Articles for Month: May 2008

Catholic Church in Colorado declares neutrality as resolute pro-lifers get ready to face abortion juggernaut

Pro-Lifers Fear that Precedent will be used to Legalize Abortion

Calgary Bishop Henry says "we're into a new form of censorship and thought control, and the commissions are being used as thought police."

This form of excommunication can only be lifted or "absolved" by the Pope

By Hilary White NEW YORK, May 30, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The New York State Attorney General’s office has ordered the owners of a “plastinated” body display in New York to post signs at the entrance of the exhibit telling visitors that it is not possible to confirm whether the bodies displayed were those of executed Chinese prisoners who may have been victims of torture. The order came last Thursday after the company, Premier Exhibitions, admitted it had no way of knowing the exact origin of the bodies, all of which were obtained in China, a country that executes more of […]

"The Commission completely dismisses concerns about proper respect for human life"

Officer graduated from police academy with a perfect 4.0 average

Bishops avoid engaging tough issues out of fear of "getting in trouble"; "martyrs really got in trouble"; "so what if somebody gets angry at you"

By Samantha Singson   NEW YORK, May 29, 2008 (C-FAM.org)- Last week the UN Population Fund (UNFPA) hosted its annual population award ceremony at the United Nations to honor an individual and an organization for “outstanding” work in the population field, including family planning. This year’s honorees were abortion advocates Dame Billie Miller in the individual category and New York-based Family Care International (FCI) in the institutional.   In an elaborate ceremony at UN headquarters, guests were greeted with performances by the New York Symphonic Orchestra and the UN staff choir. Under-Secretary-General for Communications and Public Information Kiyotaka Akasaka presented the awards […]

Directive given despite fact the state constitution does not allow for them

Three Times a Bridesmaid, but Never a Bride in California – Just Party B

Canadian Labour Congress granted its highest honour to Dr. Henry Morgentaler, the father of Canada's abortion movement

The refusal of the Supreme Court to hear appeal means case is closed definitively in nurse Bill Whatcott's favour

Being Sued for $50 Million in Damages

Party held exclusively in Tiller's honor. Tiller and his staff were the only guests invited to the gala event

Democrats voted for the bill, Republicans voted against it

Dawn Eden explains benefits received

By Matthew Cullinan Hoffman   BRUSSELS, May 29, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A group of legislators in Belgium is seeking to expand the practice of euthanasia to include those who are unconscious, as well as minors, according to a recent article in the Spanish newspaper Hoy.   The initiative, spearheaded by former Senator Jean-Jacques de Gucht, was originally launched in 2004 and failed, the article states.    The new proposed legislation will allow people to create a type of “living will” that will allow doctors to euthanize them if they are unconscious and unable to give consent.    While euthanasia has been […]

By Jenna Murphy OTTAWA, May 28, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – This past weekend the Canadian Federation of Students (CFS) held its semi-annual Assembly, during which a motion was brought forward by the York Federation of Students (YFS from York University) to support student union groups that deny official recognition to campus pro-life groups.  CFS, which purports to represent “over one-half million students from more than 80 university and college students’ unions across Canada”, will use students monies, including those from pro-life students to advocate for abortion and to curtail the pro-life message from campuses. The successful motion read: “Be it resolved […]

By John-Henry Westen TORONTO, May 28, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Susan Comstock, an employee of the Treasury Board of Canada and a member of the public service alliance of Canada (PSAC) had sought to divert her union dues on the basis of a conscientious objection to the union’s advocacy of same-sex ‘marriage’ and a policy which admitted zero tolerance for “heterosexism” defined by the union as a presumption that heterosexual love is superior to all other forms of love.  A unanimous 3-0 ruling today by the Federal Court of Appeal denied Comstock’s appeal of a lower court decision supporting the rejection […]

Columnist Rovert Novak calls her "the national pro-choice poster girl."

By Matthew Cullinan Hoffman SÃO PAULO, May 28, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) — Brazil’s annual “Gay Parade”, which boasts the largest turnout of any such event worldwide, was again marred by violent crime and substance abuse. Numerous robberies and thefts, mostly of cameras, cell phones, and wallets, were reported by marchers at the event, which was held last Sunday.  Drug abuse was “explicit” according to the newspaper Folha de Sao Paulo, particularly the use of the aphrodisiac drug “ecstasy”. “This year the violence was worse than previous years,” marcher Marina Goncalves, 25, told Folha de Sao Paulo.  “They stole my cell phone […]

By Hilary White WORTHING, UK, May 28, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A prominent UK charity has been implicated in the production and distribution of a sexually explicit “educational” pamphlet aimed at children as young as seven. The booklet has been removed from one school in West Surrey after complaints from parents, but the charity responsible, the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (NSPCC), has defended the material, saying the sexual material is already covered by the national sex education curriculum. The charity, ChildLine, a branch of the NSPCC, produced a 20-page illustrated booklet in order to help children […]

Keith Cardinal O'Brien condemns government's sex education programmes for throwing fuel on the fire

By Peter J. Smith CAMP BONDSTEEL, Kosovo, May 28, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – There are three wooden crosses by the right side of Peacekeeper’s Chapel, but where they will end up after the US Army removes them from a Kosovo base, Heaven only knows. According to a report by WorldNetDaily, high-ranking US Army personnel have secretly discussed and approved plans to remove, and possibly destroy, the three crosses standing on the exterior grounds of Peacekeeper’s Chapel, which serves US soldiers stationed at Camp Bondsteel in Kosovo. The crosses will be removed within the next few weeks, and there were no indications […]

By Michael Baggot BERLIN, Germany, May 28, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Berlin unveiled a monument yesterday to honor homosexuals as victims of Nazi persecution, despite a growing body of research suggesting that many prominent Nazi authorities, including Adolph Hitler, were themselves actively homosexual. A report yesterday from the Associated Press on the new Berlin concrete monument, which features a video of two men kissing, claimed that up to 15,000 active homosexuals were killed in Nazi concentration camps. “This is symptomatic for a society… that did not abolish unjust verdicts, but partially continued to implement them; a society which did not acknowledge […]

By Steve Jalsevac  Other than being among the top pro-life, pro-family leaders in the world, they all are strong supporters of LifeSiteNews. They all heavily rely on its news and information reports. But don’t take our word for it. Read their comments below which will surprise you.  We mention this because LifeSiteNews needs financial support from its readers. It’s that time again for us to let you know we are very low on funds. With that being communicated, we rely on your generosity to keep this most worthy and incredibly effective service financially fueled. Your response then allows us to […]

By Peter J. Smith   MEXICO CITY, May 27, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Homosexual activists in Mexico are celebrating the latest bizarre rendition of homosexual “marriage” in Mexico – this time between a transsexual man and a transsexual woman! Homosexual activists are calling it a triumph for their agenda, while the government says they just performed a heterosexual marriage – albeit an odd one – in the latest blow for traditional marriage in the predominantly Catholic nation. “Mario” del Socorro and “Diana” Guerrero were “married” in a civil ceremony at a Mexico City community center by Judge Gustavo Lugo on May […]

By Matthew Cullinan Hoffman   MEXICO, May 27, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) -Thousands of Mexicans took to the streets last Sunday to demonstrate in favor of human life and against legislation passed last year in Mexico City that decriminalizes abortion during the first 12 weeks of pregnancy.   The protests were called by the nation’s Catholic bishops in response to the newest round of hearings before the Mexican Supreme Court, which began last Friday.  The hearings are scheduled to continue until the end of 2008.   The crowds chanted and carried banners with statements such as “Rape demands justice, not murder!”, “If […]

"It is my intention . . . to have similar pastoral dialogues with other Catholics in elective office who support legalized abortion"

Pro-Lifers Asked to Email Justices to Urge them to Vote to Protect the Rights of the Unborn

By Tim Waggoner ALBURY, Australia, May 27, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Ongoing criminal investigations into the works of artist Bill Henson have resulted in more of his photographs being removed from an Australian art gallery.  Police have since said that they intend to use these photographs to press charges against the artist.  Public complaints made to the police regarding “inappropriate” artwork resulted in three of the controversial artist’s photographs being taken down from the Albury Art Gallery.  The photographs featured images of a young woman in the nude and one such image was used on the front cover of invitation cards […]

By Tim Waggoner OTTAWA, May 27, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Peter Baklinski is a graduate of California’s Thomas Aquinas College and has recently been accepted into the PhD program at the John Paul II Institute for Marriage and the Family in Melbourne, Australia.  He has written an insightful essay detailing the difference in viewing nakedness in art and in pornography.  In his paper Baklinski approaches the debate by asking, “Is the difference simply a matter of preference or taste, or is there something more profound that makes one entirely different from the other?” To begin to answer this highly contested issue, Baklinski […]

Finds Americans Still Divided on Abortion

* 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.    A Vice President for Abortion, Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius, By Robert D. Novak  https://ktkz.townhall.com/columnists/RobertDNovak/2008/05/26/a_vice_president_for_abortion   Why I’m Afraid of a President Barack Obama By Sandy Rios  https://www.townhall.com/columnists/SandyRios/2008/05/22/why_im_afraid_of_a_president_barack_obama   Oprah Winfrey’s daytime audience has declined, to about 7.3 million this year from 7.8 million a year ago and a peak of nearly 9 million in the 2004-2005 season.  https://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/26/business/media/26oprah.html?_r=3&ei=5065&oref=slogin&partner=MYWAY&pagewanted=print&oref=slogin&oref=slogin   McCain Disagrees with Obama and Clinton on Defense of Marriage  https://www.cnsnews.com/ViewPolitics.asp?Page=/Politics/archive/200805/POL20080527a.html […]

By Tim Waggoner ANN ARBOR, MI, May 27, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) — Crystal Dixon, an African American and high ranking administrator of the University of Toledo, summarily fired because she wrote an editorial expressing her Christian views against homosexuality and objecting to the comparison of so-called “gay rights” with the civil rights struggles of African Americans, has retained the Thomas More Law Center to represent her.  The Law Center will be assisted by local Toledo attorney, Tom Sobecki. Dixon was fired by the University’s President because she responded to an opinion article written by the editor-in-chief of the Toledo Free Press […]

Said to be "dangerous and confusing" and "There seems to be a 'death at all costs' mentality behind this scheme"

By Peter J. Smith   MANCHESTER, UK, May 26, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A UK Muslim pharmacist is under attack for refusing to dispense an abortifacient emergency contraceptive to a British couple on the grounds that he would be violating his Islamic faith.   The pharmacist of a Sainsbury chemist (drugstore) in Manchester told Chris Mellett, 29, and Kaye Walsh, 36, that it was against his Islamic beliefs to provide the couple the abortifacient drugs which they had requested. Mellett and Walsh had earlier discovered that their contraception method failed, and were looking for the abortifacient “morning-after” pill, which works by suppressing […]

By Peter J. Smith   SAN FRANCISCO, May 26, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom has blasted a proposal that would allow San Diego county clerks to decline to perform same-sex “marriages” on conscience grounds saying he is both “shocked” and “outraged” according to Reuters news service.    Newsom was responding to an idea tabled on Wednesday by San Diego County to exempt clerks who had moral or religious objections to gay “marriage” from officiating at those civil ceremonies.“I was pretty shocked about all that, candidly, and pretty outraged,” said Newsom in a Reuters interview. “This is a […]

700,000 copies, mostly for high schools, also address homosexuality and contraception

Cardinal says its adoption agencies 'cannot remain Catholic and conform to the Sexual Orientation Regulations"

Suppression of ads called "an attempt to silence the pro-life voice from public discussion"

African Countries with the highest condom usage have highest HIV infection rates

Ohio House set to vote on anti-coercion bill

By Tim Waggoner WASHINGTON D.C., May 26, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Two LifeSiteNews.com writers have won awards in writing contests bringing them a combined purse of $7000, a welcome sum as the pair have just gotten married.  Occasional LifeSiteNews writer Cassidy Bugos placed first in the 2007-2008 Independent Women’s Forum (IWF) College Essay Contest. LifeSiteNews Associate Editor John Jalsevac, placed third in the Intercollegiate Studies Institute’s (ISI) international annual Culture of Enterprise Student Essay Contest, the second year he has won a major writing award. “We knew we had treasures in John and Cassidy but it’s nice to see their talents […]

By Tim Waggoner WARSAW, May 26, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com)  – On the eve of Mother’s Day, Polish citizens, together with a variety of international guests, took part in the third annual March for Life and Family.  Several thousand marched through the streets of Warsaw in a joyful affirmation of Judeo-Christian values. Participants called for recognition of the traditional family and fundamental human right to life for everyone from conception to natural death. Slawomir Olejniczak, co-organizer of the March for Life and Family, reflected on the wave of the culture of death that has swept over Europe and the need to “return […]

By Hilary White   SHEFFIELD, May 23, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A Muslim husband from Sheffield England, has launched a complaint that an all-woman driving school has sent a man to teach his wife to drive. The teacher in question, Andrew Sherdley, who now calls himself “Emma”, is legally considered a woman by the British government.    Sherdley, who was married with two children, has obtained a legal birth certificate and “gender recognition certificate” even though he has yet to undergo surgery. He called the complaints “hurtful, offensive and deeply upsetting”. The man who complained, who remains unnamed in the press, […]

Appeal taken to European Court of Human Rights

Will run from July 16th-18th

Says "We won't rewrite history. The church has played a major role in who we are today as a society…"

WASHINGTON, D.C., May 23, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Habitat for Humanity has verbally agreed to an arrangement that would help Planned Parenthood open an abortion facility in Sarasota, Florida. The agreement, which reportedly has not been finalized, would fulfill a city requirement that would allow Planned Parenthood to acquire the occupancy permit it needs to open. “According to zoning regulations, Planned Parenthood cannot build their abortion facility in the planned location without the presence of a multifamily liner building,” said Jim Sedlak, vice-president of American Life League. “Unfortunately, Planned Parenthood found a creative solution to its problem and is using Habitat for Humanity […]

WARSAW, May 23, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Catholic Church funded center ‘Odwaga’ addressed the media on its mission to house and help men and women struggling with homosexual tendencies.  A spokesperson for the Poland based center said in an interview that prayer, chastity and therapy are essential in helping ex-homosexuals recover from their undesired inclinations. It was also revealed that ‘Odwaga’ advocates everyday activities such as football and cooking to help put its members on the “right path”. A debate encircles the issue on whether a person can change their sexual inclination. Gay rights activists rely on a supposed lack of […]

By Michael Baggot COLUMBIA, SC, May 23, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A South Carolina high school principal has gained national attention after announcing his resignation on Wednesday in response to his school’s decision to approve a “Gay-Straight Alliance Club” (GSAC). Eddie Walker, the principal of Irmo High School in Columbia, cited the foundation of the GSAC as the reason for his resignation at the end of next school year. “Allowing the formation of this club on our campus conflicts with my professional beliefs and religious convictions,” wrote Walker in a letter to Lexington-Richland School District Five officials. Walker also contended that […]

TOPEKA, KANSAS, May 23, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Amid growing concerns of an abortion cover up, Attorney General Steve Six modified his demand with the Kansas Supreme Court yesterday and acknowledged that key evidence in a criminal prosecution against Planned Parenthood should remain in the possession of a District Court judge for now. Six had sued Judge Richard Anderson in a secret mandamus action before the Kansas Supreme Court, asking that the evidence against Planned Parenthood be removed from Anderson and given to him so that he could return it to the Overland Park abortion clinic, effectively preventing it from being […]

Re: New Booklet Outlines Frightening Facts about Contraception  https://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2008/apr/08042904.html   Dear Mr. Westen,   In the Tuesday, April 29, 2008, publication, you speak of “artificial contraception.”   The term bothers me. Is there a contraception that is not artificial?   You people are doing great work.   In Domino,  Fr. Paul B. Marx, OSB  ___________________________________________________   To write a letter to the Editor: E-mail your letter to [email protected]. Write “letter to the editor” in the subject line. Include your name, city and state or province and country of residence, as well as your phone # (the phone # is for […]

OTTAWA, May 22, 2008, (LifeSiteNews.com) – In the midst of a police led investigation into alleged corrupt practices by a Canadian Human Rights Commission worker, the Conservative Government has yet to show signs of distaste for the increasingly criticized commission.  Several Conservative MPs however, refuse to accept an HRC that undermines the principles of democracy. This week James Rajotte, a Conservative MP from Edmonton Southwest, wrote a letter to a constituent regarding the CHRC.  He said the “. . .human rights commissions operating at various levels of society are in need of major reform.”  Rajotte also extended his support for […]

Decision challenges "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy

Dear Readers,   There is a lot today. We tried to cut down the number of reports but it is all important.   I promised to try to write a review on Prince Caspian but found one from Keith Fournier of Catholic Online that conveys almost everything I felt about the movie. So please enjoy that review. There are also links to other reviews with different perspectives.   The Narnia movies are sadly weak in presenting the powerful spiritual messages of C.S. Lewis’s Chronicles of Narnia series, but then what can we really expect from a secular director and Disney. […]

Criticizes Central and Eastern European countries such as Poland and Latvia

Oppose "cruel ideology that pits women against babies by suggesting abortion as a means of combating maternal mortality"

Victim to be Flown to Safety in Peru, where Doctors are Willing to Care for Him

Would be working to overturn the laws of sovereign states

Also providing portable abortion devices

German attack part of disturbing Christianophobia phenomena

Every religion but Christianity should be welcome in public life in Quebec

Europe is beginning a definite transition away from tolerance of people's freedom of public speech and Norway is leading the way

OTTAWA, May 22, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Crisis Pregnancy Centre of Ottawa, operating under the registered business name First Place Pregnancy Centre, issued a Statement of Claim Tuesday against Planned Parenthood Ottawa and two of its representatives before the Ontario Superior Court of Justice. First Place alleges that Planned Parenthood Ottawa interfered with critical funding and defamed their charity putting the charity and the women they serve at risk. On Monday, November 26th, 2007 the wives and girlfriends of the Ottawa Senators announced the launch of their holiday fundraiser, the “SENSational Tree Raffle”, naming First Place as one of three chosen charities. […]

By Peter J. Smith LOS ANGELES, May 22, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Ellen Degeneres told audiences today on her daytime comedy show “Ellen” that Republican presidential nominee John McCain is something of a comedian, before introducing him on the program.  Unfortunately for McCain, telling the famous lesbian comedian he wished her every happiness as she enters into her gay “marriage” is one act that pro-family advocates may find more flat than comic to their ears. Degeneres introduced McCain first by mentioning that the 71-year old Arizona senator proved he had a comic streak in him on Saturday Night Live, where he […]

OTTAWA, May 21, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Organizers of the March for Life are delighted at the success of this year’s large turnout of 8000 and the associated Campaign Life Coalition Youth Conference and Rose Dinner also hit levels never before seen in the history of the event.  The sold-out Rose Dinner on the night of the March for Life had 1075 attendees, and the Youth Conference which took place the following day had 775 youth participate. While the large numbers were entertainment all by themselves, the speakers and atmosphere at the dinner and Youth Conference were a match for the […]

NEW DELHI, May 22, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The South Asian pro-homosexual group, Naz Foundation, has once again petitioned to the Delhi High Court regarding section 377 of the India Penal Code, which deems homosexual activity illegal and punishable with a maximum sentence of life imprisonment. In response to the petition, which demands section 377 be struck down as “unconstitutional”, the Delhi High Court has invoked the aid of the Attorney General in a ruling on the case because two of India’s ministries, the Ministry of Home Affairs and Health ministry, have contrasting stances on the decriminalization of homosexual acts. In 2001, […]

Act protects women from financial pressure to abort children with genetic disorders

Temptations to abandon hope and succumb to despair and idolatry provide opportunities to develop underlying redemptive themes

* 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.   Good reasons to fight against the legalization of abortion can be summarized in 10 basic points, affirm pro-lifers in Mexico.  https://www.zenit.org/article-22647?l=english   The Arizona State Board of Nursing has granted nurse-practitioners the authority to perform abortions during the first tri-mester.  https://www.citizenlink.org/fnif/A000007465.cfm   Catholic student group’s pregnancy support campaign banned at university campus  https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/new.php?n=12658   Now I Have Heard Everything: Planned Parenthood Honors Mother’s Day?  https://www.michnews.com/artman/publish/article_20275.shtml   A child will legally […]

The last Canadian province to remove "husband,""wife,""bride," and "groom" from laws

"Christ forgave the very people who crucified Him. The least we can do is to forgive the enemies of our cause," says pro-life leader

Judges tossed out for second time Virginia law criminalizing "partial birth infanticide"

By Peter J. Smith   DENVER, May 21, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Catholic Archbishop of Denver is warning a group called “Roman Catholics for Obama” that if they’re serious about being faithful Catholics then they’ll do more than simply take his words out of context to justify electing the virulently pro-abortion Democratic senator to the presidency.   Archbishop Charles Chaput dedicated his Monday column in the Denver Catholic Register to challenge the group’s misrepresentation of his teachings on Catholics’ pro-life voting responsibilities from a January letter called “10 Points for Catholic Citizens to Remember.” Chaput revealed that he has more […]

Report stage is next - onslaught of anti-life amendments expected

British MPs have lost the sense of being authentically pro-life

Hilary White   LONDON, May 21, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Neither the office of the cardinal archbishop of Westminster, nor the bishops of England and Wales had a comment when Cherie Blair, wife of former British Prime Minister Tony Blair, told a television interviewer this week that contraception is “really important for women”.   Describing herself as a “good Catholic girl,” Blair said on a morning television programme yesterday, “One of the reasons women’s lives have changed is that they have been able to control their fertility, it is an important issue.” “People seem to be quite shocked that perhaps a […]

By John-Henry Westen The politics surrounding the matter of reception of Holy Communion by Catholics in public life who support legal abortion has confused the issue in the minds of most Americans. It’s not the politics of the politicians, so much as the perceived politics of the Bishops and the Pope that is the source of the confusion. The popular perception sees caring liberal bishops welcoming Catholic politicians regardless of their abortion orientation to receive Communion while heartless conservative bishops use confrontation at the altar rail as an opportunity to embarrass and harass political leaders who cross them on their […]

WASHINGTON, D.C., May 21, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Last week the Geron Corporation, a California based biopharmaceuticals company, announced that its plans to begin human testing of an embryonic stem cell compound has been delayed by the Food and Drug Administration.  Embryonic stem cell research has never been used in human trials, making the F.D.A.‘s decision particularly important.  Geron had to delay testing of the treatment on patients with spinal cord injuries after the corporation received an oral directive from the F.D.A.  Steven Bauer, chief of the F.D.A.‘s cell and tissue therapy branch, said that “particularly strong” evidence of a stem […]

"Cold Numbers" Reveal National Crisis

Dear Readers,   My Family and I are back from a week in beautiful Virginia to attend the graduation of son John Jalsevac at Christendom College and his subsequent marriage 5 days later in the college chapel to fellow graduate Cassidy Bugos. What a wonderful week it was!   The graduation ceremonies were graced with the presence and awesome wisdom of Boston Cardinal Sean O’Malley, philosopher and prolific author Ralph McInerney and Christendom College head Dr. Timothy O’Donnell. Now that provided inspiration, hope and joy enough for anyone!   And the wedding! My oh my, that college’s education program and […]

By Jenna Murphy   WHITEHORSE, May 20, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A former Canadian hostage in Iraq, James Loney, has been using his popularity to actively promote the homosexual lifestyle despite a residual affiliation to the Catholic Church. Loney was barred from a speaking engagement that was scheduled to take place last week at Sacred Heart Cathedral, a Catholic church in Whitehorse, Yukon.   Since his widely-acclaimed release from the Iraqi prison thanks to a multinational military rescue force, Loney has been invited – and often had the invitation revoked after intervention from church officials – to speak at several Roman Catholic […]

Population Research Institute responds to anti-human fear mongering of Sierra Club and other depopulationists

By Hilary White   LONDON, May 20, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The venerable Spectator, a leading British magazine of political news and commentary, has published excerpts from a letter from a British nurse who, in 2005, described babies surviving late-term abortions who are left to “gasp for breath for ten minutes on the side of a sink” until they die.   The nurse, identified only as “Kay” in a newspaper column, said, “I know of two nurses who went off work with stress as a result of their experience with late terminations. I suffered horrendous nightmares and guilt for months. The […]

By Peter J. Smith   DES MOINES, Iowa, May 20, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Senator Barack Obama is poised to claim a decisive win over fellow pro-abortion contender Sen. Hillary Clinton in his long march to secure the Democratic presidential nomination. Returns from today’s Democratic primary contests in Oregon and Kentucky are expected to give the Democratic senator enough delegates to put him very close to the absolute majority required to secure the nomination, although his rival insists she will continue the fight through the final Democratic primaries on June 3. At the time of writing Fox News projects that Clinton […]

Catholic columnist warned "Many, many, heterosexual men…will not enter the seminaries if they think that the bishops are going to allow homosexual men"

Justice Department indicates truth and fair comment are no defense

Vote tonight on abortion age limit - Another vote on "need for a father" for IVF children

Birmingham Archbishop Nichols says human beings at embryonic stage do not have the same moral worth as adults

Catholic Priest Gravel received same award in 2003 - Was at head table of 2008 National Prayer Breakfast in Ottawa

Group calls for strong public response against taxpayer funding of homosexual activism in schools

Participants Given Preliminary Materials Defending Abortionist and Homosexual Agenda

By Jenna Murphy MANILA, Phillipines, May 20, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – This year’s Manila May Marian procession, a celebration in honor of The Blessed Virgin as well as the finding of the Holy Cross, included a group of gay men dressed in drag, apparently showing their own devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary. In addressing the appearance of the men in drag, Cardinal Gaudencio Rosales expressed his concern regarding the message that the men’s actions insinuate. “We should keep sacred what is sacred.”  Rosales said in an interview with CBCP news (Catholic Bishop’s conference of the Philippines). Following up on Cardinal […]

By Hilary White SAGUENAY, Quebec, May 16, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Yesterday it was reported that the city of Saguenay, Quebec, has been ordered by the Quebec Human Rights Commission to cease offering prayers at city hall. Today, however, the city’s mayor has responded defiantly saying that the prayers would remain a part of the town meetings. He said the decision of the Commission was non-binding and added that the decision was itself discriminatory against people who want to pray. “They think this contravenes human rights, I agree … some 20 people around the table want to pray and to prevent […]

By John-Henry Westen   BARRY’S BAY, ON, May 16, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – With 90 students – two full buses – Madawaska Valley District High School had the largest number of public high school students to participate in the National March for Life on May 8.  LifeSiteNews.com spoke with the chaplain involved in the success and received feedback on the March from some of the students.   14-year-old Alyssa Rogers reflected, “When I went on the March for Life I was amazed at how much emotion was in their voices while they chanted against abortions. In the beginning I only wanted […]

By Michael Baggot TORONTO, Ontario, May 16, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Ontario’s health insurance plan will pay for “sex-change” operations for the first time in a decade, Health Minister George Smitherman confirmed yesterday. “(It would) probably affect between eight and 10 people in Ontario, who after having very, very sustained psychological evaluations would be deemed by the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health as appropriate candidates to receive a surgical intervention,” Smitherman speculated. Ontario began covering the bill for “sex-change” operations in 1971, but ceased doing so in 1998 under the Progressive Conservative government. In 2006, the Ontario Human Rights Commission […]

By Hilary White LONDON, May 16, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Anglican Church is the perfect vehicle for creating a new “gay” Christianity by virtue of the fact that it is the only church that accepts the logical contradiction of asserting both the sanctity of human life and the existence of a right to abortion. Episcopal bishop Gene Robinson, whose ordination to the episcopate has precipitated the ongoing schism between traditionally Christian Anglicans and its ultra-liberal, secularized branches, is in London to talk about his vision for the homosexual future of the Anglican Church. He was visiting and promoting his cause […]

By Thaddeus M. Baklinski BRISBANE, Australia, May 16, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Student Union at Queensland University have shown themselves to be opposed to differing opinion and free speech like many other secular universities around the world. The school’s Newman Society has been censored and threatened with disaffiliation from the student union because union leaders believed the group’s “pro-woman” and “pro-pregnancy” campaign took a stand against abortion. The poster and leaflets, displayed on a booth outside the student café, did not mention abortion but featured a photograph of an eight week old child in the womb, and offered compassion and […]

By Michael Baggot SACRAMENTO, May 16, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Thursday’s California Supreme Court ruling, imposing same-sex “marriage” on the state, has been criticized for its disregard for the will of the people, and for further deteriorating the already shaky foundations upon which the sacred institution of marriage stands. White House Press Secretary, Dana Perino, expressed President George Bush’s opposition to the judicial activism of yesterday’s decision. “President Bush has always believed marriage is a sacred institution between a man and a woman. It’s unfortunate when activist judges continue to seek to redefine marriage by court order – without regard for […]

SACRAMENTO, May 16, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Liberty Counsel, a non-profit organization dedicated to the protection of religious freedoms, human life, and the family, will file a motion asking the California Supreme Court to stay its opinion pending the outcome of a vote in November on a state constitutional amendment that could preserve marriage as the union of one man and one woman and overturn the Court’s opinion. The Court’s ruling yesterday, permitting same-sex “marriages”, was in direct opposition to Proposition 22, an initiative to preserve marriage as a union of one man and one woman that was passed in 2000 […]

RE: Colorado Personhood Ballot Initiative – A Big Step for Life To the editor:  Having been in Denver at the pro-life rally on May 13th with Colorado for Equal Rights, [https://www.gazette.com/articles/petitions_36275___article.html/supporters_today.html], I’d like to explain something.  Mr. Sealover described it as “a revival-like atmosphere” when the Bible was read and some folks shouted in agreement.  Also occurring were various people weeping for joy, praising Jesus, praying, and repenting for not doing more for pre-born persons earlier.  Okay, perhaps emotional meetings of professing Christians can be termed, “revival-like.”  But when Christians get happy after applying their faith by loving their neighbors, […]

By Hilary White    LONDON, May 16, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – In a six hour debate in the House of Commons on the Labour government’s proposed Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill at least one MP was ready to note that the country is suffering from “wooly liberal thinking.”  However, Conservative barbs were offered the other way too.   David Cameron’s Shadow Secretary of State for Health, said it would be “foolhardy” to block embryonic stem cell research. This view was supported by John Bercow, Conservative MP for Buckingham, who said that “abstract principles” should not stand in the way of doing […]

By Thaddeus M. Baklinski   SWEDEN, May 15, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – New research at Malmö University Hospital has revealed that mothers who have more children and especially those who breastfeed their babies have a significantly lowered risk of arthritis later in life. Use of oral contraceptives, on the other hand, is of no benefit.   The study, which was funded by Lund University, The Craaford Foundation and the Swedish Rheumatism Association, wanted to determine whether breast-feeding or the use of oral contraceptives  (OC) could affect the future risk of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) in a community-based prospective cohort.   Researcher Dr. […]

By Hilary White    OTTAWA, May 15, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Women for Women’s Health has reacted strongly against an effort by a Liberal MP in the Canadian House of Commons who has put forward a bill intended to halt the Unborn Victims of Crime bill, C-484.   MP Brent St. Denis moved to introduce a private members’ bill, C-543, saying that C-484 “left too many unanswered questions and too many doors were left open.”   St. Denis told the House of Commons, “For those of us who are pro-choice, but did not want to go down that road, I have created a […]

By Hilary White   SAGUENAY, Quebec, May 15, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The city of Saguenay, Quebec must cease offering prayers at the beginning of its work day, according to the Quebec Human Rights Commission. The Commission forbade prayer, ruling that Christian prayer in city hall is opposed to the city’s secular and religiously “neutral” position.    Maclean’s magazine reports that the decision follows a 2006 ruling in Laval, Quebec, that found such prayers infringe individual rights.    Cases such as this are precipitating calls for a review, or even a Royal Commission, of the actions, practices and biases of the Canadian […]

Fully Endorsed by Massachusetts Governor Includes Grotesque Mockery of Christianity

By Samantha Singson   NEW YORK, May 15, 2008 (C-FAM.org) – At a special commemorative event at the United Nations General Assembly (GA) this week, delegates and members of civil society celebrated the entry into force of the Disabilities Convention. Lauded as “the first human rights treaty of the twenty-first century” and a “significant addition to international human rights law,” the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities also marks the first and only UN treaty which includes the term “sexual and reproductive health.”   While speakers heralded the rapid entry into force of the Disabilities Convention, several also […]

VANCOUVER, May 15, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) –The Capilano College Heartbeat Club and the Capilano Students Union (CSU) have reached an agreement that will see the pro-life Heartbeat Club achieve CSU club recognition, pending they submit an application in the fall. The parties released a joint statement shortly after the agreement had been made: “The Heartbeat Club filed a Human Rights complaint against the Capilano Students’ Union. The Club and the CSU have entered into a settlement agreement which is confidential. The parties agree that there is no admission of liability by the CSU and that the Heartbeat Club will be entitled to […]

By Hilary White   HOUSTON, Texas, May 15, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A Texas nurse has lost her long-running court battle for custody of the three embryos created from her ova and the sperm of her estranged husband. On Monday, the US Supreme Court refused to hear the appeal of Augusta Roman of Huston, who has tried for five years to secure the right to save the lives of the embryonic children after her divorce from former husband, Randy Roman.    In 2002, the pair had undergone artificial procreation treatments after their marriage in 1997 and both signed an agreement that any […]

LOS ANGELES, May 15, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Today the California Supreme Court imposed, through judicial fiat, so-called same-sex marriage on Californians, thus totally disregarding the sanctity of marriage and the will of the people. In 2000, Californians adopted Proposition 22 to protect marriage and maintain its definition as a union between one man and one woman, and expressly prohibiting the state from recognizing same-sex marriages. To ensure that marriage is protected and the voice of the people is heard, a constitutional marriage amendment must be placed on the November ballot and national efforts need to be made to generate a […]

TORONTO, May 15, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Peaceful pro-life advocate, Linda Gibbons, was arrested today for silently protesting at the Scott abortuary in Toronto.  Gibbons, an experienced and well-known pro-Life activist, is not unfamiliar with the prison scene and the dealings with the law that may ensue. Arriving in the morning, the veteran pro-life campaigner proceeded to dump roughly 100 headless plastic baby dolls on the steps of the center.  Carrying a sign conveying the innocent love of a child, Gibbons silently paced back and forth in front of the mill, to the dismay of a female abortuary employee.  The first […]

OTTAWA, May 14, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Following the sudden death of Fr. James Whalen on Sunday, February 24, 2008 while conducting a parish pro-life mission in Thorold, Ontario, Priests for Life Canada has chosen a new director to lead its twelve-member Board. Rev. Fr. Thomas A. Lynch is not new to the pro-life movement. He has been directly involved in advocating for the rights of individuals for the past 30 years.   Priests for Life Canada, an organization of both clergy and laity dedicated to advancing the sanctity of life in Canada, has been a registered charity in operation since 1995. […]

Editor’s note: The following are Professor Hermes Rodrigues Nery’s observations of a pivotal moment in the international struggle to protect the right to life.  On May 7, an abortion decriminalization bill that had been in process in the Brazilian National Congress for almost 17 years and was supported by the socialist regime of Luiz Lula was rejected in committee in a unanimous vote of 33-0. By Professor Hermes Rodrigues Nery Translated, Adapted, and Redacted by Matthew Cullinan Hoffman BRAZILIA, May, 15, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – “It was a victory and more.  I have never seen this happen in the National Congress”, […]

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By Jenna Murphy OTTAWA, ON, May 14, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – From May 2nd to the 11th, over 10, 000 individuals from all across our nation gathered in their respective cities to commemorate all unborn babies who have lost their lives through abortion and to pray for legislative action ensuring the right to life of the unborn. In many cases, the individuals in attendance represented members of various groups including Right to Life groups, Campaign Life Coalition representatives, Knights of Columbus councils, CWL members as well as (in most cases) hundreds of enthusiastic young people.   On May 8th a dedicated […]

By Thaddeus M. Baklinski WASHINGTON, D.C., May 14, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The cancer research fund-raising season is well under way and many people, by contributing to door-to-door solicitation, cancer walk-a-thons and other venues for raising money, are unknowingly providing funds for human embryonic stem cell research. One of the USA’s major cancer research fund-raising groups, the “Susan B. Komen for the Cure” breast cancer organization, which endorses embryonic stem cell research and denies the connection between abortion and breast cancer as well as the connection between chemical contraception and breast cancer, has given significant sums of money to cancer research […]

Does the Ruling Forbid Christian Churches Requiring Employees to be Practicing Christians

PIERRE, SD, May 14, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Presentation College in South Dakota, a Catholic institution, withdrew its invitation to a pro-abortion commencement speaker and instead invited the local Catholic bishop to address graduates last weekend. Nancy Turbak Berry, a state senator, was reportedly told by college officials that they had made an “administrative decision” to withdraw the invitation because her pro-abortion views were incompatible with Catholic Church teachings. Bishop Paul Swain of the Diocese of Sioux Falls gave the commencement address to the 171 graduating students instead. Patrick J. Reilly, President of The Cardinal Newman Society (CNS), applauded the move: […]

ARLINGTON, VA, May 14, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – On May 1st, Wisconsin University Student Senator Roderick King vandalized a university-sanctioned peaceful Cemetery of the Innocents display of crosses erected by Pointers for Life (PFL), a university recognized pro-life organization. The crosses represented children lost to abortion. While pulling and tossing them, King shouted “Freedom of speech does not cover these signs and symbols!”    After receiving numerous calls and emails, UWSP Chancellor Linda Bunnell released a statement on May 7 acknowledging that PFL is a recognized student organization and followed the correct protocol in staging the event.   Bunnell agreed, “The student […]

WICHITA, KS, May 14, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Representatives of Women’s Health Care Services, the infamous late-term abortion mill owned and operated by George Tiller, were in small claims court on Tuesday where they are being sued for using a “stink bomb” to sicken and intimidate sidewalk counselors outside the clinic’s gate.   WHCS administrator JoAn Armentrout appeared on behalf of WHCS and was accompanied by security guard John Rayburn.   Pro-lifer Mark Gietzen, director of the Kansas Coalition for Life and a driver of Operation Rescue’s Truth Truck, is seeking $4,000 in damages after an incident last September when Rayburn […]

TOLEDO, May 14, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Crystal Dixon, associate vice president of human resources at the University of Toledo, was first suspended then fired after writing a letter to a local newspaper.  In it she responded to a previous article released by the paper that compared the discrimination of homosexuals to that of African-Americans.  Dixon, an African-American, challenged the civil rights comparison of race with homosexual behavior, saying that science has never found a genetic cause or DNA for homosexuality. She said many gay people have overcome unwanted homosexual feelings as evidenced by the growing population of PFOX and ex-gay […]

By Matthew Cullinan Hoffman   WASHINGTON, May 14, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Supreme Court has refused to hear the appeal of a Chinese couple seeking asylum from China’s brutal One Child Policy.   Asylum applicant Yi Qiang Yang married his wife when he was 20 and she was 17, defying Chinese laws that suppress population growth by requiring men to wait for marriage until the age of 22 and women until the age of 20.  Yang’s lawyers claim they married in a private religious ceremony.   When authorities discovered that Yang’s wife was eight months pregnant, they forced her to […]

By Michael Baggot   MCKINNEY, TX, May 14, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Yesterday evening, Fr. Mallinson resigned from his new position as pastor after the Dallas Diocese received numerous complaints about his involvement in a prominent, pornographic online network for actively homosexual priests and religious.   As LifeSiteNews.com reported yesterday, Dallas Bishop Kevin Farrell appointed Fr. Mallinson the pastor of the newly constructed St. Michael’s Parish in McKinney, Texas, despite the priest’s previous connection with the infamous St. Sebastian’s Angels (SSA) website.   As his own diocese confirmed, Fr. Mallinson’s picture appeared on the now-defunct SSA site, which included lewd comments, […]

DENVER, May 14, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – In a historic attempt to protect human life, 131,243 pro-life advocates in Colorado showed their support of the personhood ballot initiative, by signing a petition that would give voters a chance to expand the U.S. Constitution’s definition of a human person to include the unborn. Colorado for Equal Rights needed 76,000 signatures to get the personhood amendment on the ballot in November.    Judie Brown, president of American Life League, a Catholic pro-life organization in the United States, congratulated Colorado for Equal Rights on this momentous achievement: “American Life League has worked tirelessly to […]

OLATHE, Kansas, May 14, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Operation Rescue has obtained court records, which were unsealed last week, that show Attorney General Stephen Six actively undermined District Attorney Phill Kline’s prosecution of 107 criminal charges against Planned Parenthood.   On the morning of April 3, Kline issued a subpoena to Judge Richard Anderson, ordering him to testify at a preliminary hearing on April 7 in the Planned Parenthood criminal case, and to produce fifteen documents from Kline’s inquisition that was conducted while he was the state attorney general. The subpoenaed documents included a series of letters and other papers regarding KDH&E […]

By Michael Baggot   TUPELO, MS, May 13, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A new program from the American Family Association (AFA) revealed on Saturday what Texas has done to address the widespread suppression of Christians’ right to religious expression in public schools. “Lone Star Justice,” the sixth episode of AFA’s “Speechless…Silencing the Christians” series, outlined the numerous violations of religious liberty Christians have endured in the state’s public school.   Hazel Pattison Elementary School student Kendall Pounds recounted being admonished for mentioning Jesus when asked about the meaning of Easter.   Kendall’s mother Dawn reported her alarm when her daughter’s school […]

Conservative Health Spokesman Confirms

LONDON, May 13, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A feature in the current issue of Time Magazine asks a rhetorical question, “What’s an an environmentally conscious parent to do?” Time’s Pamela Paul gives the response most frequently pushed by radical environmentalists, saying the answer is ‘don’t have children’. In a television interview this week, the Duke of Edinburgh, Prince Philip, concurs, saying the recent increase in global food prices is due to too many children. At the same time, the Italian Prime Minister is seeking ways to turn around his country’s disastrously low birth rate that currently stands at well below replacement […]

By Thaddeus M. Baklinski   PRINCETON, May 13, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – “Look, when we think about ending an early human life, this is something that is really bad for the embryo or early fetus that dies, it’s losing out tremendously-I agree with that as I already said. And then you said that it’s one of the things that we should care about. And, um, I think that I should have said before that I think it’s really dangerous to slide from noticing that something is bad for something, to thinking that that gives us a moral reason. And just to […]

By Michael Baggot   MCKINNEY, TX, May 13, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Texas residents are alarmed that Bishop Kevin Farrell has appointed Fr. Arthur Mallinson, a priest associated with a prominent website for actively homosexual priests and religious, pastor of the newly renovated St. Michael’s parish in McKinney, Texas.   Fr. Arthur Mallinson’s picture has appeared on the St. Sebastian’s Angels (SSA) website, a now defunct online network for actively homosexual priests and religious that featured pornographic images, sexually explicit comments, and derogatory remarks about Vatican churchmen, particularly against then-Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger.    In 1999, the reform organization Roman Catholic Faithful […]

By Jenna Murphy   HALIFAX, May 13, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Aggressive pro-abortion demonstrators made physical attempts to shut down Nova Scotia’s first annual “March for Life” Thursday.  Beginning with an evening candle-lit prayer vigil on Wednesday May 7th, 2008 followed by a demonstration on Thursday the event was organized and co-sponsored by the Knights of Columbus, the Catholic Women’s League and the Campaign Life Coalition.  The roughly 90 March for Life participants were infiltrated on both occasions by several pro-abortion activists. In the coverage following the event, a reporter with the Chronicle Herald (local Halifax paper) wrote erroneously that the […]

By John-Henry Westen   BARRY’S BAY, May 13, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Archbishop of the Canadian capital city of Ottawa addressed the convocation of Our Lady Seat of Wisdom Academy in Barrys Bay Ontario last week, leaving attendees awestruck.  The speech focused on Pope Paul VI’s encyclical Humanae Vitae. Faithful Catholics leaving the event told LifeSiteNews.com “I’ve been waiting 35 years to hear that from a Canadian bishop.”   Archbishop Terrence Prendergast described for the graduates and their families the tumultuous times of the 60’s when Humanae Vitae was published (July 25, 1968).  He recalled that many expected a “green […]

By John-Henry Westen   OTTAWA, May 12, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Apart from a few second audio remark on Mike Duffy’s show on CTV there was absolutely no national coverage of the 8000-strong March for Life which took place in the national capital on May 8.  The national broadcaster CBC ignored the March despite having given extensive coverage to abortionist Henry Morgentaler earlier this year as he celebrated his Supreme Court victory which struck down any limit on abortion in Canada. Moreover, CBC has failed to cover the finding of a 1973 private letter from Morgentaler to then-Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau […]

By Thaddeus M. Baklinski   TORONTO, May 12, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – EGALE (Equality for Gays and Lesbians Everywhere) Canada, the homosexual activist group that has consistently worked to silence opposition to homosexual activity, has sent a letter to the president and CEO of Canada Post, asking them to censor the mail.   The letter, from current executive director of EGALE Canada, Helen Kennedy, asked for a meeting with Canada Post to discuss the use of the mail by record companies and bookstores to distribute music that EGALE says may promote hatred based on a person’s sexual orientation.   But Gilles […]

Birth Control Pill Protest Prepared for 43rd Anniversary of Pill's US Decriminalization

By Michael Baggot   PORTLAND, OR, May 12, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – After facing local opposition from pro-life grassroots efforts, Walsh Construction has backed out of its plans to build a new Planned Parenthood (PP) facility in northeast Portland. “It was a nice thing that Walsh got out. The battle still goes on,” Bill Diss, Director of the pro-life organization Precious Children of Portland (PCP), warned the Catholic Sentinel.   Andrew Beyer, project manager for Walsh, has expressed support for the PP office and clinic, calling them “an important project in the redevelopment of Northeast Portland.”  Beyer added that PP might […]

By Hilary White   BELFAST, May 12, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The leaders of all four main parties in Northern Ireland have written to the government at Westminster objecting to plans to impose legalized abortion on the country. The British government is proposing to extend the 1967 Abortion Act that leaves few restrictions on abortion, to Northern Ireland where the procedure remains illegal in all but a few circumstances.   Dr. Ian Paisley of the Democratic Unionist Party, Gerry Adams of Sinn Fein, Sir Reg Empey, Ulster Unionist, and Mark Durkan of the Social Democratic and Labour party, have written to […]

By Mark Westen   KITCHENER, Ontario, May 12, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Christian Horizons, the non-profit, Christian charitable organization has dropped its requirement that employees sign their basic morality statement, in compliance with the Ontario Human Rights Tribunal’s ruling against them.   The ruling originates from the case of former Christian Horizons (CH) employee, Connie Heintz, who brought a complaint against CH, claiming that she was forced out of her employment (she was not dismissed but chose to resign) after she publicly admitted to being an active lesbian. She had previous signed CH’s code of conduct and worked for them for […]

Teaching Against Contraception "Does not Change"

"Respect For Life is the first form of justice that must be applied"

Denounces Medical Personnel and Public Officials for Trying to Dissuade Women

By John-Henry Westen   TOPEKA, Kansas, May 10, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Archbishop Joseph F. Naumann has directed Kansas Governor Kathleen Sebelius to refrain from presenting herself for Holy Communion until she takes “the necessary steps for amendment of her life which would include a public repudiation of her previous efforts and actions in support of laws and policies sanctioning abortion.”   The Archbishop made the directive public by writing about his actions in his archdiocesan newspaper The Leaven.  “Having made every effort to inform and to persuade Governor Sebelius and after consultation with Bishop Ron Gilmore (Dodge City), Bishop Paul […]

Legislative committee defeats abortion decriminalization in unanimous vote

By John Jalsevac May 8, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Michigan Supreme Court handed down a ruling yesterday that said that the state’s constitutional amendment in defense of traditional marriage forbids local governments and state universities from providing health benefits normally reserved to married couples to homosexual partners. The majority opinion was held by a solid majority of 5-2. The plaintiffs in the case, including 21 homosexual couples, argued that the Michigan marriage amendment only referred to the granting of marriage specifically, whereas offering benefits to same-sex couples is not equal to recognizing same-sex partnerships as marriage. Rusty Hills, attorney general […]

By Samantha Singson NEW YORK, NY, May 8, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com/C-FAM) – The General Assembly of the World Health Organization (WHO) will meet in Geneva later this month and is expected to promote the outcome of a controversial pro-abortion conference that took place in London last year. The 61st annual World Health Assembly (WHA) will discuss “mobilizing political will” in the area of “sexual and reproductive health.” In a document prepared for the meeting, there is a reference to the Women Deliver Conference which was sponsored by various UN agencies and pro-abortion non-governmental organizations.   The Women Deliver reference is included in […]

By Hilary White LONDON, May 8, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – MPs at Westminster voted on Tuesday night to remove protections for freedom of speech from a “hate crimes” bill, but a vote in the House of Lords retained the wording. In a vote of 338 to 136, the House of Commons agreed with homosexual activists who wanted wording removed that would have allowed Christians and others who objected to homosexual behaviour to preach Christian sexual morality in public without fear of prosecution. Peers in the House of Lords, however, voted today to retain an amendment that allows religious people to claim […]

"I call on people of good will to challenge this kind of shrill, polarizing rhetoric," says psychology professor

By Hilary White PERTH, Australia May 8, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A bill that proposed to allow the creation of cloned human beings for research has been voted down by Western Australia’s Legislative Council. The bill would have allowed researchers to go ahead with experiments to create genetically “matched” stem cells for patients, considered the holy grail of embryonic research. Stem cells taken from embryos create serious medical problems when they are implanted into the bodies of patients due to the problem of the body’s immune system rejection of foreign tissue. They have also been shown to create cancerous tumours. Scientists […]

By John Jalsevac OTTAWA, ON, May 8, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A massive crowd of pro-life demonstrators, the majority of whom were youth, gathered on Parliament Hill in Ottawa today to issue a call to legislators and Canadians as a whole to put an end to abortion in Canada. An estimate given by a police officer to Campaign Life Coalition president Jim Hughes was that a record-breaking crowd of 8,000 people participated in this 11th annual March for Life. Several other crowd-counters came up with almost identical numbers, making the 2008 March the largest March in the history of the pro-life event. The […]

Lesbian partner deemed de facto parent

Exclusive Commentary to LifeSiteNews.com by Terry O’Neill May 8, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Pro-lifers have long known that the Canadian political elite of the 1960s and 1970s was strongly in favour of abortion, at least in principle. After all, it was a Liberal government-supported by a liberal media-that first legalized the practice in 1969. But Canadians now know that those elites supported abortion, not just in principle, but in practice, as well. And our source for this information is none other than Canada’s arch-abortionist, Henry Morgentaler himself. As revealed in this week’s Maclean’s, Henry Morgentaler wrote a letter to then-Prime Minister […]

 By Michael Baggot ALBANY, NY, May 7, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The New York Court of Appeals on Tuesday declined to hear a challenge to an appeals court case that required the state to recognize same-sex “marriages” legally contracted outside of New York. Tuesday’s ruling lets stand the February 1 Appellate Division of State Supreme Court decision that Monroe Community College must extend health care benefits to Lisa Ann Golden due to her legally contracted Canadian “marriage” to Monroe employee Patricia Martinez. The February ruling overturned State Supreme Court Justice Harold Galloway’s August 2006 decision to dismiss Martinez’s case on the […]

 By Hilary White NEWMARKET, Ontario, May 7, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Christian doctrine pertaining to sexual morality held by the Evangelical Lutheran Church In Canada (ELCIC) is “discriminatory” and “unjust”, according to Holy Cross Lutheran church in Newmarket, Ontario. The small church congregation is issuing a direct challenge to the ELCIC and is breaking with the doctrines of the Christian religion by announcing it will ordain to the ministry an active homosexual who is “married” to another man. Lionel Ketola, will be ordained to the Lutheran ministry on May 16th. Their ceremony, Holy Cross admits, is an act in defiance […]

By John-Henry Westen   BELFAST, May 7, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Education Minister Caitriona Ruane, a member of the Sinn Fein Party, is importing school uniform policies from London which led to schools being able to ban students from wearing crucifixes and Sikh religious bangles.    Gregory Carlin, a pro-faith campaigner in the UK who has fought for the religious rights of students in England to wear crucifixes and religious symbols of other faiths, told LifeSiteNews.com that Ruane’s measures would mean the “Anglization of Ulster’s schools.”   Over the last two years many students in England have been forbidden by principals […]

By Hilary White OTTAWA, May 7, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Canada’s March for Life, started only 11 years ago, has grown into a nation-wide event and attracts record numbers of young people every year. Organised by the various local branches of Campaign Life Coalition, the March is being carried on from coast to coast in early May from the 2nd to the 11th. In picturesque Victoria, B.C., in Alberta, in Regina and Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, in Winnipeg, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and Newfoundland and even tiny Prince Edward Island pro-life Canadians, especially young people, will make a public outcry against Canada’s […]

By John Jalsevac OTTAWA, Ontario, May 7, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – With what is promising to be the largest Canadian March for Life since the event began 11 years ago set to take place tomorrow afternoon, leaders of various Christian denominations are encouraging their members to drop everything and show up in full force to support a cause that transcends particular religious affiliation. Don Hutchinson, director of law and public policy and general legal counsel for The Evangelical Fellowship of Canada, told LifeSiteNews.com, “Evangelical Christians are encouraged to join in Thursday’s March for Life rally on Parliament Hill followed by the march itself.” “This […]

Democratic pundits fear appointments will bring limits to abortion "rights"

By Hilary White LONDON, May 7, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – MPs of the Commons Home Select Committee were said to be shocked last week to learn that poor women and girls in the UK are being lured into the sex trade by job advertisements at job centres run by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP). Denise Marshall, director of a government funded anti-trafficking organization, the Poppy Project, told the House of Commons Home Affairs Select Committee that the government was acting as a “pimp” for the sex trade. The jobs listed include stripper, webcam stripper, adult show hostess, lap dancing […]

By Michael Baggot Rockford, IL, May 7, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A Rockford abortuary has made the demonic side of the abortion industry readily apparent to the public by decorating its facility with a nun in a coffin, a crucified rubber chicken, and a set of sacred images arranged in a voodoo-style altar. Kevin Rilott, an Illinois pro-life activist who has often prayerfully protested in front of the Rockford Northern Illinois Women’s Center (NIWC) abortuary that features the sacrilegious display, hopes that images of the offensive exhibition will expose the evil carried out at the facility. “This clinic affects the lives […]

ARLINGTON, VA, May 7, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – On Thursday, May 1, 2008, a peaceful Cemetery of the Innocents display at the University of Wisconsin – Stevens Point (UWSP) was vandalized by a Student Senator, Roderick King.   After having their display vandalized on the night of April 30th, several members from the UWSP pro-life group, Pointers for Life, were repairing the display around 11am on the morning of May 1st when a group of angry students, lead by UWSP Student Senator Roderick King, began to walk though the rows, taking crosses from the ground and throwing them.   King began […]

Sienna Group formed to provide telephone and related services to pro-life and Catholic Americans

* 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.   Judie Brown certainly does know how to drive home a point  https://www.cwnews.com/news/viewstory.cfm?recnum=58188   Four McCain staffers and advisers mentioned as a possible vice-presidential pick the 36-year-old very pro-life Louisiana governor, Bobby Jindal  https://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/05/opinion/05kristol.html?_r=3 hp=&oref=slogin&pagewanted=print&oref=slogin&oref=slogin   Bank Robber Kills Preborn Twins, but Indiana Can’t Bring Murder Charges  https://www.citizenlink.org/CLNews/A000007324.cfm   Planned Parenthood and California Catholic Conference find common ground  https://www.calcatholic.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?id=fedb790d-2a03-4c9b-a536-4c3633102fdc   British doctor said the emerging field of regenerative medicine would enable […]

By Hilary White TORONTO, May 6, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Ontario premier’s plans to scrap the recitation of the Lord’s Prayer in the Legislature has resulted in a groundswell of opposition. The flood of emails objecting to the proposal temporarily crashed the website of Queen’s Park, and hundreds of phone calls have come in protesting the move. MPPs have complained that the time and money spent on the project could have better been spent elsewhere, especially considering there had been no calls to abolish the prayer leading up to McGuinty’s decision to put the proposal to scrap the prayer before […]

Re: Canadian Cabinet Member Slams Human Rights Commission Manipulations as “Dangerous” Dear Editor,    M.P. Jason Kenney is quoted in this article as saying, “I would also hope that we think long and hard about the central role, the foundational role, of such values as freedom of expression in our constitutional framework, and that we do not lightly undermine those constitutional values in our efforts to combat racism or hatred.” Unfortunately, Mr. Kenney’s “conservative” government is an intervener along with others listed below “in support of Section 13, arguing that it is a reasonable restriction on freedom of speech.”  Here […]

By Hilary White NEW KINGSTON, Jamaica, May 6, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Nurses’ Association of Jamaica (NAJ) has joined its voice to a growing chorus of objectors to the government’s plan to decriminalize abortion. In a statement this weekend, the NAJ said that rather than spend resources on abortion, more money should be dedicated to “reproductive-health services”. “An attempt by any government to make abortion widely available will be met by extensive agitation and opposition from us (members of the NAJ),” NAJ president Edith Allwood-Anderson said. Dr. Doreen Brady West, told the Jamaica Gleaner, “Jamaica has basic needs now which […]

Homosexual lifestyle chosen, race not, says UT administrator

COLOMBIA, May 6, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Despite innumerable campaigns by international organizations with a population control agenda, a large majority of Latin American teens still do not use contraceptives, according to a recent study. The study, which examined the contraceptive practices of people in a variety of Latin American countries, including Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Paraguay, Mexico, and Guatemala, showed that Latin Americans continue to ignore the message of contraceptive “family planning” as a means to avoid poverty. According to the study’s results, 62 percent of Latin American women between 16 and 19 years of age do not use any form […]

Commentary by Michael Baggot May 6, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Ben Stein has suffered extensive media criticism for drawing the connection between Darwin, Hitler, and the modern eugenics movements in a powerful 10-minute section of his film “Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed”. In an MSNBC.com review, Arthur Caplan calls the connection Stein draws between Darwin’s theory and the Holocaust “despicable”.  Neo-Darwinians on the whole have unleashed a barrage of insults at Stein and his work. They have also, however, completely failed to address the intimidating body of evidence Stein presents to support his claims.  While Stein has explicitly asserted that not every neo-Darwinist is a eugenicist, an […]

Organization refuses to allow members to vote on measure requiring expulsion of pro-abortion, pro-gay politicians

Commentary by John-Henry Westen WASHINGTON, DC, May 6, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – In a column in his archdiocesan newspaper Wednesday, Washington Archbishop Donald Wuerl addressed the subject of “how to respond to those in public office who support abortion legislation”, explaining that he does not deny Holy Communion to the pro-abortion Catholic politicians who frequently present themselves for Communion at parishes under his authority. Wuerl explains his belief that the decision to deny Communion should be a decision left to the offending politician’s own hometown bishop, reasoning that by denying a pro-abortion politician Communion while they are in DC, Wuerl would be infringing on the territory […]

By Matthew Cullinan Hoffman   COLOMBIA, May 5, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Despite innumerable campaigns by international organizations with a population control agenda, a large majority of Latin American teens still do not use contraceptives, according to a recent study.   The study, which examined the contraceptive practices of people in a variety of Latin American countries, including Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Paraguay, Mexico, and Guatemala, showed that Latin Americans continue to ignore the message of contraceptive “family planning” as a means to avoid poverty.   According to the study’s results, 62 percent of Latin American women between 16 and 19 […]

Response to Bella 10 Campaign says yes to slogan, "Can a movie really save a child's life?"

By Hilary White MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota, May 5, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis has cancelled the appearance of the pro-abortion Dr. Steven Miles, a professor at the University of Minnesota’s Center for Bioethics who was to appear at the diocese’s St. Joan of Arc parish. But while the archdiocese has been clear that no pro-abortion speaker may use a Catholic institution as a platform on any subject, the parish has arranged for him to give the talk tomorrow night at the Carondolet Center, a retreat centre operated by the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondolet, St. […]

"We should keep sacred what is sacred," says Bishop

TOPEKA, May 5, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – In what is being called a “huge victory for the rule of law”, this morning the Kansas Supreme Court unsealed a secret lawsuit filed by Planned Parenthood against District Attorney Phill Kline. Planned Parenthood was seeking to have the Court order Kline to return abortion records that are critical evidence in Kline’s prosecution of 107 criminal charges against the abortion giant. Instead, the Court rejected a letter from former Attorney General Paul Morrison “exonerating” Planned Parenthood, indicating that the records showed no criminal conduct by Planned Parenthood. Morrison then engaged in acts meant to […]

By John-Henry Westen CALGARY, May 5, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Jason Kenney, the Secretary of State for Multiculturalism and Canadian Identity gave an address in Calgary Friday where he sounded off on the scandal of Human Rights Commissions (HRC) suppressing freedom in Canada.  The speech marks the first time a high-ranking government official has offered open criticism of the HRC apparatus. Addressing the Canadian Race Relations Foundation (CRRF) Friday, Kenney, labeled “dangerous” the “illiberal tactics” employed by some activists in the name of tolerance, reported Kevin Libin in the National Post. “I think it’s very important for those of us engaged […]

By Michael Baggot TALLAHASSEE, FL, May 5, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The effort to protect the academic freedom of the nation’s educators received a blow, as a Florida bill protecting the right of teachers to examine the strengths and weaknesses of Darwin’s theory of evolution died on Friday with the end of the state legislative session.  However, Michigan, Louisiana, Alabama, and Missouri currently have similar legislation under consideration. After approving legislation that would require a “critical analysis” of Darwinian evolution in state elementary and secondary biology classes, the Florida House rejected a weakened Senate-approved adaptation that would only allow, but not […]

By John Jalsevac PHOENIX, AZ, May 5, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A new statement from the Arizona Conference of Catholic Bishops, signed by Phoenix Bishop Thomas J. Olmsted and Tucson Bishop Gerald F. Kicanas, strongly condemns recent efforts by lawmakers in Arizona and throughout the United States to curtail fundamental rights of conscience, particularly the freedom of conscience of physicians and healthcare workers. “Today in our state and elsewhere in our nation, healthcare professionals and institutions find themselves struggling to preserve their rights of conscience, especially in matters that would involve the taking of human life,” begins the bishops’ statement. “The right […]

* 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.   Benedict and the Human Face of God By Richard John Neuhaus  https://www.firstthings.com/onthesquare/?p=1060   If you no longer know what you stand for, how can you know what you stand against? MARK STEYN  https://www.macleans.ca/canada/opinions/article.jsp?content=20080430_13325_13325 ‘Fear of fertility is an evil that dehumanizes us,’ says Mexican archbishop  https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/new.php?n=12532   CRS chairman says agency practices church teachings on condoms  https://www.catholicnews.com/data/stories/cns/0802401.htm   Why Jeremiah Wright doesn’t get my Irish up By Peggy Noonan  https://online.wsj.com/article/SB120966911007860195.html?mod=todays_columnists […]

A game that glorifies brutal criminality and enables players to fantasize their participation in mind-numbing barbarism

Regional marches already underway across Canada

By Michael Baggot   SEATTLE, WA, May 2, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A federal appeals court upheld Washington state pharmacists’ right to refuse the “emergency contraceptive” Plan B on Thursday.   According to Board of Pharmacy regulations, state pharmacies must supply patients will all legally prescribed drugs in a timely manner, including the potentially abortifacient Plan B.   The Thursday ruling upheld U.S. District Judge Ronald Leighton decision to delay enforcement of the Board of Pharmacy policy because it violated the pharmacists’ first amendment right to the free expression of religion.   The case originated in July 2007, when pharmacists Rhonda […]

By Hilary White   CANBERRA, May 2, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The recently elected Prime Minister of Australia, Kevin Rudd, has made a familiar argument over euthanasia, saying that he is personally opposed to it, but that MPs should have a free vote.   Rudd told a radio interviewer that he was “concerned about the way in which these things can drift over time”.   Rudd said, “Particularly in the attitude taken by older people themselves, or people with terminal illnesses, who then conclude that they are being an increasing burden to their families and then conclude that it’s in other […]

Example of homosexual movement forcing "their social and sexual agenda on others," say observers

Sydney Morning Herald spent two months charting this new social phenomenon which it said was "poisoning couples and destroying families"

Ghettoized Britain where citizens live in isolated communities in fear of violating a "cult of political correctness"

Leading scientist warns new species of “humanzee,” created from breeding apes with humans, could become reality unless UK government acts to stop scientists experimenting  https://thescotsman.scotsman.com/latestnews/Exclusive-Should-we-beware-the.4028970.jp   Abortion advocates get their turn before the Supreme Court of Mexico  https://www.calcatholic.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?id=d636e699-17cc-47ea-b0ad-efafdf15817d   Florida Senate rejects bill requiring ultrasounds before abortions  https://www.sun-sentinel.com/sfl-flfabort0501sbmay01,0,1440536.story   Russia’s long-term demographic outlook “bleak,” – population to decline by an expected 10 million people by 2020.  https://www.washingtontimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080501/NATION/139678106/1001   Netherlands Euthanasia Statistics: Not Even Telling Half the Story  https://www.wesleyjsmith.com/blog/2008/04/netherlands-euthanasia-statistics-not.html   Planned Parenthood is hoping their supporters buy into the lie that college students are forced to choose between expensive contraceptives on […]

Popular event has been wowing students in recent years with top notch presentations on life issues

Notes "states' misplaced assumption that state sovereignty is protected by the current EU framework and treaty provisions"

Warns against judicial invention of rights - Canada a strong example of dramatic moral decline facilitated by a Charter

Paola Brenda sacrifices life for "gift of motherhood, the gift of having children"

Northern Ireland's Legislative Assembly accuses London of acting with "contempt for democracy"

Releas Question and Answer booklet and 14-minute DVD related to letter

Canada in Need of "A Great Cultural Renewal"

Egan's statement stands in stark contrast to official silence from Washington's Archbishop Wuerl

Benedict XVI and the Lies of the Pro-Choice Movement