Articles for Month: January 2010

Thursday January 14, 2010 Archbishop Burke Charges Politicians to Put “God First” By Matt Anderson PHOENIX, AZ, January 14, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – In a homily delivered to lawyers and politicians at the annual Red Mass in Phoenix, AZ on Tuesday, Archbishop Raymond Burke emphasized the sacred nature of a vocation to public service, reports the Catholic News Agency. The Red Mass, a tradition which started in the middle ages, is celebrated every year around the second Sunday in January to remind those in public positions of authority that true justice is found only in God. Burke became well-known in 2004 […]

Wednesday January 27, 2010 Rockford Pro-Lifers Fight ‘Bubble Zone’ Law Protecting Notorious Abortion Facility By Kathleen Gilbert ROCKFORD, Illinois, January 27, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Illinois pro-life advocates are fighting a proposed bubble-zone law to keep sidewalk counselors away from customers of Rockford’s notoriously bizarre Northern Illinois Women’s Center. Opponents call it a deeply hypocritical measure, set to destroy the free speech rights of pro-life counselors and crafted by the same individuals who have refused to curtail the racist, anti-Christian, and hate-themed displays that are a regular fixture in the windows of the city’s abortion mill. The ordinance, drafted by City […]

Wednesday January 27, 2010 Guttmacher Study Shows “Devastating Consequences” of Sex-Ed: American Life League WASHINGTON, D.C., January 27, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – According to American Life League (ALL), new numbers from the Guttmacher Institute show Planned Parenthood-style sex education is having a dramatic impact on the rise in teen pregnancy rates. The study released on Wendesday shows that the teen pregnancy rate among American teens rose three percent in 2006, teen birth rates rose four percent, and abortion rates were up one percent. While Planned Parenthood rushes to paint the devastating statistics as an indictment against the Bush administration’s abstinence policy, […]

Wednesday January 27, 2010 U.S. a “Nation under Judgment” Since Roe v. Wade: Princeton Scholar By Peter J. Smith WASHINGTON, D.C., January 27, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Princeton legal scholar and philosopher Robert George told pro-life leaders at the March for Life Rose Dinner last Friday that the infamous Supreme Court decisions in 1973 that legalized abortion on demand unleashed “a struggle for the soul of the nation” and that as long as those decisions stand, the United States is a “nation under judgment.” Delivering the keynote address, George told the assembly gathered in the ballroom of the Grand Hyatt in […]

Wednesday January 27, 2010 “Uncomfortable Questions” Asked by Jewish Rabbi Outside Planned Parenthood Abortuary By Thaddeus M. Baklinski SPRING VALLEY, New York, January 27, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – While the Washington D.C. March For Life was taking place on January 22, Rabbi Noson Shmuel Leiter, Executive Director of Torah Jews for Decency, was standing outside the Planned Parenthood abortuary in Spring Valley NY, reading a list of “uncomfortable questions,” and providing the equally uncomfortable, but necessary answers. Carrying a banner that said, “Planned Parenthood Spreads Spirit of Barbarism” Rabbi Leiter began by asking, “What is worse than yet another year of […]

Wednesday January 27, 2010 Mother of Four Dies after Abortionist Severs Artery During Abortion NEW YORK, NY, January 27, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Alexandra Nunez, a 37-year old single mother of four, died after a botched abortion Monday at the A-1 Women’s Center in New York City. Police, who are continuing to investigate the death, said that the abortionist severed an artery during Nunez’s abortion, leading to massive bleeding and eventually cardiac arrest. Nunez was rushed to a nearby hospital where she died. A-1 Women’s Center, located in a run-down building in a predominately Hispanic neighborhood of Jackson Heights, was only […]

Wednesday January 27, 2010 Congressman Smith Blasts Abortion-“Obsessed” Obama – Calls for Prayer and Fasting By Peter J. Smith WASHINGTON, D.C., January 27, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – “Obsessed.” The word best encapsulates President Barack Obama’s attitude toward abortion, says New Jersey Congressman Chris Smith, co-chairman of the Congressional Pro-Life Caucus. Smith is calling on the pro-life movement to engage in “prayer and fasting” to stop Obama’s virulently pro-abortion agenda and end the cover-up of the effects of abortion on women and their unborn children. The New Jersey Republican is among the most outspoken pro-life legislators on Capitol Hill, and made his […]

Thursday January 28, 2010 Obama Promises ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ Repeal By Kathleen Gilbert WASHINGTON, DC, January 28, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – In his State of the Union address Wednesday night, President Obama once again promised to repeal the “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy banning open homosexuals from serving in the military. After lauding the October passage of hate crimes laws protecting homosexuality, Obama announced to cheers: “This year, I will work with Congress and our military to finally repeal the law that denies gay Americans the right to serve the country they love because of who they are. It’s the […]

Thursday January 28, 2010 ‘Let’s Get it Done’: Obama Digs in on Health Care in State of the Union Address By Kathleen Gilbert WASHINGTON, DC, January 28, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – In his first State of the Union address last night, President Barack Obama did not shirk from issuing a stubborn push for his top domestic priority – the struggling health care overhaul. “Here’s what I ask Congress, though: Don’t walk away from reform. Not now. Not when we are so close. Let us find a way to come together and finish the job for the American people. Let’s get it […]

Wednesday January 27, 2010 Life and Family Activists Hold out Little Hope for Cameron-Led Conservative Government Tories have pledged to uphold homosexualist agenda in “marriage” support By Hilary White LONDON, January 27, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The leading life and family groups of Britain and Ireland say they have little hope that a government led by David Cameron’s Tories will significantly reverse the anti-life and homosexualist direction taken by Labour over their decade of rule. The U.K.’s Christian Institute recently said that while Cameron’s promise of recognition for marriage in tax reform is a step in the right direction, including same-sex […]

Wednesday January 27, 2010 72-Page Report Documents Obama’s “Radical” Nominees and Appointments Washington, D.C., January 27, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Liberty Counsel (LC), a pro-life and pro-family legal group, released a 72-page report on Wednesday detailing information on each of the nominations and appointments of President Barack Obama. The document provides information on more than 100 of Obama’s appointments and nominations. It includes more than 850 citations to articles, websites, and cases regarding each of the individuals and, according to LC, took weeks to compile. “President Obama has nominated and appointed the most radical group of ideologues ever assembled by an […]

Tuesday January 26, 2010 Liberal Columnist Rejects Suicide after Discovering She Has Huntington’s Disease Gene By Matthew Cullinan Hoffman LONDON, January 26, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A columnist for the liberal Guardian newspaper says she has decided to reject suicide after learning that she will suffer from an incurable neurological disease, calling self-euthanasia “a fantasy.” “The case for carrying on can’t be argued,” writes Charlotte Raven in her most recent column. “Suicide is rhetoric. Life is life.” Raven wrote the column following her discovery that she has the genes for Huntington’s disease, which causes a progressive breakdown of brain function, usually […]

Wednesday January 27, 2010 Emotional Prop 8 Trial Draws to an End By Kathleen Gilbert SAN FRANCISCO, California, January 27, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Lawyers defending the California constitution’s definition of marriage in federal court are wrapping up testimony today after weeks of wrangling over theories surrounding marriage, sexuality, procreation, and the law’s involvement in all three. Trial testimony is expected to end today with the witness of David Blankenhorn, founder of the Institute for American Values, who argued today and yesterday that extending the definition of marriage to include same-sex couples would undermine the procreative understanding of legal marriage and […]

Wednesday January 27, 2010 “Gay Rights” Resolution Postponed in Council of Europe Assembly By Hilary White January 27, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) has decided to postpone its planned vote on a report that purported to protect homosexuals from discrimination. Due to the large number of opposing amendments, the PACE is expected to reschedule the vote for its next session in April 2010 after examination by a Parliamentary Committee. Entitled “Discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity,” Document 12087 faced strong opposition from critics who said it threatens fundamental democratic […]

Tuesday January 26, 2010 British Survey Shows Increasing Openness to Homosexuality By Patrick B. Craine LONDON, England, January 26, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – According to the findings of the newly-released, government-backed British Social Attitudes Report, British society has become more accepting of homosexuality. One pro-family researcher reacted to the report’s findings, observing that the trend towards greater support for homosexuality will continue as long as media, schools, and government continue promoting homosexualism through what she called “massive propaganda.” The report maintains that “society as a whole is becoming more liberal about homosexuality.” “The only barrier to this trend continuing,” it says, […]

Tuesday January 26, 2010 Personhood Kansas Launches Campaign to Amend Constitution January 26, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A new Kansas pro-life organization, Personhood Kansas, is seeking to partner with Christian and pro-life leaders, activists, and volunteers to work to amend the Kansas Constitution to protect all human beings, including the unborn. Similar groups have sprung up in several states after a ballot measure to amend Colorado’s constitution made it onto the ballot in 2008. The measure was subsequently defeated. “The effectiveness of the personhood coalition in Colorado has really been the inspiration,” said Keith Ashley, Personhood Kansas Petition Drive Coordinator. “They […]

Wednesday November 4, 2009 ‘Is the Quebec College of Physicians Deliberately Confusing Canadians on Euthanasia?’ Asks Anti-Euthanasia Leader “We are saying death can be an appropriate type of care in certain circumstances,” explained a College spokesman in announcing their new document on euthanasia. By Patrick B. Craine MONTREAL, Quebec, November 4, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A prominent Canadian anti-euthanasia activist is demanding an explanation from the Quebec College of Physicians (CMQ) following their release yesterday of a highly controversial document in which they call for the legalization of euthanasia. Alex Schadenberg, executive director of the Euthanasia Prevention Coalition, says that the […]

By Peter J. Smith MADISON, Wisconsin, January 29, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Pro-life advocates say they have obtained documents that raise serious questions over the possibility of fetal harvesting and conscience violations behind the University of Wisconsin's plans to begin performing late-term abortions at the Madison Surgery Center. The Alliance Defense Fund and Pro-Life Wisconsin say that documents they obtained via a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request illustrate the efforts of UW officials and abortionists over several years to add second-trimester abortions at MSC. In addition, they say, certain communiqués raise fears that UW researchers could use the tissue of […]

By Patrick B. Craine ANCASTER, Ontario, January 29, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Redeemer University-College, a Canadian Christian liberal arts and science university in the Reformed tradition, hosted a keynote lecture on Friday by Stephen Lewis, former UN Special Envoy for HIV/AIDS in Africa, who spoke on the topic of global health. Lewis' invitation by Redeemer, an institution renowned for its commitment to Scripture and traditional values, generated a controversy on campus due to Lewis' history of promoting a liberalized vision of sexuality, including the promotion of abortion. Some 20 pro-life advocates protested before the event, holding signs and passing out literature. […]

By Hilary White CANBERRA, January 28, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Tony Abbott, the leader of Australia’s federal opposition, has been blasted in the mainstream press after he called on young women to “stick to the rules” about refraining from sex before marriage. Abbott, a Catholic and father of three teenage daughters, went on, however, to tell the interviewer with the Australian Women's Weekly that if young women cannot abstain, they should use contraception. The Federal Member for Warringah and shadow Minister for Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs, told the magazine that he would say to his daughters that sex “is the […]

By Hilary White ROME, January 29, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Political and Vatican watchers in Italy are expecting an interesting fight for the governor’s seat of the province of Lazio, the province of Rome and the Papacy, as a virulently anti-Catholic, hard-left candidate takes centre stage. Senator Emma Bonino is the darling of the far-left feminist movement and a leading member of the anti-clerical Radical Party in Italy. But despite her positions supporting abortion, contraception and divorce, Bonino counts among her supporters many in the Italian Catholic leadership and laity. In 1975 Bonino founded the Information Centre on Sterilization and Abortion […]

By Matthew Cullinan Hoffman RUTLAND, VERMONT, January 28, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Ex-Lesbian Lisa Miller has been given 30 days to transfer custody of her daughter to her former lesbian partner, or possibly face criminal penalties. Although Vermont Judge Richard Cohen has so far refused to issue an arrest warrant for Miller, he has set a deadline of February 23rd for the transfer to take place. If Miller does not appear during that time, Cohen said on January 22, “I will consider all possible sanctions under the law,” according to the local Rutland Herald. Such sanctions could include arrest and imprisonment […]

Wednesday January 27, 2010 Baby Isaiah Granted Another Three Weeks for Medical Assessment By Patrick B. Craine EDMONTON, Alberta, January 27, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Baby Isaiah May has been granted at least another three weeks of life, after an Alberta provincial court ruled that he should remain on life support until February 19th while lawyers have him assessed by medical experts. Isaiah was born to Isaac and Rebecka May on October 24th. During a long and arduous labour, Isaiah suffered severe oxygen deprivation because his umbilical was wrapped around his neck. The Mays were flown into Stollery Children’s Hospital in […]

Tuesday January 26, 2010 Kenya: Lawmakers Seek to Alter Definition of Beginning of Life in Constitution Church leaders fear that constitutional revision might open the door to legalizing abortion By Thaddeus M. Baklinski NAIROBI, January 26, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Kenyan Parliamentary Select Committee on Constitutional Review has recommended a revision to the country’s constitution to alter a clause that defines life as starting at conception to state that it starts at birth. Though the draft of the new constitution, assembled by a Committee of Experts, contains no specific reference to abortion, the revision to the clause dealing with the […]

Tuesday January 26, 2010 Tim Tebow Defends Pro-Life Super Bowl Ad under Fire By Peter J. Smith MOBILE, Alabama, January 26, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – College football superstar Tim Tebow is standing fast behind a pro-life ad developed by Focus on the Family and set to air on CBS on Super Bowl Sunday. Although the ad has not been released, abortion advocacy groups are already demanding that it be scrapped, since it likely features the story of how Tebow’s mother chose life when doctors were urging her abort her now-famous son. The college football superstar, who just ended his last season […]

Monday January 25, 2010 Starting over on Health Bill would be Pro-Life Victory: Knoxville Bishop By Kathleen Gilbert WASHINGTON, D.C., January 25, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – At the Vigil Mass for Life, held last Thursday at the National Basilica in D.C., Bishop Richard Stika of Knoxville, Tenn. weighed in on the health care debate. The bishop criticized the idea that opposing the current health care bill amounts to being “against health care for everyone,” and said it would be a victory for pro-lifers if the bill were brought back to the drawing board. LifeSiteNews.com (LSN) asked the bishop what he thought […]

Says 60th vote supporting health bill "would be the pro-life vote"

Monday January 25, 2010 Supreme Court Decision Sparks Pro-Abort Fears of Demise of Roe v. Wade By Patrick B. Craine WASHINGTON, D.C., January 25, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The United States Supreme Court last week struck down campaign finance laws that restricted the political spending of corporations and labour unions in a 5-4 ruling that has been condemned by President Barack Obama and hailed by others as a victory for free speech. But for pro-life advocates the ruling is of especial interest, since it reversed decades-old precedent of the court, sparking fears among abortion proponents that the precedent established by Roe […]

By Kathleen Gilbert WASHINGTON, DC, January 28, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – U.S. Representative Jared Polis (D-CO) has introduced a law that would allow high school students who feel discriminated against based on their perceived sexual orientation to pursue charges in federal court. Polis on Wednesday introduced the “Student Non-Discrimination Act,” which has 60 co-sponsors. “Every day innocent students fall victim to relentless harassment and discrimination from teachers, staff, and fellow students based on their sexual orientation,” said Polis, who is openly homosexual, in a statement.  “These actions not only hurt our students and our schools but, left unchecked, can also lead […]

By Peter J. Smith WASHINGTON, D.C., January 28, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A CNN anchor told his viewers last week that he could not make out for certain whether there were more pro-life or pro-abortion advocates demonstrating at the 37th annual March for Life – despite the fact that conservative estimates place several hundred thousand pro-life protesters in D.C. that day, compared to a few dozen pro-abortion counter-demonstrators. Noting that there was a rally on the Washington Mall, CNN’s Rick Sanchez asserted, “So as you might imagine there are both sides being represented.” But Sanchez then surmised that both sides might […]

By Peter J. Smith WASHINGTON, D.C., January 28, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Pro-life Congressman Chris Smith took his colleagues and the Obama Administration to task on the floor of the U.S. House on the eve of the 37th anniversary of the Roe v. Wade decision, chastising them for promoting the abortion agenda when there is so much evidence for the harmful effects of abortion on women and their unborn children. “How can so many seemingly smart, sane, compassionate and accomplished people — especially in politics — support, promote and if President Obama has his way in the pending health care legislation, […]

Commentary by Jennifer Fulwiler    January 28, 2010 (InsideCatholic.com) – Of all the things I remember about the Texas March for Life in Austin last January, the memory that stands out the most is the look on the faces of the counter-protesters who followed us along Congress Avenue and down to the capitol that frosty morning. When I glanced over to see the source of the epithets that were being screamed at us, I met the eyes of one young woman wearing a black bandana over the bottom half of her face. She happened to look over and meet my […]

By Thaddeus M. Baklinski SPRING VALLEY, New York, January 27, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – While the Washington D.C. March For Life was taking place on January 22, Rabbi Noson Shmuel Leiter, Executive Director of Torah Jews for Decency, was standing outside the Planned Parenthood abortuary in Spring Valley NY, reading a list of “uncomfortable questions,” and providing the equally uncomfortable, but necessary answers. Carrying a banner that said, “Planned Parenthood Spreads Spirit of Barbarism” Rabbi Leiter began by asking, “What is worse than yet another year of mass-murder of the most defenseless citizens?” The answer? “Another year of the State-Sanctioning of […]

January 27, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A petition to “Free the ND88,”which is being co-sponsored by Human Life International, the Thomas More Society, and LifeSiteNews.com (LSN), has received over 6,000 signatures to date, and is still going strong. (Click here to sign the petition; Click here for the petition's Facebook page) The petition is addressed to the president of the University of Notre Dame, Fr. John Jenkins, and asks him to request that the charges be dropped against the 88 pro-life activists who were arrested on Notre Dame’s campus last May, while protesting Obama’s appearance at the university. The 88 pro-lifers are still […]

By Peter J. Smith WASHINGTON, D.C., January 27, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) –“Obsessed.” The word best encapsulates President Barack Obama’s attitude toward abortion, says New Jersey Congressman Chris Smith, co-chairman of the Congressional Pro-Life Caucus. Smith is calling on the pro-life movement to engage in “prayer and fasting” to stop Obama’s virulently pro-abortion agenda and end the cover-up of the effects of abortion on women and their unborn children. The New Jersey Republican is among the most outspoken pro-life legislators on Capitol Hill, and made his remarks during the 2010 March for Life in Washington, D.C. In a video interview with CNSNews.com, […]

By Kathleen Gilbert ROCKFORD, Illinois, January 27, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Illinois pro-life advocates are fighting a proposed bubble-zone law to keep sidewalk counselors away from customers of Rockford's notoriously bizarre Northern Illinois Women's Center.  Opponents call it a deeply hypocritical measure, set to destroy the free speech rights of pro-life counselors and crafted by the same individuals who have refused to curtail the racist, anti-Christian, and hate-themed displays that are a regular fixture in the windows of the city's abortion mill. The ordinance, drafted by City Attorney Jennifer Cacciapaglia and proposed by Alderman Karen Elyea, would forbid individuals within 100 […]

WASHINGTON, D.C., January 27, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – According to American Life League (ALL), new numbers from the Guttmacher Institute show Planned Parenthood-style sex education is having a dramatic impact on the rise in teen pregnancy rates. The study released on Wendesday shows that the teen pregnancy rate among American teens rose three percent in 2006, teen birth rates rose four percent, and abortion rates were up one percent. While Planned Parenthood rushes to paint the devastating statistics as an indictment against the Bush administration’s abstinence policy, ALL says that the timeline points to a different culprit: Planned Parenthood. “This is […]

By Peter J. Smith WASHINGTON, D.C., January 27, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Princeton legal scholar and philosopher Robert George told pro-life leaders at the March for Life Rose Dinner last Friday that the infamous Supreme Court decisions in 1973 that legalized abortion on demand unleashed “a struggle for the soul of the nation” and that as long as those decisions stand, the United States is a “nation under judgment.” Delivering the keynote address, George told the assembly gathered in the ballroom of the Grand Hyatt in Washington, D.C., that when “seven justices created a license to kill the unborn” through Roe […]

ST. PAUL, MN, January 27, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) — Attorneys with the Alliance Defense Fund filed a friend-of-the-court brief Friday with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit asking the court to reject Planned Parenthood’s attempt to block portions of South Dakota’s informed consent law. In 2005, the South Dakota Legislature passed House Bill 1166, which revised state law to require that women be given critical biological, relationship, and medical information before undergoing an abortion. Planned Parenthood, the operator of the state’s only abortion clinic, filed to suit to block implementation of the law. After the 8th Circuit lifted […]

Tories have pledged to uphold homosexualist agenda in "marriage" support

PURCELLVILLE, VA., January 27, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – On Tuesday, in a first of its kind case, a federal immigration judge in Memphis, Tennessee granted political asylum to the Romeike family, who fled Germany in 2008 to escape persecution from the German government for the “crime” of homeschooling. Judge Burman said in his decision that, “The rights being violated here are basic human rights that no country has a right to violate.” Judge Burman also expressed concern that while Germany is a democratic country and an ally, its policy of persecuting homeschoolers is “repellent to everything we believe as Americans.” The […]

By Matthew Cullinan Hoffman LONDON, January 26, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A columnist for the liberal Guardian newspaper says she has decided to reject suicide after learning that she will suffer from an incurable neurological disease, calling self-euthanasia “a fantasy.” “The case for carrying on can't be argued,” writes Charlotte Raven in her most recent column. “Suicide is rhetoric.  Life is life.” Raven wrote the column following her discovery that she has the genes for Huntington's disease, which causes a progressive breakdown of brain function, usually beginning in middle age.  Raven is 40 years old. Huntington's causes a progressive breakdown in […]

By Kathleen Gilbert WASHINGTON, D.C., January 26, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Cardinal Daniel DiNardo, the chairman of the US Bishops' pro-life office and archbishop of the Galveston-Houston diocese, urged pro-life Catholics gathered at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception Thursday to tap into the transformative love of Christ in order to become the “pro-life bread for others.” Catholics had arrived from across the nation for the Vigil Mass for Life at the National Shrine on the eve of the March for Life.  The following afternoon, an immense crowed estimated at over 300,000 filled the National Mall to […]

Church leaders fear that constitutional revision might open the door to legalizing abortion

By Peter J. Smith WASHINGTON, D.C., January 26, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Leading a delegation of Orthodox Jewish rabbis, pro-life leader Rabbi Yehuda Levin fired up hundreds of thousands of pro-life advocates gathered at the 37th March for Life, and told them to lobby their state governors to use their state’s constitutional rights and nullify Roe v. Wade. “If we make noise we can be heard and make a difference. What are we doing about abortion?” declared the rabbi in an impassioned address to the massive throng. A crowd estimated at over 300,000 pro-lifers attended the March for Life rally (the vast […]

Friday January 22, 2010 Majority of Americans, and Nearly 6 in 10 Young Adults, View Abortion as Morally Wrong: Poll Poll finds 56% of all Americans and 58% of those 18-29 years old say abortion ‘morally wrong’ NEW HAVEN, Conn., Jan. 22, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – On the eve of the 37th anniversary of the Supreme Court’s decision in Roe v. Wade, which legalized abortion throughout the United States, a new survey was released that shows a strong majority of Americans believe abortion to be “morally wrong.” The poll found that 58% of “Millennials” (or those 18-29) consider abortion to be […]

Friday January 22, 2010 Brazilian President Seeks to Secure Abortion as “Right,” Ban Crucifixes in Government Buildings Massive legislative program being called a nonviolent “coup d’etat” and a socialist party “dictatorship.” By Matthew Cullinan Hoffman, Latin American Correspondent BRAZILIA, January 22, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Brazilian President Luiz Lula da Silva has introduced a massive legislative reform package in the last year of his term that would secure abortion as a “human right,” impose socialist and homosexualist ideology in the schools and media, and ban crucifixes from government facilities, among other measures. The legislative program, which is called the Third National […]

Friday January 22, 2010 Vigil Mass for Life: 45 Bishops, 350 Priests, 65 Deacons, 550 Seminarians By John-Henry Westen WASHINGTON, DC, January 22, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Arriving over an hour early for the 6:30pm Vigil Mass for the March for Life yesterday, not only was every seat in the massive Basilica of the National Shrine occupied, but so was every good standing area. Brian McFee, his wife Molly and their children Lucas and Dominic were in the front row of seats open to the public – but to gain this distinction they had to arrive at 1pm to stake out […]

Friday January 22, 2010 John McCain’s Wife Poses for Pro-Gay “Marriage” Website By Thaddeus M. Baklinski January 22, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Cindy McCain, the wife of former Republican presidential candidate Senator John McCain, has joined a campaign supporting same-sex “marriage” by having her picture taken for the campaign’s website, and has prompted the senator to issue a clarifying statement reaffirming his opposition to gay “marriage.” In the photo for the group, NOH8, she has “NOH8” written on her face (the letters are a reference to Proposition 8, California’s ban on same sex “marriage”) and has her mouth covered in silvery […]

Friday January 22, 2010 Sarah Palin Promotes March for Life, Joins Virtual March By Patrick B. Craine WASHINGTON, D.C., January 22, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Governor Sarah Palin has used her influence to promote today’s National March for Life in Washington, D.C., and urged those who couldn’t participate to join her in the Virtual March for Life. In a note yesterday on her Facebook page, which boasts over 1.2 million fans, she emphasized the positive witness that the marchers, and the whole pro-life movement, bring to a true culture of life. “Every year hundreds of thousands of everyday Americans from across […]

Thursday January 21, 2010 Why is National Cancer Institute Covering up Link?: Abortion Breast Cancer Coalition Letter to Congress By Hilary White WASHINGTON, January 21, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The US National Cancer Institute (NIC) has again denied the link between abortion and breast cancer to a Globe and Mail reporter, despite one of their leading researchers being named as co-author on a study that admitted up to a 40 per cent increased risk of breast cancer associated with induced abortion. In 2003, Louise Brinton, NCI’s chief of the Hormonal and Reproductive Epidemiology branch, was an organizer of the NCI workshop […]

Monday January 18, 2010 New Study Reveals TV Viewing Associated with Premature Death By Thaddeus M. Baklinski MELBOURNE, Australia, January 18, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Australian researchers at the Baker IDI Heart and Diabetes Institute have found that mortality rates from all causes and especially from cardiovascular disease are significantly higher with increased television viewing time in adults. The research team led by Dr. David Dunstan examined the associations of prolonged television viewing time with all-cause, cardiovascular disease (CVD), cancer, and non-CVD/noncancer mortality in Australian adults. The study found that each hour spent in front of the television daily was associated […]

Friday January 22, 2010 Planned Parenthood Trains Ecuadorean Children to Inject Each Other with Contraceptives By Thaddeus M. Baklinski ECUADOR, January 22, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – An article in Global Health magazine by Planned Parenthood vice president of international programs, Veena Siddharth, states that the world’s biggest abortion promoter is now training children as young as 11 to inject their fellows with the abortifacient injectable birth-control drug Depo-Provera. In the article, Siddharth introduces “Juan” as a participant in the training program. “What if I told you that Juan, a community health worker in rural Ecuador, is providing injectable contraceptives outside the […]

30-35 thousand will be carried in Washington March for Life

Thursday January 21, 2010 Jennifer O’Neill, 45 Others Harmed by Abortion to Testify in Front of Supreme Court Friday WASHINGTON, Jan. 21, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Famed actress Jennifer O’Neill, civil rights activist Dr. Alveda King, and 45 Silent No More women and men from across the country will testify to their abortion experiences this Friday at 3:00 pm in front of the Supreme Court Building. “The Silent No More Awareness Campaign was born of the grief, pain, and suffering that those of us who have had abortions know all too well,” said Georgette Forney, a co-founder of the SNMAC. “We […]

Thursday January 21, 2010 Study: Low-Dose Birth Control Pills Decrease Bone Density in Young Women By Thaddeus M. Baklinski SEATTLE, January 21, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A new study showing a link between long-term use of oral contraceptives and a decrease in bone density in women under the age of 30 has found that the modern low-dose forms of estrogen pills have the greatest risk of harming a woman’s bone density. The study, published in the January issue of Contraception Journal, measured bone mineral density (BMD) of the hip, spine, and whole body to analyze how both the duration of taking […]

By Kathleen Gilbert WASHINGTON, D.C., January 25, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Asked by LifeSiteNews.com (LSN) this past week to sound off on President Obama's health care overhaul, Bishop William Lori of Bridgeport, Connecticut singled out the bill's anti-life policies and massive government expansion for criticism. “The turn of events that has made it necessary for the congressional leadership to go back to the drawing board is a good thing,” Lori told LSN at the Vigil Mass for Life Thursday evening at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception. The surprise victory of Republican Scott Brown of Massachusetts Tuesday […]

White House to retool health care image with Obama campaign guru Plouffe

By Thaddeus M. Baklinski SAN FRANCISCO, January 25, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – At least 35,000 pro-lifers marched along San Francisco's waterfront in the 6th annual Walk for Life West Coast on Saturday, January 23. Frank Lee, coordinator of Asian Americans Pro-Life, led the rally in a prayer at the start, saying: “Every life is precious and should be cherished.  We have a tough battle in front of us, but we shall overcome when we combine our efforts to make it a perfect whole!” Started by a group of San Franciscans in 2005, the Walk for Life West Coast aims to affirm […]

By Patrick B. Craine TORONTO, Ontario, January 25, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty did a major overhaul of his cabinet last week. From the viewpoint of pro-family advocates, however, McGuinty’s most significant move was to transfer lesbian and gay activist Kathleen Wynne (Don Valley West) from Education to Transportation. Wynne has insisted in the past that she did not enter politics as a “gay activist”; but as Education Minister she has made it her mission to promote “equity” in Ontario's schools, which has included promoting openness to homosexuality. Before entering politics, Wynne helped found an organization that raised […]

MINNEAPOLIS, Jan. 25, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) - Human Life Alliance (HLA) and Students for Life of America (SFLA) have announced the second annual Campus Impact Award challenge which offers $1,000 in prizes to student clubs that promote pro-life activism during the months of February and March. The Award encourages students to act upon their pro- life beliefs after the March for Life and other pro-life walks. Tens of thousands of young people turn out for these local and national events. “We're asking students to step up and be a catalyst for pro-life action on their campus,” said HLA Deputy Director Joe Langfeld. […]

Friday January 15, 2010 Lithuania Supports Italy in European Crucifix Case By Hilary White January 15, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Lithuania has announced its support for Italy after Italy signalled its refusal to comply with an order by the European Court of Human Rights to remove crucifixes from public school rooms. The Lithuanian Parliament’s Committee on Foreign Affairs has “expressed its regret” over the ruling banning crucifixes and says it is not grounded in law. “The use of crucifixes in public space does not violate the freedom to choose a religion to exercise,” the committee said Wednesday. The committee noted that […]

Friday January 15, 2010 Canadian Ambassador to the Vatican Appreciates Pope’s Pro-Life Take on Environmentalism By Patrick B. Craine ROME, Italy, January 15, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – In an interview on Tuesday with Vatican Radio, Canada’s ambassador to the Holy See, Anne Leahy, emphasized her appreciation of Pope Benedict XVI’s insistence on the centrality of human life to environmental concerns. “I think you’ll have to be struck by the continuity in the Pope’s thought,” she said. She pointed in particular to his newest encyclical Caritas in Veritate, where, she said, “he insisted on the holistic nature of creation.” “If you want […]

Wednesday January 20, 2010 Political Asylum Ruling Expected Today for German Homeschooling Family By Peter J. Smith MEMPHIS, Tennessee, January 20, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A federal immigration judge in Memphis is expected to issue a ruling today on the case of a German family that applied for political asylum after suffering persecution from the German government over homeschooling their children. Uwe and Hannelore Romeike fled Germany and sought safe haven within the United States in 2008 after enduring years of punishment from the German government for educating their five children at home in conformity with their Christian values – a […]

Wednesday January 20, 2010 Several Catholic Colleges Mobilize to March for Life MANASSAS, Virginia, January 20, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com – This Friday, January 22, many students from Catholic colleges and universities recommended to families in The Newman Guide to Choosing a Catholic College will participate in the annual March for Life in Washington, D.C. “Colleges in The Newman Guide are recommended for their commitment to a strong Catholic identity, so it is no surprise that many of them have delegations coming to the March for Life,” said Patrick J. Reilly, President of The Cardinal Newman Society. “These faithfully Catholic institutions are […]

Wednesday January 20, 2010 Study: Teens who Get Intoxicated Regularly are More Likely to be Sexually Active OTTAWA, January 20, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A new study released yesterday by the Institute of Marriage and Family Canada has revealed that teens who become intoxicated regularly and smoke marijuana are more likely to become sexually active, among other findings. The study, which focused on teens between the ages of 14 and 19 inclusive, used data from Statistics Canada’s National Longitudinal Survey of Children and Youth to draw correlations between drug use, drunkenness, time spent with a boyfriend or girlfriend and teen decisions […]

Friday January 22, 2010 U.S. Congressmen Decry Abortion on Anniversary of Roe v. Wade By Patrick B. Craine WASHINGTON, D.C., January 22, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – On Friday, the eve of the 37th anniversary of “one of the … darkest days in U.S. history,” in the words of Rep. Jean Schmidt (R-OH), a contingent of pro-life politicians rose in the U.S. House of Representatives to condemn Roe v. Wade, the Supreme Court decision that imposed a “right” to abortion on the country. Rep. Joe Pitts (R-PA) began, expressing his gratitude to the throngs of pro-life supporters flooding the capital for Friday’s […]

Thursday January 21, 2010 Unsung Pro-Life Hero Retires from Senior Vatican Post By Austin Ruse WASHINGTON, D.C., January 21, 2010 (C-FAM) – United Nations (UN) pro-lifers are saluting a man they consider one of the great, unsung heroes of the international pro-life and pro-family movements. Cardinal Renato Martino, longtime papal nuncio to the United Nations, has retired after 47 years of service to the Holy See, most of which was spent in the diplomatic service. Cardinal Martino served as papal nuncio at the UN from 1986 to 2002, a period in which UN abortion debates reached their high water mark […]

Wednesday January 20, 2010 40 Days for Life Lines up 156 Cities for Next Campaign WASHINGTON, D.C., January 20, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – 156 cities from coast to coast in the U.S. – plus four Canadian provinces and three Australian states – have stepped up to host 40 Days for Life campaigns during the next international campaign – which begins February 17 and runs through March 28. “While many see a time of darkness this week as the United States marks the 37th anniversary of the Roe v. Wade Supreme Court ruling that imposed abortion on America, and as the U.S. […]

Wednesday January 20, 2010 Researcher: Abortion is $38.5 Trillion Drag on the Economy MT. FREEDOM, NJ, January 20, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – In its latest estimate on the economic impact of abortion, the Movement for a Better America is reporting that the abortion toll is projected to climb to a new high of 52,333,000 as of January 22, 2010, the 37th anniversary of Roe V. Wade. The group also estimated that the economic impact has risen to $38.5 trillion in lost U.S. Gross Domestic Product (GDP) since 1970. “This year alone, the impact involved another $2.45 trillion, or roughly equal to […]

Obama Offers Scaled-Back Version of Bill

Thursday January 14, 2010 U.K. Needs a “Tougher” Church: Former Archbishop of Canterbury By Thaddeus M. Baklinski LONDON, January 14, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Lord Carey, who was succeeded as Archbishop of Canterbury by Rowan Williams, has stated that unless established religion speaks out to preserve the country’s Christian heritage the nation’s future “social harmony” is at risk. Lord Carey said, “I think we need a tougher Church. We Christians are very often so soft that we allow other people to walk over us and we are not as tough in what we want, in expressing our beliefs, because we do […]

Tuesday January 19, 2010 International Planned Parenthood Capitalizing on Haiti Earthquake with New Fundraiser By Patrick B. Craine PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti, January 19, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Capitalizing on the compassion of developed nations towards Haiti following the disastrous 7.0 scale earthquake last Tuesday, the International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF) has launched a fundraising appeal in order to further their aims in the devastated pro-life nation. Within a day of the disaster, IPPF had sent out an appeal letter, seeking “urgent” support for their Haitian affiliate PROFAMIL. IPPF, the world’s largest abortion provider, claims that funds are needed in order to restore […]

Tuesday January 19, 2010 Showdown: Mass. Voters Take to Polls as Health Bill Hangs in the Balance By Kathleen Gilbert WASHINGTON, D.C., January 19, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A broad undercurrent of discontent over the health care bill has turned national attention to the outcome of Massachusetts’ special Senate election today: a win by Republican U.S. Senatorial candidate Scott Brown would provide a devastating indictment of the health bill – and more importantly, could spell the demise of the bill altogether. Brown’s sudden and explosive rise in popularity may be the first substantial turn of events in the health bill saga […]

Monday January 18, 2010 Pope Calls on Jews to Work with Christians to Protect Life and Family By Hilary White, Rome correspondent ROME, January 18, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – During his visit this Sunday to Rome’s principal synagogue, Pope Benedict XVI called on Jews and Christians alike to defend the unborn and vulnerable, citing the Ten Commandments as the foundation of the pro-life, pro-human philosophy shared by both religious traditions. The Ten Commandments, the pope said, constitute “a beacon and a norm of life in justice and love, a ‘great ethical code’ for all humanity.” This Sunday’s visit was the first […]

Fr. Frank Pavone - the results mark a "pendulum swing"

Wednesday January 20, 2010 Former Abortionist Cites Over-Population as Reason to Deny Haitians Refuge in U.S. FT. LAUDERDALE, FL, January 20, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – In an article published January 16, former abortionist Joyce Tarnow advocates denying refuge in Florida to devastated Haitians over fears that this would lead to overpopulation in the state. The article, published in the Ft. Lauderdale Sun Sentinel, discusses the possibility of refugees from the recent earthquake in Haiti ending up in Florida. Tarnow states, “We have to enforce our borders. There’s nothing more permanent than a temporary visa.” Even though many Haitians now find themselves […]

Wednesday January 20, 2010 License Revoked, but Abortion Clinic Continues Operations NEW ORLEANS, LA, January 20, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Gentilly Medical Clinic for Women in New Orleans, Louisiana, is still taking appointments for abortions and seeing abortion patients even though it has had its operating license revoked by the Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals this week, reports Operation Rescue. The clinic was charged with violating laws requiring that abortion clinics have a licensed nurse on staff, and that they have proper state and federal licensing for controlled substances. Abortionist Ifeanyi Charles Anthony Okpalobi (pronounced ok-PAH-luh-bee), a Nigerian national, […]

Thursday July 10, 2008 UK Tribunal Rules that Christian Cannot be Forced to Conduct Gay Partnership Ceremony By Hilary White LONDON, July 10, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Islington Council, by trying to force a civil marriage registrar to participate in homosexual domestic partnership ceremonies, perpetrated a “violation” of her dignity and “created an intimidating, hostile, degrading, humiliating or offensive environment.” In unexpectedly strong language, the Central London Employment Tribunal has ruled that Lillian Ladele, a Christian civil marriage registrar, cannot be forced to act contrary to her conscience in conducting homosexual domestic partnership ceremonies. The panel ruled, “Islington Council rightly […]

Monday January 18, 2010 Russian Health Minister: Country Must Reduce Abortions to Boost Population By Patrick B. Craine MOSCOW, Russia, January 18, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Russia’s Health Minister has called for a reduction of abortions in the country as a way of improving its meagre population growth. “The topic of reducing abortions is definitely on today’s agenda,” stated Health Minister Tatyana Golikova on Monday. “This won’t solve the birthrate problem 100 percent, but around 20 to 30 percent.” In 2006, then-President Vladimir Putin identified the country’s low birth rate as its greatest problem, though he did not draw the connection […]

Monday January 18, 2010 Catholic Judge Under Microscope in Trial of Tiller’s Killer By James Tillman WICHITA, KANSAS, January 18, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) — The judge handling the trial of Scott Roeder, the confessed killer of abortionist George Tiller, has come under intense scrutiny since he declined to block Roeder’s defense attorney from trying to build a case that Roeder is guilty of voluntary manslaughter, and not first degree murder. Roeder is under trial for one count of first-degree murder in the May 31 slaying of Dr. George Tiller in his church, and for two counts of aggravated assault for brandishing […]

Tuesday January 19, 2010 Hawaii Faces Same-Sex Civil Unions Vote Today By Hilary White HONOLULU, January 19, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Thousands of pro-family demonstrators filled the state capital of Hawaii this Sunday, telling legislators that homosexual “civil unions” are not welcome in their state. Attendees at the event, sponsored by the Hawaii Family Forum, were joined by Lt. Gov. James Aiona, Honolulu Mayor Mufi Hannemann and several state lawmakers. Similar events were held across the state, with hundreds more rallying at the State Building in Wailuku. At the same time, about a hundred homosexualist activists and their supporters held an […]

Wednesday January 13, 2010 Revealed: Top Commentator on Health Bill Under $400K White House Contract By Kathleen Gilbert WASHINGTON, D.C., January 12, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – An expert economist who has commented influentially in favor of President Obama’s health care overhaul in major publications, touting the bill’s purported cost-saving effects, has been under a $400,000 contract to model those effects for the Obama administration – unbeknownst to many in the journalistic sphere. Politico reported Friday that MIT Economist Jon Gruber failed to disclose the fiscal relationship, most of which was established last June, while he offered commentary on the health bill […]

Massive legislative program being called a nonviolent "coup d'etat" and a socialist party "dictatorship."

Poll finds 56% of all Americans and 58% of those 18-29 years old say abortion 'morally wrong'

By Thaddeus M. Baklinski ECUADOR, January 22, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – An article in Global Health magazine by Planned Parenthood vice president of international programs, Veena Siddharth, states that the world's biggest abortion promoter is now training children as young as 11 to inject their fellows with the abortifacient injectable birth-control drug Depo-Provera. In the article, Siddharth introduces “Juan” as a participant in the training program. “What if I told you that Juan, a community health worker in rural Ecuador, is providing injectable contraceptives outside the clinic setting to indigenous community members? “What if I told you that Juan is actually […]

By Patrick B. Craine WASHINGTON, D.C., January 22, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – On Friday, the eve of the 37th anniversary of “one of the … darkest days in U.S. history,” in the words of Rep. Jean Schmidt (R-OH), a contingent of pro-life politicians rose in the U.S. House of Representatives to condemn Roe v. Wade, the Supreme Court decision that imposed a “right” to abortion on the country. Rep. Joe Pitts (R-PA) began, expressing his gratitude to the throngs of pro-life supporters flooding the capital for Friday's March for Life.  The marchers, he said, gather to “mourn the loss” of the […]

Report also says most Canadians are woefully unaware of the country's current status-quo on abortion.

Monday January 18, 2010 Paris March for Life Unites 25,000 French Pro-Lifers PARIS, January 18, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – 25,000 pro-lifers, consisting largely of families and youth, marched peacefully against abortion in Paris on Sunday in the 6th annual Paris “March for Life.” The event brought together 15 French pro-life advocacy groups against abortion on the 35th anniversary of its legalization in the country. Cécile Edel, president of Choisir La Vie, called upon her countrymen to reflect upon “the disastrous result” of 35 years of legal abortion: the “unspeakable sufferings” of millions of women, and the “blatant injustice” towards millions of […]

Wednesday January 13, 2010 Free the ND 88 Petition Launched – Asks Notre Dame to Drop Charges against Pro-Life Protesters January 13, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – On Wednesday, a petition to “Free the Notre Dame 88” was launched. The petition is co-sponsored by Human Life International (HLI), the Thomas More Society and LifeSiteNews.com. It is addressed to University of Notre Dame President Fr. John Jenkins, and urges him publicly to ask that the charges against the 88 pro-lifers who were arrested on the Notre Dame campus in May of last year be dropped. “During the Obama scandal controversy, Fr. Jenkins repeatedly […]

WASHINGTON, Jan.  21, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Famed actress Jennifer O'Neill, civil rights activist Dr. Alveda King, and 45 Silent No More women and men from across the country will testify to their abortion experiences this Friday at 3:00 pm in front of the Supreme Court Building. “The Silent No More Awareness Campaign was born of the grief, pain, and suffering that those of us who have had abortions know all too well,” said Georgette Forney, a co-founder of the SNMAC. “We are growing in number because women have found that abortion is not the answer, it's the problem.” Fr. Frank […]

By Patrick B. Craine CALGARY, Alberta, January 21, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) has revoked the charitable status of Kings Glory Fellowship (KGF), a Christian church in Calgary.  CRA cites a number of issues with KGF's application, but the decision is based, in part, on the ground that certain KGF Board members have spoken out strongly against abortion, and other moral issues. “The members of the Board of Directors espouse strong negative views about sensitive and controversial issues, which may also be viewed as political, such as abortion, homosexuality, divorce, etc.,” wrote CRA agent Dian Prodanov in […]

By Hilary White WASHINGTON, January 21, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The US National Cancer Institute (NIC) has again denied the link between abortion and breast cancer to a Globe and Mail reporter, despite one of their leading researchers being named as co-author on a study that admitted up to a 40 per cent increased risk of breast cancer associated with induced abortion. In 2003, Louise Brinton, NCI’s chief of the Hormonal and Reproductive Epidemiology branch, was an organizer of the NCI workshop in 2003 that told women it is “well established” that “abortion is not associated with increased breast cancer risk.” […]

Monday January 18, 2010 Updated List of Canadian Pro-Life Charities Working in Haiti on Disaster Relief By John-Henry Westen January 18, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The following is a partial list of confirmed pro-life Canadian organizations that are involved in Disaster Relief in Haiti. Missionaries of Charity 185 Dunn Ave. Toronto, Ontario N6K2S1 Canada (Note: Donation should include note asking funds to be directed to their Haiti relief efforts. While the Missionaries cannot accept online or phone donations, monies donated to the Missionaries will be put directly into the hands of the Haitian Missionaries of Charity.) Reformed Churches of Canada’s effort, […]

Monday January 18, 2010 Thousands Protest Abortion in Arkansas By James Tillman LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS, January 18, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) — Yesterday thousands of protestors thronged the streets of Little Rock, Arkansas to walk 13 blocks to the state capitol to protest the legalization of abortion and call for its repeal in the 32nd annual March for Life. Emmett Guillory with Arkansas Right to Life said, “We can talk about healthcare, the economy, troubles in the world, but if we don’t get right the life issue, those quality of life issues don’t matter, so hopefully they’ll come to realize that and […]

Monday January 18, 2010 Baby Blue Laces Campaign Raises Funds For Pro-Life Organizations By Thaddeus M. Baklinski January 18, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Baby Blue Laces for Life is a new pro-life awareness campaign with the two-fold focus of encouraging pro-lifers to show where they stand on life issues, and to raise money for pro-life non-profit organizations and crisis pregnancy centers in financial need. The founder of Baby Blue Laces for Life, David Pico, told LifeSiteNews.com that the campaign has quickly gained interest, exposure, and support from pro-life communities nationwide. “By wearing shoelaces in a baby blue color with the words […]

Monday January 18, 2010 International Pro-Life Leaders Come to US Capitol to Protest U.S. Anti-Life Policies FRONT ROYAL, VA, January 18, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – International Pro-Life leaders from Africa, Europe, South America, Asia and Oceania have come to the United State’s capitol to stand with Americans and protest the expansion of anti-life policies under the Obama administration. The international leaders, who are associated with Human Life International (HLI), will speak at a conference on January 22 at the Washington Court Hotel in Washington, D.C. before joining the hundreds of thousands of other pro-lifers in the March for Life. “America’s March […]

MT. FREEDOM, NJ, January 20, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – In its latest estimate on the economic impact of abortion, the Movement for a Better America is reporting that the abortion toll is projected to climb to a new high of 52,333,000 as of January 22, 2010, the 37th anniversary of Roe V. Wade. The group also estimated that the economic impact has risen to $38.5 trillion in lost U.S. Gross Domestic Product (GDP) since 1970.  “This year alone, the impact involved another $2.45 trillion, or roughly equal to half the GDP of Germany and France combined,” said the Movement in a […]

OTTAWA, January 20, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A new study released yesterday by the Institute of Marriage and Family Canada has revealed that teens who become intoxicated regularly and smoke marijuana are more likely to become sexually active, among other findings. The study, which focused on teens between the ages of 14 and 19 inclusive, used data from Statistics Canada’s National Longitudinal Survey of Children and Youth to draw correlations between drug use, drunkenness, time spent with a boyfriend or girlfriend and teen decisions about sexual activity. The study found that teen girls and teen boys who smoke marijuana are 60 […]

FT. LAUDERDALE, FL, January 20, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – In an article published January 16, former abortionist Joyce Tarnow advocates denying refuge in Florida to devastated Haitians over fears that this would lead to overpopulation in the state. The article, published in the Ft. Lauderdale Sun Sentinel, discusses the possibility of refugees from the recent earthquake in Haiti ending up in Florida. Tarnow states, “We have to enforce our borders. There's nothing more permanent than a temporary visa.” Even though many Haitians now find themselves homeless after last week’s earthquake, Tarnow, who operated an abortion mill in Ft. Lauderdale for 28 […]

Monday January 18, 2010 Pro-Life March in Dallas Attracts Thousands By James Tillman DALLAS, TEXAS, January 18, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) — Thousands of Texans attended a rally and march in Dallas this Saturday, protesting legalized abortion and marking the 37th anniversary of Roe v. Wade through prayer and peaceful public witness. The day began with a rosary prayed in front of a Dallas abortion facility, before turning to a special Mass with Bishop Jevin J. Farrell of Dallas and Bishop Kevin W. Vann of Fort Worth. About 2,500 people attended. After the Mass, a throng of pro-lifers walked from the Cathedral […]

Friday January 15, 2010 Sacramento Bishop Calls for Day of Penance Jan 22 for ‘Sinful Scourge’ of Abortion By Kathleen Gilbert SACRAMENTO, California, January 14, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Sacramento Bishop Jaime Soto has declared a day of reparation for “the sinful national scourge of abortion” on the anniversary of the Roe v. Wade decision, Friday, January 22. In a December 22 letter to parishioners, Soto gave guidelines for individuals seeking to fast prayerfully as part of the day of penance, and also encouraged special works of charity. “Through our acts of penance and works of charity on this day, we […]

Friday January 15, 2010 Obama Faith Council Debates Requiring Fed. Fund Recipients to Remove Religious Symbols By Kathleen Gilbert WASHINGTON, D.C., January 14, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – President Obama’s faith council came to no clear conclusion after an impassioned debate on whether religious organizations receiving federal funds should be required to cover or remove religious symbols in service areas, reported Washington Post religion writer William Wan Tuesday. The council discussed the matter in a two-hour teleconference Monday, as it finalizes a draft report this week. The members on the teleconference also chose Melissa Rogers, the director of Wake Forest University School […]

Leaders encourage pro-lifers to lobby district offices

Thursday January 14, 2010 Legal Consultant to Vatican Denounces US Safe Schools “Czar” By Kathleen Gilbert WASHINGTON, D.C., January 13, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Helen Alvaré, a George Mason University* professor and consultant to Pope Beneditct XVI’s Council for the Laity has penned an article calling out the Obama administration for selecting Kevin Jennings, a highly controversial homosexual activist, as the White House’s “Safe Schools” Czar. “Every presidential administration in Washington DC does some things that appear stupid in hindsight,” wrote Alvaré about the decision to tap Jennings for the position, in a column posted on the Culture of Life Foundation […]

Potential health care reform killer Scott Brown leaps ahead in polls

Here in Washington, the group of about 30 pro-life leaders that we were with Tuesday evening erupted in loud cheers when the television screen showed AP's declaration of Scott Brown as the winner of the Massachusetts Senate race. You would think that a last inning, game winning home run had just been hit or a last second hockey Stanley cup goal was scored. I haven't seen anything like this before. Although Brown is far better than Coakley on life and family issues but cannot really be considered a pro-life politician, the leaders all recognized the historical significance of this dramatic […]

YOUNGSTOWN, OH (LifeSiteNews.com) – After 34 years in the abortion business, the Mahoning Women's Center in Youngstown, Ohio, permanently closed its doors on January 12, 2010. The owner has retired and the building will be sold. The closure leaves the community of Youngstown abortion-free. “This is such great news for the people of Ohio and all Americans. It means that lives will be saved,” said Operation Rescue President Troy Newman. “We know from experience that when abortion clinics close, many women who would otherwise have opted for abortion will instead happily keep their babies or release them for adoption.” The closure follows […]

HARTFORD, Connecticut, January 19, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Officials in Hartford, Connecticut have agreed to a permanent injunction against the use of a “breach of peace” statute and a “public disturbance” statute that was used to arrest and imprison a man who was preaching on public property. While proclaiming a religious message in the city of Hartford, Jesse Morrell was approached by a police officer who told him that he could not use a microphone without a permit.  Morrell agreed to speak without a microphone. Nonetheless, after a business owner complained about Morrell’s speech even without the microphone, police arrested him […]

By Patrick B. Craine PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti, January 19, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Capitalizing on the compassion of developed nations towards Haiti following the disastrous 7.0 scale earthquake last Tuesday, the International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF) has launched a fundraising appeal in order to further their aims in the devastated pro-life nation. Within a day of the disaster, IPPF had sent out an appeal letter, seeking “urgent” support for their Haitian affiliate PROFAMIL. IPPF, the world's largest abortion provider, claims that funds are needed in order to restore “basic medical services” at the PROFAMIL clinics.  According to their letter, PROFAMIL has operated […]

Friday January 15, 2010 Pro-Lifers Urged to Create Massive March for Life Presence in Lead-up to Health Vote By Kathleen Gilbert WASHINGTON, D.C., January 15, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – In what may be the final days before the abortion-expanding health care bill is pushed through U.S. Congress, pro-life leaders are issuing a clarion call to all pro-life citizens of America to join the 2010 March for Life in order to deliver to Democrat leaders an unmistakably clear message against the heatlh care bill’s abortion mandate. The March is set to take place next Friday, January 22. The enormously popular March for […]

This is U.S. March for Life week. Tomorrow, assistant editor John Jalsevac and myself head off to Washington, D.C. to meet up with Hilary White (who has flown in from Rome) and Kathleen Gilbert for meetings tomorrow evening and Wednesday. On Thursday, John-Henry Westen, Tim Waggoner, Peter Smith and Matt Anderson arrive to join Hilary and Kathleen to cover the March for Life activities, give a few talks and man our display table in the March for Life exhibits area at the Hyatt Regency near the Capitol buildings. With all this going on our publication of stories this week may […]

By John-Henry Westen January 18, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The following is a partial list of confirmed pro-life Canadian organizations that are involved in Disaster Relief in Haiti. Missionaries of Charity185 Dunn Ave. Toronto, Ontario N6K2S1 Canada(Note: Donation should include note asking funds to be directed to their Haiti relief efforts. While the Missionaries cannot accept online or phone donations, monies donated to the Missionaries will be put directly into the hands of the Haitian Missionaries of Charity.) Reformed Churches of Canada's effort, Coram Deo International Aidhttps://www.cdiacanada.com/  Aid to the Church in Needhttps://www.acn-aed-ca.org/1-anglais/eindex2.htm Chalicehttps://www.chalice.ca/ Serving Charityhttps://www.servingcharity.com/

By Kathleen Gilbert Houston, Texas, January 18, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – In honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, national spiritual and political leaders joined a sign-waving crowd of what is being reported as “thousands” of pro-lifers in Houston today to rally against what they called a “prenatal racial genocide” perpetrated by Planned Parenthood through abortion. In April, Planned Parenthood purchased a six-story, 78,000-square-foot former bank building in Houston to turn into the nation's largest abortion mill. The building is situated in an 80% minority community area. The move sparked outrage from pro-lifers, who said that Planned Parenthood began as a […]

FRONT ROYAL, VA, January 18, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – International Pro-Life leaders from Africa, Europe, South America, Asia and Oceania have come to the United State’s capitol to stand with Americans and protest the expansion of anti-life policies under the Obama administration. The international leaders, who are associated with Human Life International (HLI), will speak at a conference on January 22 at the Washington Court Hotel in Washington, D.C. before joining the hundreds of thousands of other pro-lifers in the March for Life. “America’s March for Life is now the world’s March for Life,” said Joseph Meaney, Director of International Coordination […]

Thursday January 14, 2010 Pelosi’s Archbishop Corrects Her “Fundamental Misconceptions” on Catholic Faith By Kathleen Gilbert SAN FRANCISCO, California, January 14, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s claim that her pro-abortion agenda is compatible with the Catholic faith represents a “fundamental misconception” of church teaching, according to Archbishop George H. Niederauer of San Francisco, the Speaker’s bishop. Archbishop Niederauer confronted the Speaker’s controversial remarks in a column in the Catholic San Francisco newspaper Wednesday. Discussing her conflict with U.S. bishops on abortion and homosexuality in a December Newsweek interview, Pelosi claimed that restricting abortion amounts to a violation […]

Thursday January 14, 2010 UN: Elderly to Outnumber Children for First Time in 2045 By Kathleen Gilbert January 14, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A new report from the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs concludes that the number of elderly people worldwide will outnumber children for the first time in 2045, forecasting the start of a “demographic winter” some experts say could constitute the biggest international crisis in the coming century. According to the report, “World Population Ageing 2009,” 22% of the world’s population will be older than 60 years within forty years – a jump from 11% in […]

Thursday January 14, 2010 Operation Rescue Offers $10,000 to Abortion Clinic “Whistleblowers” WICHITA, KS, January 14, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Operation Rescue announced today that it is offering a $10,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of abortionists who are breaking the law. The campaign, known as Abortion Whistleblowers, is encouraging abortion clinic workers and others to come forward and tell what they know about abortion clinic abuses. The Abortion Whistleblowers campaign will include a series of ads on the radio and on sites like Craig’s List, Facebook, Youtube, and other social networking sites. It will also include […]

Thursday January 14, 2010 “Pro-Choice” but Spreading Natural Family Planning By Patrick B. Craine EDMONTON, Alberta, January 14, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Contrary to the popular understanding, Catholics are not the only ones interested in or promoting natural family planning (NFP). One secular organization in Edmonton, despite being avowedly in favor of “reproductive freedom,” has responded to the increasing body of evidence highlighting the dangers of hormonal contraceptives (i.e. the pill) and is now working to convince women that NFP is a far better method of controlling fertility. Geraldine Matus, founder of Justisse Healthworks for Women (JHW) has been teaching natural […]

Thursday January 14, 2010 New Hampshire House Strikes Down Assisted Suicide Bill By Kathleen Gilbert CONCORD, New Hampshire, January 14, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The New Hampshire House of Representatives on Wednesday rejected a bill that would have legalized assisted suicide. Lawmakers voted 242-113 to kill the measure. In November, the House Judiciary Committee had recommended against passing the bill by a wide margin, 14-3. HB 304, introduced by Representative Charles Weed, would have allowed a “mentally competent person who is 18 years of age or older” who was deemed terminally ill to request a fatal drug through a written request. […]

Wednesday January 13, 2010 Huge Victory for Homeschoolers in New Hampshire PURCELLVILLE, Virginia, January 13, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – On Wednesday, the New Hampshire House of Representatives resoundingly rejected a draconian homeschool proposal by voting 324-34 to maintain the current law. “Winning by such a significant margin is welcome relief for New Hampshire homeschool families,” said Mike Donnelly, staff attorney for HSLDA. Rank and file Democrats joined Republicans to support homeschoolers when Democratic leaders did not oppose Education Chair Emma Rouse (D) and Representative Judith Day (D) from using House procedures to bring a vote to the floor of the whole […]

Wednesday January 13, 2010 US Bishops: Defense of Marriage “One of the Premier Social Justice Issues of Our Time” WASHINGTON, January 13, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Archbishop Joseph Kurtz of Louisville, chairman of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) Ad Hoc Committee for the Defense of Marriage, recently praised a January 7 New Jersey State Senate vote to preserve the definition of marriage as between one man and one woman. “On behalf of the bishops’ Ad Hoc Committee, I am grateful for the courage of those New Jersey senators who stood for the truth of marriage as a bulwark […]

Wednesday January 13, 2010 UK Party Leader Says Faith Schools Must Teach Homosexuality is “Normal and Harmless” By Thaddeus M. Baklinski LONDON, January 13, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – U.K. Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg is wooing the vote of British homosexuals by stating that his party (the third largest party in the U.K.) would legislate that all faith schools in the UK would be legally obliged to teach their students that homosexuality is normal and without any risk to physical or mental health. In an interview with the gay lifestyle magazine Attitude, Clegg outlined a number of proposals to advance ‘”gay […]

Tuesday January 12, 2010 Liberalism Killing French Catholic Church: Traditionalists Taking Over By Hilary White ROME, January 12, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Catholic Church in France, among the places where the fashionable “liberalism” of the 1960s and ‘70s has most taken hold, is dying out, with Mass attendance, priestly vocations and seminarians at record lows. At the same time, the growth of the doctrinally and liturgically “traditional” movements, who tend to be strongly pro-life and pro-family, is continuing. The Institut français d’opinion publique (IFOP Institute) has just issued its survey on the situation of the Church in France and reports […]

Tuesday January 12, 2010 Faith in Obama’s Health Handling Hits New Low By Kathleen Gilbert WASHINGTON, D.C., January 12, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A new poll released by CBS News shows that public approval of President Obama’s handling of the health care overhaul has reached a new low. In the telephone poll conducted Jan. 6-10, only 36 percent of Americans said they approve of Obama’s handling of health care, while 54 percent disapprove. Obama’s latest approval rating shows a six-point drop from last month, and is eleven points lower than the 47% approval rating in October. Since then, the atmosphere of […]

Tuesday January 12, 2010 Western Europe Sees Rise in Homosexual Gov’t Officials By Kathleen Gilbert January 12, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – More influential political positions in Western Europe are being taken over by individuals who openly profess themselves as homosexual. A Time.com article to be published January 18 highlights the ascendency of several open homosexuals in various positions across Europe. The most widely-publicized of these is Iceland’s Prime Minister Johanna Sigurdardottir, who was elected last February, thereby becoming the first openly homosexual world leader. Interestingly, Sigurdardottir’s sexual orientation reportedly received little media attention within Iceland itself. Margret Bjornsdottir, the director of […]

Tuesday January 12, 2010 Vancouver Archbishop Compares Abortion to Slaughter of the Innocents By John-Henry Westen VANCOUVER, January 12, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – In his homily for the annual pro-life Mass on December 28, Vancouver Archbishop Michael Miller began by expressing his gratitude to pro-lifers “for your willingness not just to affirm the sacrosanct value of every human life but to work and pray that this value be recognized as absolutely necessary to the common good of society.” The Mass was celebrated on December 28 – the feast of the Holy Innocents – which commemorates the babies slain in Bethlehem as […]

Tuesday January 12, 2010 Alveda King: Reid’s Racial Insensitivity Exceeded by Disregard for Unborn ATLANTA, January 12, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – After news broke of controversial remarks by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid concerning President Obama’s race, Dr. Alveda King, Director of African American Outreach for Priests for Life and niece of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., called out the top Democrat for his discriminatory stance against the personhood of unborn children. Reid has since made the public rounds asking forgiveness for private remarks made in 2008, when he referred to then-presidential candidate Barack Obama as “light-skinned” and “with no Negro […]

Thursday January 14, 2010 Pro-Life Candidate Battles for Chairmanship of European People’s Party By Piero A. Tozzi, J.D. and Emanuele Rizzardi January 14, 2009 (C-FAM) – A battle over leadership of the European People’s Party (EPP), the Christian Democratic grouping in the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), is pitting an Italian pro-life stalwart against socially-liberal counterparts from Holland and Sweden. The leading social conservative candidate is Luca Volontè, currently the chairman of the Italian Christian Democratic caucus within the Italian national parliament. He is a long-time associate of Europe’s best-known Catholic politician, Rocco Buttiglione, sharing similar political […]

Thursday January 14, 2010 Display with Ten Commandments Ruled Constitutional by Court of Appeals January 14, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – On Thursday the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in favor of a display including the Ten Commandments in Leitchfield, KY, on the second floor of Grayson County’s courthouse. The display, entitled “Foundations of American Law and Government,” includes the Ten Commandments, Magna Carta, Mayflower Compact, Declaration of Independence, Bill of Rights, Preamble to the Kentucky Constitution, Star-Spangled Banner, National Motto, and a picture of Lady Justice, with an explanation of the significance of each. The display is intended to showcase […]

Thursday January 14, 2010 Christendom College Closes to Protest Abortion at March for Life FRONT ROYAL, VA, January 14, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Christendom College, a private Catholic college located in Virginia, says that it will close its doors on Friday, January 22 and its Student Activities Council will charter busses enabling the entire student body to attend the 2010 March for Life in Washington D.C. “This is one of my favorite things about Christendom,” said Cyrus Artz, a senior and President of Students for Life. “This college recognizes our responsibility to the unborn and enables the entire College community to […]

Wednesday January 13, 2010 Online Exposure to Adult Porn Adversely Affects Children’s Sexual Behavior: Report NEW YORK, Jan. 13, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Morality in Media (MIM) has published a 10-page paper reporting evidence that exposure to hardcore adult pornography on the Internet can adversely affect children’s sexual behavior and attitudes about sex. The evidence includes published observations of clinical psychologists, police and prosecutors, educators, rape crisis professionals, social workers and others, as well as social science research. The paper is the second MIM publication in recent months exposing the connection between adult pornography and harm to children. The paper is […]

Tuesday January 12, 2010 “Tolerance” Panel Causes Uproar at Orthodox Jewish University By Thaddeus M. Baklinski NEW YORK, January 12, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A Canadian homosexual student at New York’s Yeshiva University has caused an uproar and precipitated a fierce backlash from students and school administration after he organized a panel discussion defending “tolerance” of homosexuals within the school and the wider Orthodox Jewish community. According to the Yeshiva University student newspaper, The Commentator, the event was organized by the YU Tolerance Club, which was founded last year by Avi Kopstick of Toronto. The panel discussion, titled “Being Gay in […]

Wednesday January 13, 2010 LSN NewsBytes – January 13, 2009 * 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. Compiled by Steve Jalsevac LIFE ISSUES Proposition 71 a “Failure” Wesley J. Smith California’s Proposition 71 was intended to create a $3 billion West Coast counterpart to the National Institutes of Health, empowered to go where the NIH could not — either because of federal policy or funding restraints on biomedical research centered on human embryonic stem cells…Five years later, ESCR […]

Monday January 11, 2010 Pope Benedict Reframing Environment Issues to Include Humanity, Born and Unborn By Hilary White, Rome correspondent ROME, January 11, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The protection of the environment must be connected to the protection of human life, particularly the unborn, said Pope Benedict XVI today. In his annual address to the Vatican diplomatic corps, Pope Benedict XVI attempted to disassociate concerns for the environment from the anti-human population control ideologies that often characterise the environmentalist movement. Referring to his Message for the 2010 World Day of Peace in which he urged “all persons of good will … […]

Check out https://www.thineeyes.org/ for the first serious film documentary of the Washington March for Life. Also see the first nine minutes of this inspiring film at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aioT3fZHWWI. The Washington March for Life is a must attend event for those who comprehend the great need to end this life, culture and nation destroying evil and are able to travel to Washington. See the LSN comprehensive list of Washington March For Life events at https://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2010/jan/10010814.html. Steve JalsevacLifeSiteNews.com

Re: Potter Critic Michael O'Brien Takes on the Vampires of TwilightI found Michael O'Brien's analysis of the (unfortunately) very crazed Twilight saga very insightful and well-written. Also insightful is Catholic movie critic Steven Greydanus' review of the appeal of Twilight, entitled “Twilight Appeal: The Cult of Edward Cullen and vampire love in Stephanie Meyer's novels and the new film.” Here is the link to the website: https://decentfilms.com/articles/twilight.html I think LifeSiteNews readers would be very interested to read it. Greydanus addresses the message of chastity that Meyer allegedly tries to send her readers, as well as the problem of the definition […]

By Matthew Cullinan Hoffman January 15, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Words attributed to Cardinal Archbishop of Lisbon Jose Policarpo, in two recent articles published by LifeSiteNews, were not his, LifeSiteNews has learned from a supporter in Portugal. The original article published by LifeSiteNews (LSN) on January 7 and now corrected, erroneously claimed that the Cardinal had made statements to the effect that homosexual couples should be granted special legal rights, and also that he had made statements of sympathy regarding the homosexual cause, which was characterized in the article as “homosexualist rhetoric.” A second article on January 8 made a reference to the erroneous […]

By Kathleen Gilbert AUSTIN, Texas, January 14, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A crowd of Texans appeared before a State Board of Education panel in Austin Wednesday to make their voices heard on what should be included in, or kept out of, the account of history that will be presented to public school students. Adherents of several points of view took advantage of the opportunity to give an argument for what person, event, or subject deserved historical emphasis in the state's history textbooks.  Suggestions ranged from an admiral's plea to include more naval history, to a request for mention of Davy Crockett, […]

By Kathleen Gilbert SACRAMENTO, California, January 14, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Sacramento Bishop Jaime Soto has declared a day of reparation for “the sinful national scourge of abortion” on the anniversary of the Roe v. Wade decision, Friday, January 22.  In a December 22 letter to parishioners, Soto gave guidelines for individuals seeking to fast prayerfully as part of the day of penance, and also encouraged special works of charity. “Through our acts of penance and works of charity on this day, we will express our desire to restore a culture of life and a civilization of love in this country […]

By Kathleen Gilbert WASHINGTON, D.C., January 15, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – In what may be the final days before the abortion-expanding health care bill is pushed through U.S. Congress, pro-life leaders are issuing a clarion call to all pro-life citizens of America to join the 2010 March for Life in order to deliver to Democrat leaders an unmistakably clear message against the heatlh care bill's abortion mandate. The March is set to take place next Friday, January 22. The enormously popular March for Life has memorialized the Roe v.Wade decision each year since 1974.  The march regularly draws a vast sea of pilgrimaging […]

By Thaddeus M. Baklinski WASHINGTON, D.C., January 15, 2010 (LifeSIteNews.com) – A Washington D.C. judge has ruled that a ballot initiative against the recently approved same-sex “marriage” law would violate the District's Human Rights Act, which forbids discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation. Stand 4 Marriage DC, a coalition of the federal district's religious leaders led by Bishop Harry Jackson of Hope Christian Church had appealed for the right to put gay  “marriage” before the residents of D.C. for a vote after having been denied this prerogative by both the D.C. Ethics Board and D.C. Superior Court. In June […]

by Patrick B. Craine NEW YORK, New York, January 15, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – In a Wednesday appearance with Fox News' Glenn Beck, former vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin emphasized how important her Christian faith is to her. “There is nothing more important in my life than my relationship with God and my faith,” she told Beck.  “In this past year especially—past year and a half—I have been so driven to my knees to pray for His guidance, for His wisdom, for His grace and for His Strength.” The former Alaska governor called on fellow Americans to embrace Christianity, while pointing […]

By Kathleen Gilbert WASHINGTON, D.C., January 14, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – President Obama's faith council came to no clear conclusion after an impassioned debate on whether religious organizations receiving federal funds should be required to cover or remove religious symbols in service areas, reported Washington Post religion writer William Wan Tuesday. The council discussed the matter in a two-hour teleconference Monday, as it finalizes a draft report this week. The members on the teleconference also chose Melissa Rogers, the director of Wake Forest University School of Divinity's Center for Religion and Public Affairs, as the faith council's official chairwoman.  Rogers is […]

By Patrick B. Craine ROME, Italy, January 15, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – In an interview on Tuesday with Vatican Radio, Canada's ambassador to the Holy See, Anne Leahy, emphasized her appreciation of Pope Benedict XVI's insistence on the centrality of human life to environmental concerns. “I think you'll have to be struck by the continuity in the Pope's thought,” she said.  She pointed in particular to his newest encyclical Caritas in Veritate, where, she said, “he insisted on the holistic nature of creation.” “If you want to respect environment, you really have to start by respecting the dignity of the person, from […]

By Patrick B. Craine BOSTON, Massachusetts, January 15, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Maddy Curtis of Bluemont, Virginia, the 16-year-old daughter of an award-winning pro-life blogger, impressed American Idol judges on the show this week, who unanimously advanced her to the next round. The opening segment featured a powerful testimony about her family of 12 children, and her brothers with Down syndrome – one biological (Jonny) and three adopted (Jesse, Daniel, and Justin). Maddy explained that her parents, Tripp and Barbara, adopted their first, Jesse, so that Jonathan would have “more of a companion.”  After their first adoption, they served as a […]

Tuesday January 12, 2010 School Refused Title X Funds for Blocking Access to Morning-After Pill By Peter J. Smith NORTH BERWICK, Maine, January 12, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A Maine high school that had plans to offer contraception to students and screen for sexually transmitted diseases has been told that they cannot access federal funding for the project unless they drop their restrictions on distributing abortifacient “emergency contraception” or the “morning after pill.” The Foster’s Daily Democrat reports that Noble High School was denied Title X “family planning” funds from the federal government on the basis that offering “emergency contraception” at […]

Tuesday January 12, 2010 Mexico Catholic Church Faces Violent Reaction for Defending True Marriage By Patrick B. Craine MEXICO CITY, Mexico, January 12, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Catholic Church in Mexico has faced a violent reaction from homosexualists in the country who are upset over the Mexican bishops’ strong defence of natural marriage, reports Agenzia Fides. In response, the Archdiocese of Mexico has denounced what the bishops have labelled anti-Catholic “intolerance.” “The insults and accusations against the Catholic Church and its ministers have multiplied in recent days, not only from several politicians of the Federal District, but also among many […]

Tuesday January 12, 2010 Massachusetts Dark Horse Candidate Could Kill Health Bill By Kathleen Gilbert BOSTON, January 12, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Poll numbers are showing an anti-health care bill dark horse candidate pulling alongside Democrat senatorial candidate Martha Coakley for Massachusetts’ special U.S. senate election, which is set to be held on January 19. The numbers have raised the spectre of an upset victory, not only for conservative Massachusetts voters, but for U.S. Senate Republicans seeking one last vote to kill the Democrats’ massive abortion-expanding health care overhaul. With national polls continuing to show President Obama’s health bill out of […]

Monday January 11, 2010 Judge Throws out Nevada Personhood Referendum By James Tillman CARSON CITY, January 11, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Last Friday, a Carson City district judge threw out a proposed personhood Nevada ballot initiative on the grounds that the measure was too vague and violated the single-issue requirement for ballot initiatives. The measure would have permitted voters to amend the state constitution by defining ‘person’ to apply to every human being in Nevada, from conception. Olaf Vancura of Personhood Nevada said that the judge’s ruling would be appealed to the Nevada Supreme Court. The pro-life ballot initiative had originally […]

Tuesday January 12, 2010 Planned Parenthood Director Bemoans Lack of Info about Natural Family Planning By Patrick B. Craine CALGARY, Alberta, January 12, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – In one of a pair of recent articles by major Canadian media exploring how women are increasingly turning away from hormonal contraception, the executive director for Sexual Health Access Alberta (formerly known as Planned Parenthood Alberta), bemoans the lack of information about natural family planning. The pill has served for decades as a symbol of the feminist push for “reproductive freedom,” but in the most recent of the two articles, published yesterday in Canwest […]

Stupak on final bill: 'it has to be pretty close to Stupak language or it's not going to fly'

Monday January 11, 2010 Supreme Court Blocks Recording of Prop. 8 Trial By Peter J. Smith SAN FRANCISCO, California, January 11, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Supreme Court has blocked a federal judge’s plans to tape the trial on the California same-sex “marriage” ban for public viewing. The Court will review the concerns of attorneys defending the state constitutional amendment, who argue that the standard policy of federal courts prohibiting cameras in the courtroom should be retained in light of the potential for harassment and intimidation of key witnesses. U.S. District Judge Vaughn Walker of the Northern District of California had […]

Monday January 11, 2010 Dodd: Health Bill ‘Hanging by a Thread’; Bishops Fire New Salvo By Kathleen Gilbert WASHINGTON, D.C., January 11, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Reflecting on delicate health care negotiations currently underway, Sen. Chris Dodd (D-Conn.) has admitted that the controversial overhaul is “hanging by a thread.” “Everyone feels, I guess, to some degree who have been for this, that they would have liked something different, and that’s not uncommon when you’re considering an issue of this magnitude,” Dodd told CNBC Monday. “If this is all about surviving politically, then we’re missing the whole purpose of what we’re supposed […]

Tuesday January 12, 2010 Austria Approves Over-the-Counter Morning-After Pill By Patrick B. Craine VIENNA, Austria, January 12, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Austrian women of all ages can now obtain the abortifacient ‘morning-after’ pill without a prescription, reports the Associated Press. The change, announced before Christmas by the country’s health ministry, went into effect on December 18th. The drug is meant to be taken up to 72 hours after sexual intercourse in order to prevent or end pregnancy. It can either inhibit or delay ovulation. If the woman has already ovulated and become pregnant, however, it will kill the newly conceived baby […]

Tuesday January 12, 2010 Judge in ND88 Case Recuses Herself after Appeal is Filed NOTRE DAME, Ind., Jan. 11, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – In the ongoing case involving 88 pro-life demonstrators arrested at the University of Notre Dame in the days leading up to President Obama’s commencement speech, the assigned trial judge has recused herself. Judge Jenny Pitts Manier, whose husband is an outspokenly pro-abortion Notre Dame professor, filed an order on Jan. 6, saying that she had decided to recuse herself. The case will now be sent back to the Chief Judge of the St. Joseph County civil court for […]

Friday January 8, 2010 Pro-life Events Surrounding the Washington D.C. March for Life Compiled by Matt Anderson Note: this is an updated version of our December 23 listing of March for Life events. WASHINGTON, D.C., January 8, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – In order to help pro-life pilgrims plan their trip for the upcoming national capital March for Life, LifeSiteNews.com has compiled a list of events in and around D.C. Please check back frequently as this list will be updated as more details become available. *Note: Members of LifeSiteNews.com’s staff will be speaking or available to meet at all *starred* events. Wednesday, […]

Monday January 11, 2010 Obama-Praised Gay Activist Says God is a “Sinful Homophobic Bigot” WASHINGTON, January 11, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Frank Kameny, a “pioneering” homosexual activist who was honored by President Obama and his administration, says the God of the Bible is a “sinful homophobic bigot” who needs to “repent of his sinful homophobia.” Kameny made the assertions about the Judeo-Christian God in a letter to Peter LaBarbera of Americans For Truth About Homosexuality, October 13, 2009: “Your God of Leviticus (and of the whole Bible) is clearly a sinful homophobic bigot. He should repent of his sinful homophobia. He […]

2700 signatures to date on the Free the ND88 petition. Please promote the petition. The more names accumulated, the greater will be the petition’s impact. More good news out of New Hampshire – the people of that state clearly do NOT want legal assisted suicide. It's a relief to see Nancy Pelosi's archbishop publicly correcting her for her militant abortion support. It would also seem most appropriate if he also explicitly did the same about her aggressive and scandalous support for homosexuality and same-sex “marriage”. Even better, it seems Nancy Pelosi is perhaps the number one US Catholic politician who […]

By Patrick B. Craine EDMONTON, Alberta, January 14, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Contrary to the popular understanding, Catholics are not the only ones interested in or promoting the techniques of natural family planning (NFP). One secular organization in Edmonton, despite being avowedly in favor of “reproductive freedom,” has responded to the increasing body of evidence highlighting the dangers of hormonal contraceptives (i.e. the pill) and is now working to convince women that NFP is a far better method of controlling fertility. Geraldine Matus, founder of Justisse Healthworks for Women (JHW), has been teaching natural family planning techniques since 1977.  She uses […]

By Patrick B. Craine January 14, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Supreme Court of Canada has dismissed an application of appeal from a Prince Edward Island pro-life man who was convicted for not filing tax returns. David Little, 65, has refused to file tax returns since 1999 because a portion of the tax money is used to fund abortions.  He has contended that the Income Tax Act violates his freedom of conscience and religion by requiring him to fund a morally evil act. The former New Brunswick (NB) resident was originally convicted by the NB Provincial Court in 2007 for refusing […]

By Thaddeus M. Baklinski LONDON, January 14, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Lord Carey, who was succeeded as Archbishop of Canterbury by Rowan Williams, has stated that unless established religion speaks out to preserve the country's Christian heritage the nation's future “social harmony” is at risk. Lord Carey said, “I think we need a tougher Church. We Christians are very often so soft that we allow other people to walk over us and we are not as tough in what we want, in expressing our beliefs, because we do not want to upset other people. “We have got to be more outspoken.” […]

By Peter Jon Mitchell, Researcher, Institute of Marriage and Family Canada January 14, 2010 (imfcanada.org) – Picture the weather reports showing blustery footage of the ravages of winter. Inevitably there is footage of some unfortunate Canadian whose car is stuck in the snow, tires spinning helplessly. The more the car accelerates, the faster the tires spin and deeper the ruts become. Now we learn from a December 2009 Senate subcommittee report that decades of social program spending and anti poverty programs have resulted in years of tire spinning, entrapping Canadians in poverty. The 74 recommendations found in the report encompass […]

By Kathleen Gilbert DES MOINES, Iowa, January 13, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Chants of “let us vote!” filled the state House of Representatives on Tuesday, as a crowd of Iowans flooded the state capital Tuesday, seeking a voter referendum to decide whether the state Supreme Court should have dissolved the definition of marriage to include same-sex couples. As many as 1,000 Iowans showed their opposition to the legalization of same-sex “marriage” by the Iowa Supreme Court's activist decision last April by wearing red shirts associated with the Iowa Family Policy Center's Let Us Vote Iowa (LUV Iowa) campaign.  A smaller group […]

By Thaddeus M. Baklinski LONDON, January 13, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – U.K. Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg is wooing the vote of British homosexuals by stating  that his party (the third largest party in the U.K.) would legislate that all faith schools in the UK would be legally obliged to teach their students that homosexuality is normal and without any risk to physical or mental health. In an interview with the gay lifestyle magazine Attitude, Clegg outlined a number of proposals to advance '”gay rights” in the UK, including forcing all schools, including faith-based schools, to implement anti-homophobia bullying policies and […]

WASHINGTON, Jan. 13, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com)—Pastors across the nation have committed to using January 24 – traditionally celebrated as Sanctity of Life Sunday – as an opportunity to put their faith in action and gather signatures for the Personhood movement. “At First Baptist Jackson, we are thrilled to give our people the opportunity to sign a petition to put the Personhood Initiative on the ballot,” stated Pastor Stan Buckley, Senior Pastor of the First Baptist Church of Jackson, Mississippi. “Abortion – the taking of innocent human life – is one of the most important issues facing our state and our nation. […]

By Kathleen Gilbert NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, January 13, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Knights of Columbus (KofC) are stepping up to support the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops's campaign against the abortion-expanding Senate health care bill. The KofC has issued its own call to strike down any health care plan that introduces government funding of elective abortion. “Knights and their families are strongly urged to contact their Senators and Congressmen during the recess, and ask that they support the House language authored by Representative (and brother Knight) Bart Stupak (D-MI), which retains the long-standing policy against federal funding of abortion,” say […]

NEW YORK, Jan. 13, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Morality in Media (MIM) has published a 10-page paper reporting evidence that exposure to hardcore adult pornography on the Internet can adversely affect children's sexual behavior and attitudes about sex. The evidence includes published observations of clinical psychologists, police and prosecutors, educators, rape crisis professionals, social workers and others, as well as social science research. The paper is the second MIM publication in recent months exposing the connection between adult pornography and harm to children. The paper is a complement to “How Adult Pornography Contributes to Sexual Exploitation of Children,” a 215-page report […]

WASHINGTON, January 13, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Archbishop Joseph Kurtz of Louisville, chairman of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) Ad Hoc Committee for the Defense of Marriage, recently praised a January 7 New Jersey State Senate vote to preserve the definition of marriage as between one man and one woman. “On behalf of the bishops’ Ad Hoc Committee, I am grateful for the courage of those New Jersey senators who stood for the truth of marriage as a bulwark of the common good,” he said. The New Jersey Senate voted 20-14 to reject a same-sex “marriage” bill, just […]

January 13, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – On Wednesday, a petition to “Free the Notre Dame 88” was launched. The petition is co-sponsored by Human Life International (HLI), the Thomas More Society and LifeSiteNews.com. It is addressed to University of Notre Dame President Fr. John Jenkins, and urges him publicly to ask that the charges against the 88 pro-lifers who were arrested on the Notre Dame campus in May of last year be dropped. “During the Obama scandal controversy, Fr. Jenkins repeatedly assured us that he and Notre Dame are 100% pro-life. Yet, now he is refusing even this tiniest of olive branches […]

Monday January 11, 2010 Trial of Abortionist George Tiller’s Killer Begins Wednesday By Peter J. Smith WICHITA, Kansas, January 11, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The trial of Scott P. Roeder, the man who has admitted to killing notorious late-term abortionist George Tiller in the foyer of his church, is scheduled to commence Wednesday. The trial has been partially delayed over prosecutor concerns that Roeder could plead guilty to a lesser charge of voluntary manslaughter. Roeder faces one count of first-degree murder in the May 31 slaying of Dr. George Tiller and two counts of aggravated assault for brandishing a pistol at […]

Monday January 11, 2010 Utah Legislator Bears Child for Male Homosexual Couple By Patrick B. Craine SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, January 11, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A Utah state legislator has announced that she is serving as a surrogate mother for two homosexual men. Christine Johnson (D-Salt Lake City), who is currently four months pregnant, was artificially impregnated in September with sperm from one of the men. She agreed to act as a surrogate following a conversation in which the two men, who are her close friends, expressed frustration at the fact that the law prevented them from adopting. Utah law […]

By Patrick B. Craine CALGARY, Alberta, January 12, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – In one of a pair of recent articles by major Canadian media exploring how women are increasingly turning away from hormonal contraception, the executive director for Sexual Health Access Alberta (formerly known as Planned Parenthood Alberta), bemoans the lack of information about natural family planning. The pill has served for decades as a symbol of the feminist push for “reproductive freedom,” but in the most recent of the two articles, published yesterday in Canwest papers across the country, the SHAA director criticized the medical establishment for its pill-focused approach […]

Friday January 8, 2010 Order Transferring Child to Unrelated Lesbian Accepted in Virginia — Attorneys Appeal Evangelical Christian Lisa Miller to be forced to give daughter to lesbian with whom she shared “civi” union in Vermont By Matthew Cullinan Hoffman BEDFORD, VIRGINIA, January 8, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A Bedford County, Virginia court has accepted a custody transfer order from a Vermont court, which requires Evangelical Christian Lisa Miller to turn over her daughter to an unrelated lesbian with whom she had a relationship before converting. Meanwhile, WCAX in Vermont is reporting that a hearing has been scheduled in Rutland County […]

Friday January 8, 2010 Insurance Companies Prefer Abortion as Cheaper than Giving Birth: PP Director By Kathleen Gilbert BALTIMORE, Maryland, January 8, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A local Planned Parenthood official has bluntly admitted why health insurance companies are increasingly comfortable with covering abortions: because the choice to kill an unborn child is cheaper than giving birth. “A first trimester abortion is $300 to $450,” Baltimore Planned Parenthood CEO John Nugent told the national business magazine Forbes Thursday. “But if the gestational age is higher you’re paying for a surgical suite. That’s why the insurance companies think they should be offering […]

Friday January 8, 2010 Obama Appoints “Transgender” as Latest Homosexual Nominee By Peter J. Smith WASHINGTON, D.C., January 8, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – President Barack Obama has achieved another “first” for homosexual advocates by nominating a “transgender” man to a post in the Commerce Department. Amanda Simpson was tapped by the President to the post of Senior Technical Adviser in the Commerce Department. Amanda, formerly known as Mitchell, is a man who worked for Raytheon Missile Systems in Arizona, during which time he made the transition from “male” to “female.” “I’m truly honored to have received this appointment and am eager […]

Friday January 8, 2010 Portugal’s Parliament Gives Preliminary Approval to “Gay Marriage” while Cardinal Fiddles Bill now passes to committee for review before final vote By Matthew Cullinan Hoffman LISBON, January 8, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Portuguese Parliament has given an initial approval to a bill that will institutionalize “homosexual marriage” after encountering little resistance from the nation’s Catholic bishops and the country’s “right-wing” Social Democratic Party (PSD). The text of the legislation denies that homosexual couples will be permitted to adopt children. The Parliament also voted to deny a petition by over 90,000 Portuguese for a national referendum on […]

Friday January 8, 2010 Wall Street Journal: Health-Reform Punishes Married Couples with High Premiums By Peter J. Smith WASHINGTON, D.C., January 8, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – When it comes to saving money on health-care, the current Democratic proposals in Congress makes one thing clear: it pays for couples to cohabitate and not to get married. The Wall Street Journal reports that both bills in the US House and Senate have a built in “marriage penalty,” which for many low-income and middle-class married couples would mean an increase of at least $2,000 in annual insurance premiums than if they had not married. […]

Friday January 8, 2010 US Pro-Family Advocates Call on Gov’t to Enforce Pornography Laws By Patrick B. Craine January 8, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – While Australia, India, and China are implementing tighter internet filtering to prevent the dissemination of illegal pornography, American pro-family advocates are asking why the United States is not cracking down as well, reports Citizen Link. Hardcore pornography, which pro-family advocates maintain constitutes most of the pornographic material available now, has been illegal since the 1973 Miller v. California Supreme Court decision. In addition, federal obscenity laws were amended in 1996 to clarify that obscene material is also […]

Friday January 8, 2010 Illinois Judge Takes Children from Dad to Live with Mom, Lesbian Lover By Kathleen Gilbert CHAMPAIGN, Illinois, January 8, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A county court has granted the request of an Illinois lesbian woman that she take custody of her two young children, who will now go to live with her and her homosexual lover, 1,800 miles away from her ex-husband with whom the children had been living. Taro Iwata, who lives in Champaign, IL, reportedly plans to appeal the decision to take their two young children to live with ex-wife Karen Kelsky in Eugene, Oregon. […]

Friday January 8, 2010 Public Appearances by Sex Abuse Scandal Bishops Spark Uproar in Milwaukee By Kathleen Gilbert MILWAUKEE, Wisconsin, January 8, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Catholic Archdiocese of Milwaukee is facing outrage from a victim advocacy group after it allowed retired Archbishops Rembert Weakland of Milwaukee and Daniel E. Pilarczyk of Cincinnati, both prominent figures in the priest sex abuse scandal, to speak at a prayer service and concelebrate Mass at St. John’s Basilica. Weakland was invited to give the keynote address at the seventh biennial Cathedral Ministry Conference concerning the building’s renovation, and concelebrate alongside Pilarczyk at Archbishop […]

Experiences of authors Rowling and Meyer are similar, with both their novels "permeated with occultism"

Our Latin American correspondent Matthew Hoffman was in a car accident yesterday suffering a concussion. Thanks be to God he did not sustain life-threatening injuries. He told me that while climbing into the taxi last night that he was strangely on the side behind the driver where he never usually sat. The taxi was hit on the other side and would Matthew have been there his injuries would have been much more serious perhaps even fatal. As it is, he is stitched up with a rather large gash on the head, so your prayers for his recovery and in thanksgiving […]

* 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. Compiled by Steve Jalsevac LIFE ISSUES How The Media Have Mangled The Pro-Life StoryThis past year, I found myself chief chronicler of the two of the year's most important stories involving the pro-life movement. One was the inspiring saga of the 2009 March For Life, the largest in its 36-year history. The second was the dispiriting saga of the recently murdered late-term abortionist Dr. George Tiller. What the two stories have […]

By Hilary White, Rome correspondent ROME, January 11, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The protection of the environment must be connected to the protection of human life, particularly the unborn, said Pope Benedict XVI today. In his annual address to the Vatican diplomatic corps, Pope Benedict XVI attempted to disassociate concerns for the environment from the anti-human population control ideologies that often characterise the environmentalist movement. Referring to his Message for the 2010 World Day of Peace in which he urged “all persons of good will … to protect creation,” Pope Benedict said, “It is proper, however, that this concern and commitment […]

By Patrick B. Craine KAMPALA, Uganda, January 11, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Catholic Bishops of Uganda have spoken out about the highly controversial anti-homosexuality bill that is currently before the nation's Parliament. On behalf of the Uganda Episcopal Conference, Archbishop Cyprian K. Lwanga of Kampala writes that they support the government in its effort to uphold the natural family and traditional values, but they oppose certain of the harsher provisions in the bill, and believe that the current law against homosexuality is adequate. “The Catholic Church is clear in its teaching on homosexuality,” the letter reads.  The Church's teaching “remains […]

Friday January 8, 2010 Jennifer Lopez Down on In Vitro – So Why is IVF Contrary to Pro-Life Values Commentary By Hilary White January 7, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – I have to admit that when I hear the name Jennifer Lopez, traditional morality is not the first thing that springs to mind. Perhaps I’m being too hard on the girl, but I’m afraid the first thing I usually think of is the rather succinct but apt expression of a friend of mine: “pop-tart”. And certainly, for a young woman who spent, as she says, all her school years going through the […]

Thursday January 7, 2010 President George W. Bush to Address Legatus Summit, Receive Award January 7, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Legatus, a membership organization for Catholic business leaders, will present President George W. Bush with its prestigious Cardinal John J. O’Connor Pro-Life Award at its annual Summit, Feb. 4-6, in Dana Point, Calif. Previous recipients of the award include Fr. Frank Pavone (Priests for Life), Fr. Thomas Euteneuer (Human Life International), Judie Brown (American Life League), Sen. Rick Santorum, Sen. Sam Brownback, and Rep. Henry Hyde. President Bush will accept the award and address Legatus members for the first time since […]

Compares legality of abortion to totalitarian dictatorships of the 20th century

Thursday January 7, 2010 New Jersey Senate Kills Gay “Marriage” Bill By Kathleen Gilbert TRENTON, New Jersey, January 7, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The New Jersey state senate voted down a measure to legalize gay “marriage” this afternoon by a 20-14 margin, putting an end to a last-minute campaign to win approval before the departure of Democrat Gov. Jon Corzine, a same-sex “marriage” advocate. Prior to the vote, lawmakers went back and forth with final speeches advocating for and against S1967, the “Freedom of Religion and Equality in Civil Marriage Act.” Several lawmakers, including Richard Codey, sought to win over support […]

Thursday January 7, 2010 New York Couple Arrested for Failure to Register Homeschoolers By Kathleen Gilbert FONDA, New York, January 7, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A homeschool legal defense group will defend a New York couple in court after the parents were arrested for failing to register their four homeschooled children at the local school district for the past seven years. Richard and Margie Cressy were arrested by the Montgomery County Sheriff on child endangerement charges for not registering their children, ages 8-14, at the local district. The Cressys submitted and won official approval for their homeschool curriculum for the 2009-2010 […]

Tuesday January 5, 2010 Fox News’ Brit Hume Blasted for Inviting Tiger Woods to Consider Christianity Commentary by Catholic League president Bill Donohue NEW YORK, January 5, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Anyone who doesn’t understand the premium that Christianity puts on forgiveness is badly educated, but that is no excuse for the kind of vitriol that has been spewed against Brit Hume. For advising Tiger Woods to consider Christianity, Hume has been roundly condemned by those whose highest virtue is being non-judgmental. He has been compared to Islamic extremists by Keith Olbermann of MSNBC; he has been the subject of endless […]

Thursday January 7, 2010 Bishop Vasa Affirms Church’s Use of Excommunication By Matthew Anderson BAKER, Oregon, January 7, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Bishop Robert Vasa of Baker Oregon has written a column in the diocesan Catholic newspaper defending the Catholic Church’s teaching on and use of excommunication. The article by the outspoken and deeply pro-life bishop aims to show that the practice is motivated by mercy and charity, and that the bishops who resort to its use are not “tyrannical power mongers,” contrary to the typical mainstream media treatment of the subject. Rather, he explains that the first purpose of excommunication […]

Thursday January 7, 2010 California Abortionist Faces Revocation in Wake Of Abortion Death SAN DIEGO, CA, January 7, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – California abortionist Andrew Rutland faces an emergency suspension hearing today in San Diego. The hearing is based on a nine-count accusation filed on Christmas Eve by the California Medical Board for multiple legal violations associated with the death of an abortion patient in July, 2009. Rutland had committed a second trimester abortion on an Asian woman at an unlicensed office in San Gabriel, CA, during which he administered an overdose of lidocaine. He failed to recognize the symptoms of […]

Wednesday January 6, 2010 Houston We Have A Problem – Largest U.S. Abortion Mill to be Silently Sieged January 6, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The second largest abortion facility in the world, next to China, is being built at this present moment in Houston, Texas. On January 18 there is to be a mass mobilization of pro-life forces to march and pray outside the abortion facility. This six-story, 78,000 square foot Planned Parenthood abortion “Super Center” is right in the middle of four minority neighborhoods. Three of these neighborhoods have an average 85% Hispanic population and the fourth is 80% Black […]

Wednesday January 6, 2010 Survey: Evangelical Pastors Cite Abortion, Moral Relativism as Top Issues WASHINGTON, D.C., January 6, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A poll taken before the end of 2009 found that America’s evangelical pastors and church leaders cite abortion and moral relativism as the two most pressing moral issues faced by America today. An Evangelical Leaders Survey released Monday from the National Association of Evangelicals asked Evangelical pastors last October “What is the greatest moral issue in America today?” Respondents said abortion was their number one concern. “The moral scandal of abortion tops my list,” said Jeff Farmer of the […]

Tuesday January 5, 2010 Tim Tebow Pro-Life Superbowl Ad in the Works? By Kathleen Gilbert COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado, January 4, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Rumors of a pro-life advertisement featuring the story of University of Florida quarterback Tim Tebow and angling for a Superbowl slot have surfaced following reports of a project in the works at the Evangelical organization Focus on the Family. While as yet not publicly acknowledged, the Colorado Independent’s Rich Tosches reported that the 30-second pro-life spot is expected by insiders at Focus on the Family to highlight the popular quarterback’s mother’s refusal to abort Tebow, despite doctor’s […]

Proposed law would make New Hampshire's homeschool law the most restrictive and burdensome in the nation

Wednesday January 6, 2010 Notre Dame’s Jenkins Would Do it Again – Calls Obama Visit “Successful” By Kathleen Gilbert SOUTH BEND, Indiana, January 6, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The unprecedented controversy that rent the U.S. Catholic community over President Obama’s abortion-themed commencement speech and his reception of an honorary law degree at the University of Notre Dame last May has apparently not fazed the school’s president, who called the climax of the scandal “a successful” day that he does not regret. When asked in a South Bend Tribune interview published December 27 whether he would do it all over again, Notre […]

Wednesday January 6, 2010 First “Gay Marriage” Registered in Argentina By Matthew Cullinan Hoffman, Latin America Correspondent TIERRA DEL FUEGO, Argentina, January 5, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Two HIV-positive men were registered in a “marriage” in the province of Tierra del Fuego in Argentina last week, in opposition to a majority of Argentinians, the leadership of the Catholic Church, and the written law of Argentina’s civil code. If the union is permitted to stand, it will be the first in Latin America, which is known for its strong tradition of family values. Alex Freyre, 39, and Jose María Di Bello, 41, […]

Judge who was overturned will hear yet another case on Prop 8 and is said to be unlawfully pushing for televising of trial

Thursday January 7, 2010 Three Top Democrat Incumbents Back Out of Tough Election Year By Kathleen Gilbert WASHINGTON, D.C., January 7, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Three Democrat politicians who have significant records against life and family values, two of whom are Catholic, have announced this week that they won’t run for reelection in 2010. Senators Chris Dodd of Connecticut and Byron Dorgan of North Dakota, as well as Colorado Governor Bill Ritter, say they will not attempt to win voter approval in a campaign climate that has grown decidedly unfavorable towards the Democrat party in the wake of prolonged unrest over […]

Thursday January 7, 2010 US “Sold its Birthright” by Ignoring China Human Rights Abuses for Economic Gain: Report By Hilary White January 7, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The US has missed a chance to stand up for human rights by instead focusing on financial gains in communist China, a new report has said. Carl Moeller, head of Open Doors USA and the lead author of the report, said, “It’s like selling our birthright. Our nation was founded by people fleeing Europe to seek the very religious freedom being denied people in these countries.” The annual World Watch Report by Open Doors […]

Compiled by Matt Anderson Note: this is an updated version of our December 23 listing of March for Life events. WASHINGTON, D.C., January 8, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – In order to help pro-life pilgrims plan their trip for the upcoming national capital March for Life, LifeSiteNews.com has compiled a list of events in and around D.C. Please check back frequently as this list will be updated as more details become available. *Note: Members of LifeSiteNews.com's staff will be speaking or available to meet at all *starred* events. Wednesday, January 20  American Life League Training and Activism Week 1:30 p.m.  – 6:15 p.m. […]

The Washington March for Life is just around the corner. Hundreds of thousands of Americans are making plans to be there to witness to their fellow countrymen, the President and members of Congress and the Senate that the great social injustice of abortion must be halted. LifeSiteNews publishes today an updated schedule of march related events. See the links to our past reports for many inspiring photos of march events from the past two years. Other than the above, there is not much feel good news and a lot of controversy today, but it is interesting. We again tackle head on some current items that many […]

Evangelical Christian Lisa Miller to be forced to give daughter to lesbian with whom she shared "civi" union in Vermont

By Kathleen Gilbert BALTIMORE, Maryland, January 8, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A local Planned Parenthood official has bluntly admitted why health insurance companies are increasingly comfortable with covering abortions: because the choice to kill an unborn child is cheaper than giving birth. “A first trimester abortion is $300 to $450,” Baltimore Planned Parenthood CEO John Nugent told the national business magazine Forbes Thursday. “But if the gestational age is higher you're paying for a surgical suite. That's why the insurance companies think they should be offering it. It's cheaper to terminate an unwanted pregnancy rather than taking it to term.” The […]

By Patrick B. Craine See companion article from yesterday: Ontario Gov't Initiative Would Force Catholic Schools to Violate Church Teaching TORONTO, Ontario, January 8, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Ontario Ministry of Education has refused to say whether Catholic schools will be permitted to teach Catholic beliefs on homosexuality under their new Equity and Inclusive Education Strategy. The new strategy requires the province's boards, including the Catholic ones, to recognize special protections for homosexuals.  The Vatican, however, has condemned such a recognition, warning that it “can easily lead, if not automatically, to the legislative protection and promotion of homosexuality.” A Ministry spokesperson […]

Bill now passes to committee for review before final vote

By Peter J. Smith WASHINGTON, D.C., January 8, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – When it comes to saving money on health-care, the current Democratic proposals in Congress makes one thing clear: it pays for couples to cohabitate and not to get married. The Wall Street Journal reports that both bills in the US House and Senate have a built in “marriage penalty,” which for many low-income and middle-class married couples would mean an increase of at least $2,000 in annual insurance premiums than if they had not married. The Journal reports that Democrats have attached government health-insurance subsidies to federal poverty guidelines. The bills […]

Tuesday January 5, 2010 Author of Ugandan Anti-Homosexuality Bill Fears for His Life By Patrick B. Craine KAMPALA, Uganda, January 5, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The author of the controversial Uganda anti-homosexuality bill says that he fears for his life following the disappearance of his cousin and numerous death threats made against him in recent weeks, reports AllAfrica.com. David Bahati, 36, an MP with the ruling party, says he has been receiving such threats since he moved his private member’s bill, prompting him to report to the Ugandan Ministry of Internal Affairs that his life is in danger. The legislation has […]

Wednesday January 6, 2010 Abortion Numbers Down in Israel By Thaddeus M. Baklinski JERUSALEM, January 6, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Department of Health in Israel has released the latest figures on abortion in the country showing that the abortion rate has dropped 10% between 2000 and 2008. As well, the number of abortions performed during the last two months of pregnancy fell from 46 in 2007 to 34 in 2008. The number of late term abortions in 2007 led the Department of Health to strengthen its restrictions on abortions in late pregnancy, demanding that women prove that their unborn child […]

Monday January 4, 2010 Christmas Miracle: Dad Credits ‘Hand of God’ for Wife and Baby’s Miraculous Revival By Kathleen Gilbert COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado, January 4, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A Colorado family’s brush with tragedy Christmas Eve transformed into a dramatic celebration of the gift of life when a father says he witnessed his wife and newborn child revive after both appeared to die in the midst of delivery. Mike Hermanstorfer, 37, said there was no sign anything was wrong as his 33-year-old wife Tracy was being prepped to give birth to her son Coltyn, the couple’s third child, the morning […]

Monday January 4, 2010 British Christian Teacher Sacked after Offering to Pray for Ill Student By Hilary White LONDON, January 4, 2010, (LifeSiteNews.com) – A Christian teacher in the UK has been added to the long and growing list of British Christians who have faced disciplinary or legal action for expressing their beliefs. Olive Jones, 54, is being defended by the Christian Legal Centre after she was sacked for offering to pray for a student suffering from leukaemia. Jones, a home-visit teacher, gave lessons in mathematics to children who are too ill to attend school. When on a visit with […]

Friedrich Engels, saw three major obstacles to the socialist vision: "private property, religion and this present form of marriage"

Heavy-handed pushing of novel norms generates resentment in much of world

By Matthew Cullinan Hoffman LISBON, January 7, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) - Cardinal Archbishop José Policarpo of Lisbon is being accused of a “pact of silence” with socialist prime minister Jose Socrates as the country approaches a vote on “gay marriage” Friday, and the Cardinal has rarely mentioned it. Following an October 20th meeting with Socrates, in which the Cardinal admits he spoke to the prime minister about the “homosexual marriage” issue, he has spoken and written little about it. Now the Lisbon newspaper “i” is reporting that Policarpo has promised Socrates not to fight him on the issue. Writing for “i”, reporter Ana […]

By Patrick B. Craine TORONTO, Ontario, January 7, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Ontario Ministry of Education has mandated that every school board in Ontario, Catholic and public, implement a new equity and inclusiveness policy by September 2010.  While the new initiative was devised with participation from the curriculum arm of the Ontario Bishops' Assembly, it nevertheless would force Ontario's Catholic school boards to recognize “sexual orientation” as a ground protected from discrimination.  The Vatican has warned, however, that such a recognition is usually part and parcel with the outright promotion of homosexuality. One prominent Catholic commentator and priest has said […]

By Hilary White January 7, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The US has missed a chance to stand up for human rights by instead focusing on financial gains in communist China, a new report has said. Carl Moeller, head of Open Doors USA and the lead author of the report, said, “It's like selling our birthright. Our nation was founded by people fleeing Europe to seek the very religious freedom being denied people in these countries.” The annual World Watch Report by Open Doors USA lists China as 13th on the list of countries that actively persecute Christians by official policy. The […]

Saturday January 2, 2010 Former U.S. UN Ambassador Warns of Hidden Dangers in Copenhagen Deal By Susan Yoshihara, Ph.D. NEW YORK, January 2, 2010 (C-FAM.org) – Former United States representative to the United Nations (UN) John Bolton recently warned that the failure to reach a legally-binding treaty on climate change in Copenhagen may make the outcome document more dangerous to national interests in the long term. “Precisely because many states will see a document only politically rather than legally binding as less consequential, their guard will be down,” the former diplomat said in a recent article in the Spectator UK […]

The Montana Supreme Court Denies Constitutional Right to "Aid-in-Dying"

Saturday January 2, 2010 Ex-Lesbian Lisa Miller “Disappears” as Date Passes for Court-Ordered Transfer of Daughter to Former Lover By Matthew Cullinan Hoffman January 2, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Ex-homosexual Lisa Miller has apparently disappeared following a court order to transfer custody of her daughter to lesbian Janet Jenkins, her former partner, on January 1st. Miller failed to comply with the order yesterday, and her whereabouts have been unknown for over a month, according to the Vermont judge overseeing the case. According to ABC News, Jenkins has filed a police report. However, no arrest warrant has yet been issued. Judge Richard […]

January 6, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The second largest abortion facility in the world, next to China, is being built at this present moment in Houston, Texas. On January 18 there is to be a mass mobilization of pro-life forces to march and pray outside the abortion facility. This six-story, 78,000 square foot Planned Parenthood abortion “Super Center” is right in the middle of four minority neighborhoods. Three of these neighborhoods have an average 85% Hispanic population and the fourth is 80% Black American. The third floor is being specially built as an ambulatory surgical center for the purpose of performing […]

By Kathleen Gilbert LAKE FOREST, California., January 6, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Center for Bio-Ethical Reform (CBR) has announced it will begin to run graphic billboard trucks through the congressional districts of conservative Democrat U.S. Representatives who may be on the fence about the abortion-expanding congressional health care bill. The group says that the tour is set to begin next week, and will end with the vote on the conference committee report for President Obama's health care reform legislation.  The final legislation, which will likely in large part reflect the language of the Senate version, is expected to vastly expand […]

By Hilary White, Rome correspondent   ROME, January 6, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The killing of 50 million unborn children a year and the moral degradation of the post-Christian west will naturally and necessarily lead to a global political and financial crisis even greater than that which is already happening, said the head of Human Life International (HLI), the world’s largest pro-life organization .    In a lengthy interview, Fr. Thomas Euteneuer spoke to LifeSiteNews.com (LSN) at the HLI office in Rome and said that he anticipates a disaster like the collapse of ancient civilizations, but on a global scale, as a result […]

By Hilary White ROME, January 6, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Italy’s Constitutional Court has issued a ruling asserting the supremacy of Italian law and custom over the orders of the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR). In November, an order that all crucifixes must be removed from Italian state schools from the Strasbourg-based ECHR caused outrage in Italy. Legal experts warned that the decision would undermine both religious freedoms and national sovereignty in all European Union member states. But the Italian High Court has said that where rulings by the ECHR conflict with provisions of the Italian Constitution, such rulings “lack […]

By Kathleen Gilbert WASHINGTON, D.C., January 6, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The increasingly notorious lack of church involvement or public religious observance by the United State's First Family has led one Christian organization to question the level of dedication President Obama truly feels to the religious identity that once lent such appeal to his campaign image. After attending church regularly during the 2008 Presidential campaign, Obama has not attended church on a regular basis since being elected President and has yet to find a church home.  Obama, while vacationing in Hawaii over Christmastime, failed to attend any religious services with his […]

Saturday January 2, 2010 Planned Parenthood Doubles “Abortion Services” From 2007 to 2008 to Over 1 Million Expanding into “climate change” to increase support to fund abortion growth By Samantha Singson NEW YORK, January 2, 2010 (C-FAM.org) – International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF) recently released its annual performance report for 2008-2009. Despite an economic downturn and a slight decrease in annual income, the abortion industry giant boasts of increased activity across all of its lines of work, including condom distribution, advocacy and abortion services. IPPF’s overall income for 2008 was US$119.7 million, down from over $120 million the previous year. […]

Saturday January 2, 2010 The Irish bishops “get it” by Phil Lawler (Republished excerpt from The 5 most positive developments of 2009) January 2, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The damaging revelations about abuse in the Irish Catholic Church were, as I noted yesterday (#1), the most depressing story of 2009. But the agony of the Irish Church has already produced one very positive result. Unlike their brethren in the US, the Irish bishops have acknowledged their own culpability. Within a month after the release of the Murphy Commission report, four Irish bishops had resigned. They stepped down under heavy pressure from […]

Tuesday October 24, 2000 UNICEF AWARDS POPULATION CONTROLLER TED TURNER Trick or Treaters Should Not Support UNICEF’s Abortion Mandate NEW YORK, Oct 24 (LSN.ca) – UNICEF has once again shown its pro-abortion colours by giving an award to population control fanatic Ted Turner. In New York Monday, Turner was awarded the Trick or Treat Partner Award from the UNICEF at a dinner celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Trick or Treat for UNICEF campaign. A National Catholic Register (NCR) article reported in Zenit News demonstrates that support for UNICEF means funding abortion, contraception and sterilization programs in the Third World. […]

Self-inflicted demographic implosion threatens to undermine nation's survival

By Peter J. Smith MILWAUKEE, Wisconsin, January 5, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Catholics and Christians in the pro-life movement may often find themselves asking what role their bishops should exercise in their communities as shepherds. At his installation Mass yesterday in Milwaukee, Catholic Archbishop Jerome Listecki gave faithful Christians an answer, saying that the bishop's main responsibility is “governing, teaching, and sanctifying” the local church community, and that the faithful also have a share in this responsibility. Listecki was officially installed as Archbishop of Milwaukee on January 4, 2010 by Archbishop Pietro Sambi, the Papal Nuncio to the United States, although […]

By Kathleen Gilbert TRENTON, New Jersey, January 05, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The president of the New Jersey Senate Tuesday announced that the full Senate will consider a bill to legalize homosexual “marriage” at a voting session scheduled for 2 p.m. this Thursday. “Given the intensely personal nature of this issue, I think the people of this state deserve the right to a formal debate on the Senate floor,” said Senate President Richard Codey in a press release published on the Senate Democrats' website. The announcement came as the state's lame duck governor, Democrat Gov. Jon Corzine, prepares to hand over […]

Proposed legislation (H.R. 2517) sponsored by Rep. Tammy Baldwin (D-Wisc.) an open homosexual

Critic says, "People don't go to medical school with the explicit reason, 'I want to kill babies'

By Thaddeus M. Baklinski GRAND RAPIDS, Michigan, January 5, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A US-based study suggests that spanking isn't harmful for children and, in fact, states that children who had been physically disciplined when they were young, between the ages of 2 and 6, grew up to be happier and more successful, performed better at school as teenagers and were more likely to do volunteer work and to want to go to university, than those who had never been spanked. The study, conducted under the auspices of the Portraits of American Life Study (PALS) {https://pals.nd.edu/} by Dr. Marjorie Gunnoe, professor […]

Commentary by Catholic League president Bill Donohue NEW YORK, January 5, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Anyone who doesn't understand the premium that Christianity puts on forgiveness is badly educated, but that is no excuse for the kind of vitriol that has been spewed against Brit Hume. For advising Tiger Woods to consider Christianity, Hume has been roundly condemned by those whose highest virtue is being non-judgmental. He has been compared to Islamic extremists by Keith Olbermann of MSNBC; he has been the subject of endless blogs ridiculing him and his religion; and is now being counseled by Tom Shales of the […]

Happy 2010! It is important to begin this year by especially thanking all those who financially supported this work during 2009. Our Christmas season fundraiser eventually brought in a total of $94,000, just $6,000 short of our goal of $100,000. That was our most successful fundraiser ever. Thank you, thank you! We really needed that support. We are delighted to lead off the 2010 year with the upbeat reports on the Christmas Miracle and the US stamp honoring Mother Teresa. The on-going Nancy Pelosi saga is not so much a story about Pelosi as it is about a weak Catholic Church […]

By Matthew Cullinan Hoffman MADRID, January 4, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Tens of thousands of people crowded into Madrid's Plaza de Lima to attend an open air mass on December 27 celebrating the values of life, family, and faith, according to Spanish and English language media sources. Pope Benedict XVI also gave a televised address to the crowd, which was projected onto several large screens.   The pope emphasized the importance of the institution of the family, which is increasingly threatened in Spain by homosexualist policies, including “gay marriage” and pro-homosexual indoctrination of children in the nation's schools, known as “Education […]

By Hilary White MANILA, January 4, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Catholic bishops of the Philippines have issued a voter’s guide that places the life and family issues at the top of concerns for voters in the upcoming elections. Titled, “Catechism on Family and Life,” the document says that the challenges facing voters in the upcoming presidential elections are “not only political but also clearly and profoundly moral.” The document gives lengthy instruction in the principles behind the pro-life position. “We should not think that ‘abortion is wrong because the Church says so,’ but rather, ‘abortion is wrong because it kills […]

By Patrick B. Craine ROME, Italy, January 4, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – In his Angelus address for the Feast of the Holy Family on December 27, Pope Benedict XVI proclaimed the importance of the family, founded upon a true understanding of marriage, for the good of mankind. “God wished to reveal Himself by being born in a human family, and hence the human family has become an icon of God,” the Holy Father told the crowd in St. Peter's Square. “God, by having come into the world in the bosom of a family, shows that this institution is a sure way […]

By Thaddeus M. Baklinski OTTAWA, January 4, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The federal Conservative government has suspended Parliament until after the Winter Olympics, the Prime Minister's Office announced last Wednesday. According to the CBC, Prime Minister Stephen Harper's spokesman, Dimitri Soudas, said the government sought the suspension to consult with Canadians, stakeholders and businesses as it moves into the “next phase” of its economic action plan amid signs of economic recovery. “This is quite routine but it is also important to give Canadians an overview of where we will be taking the country over the next little while,” Soudas told CBC […]

By John-Henry Westen WASHINGTON, January 4, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The late pro-life heroine Mother Teresa is to be featured on a US stamp according to a release by the U.S. postal service.  Although in making the announcement Wednesday, the postal service did not mention her pro-life stand, the revered Roman Catholic nun and saint was a fearless pro-lifer, happy to put her fame at the service of the unborn threatened by abortion. When invited to the White House Prayer Breakfast in 1997 by President Bill Clinton and First Lady Hillary Clinton, Mother Teresa spoke clearly against abortion. “What is taking […]

By Hilary White ROME, January 4, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Since his election in 2005, Pope Benedict has called for religious leaders to combat the growth of the “dictatorship of relativism” and aggressive anti-Christian secularism, and over the Christmas holidays he and several prominent churchmen again took up the theme. On December 26, the day Catholics celebrate the feast of St. Stephen the Protomartyr, Pope Benedict called on believers to stand up for their beliefs even to the point of suffering for the faith and to pray for those who are already suffering persecution. The martyrdom of Stephen, the pope said, […]

By Kathleen Gilbert COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado, January 4, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A Colorado family's brush with tragedy Christmas Eve transformed into a dramatic celebration of the gift of life when a father says he witnessed his wife and newborn child revive after both appeared to die in the midst of delivery. Mike Hermanstorfer, 37, said there was no sign anything was wrong as his 33-year-old wife Tracy was being prepped to give birth to her son Coltyn, the couple's third child, the morning of Christmas Eve.  Hermanstorfer was holding his wife's hand as she lay back in her bed, saying […]

Expanding into "climate change" to increase support to fund abortion growth

By Susan Yoshihara, Ph.D. NEW YORK, January 2, 2010 (C-FAM.org) – Former United States representative to the United Nations (UN) John Bolton recently warned that the failure to reach a legally-binding treaty on climate change in Copenhagen may make the outcome document more dangerous to national interests in the long term. “Precisely because many states will see a document only politically rather than legally binding as less consequential, their guard will be down,” the former diplomat said in a recent article in the Spectator UK online. “They will be more inclined to score points with the global warming crowd by […]

By Matthew Cullinan Hoffman January 2, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Ex-homosexual Lisa Miller has apparently disappeared following a court order to transfer custody of her daughter to lesbian Janet Jenkins, her former partner, on January 1st. Miller failed to comply with the order yesterday, and her whereabouts have been unknown for over a month, according to the Vermont judge overseeing the case. According to ABC News, Jenkins has filed a police report. However, no arrest warrant has yet been issued. Judge Richard Cohen, who has granted visitation rights and now custody of seven-year-old Isabella Miller to Jenkins despite the absence of […]