Articles for Month: February 2009

By Kathleen Gilbert MADISON, Wisconsin, February 5, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – After three hours of emotional debate, the University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics Authority Board voted 11-3 Wednesday to offer 2nd-trimester abortions at a clinic owned by the University of Wisconsin (UW). The decision to open the Madison Surgery Center to the abortions came amid a sizeable pro-life protest, with counter-protesters gathering outside the building in the bitter cold.  A rally of 2,000 had also gathered last Saturday at the UW campus, and marched to the surgery clinic to condemn the proposal. Abortion advocates urged the UW facility, which apparently […]

By LexEtLibertas February 5, 2009, (LifeSiteNews.com) – Just days after the Vatican announced that Pope Benedict XVI has ordered an apostolic visitation of all non-contemplative women’s religious orders in the United States, LifeSiteNews has learned that a notorious Catholic dissenter, known for her promotion of goddess-worship and “eco-spirituality,” is scheduled to speak at the Miami Archdiocese’s Saint Thomas University. Sr. Miriam Therese MacGillis, O.P will be presenting a lecture, “Cosmology, Faith, & Sustainability,” at Saint Thomas, on 24 February. Many lay Catholics have documented Sister Miriam’s dissent from official Catholic doctrine on various matters. Sister Miriam is an active proponent […]

By Matthew Cullinan Hoffman BUENOS AIRES, February 5, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Pro-family organizations in Argentina are asking the Chief of Government of Buenos Aires to veto legislation that would establish an ongoing campaign to promote the homosexualist ideology in the city’s public schools, the media, and the health system. The campaign is to be implemented through a “Sexual Rights and Diversity Plan,” which will also promote the participation of homosexuals and transsexuals “in the formulation of regulations that guarantee their rights” and the organization of “events, commemorations, and an agenda linked to the issue.” It passed the city’s legislature 47-0 […]

By Kathleen Gilbert NEW YORK, February 5, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Despite the fact that same-sex “marriage” is illegal in New York, a New York Judge has ruled that a man will receive the estate of his deceased male partner, whom he had “wed” in Canada eight months earlier. Manhattan Surrogate Court Judge Kristin Booth Glen ruled that J. Craig Leiby was entitled, as “the surviving spouse,” to the estate of his homosexual partner, H. Kenneth Ranftle, who died either of a heart attack or lung cancer. Leiby, 65, and Ranftle, 54, had “married” in Montreal in June 2008. The decision […]

Country remains only first-world nation refusing to fund international abortion Giants

Measure must be approved by Prime Minister Berlusconi

Dear Readers, Archbishop Burke, like Cardinal Arinze before him, emphasizes the clear obligation and plain common sense of denying Holy Communion to obstinantly pro-abortion Catholic politicians. Why are so many leading Catholic clerics making this issue far more complicated than it is and persistently giving such lame excuses for not taking meaningful action? Abortion is murder. Influential Catholics who publicly and persistently support abortion are advocates of this murder and its trashing of the sacredness of all human life. When bishops refuse to take meaningful action against such prominent Catholics, they unintentionally give the message that abortion killings are not […]

Adds Voice to Growing Chorus Opposing Homosexualism

By Kathleen Gilbert QUESNEL, BC, February 4, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The British Columbia College of Teachers (BCCT) has dropped 12 charges against BC’s Dr. Chris Kempling accusing him of “conduct unbecoming a member” of the College because he opposed the campaign to normalize homosexuality in public schools. Kempling, a Christian, quit his position in the public school system earlier this year, but this hadn’t prevented the (BCCT) from continuing to seek legal action against him until now.  The decision to drop charges ends a saga of harassment and censure Kempling said was “extremely distressing” for him and his family. “I […]