It is also the first media interview that the “Bella” team ever gave.   We saved it for this release period with the hope it would encourage more […]

Says he must consider best interests of children, rather than legal advances of homosexuals

Group warns Pope about assaults on life and family in Chile

OTTAWA, October 23, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) –  In light of the recent murders of several pregnant mothers, the Canadian public is in the midst of a debate on the right to life of unborn children.  Seventy-two percent of Canadians polled in an Environics poll commissioned by Life Canada/Vie Canada say they would support legislation making it a separate crime to injure or kill a fetus during an attack on the mother. Among women, 75% supported the legislation. The Focus Canada poll of 2,047 Canadians was conducted between September 17 and October 14, with a margin of error of ±2.2% nineteen times […]

Says that "even if the pill in Plan B is only 'dubiously' abortive, we simply may not use it at all"

Archbishop complains about power of internet bloggers

By John-Henry Westen   WASHINGTON, DC, October 23, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Executive Office of the President gave notice today that President George Bush would likely veto the controversial Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) should it be approved in Congress this week.   ENDA, H.R. 3685 would extend existing employment-discrimination provisions of Federal law, including those in Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, to establish “a comprehensive Federal prohibition of employment discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation.” The Executive Office stated, “The bill raises concerns on constitutional and policy grounds, and if H.R. 3685 were presented to […]

By Meg Jalsevac BATON ROUGE, October 23, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The voters of Louisiana, known to be one of the most pro-life states in the entire nation, have affirmed that status by electing a staunchly pro-life, Catholic family man to be their next governor.  On October 20, Republican Bobby Jindal, surviving especially vicious attacks against his candidacy, became only the second South Asian descent American ever elected as governor of an American state. He will assume office in January.   At the young age of 36, Jindal has an extensive public service record having served in multiple leadership positions and […]

A brief overview of significant "Women Deliver" conference developments

* Disclaimer: 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.   Comatose Mesa man walks out of hospital – Wife had pulled his feeding tube after a weekhttps://www.azcentral.com/12news/news/articles/jesseramirezwalks10192007-CR.html   Chilean government fines pharmacies millions for not selling abortion pillhttps://www.catholicnewsagency.com/new.php?n=10763   FOX Documentary said to expose the reality of abortion will air at 9 p.m. ET Saturdayhttps://www.citizenlink.org/content/A000005758.cfm   Abortion Business Death Raises Questionshttps://ncregister.com/site/article/6336/   Parsing Abortion Statistics and the Lawhttps://www.firstthings.com/onthesquare/?p=875   Of Cybrids, Hybrids, & Chimeras – Learning from the U.K. battle […]

Although Amnesty issue was on agenda for last week's annual Plenary Assembly, no decision was reached

Committee decided to consider only science and medical subjects and avoid ethical questions

Portuguese Bar Association denounces decision as "arrogant and overbearing"

By John-Henry Westen   PITTSBURGH, October 22, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Students for Life of America has slammed Robert Morris University in Pittsburgh for sending first-year students to volunteer at abortion clinics in the area.  Last Saturday about 30 first-year students from the university were sent to one of 15 abortion sites around the Pittsburgh area.  Students were witnessed coming off buses at local Planned Parenthood facilities.   Students for Life suggests that some students were apparently unaware of where they were working, as one student left the building, called her mother and cried as the RMU faculty member demanded she […]

Says, "Jo Rowling calling any Harry Potter character gay would make wonderful strides in tolerance toward homosexuality"

By Hilary White   WARSAW, October 22, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – This weekend’s Polish elections have resulted in the ousting of the Law and Justice party headed by Prime Minister Jaroslaw Kaczynski. The Parliamentary elections have left the Civic Platform party (Platforma Obywatelska or PO) with over 41% of the vote and 205 seats in the 460-seat Sejm lower house. The results place the party in a minority position to form a coalition government with Polish People’s Party, described as “centrist” by the BBC.   The head of the PO, Donald Franciszek Tusk, is expected to become the new Prime Minister and take […]

Archbishop of Canterbury says public risked losing its "moral focus" on abortion

By Meg Jalsevac   SPOKANE, October 22, 2007, (LifeSiteNews.com) – According to a recent press release from the ChristianNewsWire, the individual Christian investing funds that serve as the financial vehicles for the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) and the Southern Baptist Conference (SBC) have reported investment involvement that directly contradict the Christian investment policies they portray to the public.   The idea of responsible Christian investment is one that is becoming more popular according to a Financial-Research.com article.  The article, provided by the similarly focused Ave Maria Mutual Funds, explains that popularity is increasing as “60 million Catholics […]

By Meg Jalsevac ROME, Italy, October 18, 2007, (LifeSiteNews.com) – Pope Benedict has finally released his much anticipated list of appointees to receive the honor of being named a cardinal.  The list includes 23 men total but 5 of them are over the age of 80 and thus would not qualify to participate in any future papal elections.  The Pope also revealed that he had intended to also confer the honor on Bishop Ignacy Jez of Koszalin-Kolobrzeg but that the bishop had died suddenly this past week. Several of the recently appointed men have been outspoken defendants of the sanctity […]

Pro-family leaders decry "obsession with abortion" and poor attention to women's real needs

Refused London speaking engagement for racist views

By John-Henry Westen SAULT STE. MARIE, October 18, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Huron-Superior Catholic District School Board has rejected administering a vaccine for the sexually transmitted disease HPV on school property.  Trustees voted last night 5-4 to reject a motion by administration to allow local health officials to inject the controversial vaccine into girls as young as 12.  The HPV vaccine known as Gardasil has been linked to 11 deaths of young women and hundreds of hospitalizations in the United States in the first year of its availability.  Moreover, the vaccine is a product of the Merck company which supports […]

British Ethicists offer Weak Objections

By Peter J. Smith WASHINGTON, D.C., October 18, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Gardasil, Merck’s questionable new vaccine against cervical cancer is expected to rake in at least a billion dollars in profits from sales, which will leave the pharmaceutical giant with more cash to donate to abortion giant Planned Parenthood. Merck has a long history of supporting abortion and Gardasil profits could turn into a financial boost for Planned Parenthood, especially as US states and Canadian provinces begin either to encourage or require HPV vaccination for girls as young as 9. “You’re going to increase their profits, which mean it’s going […]

By Matthew Cullinan Hoffman   SANTO DOMINGO, October 18, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The “human rights” watchdog group Amnesty International is urging the government of the Dominican Republic to legalize abortion, according to the Dominican newspaper El Caribe.   Citing the standard themes of the abortion lobby, Amnesty International representative Camilo Campos Cruz told El Caribe that “in any case the most important thing is to preserve the life and health of the woman”. “In this sense, our organization, what it establishes is that no woman should go to jail for not putting her health at risk, and that the penalties […]

Lawyer says, "We forced the most pro-abortion Governor in the country to eat his words and to backtrack a long way"

By Matthew Cullinan Hoffman   VATICAN CITY, October 17, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Vatican officials issued a clear denunciation yesterday of anti-life trends in Latin America, often supported by neo-marxist ideologues.   The statement, which was issued after the conclusion of a meeting by the Special Council for America of the Synod of Bishops, laments destructive trends in the hemisphere, including “the promotion of a series of laws, regarding abortion and euthanasia, contrary to ethical norms.”   The prelates also noted that “a current is moving, often with the mark of neo-marxism, which causes imbalances in international relations and in the […]

WASHINGTON, D.C, October 17, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Evidence is mounting that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) participated in coverups of health and safety violations and breaches of ethics in approving the abortion drug, RU-486, that has caused the death of at least six women in the US.    Yesterday, the public interest group Judicial Watch announced that newly acquired FDA documents, previously withheld by the FDA, show that the agency knew that the facilities owned by China’s Hua Lian Pharmaceutical Company to manufacture RU-486 were sub-standard at the time they were approved for use in August 2000.    […]

By Hilary White   OSLO, Norway, October 17, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – An Oslo pre-school teacher, backed by child psychologists, has suggested that kindergarten children be encouraged to “express” their sexuality through “sex-play” and games, including dancing naked and masturbating, in pre-school and day-care centres.    The English language edition of Norway’s Aftenposten newspaper reports that Pia Friis, the respected operator of an Oslo kindergarten, told an interviewer that children should be able “to look at each other and examine each other’s bodies. They can play doctor, play mother and father, dance naked and masturbate”. “But their sexuality must also be socialized, so […]

By Hilary White   OTTAWA, Ontario, October 17, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Lay and clerical members of a major diocese of the Anglican Church of Canada have voted to allow ministers, “whose conscience allow”, to ask permission to perform “blessings” for same-sex unions. Many delegates at the meeting, as well as observers around the world, warned that the decision is likely to exacerbate the growing schism in the Worldwide Anglican Communion over the issue.     The crisis was precipitated in 2003 when the US branch of the Anglican Communion, the Episcopal Church, consecrated a divorced active homosexual as the Episcopal bishop of […]

San Francisco media finally reports on communion for transvestite 'sisters' scandal

Federally funded abortion clinics accused of violating state laws by aborting viable babies

By Peter J. Smith   WASHINGTON, D.C., October 17, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Bush Administration has appointed another advocate of abstinence education and pro-life opponent of contraceptive “family planning” to oversee the federal department that funds “family planning” services, especially Title X funds that prop up the income of abortion clinics.   On Monday, President Bush appointed Dr. Susan Orr, a former official with the pro-life Family Research Council, as acting deputy assistant secretary for population affairs at the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). Dr. Orr will have power over $283 million Title X funds that the federal […]

Bill's proponents begin new strategy for passage

Movie Review  By Steve Jalsevac October 16, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Eccentric film director/producer Tony Kaye is an artsy type who likes to emphasize the dark side with sensational, disturbing scenes and close-up interviews, especially of creepy people or his idea of “great thinkers”. In his just released 153 minute black and white “Lake of Fire”, he surpasses his own expectations. While the film is billed as “unquestionably the definitive work on the subject of abortion” and Kaye says his goal was to “show both sides of the issue”, any knowledgeable observer of the US abortion struggle would suggest he has […]

October 16, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – LifeSiteNews.com Managing Director Steve Jalsevac interviewed Tony Kaye by telephone in California a few weeks after the December 9, 2006 world premier of Lake of Fire at the Toronto International Film Festival. Following is the text of that interview which was held until Lake of Fire was finally launched in selected US theaters last week. LifeSiteNews: Other than the recent Kansas law proposal that the movie started with, most of rest seemed rather dated. Would that be a fair comment. Kaye: Well, the historic stuff I did some time ago, yeah, sure over 17 years. […]

SAN DIEGO, October 16, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Same-sex marriage is one of the hottest and most controversial domestic issues in America. As a result, many professional organizations have stepped into the fray and taken formal positions with the hope of influencing public opinion and policy. One such group is the American Psychological Association (APA) that has officially endorsed the legalization of same-sex marriage. Many psychologists, however, including members of the APA, disagree with the organization’s pro-same-sex marriage position. One of those dissenters is Trayce Hansen, Ph.D., a licensed clinical psychologist and former member of the APA, who opposes same-sex marriage […]

By Hilary White    TORONTO, October 15, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Toronto’s Vision Television network that bills itself as the voice of religious believers in Canada, has angered Canadian Catholics again by its not-so-subtle promotion of abortion and hostility towards Catholicism. Dave LeRoss of Toronto wrote to the network saying he was “shocked and disgusted” when, after he watched the broadcast of the Daily Mass at eight a.m, that programme was immediately followed by a 30 minute interview with Canada’s most notorious abortionist, Dr. Henry Morgentaler.    On Vision’s own in-house programme, “Credo”, first produced in 2002, Dr. Morgentaler talks about […]

Archbishop Aware of Parish Participation in Gay Pride Parade Featuring Full Frontal Nudity

Emphasize "moral convictions" and "nonnegotiable values"

WASHINGTON, DC, October 16, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – “I would have never guessed that some of the best advertising for the nationwide program of pro-life prayer vigils would come from Planned Parenthood, the largest abortion chain in the United States,” said David Bereit, national campaign director for 40 Days for Life. The US effort to pray and fast for 40 days with a constant prayer presence outside of abortion facilities is underway in some 80 communities across the nation. “People in more than 80 communities are taking part in 40 Days for Life, and about half of the vigils are being […]

Debate on Bill Began Today; Media Reports Indicate Close Vote

By Hilary White WINNIPEG, Manitoba, October 16, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The fashion in the Canadian Catholic Church establishment for leftist peace activism and tacit approval of abortion-supporting politicians has guided many diocesan “social justice” offices since the 1960’s. It continues today with the Archdiocese of Winnipeg’s invitation to homosexual activist James Loney and NDP Member of Parliament, Bill Blaikie to speak at their Social Justice Conference on October 26th and 27th.   The unrepentant, active homosexual Loney made his fame by being captured and held hostage by Islamic militants while on a “peace mission” in Iraq. He was subsequently rescued by […]

* Disclaimer: 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.   U.K. nurses ‘should perform abortions’https://observer.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,,2190841,00.html   Stem cell growth ‘may help hip replacements’ https://www.wesleyjsmith.com/blog/2007/10/subliminal-understanding-that-what.html   The US Supreme Court’s Religious Liberty Dodgehttps://ncregister.com/site/article/6341/   Harvard cannot find women to donate eggs for human cloning experimentshttps://www.citizenlink.org/fnif/A000005692.cfm   Abortion Consent Laws Also Cut Teen STD Rateshttps://www.cnsnews.com/ViewCulture.asp?Page=/Culture/archive/200710/CUL20071016a…   BACK OFF! I’M NOT DEAD YET.- I Don’t Want a Living Will. Why Should I?https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/10/12/AR2007101201882_…   British abortion inquiry asks scientists to disclose links to faith […]

"Demonstrates the negative consequences of electing a liberal Republican to office"

"Every school a homosexual-bisexual-transsexual indoctrination center"

By Hilary White   OSLO, October 15, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The left-leaning government of Norway has issued an ultimatum to businesses: increase the number of women on the board of directors or be dissolved. 140 Norwegian companies must increase the number of women on their boards of directors to 40 per cent or face state-enforced dissolution, according to the Norwegian news service Aftenposten.   Equality minister Karita Bekkemellem told Aftenposten that companies failing to meet the 40 per cent quota will face involuntary dissolution from January 1. The policy was put in place by a previous centre-right government coalition and enthusiastically endorsed […]

Gomperts press conference in Malta limited to invited media only; did not answer question asking if she had an abortion

SALT LAKE CITY, October 15, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A male homosexual was the teacher most apt to have sex with his pupils in a study encompassing 7 countries. Overall, 43% of teachers who made the news for having sex with their pupils over the last 27 years engaged in homosexuality. Homosexual teachers violated 1,925 (56%) of the 3,457 pupil-victims. Women were 11% of perpetrators, but a heterosexual female teacher was least apt to have sex with pupils. Sexual abuse incidents are frequently kept hidden by victims out of fear and shame and so the actual numbers of such teacher abusers […]

University ignores bishop and refuses to withdraw Charles Curran invitation

By John-Henry Westen NEW YORK, October 12, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – With the secular media trumpeting the outrage of liberal Jewish groups at Ann Coulter’s remarks on her desire for all people, Jews included, to become Christian, LifeSiteNews.com spoke with Orthodox Jewish Rabbi Yehuda Levin.  Rabbi Levin, the spokesman on moral issues for some 1000 Rabbis, told LifeSiteNews.com, “She said nothing that in any way indicates anti-Semitism.”   On CNBC’s ‘The Big Idea’ last week, host Donny Deutsch became hysterical when Coulter tried to explain that Christianity considers itself the continuation of Judaism, and thus Christians wish followers of Judaism to […]

PITTSBURGH, October 15, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Dr. Charles J. Dougherty, president of Duquesne University, has directed campus-based radio station WDUQ to stop running advertisements for Planned Parenthood. He based his decision on the hostility to Catholic Church teachings by Planned Parenthood, the nation’s leading advocate for abortion.   Planned Parenthood has launched a public relations effort to put pressure on the university to reverse the president’s move.   Cardinal Newman Society executive vice president Tom Mead said, “We applaud Dr. Dougherty’s principled position. Planned Parenthood continues to probe Catholic colleges wherever it can, and thankfully in this instance Dr. Dougherty […]

By Peter J. Smith   VATICAN CITY, October 15, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Vatican immediately suspended a high ranking prelate on Saturday working in the Congregation for the Clergy, one of its highest departments, after identifying him as a priest anonymously soliciting homosexual sex in a recent documentary exposing homosexual infiltration into the Catholic priesthood.      A speedy investigation into the matter was promised. Papal spokesman Father Federico Lombardi told the news agency ANSA that “The authorities are obliged to act with the necessary severity against behaviour that is incompatible with religious service and the mission of the Holy See.” […]

By John-Henry Westen SAN FRANCISCO, October 12, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Nearly a week after being filmed giving communion to two gay activists dressed as ‘nuns’ Archbishop George H. Niederauer has apologized in a column for the diocesan Catholic San Francisco newspaper. In his column, the San Francisco Archbishop repeats statements previously given to LifeSiteNews.com about not being aware of any disruption, nor recognizing any “mock religious garb.” (see coverage: https://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2007/oct/07101004.html )   However, the column adds that he was not aware during the Mass that those “strangely dressed persons” were members of the ‘Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence’ a group which […]

USAID phasing out donations of artificial contraceptives overseas.

Editorial by John-Henry Westen CNBC’s Big Idea host Donny Deutsch has shown himself to be an intolerant bigot when it comes to Christianity.  During a program with conservative commentator Ann Coulter he mercilessly attempted to smear her as anti-Semitic for expressing the belief that all people, Jewish believers included, should become Christian – normal for any truly believing (as opposed to phony, nominal or cultural) Christian who must consider Christianity to be the truth.   Describing her ideal world Coulter mentioned among other things that people would be Christian.   Deutsch immediately interjected, “Christian – so we should be Christian? […]

Previous Nobel Laureate said abortion is greatest destroyer of peace

By Hilary White    WASHINGTON, DC. October 12, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – When 17 year-old Andrew Larochelle of Dayton Ohio achieved the rank of Eagle Scout, the highest achievement possible in the scouting world, he wanted to present a flag to his veteran grandfather during the ceremony September 30th. Andrew’s father, Paul Larochelle, had contacted Republican Rep. Michael Turner asking for a flag that had been flown on the Capitol building on September 11, accompanied by a certificate of authenticity.   Andrew had asked that the certificate say, “This flag was flown in honor of Marcel Larochelle, my grandfather, for his dedication […]

* Disclaimer: 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.  Top British doctor calls for 16-week limit on social abortionshttps://www.calcatholic.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?id=0dc57ebf-1136-43ec-bd5b-dc65… British families ‘must pay an extra £2,600 a year tax’https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/10/11/ntax111.xml   The sinister truth about what they do with UK children’s fingerprintshttps://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=4869…  

Britons "terrified of speaking their minds for fear of the knock on the door"

By Hilary White  ST. PAUL, Minneapolis, October 11, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Catholic parents of students at a Catholic college in Minneapolis are outraged that their children will be forced to read the sexually explicit and anti-Christian novel, A Handmaid’s Tale by Canadian author and far-left feminist Margaret Atwood. The English Department’s faculty at the University of St. Thomas, in St. Paul, Minneapolis, has voted to use the book in all sections of freshman English as this year’s “common text”. Catholic columnist Matt C. Abbott has reported that concerned parents have informed the university of their objections and been ignored. The group […]

Condemns research which destroys human embryos

Became "heartbroken" when she heard of women having as many as four abortions in a year

Jesuit priest president of College of the Holy Cross ignores bishop, defends inclusion of Planned Parenthood and NARAL workshop

Says church will only grow when full teaching on life taught; "Tactical silence", as practiced by many bishops, would stifle growth

Editorial by John-Henry Westen   With the crushing defeat of the Ontario Progressive Conservatives in yesterday’s election, perhaps the party will rethink its decision to have leaders like John Tory who lean so far left they’re completely out of touch with the Conservative base. The Liberals won 71 seats with the PC’s taking only 26, followed by the NDP with 10 seats.   John Tory’s big claim to fame is leading the Toronto Gay Pride parade.  The PC’s should have sensed trouble when after the party elected Tory, EGALE the largest gay activist group in the nation, which had just […]

By Steve Jalsevac TORONTO, October 11, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – As Canada’s federal Conservative Party continues its gradual transformation into a more “progressive” party, yet another social conservative MP from the party’s original Reform wing is jumping ship. Calgary North MP Art Hanger announced today that he is retiring from politics. CBC TV’s entertaining weekly commentator, Rick Mercer, although no friend of pro-life, pro-family Canadians, recently made stinging comments about the Harper Conservative’s abandonment of their social conservative base. Some say that abandonment is a big factor causing MPs such as Hanger to leave the party.   In his Oct. 2 […]

by Steven W. Mosher   October 11, 2007 (pop.org/LifeSiteNews.com) – The abortion fundamentalists at the Alan Guttmacher Institute have an ax to grind.  Guttmacher styles itself the “research arm of Planned Parenthood,” but it may more properly be called its lobbying arm.     In its new report on abortions worldwide, Guttmacher makes several claims.  These fall into two broad, overlapping categories.  The first consists of ploys to raise more funds for the population control-abortion crowd.  The second, intended to pander to radical feminists, consists of veiled pleas to legalize abortion, couched in the form of arguments.    Guttmacher claims that […]

Would likely have the Church pull out of hospitals than compromise the faith

By John-Henry Westen SAN FRANCISCO, October 10, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Last Sunday, October 7, San Francisco Archbishop George Niederauer said Mass at a Catholic Church in the heart of the gay Castro district.  Most Holy Redeemer Parish has a lamentable reputation of having caved in to demands of homosexual activists.  One group of homosexual activists which until recently operated regularly out of the parish was called “Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence”, men who wear makeup and dress as Catholic nuns.  Archbishop Niederauer was filmed giving two members of this group Holy Communion on Sunday.   The “Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence”, whose motto […]

By John-Henry Westen   WASHINGTON, DC, October 10, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Famed Dear Abby columnist Jeanne Phillips, aka Abigail Van Buren, is being given an award by the homosexual activist group Parents and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG) for her endorsement of homosexual ‘marriage’.  “I believe if two people want to commit to each other, God bless ‘em,” the syndicated advice columnist told The Associated Press. “That is the highest form of commitment, for heaven’s sake.”   Stephen Bennett, founder of TheParentsGroup.com, a worldwide support group for parents, family members and friends who have loved ones who are homosexual, […]

WASHINGTON, October 10, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The official lobbying office of the 7.9 million-member United Methodist Church has co-signed a letter with several radical organizations in support of The Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA). The legislation, supported by the United Methodist General Board on Church and Society (GBCS), places those who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender into a special protected status.   Other co-signers of the letter include the National Center for Transgender Equality, The National Gay and Lesbian Task Force and the Human Rights Campaign.   The United Methodist Church officially does not ordain into the ministry practicing […]

By John-Henry Westen EDMONTON, October 10, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Last week the founding editor of The Western Standard announced the magazine was going out of print.  Ezra Levant founded the magazine four years ago from the ashes of the then recently defunct Alberta Report, a production of the Byfield family. “It’s a purely financial decision,” said Levant, in his article entitled, “150 million pages of fighting the good fight.”  LifeSiteNews.com spoke with the editor of Canada’s The Interim newspaper about the news.  The Interim, Canada’s pro-life, pro-family newspaper, now represents one of only a handful of conservative print publications in […]

By Meg Jalsevac QUEBEC CITY, October 10, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Thanks to the work of a local, non-denominational Life Week Committee, Quebec City is once again participating in the international pro-life effort known as Life Chain.  However, this year’s organizers of the peaceful hour of prayer were surprised to be met by not only a counter protest effort coordinated by the local anarchist group but also an ensuing throng of media personnel.   The Life Chain was held on the afternoon of October 7th on the sidewalk in front of the local hospital.   The Life Week Committee had previously […]

* Disclaimer: 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.   No US politician “who is more uncompromising and extreme on abortion rights than Hillary Clinton” – “Nothing, no political issue, impassions her like abortion rights. For Mrs. Clinton, abortion-rights is sacred ground.”https://wthrockmorton.com/2007/10/09/hillary-clinton-vs-rudy-guiliani-a-pro-life-…   Judicial Nominee Still Awaiting Senate Votehttps://www.citizenlink.org/content/A000005671.cfm   California bishop faces contempt chargehttps://www.cwnews.com/news/viewstory.cfm?recnum=54066   Golden Compass Movie Reveals a World Where There is No Godhttps://www.citizenlink.org/content/A000005672.cfm   Federal judge upholds adult business ordinances in Florida countyhttps://www.onenewsnow.com/2007/10/federal_judge_upholds_adult_bu.php   Seven years […]

States, "If it came to crunch I would say this is no longer a Catholic hospital but I won't want to do that."

ANN ARBOR, MI, October 9, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Last winter, cowed by threats from the ACLU, the Berkley City Council in Michigan voted to remove a decades-old nativity display from city property.  The council’s controversial action ignored the plea from many of this small town’s citizens to keep the display.   As a result, a grassroots effort “Berkley Citizens Vote YES to Christmas Holiday Display,” led by resident Georgia Halloran mounted a successful petition drive to overrule the City Council’s vote.  Enough signatures were gathered to place a proposed Charter Amendment on the November 6, 2007 general election ballot.    […]

WASHINGTON, DC, October 9, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Confraternity of Catholic Clergy (CCC), a national association of 600 priests and deacons dedicated to following the authentic teaching of the Catholic Church, have publicly endorsed the rationale of St. Louis Archbishop Raymond Burke to deny Holy Communion to politicians who obstinately and openly support abortion or euthanasia. “We respectfully urge all his brother bishops to universally and decisively support this initiative at the upcoming General Assembly of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops in November,” said the group in a release. “The Code of Canon Law (#915) explicitly states that […]

WASHINGTON, DC, October 9, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – In a letter to the Catholic Bishops of Connecticut sent October 4, the national Catholic Media Coalition (CMC) begged the bishops to rescind their recent approval to dispense the abortifacient drug Plan B to rape victims at Catholic hospitals in the state. (See letter at end of email, and at https://www.catholicmediacoalition.org/pr_ct_cath_conf_10_5_07.htm ).  CMC is an organization of Catholic writers, webmasters, editors, and others engaged in producing media for and about the Catholic Church. “Rape is a horrible crime,” said CMC President Mary Ann Kreitzer speaking on behalf of the group. “Women need help […]

By Peter J. Smith   WASHINGTON, D.C., October 9, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton has promised to sign an executive order overturning President Bush’s restrictions on federal funding for embryonic stem cell research once she is elected President.   The former First Lady and current junior senator from New York told her audience at the Carnegie Institution for Science that President Bush was waging a “war on science” that hindered the United States from becoming the “innovation nation.” “I will lift the current ban on ethical stem cell research,” Clinton said. “The president’s ban on stem […]

* Disclaimer: 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. New York Times Poll: Evangelicals Agree with Dr. Dobson – they could not support a candidate they didn’t agree with on issues such as abortion and same-sex marriagehttps://www.citizenlink.org/content/A000005659.cfm   China determined to stop priests spreading the Pope’s Letter, even by brain washinghttps://www.asianews.it/index.php?l=en&art=10506&size=A   Former Muslims Share Christhttps://www.cbn.com/CBNnews/245934.aspx   Vatican urges Muslim respect for all faithshttps://www.guardian.co.uk/religion/Story/0,,2186612,00.html   When the Connecticut legislature ignored the bishops’ pleas and stripped away the Church’s rights in […]

WASHINGTON, October 5, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – “The actions of the Connecticut Catholic Conference are an outrage and a crime,” said Judie Brown, president of American Life League (ALL) reacting to the news that the Connecticut Bishops have given permission for the use of the so-called “emergency contraceptive” Plan B for rape victims at Catholic hospitals. “It’s bad enough to allow so-called emergency contraception in Catholic hospitals, but to claim that the Church has never officially ruled on such matters is completely untrue,” added Brown.   The Connecticut Catholic Conference released a statement that allows personnel at Catholic hospitals to give […]

Commentary by Rev. Thomas J. Euteneuer, President, Human Life International   On September 28th the Connecticut bishops issued an unfortunate statement allowing the Plan B abortion-causing drug to be used in cases of rape in Catholic hospitals. I have written respectfully and urgently to the Connecticut Catholic Conference (CCC) and to each bishop individually to ask them to withdraw this potentially precedent-setting statement, and I pray that they do so. I am extremely concerned that this statement will begin to have a domino effect on other Catholic hospitals and healthcare institutions, and I write to you today to ask your […]

WASHINGTON, DC, October 5, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – On National Life Chain Sunday, October 7, pro-life Americans will, for the 20th year, line sidewalks in over 1,300 cities and towns to seek God’s forgiveness and His help to end abortion and related evils in our culture. Participants will hold signs that include Abortion Kills Children; Adoption: The Loving Option; Lord, Forgive Us and Our Nation; and Abortion Hurts Women.   Royce Dunn the Director of Life Chain calls it a “a peaceful witness against a violent public enemy that has terrorized and killed probably well over 100 million preborn Americans and […]

EXPELLED: No Intelligence Allowed Coming to Theatres in February 2008

Judicial Watch files lawsuit against FDA for its failure to fully respond to Freedom of Information request

On the American Thanksgiving last year I shared a touching poem which was memorized and recited by my son Joshua that had the effect of causing our family to reflect on and give thanks for all our blessings from the Lord.  Many readers appreciated it, and in case you missed it you can read it here:

Disregard for natural law has caused "a crisis for human-even more for Christian-- civilization."

By Steve Jalsevac   MANOTICK, Ontario, October 5, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – On Sunday, Sept. 23, a week before Canada’s Life Chain Sunday, Fr. Geoff Kerslake gave what was seen as a powerful sermon encouraging his parishioners to take part in the local Life Chain the following Sunday. Fr. Geoff is the young pastor of St. Leonard’s parish in Manotick, Ontario, located on the fringe of Canada’s capital city of Ottawa.   Fr. Geoff’s sermon so encouraged one couple who heard it that they had the text re-printed in the bulletin of their own nearby parish the following Sunday. In turn, […]

Will assist voters to cast informed vote Oct. 10

* Disclaimer: 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.   Security Concerns Postpone Dr. Death Kevorkian University of Florida Appearancehttps://www.northcountrygazette.org/news/2007/10/02/death_postponed/   Canada’s Conservative government gearing up for December federal electionhttps://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20071005.election05/BNStory/N…   If Giuliani gets nomination Republican Party will be useless to Christian conservatives says Weyrichhttps://www.washingtontimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071005/NATION/110050…   Giuliani shrugs off archbishop’s criticism, says he’s not running for religious officehttps://wire.jacksonville.com/pstories/politics/20071004/205267772.shtml   Hillary a shoo-in? Not by a long shot – Pat Buchananhttps://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=57998   Thompson invites Dobson to ‘apologize again’https://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=57979   Complaint says […]

Commentary on inclusion of "sexual orientation" in Board's Workplace Harassment policy

Special to LifeSiteNews.com by Dr. John B. Shea, October 3, 2007

CHICAGO, October 4, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Fidelis, a national Catholic advocacy group, applauded the courageous decision by St. Louis’ Archbishop Raymond Burke to deny Holy Communion to Republican presidential candidate Rudy Giuliani, and all pro-abortion politicians running for president, regardless of their political party.   The Associated Press is reporting that Archbishop Raymond Burke would deny Holy Communion to Rudy Giuliani and any pro-abortion Catholic running for president. Four Catholic Democrats running for president also support abortion, they include: Senator Christopher Dodd, Senator Joe Biden, New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson and Rep. Dennis Kucinich.   When asked if he would […]

By John-Henry Westen   TORONTO, October 4, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – On Tuesday, October 2, 2007 a young 25 year old mother and her child in the womb were murdered in the Toronto suburb of North York. The common law husband and father was charged with only one murder.   Aysun Sessen was seven months pregnant when she was stabbed to death.  Nonetheless, her partner Turn Cocelli was charged with only one murder.    Sessen’s parents know they have lost two children, their child and their grandchild.  “There should be two charges,” said Besey Sesen, 53, Aysun’s father.   Campaign Life […]

Latest episode of Cold Case was an exercise in bigoted, Christophobic fantasy.

Commentary republished with permission by Matt Bowman of Alliance Defense Fund  Excerpted from https://www.constitutionallycorrect.com/archive/2007/10/03/553.aspx   WASHINGTON, DC, October 3, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Connecticut Catholic hospitals’ spokesman Barry Feldman, in statements discussing the new policy allowing emergency contraception for rape victims even though embryos might not implant as a result, listed the Catholic Health Association as support for the new policy.   The position of the Catholic Health Association on “emergency contraception” is well known and seriously flawed.  It basically presents “emergency contraception” as permissible even after a positive ovulation test.  To get there it shamelessly adopts the definition of pregnancy […]

US, Canadian government development agencies among participants in campaign

Also publicly supports homosexuality; local bishop still refuses to discipline priest

Program includes positive presentation of homosexual families and requires children to question their own religious upbringing

Goldberg, who is said to have had at least 6 abortions, says, "Americans ought to 'revere' women, who have had abortions"

* Disclaimer: 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. Abortion supporters disrupt Mass at Cathedral of Managua, attempt to receive Communion (link corrected)https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/new.php?n=10538   Dr. Dobson says winning an election is important, but not at the expense of our core beliefs.https://www.citizenlink.org/content/A000005632.cfm   Teen Sues Her School for Rejecting Pro-Life Clubhttps://www.citizenlink.org/content/A000005626.cfm   Planned Parenthood Will Close Five Michigan Clinicshttps://www.citizenlink.org/content/A000005625.cfm   British cardinal insists on pro-life ethics at “celebrity” Catholic hospitalhttps://www.catholicnewsagency.com/new.php?n=10566   NOW and Planned Parenthood Test Access to Morning-After Pillhttps://www.free-times.com/index.php?cat=1992912064017974&ShowArticle_ID=1100…   […]

Responses to Campaign Life Coalition questionnaire

260 Catholic churches will hold anti-abortion protests on same day

By Hilary White   WASHINGTON, DC, October 3, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Homosexual acts are immoral and have no place in the US military says the United States’ most senior military chief, General Peter Pace, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.   In March Pace, a Catholic who is to retire this week, raised a storm of controversy when he told the Chicago Tribune in an interview, “I believe homosexual acts between two individuals are immoral and that we should not condone immoral acts.” The general said his views stemmed from his personal upbringing where he was taught that some […]

Agencies fear they will be forced to subsidize abortion next

By Hilary White   WINDSOR, Ontario, October 3, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Although infuriated by a privately distributed flyer exposing them as pro-abortion, neither the Liberal nor NDP candidates in the upcoming provincial election mentioned in it have denied support for legalised abortion.     The Windsor Star reports that the flyer called on Catholics in the southern Ontario riding of Essex, a potentially significant voting bloc, to avoid supporting either the NDP or Liberal party candidates saying they are pro-abortion, against natural traditional marriage and would cut funding to Catholic separate schools. The unsigned flyer was published by a group called […]

By John-Henry Westen   STRASBOURG, October 3, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – In his first visit to the Council of Europe on a     mission to discuss inter-religious dialogue, the head of the Russian Orthodox Church, Patriarch Alexy II, gave a spirited defence of Christian morality. He noted that the notion of human rights in Europe stems, at least in part from Christian morality. “Yet today there occurs a break between human rights and morality, and this break threatens the European civilization,” he warned. “We can see it in a new generation of rights that contradict morality, and in how human rights are […]

12 minute DVD and other material being sent to over 500,000 Catholic homes and nearly 800 parishes

Solid alternatives to larger number of sexually liberal, dissident, secularized Catholic colleges in US today

* Disclaimer: 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. “Are you guys really going to be out here for 40 days?”- An on-scene report of days 1 and 2 of Sacramento’s “40 Days for Life”https://www.calcatholic.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?id=6ff2d3c9-f2ab-46c7-ade6-18ba…   Vatican official says controversy over death of John Paul II part of pro-euthanasia media blithttps://www.catholicnewsagency.com/new.php?n=10545   Abortion supporters disrupt Mass at Cathedral of Managua, attempt to receive Communionhttps://www.catholicnewsagency.com/new.php?n=10538   If passed, ENDA would place all the power of the federal government in direct opposition […]

By Hilary White   MANILA, Philippines, October 2, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Lito Atienza, the former mayor of the Philippine capital Manila, who has earned the wrath of abortionists and population control groups for his opposition to the killer abortion drug RU-486, is facing a lawsuit by those same groups.   According to Elizabeth Pangalangan, executive director of the Reproductive Health, Rights and Ethics Center at the University of the Philippines, the suit aims to “hold [Atienza] liable for acts which caused injury to women.”   Atienza, who is now the Environment Secretary in the government of Gloria Arroyo, led Manila’s […]

Social and economic conservatives feel betrayed by Republican Party

By John-Henry Westen   HARTFORD, October 2, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Barry Feldman is general counsel for St. Francis Hospital the lead spokesman for the Connecticut Catholic Bishops conference regarding their newly announced permission to administer the morning after pill Plan B to rape victims in Catholic hospitals in the state.    In seeking comment on the decision LifeSiteNews.com spoke with the pro-life office of the US Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) but was directed to the executive director of the Connecticut Catholic Conference (CCC).  Deacon David Reynold, acting director of the CCC referred LifeSiteNews.com to Barry Feldman as their spokesman […]

Provisions of state law provide for immediate stay of occupancy and activity on site while the appeal deliberated

Edwards says, "I want my children to be able to make that decision on behalf of themselves"

Our correspondent turns the tables and sits in on a pro-abortion NOW meeting

By Steve Jalsevac   October 2, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The annual Canadian Life Chain took place this past Sunday at hundreds of locations around the country as silent pro-life witnesses held signs along busy streets and prayed that those passing by would consider the reality and harm of abortion. Next Sunday, Oct. 7 Life Chain will take place across the United States. In many locations participants have once again reported surprisingly strong support from passersby who honked their horns or gave a thumbs up to the supposedly politically incorrect message on the Life Chain signs. In Toronto such support was […]

by Hilary White   NEW YORK, October 1, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Under heavy pressure from abortion lobbyists, Verizon Wireless, the second largest broadband provider in the US, will allow the abortion activist organization, NARAL Pro-Choice America to use its service to send text message alerts to customers. The announcement is a reversal of its earlier decision to refuse the request and follows a campaign launched by abortion lobbyists and the New York Times.   NARAL had asked for a five-digit “short code” that would allow Verizon customers to receive news and action alerts on request. Such codes allow people interested […]

By Hilary White   TORONTO, October 1, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Fr. Richard John Neuhaus, the highly influential editor of First Things magazine, has written that the Christian faith in Canada has become completely “disestablished”.   After returning from his annual summer vacation in his native Ottawa Valley, Neuhaus wrote in First Things, “It is true to say that, in most aspects of public life [in Canada], Christianity has been not only disestablished but also banished.” In an interview with the National Post, Neuhaus linked the erosion of the Christian foundation of Canadian society with the Charter of Rights and Freedoms […]

Expected to lead to schism within Anglican Communion

FARGO, October 1, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Facing the busy street in front of the state of North Dakota’s only abortion facility Friday morning, Most Rev. Samuel J. Aquila, Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Fargo, led the prayers of the rosary. The dozen or so men and women who joined him drew close to hear his words above the sounds of the traffic and occasional nearby trains.   The bishop had scheduled an hour of prayer at the abortion facility as part of the 40 Days for Life North Dakota campaign which began Wednesday, Sept. 26. The campaign includes prayer […]

Maximum damages sought on behalf of protesters in Aurora accused of advocating violence

Miller supported parade featured stripper in cage hoisted above church during mass

"My daughter was 22, healthy, and alive when she walked into that clinic ... There is no reason for her to be dead."

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