Articles for Month: December 2007

* 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 thousands of Spaniards demonstrated in favour of the traditional family in the centre of Madrid on Sundayhttps://uk.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUKL3019948220071230 Pro-abortion, pro-gay New York Mayor Bloomberg seriously moving toward a decision to run for president as an independent in 2008 https://www.newsmax.com/insidecover/Bloomberg_Prepares_to_Run/2007/12/31/60758.ht… Longtime San Diego-area abortion clinic closes its doorshttps://www.calcatholic.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?id=b97e49a4-5272-40f4-a19c-581f… Stem Cells and the President — An Inside Accounthttps://www.commentarymagazine.com/viewarticle.cfm/Stem-Cells-and-the-President-1… Polish vicar resists in-vitro inseminationhttps://www.upi.com/NewsTrack/Top_News/2007/12/26/polish_vicar_resists_in-vitro_i… Judicial Watch Announces List of Washington’s “Ten Most Wanted […]

By Hilary White LONDON, December 24, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Fifty years ago this Christmas, the young Queen Elizabeth II broadcast her Christmas message to the nation asking Britons to defend traditional morality in the face of a rapidly changing world. Christmas day 1957 was the first time the Sovereign’s message was broadcast on television. The message has been posted to the online video website YouTube as part of the “official YouTube Channel for the British Monarchy” approved by the Royal Family. In her 1957 Christmas message, the recently crowned Queen said her address to the nation on television “is just […]

As a POW, my captors would tie my arms behind my back and then loop the rope around my neck and ankles so that my head was pulled down between my knees. I was often left like that throughout the night. One night, a guard came into my cell. He put his finger to his lips signalling for me to be quiet and then loosened my ropes to relieve my pain. The next morning, when his shift ended, the guard returned and retightened the ropes, never saying a word to me. A month or so later, on Christmas Day, I […]

By Hilary White TATTENHALL, Cheshire, UK (LifeSiteNews.com) – The bells for the Christmas Eve service are ringing in the 16th century bell tower of the Anglican parish church in the little village in West Cheshire where I moved three months ago. The day has been dark and drizzly and chilly as only a northern English winter day can be. Despite the weather, though, an inescapable atmosphere of joy and anticipation can be found in this little country village. People here obviously love Christmas. There is nothing like a little English village at Christmas (even when we are still waiting for […]

By  Thaddeus M. Baklinski Truth, Faith, Family, Respect for Life, the Need for Courage, Stepping out into the Deep, Loving our Neighbor, Loving our Enemies, all of these things are presented daily to our LifeSiteNews readers and grappled with daily by the LifeSiteNews staff. When I was asked not long ago to write for LifeSiteNews I was not a little intimidated by the prospect of dealing with the sometimes painful, sometimes sordid, sometimes exhilarating realities that are part of the work we do. Having subscribed to the e-mail newsletter for many years, I was aware of the important work the […]

By John-Henry Westen HOLLYWOOD, December 24, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – One TV movie production LifeSiteNews.com can wholeheartedly endorse is the Veggie Tale series by Big Idea Productions.  What began in 1993 as a direct-to-video option for Saturday-morning fare is now, 27 episodes later, the world’s best-selling faith-and-values-based property that is beloved by kids and trusted by parents. On January 11, 2008, Universal Pictures and Big Idea, makers of 2002’s wildly successful Jonah-A VeggieTales Movie, present The Pirates Who Don’t Do Anything – A VeggieTales Movie. The CG-animated adventure, from Big Idea’s enormously popular VeggieTales franchise is a new story of heroism […]

A Sequel to the Best Seller Fr. Elijah is Being Contemplated

By Matthew Cullinan Hoffman (Written Christmas Eve) MEXICO CITY, December 24, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Tomorrow is Christmas, but the old Catholic tradition of waiting until midnight to break the Christmas Eve fast has strong roots here in Mexico, and although fasting is no longer mandated for Catholics, “La Noche Buena” (the “Good Night” before Christmas), remains the main event in this very traditional society. In Mexico City, where I am visiting relatives of a good friend, there is much to cheer the heart of those who struggle for the crucial values of life and family.  Mexico is a very young […]

* 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. Room for God – National Post Main Editorial; It did not please God to save his people by means of logic. Rather, he sent his sonhttps://www.nationalpost.com/todays_paper/story.html?id=194921 Christmastime in the city – Lorne Gunter, National Post https://www.nationalpost.com/opinion/columnists/story.html?id=effe69e2-bf2b-4df5-… Christmas Gift by David Warren   https://insidecatholic.com/Joomla/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&… Crazy Christmas Lightshttps://insidecatholic.com/Joomla/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&… ‘In God We Trust’ to Resume Prominent Place on $1 Coinhttps://www.citizenlink.org/CLNews/A000006185.cfm Family Lost in the Snow Relied on God to Survivehttps://www.citizenlink.org/CLBriefs/A000006181.cfm Wal-Mart Donates $200,000 to The […]

By Thaddeus M. Baklinski December 24, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Jamie Lynn Spears, 16-year-old sister of Britney Spears, is causing some consternation among abortion advocates by announcing that she is expecting and plans to keep the baby. As reported in LifeSiteNews.com recently, Jamie Lynn told OK! Magazine, “I can’t say it was something I was planning to do right now. But now that it’s in my lap and that it’s something I have to deal with, I’m looking forward to being the best mom I can be.” Two of this year’s biggest movies, “Juno” and “Knocked Up,” deal with the issue […]

By John Connolly ROMEOVILLE, Illinois, December 24, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Using the new pluripotent stem cell research breakthroughs as leverage, the Catholic Conference of Illinois (CCI) has begun a push to end state-funded embryonic stem cell research through the Illinois Regenerative Medicine Institute. The CCI, the public policy organization for the Illinois Catholic Bishops, has fought since 2003 to pass legislature blocking state funding for research that uses human embryos. The new push is based on the recent discovery that scientists can use human skin cells to simulate the flexibility of stem cells. The CCI is one of many pro-life […]

St. Frances Cabrini Parish STATEMENT OF RECONCILIATION We, the members of St. Frances Cabrini Parish, claim as our own the words of the Apostle Paul. “There is no longer Jew nor Greek, there is no longer slave nor free, there is no longer male and female: for all of you are one in Christ Jesus.” (Galatians 3:28) As members of one body we are grieved by the separation of many of those Catholics who identify themselves as gay, lesbian, transgender or bisexual from the Catholic Church. We are aware of the centuries of oppression that these brothers and sisters have […]

The following Christmas message has just been released by US President George W. Bush: Christmas 2007 “But the angel said to her, ‘Do not be afraid, Mary, you have found favor with God. You will be with child and give birth to a son, and you are to give him the name Jesus. He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High…his kingdom will never end.’” Luke 1:30-33 During the Christmas season, our thoughts turn to the source of joy and hope born in a humble manger on a holy night more than 2,000 years […]

By John-Henry Westen ST. PAUL, Minnesota, December 21, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis has informed LifeSiteNews.com that after a meeting with Archbishop Harry J. Flynn, Father Leo Tibesar, of Saint Frances Cabrini Parish in Minneapolis has agreed to remove from the parish website “any language from the St. Frances Cabrini parish website that is in opposition to Roman Catholic Church doctrine.” Removed from the parish website was a page titled a “Statement of Reconciliation” which bemoaned Church teaching on sexual purity and married chastity and misrepresented these teachings as a form of “oppression.” The statement […]

By John-Henry Westen Hamilton, December 21, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – In a 5-4 decision the Halton Catholic District School Board decided Tuesday to ban the anti-Catholic book“The Golden Compass” and the other two books in the “His Dark Materials” anti-religion series.  The film, “The Golden Compass” has ignited interest in the books and drawn the attention of Catholic leaders the world over who have condemned it. In addition to several US bishops and archbishops, the Vatican newspaper blasted the film and books in an editorial this week. The removal of the book from Catholic schools comes as no surprise considering the […]

21 December 2007 Ottawa, Ontario Greetings from the nation’s capital. The Christmas season is upon us once again and it’s a wonderful time of year. We can relax and be with our loved ones, celebrate our faith, reflect on our good fortune to live in the greatest country in the world. Of all the joys of the season, perhaps none is more satisfying than the joy of giving. Not just the gifts exchanged between family and friends, but the gifts of time, money and effort many give to people less fortunate than ourselves. That spirit of generosity is one of […]

Latest of many blows against the family by socialist government elected in reaction to terrorist bombings

Statement penned by same priest who called it a "blasphemy" to keep Terri Schiavo alive

They were offered selective reduction (abortion) of one of the quadruplets but refused

By Hilary White HONG KONG, December 21, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Sex education can be based on sound moral principles as well as accurate information and does not have to include information about immoral practices or contraception, says a prominent Hong Kong churchman. Joseph Cardinal Zen, the Catholic bishop of Hong Kong has published a pastoral letter for Advent entitled “Love life, a Gift of God” in which he said, “Sex education cannot be anything other than education with value orientation. The so-called value-free idea is already a value choice”. “When a person suggests that abortion, the termination of an innocent […]

“Value-Free” Sex Education already a Value Choice says Hong Kong Cardinal * 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. You can’t take Christ out of Christmas – Roland S. Martin on CNNhttps://www.cnn.com/2007/US/12/20/roland.martin/index.html A Christless Christmas Is Senseless, Says Pope; Without God-Made-Man, It’s an “Empty Holiday”https://www.zenit.org/article-21341?l=english Waiting for Christmas With Hilaire Bellochttps://insidecatholic.com/Joomla/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&… China plays role of Scrooge for Chinese Christianshttps://canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/1050 The Hillary Who Stole Christmashttps://article.nationalreview.com/?q=OWEwNDQ0MmI2NTM0MTBmNGZiYTZlYzU0NGFlNGJhYjM… Sydney, Australia Catholic grant awarded to adult-stem cell research teamhttps://au.christiantoday.com/article/catholic-grant-awarded-to-adult-stem-cell-r… Oakland won’t enforce “bubble ordinance” […]

By Peter J. Smith UELFELD, Germany, December 21, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A US Baptist missionary family has narrowly avoided deportation from Germany for their commitment to educate their children at home thanks to successful eleventh hour negotiations by home school advocates. The International Human Rights Group (IHRG) reports that its European Counsel, Dr. Ronald Reichert, convinced German officials to drop a deportation order that would have required Mr. Clint Robinson, his wife Susan and their three children to leave Germany on Thursday for the outlawed practice of homeschooling their children. “The deportation has been postponed while we continue to negotiate […]

Expected to be bombarded with responses from pro-lifers but instead most responses were from men and women hurt by abortion

By John-Henry Westen HOLLYWOOD, December 20, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Jamie Lynn Spears the 16-year-old younger sister of Britney Spears announced her pregnancy in an interview with OK! Magazine. The younger Spears, also a star in her own right acting in the show ‘Zoey 101’, told the celebrity magazine: “I can’t say it was something I was planning to do right now. But now that it’s in my lap and that it’s something I have to deal with, I’m looking forward to being the best mom I can be.” As for her decision to keep the baby, Spears told OK! “I think […]

Corrects AP on "misleading and grossly inaccurate" statements about abortion ban

Has used UN position to promote international right to abortion and special rights for homosexuals

Complaints to Rome appear to have resulted in return to Catholic standards

First Latin American country to cave in to mounting homosexual rights pressure

However, trails far behind Romney, Giuliani and McCain in important New Hampshire primary delegates poll

Considers actions against it to be trumped up and made with intent to harass

By Hilary White   ROME, December 20, 20007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The City Council of Rome will not allow homosexual partners to register their liaisons as civil unions. In a 43-12 vote, the Council came out against a registry for same-sex unions   The Italian daily La Repubblica published an open letter from Mayor Walter Veltroni, saying that the debate on the civil-union proposal had opened a broader discussion on the issue of violence against homosexuals that would not have been possible 40 years ago.   The government had proposed to implement civil union legislation that would have brought homosexual partnerings […]

* 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. Think tank warns Atlantic Canada will become the Third World of the 21st century unless provincial governments immediately get to work on population growthhttps://www.canadaeast.com/news/article/162865 Numerous Nativity Scenes Vandalized Nationwide in UShttps://www.cnsnews.com/ViewCulture.asp?Page=/Culture/archive/200712/CUL20071220a… Archbishop of Canterbury says nativity ‘a legend’https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml;jsessionid=JHPSTTVO4EG5FQFIQMGCFGGAVC… The only people who seem bothered by Christmas are those overly sensitive post-Christian liberals proposing its banishment and a few antagonistic atheists who from time to time file human rights complaints. It’s Christmas. […]

By John-Henry Westen VATICAN CITY, December 19, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Vatican newspaper L’Osservatore Romano added its voice yesterday to the condemnation of the newly released film ‘The Golden Compass’ and the book series on which the film was based.  In a lengthy editorial on December 18, the paper said Golden Compass was “the most anti-Christian film possible.” This latest confirmation of Catholic opposition to the film, puts into sharp relief once again the positive review which the film received from the film office of the US Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB).  After several Catholic leaders and many lay faithful […]

Calgary Herald writer says the Commissions must be "shut down

By John-Henry Westen WARSAW, December 19, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Bishops of Poland issued an open letter to the federal Government yesterday informing them that the Government’s support for in vitro fertilization undermines their claims to be pro-life. In vitro fertilization (IVF) is the process of artificial procreation whereby sperm and ova are combined to create embryonic children outside the womb which are then implanted in batches of 2-5 in the hopes that one child survives till birth. In their letter the Polish Bishops called IVF “inadmissible and undignified” noting that “many embryos perish” during the procedure. The letter called […]

By Matthew Cullinan Hoffman DENVER, December 18, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A young law student in Colorado has launched an effort to put a resolution on the state ballot in 2008 to acknowledge the personhood of embryos from the moment of fertilization. Kristi Burton, age 20, is heading a group called “Colorado for Equal Rights” (https://www.coloradoforequalrights.com), which is grabbing the attention of the major media nationwide.  The organization is seeking the 76,000 signatures necessary under Colorado law to subject a resolution to a statewide plebiscite. The resolution simply reads: “Be it Enacted by the People of the State of Colorado: SECTION […]

Says, "Our conference's neutrality stance has also unintentionally provoked scandal among Catholics"

By Hilary White VANCOUVER, December 19,2007 (LifeSIteNews.com) – As Canada’s legislators prepare to debate Bill C-484, Canada’s unborn victims of crime bill that was introduced in Parliament in November, conservation officers are reportedly “emotional” after having discovered three men in British Columbia who were hunting pregnant deer. The three have pleaded guilty to violating the Wildlife Act after having shot two female deer, one of whom was found to have been pregnant with two fawns. The men have been charged with four counts against the Act, two for killing the two adult females and two more for the unborn fawns.  CanWest […]

Veto a major reversal for pro-abortion forces in the province, who spent years agitating for it

New law now gives homosexuals almost all rights of married couples with few exceptions

By John Connolly SAN FRANCISCO, December 19, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) –  Following in the footsteps of the USCCB document “Faithful Citizenship,” Archbishop George H. Niederauer of San Francisco released a timely and strong document affirming Church teaching concerning the role of Christianity in politics and mapping out the duties of the Catholic faithful as citizens. The question-and-answer format document, titled “Religion and Politics – 2008,” was released now because the Archbishop did not want it to be interpreted as a tacit endorsement of any one candidate. “I believe it is appropriate to address some basic questions about the relationship between religion […]

Politicans marching in them fail to understand what the parade is really about - exhibitionism and narcissism

Would require most states to provide contraceptives to anticipated 10 million children with parents none the wiser.

After Decades Without a Nativity Scene, Persistence Pays Off In New Jersey https://www.lc.org/index.cfm?PID=14102&AlertID=783 Senior Residents Are Finally Allowed To Display Religious Christmas Decorations https://www.lc.org/index.cfm?PID=14102&AlertID=780 What In Christmas Season Grows: On the Days Leading Up to the Nativity of the Lord https://www.ignatiusinsight.com/features2007/schall_christmas_dec07.asp Bio-ethicist Dr. John Hardt and Catholic canonist Rev. Kevin O’Rourke trying to use canon law against Vatican’s Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith for upholding basic right of patients in so-called “persistent vegetative state” to nutrition and hydration.https://www.canonlaw.info/2007/12/hardt-orourke-err-in-minimizing-scope.html Spanish government suspends funding of pro-life centershttps://www.catholicnewsagency.com/new.php?n=11321 Alarm sounded by Filipino bishops about organ traffickingAlarm sounded by Filipino bishops about […]

Made no distinction between abstinence education and usual "comprehensive" sex ed

By Matthew Cullinan Hoffman BARCELONA, December 17, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Spanish authorities in the province of Catalonia continued their ongoing operations against abortionists with the arrest of seven doctors, including two psychiatrists, two anesthetists, and three gynecologists. Officials told the French Press Agency (AFP) that operations were continuing and that there might soon be more arrests. According to local media reports, the psychiatrists are charged with falsifying documents to show the need for an abortion based on psychological “health”, one of the three types of abortion that have been decriminalized in the country.  The other two are cases of rape […]

By Matthew Cullinan Hoffman MADRID, December 18, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – In the face of an exploding scandal involving illegal late term abortions at private clinics, socialist President Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero is urging his party to reexamine the issue of abortion. In recent weeks, Spain has been rocked by revelations of numerous late-term abortions done in violation of Spanish law at clinics in Barcelona and Madrid.  Television news networks and national newspapers have revealed to the public the horrifying reality of abortion in Spain: fetuses at five to eight months gestation poisoned with saline solution, chopped to pieces and thrown […]

RICHMOND, VA, December 18, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Women who have had an abortion run three times the normal risk of having a subsequent low birth weight baby, suggests research in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health.  The study titled “Previous abortion and the risk of low birth weight and preterm births” is published in the January 2008 edition of the journal on pages 16-22. The more abortions a woman has, the greater are her chances of giving birth to a child that is underweight or premature in the future, the research shows. Low birthweight (under 2500 g) and premature […]

Special to LifeSiteNews.com by Pete Vere NEW YORK, December 18, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Harry Forbes, director of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) Office of Film and Broadcasting, has given a positive review to the homosexually-themed “Rent”. Forbes, whose initial positive review of “Brokeback Mountain” two years’ ago was subsequently modified by the USCCB, became the center of controversy earlier this month after the USCCB withdrew his positive review of “The Golden Compass”. The 2005 movie “Rent” is based upon a musical of the same name. The movie’s plot follows the relationships between a group of friends who […]

Was approached by federal Conservative Party to run as a candidate

Has no church, ran as a Democrat in five primaries and campaigned for Al Gore

By John-Henry Westen and John Connolly HOLLYWOOD, December 18, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Hollywood super star Denzel Washington revealed what he indicates is a strong spiritual life and devotion to his family in a December 2007 interview with Reader’s Digest. In a candid interview, the academy award winner emphasized the importance of his family and the Bible in his life. “I read the Bible every day,” Washington said. “I’m in my second pass-through now, in the Book of John. My pastor told me to start with the New Testament, so I did, maybe two years ago. Worked my way through it, […]

Susan Talve is a Reform Jewish rabbi and promoter of abortion and special privileges for homosexuals

Judge has history of bias against homeschooling

Japanese scientist fears method will be used to create human being with only one biological parent

By Thaddeus M. Baklinski VANCOUVER, December 18, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A group calling itself the B.C. Coalition of Experiential Communities hopes the federal government will grant them a legal exemption from  prostitution laws so they can open a brothel in Vancouver’s east side in time for the Winter Olympics. Susan Davis, spokeswoman for the group, says they have the support of both Liberal MP Libby Davies and Vancouver mayor Sam Sullivan. Hedy Fry, Member of Parliament for Vancouver Centre, denied involvement in the project in a letter to the editor of the Vancouver Sun on November 20th. “Workers and sports enthusiasts […]

By Hilary White JERUSALEM, December 18, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – An Israeli religious opposition party has said it will work to block attempts to allow same-sex couples to adopt children on an equal footing with natural families. The Shas Party was reacting to moves by Welfare Minister Isaac Herzog to bring in a policy that would allow same-sex partners to adopt children legally. Haaretz daily newspaper quoted Shas Chairman Eli Yishai saying, “This is a crazy idea.” “It is part of a series of ideas by deluded parties whose sole goal is to blur the Jewish core of the Jewish people. […]

By Marie-Christine Houle TORONTO, Canada, December 18, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Two main events caught our attention over the past two weeks. Climate Change – United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC): There have been concerns the conference could be used by pro-abortion groups to push an anti-family, anti-life agenda.  A CBC news report said that Canada was highly criticized at the conference for its inactivity on the climate change front. Although Canada did ratify the Kyoto protocol, it has in the last few months aligned itself with the United States position. The U.S. is often isolated at the United […]

Dear readers, It’s been another full news day, with interesting and some heartening developments to report. Some encouraging notes from Spain as the gruesome reality of abortion has forced a national rethink on the issue.  The courage of Archbishop Burke is an inspiration, particularly at this time of year. There are a number of items where you can make a difference.  Note the action items on the USCCB reviewer story and that of the Quebec Mayor. Beyond that you can make a difference with your generous support for LifeSiteNews.com as our end-of-the-year fundraising drive is coming to a close. Thankfully […]

* 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. Quotes from articles: Hillary the Movie” A lot of big names take part in this classy production revealing a woman who is rather scaryhttps://www.hillarythemovie.com/index.htm Time to Move On…From Hillary – And from the Clintons’ Brand of Politics by William Kristol: “What we are not looking forward to is the prospect of Hillary Clinton in the spotlight, as the Democratic nominee. She might be easier to beat than Barack Obama or John […]

* 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. The Harm Of Coming Into Existence. Author “argues for the ‘anti-natal’ view — that it is always wrong to have children. Every child should be unwanted – Mark Steynhttps://www.nysun.com/article/68186?page_no=2 The Opening Pages of Island of the World: Michael O’Brien’s; latest novelhttps://www.ignatiusinsight.com/features2007/mobrien_islandoftheworld_dec07.asp IVF’s Insidious Medical Defectshttps://www.zenit.org/article-21299?l=english The culture of death is “devious, diabolical and deceiving.” Another chapter in the story of America’s inability to deal honestly with the truth that a unique […]

Definition of when life begins pivotal to debate

By John-Henry Westen TORONTO, December 17, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The glowing review for the anti-Catholic film ‘The Golden Compass’ issued November 29 by the Office of Film and Broadcasting of the US Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) is still causing problems even after being officially withdrawn at the behest of the USCCB.  The December 23 Christmas edition of Canada’s largest Catholic newspaper, The Catholic Register, has published without comment on page 12 the now-pulled review of the controversial film. The positive review issued by Harry Forbes the director of the USCCB film office and published by the Catholic News Service […]

A significant victory in Congress this weekend as Mexico City policy upheld by president

Series of several articles lean to pro-abortion side but provide more balance than usual

By Hilary White OTTAWA, December 17, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Supreme Court of Canada has ordered a man to pay damages for failing to provide his former wife with a Jewish writ of divorce, or ghet, a purely religious matter with no connection to Canada’s civil law. According to a report from Brian Lilley of CFRB radio news, the ruling may have an impact on other religious groups in Canada. The case has been pending since a Montreal woman petitioned the Supreme Court in 2006 to uphold a lower court decision awarding her damages after her ex-husband refused to provide […]

By Gwen Landolt December 17, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Same-sex marriage was undemocratically passed into law in Canada in June 2005.  The then Liberal government, aided by the secular media, argued that same-sex marriage was necessary on the basis of “equality” for homosexuals who were supposedly experiencing painful discrimination because they could not enter into legal recognized marriages with their same-sex partners.  This, it turns out, was a lie. Certainly many homosexuals themselves made clear at that time that same-sex marriage was not a concern in their community.  For example, Gareth Kirkby, then managing editor of the homosexual newspaper, Xtra West, […]

By Tom Korski Originally published in The Hill Times, September 24, 2007 For all the hype and histrionics, new data show gay Canadians are just mild about marriage.  Ironic, yes? The Commons, courts, and churches were spurred into years-long debate over the issue in the belief it was vital or at least relevant to the gay community.  Yet recent federal figures show less than five per cent of gay Canadians have wed since the country legalized same-sex marriage in 2005. The number was not widely reported.  Instead, a media image depicted gay Canadians enthusiastically embracing traditional roles at the exact […]

By Colleen Raezler of the Culture and Media Institute LOS ANGELES, CA, December 14, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Barbara Walters likes to receive Christmas greetings from high-profile celebrities and leaders, but apparently not if they refer to the Bible. On Thursday’s episode of ABC’s The View, Walters expressed dismay that President and Mrs. Bush would send out greetings containing Scripture.    During the segment, Walters showed the other gals some of the “highfalutin Christmas cards,” and explained the White House card:   “First of all, let me show you the cover of the White House, which is nice and bland…So that’s pleasant enough.  […]

By John-Henry Westen CHICAGO, December 13, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The top item on the webpage of the Archdiocese of Chicago today is a warning against ‘The Golden Compass’ movie.  Next to a photo of Cardinal Francis George is a note stating: “Both the movie and the books contain aspects that are deeply troubling to those who profess the Catholic faith.” In addition, St. Louis Archbishop Raymond Burke writes in his diocesan paper today that Catholic parents and teachers in his archdiocese “were warned that the author of the books (“His Dark Materials,” by Philip Pullman) from which the movie is […]

By John-Henry Westen ST. LOUIS, December 14, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The warnings against the film ‘The Golden Compass’ by a growing number of Catholic bishops in the United States come as a much needed correction to a positive review of the film by the Office for Film and Broadcasting of the US Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB). That positive review, which was pulled this week, was used by the producers of the film to advertise the film as if it had the approval of US Bishops.  Newspaper ads for the film included this line: “The Golden Compass is an Exciting Adventure […]

OTTAWA, December 14, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Unborn Victims of Crime Act (C-484) introduced on November 21 by Conservative Member of Parliament for Edmonton-Sherwood Park, Ken Epp, received its first hour of debate in the House of Commons yesterday. “This bill is about giving a woman the freedom of choice to bring her child to term in safety,” Mr. Epp said. “In anticipating the birth of her baby, she has become emotionally attached to it, and has experienced the greatest violation of her right and freedom possible – the criminal assault and death or injury to her child that she […]

By John-Henry Westen OTTAWA, December 14, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Although not reported in the mainstream press, the Conservative Government’s Bill C-2, the ‘Tackling Violent Crime Act’, passed the House of Commons on November 28. The Bill has since gone through first and second reading in the Senate and is in committee as of December 12. The omnibus crime bill includes a provision which would see the age of consent for sexual activity raised from 14 to 16-year-of-age. Having the age of consent at 14 has been a bone of contention for many Canadians.  With one of the world’s lowest ages of […]

By Steve Jalsevac December 14, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Bobby Schindler, the brother of Terri Shiavo, the young woman who was dehydrated to death in Florida in 2005, has become a prominent opponent of euthanasia since that wrenching time for his family. In a recent Challenge magazine interview with Alex Schadenberg of the Euthanasia Prevention Coalition, Schindler revealed the shocking details of the support from many prominent Catholic clergy for the court ordered removal of food and hydration from Terri. Bobby is a practicing Catholic as was his sister.  Schindler stated that his sister “was not dying, not attached to any […]

By Matthew Cullinan Hoffman TOPEKA, December 14, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Paul Morrison, the Kansas Attorney General who canceled a criminal investigation of his financial backer, late term abortionist George Tiller, has announced his resignation in the wake of a scandal in which he is accused of sexual harassment and an attempt to illegally gain information on investigations against his abortionist patron. Morrison made the decision after officials in Johnson County, the jurisdiction where he was accused of wrongdoing, announced that they had allocated $25,000 to hire a special prosecutor to investigate the case. “I have held others accountable for their […]

Biohazardous human body parts thrown into garbage

Kenyan first lady said "the condom … is causing the spread of AIDS in this country"

By Thaddeus M. Baklinski QUEBEC, December 13, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Mario Dumont and the Action démocratique du Québec party (ADQ) want the government to stop and take a closer look at the new non-denominational religion course to be taught to all Quebec children from kindergarten to the end of high school, starting next September. The course is mandated for all students whether in public school, private school or even schooled at home. Arguing that the course ignores the Catholic cultural and social heritage of Quebec, Dumont stated the program dismisses the essential character and reality of Quebec and its people. […]

By Hilary White OTTAWA, December 13, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com ) – An NDP Member of Parliament has introduced a bill to add yet another in a growing and long list of groups to the hate crimes act. Now its the “transgendered” who are being presented as an “identifiable group” against whom it would be a criminal offence to “discriminate.” Bill Siksay, MP for Burnaby-Douglas in British Columbia who is himself a homosexual, has introduced, bill C-494, that would add the terms “gender identity” and “gender expression” to the criminal code under the section addressing “hate crimes”.  Siksay is well known as […]

Slams Unborn Victims of Violent Crime Bill in Commons; calls pro-life MP part of "a rather extreme fanatical group"

By Hilary White CANTERBURY, UK, December 13, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Three teenage girls from an award winning teenage magazine, Oi!, met with Rowan Williams, the Anglican Archbishop of Canterbury, who invited the teen reporters to take “tea and toast” with him at his official residence. Oi!, that stands for “Outspoken Individual”, is a magazine run by and geared for young people, that hails from Kent, the county in the southeast of England in which the ancient town of Canterbury is located. The young reporters were searching for “outspoken” Kentish people and described their meeting with Dr. Williams as an “overwhelming […]

Fails to Support European Women Who Want More Children

Why has no other similarly negligent bishop done the same?

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WASHINGTON, December 12, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) –  Yesterday, the U.S. House passed a resolution recognizing the importance of Christmas and the Christian faith by a vote of 372 to 9. Nine members voted against the resolution, ten refused to support it by voting “present,” and 40 others members did not vote. All but two of the representatives voting “present” or against the Christmas Resolution voted in favor of a resolution recognizing Ramadan, which passed by a 376-0 vote in October. The Ramadan Resolution stated that the House “recognizes the Islamic faith as one of the great religions of the world…expresses friendship […]

"Several women have died while getting abortions" from him and yet Michigan board of health has never investigated him

Mandates greater focus on the basics of Catholic teaching; "concerned" about mixed messages on sexual activity

By John Connolly RIGA, Latvia, December 12, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – In what homosexual activists are complaining was an attempt to bar gays from political life, Cardinal Janis Pujats delivered a statement on homosexuality in public life on December 10, calling for all political leaders to support the Latvian people’s moral values. As Latvia prepares to elect a new parliament, Cardinal Pujats called upon voters to block any individual unwilling to represent the people’s moral values from running for Prime Minister. The Cardinal asked candidates to affirm that they are “ready to defend the Latvian nation against the invasion of homosexuality […]

Police chief responds, "he can pray at home or anywhere", except near abortion center

By Hilary White December 12, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Katelyn Kampf has said she is angry her parents, who tried to kidnap her to force her to abort her son, have been given a “slap on the wrist” by courts. Kampf, holding her son, Diandre, spoke on the national ABC television programme “Good Morning America”. Her parents, well-known businesspeople in their town, were not sentenced to any jail time and felony charges have been dropped. She said, “I feel like my parents should have been looked at as just any other individual. It shouldn’t have been made into a family matter […]

Baltimore Archbishop "grateful" USCCB withdrew positive movie review because "it caused much confusion in the Catholic Community"

WASHINGTON, DC, December 12, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The United States’ largest faith-based association of physicians, the 15,000-member Christian Medical Association (https://www.cmda.org), joined other leading national organizations yesterday in challenging The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) to stop its attack on the conscience rights of pro-life physicians. A letter, drafted by the CMA and signed by other national organizations, blasted ACOG’s Committee on Ethics position statement, “The Limits of Conscientious Refusal in Reproductive Medicine.” CMA’s letter noted that the statement “suggests a profound misunderstanding of the nature and exercise of conscience, an underlying bias against persons of faith and […]

By Hilary White LONDON, December 12, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The UK’s Observer reports that a group of Labour MP’s is preparing to defy party whips and oppose the government’s proposed Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill. 40 backbenchers, led by MP Jim Dobbin, will tell party whips and the Prime Minister of their objections to the bill. The Labour government announced earlier that all MP’s will be whipped to vote with the government on the bill, despite it being considered a “conscience” matter, an unusual move in British politics but now common in other countries such as Canada. In November the Daily […]

By Thaddeus M. Baklinski December 12, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A poll conducted from Dec. 5 to Dec. 9, 2007 by a telephone interview of 1,133 adults showed that Americans still largely support legalized abortion, but increasingly believe it should be harder to get and be regulated by stricter laws. New York Times/CBS News conducts a bimonthly poll containing the question: “Which of these comes closest to your view? Abortion should be generally available to those who want it; Abortion should be available but under stricter limits than it is now; or Abortion should not be permitted.” The results from the […]

Patient's body is not shutting down and he is benefitting from the provision of fluid and food

Guest article by Julio Severo BRAZIL, December 12, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – I A radical homosexual group inside the Brazilian Workers’ Party is requesting disciplinary action against Brazilian House Representative Henrique Afonso, a party member. According to the Setorial Nacional GLBT (a group of gays, lesbians, bisexuals, transvestites and transsexuals within the Worker’s Party), Rep. Afonso, who is an evangelical, has allegedly been “offensive” to homosexuals, because he “has linked homosexuality to the destruction of the family environment”. Afonso respects individuals living in homosexuality, but he believes that their behavior is immoral and opposed to God’s sexual plan for the human […]

Dear Readers, Some might be questioning why LifeSiteNews has given so much coverage to The Golden Compass controversy. Let us explain. The $180 million movie marks the latest ramping up of secularists’ open attack not just on religion, but also on all the moral and social (family life) principles promoted and upheld by faithful Christian believers. The existence of these moral standards appear to be the main factor driving the vehement opposition to, and indeed hatred of Christianity and all religions that include similar principles. It is no surprise then to find liberal, barely believing “Christians” also praising or at least […]

By Harry Forbes Catholic News Service NEW YORK (CNS)—”Brokeback Mountain” (Focus), the much publicized “gay cowboy love story” adapted from a New Yorker magazine piece by Pulitzer Prize-winner Annie Proulx, arrives at last, and the film itself—a serious contemplation of loneliness and connection—belies the glib description. While it is the story of an intimate relationship, more to the point it’s the relationship of two emotionally scarred souls. Ranch hands Ennis (Heath Ledger) and Jack (Jake Gyllenhaal) share a sheepherding assignment on a mountain in Signal, Wyo., in 1963. Ennis is a man of few words; Jack is somewhat more open. […]

Demand catholic church pull out of "Front-Line" health care in Britain

By John-Henry Westen WASHINGTON, December 11, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Catholic News Service (CNS), the official news agency of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) reports today that the USCCB movie review of ‘The Golden Compass’ has been withdrawn without explanation. The glowing review written by USCCB Office for Film and Broadcasting Director Harry Forbes and his colleague John Mulderig caused scandal to many faithful as the film is based on the anti-Christian works of atheist author Philip Pullman.  Despite an ongoing boycott against the film and an education campaign to warn parents against it by the Catholic League, […]

Calls parents of large families "Polluters" and hints that Australia should adopt one child policy

By Hilary White BRUSSELS, December 11, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The new government of Poland, under Prime Minister Donald Tusk’s Civic Platform (Platforma Obywatelska, or OP) party, has agreed to the establishment of a European Union “World Day against the Death Penalty”, dismissing the objections of the previous pro-life government. The day was proposed in 2006 by the Presidency of the EU with a document that declared, “The European Union considers the death penalty as a cruel and inhuman punishment and a violation to the right to life”. This reference to the “right to life” was criticised in Poland as an […]

By John-Henry Westen DENVER, December 11, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – In the December 12 issue of The Denver Catholic Register, Archbishop Charles Chaput makes a thinly veiled criticism of the positive review of ‘The Golden Compass’ put out by the Office of Film of the US Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB).   That USCCB review first posted November 29, a week prior to the film’s debut on Dec. 7, was withdrawn yesterday, without explanation. In his review of the film, Chaput writes that “The aggressively anti-religious, anti-Christian undercurrent in “The Golden Compass” is unmistakable and at times undisguised.”  He adds, “The idea […]

By John-Henry Westen WASHINGTON, December 11, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) –  In light of the fact that the US Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) Office for Film and Broadcasting withdrew its positive review for “The Golden Compass”, Catholic leaders are reissuing a call for the Bishops to fire their film office director.  Harry Forbes, the director of the USCCB, was listed as primary author for the much contested Compass review but was also the author of a December 2005 glowing review for the homosexual propaganda film Brokeback Mountain. Human Life International (HLI) Leader Fr. Thomas J. Euteneuer commented to LifeSiteNews.com on the […]

Homosexual city solicitor breaks 1929 "in perpetuity" agreement and said to pursue Scouts with "vengeance"

The current controversy over the USCCB Office for Film and Broadcasting’s positive review of The Golden Compass is related to a positive review two years ago by the same office. The director of that office, Harry Forbes, was the sole author of the glowing review for ‘Brokeback Mountain’ and is the primary author of the just-pulled positive review of ‘The Golden Compass’. LifeSiteNews.com readers have inquired about the USCCB positive review for Brokeback Mountain since the current review posted on the USCCB website is rather critical, as one would expect from a Catholic movie review organization affiliated with the US […]

Heisman thanks God in award acceptance speech

By John Connolly VATICAN CITY, December 11, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – In preparation for the upcoming 41st World Day of Peace, Pope Benedict XVI released a document today outlining the importance of the family as the key for peace in the world. “The Human Family, A Community of Peace” was the pope’s choice for the January 1st Day of Peace celebration, in which he defined the family as “a divine institution that stands at the foundation of life of the human person as the prototype of every social order.” “Indeed,” wrote the pope, “In a healthy family life we experience some […]

By Matthew Cullinan Hoffman BUENOS AIRES, December 10, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Association of Catholic Attorneys in Argentina has sent an extensive legal analysis to the governor of the province of La Pampa, urging him to veto provincial legislation that would legalize abortion in almost any circumstance (see recent LifeSiteNews coverage at: https://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2007/dec/07120501.html). The Association argues that the legislation is “manifestly unconstitutional, because it tries to regulate and widen the norms contained in the Penal Code, and it goes against hierarchically constitutional principles.” Article four of the Constitution of Argentina states that “each person has the right to respect for […]

By Hilary white  LONDON, December 11, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – In Britain, an officially Christian country, a poll has revealed that at least one in five cannot name the basic elements of the Christmas story as it is recounted in the Bible. Of respondents to a ComRes poll, the age groups 18-24 and 25-35, 36 per cent and 27 per cent, respectively, did not know the name of the town in which Jesus was born. 25 per cent and 24 per cent of the same age groups could not identify the “an angel” as the source of the Virgin Mary’s information […]

* 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. Quotes from articles on the Internet: DEMS HOLD FIRE ON HUCKABEE; SEE ‘EASY KILL’ IN GENERAL ELECTION  – Drudge Democrat party officials are avoiding any and all criticism of Republican presidential contender Mike Huckabee, insiders reveal. The Democratic National Committee has told staffers to hold all fire, until he secures the party’s nomination. “His letting out murderers because they shout ‘Jesus’, his wanting to put 300,000 AIDS patients and Magic Johnson […]

1. There was a cut and paste error on Dec. 6. A story was duplicated under two different story titles. The item “BBC Nativity Program Accused of Abolishing Religion at Christmas’ now contains the correct text. See https://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2007/dec/07120602.html 2. The Dec. 7 report “”Catholic” Homosexuals Demonstrate against Bishop Nienstedt’s Too “Authoritative Teaching” contained a factual error. It was reported that Archbishop Nienstedt “wrote that the appearance of lesbian activist Carol Curoe at St. Francis Cabrini in Minneapolis should not have occurred”. The sentence should have read, “He wrote that it was not appropriate for Carol Curoe and her father to […]

NEW YORK, December 10, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Terri Schindler Schiavo Foundation and Priests for Life have jointly announced the establishment of the “International Day of Prayer and Remembrance for Terri Schindler Schiavo, and All of Our Vulnerable Brothers and Sisters” (“Terri’s Day”), to be observed each year on March 31, the date of Terri’s death. The purpose of the day, the groups explained, is to foster education, prayer, and activism regarding discrimination against the disabled, and advocacy for people in situations similar to what Terri and her family faced. Fr. Frank Pavone said, “Those of us who were with […]

NEW YORK, December 10, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – ‘The Golden Compass”, the atheist-inspired film which sought to replicate Narnia’s success at the box office at Christmas two years ago has flopped by comparison.  Based on the anti-Christian novel by Philip Pullman, Compass took in $26.1 million in its first weekend, whereas ‘The Chronicles of Narnia’ garnered $65.5 million on its weekend debut. The Catholic League, which organized a boycott of the controversial film, as it would lead children to reading the anti-Christian books, saw the poor box office showing as evidence of a successful boycott. League President Bill Donohue said, “Our […]

By John-Henry Westen WASHINGTON, December 10, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – In an interview with CBS News’ Katie Couric last week, GOP Presidential contender Mitt Romney was asked “What’s the biggest mistake you’ve ever made?”  Interestingly, he responded that his practice of the popular stand on abortion – ‘personally opposed, but . . .’ was his biggest mistake.  However, in the same interview he noted he still supports destructive research on embryonic stage humans. “I think from the political perspective, the biggest mistake I made was believing that my personal disagreement with abortion and my view that abortion was wrong, that somehow […]

REDONDO BEACH, CA., December 10, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – “By the grace of God, I was able to save this baby,” said Eduardo Verastegui, star of the movie, “Bella.” The famous 33-year-old Mexican actor shared this while holding baby “Eduardito” at a LAPS pregnancy center banquet in Los Angeles. Eduardo always hoped his new film would touch lives and inspire souls, but he never imagined “Bella” would help save a real baby’s life before filming even began. The movie is earning top ratings from movie critics.  Moreover it is causing a sensation wherever it goes. At the New York “Bella” premiere, […]

Tiller also accused of using sexual harassment to obtain information on District Attorney's investigation of Tiller

Senior fellow with Seattle's Discovery Institute criticizes researcher's firing

By John Connolly ROCKVILLE, Maryland, December 10, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Rather than investigate thousands of complaints of adverse effects including reports of miscarriage in a Human Papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine, the FDA has chosen to ignore the complaints and continue paving the way to make the drug mandatory in schools throughout the U.S. Gardasil, a vaccine designed to prevent HPV, was approved by the FDA in June 2006 for girls as young as nine years old. Since that time, more than 3,000 adverse reactions were reported to the FDA, including eleven deaths and twenty-eight miscarriages. The deaths were caused by blood […]

By John Connolly WASHINGTON, D.C., December 10, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Mike Huckabee, a strongly pro-life and pro-family candidate in the Republican presidential race, said he stands by statements made in 1992 condemning homosexuality as sinful and the isolation of AIDS. The statements were dredged up by the Associated Press in an effort to blacken Huckabee’s credibility but only served to add fuel to Huckabee’s recent surge to the top of polls in Iowa and North Carolina. Huckabee said still believes what he said in 1992, and that he won’t back down from it. “I still believe this today,” he said, […]

By John Connolly SAN JOAQUIN, California, December 10, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – An Episcopal diocese has seceded from the United States Episcopal Church in protest over the denomination’s support of homosexuality and women’s ordination. The Episcopal Diocese of San Joaquin, California overwhelmingly voted to leave the U.S. Anglican Communion, citing its disagreement with the church’s ordination of gay bishops, the first of which was ordained in 2003. “We have leadership in the Episcopal Church that has drastically and radically changed directions,” said Rev. Van McCalister, a spokesman for the San Joaquin diocese. “They have pulled the rug out from under us. […]

By Thaddeus M. Baklinski WINNIPEG, December 10, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Holy Rosary Catholic Church in Osborne Village has been defaced with pro-abortion graffiti according to a report in the Winnipeg Free Press. The words ‘My Body, My Choice’ were sprayed in black paint on the side of the church, behind a memorial monument dedicated to the lives of children murdered by abortion. Father Sam Argenziano, the church’s pastor, said he plans to leave the graffiti in place until the spring as a reminder of the conflict between those who promote abortion and those who nurture the culture of life and […]

By Hilary White JERUSALEM, December 10, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Supreme Court of Israel has ruled that the state must recognise foreign adoptions by same-sex partners. The nine-judge panel upheld a previous ruling that said the Interior Ministry must recognise Nicole Berner-Kadish as the “second mother” of a child born to her lesbian partner while the pair lived in the US. At the time of the first ruling in 2000, the Interior Ministry refused to comply saying that the concept of same-sex parents is a biological impossibility.  Nicole Berner-Kadish adopted Matan, the son of her partner Ruty Brener-Kadish in the […]

* 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. Huckabee: U.S. gave up on religion; School shootings were wake-up callhttps://www.ardemgaz.com/prev/jonesboro/afhuckabee08.asp Most overlooked issue in presidential debates by Chuck Norrishttps://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=59113 Tension in Hillaryland Grows as Plan Goes Awry. The concerns about Clinton are that she is devious, calculating and, fairly or not, a divisive figure in American politicshttps://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchive&sid=anRcoLyfN0VM First Things on Giuliani nomination – “The nomination and election of Rudy Giuliani would mark the end of the Republican party as the […]

Ominous warning urges Europeans not to abandon Christianity

By Matthew Cullinan Hoffman ARGENTINA, December 7, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) -The Catholic Bishop of Posadas, Juan Ruben Martinez, yesterday denounced the push in his country to sterilize and otherwise supress the birth rates of impoverished women. In an interview with the Argentine Catholic Informational Agency (AICA), Bishop Martinez noted that people often ask him “what can be done to prevent these women from having more children…because what are we going to do with more indigenous people?” “The comment is revealing and lamentably expresses the thinking of many people,” said Martinez.  “We can make a literal parallel with some officials, ministers, organizations…who […]

By Hilary White ST. PAUL-MINNEAPOLIS, December 7, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Homosexual activists staged a demonstration, calling it a “Vigil for Solidarity with LGBT Catholics” this Sunday against the man who will be the next archbishop of the St. Paul-Minneapolis Catholic archdiocese for his defence of Catholic teaching on sexuality. Sunday’s vigil attracted, according to organisers, approximately 325 people at the Cathedral of St. Paul on Sunday, December 2. Slogans on the signs carried by protesters read “The Body of Christ Has Gay Genes Too!” and “Vatican Homophobia is ‘Intrinsically Disordered’”. They demanded that the Catholic Church abandon its dedication to […]

Dutch citizens who "follow a more orthodox religious lifestyle" to be targetted

By Hilary White OTTAWA, December 7, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Ottawa’s First Place Pregnancy Centre has told the charitable foundation of the Ottawa Senators hockey team that it will be pulling out of a fundraising scheme because of negative publicity after attacks in the press on its pro-life position. The Ottawa Citizen reports that First Place told the foundation it would be pulling out of the fundraising drive after being called “anti-choice” by Planned Parenthood in a press release and “sinister” by CBC columnist Heather Mallick. First Place was to be among three charities in Ottawa to receive the proceeds of […]

Pro-Abortion forces enraged

Scientist involved in discovery still advocates use of unethical embryonic stem cell research

By John-Henry Westen 2007 started off with a bang when thanks to our story pointing out a gross misrepresentation by the New York Times about abortion in El Salvador, the paper was forced to correct itself. https://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2007/jan/07010404.html When the public editor of the giant newspaper could not get a correction from the editors, he admitted in the paper that the NYT was caught in the error by “LifeSiteNews.com”.  https://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2007/jan/07010208.html Every major talk show, both radio and television in the United States covered the story, and a couple of weeks after the Times did finally issue a correction. The story also […]

* 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. ** LifeSiteNews annual Pre-Christmas Fundraising Campaign.  Please send a donation.https://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2007/dec/07120608.html Directors quit Catholic hospital in ethics code rowhttps://www.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,,2223512,00.html Stem Cells, Simplyhttps://ncregister.com/site/article/7464/ One in every 64 babies is now born after IVF https://www.telegraph.co.uk/global/main.jhtml?xml=/global/2007/12/07/noindex/nbab… The Case Against Abortion: An Interview with Dr. Francis Beckwith, author of Defending Lifehttps://www.ignatiusinsight.com/features2007/beckwith_defendlife_dec07.asp Hate-Crimes Amendment Dropped from Defense Authorizationhttps://www.citizenlink.org/CLBriefs/A000006078.cfm Robert Latimer:  Canada’s Cindy Sheehanhttps://canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/863 Robert Latimer should stay behind bars for murdering his disabled daughterhttps://www.nationalpost.com/opinion/story.html?id=154745 Farah warns conservatives,‘if […]

The following are excerpts from recent Internet articles: HUCKABEE SURGES, OBAMA GAINS IN IOWA Former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee has vaulted over his major GOP challengers to take a commanding lead in the race to win the Iowa caucuses. The ordained Southern Baptist minister now leads Romney by a two-to-one margin, 39 percent to 17 percent, among likely GOP caucus-goers. In the last NEWSWEEK survey, conducted Sept. 26-27, Huckabee polled a mere 6 percent to Romney’s 25 percent, which then led the field. Meanwhile Barack Obama continues to edge ahead of Hillary Clinton among Democrats likely to participate, a new […]

Socialist authorities in province of Catalonia are hesitant

By John-Henry Westen OTTAWA, December 6, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A Parliamentary subcommittee has ruled the Unborn Victims of Crime Act, introduced by Conservative MP Ken Epp, ‘votable’, meaning that it will be able to come before the full House of Commons for a vote.  A similar bill proposed last year by Conservative MP Leon Benoit was deemed non-votable at the subcommittee stage.  If passed, the law would allow criminal charges to be laid in the death or injury of an unborn child when the child’s mother is the victim of a crime. The families of the victims of pregnant mothers […]

By Hilary White  LONDON, December 6, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The BBC presented its latest “relevant” non-religious interpretation of the birth of Christ, this time as a political tale in support of illegal immigration. The latest “contemporary” interpretation features the Blessed Virgin Mary and St. Joseph as “asylum seekers”, or illegal immigrants and a female politician as “Herodia” engaging in a campaign cracking down on immigration.   The BBC is advertising the play, that will be performed live, as an “intimate, personal” story of a pregnant young girl as “fresh and relevant today as it was 2,000 years ago”.  The drama […]

Despite Fact that overwhelming majority of families would like a Christian nativity play

Will turn every GP's office in the country into an abortion facility

By John Connolly DES MOINES, December 6, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – An intelligent design think tank has revealed a conspiracy to deny an Iowa State University astronomer tenure on the basis of his belief that God created the universe. Dr. Guillermo Gonzalez, a member of the Iowa State faculty and author of the book The Privileged Planet, was decried as an “idiot” and “religious nutcase” in private faculty e-mails made public by the Discovery Institute, an intelligent design think-tank based in Seattle.  The e-mails brought to light a secret campaign among the other Iowa State faculty to deny Gonzalez tenure because […]

Catholic lawyer says, It's painful that the Catholic Church itself has not addressed the problem of this wayward board"

Says terms "Risky sex,""promiscuous" and "prostitute" are discriminatory

Readers' touching comments

By Matthew Cullinan Hoffman SAN SALVADOR, December 6, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – After nine years of adjudication, the Supreme Court of El Salvador has ruled against two plaintiffs who claimed that the nation’s 1998 law banning abortions, which does not specify exceptions of any kinds, is unconstitutional.  However, the judges also ruled that the prohibition of abortion must be balanced against the constitutional “rights” of pregnant women according to the discretion of judges, opening the door to exceptions in the law’s application. Those “rights”, the court hinted, might include the three exceptions contained in an earlier law that did not punish […]

By Thaddeus M. Baklinski CALGARY, December 6. 2007 (LifeSIteNews.com) – Following the lead of the Halton Catholic District School Board in Ontario to pull ‘The Golden Compass’ from library shelves, Calgary Catholic schools have been directed by Superintendent of Instructional Services Judy MacKay to unobtrusively remove the books from school shelves pending a review of the book’s appropriateness for young readers. A Nov. 29th memo to schools from MacKay’s office said, “Given the controversy related to the book, the district will not promote and/or use it to support instructional and/or literacy development pending additional information and initial review. At the […]

Exposes new "Futile Care Theory" which is essentially, "we want to put other people out of our misery"

* 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. Romney: Faith is Alive and Well in America – Dr. Dobson commends candidate ‘for articulating the importance of our religious heritage.’https://www.citizenlink.org/CLtopstories/A000006072.cfm Catholic Ontario premier gives more money for for more abortions at Morgentaler abortion center in Ottawahttps://ottsun.canoe.ca/News/OttawaAndRegion/2007/11/30/4696656-sun.html Illinois Taxpayers Fund Record Number of Abortionshttps://www.citizenlink.org/CLNews/A000006052.cfm California researcher sees continued need for embryonic stem cellshttps://www.catholicnews.com/data/stories/cns/0706942.htm FDA: 28 Miscarriages No Reason to Reexamine Gardasilhttps://www.cnsnews.com/ViewCulture.asp?Page=/Culture/archive/200712/CUL20071206a… Golden Compost: Washington Post Goes Soft On Film’s Directorhttps://newsbusters.org/blogs/tim-graham/2007/12/06/golden-compost-washington-pos… Hollywood […]

Bill will legalize virtually all abortions in province

ATLANTA, GA, December 5, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Gwinnett County Solicitor General Rosanna Szabo announced Monday that the driver of Operation Rescue’s Truth Truck, Bob Roethisberger, who was arrested and jailed over Thanksgiving weekend will not be facing charges. Szabo stated that the display of the graphic photos of aborted babies depicted on the Truth Truck banners, “as shocking and offensive as they are – does not constitute ‘obscene and vulgar or profane language’ as specifically prohibited by this statute.” Cpl. Illana Spellman, spokesperson for the Gwinnett County Police Department confirmed to reporters Monday that “right now we’re suspending arrests of […]

WASHINGTON, December 5, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Catholic League has issued a stinging press release pointing out that the mainstream media has perpetuated “the myth that there has been a ‘pedophilia’ crisis in the Catholic Church.”  The release concluded, “The fact is that we’ve had a homosexual crisis in the priesthood all along.” “For 2000 years, the Catholic Church has been the subject of countless lies, especially on issues that touch on sexuality,” said the League.  “Today, the biggest lie is that the Church suffers from a ‘pedophilia’ problem. And now that the Vatican has released its document on homosexuals […]

Warning given to avoid use of pro-death language such as terms "euthanasia", "assisted suicide"

More people living in single-unit dwellings use less power and resources than those living alone

By John-Henry Westen BALTIMORE, December 5, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Controversial advertisements suggested to the nation’s top 50 Catholic diocesan papers advertising the upcoming movie “The Golden Compass” have been pulled.  A letter from Advertising Media Plus (AMP) to the papers last week suggested the ads. The ads were based on a positive review of the film by the Office for Film and Broadcasting of the US Conference of Catholic Bishops.  LifeSiteNews.com tracked down those in charge of AMP and found surprisingly that it was ultimately the Archdiocese of Baltimore’s Cathedral Foundation, which publishes the English weekly version of the Vatican […]

By John-Henry Westen WASHINGTON, December 5, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – As if in answer to all those who suggested that the upcoming December 7 release of movie ‘The Golden Compass’ would not lead to enticing children into reading the anti-Christian novels by atheist Philip Pullman, Random House has reported a 500% increase in sales of the books.  “More than ten years after its original publication, The Golden Compass has hit USA Today’s Top 50 Best Sellers list, having seen a 500% increase in sales over the last three months,” says the release. The omnibus edition of Philip Pullman’s complete His Dark […]

By John-Henry Westen VICTORIA, December 5, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Robert Latimer, who is serving a life sentence for killing his disabled daughter during what he claims was an act of compassionate euthanasia, was today denied day parole by Canada’s National Parole Board.  The three member board found Latimer completely unrepentant of the murder. “Folks were left the feeling you have not developed the kind of sufficient understanding of your actions,” said Kelly-Ann Speck, one of the three-member board panel. Two different juries found Latimer guilty of second-degree murder in the 1993 death of his 12 year old daughter Tracy, who […]

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MEXICO CITY, December 5, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The legislature of Mexico City, the largest city in Mexico and in the western hemisphere, yesterday passed an “Anticipated Death” law that will allow patients diagnosed as terminally ill to refuse life-prolonging measures. Although the law expressly prohibits active euthanasia, it is unclear if it will prohibit passive euthanasia in the form of withholding nutrition or hydration from patients, although pro-life groups in the country are not objecting to the bill. The danger of such an application is increased by the fact that the law provides for “living wills” and allows relatives of […]

By Hilary White OTTAWA, December 5, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – One of Canada’s most prominent journalistic abortion advocates, Heather Mallick, has accused the wives of Ottawa Senators hockey stars of “bullying” pregnant women. She also accused a crisis pregnancy counselling service of being “sinister” for its connections with a Christian church. But the “bullying” by the wives consists of forming a charitable organisation called “The Better Halves” to raise funds by raffling Christmas trees. Mallick’s objection is that one of the charity’s beneficiaries is a peer counselling centre that tries to offer women alternatives to abortion and support during unexpected pregnancy. […]

Right to life now protected from 12 weeks, formerly 24 weeks

Hugely overemphasises abstinence problems and ignores early sexual activity dangers

By John Connolly SAN FRANCISCO, December 5, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco began hearings today in two cases over the mention of God in the Pledge of Allegiance and the motto “In God We Trust” on money. Michael Newdow, a professed atheist whose views have been endorsed by the Ninth Circuit Court before, filed both suits on the grounds that each use of the word ‘God’ is an unconstitutional establishment of a national religion. “This is not a case of people who believe in God vs. people who don’t believe in God,” Newdow […]

By John Connolly LONDON, December 5, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A London firefighter who donated his sperm to allow a lesbian couple to conceive is being forced to pay thousands of pounds in child support now that the couple has broken up. Andy Bathie, 37, claims he was assured by the couple he would have no personal or financial involvement for the children, but has no legal grounds for the assurance because the donation did not go through a center licensed with the British Child Support Agency (CSA).  Bathie says he is in shock and anger, and that the costs of […]

British Indian women aborting unwanted girl children in "terrifying" numbers says BBC

Adds to growing research showing long-term negative psychological effects of abortion on women

"Caution the faithful against this pernicious attack on the foundations of our Christian Faith"

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U.S. Department of Justice has all the tools it needs to stop U.S. commercial pornographers but is not using those tools

By Hilary White ENCINO, California, December 4, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Debbie Thurman was shocked when she was told by homosexual activists that, as she defined herself as a former sufferer of same-sex attraction disorder, she could not possibly exist. In a very personal self-disclosure, Thurman has written urging the American Psychological Association (APA) not to carry out its threat to ban therapy intended to correct the underlying psychological causes of homosexuality. Thurman writes that “gay activists” tried to deny her own experience of having overcome same-sex attraction, so entrenched is the doctrine of “sexual orientation” as an indelible characteristic. Research […]

* 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. Joy and Whoopi Grill Ron Paul Over Abortionhttps://newsbusters.org/blogs/justin-mccarthy/2007/12/04/joy-whoopi-grill-ron-pau… The Golden Compass – Glorifying a lying, rebellious brathttps://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=59016 Los Angeles Times Article Questions Literacy Of Those Who Protest ‘Golden Compass’https://newsbusters.org/blogs/dave-pierre/2007/12/03/lat-article-questions-litera… Michael J. Fox Sticks to Old Beliefs on Embryo Destructionhttps://newsbusters.org/blogs/geoffrey-dickens/2007/12/03/michael-j-fox-sticks-ol… A Changed Stem Cell Debate By Sam Brownbackhttps://www.firstthings.com/onthesquare/?p=916 Morning-after pill not leading to fewer teen abortions in Spainhttps://www.catholicnewsagency.com/new.php?n=11139 Man allegedly laced girlfriend’s smoothie with ‘abortion pill’https://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/nation/5340708.html Some Questions the Media Won’t Ask […]

By John-Henry Westen WASHINGTON, DC, December 3, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The American College of Pediatricians (ACP), a national medical association of licensed physicians and healthcare professionals who specialize in the care of infants, children, and adolescents, has issued a position statement on the use of spanking by parents, just as the Massachusetts legislature takes up a bill to ban that form of parental discipline. Despite scientific evidence suggesting that reasonable corporal punishment by parents is beneficial to children, the United Nations has pushed nations to ban parents from using spanking as a form of discipline. That interference with parental rights […]

Hospital chairman who hid crucial sub-lease clause from board suggests secularization as solution

Driver of second Truth Truck, accompanied by media, says, "It was really bizarre behavior"

"Bishops horrified at what has been done in their name"

Pastor who lost human rights case over criticizing homosexual practices was associated with candidate's group

By Matthew Cullinan Hoffman BRASILIA, December 3, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The First National Conference of Gays, Lesbians, Bisexuals, Transvestites and Transsexuals received its official convocation on Thursday of last week by none other than the socialist president of Brazil, Luiz Lula, a first in the history of the country. The president decreed that the conference would take place May 8-11, 2008, “under the auspices of the Special Secretary of Human Rights of the Presidency of the Republic, with the objectives of 1. proposing the directives for the implementation of public policies and the national plan for promoting the citizenship and […]

by Margaret Cabaniss December 3, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Archbishop John C. Nienstedt, coadjutor bishop of the Archdiocese of St. Paul/Minneapolis, came under fire in the local Star Tribune last week for, essentially, voicing the Church’s teaching on homosexuality. Nick Coleman explains where the archbishop got it wrong: “The catechism, in my reading, says homosexual acts cannot be approved but does not label them a “grave evil.” Homosexuals, like all baptized persons, are “called to chastity.” But somehow, the sins of homosexuals always get denounced before the sins of straight people. And if gays must be accepted with compassion and respect, […]

Five nations have ratified Spanish-Portuguese Treaty, 10 others moving towards ratification

Briefing on UN activities: Week of November 26th- 30th 2007

* 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. Morning-after pill not leading to fewer teen abortions in Spainhttps://www.catholicnewsagency.com/new.php?n=11139 Man allegedly laced girlfriend’s smoothie with ‘abortion pill’https://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/nation/5340708.html Some Questions the Media Won’t Ask Today About AIDShttps://newsbusters.org/blogs/robert-knight/2007/12/01/some-questions-media-wont-… As I listened to Hyde, tears began streaming down my cheeks – Fred Barnes of The Weekly Standardhttps://www.weeklystandard.com/Content/Public/Articles/000/000/014/434oktsf.asp?p… Henry Hyde, R.I.P. – We need more representatives who love Congress the way Hyde did.https://article.nationalreview.com/?q=OGNiN2UwNjExNThhM2NlNDUwZTg3Y2RkMGE5NTQ5ZGY… Henry Hyde’s legacy – National Review Online asked some former colleagues, […]

By Steve Jalsevac TORONTO, December 3, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – At the first International Symposium on Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide in Toronto this past weekend there was a true coalition of diverse individuals with often diametrically opposed views on abortion, faith, homosexuality and other issues. However, they were all generally united in the common belief that the world has now entered a very dangerous phase of increasingly approved killing of people with disabilities, seriously ill and otherwise vulnerable persons via euthanasia or assisted suicide. There were religious people, atheists, pro-life leaders fighting abortion and others strongly in favour of abortion, pro-family […]

Dear Readers, The International Symposium on Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide in Toronto this weekend greatly affirmed the need for LifeSiteNews. The event was an astonishing eye opener on the issues, even for many who were already fully involved with them. Representing LifeSiteNews at the event I was amazed at the number of leaders from across North America who told me they read LifeSiteNews every day or often, depend upon our reports, and expressed enthusiastic gratitude for the information we provide them. It seemed there were few symposium participants who were not aware of LifeSiteNews. It was also very good and […]