Articles for Month: September 2008

By Matthew Cullinan Hoffman NEUQUÉN, ARGENTINA, September 24, 2008 (LifeSiteNews)—Argentinean feminists participating in a the annual National Women’s Encounter viciously attacked pro-life protesters in the city of Neuquen, who stood in front of the Cathedral to protect it from desecration, according to the catholic news agency ACI Prensa, which posted a video of the events on YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mp0oMKGFTyk&eurl=https://catholicnewsagency.com/).   Repeating last years assault on the cathedral in Cordoba (https://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2007/oct/07101802.html), where they held their previous meeting, the feminists are shown spitting in the face of pro-lifers, throwing bottles at them, taking their banner by force and burning it, and hurling anti-Catholic […]

 By Matthew Cullinan Hoffman UNITED STATES, September 25, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – As the vote on Ecuador’s new Constitution approaches, the nation confronts a decisive question: is the new charter pro-abortion, or not?  The document contains various phrases that are difficult to interpret, and Ecuadorians are not in agreement regarding the response.  But for the abortionist United Nations Foundation, there is no doubt: the answer is yes. In an article published in “RH Reality Check,” a site founded and financed by the United Nations Foundation, Karim Velasco maintains that there are phrases in the new Constitution of Ecuador that protect the […]

By Tim Waggoner WASHINGTON, September 24, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – America’s major broadcast networks are upping their promotion of the homosexual movement, doubling the number of lesbian, gay, bisexual or transsexual scripted characters for the 2008-2009 broadcast schedule since last year. The Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) conducted their annual “Where We Are On TV” report on the five broadcast networks – ABC, CBS, Fox, NBC and The CW.  GLAAD found that the number of LGBT scripted characters appearing in this year’s 88 scripted dramas and comedies jumped to 16 from last year’s seven. This finding has broken a […]

By Kathleen Gilbert WASHINGTON, D.C., September 24, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Fr. Frank Pavone led a team of pro-life advocates to Capitol Hill last week for a three-day educational demonstration directed at pro-choice members of Congress, which set out to reveal the gruesome reality of abortion. The campaign did not seek to address abortion as a moral issue, but simply explained via medical diagrams and abortionist quotations the true nature of the abortion procedure, which is often ignored by abortion advocates.  At a press conference Fr. Pavone said, “In these weeks before our national elections, we are asking all of those […]

By Matthew Cullinan Hoffman BRASILIA, September 23, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Brazil’s last round of Supreme Court hearings on the issue of eugenic abortions ended Tuesday of last week with more controversial testimony by government witnesses. As in previous hearings, which have been stacked in favor of the pro-abortion position, witnesses gave testimony that contradicts the statements of medical organizations about anencephaly, in which babies are born without part of their upper brain matter and skull and which some are arguing should be permitted to be aborted. Luis Roberto Barroso, an attorney with the pro-abortion National Confederation of Health Care Workers, […]

Editorial by Fr. Alphonse DeValk, editor, The Catholic Insight

By Richard Marchack OTTAWA, September 24, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Last evening in Ottawa 500 people gathered on Parliament Hill for the Kick Off Rally to start 40 days of prayer and fasting for life in Ottawa, part of the international 40 Days for Life effort. Organizer Nicole Campbell commented that she was impressed by the serenity and support of all those who came and says she has great hopes that the campaign marks the beginning of the end for abortion in Ottawa.     Participants were treated to Christian music by Joe Zambon and heard presentations by organizer Nicole Campbell of Campaign […]

By Hilary White LONDON, September 24, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Sir Ian McKellen, who played Gandalf in the Lord of the Rings films, is again using his fame to promote homosexuality – this time to children in schools. McKellen is a founding member of and long-time campaigner for Stonewall, one of the world’s most successful homosexualist lobby groups. His new task with the group involves tours of British schools to speak to them about “tolerance” of homosexuality. “I think this campaign is right – any openly gay person should consider whether they have a duty of contacting their old school and […]

By Thaddeus M. Baklinski TORONTO, September 24, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – “Creating a Culture of Life Around the Globe,” the international pro-life conference that takes place in Toronto October 2-4, 2008, will be an important event in the worldwide culture wars. Sponsored by Campaign Life Coalition (CLC), the International Right to Life Federation (IRTL) and LifeCanada, and hosted by CLC Toronto, the Conference promises to be the most powerful, stimulating and informative pro-life meeting in North America this year. Eleven pro-life leaders from Canada and five from the US will speak on a sweeping range of subjects, offering insights into the […]

WASHINGTON, DC, September 24, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – 42 days before Americans go to the polls to select new national, state, and local leaders, thousands of volunteers are launching a massive 40-day pro-life campaign simultaneously in 179 cities – an initiative focused on prayer, fasting, and peaceful action that 40 Days for Life national campaign director David Bereit says “could have a profound effect on our nation at this crucial time.” “During an election season in which abortion has emerged as a critical – and potentially decisive – issue, people across the nation need to be made aware of the reality […]