Articles for Month: February 2008

By John-Henry Westen   VATICAN CITY, February 29, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Bishop Elio Sgreccia, President of the Pontifical Academy for Life, spoke with LifeSiteNews.com Tuesday on the subject of the use of the morning after pill in cases of rape.  Catholic hospitals in several dioceses in North America are currently administering the pill (Plan B) to patients who claim to be victims of rape.    According to Bishop Sgreccia, however, the morning after pill may not be administered by Catholic physicians.  The only Vatican opinion on the subject, absolutely prohibiting the use of the pill, was released by the Pontifical […]

By Michael Baggot   February 29, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – On Wednesday February 27, 2008 William Buckley Jr. left this world after 82 years of life.  During his life it seemed that practically every person familiar with Buckley or his work, whether political friend or foe, had strong words of praise for the recently deceased hero of conservatism.  “For people of my generation, Bill Buckley was pretty much the first intelligent, witty, well-educated conservative one saw on television,” said William Kristol, editor of the influential conservative Weekly Standard, in 1999.  “He legitimized conservatism as an intellectual movement and therefore as a […]

Did not say he would deny communion to pro-abortion politician

By Thaddeus M. Baklinski   HALIFAX, February 29, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Provincial funding for sex-change operations will be one of the topics discussed at this weekend’s Young Liberals annual meeting in Halifax.   Resolution 11 says transsexualism is a congenital birth condition where there is a mismatch between the physical outward appearance of a person’s gender and his or her inner perception. “Other congenital birth conditions, such as limb malformation, heart and nervous system defects and genetic disorders such as a predisposition to a heart attack or heart disease, are currently covered under the Nova Scotia health-care system,” so tax […]

MEXICO CITY, February 29, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Cardinal Archbishop of Mexico City, Noberto Rivera Carrera, denounced abortion and sterilization as “abominable” in his sermon for the fourth Sunday of Lent, and connected such practices to the abuse of women. “Discrimination, sexual abuse, and domineering masculinity” go against God’s plan, said the prelate, who denounced the fact that women are sometimes considered an “instrument of death and violence, following the invitation of those who want to justify abortion.” “The woman who gives and defends life is denied a dignified life, for this reason the Church feels called to be on […]

Says announcement is ruse to gain more support for Beijing Olympics in face of criticism of China's human rights abuses

* 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.  Obama: A Harsh Ideologue Hidden by a Feel-Good Image – effectively voted for infanticide By Rick Santorum    https://www.eppc.org/publications/pubID.3290/pub_detail.asp   Obama: If elected I will use the bully pulpit for gay causes  https://www.bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=27510   McCain Campaign Learns Its Lesson About Catholics  https://insidecatholic.com/Joomla/index.php?option=com_myblog&show=McCain-Campaign-Learns-Its-Lesson-About-Catholics.html&Itemid=127   The Conservative Age is Dead?  https://insidecatholic.com/Joomla/index.php?option=com_myblog&show=The-Conservative-Age-is-Dead-.html&Itemid=127   ‘Ridiculous’ Agreement Lets Judge Censor Planned Parenthood Abortion Records  https://christiannewswire.com/news/911045843.html   Biotech Firm to Provide Ethical Alternatives to Aborted Fetal Vaccines  […]

Would abolish definition of marriage, add "Transgendered" to hate crimes, allow public gay sex

Family of priest claims woman seized temporary guardianship under false pretext, claiming priest's "mental incompetence"

MEXICO, February 29, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A former attorney general and human rights commission chairman is claiming that unborn children in the earliest stages of development are not human, and are in fact chimpanzees.   Dr. Jorge Carpizo McGregor claims that “for the topic of abortion, there are very important scientific advances that prove that the DNA of chimpanzees is 99 percent identical to that of a human being.  The difference between ourselves and chimpanzees is one percent, this quantity that makes the difference is the central nervous system.” “Before twelve weeks of gestation, there is no cerebral cortex, that […]