Anglican Church of Canada Loses Prominent Theologian over its “Poisonous Liberalism”

By Hilary White VANCOUVER, April 30, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Anglican Church of Canada has lost another prominent member due to its “poisonous liberalism” which holds homosexuality in high esteem but increasingly marginalizes Christian morality and scriptural tradition. James Innell Packer, a British-born Canadian theologian in the Calvinistic or Evangelical Anglican tradition, has announced that he will be aligning himself with the groups of Anglicans who have left the jurisdiction of the ultra-liberal Anglican Church of Canada and are seeking episcopal oversight from more traditional wings of the Anglican Church. On April 23, Dr. Packer handed in his clergy licence to […]
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Uruguay’s Pro-Life President Receives Support from Seven Major Religious Groups

By Matthew Cullinan Hoffman MONTEVIDEO, April 30, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Representatives of seven different religious groups in Uruguay have made a joint declaration supporting president Tabaré Vázquez’ promise to veto legislation to decriminalize abortion. The religious groups include the Catholic Church, the Greek Orthodox and Armenian Apostolic Churches, and Baptist, Mennonite, and Pentecostal groups. The signers denounced “false opposition between the good of the mother and the good of the unborn child” and observed that “the two goods do not exclude each other, but rather are essential for one another.” Uruguay already has a liberal penal code in relation to […]
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Residents of Island of Lesbos are the Only Real ‘Lesbians’ – Suit Launched over Use of Term

By Michael Baggot ATHENS, Greece, April 30, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Three citizens of the Greek Island of Lesbos are pursuing a lawsuit against the Greek Gay and Lesbian Union (GGLU) for its use of the term “lesbian”. Lesbos local Dimitris Lambrou argues that his fellow citizens have suffered “psychological and moral rape” due to the homosexual advocacy group’s linguistic theft of their island’s name. “Our geographical designation has been usurped by certain ladies who have no connection whatsoever with Lesbos,” said Lambrou. “My sister can’t say she is a Lesbian.” Lambrou has been protesting the misuse of the term “lesbian” […]
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Australia Grants Homosexual Couples New Legal and Financial Benefits, but Not Marriage

By Michael Baggot CANBERRA, Australia, April 30, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Australian government announced today that it will change around 100 federal laws in order to grant homosexual couples extensive legal and financial benefits, but will not change legislation forbidding same-sex “marriage”. The new laws will afford same-sex couples benefits previously reserved to married couples.  For instance, children raised by same-sex couples will be deemed dependents for tax and unemployment benefits purposes.  Also, same-sex couples will qualify as “family units” with regard to pension considerations. While the legislative overhaul, expected to be complete by mid-2009, affects social security, health, aged […]
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Evangelical and Catholic Groups Call for Curbs on Human Rights Commission after Anti-Christian Rulin

By John-Henry Westen   TORONTO, April 30, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The editor of Canada’s national Catholic magazine of news, opinion and analysis, Father Alphonse de Valk, has renewed his call for the federal government to rein in the far-reaching powers of human rights commissions in Canada.  The move comes in light of the recent ruling by the Ontario Human Rights Commission (OHRC) in the case of Christian Horizons, a service organization for the disabled. De Valk called the decision, “a brazen attack on the rights of religious associations and individuals to conduct their activities without having to check their religious principles […]
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Pope Recalls Fondly Trip to America: “I had the opportunity to pay homage to that great country”

By John-Henry Westen   VATICAN CITY, April 30, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Speaking to thousands gathered in St. Peter’s Square for the weekly general audience, Pope Benedict XVI remarked at length about his visit to the United States from April 15-21.  “I had the opportunity to pay homage to that great country, which from its beginnings was built on the foundation of a harmonious union between religious, ethical and political principles,” he said.   In the context of “moral and social questions of the day,” particularly around marriage of a “man and a woman”, the Holy Father noted that “contradictions” in […]
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Angola Prohibits Dissemination of “Means” to Commit Abortions and Pro-abortion Propaganda

By Matthew Cullinan Hoffman LUANDA, April 29, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Angola’s Penal Code reform, which is currently taking place in the country’s National Assembly, will propose to go beyond mere criminalization of abortion to punish the dissemination of the “means” to commit abortions as well as the dissemination of pro-abortion propaganda, reports the Angolan newspaper Jornal de Angola. According to Luzia Sebastiao, a legal expert and member of a subcommittee charged with overhauling the penal code, abortion will continue to be a crime in Angola because there is no desire in the society to even debate the issue. “For that […]
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Focus Shifts to Archbishop Wuerl; Washington Prelate on Hotseat on Pro-Abortion Politicians

By Hilary White WASHINGTON, April 29, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – At the same time as praise and gratitude pours into the office of New York’s Cardinal Egan from the pro-life community for his firm statements on the necessity of denying Holy Communion to pro-abortion politicians, all eyes are now turning to Washington’s Archbishop Donald Wuerl who remains evasive after Senator John Kerry and other prominently pro-abortion Catholic politicians were photographed receiving the Eucharist at the Pope’s Mass. Wuerl has issued a statement saying, “How to respond to those in public office who support abortion legislation is open to various legitimate pastoral […]
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Ontario Government Responds to Anti-Christian Ruling by Human Rights Tribunal

By John-Henry Westen TORONTO, April 29, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The ruling by the Ontario Human Rights Tribunal to force a Christian ministry to the disabled to stop requiring staff to live up to Christian moral standards as a condition of employment threatens the existence of all faith-based charities in Canada. (For more coverage, see: https://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2008/apr/08042512.html)  In light of the recent decision, LifeSiteNews.com spoke with the provincial government ministry in charge of such matters and found they showed little willingness or desire to accommodate sincere Christianity in the public sphere. Raj Dihr, the prosecutor for the Ontario Human Rights Tribunal in the case, explained to LifeSiteNews.com […]
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* 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.   Will Archbishop Wuerl Follow Cardinal Egan?  https://insidecatholic.com/Joomla/index.php?option=com_myblog&Itemid=127   BISHOPS VS. THE POPE – During Wuerl’s installation mass as archbishop of Washington in 2006, he shook hands with Kerry and Kennedy, seated side by side – Robert Novak  https://www.nypost.com/seven/04282008/postopinion/opedcolumnists/bishops_vs__the_pope_108524.htm   For Pro-Choice Politicians, a Pass With the Pope By Robert D. Novak  https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/04/27/AR2008042701209.html   Faithful Catholics deserve better representation from their hierarchy in upholding Catholic teachings.  https://www.pewsitter.com/view_news_id_8155.php   Jeremiah Wright May […]
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Comments on Monday’s News

Dear Readers,    Finally, finally, finally, a U.S. Cardinal is publicly holding to account an obstinately pro-abortion politician in his diocese for the public scandal of receiving communion. The papal masses were the last straw, at least for Egan, although it would have been much better if he acted before rather than after the seeming inevitable happened.   Giuliani and the rest of the cocky pro-abortion and pro-homosexual Catholic political crowd deliberately thumbed their noses at the Church by receiving communion at the prominent events. They threw down the gloves and at first it seemed U.S. church leaders were going […]
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Swiss Grant Rights to Animals, Consider Same for Plants – Liberalize Abortion Laws

By Michael Baggot SWITZERLAND, April 28, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The nation that liberalized its abortion laws in 2002 is now giving unprecedented protection to animal and plant life. In an effort to respect the needs of “social species,” the Swiss parliament passed legislation last week that threatens its citizens with punishment for not providing various animals a fit environment in which they can interact and flourish. Enjoying the most extensive protection under the new laws, dogs proved to be the Swiss parliament’s best friend.  Prospective dog owners will now be required to complete a course in canine treatment that will […]
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Indian Prime Minister Decries Female Sex-Selective Abortion as “Inhuman, Uncivilized and Reprehensib

By Hilary White NEW DELHI, April 28, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – While refraining from extending his condemnation to the practice of abortion in general, the Prime Minister of India, Manmohan Singh, has added his voice to those of the cabinet in objecting to the widespread practice of female infanticide and abortion. He called the practice a “national shame” today and said there needs to be stricter enforcement of laws prohibiting the use of techniques to determine the sex of a child for abortion. “No nation, no society, no community can hold its head high and claim to be part of the […]
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New York Cardinal Egan Slams Giuliani for Receiving Communion at Papal Mass – Demands Meeting

By John-Henry Westen   NEW YORK, April 28, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The decision by several prominent pro-abortion politicians to publicly receive Holy Communion at papal Masses during the recent visit of Pope Benedict XVI, despite clear Church teaching that says that their reception of Communion would constitute a grave sacrilege, may have backfired.  While at first it seemed like it would be business as usual, today Cardinal Edward Egan of New York issued a statement condemning the reception of Holy Communion by former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani.   The Archdiocese informed LifeSiteNews.com that the issue is being brought forward publicly at this time “because it has […]
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United States Consumerism Partly to Blame for China’s One-Child Policy, says Chinese Victim of Polic

By Michael Baggot CHINA, April 28, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A mother who experienced first-hand the cruelty of China’s one-child policy publicly testified in an online interview that China’s human rights violations continue and that United States consumerism is partially responsible for the nation’s crimes against humanity. Shiu Yon Zhou, who fled China in 1993 to avoid punishment for breaking her homeland’s strict population control policies, shared her traumatic experiences with WorldNetDaily.com on Friday. Zhou’s “crime” was being pregnant before the 23 year age China’s policy stipulates.  Zhou recounts being shackled, imprisoned at a hospital, and drugged so as to kill […]
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Pro-Abortion Terrorists Claim Responsibility for University Bombing

By Matthew Cullinan Hoffman   SANTIAGO, April 26, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A terrorist group calling itself the Insurrectionist Federation has reportedly taken credit for the recent bombing of the University of the Andes in reprisal for a decision of the Chilean Supreme Court prohibiting the distribution of the abortifacient “morning after pill”.   The bomb detonated in a university bathroom on April 23.  Although no one was hurt, ACI Prensa reports that the bathroom suffered severe damage, contrary to media reports that the device was just a “noise bomb”. “They say it’s just a ‘noise bomb’ but in reality the […]
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Moscow Government Warns Homosexuals not to Organize “Gay” Demonstrations

By Matthew Cullinan Hoffman   MOSCOW, April 26, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com)- The Moscow City government has made it clear that it will not tolerate the public promotion of sodomy during Labor Day celebrations on May 1st. “The city authorities will act decisively, just as they have in years past, to impede those actions,” said Serguéi Tsoy, a spokesman for Moscow’s mayor, Yuri Luzhkov. “The absolute majority in society rejects those demonstrations, as well as the gay lifestyle and philosophy,” Luzhkov added, and warned that if homosexuals took to the streets they could be injured by attackers, according to Interfax. “Homosexuals intend to […]
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* 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.    Canada’s “Human Rights” Commission Wants More Complaints. Exaggerate the threat in order to justify government powers to deal with it? – Mark Steyn  https://www.macleans.ca/canada/opinions/article.jsp?content=20080423_31672_31672   Pressure is building on UK MPs over whether or not to cut the legal time limit for abortion.  https://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/7360813.stm   Planned Parenthood takes horrific toll on African-Americans, should lose federal funding  https://www.calcatholic.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?id=e320947e-5382-4085-a78f-b97b6c1b2da8   Black Pro-Lifers Protest Planned Parenthood, Criticize Obama  https://www.cnsnews.com/ViewPolitics.asp?Page=/Politics/archive/200804/POL20080425b.html   Survey Shows Unwed […]
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Dear Readers,   There is a mix of stories today with nine of the stories involving the abortion issue.   The closing of a New York abortion center, apparently as a result of a 40 days for Life action, is indeed good news.   Much praise is due Congressman Chris Smith, one of the most dedicated and well-informed U.S. pro-life politicians, for his many heroic efforts to defend life both in the United States and abroad. This man is a perpetual motion machine who always seems to be able to rattle off crucial details about one pro-life legislative or government […]
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Israeli Interior Ministry Recognises Homosexual Overseas Adoption

By Hilary White   JERUSALEM, April 25, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Israeli Interior Ministry has granted the request of two homosexual men to recognize the overseas adoption of an eight year-old boy from Cambodia. The child, who had been living in Israel on temporary visas, will also be granted Israeli citizenship.   The two men, who remained anonymous in the press, hold dual US and Israeli citizenship and adopted the boy in the US in 2000. When their application to the Israeli Interior Ministry to recognize the adoption and grant the child citizenship were refused, the two men filed a […]
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Bill to Ban Human-Animal Hybrid Creation Introduced in Congress

By John-Henry Westen WASHINGTON, DC, April 25, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Yesterday, Rep. Chris Smith introduced the Human-Animal Hybrid Prohibition Act, H.R. 5910, to ban the creation of part-human, part-animal hybrid beings. The legislation is timely as researchers are already tinkering with human-animal hybrid technologies. British scientists are actively perfecting the hybrid technique. On April 1, 2008 the BBC reported that, “Scientists at Newcastle University have created part-human, part-animal hybrid embryos for the first time in the UK.”   The Act places a ban on the creation, transfer, or transportation of a human-animal hybrid. Human-animal hybrids are defined as:   1) A human […]
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New York Abortion Clinic Closes Today; Was site of 40 Days for Life Vigil

WASHINGTON, DC – “We rejoice with pro-lifers in Rockland County, New York today,” said David Bereit, national campaign director of 40 Days for Life, “as they celebrate the closing of an abortion facility that was responsible for ending the lives of untold numbers of innocent unborn children over its many years of operation. The unceasing prayers of these faithful people have been answered.”   Abortion Services at 200 East Eckerson Road in New City, N.Y., was one of more than 50 clinics across the nation where 40 Days for Life prayer vigils were conducted this spring. “My family and I […]
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Abortion Protest Tomorrow in Front of Supreme Court Buildings in DC and Every State

WASHINGTON, DC, April 25, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Bound4LIFE, the group known for protesting abortion by wearing red tape over their mouths with the word LIFE written large on the tape, is staging a mass protest in front of every Supreme Court in the nation tomorrow. Since the previous presidential election in 2004, Bound4LIFE has stood in front of the U.S. Supreme Court every day in silent prayer wearing the tape. The group smashes the media-generated image of angry right-wing protestors screaming at anyone and everyone who will listen. Instead, they use silence to “speak louder than words”. “The elections, war and […]
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Mexico’s Supreme Court Holds Contentious Public Hearings on Abortion Law

MEXICO CITY, April 24, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Mexico City’s Law of Legal Interruption of Pregnancy, which one year ago legalized first trimester abortions without restrictions, has become the subject of public debate before the Mexican Supreme Court. Following passage of the law in 2007, the nation’s executive branch under Felipe Calderón Hinojosa launched a challenge against it in the nation’s highest tribunal on the grounds that it violated human rights and other constitutional provisions.  The case is still under consideration. With a dark crucifix hanging above them, the eleven judges have been receiving comments from both sides of the issue […]
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In Pennsylvania Alone, Over 100 Schools to Participate in April 25th Day Promoting Homosexual Lifest

HARRISBURG, April 24, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – April 25th is the Gay, Lesbian, Straight Education Network’s (GLSEN) ‘Day of Silence.’ The American Family Association of Pennsylvania (AFA of PA), a statewide pro-family organization, has joined a large coalition of groups asking parents to keep their children home from school on the 25th, if their child’s school is promoting or participating in the ‘Day of Silence.’ The group is proposing the boycott as an effective way for parents to tell schools that they don’t want their children involved in homosexual indoctrination since most school districts lose money for each student absence. “GLSEN […]
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Mexico City Official Admits that Decriminalization has Increased the Number of Abortions

MEXICO CITY, April 24, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Mexico City’s Secretary of Health, Manuel Mondragón, admits that the legalization of abortion in the city “has tended to increase” the abortion rate, but in his opinion, “not in a disproportionate way”, according to the French Press Agency. The admission by a pro-abortion politician that legalizing abortion increases its frequency is rare. Since Mexico City passed the Law of Legal Interruption of Pregnancy a little over a year ago, approximately 7,820 abortions have been carried out by city medical personnel. The law is currently being disputed before the nation’s Supreme Court by federal officials […]
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300 Schools to Close in Ontario because of Birth Rate Crash

By Hilary White TORONTO, April 24, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Plummeting birth rates have resulted in the closure of over 300 schools in Ontario and half of the province’s school boards have 90,000 fewer students than they did six years ago. 300 schools are slated to be closed in the province simply because there are not enough children to go into them according to a report by People for Education. “Much of the funding that school boards receive is based on numbers of students,” the report said. “As a result, fewer students equals less funding, fewer programs and, in many cases, […]
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Court Rules Unanimously: Illinois School Must Allow “Be Happy, Not Gay” T-shirt

CHICAGO, April 24, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit reversed a lower court’s ruling against an Illinois student Wednesday, saying the district court must order a Naperville high school to suspend its ban on a T-shirt that reads “Be Happy, Not Gay” while the student’s lawsuit proceeds.  School officials prohibited student Alex Nuxoll, who is represented by Alliance Defense Fund attorneys, from wearing the clothing. “Christian students shouldn’t be discriminated against for expressing their beliefs,” said ADF Senior Counsel Nate Kellum. “Public school officials cannot censor a message expressing one viewpoint on homosexual behavior […]
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New Report Reveals Lack of Awareness of College Resources for Pregnant Students

WASHINGTON, DC, April 24, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Feminists for Life of America has released Perception is Reality, a study of FFL’s first nationwide Pregnancy Resources Survey. FFL’s Pregnancy Resources Survey was created to discover students’ awareness of resources and support for pregnant and parenting students on college and university campuses. This report, the first of its kind, highlights the perceptions that students have about resource availability on their campuses.   According to FFL’s report, responses to the survey reveal that either most surveyed campuses lack resources or that students – including student activists most interested in the provision of resources […]
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Brazilian Judge Rules Abortion Law Unconstitutional

By Matthew Cullinan Hoffman RIO VERDE, Brazil, April 23, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A judge in the state of Rio Verde, Brazil, has ruled that the federal penal code allowing abortions in cases of rape is unconstitutional, according to local media reports. Judge Levine Raja Gabaglia Artiaga, of the fourth circuit criminal court of Rio Verde, stated in his ruling that permission to do such abortions injures “a good with greater protection in the constitution, stemming from natural right itself.” The Brazilian Constitution states that it “guarantees to Brazilians and to foreign residents of the Nation the inviolability of the right […]
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More British Catholic Adoption Agencies to Close Doors instead of Bowing to Sexual Orientation Regul

By Hilary White NOTTINGHAM, April 23, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – When the Labour government’s Sexual Orientation Regulations were passed last year, the leadership of the Catholic Church in England and Wales warned that the new law would spell the end of Catholic involvement in social service, particularly adoption. Now the first of the UK’s Catholic adoption agencies affected are announcing they will close their doors for good rather than betray religious principles and their guiding principle of the good of the child. Bishop Malcolm McMahon said his diocese of Nottingham would be cutting ties with their adoption agency, the Catholic Children’s Society, […]
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Violation of K-Mart Pharmacist’s Rights of Conscience Goes to Wisconsin Supreme Court

MADISON, Wisconsin, April 23, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Today the Thomas More Society filed an appeal with the Wisconsin Supreme Court on behalf of Neil T. Noesen. Noesen is a registered pharmacist, who refused to fill a prescription for oral contraceptives at a K-Mart in Menominee, Wisconsin, because of conscientious objections. In 2005, he was disciplined by the Wisconsin Pharmacy Examining Board for refusing to transfer the prescription.   Both a Wisconsin Circuit Court and the Wisconsin Court of Appeals upheld the order of the Pharmacy Examining Board imposing discipline on Mr. Noesen (a reprimand and limitations on his license).   […]
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Pennsylvania Primary Victory Keeps Clinton’s Presidential Hopes Alive

By Michael Baggot and John Jalsevac PA, April 23, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Sen. Hillary Clinton has kept her presidential campaign hopes alive with a win in Tuesday’s Pennsylvania Democratic primary, taking the state with a 10 point lead over her rival, Barack Obama. The New York senator and former first lady garnered 55 percent of the vote, while Obama took 45. “We won a critically important victory tonight in Pennsylvania. It’s a giant step forward that will transform the landscape of the presidential race,’’ said Clinton in a jubilant message to supporters Tuesday night. ‘‘You know, some people counted me […]
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EU Shelves “Sexual Orientation” Discrimination Directive

By Hilary White BRUSSELS, April 23, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The BBC reports that an initiative to attempt to include sexual orientation into comprehensive anti-discrimination law for all member states of the European Commission, the ruling body of the European Union, has been shelved. A blanket anti-discrimination bill that covered all forms of discrimination on the grounds laid out in Article 13 of the Amsterdam Treaty was part of the commission’s work programme for 2008. Jan Jarab of the Employment Department of the Commission told the BBC’s The Record: Europe that “signals” from some member states, including Germany, indicated that there […]
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Italian Doctors Refusing To Commit Abortion

By Thaddeus M. Baklinski ROME, April 23, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Italian Ministry of Health has reported that nearly 70 percent of Italian gynecologists now refuse to perform abortions on moral grounds and that the number is only increasing. Doctors in Italy are able to use a “conscientious objection” clause, which has been strenuously defended by the Catholic Church in the predominantly Catholic country since abortion became legal in 1978, and refuse to commit abortions. Between 2003 and 2007 the number of gynecologists claiming protection under the conscience clause for abortion rose from 58.7 percent to 69.2 percent, according to the […]
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* 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 Papal Week That Was – By Richard John Neuhaus  https://www.firstthings.com/onthesquare/?p=1052 “We need the children who are aborted,” Austrian bishop says in response to anti-life resolution  https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/new.php?n=12415   Rush Limbaugh – most of what the pope said over the weekend was profound.  It was in awe.  https://www.rushlimbaugh.com/home/daily/site_042108/content/01125113.guest.html   It was beautiful. If you didn’t get choked up, you weren’t alive – Peggy Noonan on the Pope’s St. Patrick’s Mass  https://www.catholiceducation.org/articles/catholic_stories/cs0285.htm […]
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The Split Widens: Leader of Traditional Anglicans to Speak in Vancouver Friday

By Hilary White VANCOUVER, April 22, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – This weekend, the Anglican Network in Canada will welcome one of the leading lights in the movement within the Worldwide Anglican Communion to steer the denomination away from the left-liberal and anti-family direction taken by its North American and British branches. Archbishop Gregory Venables will speak at a conference in Delta British Columbia, which is being organized by the Anglican Network as part of the group’s efforts to build a coalition of biblically-faithful Anglican parishes and individuals in Canada. The primate of the Anglican Church of Canada, Fred Hiltz, wrote a […]
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Canadian Lawyers Support Unborn Victims of Crime Bill C-484

By Thaddeus M. Baklinski OTTAWA, ON, April 22, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A legal opinion presented to Conservative MP Ken Epp, who introduced the Unborn Victims of Crime Bill C-484, by Stephen Scott, professor emeritus at McGill University, argues that C-484 is constitutionally valid and could be adopted almost “as is” by the federal government, reports La Presse. Bill C-484 seeks to make it a separate crime to kill or injure a unborn child in an attack on its mother. In the opinion Michel Morin, a law professor at the University of Montreal maintains that allegations that the bill was intended […]
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Prominent Baptist Albert Mohler Tackles Anti-human Overpopulation Hysteria

By John Jalsevac April 22, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – In a recent column Albert Mohler, the current president of the prestigious Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, comes out swinging against what he calls (echoing the words of Malcolm Muggeridge), “The Great Liberal Death Wish.” (https://www.albertmohler.com/blog_print.php?id=1134) Mohler’s column was prompted by an apocalyptic piece that appeared in USA Today, entitled “Might our religion be killing us?” (https://blogs.usatoday.com/oped/2008/04/might-our-relig.html) In the article Oliver “Buzz” Thomas argues that the commandment, given to Adam in the Garden of Eden, to “be fruitful and multiply” is leading to the destruction of the planet, and suggests that instead of encouraging […]
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Yale Art School Threatens to Ban Abortion “Art” Display

By Hilary White NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, April 22, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Aliza Shvarts’ senior art project was to be displayed today at Yale University’s School of Art, but a university official is warning that the project will be banned. Peter Salovey, dean of Yale College, said the display will be prohibited unless Shvarts confesses in writing that the project is a work of fiction and promises that no human blood will be used in the exhibition. The display was scheduled to be opened today and was to be critiqued by faculty. “In this case, we will not permit her to […]
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Cardinal Arinze Voices Support for May 3rd One Million Rosaries for Unborn Babies Prayer Event

MEMPHIS, TN, April 21, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The May 3rd One Million Rosaries for Unborn Babies prayer event, initiated by the Saint Michael the Archangel Organization, has received a much welcomed letter of support from Francis Cardinal Arinze, Prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments, Vatican City.  In the letter, dated March 31st, 2008, Cardinal Arinze states: “I write you to support your Organization’s project that one million or more people participate in the May 3, 2008 ’ One Million Rosaries for Unborn Babies ’ prayer event.”   The One Million Rosaries initiative is hopes to […]
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That Horton Movie Is Actually Pretty Pro-Life

By Colin Mason April 21, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com/PRI) – If blogs were written in ink, then a veritable tanker of it would have been spilled when the latest film expedition into the land of Dr. Seuss, Horton Hears a Who, entered the world of cinema. Boasting an all-star voice cast and some relatively impressive computer animation, this updated version of the classic Seuss story retains the famous tagline: “A person’s a person, no matter how small.”   Pro-lifers demonstrated enthusiastically at the film’s premiere (probably to the chagrin of the producers), but the question remains: Is Hollywood’s version of Horton, adapted […]
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Comedian Maher Backtracks on “Nazi” Remarks, then Claims Pope Protected Child Molesters

By Michael Baggot LOS ANGELES, CA, April 21, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – After admitting Friday night that his early descriptions of Pope Benedict XVI as a Nazi were false, comedian Bill Maher went on to claim that the pontiff deserves to be in jail for not addressing priests guilty of child molestation. “So, on that score, you know what, my Catholic friends, I will never make the ‘pope is a Nazi’ joke again. Because, you’re technically right, OK, and also because it distracts from the main point,” said Maher on his weekly HBO program Real Time with Bill Maher. “And the […]
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Cardinal Trujillo, “One of the Church’s Strongest Advocates for Life and the Family”, Dies

By Hilary White ROME, April 21, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The pro-life community is honouring one of their most resolute members in the Vatican, Alfonso Cardinal Trujillo, who died Saturday at the age of 72. Ordained in 1960 in Bogota, Colombia, Cardinal Trujillo had served as the president of the Pontifical Council for the Family since his appointment by the late Pope John Paul II in 1990. Pope Benedict XVI wrote to the cardinal’s family, praising him for “his wide-ranging ministerial work – as priest and auxiliary bishop of Bogota, as archbishop of Medellin, secretary and president of the Latin American […]
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Highlights from the Pope’s Homily at the Votive Mass for the Universal Church – St. Patrick’s Cathed

Compiled by John Jalsevac NEW YORK, NY, April 21, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The following are direct quotations from Pope Benedict XVI’s homily for the votive Mass for the Universal Church, delivered on Saturday, 19 April, 2008. The headings are additions by the editor:   PROCLAMATION OF LIFE IN ABUNDANCE THE HEART OF THE NEW EVANGLIZATION   The proclamation of life, life in abundance, must be the heart of the new evangelization.  For true life – our salvation – can only be found in the reconciliation, freedom and love which are God’s gracious gift.    This is the message of hope […]
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Couples For Christ Apologizes for Receiving Donations from Contraceptive-Producing Firms

By Thaddeus M. Baklinski MANILA, April 21, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Manila-based Catholic lay movement, Couples for Christ (CFC), has published in a local newspaper an apology for accepting funds from companies that produce contraceptives. As reported last month by LifeSiteNews.com, a letter addressed to Philippines Bishop Gabriel Reyes from Alfonso Cardinal Lopez Trujilo, president of the Pontificium Consilium Pro Familia (Pontifical Council for the Family) said that accepting donations from those who promote abortion and contraception is contrary to the Gospel, and will greatly harm efforts to strengthen and defend life and the family. Bishop Reyes said a recent […]
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Highlights from the Pope’s Address to Young People

Compiled by John Jalsevac NEW YORK, April 21, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The following are direct quotes from Pope Benedict XVI’s address delivered to the young people and seminarians at St. Joseph’s Seminary in New York on Saturday. The headings are additions by the editor: THE WAY TO HOPE IS DIFFICULT   As young Americans you are offered many opportunities for personal development, and you are brought up with a sense of generosity, service and fairness. Yet you do not need me to tell you that there are also difficulties: activities and mindsets which stifle hope, pathways which seem to lead […]
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Democrats Blocked Resolution Welcoming Pope because of “Pro-life” Language

By John Jalsevac WASHINGTON, DC, April 18, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A resolution welcoming the Pope to the United States was stalled in the U.S. Senate after Democrats said they would not vote on the resolution unless offending “pro-life language” was removed from it. The resolution was introduced on Tuesday by Republican Senator Sam Brownback and was co-sponsored by Democratic Senator Bob Casey, both Catholics. The original text included, amongst a series of statements regarding the Holy Father’s biography and accomplishments, the statement, “Whereas Pope Benedict XVI has spoken out for the weak and vulnerable, witnessing to the value of each […]
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Government of Argentina’s Largest Province Declares Itself “Pro-Life”

By Matthew Cullinan Hoffman BUENOS AIRES, April 18, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The government of Argentina’s largest province, which contains 37% of the country’s total population, has declared itself “pro-life”. In a breakfast meeting with the 17 Catholic bishops of the Province of Buenos Aires, which contains approximately 15 million inhabitants, health minister Claudio Zin stated publicly, “This is a pro-life government” that is “against abortion”. The statement was made by Zin in the presence of the governor of the province, Daniel Scioli, who was in attendance with his chief of staff, vice-governor, and numerous cabinet officials. According to the Argentine […]
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Yale Student Insists Abortion “Art Project” NOT a Hoax

By Hilary White NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, April 18, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – News outlets exploded yesterday with the story that a graduate art student at Yale University had deliberately impregnated herself multiple times and then used chemical abortifacients as an art project. Shvarts had said that the blood from the “project” would be displayed along with video recordings of the “forced miscarriages”. LifeSiteNews reported the development. Soon after the story broke, however, Yale University issued a statement that the announcement of the project by graduate art student Aliza Shvarts had been a hoax meant as a piece of “performance art”.   Helaine […]
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Highlights from Pope’s Address to the United Nations – Religious Freedom Means Faith Allowed in Poli

Compiled By John-Henry Westen   NEW YORK, April 18, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The following are direct quotes from Pope Benedict XVI’s address delivered to the General Assembly of the United Nations today.  The headings are additions by the editor. RIGHTS AND DUTIES   In the name of freedom, there has to be a correlation between rights and duties, by which every person is called to assume responsibility for his or her choices, made as a consequence of entering into relations with others. Here our thoughts turn also to the way the results of scientific research and technological advances have sometimes […]
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Guatemalans “Dumbfounded” and Angered by International “Culture of Death”

By Matthew Cullinan Hoffman FLORIDA, April 18, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Guatemalans are “dumbfounded” and angered to learn about the international “culture of death” and its multi-pronged attack on human life, according to Human Life International, which participated in a pro-life conference in the country from April 3rd to April 5. The conference, entitled, “Life and the Dignity of the Human Person,” was organized by the Guatemalan Bishops’ Conference, in cooperation with HLI and several local pro-life organizations.  About ten bishops attended in all, including the apostolic nuncio, and approximately 250 seminarians. According to Fr. Thomas Euteneuer, the conference attendees were […]
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President Bush Lets His Love for the Pope Show at Catholic Prayer Breakfast

By John-Henry Westen   WASHINGTON, April 18, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – President George W. Bush addressed the National Catholic Prayer Breakfast just after 8:30 this morning, in a speech filled with glowing references to Pope Benedict XVI.  “It’s not every day you get to be the warm-up act to the Holy Father,” began the President jovially, referring to the fact that the guests would soon be viewing a live broadcast of the Pope’s remarks to the United Nations. “This has been a joyous week,” said the President beaming and eliciting applause. “It’s been a joyous time for Catholics – and it […]
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Pope Decries the “Scandal Given by Catholics Who Promote an Alleged Right to Abortion”

By John-Henry Westen   WASHINGTON, DC, April 18, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – At a Q&A session following Pope Benedict XVI’s Wednesday address to the Bishops of the United States, he addressed the “particular problem” of secularism in America.  While it allows profession of belief in God, it “can subtly reduce religious belief to a lowest common denominator,” he said.  Thus there is a separation “of faith from life: living ‘as if God did not exist’.”   The Pope noted that rather than “thinking with the Church”, some Catholics believe they have “a right to pick and choose” in the faith, “maintaining […]
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Australian Anglican Primate Supports Policy against Same-Sex Dates at Dance

By Michael Baggot BRISBANE, Australia, April 18, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – On Monday, the head of the Anglican Communion in Australia supported the headmaster of Anglican Grammar secondary school in forbidding male students from bringing their boyfriends to the school’s end of year dance. After a few Year 12 male students asked to bring their boyfriends to the ball, headmaster Jonathan Hensman reaffirmed the school’s policy against same-sex partners, arguing that the dance’s primary aim is to provide a formal occasion for opposite sexes to interact. “I have no personal objection to a school deciding to allow boys to take friends […]
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Pope to Educators: Appeals to Academic Freedom Cannot Justify Positions Against the Faith

By John-Henry Westen   WASHINGTON, DC, April 18, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – “Any appeal to the principle of academic freedom in order to justify positions that contradict the faith and the teaching of the Church would obstruct or even betray the university’s identity and mission,” Pope Benedict XVI told Catholic school and university administrators from across the nation gathered yesterday at the Catholic University of America.   The Pope drew special attention to what he called “harmful developments” in Catholic education regarding human sexuality.  “Particularly disturbing,” he said, “is the reduction of the precious and delicate area of education in sexuality […]
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Canadian Bishops Urge Support for Bill C-484 – Unborn Victims of Crime Act

April 18, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Bishop Jean Gagnon, the chairman of The Catholic Organization for Life and Family (COLF), has written a letter urging Catholics and all Canadians to do whatever possible to support Bill C-484, the Unborn Victims of Crime Act, which would make it a separate crime to injure or kill an unborn child in an attack on its mother. COLF was co-founded by the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops (CCCB) and the Supreme Council of the Knights of Columbus. COLF’s mission is to build a culture of life and a civilization of love by promoting respect for […]
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Eight-Year-Old “Wife” Obtains Divorce from 30-Year-Old Husband

By Matthew Cullinan Hoffman YEMEN, April 16, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – An eight-year-old girl forced to “marry” a 30-year-old man has obtained a divorce decree from a court in Yemen. The girl, Nojud Mohammed Ali, approached the court after living for two months with her “husband”, who repeatedly raped and beat her, according to her testimony. “He used to do bad things to me,” said Ali according to the Yemen Times. “And I had no idea as to what a marriage is. I would run from one room to another in order to escape, but in the end he would catch me […]
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LifeSiteNews.com NewsBytes

* 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.   Is Oprah Starting Her Own Cult?  https://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,351545,00.html   Human rights commissions are undermining the fundamental Charter rights of all Canadians. Protest while you still can – Muslims continue to threaten MacLeans magazine  https://www.macleans.ca/canada/opinions/article.jsp?content=20080416_66244_66244   Obama Compares Pro-Life Republican With Domestic Terrorist  https://www.cnsnews.com/ViewPolitics.asp?Page=/Politics/archive/200804/POL20080417d.html   McCain says “would be difficult” to have pro-choice running mate  https://www.politico.com/blogs/jonathanmartin/0408/McCain_says_would_be_difficult_to_have_prochoice_running_mate.html   Reauthorizing US AIDS Program is Good Foreign Policy  https://www.eppc.org/publications/pubID.3351/pub_detail.asp   Pope Addresses Church Sex Abuse […]
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Michigan’s Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Blocked By Pro-Abortion Legislators

By John Connolly   LANSING, Michigan, April 17, 2008, (LifeSiteNews.com) – Michigan’s proposed ban on partial-birth abortion has been blocked by the Michigan House Judiciary Committee for months, a problem that Michigan Right to Life and Pro-Life politicians are planning to overcome in the next few days.   Senate Bill 776, which is a replication of the federal ban on abortion, is an answer to the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals’ ruling that a partial-birth abortion law passed in 2004 was unconstitutional. S.B. 776 passed the Michigan Senate in January by a vote of 24-13. The bill then progressed […]
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Pope Tells Bishops they Must Deal with Sex Abuse Scandal by Addressing All of Sexual Morality

By John-Henry Westen   WASHINGTON, DC, April 17, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Pope Benedict XVI addressed US Bishops yesterday at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception.  One of the themes of his US visit thus far has been to address the clergy sexual abuse scandal.  However, in addressing the issue the Pope said that the Bishops must address it “within the wider context of sexual mores.”   He said that the Bishops of the US need to clear the barriers to an encounter with Christ.  “While it is true that this country is marked by a genuinely […]
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Dutch Gov’t to Marriage Commissioners: Won’t do Gay “Marriages”? Then No Natural Marriages Either

By Hilary White THE HAGUE, April 17, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Netherlands equality commissioners have ruled that if a civil marriage commissioner refuses to conduct wedding ceremonies for homosexual partners, they must be barred from conducting ceremonies between men and women as well. The Equal Treatment Commission (CGB) ruled yesterday that local authorities are “not violating the equal treatment law if it refuses to appoint a marriage registrar who does not wish to marry persons of the same sex on grounds of religion”. The judgment comes after the municipality of Langedijk placed advertisements for two marriage registrars and demanded that […]
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Oklahoma House and Senate Overwhelmingly Override Governor’s Veto of Pro-Life Bill

By Thaddeus M. Baklinski OKLAHOMA CITY, April 17, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Oklahoma state representatives and senators today voted overwhelmingly to override Governor Brad Henry’s veto of a bill requiring women to receive an ultrasound examination before proceeding with an abortion. The House voted 81 to 15 and the Senate 37 to 11 to override the veto. The bill contains a number of pro-life initiatives and expands on anti-abortion legislation passed in 2006 that required abortion doctors to tell a woman she had a right to a free ultrasound exam at an offsite location.    The bill originally passed the Senate […]
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EXCLUSIVE PHOTOS: Kerry, Dodd Receive Communion at Papal Mass, Kennedy Also Receives

By John-Henry Westen   WASHINGTON, DC, April 17, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – At the papal Mass at Nationals Park this morning with 46,000 in attendance, pro-abortion Senators John Kerry and Chris Dodd presented themselves for and received Holy Communion.  Photos taken by Tom McFadden Director of Admissions at Christendom College and provided first to LifeSiteNews.com, show Kerry and Dodd receiving while Kennedy remains seated as his row leaves to receive Communion. Senator Ted Kennedy was thought to not have received communion because of his remaining seated, but the next day LifeSiteNews received the following statement from Daniel J. Skehan, who was […]
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Brazilian Bishops Condemn Attempts to Legalize Abortion, Stem Cell Research

By Matthew Hoffman INDAIATUBA, April 17, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Brazil’s Catholic bishops have reiterated their firm opposition to abortion, noting that “human life is sacred.  The right to life underlies all other rights. From fertilization to its natural end, life is the fruit of the creative action of God, ‘Lord and Friend of Life’, and always remains in a relationship with Him, its only purpose. Every human being has the responsibility to receive and bring to fruition this inestimable divine gift.” “The Magisterium (teaching authority) of the Church defends the right to life, which is fundamental in any phase of […]
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Court Rules Against Coach’s Right to Bow Head, Bend Knee During Team’s Pre-Game Prayer

PHILADELPHIA, Penn., April 17, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit has ruled that a football coach may not silently bow his head or “take a knee” with his team as gestures of respect during student-led prayers prior to a game. Attorneys for The Rutherford Institute are acting as co-counsel for Coach Marcus Borden, who plans to appeal the ruling. “If this ruling is allowed to stand, it will mean that high school teachers across the United States will have no free speech or academic freedom rights at all,” said John W. Whitehead, president of The […]
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Revealed as HOAX: Yale Student Did Not Impregnate Herself or Have Multiple Abortions for School “Art

By John-Henry Westen April 17, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The internationally reported art project of a Yale University art major  who said she would document a nine-month process during which she artificially inseminated herself “as often as possible” while periodically taking abortifacient drugs, has been revealed as a hoax. Yale released a statement today indicating that senior student Aliza Shvarts “stated to three senior Yale University officials today, including two deans, that she did not impregnate herself and that she did not induce any miscarriages.” The statement added, “The entire project is an art piece, a creative fiction designed to draw […]
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German Woman Sentenced to 15 Years for Killing her Eight Newborns

By Hilary White   FRANKFURT AN DER ODER, Germany, April 16, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A court in Frankfurt an der Oder, Germany has sentenced a German woman to 15 years in prison for having killed eight of her newborn children between 1992 and 1998. The court ruled that, although a ninth child had also been killed, the time in which she could be charged for that crime had lapsed since 1988.   42-year-old Sabine Hilschenz, a divorced unemployed dental assistant in the eastern state of Brandenburg, was found guilty of eight counts of manslaughter in 2006 for killing her children […]
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Renegade Catholic Bishop and Proponent of “Liberation Theology” Favorite to Win Presidency in Paragu

By Matthew Cullinan Hoffman PARAGUAY, April 16, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A Catholic bishop who has been suspended by Vatican authorities is running for the presidency of Paraguay and is widely expected to win in the elections this Sunday. Bishop Fernando Lugo, 56, resigned as bishop of the Diocese of San Pedro in 2005, and was suspended by the Vatican, but not dismissed from his priestly state. He is an open proponent of “liberation theology”, a movement that has often been condemned by the Catholic Church for endorsing socialistic ideologies incompatible with the Catholic faith. Lugo also endorses what is popularly […]
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If Only Babies Were Pigeons: A Swiftian Vision

Commentary by John Jalsevac April 16, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – “If only babies were pigeons.” It makes for the beginnings of a catchy nonsense rhyme, no? Something like this, Oh, if only babies were pigeons  What a wonderful world we’d live in,  With babies a’ flyin’  Instead of a’ cryin’  And no more diaper changin’. Or even better yet, in the spirit of Jonathon Swift’s “A Modest Proposal,” Oh, if only babies were pigeons  What a wonderful world we’d live in  At noon I’d go shootin’  With Vladamir Putin,  By five we’d ‘ave a baby a’stewin’. Do you remember that “Modest […]
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University of St. Thomas Flipflops and Allows Previously Cancelled Pro-Life Speaker

By Thaddeus M. Baklinski ST. PAUL, MN, April 16, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Last week, LifeSiteNews.com reported that the University of St. Thomas, a Catholic university and private college in Minnesota, had cancelled the appearance of prominent Christian activist, writer and pro-life speaker Star Parker. Yesterday afternoon, however, university officials announced that Parker will be speaking after all. She will appear on April 21 at 7:00 pm in the O’Shaughnessy Educational Center auditorium. Parker, who is African-American, will be addressing the impact of abortion on minority communities. A news bulletin told the university’s students that the school had “extended the invitation […]
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Pope Spoke Privately with President Bush about Abortion and Homosexual ‘Marriage’

By John-Henry Westen   WASHINGTON, April 16, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A just released joint statement by the Holy See and the White House, reveals that in the private meeting of Pope Benedict XVI and President George W. Bush in the Oval Office of the White House today, they discussed “defense and promotion of life” and “matrimony and the family”.  The following is the full text of the joint statement:   President Bush, on behalf of all Americans, welcomed the Holy Father, wished him a happy birthday, and thanked him for the spiritual and moral guidance, which he offers to the […]
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Pope: US Pro-Freedom Secularism is a Model for Europe, Not New Anti-Religious Secularism

By John-Henry Westen   WASHINGTON, April 16, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – During the in-flight press conference yesterday Pope Benedict XVI was asked about the public role of religion in the US and that being seen as a model for secularized Europe.  The Pope said that the traditional pro-freedom secularism, “seems to me a fundamental and positive model to be considered also in Europe.”   The Holy Father drew a distinction between a positive secularism which was traditional to the US and a new and dangerous anti-religious secularism.  “What I find fascinating in the USA is that it began with a positive […]
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Major Pro-Life Group Vows to Photograph Pro-Abortion Politicians as they Receive Communion at Papal

WASHINGTON, D.C., April 16, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Pro-abortion politicians attempting to receive Holy Communion at the papal Masses in New York and Washington, D.C. will be photographed in an effort spearheaded by American Life League. “Organizations such as Catholics for a Free Choice and the so-called Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence have tried time and time again to politicize the Eucharist, and American Life League is saying ‘enough!’” said Judie Brown, president of American Life League.  “We’re asking our bishops and priests to be extraordinarily vigilant in defending the Eucharist.”   American Life League ran a nationwide, full page ad exposing […]
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UN Weekly Briefing April 7-11

By Campaign Life Coalition UN Representative   April 15, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – UNIFEM appoints new Executive Director, Global Monitoring Report 2008   UNIFEM appoints new Executive Director   Inés Alberdi of Spain was appointed Executive Director of UNIFEM (United Nations Development Fund for Women) last week. A news release issued by UNIFEM Headquarters explains that Alberdi “has over 25 years of gender issues and in politics.” Members of the U.N. pro-life pro-family coalition have expressed concerns about Alberdi’s track record. She is known by pro-lifers in her country as having spoken up in favor of abortion and the right for […]
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Ontario Lesbian Education Minister Appoints Team to Look at “Homophobia”

By Hilary White Toronto, April 15, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Ontario education minister has appointed a “Safe Schools Action Team” to ensure that homosexual students are not subject to any “homophobia” from teachers, staff or fellow students. The government watchdog group will be led by Liz Sandals, the Liberal MPP for Guelph and the former president of the Ontario Public School Board Association. Kathleen Wynne, the Ontario Education Minister and a lesbian political activist said, “What I have asked them to do is to go back to stakeholders in the community and ask about sexual assault, gender or attacks on […]
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Pope Touches Down in Washington DC, Purposely Avoided Talk of Homosexuality During Plane Interview

By John-Henry Westen WASHINGTON, DC, April 15, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Pope Benedict XVI arrived in Washington, DC today, just prior to 4pm. He was greeted on the tarmac by US President George W. Bush – a historic moment as it was the first greeting on the tarmac of a foreign diplomat by the President. Mrs. Bush and daughter Jenna also joined the President in welcoming the Holy Father when he arrived at Andrews Air Force Base for a six-day visit to the United States that will take him to Washington and New York City. Upon arrival Pope Benedict was also greeted by […]
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Norwegian Christians and Muslims Protest “Gender-Neutral” Marriage Bill

By Hilary White OSLO, Norway, April 15, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – While the homosexualist political movement continues to achieve its goals among the elite in Europe, and in the governments and courts, the general public in some countries is yet to be convinced. Immigrants and native Norwegians alike gathered in Youngstorget square in downtown Oslo this weekend to protest efforts to install “gay marriage” in Norway. The protesters, who included both Christians and Muslims, marched from Karl Johans Gate to the square, shouting, “Yes to marriage between men and women”. The demonstration was met by counter-demonstrators from homosexual activist groups. The protesters […]
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Pro-Abortion Catholic Politicians Warned Against Receiving Communion During Papal Visit

WASHINGTON, DC., April 15, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – American Life League has warned pro-abortion Catholic politicians not to politicize the Eucharist in a nation-wide, full page message addressed to Pope Benedict XVI.  “First of all, welcome from the bottom of our hearts,” says the ad. “From us all, thank you for the blessing of your presence. But most of all, please protect the body of Christ from the bloodstained hands of pro-abortion ‘Catholics.’” On April 17, Pope Benedict XVI will celebrate Mass in Washington, DC where pro-abortion Catholic politicians are expected to attempt to receive communion. “Pro-abortion Catholics, who are not […]
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* 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.   Transcript Of Interview Of President Bush By Raymond Arroyo, News Anchor For Ewtn Global Catholic Network  https://www.ewtn.com/vnews/getstory.asp?number=87526   A woman has filed a lawsuit against Iowa Methodist Medical Center claiming a medical mistake led her to have an abortion.  https://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,350392,00.html ‘Idol gives back’ … to pro-abortion groups  https://www.theconservativevoice.com/article/31688.html   Google in Legal Row Over Abortion Ad  https://www.crosswalk.com/news/11573075/   Cape Cod abortion doctor may face criminal charges for death of a […]
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Comments About April 14 News

Dear Readers,   Most of today’s news is not pleasant reading but it is essential reading about current developments related to life and family.   Interestingly, the darkness makes the visit of Pope Benedict to the United States especially anticipated with joy by many Catholics and non-Catholics alike. Benedict is seen as representing the only real antidote (the belief and practice of traditional Christianity) to the many evil forces in the world. That antidote, if once again adopted by many, can vanquish all the forces arrayed against us. The Caesars eventually understood this as have many of the totalitarian leaders […]
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European Parliament Pressures Latin Americans to Legalize Abortion

By Matthew Cullinan Hoffman BRUSSELS, April 14, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The European Parliament held a public event, billed as a “debate”, last Wednesday that gave pro-abortion forces an opportunity to denounce Latin American countries for refusing to legalize the killing of unborn children. The discussion, “The Rights of Women to Reproductive Health in Latin America,” was held in the parliament building on April 9th, and was organized by the “United European Left”. It was attended by representatives from the European parliament and various pro-abortion Non-Governmental Organizations. “I urge everyone to encourage the governments of Latin America to resist the pressure […]
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REAL Women Demands Canadian Taxpayer Funding of Obscene Films Must Stop

By Thaddeus M. Baklinski OTTAWA, April 14, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Bill C-10, an omnibus bill of amendments to the Income Tax Act, contains a government proposal to amend the Income Tax Act that would allow the Heritage Ministry to withhold federal tax credits to Canadian film and television projects it deems offensive. It has been passed by the House of Commons and is now before the Senate, where Canadian film industry representatives are arguing that the amendments should be scrapped because they would restrict the kinds of movies and TV shows that can be made in the country, and would […]
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Democrats on Abortion: Only “Potential” for Life Begins at Conception

By John Connolly GRANTHAM, Pennsylvania, April 14, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Democratic presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama both tried to downplay their positions on abortion at the Compassion Forum, a nationally televised event at Messiah College on April 13. During the event, which was intended to provide the opportunity for candidates to discuss how their faith and moral convictions bear on their positions on important issues, both candidates were questioned on religion, evolution and abortion, among other things. Obama chose conciliatory wording for his abortion stance. “The mistake pro-choice forces have sometimes made in the past, and this is […]
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Blair Formally Refuses to Respond to Abortion and Embryo Research Questions after “Conversion” to Ca

By Hilary White LONDON, April 14, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Tony Blair, the former Prime Minister of Britain and avid supporter of legal abortion and homosexual “marriage” who was received into the Catholic Church late last year, has issued a statement refusing to answer questions regarding his position on abortion and embryonic research in the light of his alleged conversion. In an open letter, the Director of the Society for the Protection of Unborn Children, John Smeaton, had asked Blair if he would, now that he was ostensibly a Catholic, renounce his former views and political activism on abortion and the […]
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Canadian MP About to Propose Assisted Suicide Bill; Court Challenge Also in the Works

Commentary by Alex Schadenberg, Director Euthanasia Prevention Coalition OTTAWA, April 14, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Last month during an interview on the CBC radio show Cross Country Checkup Jocelyn Downie, the Canada research chair in Health, Law and Policy from Dalhousie University stated that she knew that new legislation was being drafted to legalize euthanasia and assisted suicide in Canada. Downie also stated that a new test case had been drafted to challenge the criminal code prohibitions of euthanasia via the courts. On April 13, 2008, Canada Press published an interview with Francine Lalonde, the Bloc Quebecois MP who had introduced […]
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King’s Niece: “Racism and Abortion Stem from the Same Poisonous Root”

ATLANTA, April 14, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Dr. Alveda King, Pastoral Associate of Priests for Life and niece of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., today said that racism and abortion are linked.  Dr. King has, for the past two weeks been involved in commemorative events of the 40th anniversary of the death of her uncle Martin Luther King Jr. the famed leader of the civil rights movement. “Abortion and racism are both symptoms of a fundamental human error,” stated Dr. King. “The error is thinking that when someone stands in the way of our wants, we can justify getting that person […]
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Schwarzenegger will oppose same sex “marriage” ban

SACRAMENTO, CA, April 14, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger promised a homosexual group on Friday that he will oppose any ballot measure protecting marriage for a man and a woman. Asked if he would oppose a ballot initiative limiting gay marriage, Schwarzenegger replied: “First of all I think that it will never happen in California because I think that California people are much further along with that issue, and number two, I’ll always be there to fight against that.” Randy Thomasson, president of Campaign for Children and Families, a leading West Coast pro-family organization, commented, “Arnold Schwarzenegger is […]
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Germany Lifts Embryo Research Restrictions

By Hilary White BERLIN, April 11, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com ) – The German government has voted to remove restrictions on the use of human embryos in stem cell research. Under current law, German researchers are only allowed to use human embryonic stem cells harvested abroad before January 2002, but today the Bundestag (lower house) decided by a 346-228 vote to move the cut-off date to May 2007. German Research Minister Annette Schavan, a Roman Catholic, justified the change saying that it is the only way for Germany’s researchers to remain competitive. Last July the German National Ethics Council narrowly approved the […]
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Czech Republic’s Christian Democrats Propose Abortion Restrictions

By Hilary White PRAGUE, April 11, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Czech Radio reports that the Christian Democrat party, one of the three parties in the centre-right governing coalition, is proposing to create some limits to abortion, which is largely un-restricted in the country. The proposed changes are in addition to a bill proposed by the Civic Democrat Health Minister Tomas Julinek, who will need the support of the Christian Democrats to push his reforms through parliament. Abortion in the Czech Republic is legally allowed up to 12 weeks gestational age for any reason, with “medical indications” up to 24 weeks and […]
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Two Catholic Schools Refuse to Support Figures Opposed to Life and Family Values

By Michael Baggot GRAND RAPIDS, MI, April 11, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – At the same time as Pope Benedict XVI reportedly prepares to exhort Catholic colleges to greater fidelity to Church teaching, two Catholic schools have recently stood fast to their Catholic identity and refused to support figures opposed to traditional life and family values. The president of Michigan’s Aquinas College, Ed Balog, announced his decision on Thursday to cancel homosexual activist Jeff Corvino’s “What’s Morally Wrong with Homosexuality?” presentation after its initial postponement. “I’m not trying to keep people from seeing him. I’m trying to prevent the college from sponsoring an […]
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Pope’s Opposition to Euthanasia is Personal: Cousin had Down’s and Was Taken by the Nazis

NORTH HAVEN, Connecticut, April 11, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Many people are expecting Pope Benedict XVI to speak out in defense of human life and against abortion during his visit to the United States next week. What few people realize, however, is that the pope knows first-hand what happens when a society refuses to defend the most defenseless of its citizens. As a boy of fourteen, Joseph Ratzinger had a cousin who had been born with Down’s Syndrome, only a bit younger than himself. In 1941, German state “therapists” came to the boy’s house and probably informed the parents of the […]
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San Francisco Archbishop to Give Highest Honours to Abortion and Homosexual “Rights” Supporter

By Hilary White SAN FRANCISCO, April 11, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Catholic Archbishop of San Francisco, George Niederauer has announced that he will include a well-known supporter of abortion and Planned Parenthood in his annual diocesan philanthropy award. George M. Marcus, the founder and chairman of the Marcus & Millichap Co., a real estate investment firm, has donated funds to oppose protecting children from abortion, and to support embryonic stem cell research and homosexual “marriage”. California Catholic Daily reports that in October 2005 Marcus donated $25,000 to the “No” campaign on Proposition 73 that would have required that parents of […]
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Teen Sex Linked To Regret and Abortions in Later Adult Life

By Thaddeus M. Baklinski DUBLIN, April 11, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Girls who become sexually active before age 17 are almost 70 percent more likely to experience a crisis pregnancy in later life and three times more likely to procure abortion in their lifetime than those who wait until they are older, according to a study released by the Irish Crisis Pregnancy Agency. The Irish Study of Sexual Health and Relationships, the largest nationally representative study on sexual knowledge, attitudes and behaviour ever undertaken in Ireland, was published by the Department of Health and the Crisis Pregnancy Agency (CPA) today. The […]
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LifeSiteNews.com NewsBytes

* 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.   Italians say goodbye to courageous mother who sacrificed her life to save child  https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/new.php?n=12304   Feminists seeking pressure from Europe to legalize abortion in Latin America  https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/new.php?n=12302   Is Tiller Above the Law?  https://www.citizenlink.org/fnif/A000007096.cfm   ‘Silent No More’ Leaders Urge Oklahoma Governor Brad Henry to Sign Pro-Life Bill  https://christiannewswire.com/news/595476227.html   A Life Win – NARAL’s disinformation campaign doesn’t seem to have worked in Maryland- National Review  https://article.nationalreview.com/?q=ZGQwZmRmZWMwZjEwYzFiNzUwMzkwNDgxNzc5NGU2OGU=   Catholic Conference’s […]
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Embryo Research May Never Produce Cures: Head of UK Stem Cell Network

By Hilary White LONDON, April 11, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Lord Patel of Dunkeld, chairman of the UK National Stem Cell Network and chancellor of Dundee University, told the Scotsman earlier this week that research involving stem cells would likely lead to therapies, but that ultimately such treatments could prove too risky for human use. He also said it could be five to ten years before viable stem cell treatments were available. But even then, he observed, “We have to be cautious. It may not deliver therapy for anything. We may find that stem therapy is quite a risky business.” In […]
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Clinton Strengthens Homosexual, Anti-religious Links with Endorsement by Elton John

By John Connolly NEW YORK, April 10, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – British pop singer and homosexual activist Elton John endorsed Hillary Clinton for president at a benefit concert for her campaign held at Radio City Music Hall on April 9. John, who proclaimed himself bisexual for eight years before renouncing bisexuality in favor of open homosexuality, claimed at the concert that the reason Hillary trails in the polls is because of America’s misogyny, or hatred of women. “I’m amazed by the misogynistic attitudes of some of the people in this country,” said John. “And I say to hell with them …. […]
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American Homeschooling Missionary Family Allowed To Stay In Germany

By Thaddeus M. Baklinski UEHLFELD, Germany, April 10, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Clint Robinson, his wife Susan and their three children have been granted permission to legally remain in Germany through to the end of this year, and to continue to homeschool. A communiqué to LifeSiteNews.com from Joel Thornton, president of the International Human Rights Group, said that Dr. Ronald Reichert, IHRG attorney in Germany, has received notice from the German court that the informal settlement has now been enforced. As previously reported by LifeSiteNews.com, the Robinson family was denied a residency permit by authorities in Germany after it was discovered […]
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Shocking Youtube Video: Fr. Frank Pavone Demonstrates Dismemberment Abortion on Fetus Model

By Hilary White NEW YORK, April 10, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Fr. Frank Pavone, the well-known head of the US organization, Priests for Life, has recently posted two videos to the internet video website YouTube in which he demonstrates in graphic detail exactly what happens to a child in a surgical abortion. Using a plastic model of a child at 18 weeks gestation, a common age for surgical abortions, Fr. Pavone holds up a pair of forceps and demonstrates the procedure of dismemberment. He says dispassionately, “The forceps are used to grab one of the extremities of the child…and to pull […]
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Catholic University of St. Thomas Rejects Black Pro-Life Speaker, Permits Transgender Speakers

HERNDON, VA, April 10, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Administrators at the University of St. Thomas, a Catholic university and private college in Minnesota, censored the appearance of prominent pro-life and black speaker Star Parker. On April 21, 2008, Star – the best-selling author of numerous books – was slated to speak on campus about the devastating impact abortion has on minority communities. UST Vice President of Student Affairs Jane Canney nixed the idea entirely, citing “concerns” that the lecture was being underwritten by Young America’s Foundation. Katie Kieffer, a 2005 alumna of St. Thomas and founder of the independent conservative newspaper […]
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Police Apologize After Driver of Truck with Graphic Abortion Images Ordered to Leave Town

OLATHE, Kansas, April 10, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Chief of Police Janet Thiessen of Olathe, Kansas, has issued a personal apology to Ronald Brock, who was ordered to leave town by Sgt. David Haldeman on Tuesday evening or face arrest. Brock was driving a vehicle with photographs of victims of abortion and victims of the Jewish Holocaust of World War II. Haldeman has been placed on paid administrative leave pending an investigation into the incident. Brock confirmed that he received a personal phone call from Chief Thiessen who apologized to him for the incident.    Operation Rescue President Troy Newman received […]
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LifeSiteNews.com NewsBytes

* 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.   Washington Post – Obama’s Abortion Extremism  https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/04/01/AR2008040102197_pf.html   Expert: “We’re brainwashing our children” about global warming  https://blogs.usatoday.com/weather/2008/04/expert-were-bra.html   Admit your sins to the Lord, priest tells gay judge  https://www.smh.com.au/news/national/admit-your-sins-to-the-lord-priest-tells-gay-judge/2008/04/09/1207420485915.html   Law professor has produced of cultural wasteland of contemporary university- First Things  https://www.firstthings.com/onthesquare/?p=1040   Kansas Supreme Court Hears Tiller Case – ‘Tiller just doesn’t want the grand jury to see anything — not the records, not the inside of his […]
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Government of Finland Pressures Nicaragua to Legalize Abortion

By Matthew Cullinan Hoffman MANAGUA, April 9, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Finnish government, following the practice of its Scandinavian neighbors, is pressuring Nicaragua to legalize abortion during a visit that will determine if Finland will continue its $16 million annual aid package to the country. During his recent visit to Nicaragua to “evaluate” the state of the country, the Finnish minister of Exterior Cooperation and Trade, Paavo Väyrynen, made his desire clear: legalize abortion. “We are aware of the legislation that you have in Nicaragua to restrict abortion,” he told the Managuan daily El Nuevo Diario on April 2. “When […]
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Genocide Awareness Project Displays Aborted Baby Pictures at University of Toronto

April 9, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – On Thursday, April 3, a pedestrian passing the Robarts Library on the giant University of Toronto campus may have seen large pictures of aborted children. A group of pro-life volunteers, including pro-life activists Rosemary Connell and several students, had set up the signs around the busy intersection by the library. The signs, provided by GAP (the Genocide Awareness Project), were intended to draw attention to Canada’s inconsistent treatment of abortion and the truth of the humanity of the unborn child. “When you deny that a child is conceived, that there’s a child, right there, there is […]
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McDonald’s Throws up A Smoke Screen to Cover Support for Homosexual Agenda

Commentary by Thaddeus M. Baklinski April 9, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Last week LifeSiteNews.com reported that the McDonalds restaurant chain had put an executive on the board of the U.S. homosexual chamber of commerce. McDonald’s is now attempting to obscure the issue of their support for the homosexual agenda in an e-mail they are sending to those who contact them about the matter. The first point McDonald’s makes is, “At McDonald’s, we treat all our employees and customers with dignity and respect regardless of their ethnicity, religious beliefs, sexual orientation or any other differentiating factor.” While this may be true, it […]
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Google to be Sued for Anti-Christian Discrimination for Refusing Advertising

By Hilary White LONDON, April 8, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A pro-life and pro-family Christian lobbying and education organisation is taking the internet giant Google to court over the latter’s refusal to allow advertisements about abortion that contain religious content. When the Christian Institute, a UK registered charity, asked Google for site-targeted advertising, the company refused citing the proposed ad for “inappropriate content”. The Institute is suing, saying the refusal constituted discrimination on the grounds of religious belief, a violation of Britain’s anti-discrimination laws. A spokesman for the Institute said, “For many people, Google is the doorway to the internet. It […]
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Hillary Pledges Support for Homosexuals, Repeal of Military “Don’t Ask Don’t Tell” Policy

By John Connolly WASHINGTON, D.C., April 8, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Democratic presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton appeared on Ellen Degeneres’ television talk show on April 7 to pledge support for the homosexual community if she is elected. Degeneres, who is openly homosexual, made Clinton’s support of homosexuality a prominent feature of the show. Clinton, who spoke about homosexual friends and neighbors she has had in the past, vowed to procure legal recognition for same-sex couples like Degeneres and her partner, Portia de Rossi. “I’m going to do everything I can to make sure that people like you and Portia and others […]
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More than Two-Thirds of Brazilians are Against the Legalization of Abortion

By Matthew Cullinan Hoffman SAO PAULO, April 8, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A survey conducted by the Brazilian Newspaper Folha de Sao Paulo has concluded that more than two-thirds of Brazilians continue to oppose the legalization of abortion. According to the newspaper, 68% responded that abortion should continue to be a crime under Brazilian law, a number that has increased substantially since 2006, when it was 63%. In addition, the poll indicates that a majority of Brazilians are also against the death penalty. Support fell from 55% in 2007 to 47% this year. 45% of Brazilians also stated their opposition to […]
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“Red Alert” in the Dominican Republic over Plans to Legalize Abortion

By Matthew Cullinan Hoffman DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, April 8. 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Catholic Church in the Dominican Republic has declared a “red alert” regarding the possibility that abortion could be legalized after the coming presidential elections, according to Father Luis Rosario, coordinator of the youth organization Pastoral Juvenil. An attempt to legalize abortion last year failed after pro-lifers, led by Cardinal Archbishop Nicholas Jesus Rodriguez of Santo Domingo, led a massive nationwide protest that lasted an entire month, culminating in a huge march in the capital and a speech on national radio by the Cardinal. However, members of the left-leaning […]
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LifeSiteNews.com NewsBytes

* 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.   Bill would let families try to stop abortions  https://www.kansas.com/news/state/story/362109.html   Arizona Governor Vetoes Two Abortion Bills  https://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,346613,00.html   Ultrasound making in-roads in pro-life arena; So. Dakota latest to join  https://www.onenewsnow.com/Culture/Default.aspx?id=74789   Let’s call it the ‘Wrong choice movement’ By Deacon Keith Fournier  https://www.catholic.org/national/national_story.php?id=27469   Half of Kansas abortions on visitors  https://www2.ljworld.com/news/2008/apr/07/half_kansas_abortions_visitors/   Choosing to eliminate unwanted daughters  https://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2008/04/06/choosing_to_eliminate_unwanted_daughters/   Democrats Allow Pro-Life Voice on Party Platform, Life advocates predict it […]
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Focus on the Family Adapts Programming Due to Canadian Sexual Orientation “Hate Crime” Laws

By Michael Baggot LANGLEY, BC, April 7, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A statement from a director at Focus on the Family confirms that the major Christian organization has been editing its radio programs in order to accord with Canadian “hate crime” laws. “In particular, our content producers are careful not to make generalized statements nor comments that may be perceived as ascribing malicious intent to a ‘group’ of people and are always careful to treat even those who might disagree with us with respect,” Gary Booker, director of global content creation for Focus, told WorldNetDaily.com. “Occasionally, albeit very rarely, some content […]
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Blasphemous Works Removed from Atheist’s Exhibition in Vienna Cathedral Museum

By Hilary White VIENNA, Austria, April 7, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Outrage from viewers and readers of online coverage, including that of LifeSiteNews.com, has prompted Vienna’s Dommuseum, the art gallery attached to St. Stephen’s Catholic cathedral, to remove some of the works in a blasphemous exhibit of paintings and sculptures. One of the worst paintings in the exhibit depicts Christ and his Apostles as homosexuals engaged in an orgy. The Gloria TV website carried a short film of the exhibition and Catholics around the world responded condemning the depiction of Christ as an active homosexual.  The artist, Alfred Hrdlicka, a Marxist […]
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Welsh Magistrate Under Investigation After “Anti-Gay” Comments

By Hilary White BROADLANDS, Wales, April 7, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A British magistrate has agreed to a suspension from judiciary duties and is under investigation after he said on a radio programme that homosexuality is associated with paedophilia. When asked his opinions on homosexuals, Byron Butler told the BBC current affairs programme Week In Week Out, “We haven’t got much time for them.” “Well, I think probably it’s a suspicion of the mainstream that they perhaps will interfere with young people and so on and that’s historically been the case. That is the danger,” he said. “Paedophiles, solidophiles [sic], not […]
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Larger than Life Hollywood Icon and Pro-life Advocate Charlton Heston Dies at 84

By Hilary White BEVERLY HILLS, California, April 7, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – In his legendary film career he played saints, geniuses, prophets, soldiers and even the occasional bad guy, but in real life, Charlton Heston was a genuine hero for his defence of civil rights for blacks and for the unborn. His death on Saturday, at age 84, was met with an outpouring of admiration and tributes on the internet and television news and on countless blogs. Admirers lauded him as one of the last of the old-time Hollywood movie stars, and as a man who also embodied in his off-screen life […]
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U.N. Weekly Briefing March 31- April 4

By Campaign Life Coalition U.N. Representative   April 7, 2008  (LifeSiteNews.com) – Issues this week:   * U.N. Convention on the Rights of the Persons with Disabilities  * Opening of the Commission on Population and Development  * Children and HIV/AIDS   U.N. Convention on the Rights of the Persons with Disabilities   Last Thursday, Ecuador ratified the U.N. Convention on the Rights of the Persons with Disabilities. The Convention needed to be ratified by 20 countries before entering into effect. As of May 3rd, the document will be legally binding for countries that have ratified it. This Convention is the […]
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1 Year of Legal Abortion in Mexico: 6400 Legal Abortions, 22 Injuries, 8 Dead Mothers

By John Connolly MEXICO CITY, Mexico, April 7, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Jorge Serrano Limón, president of the Mexican National Pro-Life (Provida) Committee, told the local press on April 4 that he had information proving the recent deaths of eight women due to legal abortions, according to a report by Spero News. “We have the information, dates, and hospitals where they died; the authorities will only recognize the underage girl who died in Balbuena Hospital,” said Limón. The girl Limón referred to was 15-year-old Vianney “N,” who died in Balbuena Hospital from a hemorrhage incurred when her baby was being sucked […]
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Hearings against Kansas Planned Parenthood Delayed Until May

By Michael Baggot TOPEKA, KS, April 7, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The long saga of District Attorney Phillip Kline’s 107-count criminal complaint against Planned Parenthood of Kansas and Mid-Missouri (PPKM) is to be even further drawn out after a judge Thursday decided to postpone a preliminary hearing, originally scheduled for today, until May 27th.  Kline subpoenaed the Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE) for records that would certify key documents pertaining to late-term abortions performed at PPKM.  The KDHE filed a motion to quash, arguing that Kline had no authority to those documents as a district attorney.  On Thursday, District […]
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Pope Calls for End to “Conspiracy of Silence” over Wounds Caused by “Grave Sins” of Abortion and Div

By John Jalsevac Rome, April 7, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – This past Saturday Pope Benedict XVI outlined appropriate pastoral responses to what he called the “wounds of abortion and divorce,” which he said “involve so much suffering in the lives of individuals, families and society.” The Holy Father was addressing a group of scholars from the Pontifical John Paul II Institute for Studies on Marriage and the Family at the Lateran University. The Institute was holding a several day long conference entitled “Oil on the Wounds: A Response to the Aftermath of Abortion and Divorce.” Benedict opened his remarks by congratulating […]
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Hillary Clinton on Oregon’s Assisted Suicide Law: “I Commend Oregon on this Count”

By John-Henry Westen and John Connolly EUGENE, Oregon, April 7, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton gave an interview with the editor of Eugene’s Register-Guard paper, Jack Wilson, on April 6, in which she praised Oregon’s assisted suicide laws. Clinton, who spoke in Eugene on the same day as leading conservative bioethicist Wesley J. Smith, commended Oregon for providing the “right” to assisted suicide. “I believe it’s within the province of the states to make that decision,” said Clinton when asked by Wilson about her attitude toward assisted suicide. “I commend Oregon on this count, as well, because […]
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Judge Rules Christian Children’s Home which Fired Lesbian Can Still Retain Public Funding

ANN ARBOR, MI, April 7, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Last week, federal judge Charles R. Simpson, III, dismissed an ACLU lawsuit against a Kentucky Baptist Home for Children (recently renamed Sunrise Children’s Services) following an 8-year legal battle. The case began when Alicia Pedreira, who had been an employee of the Home for seven months, sued the Home, which provides social services for at-risk children, after she was terminated for openly living a lesbian lifestyle. The reason for the termination was that her lifestyle was contrary to the Home’s Christian mission and values.   Pedreira’s first lawsuit, filed in 2000, claimed her firing […]
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Leading Pro-Life Politician in Italy Pelted with Bottles and Eggs during Speech

BOLOGNA, April 7, 2008 (CWNews.com/LifeSiteNews.com) – An Italian pro-life politician was pelted with eggs and bottles during an April 2 campaign appearance in Bologna, Catholic World News reports. Giuliano Ferrara, the leader of a popular movement for a moratorium on abortion, was making an appearance along with parliamentary candidates for the Emilio-Romagna region when the disturbance occurred. About 100 protestors, representing Communist and Green party sympathizers, hooted at the pro-life candidates, calling them “buffoons” and “fascists,” as objects were hurled from the crowd. Ferrara shouted back at the hecklers: “This is not democracy!” At least 15 people in the crowd […]
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LifeSiteNews NewsBytes For April 4

* 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.   Vietnam Man Runs ‘Abortion Orphanage’  https://www.happynews.com/news/432008/vietnam-man-runs-abortion-orphanage.htm   Leading Social Conservatives Warn against Romney as McCain’s VP -full-page letter ad that will run Saturday in an Arizona newspaper where Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) will be on the presidential campaign trail  https://www.cnsnews.com/ViewPolitics.asp?Page=/Politics/archive/200804/POL20080404d.html “Miracle” Stories Can Double as Cautionary Tales – Difficult end-of-life decisions – Need to prevent still living patients from wrongly being declared dead  https://www.eppc.org/publications/pubID.3333/pub_detail.asp   Stem cell surgery helps quadriplegic […]
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Letter to the Editor, April 4, 2008 – An Encounter with Fr. Jim Whalen

Dear Editor, It is 3:00 A.M. and I can’t sleep. In my head, I keep singing “Here I Am Lord.”  I suddenly realize that means I need to write to someone about something. As I received my Interim a few days ago, I read about the passing of Father Jim Whalen.   I recall the first time I met him.  It was at a pro-life conference in Toronto. I was helping at the exhibitors table and had some time to walk around to see what material was available on the pro-life movement. Father Jim was at his table sitting in anticipation […]
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For Rome it is Very Clear – Pro-Abortion Politicians ‘Must’ be Denied Communion

By John-Henry Westen and Hilary White ROME, March 4, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Some Catholic Bishops in North America seem to be on a different page from the Vatican when it comes to reception of Communion for Catholic politicians who support abortion. Since the controversy came to a head in the 2004 US federal election, most Catholic bishops in the US have either remained silent on the issue, or have made softer statements than the authoritative word from Rome: a word that has been re-affirmed many times and continues to be reasserted regularly.  Most recently, Francis Cardinal Arinze, speaking at a […]
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Philippine Bishops Denounce Publication of Playboy Magazine in the Philippines

By Thaddeus M. Baklinski MANILA, Philippines, April 4, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Playboy magazine yesterday launched its first Philippine edition, triggering a reaction from leaders of the country’s Catholic Church. Bishop Pedro Arigo said the proliferation of obscene materials in the country demonstrates the declining moral values among the current generation of Filipinos. “We are already a lost generation,” he said, adding that allowing these types of obscene materials to flourish could “add to the degeneration of our sexual culture.” The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines spokesman Msgr. Pedro Quitorio stressed that the contents of the magazine will affect “moral […]
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“Some Catholic”: Former PM Tony Blair is Now Raising Funds for Homosexual Group

Editorial by John-Henry Westen LONDON, April 4, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Stonewall, England’s largest and most well-known homosexual activist organization, held its annual fundraising dinner last night, raising over $600,000.  A sizeable chunk of the funds raised came in thanks to former British Prime Minister Tony Blair – the same Tony Blair who was received into the Catholic Church only a few months ago by top English prelate Cardinal Cormac Murphy O’Connor. The opportunity to have tea with Tony Blair secured a bid of $40,000 in an auction held at the dinner.  Incidentally Blair was the keynote speaker at last year’s […]
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Former Teacher Convicted of Statutory Rape of Student Paid for a Private Abortion

By Hilary White MELBOURNE, Australia, April 4, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A former physics teacher at an all-girls school has been convicted of having a months-long sexual relationship with a student and paying for the girl to have an abortion. 55 year-old Stephen Peter Morrow was found guilty by jury verdict of nine counts of sexual penetration of a 16 or 17-year-old under his care, supervision or authority. His victim, who has not been named and is now 25, told the jury the two met twice a week between May 1999 and December 1999 and had sex in his car after […]
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Chilean Supreme Court Strikes Down Free Distribution of Abortion Drug

By Matthew Cullinan Hoffman SANTIAGO, April 4, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – In a decision that has rocked the pro-abortion regime of Michelle Bachelet, the Chilean Supreme Court has struck down a government program that distributes the abortifacient “morning after pill” free of charge to adolescents and other women eligible for the program. The pill, which is taken in the hours after sexual intercourse, either acts by aborting the newly-conceived child by preventing implantation in the uterus, or by preventing conception if it has not already occurred. Details about the verdict, which will not be officially announced until April 22, are not […]
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Comments on April 3 News Reports

Dear Readers,   Our articles and many links to other reports questioning the global warming hysteria have always had a clear purpose related to life and family. The Ted Turner article today illustrates once again the connection been the climate change agenda and depopulationism. We have sensed this from the very beginning given that the leading proponents seem to mostly be those with strong pro-abortion, depopulation advocating, anti-religious records.   Tony Blair is another one of those internationalist agenda leaders we should be following very carefully. Again, something not yet revealed is going on here with his sudden, illogical “conversion” […]
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Pro-Gay Irish Prime Minister Resigns over Corruption Allegations

By Hilary White   DUBLIN, April 3, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Bertie Ahern today announced his resignation following an investigation into corruption and financial scandals. Ahern has been the head of government in the Republic of Ireland since 1997 and has dedicated much energy as Prime Minister to implementing the demands of the radical homosexual lobby, in a country that remains 88.4 per cent Catholic.   Ahern told media that his resignation was not an admission of improper actions. “I have never received a corrupt payment and I’ve never done anything to dishonour any office that I’ve ever held.”   The […]
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LifeSiteNews.com NewsBytes

* 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. Famous U.S. Catholic Philosopher and Prolific Author Dr. Peter Kreeft:  * “We are living in a spiritual Hiroshima. The Catholic Church is full of psychobabble. Our bishops have all the courage and behavior of rabbits.”   * “The Catholic Church has lost the power to arrest the decline of our culture.”  * “Ours is not a “Culture of Death,” but a “Culture of Murder.”   * “The Christian religion is now […]
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Joyce Arthur versus Ken Epp and Bill C-484

Commentary by John Hof, President Campaign Life Coalition BC   In the last two days the National Post has raised both sides of the issue of protecting the rights of wanted unborn children. (Bill C-484)   Bill C-484 can in no way be called a “Pro-life” Bill. It falls far short of any bill that would reflect the type of protection unborn children need in this country. For me C-484 is pure and simply a “common sense” piece of legislation meant to address what is clearly a huge hole in our justice system. More and more pregnant mothers are being attacked […]
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Nearly 3,000 Rally in Support of Oklahoma Legislator Threatened for Talk Against Homosexual Agenda

OKLAHOMA CITY, April 2, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Upwards of 3,000 people gathered today for the rally at the Oklahoma State Capitol in support of Rep. Sally Kern (R-Oklahoma City), reportedly spilling over onto all levels of the Rotunda.  Rep. Kern has stood firm in the face of harassments and threats over statements she made regarding the homosexual agenda.  Concerned Women for America (CWA) joined with over 50 pastors to sponsor the event in support of Rep. Kern’s Biblical stand. Matt Barber, CWA’s Policy Director for Cultural Issues, said, “This astronomical show of support for Rep. Sally Kern today sends a […]
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Czech Abortion Numbers Fall Along with Live Births

By Thaddeus M. Baklinski   PRAGUE, April 1, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – About 300 people marked the International Day of the Unborn Child in Wenceslas Square in the centre of Prague with a peaceful protest against abortion. “Free choice ends where new life starts,” read a poster the protestors carried.   Zdenka Rybova, president of the Movement for Life, the nation’s largest pro-life group, said her organization is working with the pro-life Christian Democrat Party (KDU-CSL), which is a minority party in the country’s coalition government. She hopes to change the Czech criminal code’s legal definition of abortion to the “killing […]
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Highest European Court Mandates Survivor Pension Benefits to “Gay” Partnerships

By Hilary White   LUXEMBOURG, April 1, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The highest court in the European Union has ruled that insurance companies may not retain the traditional definition of natural marriage and must recognize same-sex unions as equivalent to marriage in granting spousal pensions. The European Court of Justice (ECJ) in Luxembourg has ruled in favour of German homosexual, Tadao Maruko, who complained that an insurer had rejected his claim to €6,400 (Cn. $10,220.00) of his dead civil partner’s pension.   In Germany, gay and lesbian couples can legally register their partnerings and have health insurance, inheritance and limited adoption […]
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LifeSiteNews.com NewsBytes

* 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.   What the national press should ask Barack Obama about his former pastor  https://www.eppc.org/publications/pubID.3325/pub_detail.asp   Faith Group Condemns Obama for ‘Punished with a Baby’ Quote  https://christiannewswire.com/news/749176119.html   Barack Obama one of the most dangerous men ever to be considered for the presidency of the United States of America?  https://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=60441   Rev. Jeremiah Wright delivers blessing at Chicago Catholic church  https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/new.php?n=12198   Political scientist calls pro-life senator’s endorsement of Obama a betrayal […]
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Pro-Life Students Defy University Trespassing Charge Threat

CALGARY, AB, April 1, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Student members of the University of Calgary’s pro-life club, Campus Pro-Life (CPL), disregarded the “Notice to Vacate” with which they were served on March 31, after having displayed their Genocide Awareness Project (GAP) on campus without incident all day Monday. The university is claiming it can use the Alberta Petty Trespass Act to order its own students to remove the controversial GAP, which shows photos of abortion compared with the Holocaust. But the students refused to be deterred. CPL students held a press conference in the parking lot of the Volleydome at 10:15 […]
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