Articles for Month: February 2010

Tuesday February 23, 2010 Vatican Archbishop, Spokesman Come Out Swinging against Pro-Life Critics By Hilary White, Rome correspondent ROME, February 16, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Archbishop Rino Fisichella, the head of the Vatican’s Pontifical Academy for Life (PAV), has told the Associated Press that he has no intention of stepping down after five senior members of the Academy issued a statement last week expressing their loss of confidence in his leadership. “I won’t respond to these people. Too much space already has been given to them,” Fisichella told AP. Fisichella’s response follows comments late last week from Fr. Frederico Lombardi, the […]

Tuesday February 23, 2010 Canadian Poll Finds Two Thirds Support Legalization of Euthanasia By Patrick B. Craine February 23, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – An Angus Reid poll released last week found that approximately two-thirds of Canadians nationwide support the legalization of euthanasia. At the same time, however, a prominent anti-euthanasia activist has questioned the results, saying that “there’s still an awful lot of misunderstanding” about euthanasia. The poll found that respondents from Quebec and British Columbia were most likely to support the legalization of euthanasia and assisted suicide. 67% of all respondents supported legalizing euthanasia, while 77% of respondents from Quebec […]

Monday February 22, 2010 Pro-Abortion Movement Exploits Tragic Case of Pregnant Cancer Victim in Nicaragua By Matthew Cullinan Hoffman, Latin America Correspondent MANAGUA, February 22, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The international abortion lobby is seeking to use the tragic the case of a pregnant woman with cancer in Nicaragua, in order to promote the legalization of the procedure in the strongly pro-life country. According to local pro-abortion activists, a 27-year old woman, whom they will only identify by the pseudonym “Amalia,” is in need of an abortion so that she can receive chemotherapy for an unspecified type of cancer, which has […]

Wednesday February 24, 2010 Arizona House Passes Bill Giving Married Couples Adoption Priority By Peter J. Smith PHOENIX, February 24, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Arizona House of Representatives passed an adoption bill yesterday that gives priority to placing children with married couples over single individuals. The House approved HB 2148, which gives married couples “primary consideration” in adoption placement, by a 35-22 vote. The measure now heads to the Senate for consideration. However, single persons would still be able to adopt only if a qualified married couple for the child cannot be found or under a limited set of circumstances, […]

Tuesday February 23, 2010 Dramatic Pro-Life Rescue in Vegas By Peter J. Smith LAS VEGAS, Nevada, February 23, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A dramatic pro-life rescue recently took place in Las Vegas, after a woman who had already started the process of a late-term abortion was convinced to reverse the procedure and save her unborn child, and in the process overcame a drug addiction. The National Catholic Register reports that most pro-life activists and doctors are not aware that the process of some late-term abortions can be reversed once it has begun. But luckily for Jamie Stout and her healthy unborn […]

Tuesday February 23, 2010 Two Dozen Frozen Fetuses Found in Grisly Abortuary Police Raid By Kathleen Gilbert PHILADELPHIA, February 23, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – State police investigating a Philadelphia abortuary stumbled upon a gruesome discovery last week: over two dozen fetuses in jars preserved in a freezer in the abortionist’s office, according to local reports. Authorities temporarily suspended the abortionist’s license soon after the raid, after discovering clinic conditions they called “deplorable and unsanitary” – including bloodstains on the floor. State drug agents, as well as FBI and Drug Enforcement Administration agents, commenced the investigation last week at West Philadelphia’s Women’s […]

Tuesday February 23, 2010 EU Rights Court Has no Jurisdiction over Italian Crucifixes: Council of Europe By Hilary White ROME, February 23, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Council of Europe has declared that it is not within the scope of the European Court of Human Rights to force Italian schools and public offices to remove crucifixes. This week, the Council of Europe voted to adopt a declaration that the Court had no right to rule on questions of the cultural and national traditions of member states. This declaration “invites” the court to “to apply in a uniform and rigorous manner the […]

Tuesday February 23, 2010 New York Abortionist Investigated for Abortion Death NEW YORK, Feb. 23, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The pro-life group that filed a complaint against New York abortionist Salomon Epstein after the abortion death of Alexandra Nunez, a single mother of four, has been notified that the abortionist is now under investigation. The investigation, which is being conducted by the Office of Professional Medical Conduct, is the result of a complaint filed by Operation Rescue staff person Tara Shaver. Nunez died on January 25, 2010, after an abortionist severed an artery during her abortion. The injury led to massive […]

Monday February 22, 2010 Gentle Tebow Ad Has Big Impact By James Tillman February 22, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Approximately 4% of those who support abortion were led to “personally reconsider [their] opinion about abortion” after watching the pro-life Super Bowl ad featuring Tim Tebow and his mother Pam, according to a new Barna study. Approximately 92.6 million Americans watched the ad when it aired February 7, during what is normally the most-viewed broadcast in America each year. Because slightly less than half of respondents in the poll self-identified as pro-abortion, the data suggests that about 1.7 million pro-abortion viewers may […]

Wednesday February 24, 2010 Commentary on February 24 News Barack Obama seems to have inadvertently forced the rise of an increasingly determined group of pro-life Democrat Congressmen. This new phenomenon bodes well for the defeat of the health care bill and growing bi-partisan cooperation on the all-important life issues. James Dobson will be greatly missed from the leadership of Focus on the Family. He has for years been one of the most courageous and outspoken defenders of life and family in the United States. Related comments to the Wall Street Journal from Focus CEO Jim Daly are cause for serious […]

Wednesday February 24, 2010 40 Days for Life Becoming a Global Phenomenon Commentary by David Bereit, National Coordinator, 40 Days for Life February 24, 2010 (40DaysforLife) – As we open the second week of our 40 Days for Life campaign, I’d like to salute the many people around the world who have officially joined this amazing effort to pray and fast for an end to abortion. There are six campaigns in progress in Canada: Calgary, Edmonton and Red Deer, Alberta; Toronto and Guelph, Ontario; Montreal, Quebec; and Kelowna, British Columbia. In Kelowna, the 40 Days for Life vigil is outside […]

Wednesday February 24, 2010 Risk of Stillbirth 4 Times Higher After IVF AARHUS, Denmark, February 22, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Women who become pregnant with a single fetus after in vitro fertilization (IVF) or intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) have an increased risk of a stillbirth, according to new research out today. The study of over 20,000 singleton pregnancies, published in Europe’s leading reproductive medicine journal Human Reproduction, found a four-fold increased risk of stillbirths for women who had IVF/ICSI compared with women who conceived spontaneously or after fertility treatment that did not involve IVF or ICSI. Dr Kirsten Wisborg a consultant […]

Wednesday February 24, 2010 Bishop of Pembroke Restricts Diocesan Funds to Development and Peace By John-Henry Westen PEMBROKE, February 22, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Bishop Michael Mulhall of the Diocese of Pembroke has announced that he is placing restrictions on the disbursement of diocesan funds to the development arm of the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops – the Canadian Catholic Organization for Development and Peace (D&P). The approach that Bishop Mulhall is taking is similar to that that has been taken by Archbishop Thomas Collins of the Archdiocese of Toronto. In a letter to his diocese Bishop Mulhall identifies the reason […]

Wednesday February 24, 2010 UK Prosecutor Office Set to Loosen Restrictions on Assisted Suicide Thursday By Hilary White LONDON, February 24, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The UK’s Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) is expected to issue new guidelines on Thursday that pro-life advocates say will effectively legalize assisted suicide in England and Wales. In July last year, the House of Lords judicial committee ruled that the law needed to be “clarified” and ordered the DPP for England and Wales to issue the new guidelines on when and in what circumstances the law making it a criminal offense to assist suicide would […]

Monday February 22, 2010 Judge Strikes Down Oklahoma’s ‘Unconstitutional’ Ban on Sex-Selective Abortion By Peter J. Smith OKLAHOMA CITY, February 22, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A state judge has deemed Oklahoma’s law banning sex-selective abortion unconstitutional, ruling that the law violated the state’s single-subject rule for legislation. Oklahoma County District Judge Daniel Owens claimed that his decision “has nothing to do with pro-choice or pro-life.” Instead, Owens argued the problem lay with the legislature including additional mandates in the law – such as one requiring abortionists to fill out comprehensive reports for an electronic database. The information was intended to give […]

Thursday February 18, 2010 LSN Cardinal O’Malley Interview: Full Transcript WASHINGTON, DC, February 18, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The full transcript of LSN’s January 2010 conversation with Boston’s Cardinal Sean O’Malley on denying Communion to pro-abortion politicians is as follows: LSN: “A number of Catholics are concerned about Catholics who are pro-abortion and in politics. Some have said the bishops have to deny them communion. But in your estimation, what is exactly is the appropriate pastoral response? How should Catholics understand this?” O’Malley: “Well I think that the only way that that solution should be invoked is if there were a […]

By Piero A. Tozzi, J.D. NEW YORK, NY, February 26, 2010 (C-FAM) – The Center for Reproductive Rights (CRR), a New York-based public interest law firm that seeks to expand abortion access globally, has issued a primer on “reproductive and sexual rights” jurisprudence in Africa, including abortion.  Its launch comes at a time when largely western groups are increasing pressure on African nations to liberalize abortion laws. “Legal Grounds: Reproductive and Sexual Rights in African Commonwealth Courts, Volume II” surveys a number of “reproductive rights” issues in countries that inherited a common-law legal system, and includes a chapter on “Abortion […]

By Samantha Singson NEW YORK, NY, February 26, 2010 (C-FAM) – Next week, thousands of participants are expected to descend upon the United Nations (UN) headquarters in New York for the annual Commission on the Status of Women (CSW). In anticipation of the meeting, radical feminist groups have been preparing statements and refining messages to push on government delegations at the meeting. This year’s CSW is particularly significant because it marks the fifteenth anniversary of the Beijing Conference on Women.  At the original 1995 conference, advocates attempted to establish a “right” to abortion on demand but failed when governments specifically […]

By Peter J. Smith ROME, February 23, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A top Italian economist and current President of the Vatican Bank says the culprit standing at the heart of the worldwide economic recession is not banking practices, but rather the low birth rate that has resulted in zero population growth in Western countries.  “The true cause of the crisis is the decline in the birth rate,” said Ettore Gotti Tedeschi, president of the Vatican bank, Institute for the Works of Religion, on Vatican Television's “Octava Dies” as reported by Zenit earlier this month. “With the decline in births, there are fewer […]

By John-Henry Westen PETERBOROUGH, ON, February 22, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A third Canadian bishop has announced restrictions on funding to the Canadian Catholic Organization for Development and Peace (D&P).  Peterborough Bishop Nicola De Angelis has announced that in addition to withholding a nominal amount (10%) from the 2009 Lenten collection from D&P, he has instituted an option on the 2010 collection allowing Catholics to decide against funding D&P. The Bishop has instructed parishes in the diocese to use Lenten collection envelopes which give parishioners the option to select that their funds go to either “Development & Peace” or “Other Charities.” […]

By Patrick B. Craine MONTREAL, Quebec, February 26, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Quebec Court of Appeal has rejected the appeal of the Drummondville family who sought exemptions for their children from the province's compulsory course in relativism, 'Ethics and Religious Culture' (ERC).  According to Justice Yves-Marie Morissette, their appeal is “doomed to failure.” The parents were appealing the August 31st, 2009 decision of Justice Jean-Guy Dubois, who determined that the program did not violate the family's freedom of conscience or religion because the curriculum does not require the children to believe what it teaches. Exemptions from classes are allowed under Quebec's […]

WASHINGTON, Feb. 25, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – American Life League President Judie Brown, a three-term member of the Pontifical Academy for Life, has joined Venezuelan Christine Vollmer, chairwoman for Alliance for the Family, and four other Academy members in questioning some of Archbishop Rino Fisichella's statements as head of the pontifical organization. In March 2009 Archbishop Fisichella published an article in L'Osservatore Romano that appeared to condone abortion in certain circumstances. The five members of the Pontifical Academy for Life, now joined by Brown, insist that Archbishop Fisichella's article, and his recent statements to the Academy's General Assembly, adhering to the contents […]

WASHINGTON, DC, February 26, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Thanks to his outspoken defense of the military's Don't Ask Don't Tell policy and traditional values, Family Research Council President and former Marine Tony Perkins has been disinvited from a speaking engagement at a military prayer luncheon. In October, Perkins received an invitation to speak at a National Prayer Luncheon on February 25 at Andrews Air Force Base outside Washington, D.C. on the theme “Getting Back to the Basics.” Perkins, who is also an ordained minister and a veteran of the Marine Corps, accepted this invitation to assist members of the armed forces […]

By Hilary White LONDON, February 26, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Figures released this week by the Office of National Statistics show that about 40,000 British girls under 18 became pregnant in 2008, or 40 per 1000, a decline from 46,000 in 1998, or a fall of 13.3 per cent. The figures come as a disappointment to the governing Labour party who, in 1999, pledged to halve the teen pregnancy rate by this year. The Daily Telegraph quotes Schools Secretary Ed Balls admitting he is “worried” by the situation. “It was a really ambitious target – it was 50 per cent fall. I […]

MILWAUKEE, February 26, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – After an undercover video released Tuesday showed staff at their Milwaukee abortion clinic agreeing to cover up the sexual abuse of a purportedly 14-year-old girl by her 31-year- old “boyfriend,” Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin says they “were unable to make any report” of the suspected abuse because the girl would not give the clinic any identifying information. Live Action, the group responsible for the video, has released extended footage proving Planned Parenthood's claim false. In the extended footage, a Planned Parenthood counselor, “Sonia,” coaches the 14-year-old to obtain a judicial bypass waiver for her […]

By Kathleen Gilbert NEW YORK, February 25, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Grassroots Films' groundbreaking pro-life feature film, The Human Experience, will be opening for the first time in theatres this spring, the studio announced this week.   The world premiere of The Human Experience will happen Friday April 9, the weekend after Easter, at Harkins Theaters locations near Phoenix, Ariz., Denver, Colo., and Southlake, Texas. (Visit SeeTHX.com to purchase advance tickets.) The film, which has won more than 30 film festival honors, has thus far spread its life-affirming message across the globe through private screenings, accompanied by co-producer/writer Michael Campo and star […]

By Hilary White LONDON, February 25, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Despite urgent warnings from the British pro-life movement and shouts of triumph from euthanasia campaigners, a statement from the Catholic Bishops Conference of England and Wales has “welcomed” newly published legal guidelines on the prosecution of assisted suicide cases, saying they have given “greater protection” to vulnerable people. The new guidelines will allow relatives to help loved ones commit suicide without being prosecuted as long as they have not gained personally by doing so. While pro-life advocates and the country’s leading euthanasia campaigners agree that the guidelines from the Director of […]

By Thaddeus M. Baklinski OTTAWA, February 25, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Prime Minister Stephen Harper may be in a position to appoint seven or eight new judges to the Supreme Court of Canada, especially if he wins the next election. With seven of the nine current Justices eligible to retire with full pensions now, and an eighth eligible next year, Harper may soon be able to remake the Supreme Court. According to an Ottawa Citizen report, “Harper has repeatedly made clear that he considers the Supreme Court too activist and liberal, and prefers judges with a restrained approach to enforcing the […]

By Patrick B. Craine SAGUENAY, Quebec, February 25, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The mayor of Saguenay, Quebec, Jean Tremblay, is before the Quebec Human Rights Tribunal this week to defend his practice of leading a prayer before city council meetings. Mayor Tremblay is fighting complaints from the Mouvement laëque québécois (Quebec Secular Movement) and Alain Simoneau.  In addition to an order to cease the prayer, they are seeking $150,000 in damages.  They also want religious objects – a statue and a crucifix – to be removed from council chambers. For Mayor Tremblay, who has been fighting this complaint since 2006, his […]

By Peter J. Smith SAN FRANCISCO, February 25, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The US Supreme Court has rejected the appeal of a Texas mother challenging her former lesbian partner’s claim to be the second parent of her daughter, reports the San Francisco Chronicle.  Kristina S. had conceived her now six-year-old daughter Amalia through artificial insemination during her domestic partnership with lesbian Charisma R. However, Kristina left the partnership three months after her daughter’s birth.  The former partner initiated a legal challenge to gain visitation rights, but her case was not considered by state judges until the California Supreme Court ruled in […]

By Hilary White LONDON, February 25, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Prime Minister Gordon Brown has welcomed new assisted suicide guidelines issued by the Director of Public Prosecutions, saying that, without having changed the letter of the law, the new guidelines have “weakened” the push for the legalization of assisted suicide. Pro-life campaigners, on the other hand, have been more forthright, calling the guidelines an outright victory for the euthanasia  and assisted suicide lobby. The new guidelines will allow relatives to help loved ones commit suicide without being prosecuted as long as they have not gained personally by doing so.  However, DPP Keir Starmer denied […]

By Patrick B. Craine WHISTLER, British Columbia, February 25, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Russia's biathlon relay team revealed the secret to their success following their gold medal victory on Tuesday, reports AFP. “Go ahead and have babies—and get better in sports,” said Russian anchor Olga Zaitseva, 31, in a word of advice to the French and German teams, who won silver and bronze respectively. Zaitseva told AFP that having her son, Alexander, who was born in 2007, helped her become a better athlete.  “My child is my greatest happiness and he is my best little gold medal,” she said. “It has […]

Friday February 19, 2010 Experts Disagree with Ignatieff: Abortion Doesn’t Reduce Maternal Mortality By Patrick B. Craine OTTAWA, Ontario, February 18, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – In advocating support for abortion in the Third World, Liberal leader Michael Ignatieff, and those backing him up, have argued that abortion is a necessary component of reproductive health and that “safe abortion” is essential to reducing maternal mortality. But the question has been raised, is this true? Many experts would reply in the negative, pointing out that the reality in the Third World is that access to abortion is actually linked to greater maternal mortality. […]

Monday February 22, 2010 Commentary on February 22 News We are looking to collect some stories on how LifeSiteNews has been of benefit to you or those close to you. If you are willing to share your stories please send them in to [email protected]. We’d appreciate hearing from you. In the news today we’re confronted with some bizarre events: – Catholics who endorse a woman’s choice to have an abortionist kill their unborn child are defending a Vatican Archbishop from pro-life criticism for seemingly endorsing an abortion. – International abortionist activists who were previously involved in a scandalous exploitation of […]

Monday February 22, 2010 Court: Louisiana Must Issue Birth Cert Listing Gay Couple as Parents by James Tillman NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, February 22, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals unanimously ruled Thursday that Louisiana must, in the case of a child adopted by a same-sex couple, issue a new birth certificate listing the couple as parents. The ruling comes despite the fact that state law does not permit adoption by non-married couples. The case was advanced by Oren Adar and Mickey Ray Smith, a homosexual couple living in Connecticut, who adopted a Louisiana-born child in 2005 […]

Monday February 22, 2010 Pro-Abortion Catholics Defend Vatican Archbishop from Pro-life Critics By Hilary White, Rome correspondent ROME, February 22, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Archbishop Rino Fisichella, head of the Pontifical Academy for Life (PAV), has again been praised and defended by a pro-abortion commentator for his controversial article in which he appeared to condone the abortion of twins of a nine-year-old Brazilian rape victim. In an op-ed in Sunday’s edition of Il Giornale, one of Italy’s leading national newspapers, Alessandro Meluzzi, a psychiatrist and popular media personality, has come to the defense of Fisichella on the grounds that his March […]

Monday January 11, 2010 Prop. 8 Trial Began Monday: “Roe v. Wade” of Marriage Battle By James Tillman SAN FRANCISCO, January 11, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) — On Monday morning the highly-anticipated Perry v. Schwarzenegger trial began, a case that some have said could be the “Roe v. Wade” in the conflict between supporters of gay marriage and of traditional “marriage.” Homosexualist activists hope the case will determine that California’s Proposition 8, which amended the California constitution to clarify that marriage is only be between a man and a woman, is an violation of the United States Constitution’s Fourteenth Amendment, which guarantees […]

Monday February 22, 2010 University of Wisconsin Documents Reveal Taxpayer Funding of Abortion: Pro-Life Group MADISON, Wisconsin, February 22, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – An open records request has revealed that the University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics (UWHC) has been funding medical students’ rotations at Planned Parenthood for training in abortion procedures, say Pro-Life Wicsonsin and Alliance Defence Fund. The groups contend that the setup may be a violation of state law prohibiting taxpayer funding of elective abortions. “The mountain of evidence continues to build showing UW’s deceit,” said Peggy Hamill, state director of Pro-Life Wisconsin (PLW). “I challenge UW and […]

Friday February 19, 2010 More Precious than Gold: Canadian Olympic Champ Calls Disabled Brother ‘My Inspiration’ By Kathleen Gilbert TORONTO, February 18, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The winning performance of moguls skier Alexandre Bilodeau on Sunday sent a ripple of excitement through Canada as the world watched the young Canadian become the first ever to win Olympic gold on home turf. But for the newly-dubbed “Alexandre the Great,” the real celebration was at the bottom of the course – where he embraced brother Frederic, who suffers from cerebral palsy and whom Bilodeau affectionately calls “my inspiration.” The elder of the two, […]

Monday February 22, 2010 Protests against Dutch Priest Who Refused Communion to Gay Carnival “Prince” By Patrick B. Craine REUSEL, Netherlands, February 22, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Dutch Catholic priest who withheld Communion last week from his town’s openly homosexual Carnival “prince” was faced at Mass this Sunday with a protest from homosexual activists. Saying that he feared “sins” and “sacrilege,” the priest chose not to distribute Communion at all. “Communion is a moment of respect and reverence, not an object of protest,” stated Fr. Luc Buyens. Protesters, led by town council member Dick Boonman and Gay Krant editor Henk […]

Thursday February 11, 2010 Coalition Launches Petition Asking Bishops to End Grants to Pro-Abort Groups WASHINGTON, D.C., February 11, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A petition was launched on Wednesday, which asks the U.S. bishops to suspend Catholic Campaign for Human Development (CCHD) grants. The petition is sponsored by American Life League, Human Life International, Catholic Advocate, Bellarmine Veritas Ministry and Real Catholic TV, members of the Reform CCHD Now coalition (RCN). The effort comes after repeated calls over the past three months for explanations from the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) in response to the discovery that CCHD money […]

Wednesday February 10, 2010 Bishop Vasa Cautiously Concerned Over USCCB Membership in Pro-Abortion Coalition By Patrick B. Craine WASHINGTON, D.C., February 10, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Bishop Robert Vasa of Baker, Oregon has cautiously expressed concern after reports this week that the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) is listed as a member of a coalition that promotes homosexual “rights” and access to abortion. In a Monday article, Deal Hudson of Inside Catholic pointed out the USCCB’s membership in the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights (LCCR), a coalition of nearly 200 national ‘civil and human rights’ organizations, founded in 1950, […]

By Kathleen Gilbert WASHINGTON, DC, February 24, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – As Congressional Democrats slowly warm to triggering the legislative “nuclear option” in order to ram health care reform through the Senate with a simple majority vote, the leading pro-life Democrat in the House has warned that the abortion-expanding bill may nonetheless be doomed to failure in the lower chamber. In a statement Monday, Rep. Bart Stupak (D-MI) called President Obama's new health care proposal “unacceptable” for allowing public funding of abortion, and said that he believes that there may be enough “no” votes from Democrats in the House to scuttle […]

By Hilary White LONDON, February 24, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The UK’s Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) is expected to issue new guidelines on Thursday that pro-life advocates say will effectively legalize assisted suicide in England and Wales. In July last year, the House of Lords judicial committee ruled that the law needed to be “clarified” and ordered the DPP for England and Wales to issue the new guidelines on when and in what circumstances the law making it a criminal offense to assist suicide would be prosecuted. The DPP held a public consultation after issuing draft guidelines in September year […]

By Hilary White GENEVA, Switzerland, February 24, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The UN Committee for the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (the CEDAW Committee) has urged Ukraine to deal with its high rate of abortion by pushing for more contraception and sex-education. The committee also noted the high rates of mortality for women, including an unusually high rate of HIV/AIDS infection. The Concluding Observations said, “The Committee recommends that the State party intensify its efforts to improve women’s reproductive health and provide adequate family planning services and affordable contraceptives, as well as to reduce the use of abortion. It encourages the […]

Head of Catholic bishops'conference and the Catholic Education Service thanked for supporting bill

Previous Uganda UNAIDS official promoted homosexuality and lesbianism

It is time for the American public to take strong, constructive actions to support Lisa Miller's efforts to protect her daughter from her former lesbian lover. The courts and other state elements have gone mad with ideological extremism and rejected their duty to protect young Isabella Miller. Where are all the religious leaders on this one? In Canada it appears the majority support legalized euthanasia. Why? For a number of reasons, the most significant one being that the public does not understand what euthanasia really is, how it will be imposed on vulnerable persons and how it will lead to a huge collapse of […]

Commentary by David Bereit, National Coordinator, 40 Days for Life February 23, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Early Sunday morning, local coordinator Ernie Cyr sent out an urgent message to 40 Days for Life volunteers in Pensacola, Florida. He had just found out that abortions were taking place at the city's only abortion facility. Yes, on the Lord's day. Ernie's request for prayer volunteers at the 40 Days for Life vigil was quickly answered. It would soon become apparent that their prayers were being answered as well. A woman drove up and told the vigil participants, “I called my sister and convinced […]

By Hilary White LONDON, February 23, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Britain’s Labour government clarified this week that an amendment to the Children, Schools and Families bill, that says faith schools may teach the mandatory Personal Social and Health Education (PSHE) program “in a way that reflects the school’s religious character,” does not, in fact, give the schools freedom to oppose abortion, contraception and homosexual activity on moral grounds. The clarification has been hailed by a local pro-life and pro-family group as evidence that the spectre of “totalitarianism” has reappeared in Britain. A recent statement from the Department for Children, Schools and Families […]

By Hilary White ROME, February 23, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Council of Europe has declared that it is not within the scope of the European Court of Human Rights to force Italian schools and public offices to remove crucifixes. This week, the Council of Europe voted to adopt a declaration that the Court had no right to rule on questions of the cultural and national traditions of member states.  This declaration “invites” the court to “to apply in a uniform and rigorous manner the criteria concerning admissibility and jurisdiction.” This, however, does not automatically overturn the court’s November 2009 decision […]

By Patrick B. Craine VICTORIA, British Columbia, February 23, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Catholic bishop of Victoria, Richard Gagnon, has criticized his Member of Parliament, Dr. Keith Martin (L-Esquimalt – Juan de Fuca), following the latter's sharp rebuke earlier this month of the Conservative government for keeping abortion out of their plan to promote maternal and child health care in the Third World. “One cannot help but see that his wording and approach to the abortion question is part of the problem in our country,” wrote Bishop Gagnon in a statement to LifeSiteNews. On February 11th, Martin accused the Conservative government, in […]

Friday February 19, 2010 Exclusive Look: Across the Aisle, Pro-Life Bond Strong in Health Care Fight By Peter J. Smith WASHINGTON, D.C., February 19, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – In an exclusive interview with LifeSiteNews.com, Congressman Chris Smith (R-NJ), co-chairman of the Congressional Pro-life Caucus, provided an inside look into the “strong bond” that pro-life Democrats and Republicans of the Pro-Life Caucus have with each other, how the health-care fight has made them even stronger, and what challenges the pro-life Democrats face for their heroic stand. (To view the full transcript of LSN’s interview with Rep. Smith, click here.) “When you stand […]

Legislation declaring abortion a "right" during first 14 weeks of pregnancy hinges on eight votes

Friday February 19, 2010 Canadian Prime Minister Praises Sainthood Announcement for Quebec’s Brother Andre February 19, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Prime Minister Stephen Harper today issued the following statement, welcoming the Vatican’s announcement that Blessed André, born Alfred Bessette, will be canonized on October 17: “I join Catholics in Canada, as well as Quebecers and all Canadians, in welcoming the news that Brother André will be officially declared a saint. His canonization confirms the devotion of the countless people who came to him for help during his life, the million who attended his funeral and the two million who visit St. […]

Friday February 19, 2010 British Tories will Institute Gay ‘Marriage’ and Adoption: Gay Frontbencher By Hilary White LONDON, February 19, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A Tory frontbencher has confirmed that when his party forms the government, furthering the aims of the homosexualist political lobby will be a high priority. Nick Herbert, the Conservative Party’s Shadow Secretary of State for Environment and an open homosexual, said on Wednesday that the Conservative party believes the “vital” institution of marriage should be extended to “same-sex relationships” and that homosexual partners should be allowed to adopt children. Speaking at a debate at the libertarian Cato […]

Thursday February 18, 2010 Ezra Levant Tells Albertans: Pro-Lifers Must Speak Up – Now Is The Time By Thaddeus M. Baklinski TABER, Alberta, February 18, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Citing the growing popularity of a new socially conservative political party in Alberta, noted writer, lawyer, blogger and conservative political activist Ezra Levant told a meeting of pro-life activists last Friday that “for the first time in 40 years” a window of opportunity exists for pro-life activists in the province to get their views across to elected officials. “There is a new dynamic in this province. And for the first time in […]

Thursday February 18, 2010 Boston Cardinal: Church Needs ‘Clear’ Injunction Denying Pro-Abortion Pols Communion By Peter J. Smith WASHINGTON, DC, February 17, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The best way for the Church to ensure pro-abortion Catholic politicians do not receive Communion would be through a change in the Church’s Canon Law, or an official directive from the Pope himself, Cardinal Sean O’Malley of Boston told LifeSiteNews.com. LifeSiteNews.com caught up with O’Malley in Washington, DC last month, where he was among the concelebrating bishops for the Vigil Mass for Life at the National Basilica of the Immaculate Conception. LSN asked O’Malley what […]

Thursday February 18, 2010 ‘Pornography Harms’ Website Launched Feb. 17, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The devastating harm from pornography is becoming more evident with each passing day. Now a website has been launched to provide ready access to credible, peer-reviewed research documenting that harm. “Pornography Harms is a one-stop location for sound research, news articles and opinion pieces demonstrating the harm from pornography,” said Patrick Trueman, creator of the site. Trueman, the former chief of the U.S. Department of Justice Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section, expressed strong concern for the direction of America due to the prominence of pornography. “Since the […]

Friday February 19, 2010 White House Preparing to Ram Through Abortion Expanding Health Care with Budget Bill New Plan to be revealed as early as Sunday or Monday – would only require 51-vote majority By Kathleen Gilbert WASHINGTON, DC, February 19, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Pro-life leaders on Capitol Hill are once again rolling up their sleeves for the health care fight after the White House announced it would publish a compromise bill as soon as Sunday to push through abortion-expanding health care. In a New York Times report Thursday, Democratic officials confirmed that President Obama’s proposal was being designed for […]

Friday February 19, 2010 Minister Confirms Abortion Not Part of Harper’s Maternal Health Initiative By Patrick B. Craine HALIFAX, Nova Scotia, February 19, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Canada will not include abortion and contraception in its maternal and child health care initiative, confirmed International Cooperation Minister Bev Oda, who oversees Canada’s international development program. “Canada is not currently going to be changing its approach to improving maternal and infant health,” Oda told the Canadian Press in Halifax yesterday. “The prime minister has been clear since we became government that there’s no intention on regenerating any debate on abortion.” At the end […]

Thursday February 18, 2010 New Hampshire House Kills Gay ‘Marriage’ Repeals By Peter J. Smith CONCORD, New Hampshire, February 18, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The New Hampshire House of Representatives voted down two measures Wednesday that would have overturned the state’s new gay “marriage” law. The House voted 210-109 to kill HB 1590. The bill would have simply repealed the same-sex “marriage” law that passed in June and came into effect January 1 of this year. The same body then shot down CACR 28, a proposed constitutional amendment that would have given New Hampshire citizens the opportunity to approve or reject […]

Saturday February 20, 2010 NewsBytes – Obama, US Politics, Sarah Palin, Economic Crisis * 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 OBAMA The Weight Around the Democrats’ Ankles: Barack Obama By Peter Wehner …the Obama presidency is seeing its influence and prestige drain away at an unusually rapid rate. It is hard to recall another president who, this early in his tenure, had encountered this much trouble, including the hapless Jimmy Carter …a mid-term blow […]

Friday February 19, 2010 Winnipeg MP Slams Proposed Downtown Christian Youth Center By Thaddeus M. Baklinski WINNIPEG, Manitoba, February 19, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Winnipeg Centre New Democratic Party (NDP) MP Pat Martin has sharply criticized proposed plans by the non-profit Christian group, Youth For Christ, to build a 50,000-square-foot ‘Youth Centre of Excellence’ in the city’s downtown area. The Winnipeg Free Press reports that Martin slammed a proposed city contribution of $2.6 million toward the $11.7 million youth center project as “taxpayer-funded proselytization.” “I have no objection to faith-based organizations providing services. Sally Ann (the Salvation Army) and others have […]

Friday February 19, 2010 Ignatieff’s Abortion Push Hurting Liberals’ Catholic Vote: Catholic Leaders By Patrick B. Craine OTTAWA, Ontario, February 19, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Catholic leaders are warning that the Liberal Party could be in danger of losing Catholic votes in light of Liberal leader Michael Ignatieff’s push for abortion in the Third World. Ignatieff has called on the Conservative government and Prime Minister Stephen Harper to include abortion and contraception in Harper’s new initiative to promote maternal and child health care as president of this year’s G8 summit. But the Liberal proposal has sparked strong reprimands from prominent Canadian […]

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Friday February 19, 2010 Your Prayers are Being Answered Says 40 Days for Life Head Commentary by David Bereit, 40 Days for Life National Coordinator February 19, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – As you pray and fast for an end to abortion, please be aware that your prayers are being answered. Early Wednesday morning — the first day of this campaign — 40 Days for Life vigil participants were praying for a young woman who arrived for an abortion appointment in Cleveland. On her way towards the building, she stopped and talked to one of the counselors on the sidewalk. The vigil […]

By Matthew Cullinan Hoffman, Latin America Correspondent MANAGUA, February 22, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The international abortion lobby is seeking to use the tragic the case of a pregnant woman with cancer in Nicaragua, in order to promote the legalization of the procedure in the strongly pro-life country. According to local pro-abortion activists, a 27-year old woman, whom they will only identify by the pseudonym “Amalia,” is in need of an abortion so that she can receive chemotherapy for an unspecified type of cancer, which has spread throughout her body. However, doctors supporting the cause have been quoted in the major […]

By Peter J. Smith WELLINGTON, New Zealand, February 22, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A group of New Zealand pro-life doctors are challenging in court new guidelines from the country’s Medical Council that mandates physicians mention abortion as an option to women with doubts about continuing their pregnancies. The proposed Medical Council guidelines at the heart of the challenge come from a draft dated from March 2009. The text of “Beliefs and Medical Practice” as reported by the New Zealand Herald dictates to medical professionals: “While the council recognises that you are entitled to hold your own beliefs, it remains your responsibility […]

By John Jalsevac February 23, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – On Monday, Campaign Life Coalition (CLC) submitted the names of over 3,200 individuals who had signed on to a petition in support of a pro-life ad that had been pulled from the airwaves by Global TV. The ad had been set to air earlier this month on Global affiliate station CHBC, in British Columbia. It was being sponsored by Kelowna Right to Life. The ad, designed by Priests for Life, New York, begins with the slogan, “All those against abortion, raise your hand,” and then depicts an adult hand holding the hand of […]

MADISON, Wisconsin, February 22, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – An open records request has revealed that the University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics (UWHC) has been funding medical students’ rotations at Planned Parenthood for training in abortion procedures, say Pro-Life Wicsonsin and Alliance Defence Fund. The groups contend that the setup may be a violation of state law prohibiting taxpayer funding of elective abortions. “The mountain of evidence continues to build showing UW’s deceit,” said Peggy Hamill, state director of Pro-Life Wisconsin (PLW). “I challenge UW and UWHC officials to prove they have not violated state law.” Statute 20.927 of Wisconsin law states, […]

By David Bereit, National Coordinator, 40 Days for Life February 22, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Want to get your Monday off to a great start? Then here's a report guaranteed to launch your week in marvelous fashion! Thus far during this 40 Days for life campaign (which only began last Wednesday), 45 lives have already been saved from abortion! Here are just a few of those miraculous stories: Louisville, Kentucky: On the first day of the 40 Days for Life campaign, three mothers changed their minds! Tammy in Louisville said the abortion center staffers “were so mad they came out and […]

Friday July 9, 2004 400 Reported Belgian Euthanasia Cases in Two Years BRUSSELS, July 9, 2004 (LifeSite News) – Around 400 cases of euthanasia have been recorded in Belgium since the country legalized the practice two years ago. Medical experts claim that the figures indicate that Belgium’s law is a success. They argue that the number of ‘mercy killings’ carried out in Belgium has remained constant and that the only change caused by the law is that doctors no longer have to perform euthanasia illegally. The official statistics, however, may not tell the full story. When statistics were released in […]

Wednesday February 17, 2010 From the Rink to the Convent: How a Pro-Life Encounter Changed an Olympian’s Life By Kathleen Gilbert LEEDS, England, February 17, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – As America’s team of Olympic women speed skaters compete in the Vancouver Winter Olympics this month, one prodigy once expected to shoot to stardom in the sport won’t even be watching the broadcast. Twelve years ago, while only seventeen, Kirstin Holum placed sixth in the 3,000 meter race in the Nagano 1998 Winter Olympics – a remarkable feat in a competition usually dominated by older and hardier athletes. But Holum, 29, is […]

Tuesday February 16, 2010 Conservative Leaders to Unveil Mount Vernon “Manifesto” By Kathleen Gilbert Correction: This article originally stated that the Mount Vernon Statement would be signed on Wednesday at the Mount Vernon Estate. This was incorrect. The Mount Vernon Estate is not associated with the document. Instead the document was signed at Collingwood Library and Museum. We apologize for the error. MOUNT VERNON, Virginia, February 16, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Prominent conservative leaders announced this week the advent of a new manifesto defending conservative Constitutional values against left-wing political trends – and rooting those values in God, natural law, and […]

Thursday February 11, 2010 Catholic Church Needs to Change on Homosexuality: Leading U.K. Catholic Magazine LONDON, February 11, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Britain’s left-leaning Catholic magazine, the Tablet, has called for the Catholic Church to “if not doctrinally, at least pastorally” change its teaching on homosexuality. The Catholic Church, said an unsigned editorial titled, “The Deepest Human Desire,” should “move on with confidence,” to facilitate greater acceptance of the homosexual lifestyle, or risk losing public approval. Referring to the media uproar following comments made to the English bishops by Pope Benedict XVI opposing the Labour government’s proposed Equality Bill, the Tablet […]

Friday February 5, 2010 U.S. Sisters in Crisis after Embracing “Secular Culture”: Vatican Cardinal By Hilary White ROME, February 5, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Some religious orders in the U.S. and most western countries are in a state of “modern crisis” because the members of the order have embraced “secular culture” and abandoned traditional religious practices, the head of the Vatican’s office for religious life has said. But, said the cardinal, the religious life in the Catholic Church should be presenting an alternative to the “dominant culture,” “which is a culture of death, of violence and of abuse,” rather than mirroring […]

Wednesday February 17, 2010 Pro-Life Billboard Campaign in Poland Links Abortion to Nazi Occupation By Thaddeus M. Baklinski POZNAN, February 17, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A new billboard campaign by the Polish branch of the U.S.-based Center for Bio-Ethical Reform (CBR) links the introduction of abortion in Poland to the Nazi occupation of the country during the Second World War. The English translation of the sign says: “Abortion for Polish women introduced by Hitler on March 9, 1943.” A 1942 Nazi policy statement on “racial hygiene” said, “In view of the large families of the Slav native population, it could only […]

Wednesday February 17, 2010 “Catholic” Politicians Who Support Gay “Marriage” are Not Catholic: Italian Cardinal By Patrick B. Craine BOLOGNA, Italy, February 17, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – An Italian Cardinal and member of the Roman Curia has issued a statement maintaining that politicians who support same-sex “marriage” are not Catholic, reports Catholic News Service. “It’s impossible to consider oneself a Catholic if that person in one way or another recognizes same-sex marriage as a right,” said Cardinal Carlo Caffarra, Archbishop of Bologna. Cardinal Caffarra made the comments in a statement on “Marriage and Homosexual Unions,” which he released on his Archdiocesan […]

Quebec MDs either "deliberately misleading" public on euthanasia or admitting to murder, says anti-euthanasia leader

Thursday February 18, 2010 Catholic Group: Opening Military to Gays ‘Sacrifices Effectiveness on Altar of Unrestrained License’ HANOVER, Penn., Feb. 18, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) — Reacting to the current push to force the U.S. military to accept openly gay servicemen, the American Society for the Defense of Tradition, Family and Property (TFP) Wednesday published a study providing hard-hitting reasons to reject the proposal. The group’s statement, entitled “To Keep Our Honor Clean: Why We Must Oppose the Homosexual Agenda for the Military,” is available online here. “Our military must be defended from ideologues who would sacrifice its effectiveness and honor on […]

Thursday February 18, 2010 Pro-Life Coalition Questions 2nd CCHD Official’s Ties with Pro-Abort Group By Patrick B. Craine WASHINGTON, D.C., February 18, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The U.S. Bishops’ Conference (USCCB) recently defended John Carr, the executive director of the USCCB’s Office of Justice, Peace, and Human Development, from criticisms by the Reform CCHD Now Coalition (RCN) by asserting that a group he chaired only began its abortion and homosexual advocacy after he left the board. But the RCN Coalition is now asking how the USCCB can explain the fact that another USCCB official joined the same board after Carr left, […]

Wednesday February 17, 2010 Gay “Marriage” Law Forces D.C. Archdiocese to End Foster Care By Kathleen Gilbert WASHINGTON, DC, February 17, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Catholic Archdiocese of Washington has been forced to give up the foster care program it ran with the aid of public funds, after repeated warnings that there would be no other choice should the D.C. City Council insist that the archdiocese recognize gay “marriage” partners in its employment practices. The Washington Post reported Wednesday that Catholic Charities handed over the foster-care program intact to the National Center for Children and Families on February 1. Catholic […]

Wednesday February 17, 2010 Video Debunks Overpopulation “Myth” with Simple Math By Kathleen Gilbert FRONT ROYAL, Virginia, February 17, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Armed with basic math and a wry sense of humor, the Population Research Institute (PRI) has released the second in a series of YouTube cartoons designed to refute the “myth” of overpopulation. The latest video deftly refutes the common misconception that world population is exploding, pointing out how fertility rates all over the world are shrinking exponentially – and even leaving humanity at the brink of a demographic winter. “No one who views this video will ever be […]

Tuesday February 16, 2010 Man Arrested for Questioning Rep. Kennedy on Abortion Goes to Court February 16, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Attorneys from the Chicago- based Thomas More Society are appearing in Providence municipal court Wednesday for a hearing on their motion to dismiss disorderly conduct charges against Christopher Young. Young, a Democratic mayoral candidate, was arrested and dragged away to jail after questioning Rep. Patrick Kennedy, D-Rhode Island, about his pro-abortion views at an open forum on health care at Brown University last November. Thomas More Society attorneys argue that Young was not “disorderly” but rather was exercising his First […]

* 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 The Bitter Fruit of Decriminalizing Homosexual BehaviorAs the Family Research Institute reports, historian Paul Johnson has written that decriminalizing homosexuality, which was done beginning in the 1960s for ill-conceived reasons of supposed compassion, has left us now today with a “monster in our midst” — a powerful, vicious, and punitive homosexual cabal that is determined to overthrow completely what remains of Judeo-Christian standards of sexual morality in […]

* 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 US CCHD Controversy A New Catholic Church Abortion ScandalSecular liberal media outlets will not tell the story when the American bishops allow the donations of Catholics to be diverted to fund abortion-rights activism. Did the bishops know. If they didn’t know, why didn’t they pay more attention? Once they were told, why did they do nothing? Clergy and laity alike should demand an independent investigation to determine […]

* 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 Abortion has become 'plague' in Mexico City, acknowledges governmenthttps://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/abortion_has_become_plague_in_mexico_city_acknowledges_government/ N.Y. Times Skipped March for Life, Highlights Leftist Critics of National Prayer Breakfast https://newsbusters.org/blogs/tim-graham/2010/02/05/n-y-times-skipped-march-life-highlights-leftist-critics-national-prayer– CNN: Tebow Ad is the Result of Pro-Lifers Becoming More 'Feminist'?https://newsbusters.org/blogs/matthew-balan/2010/02/05/cnn-tebow-ad-result-pro-lifers-becoming-more-feminist Monaco to Mongolia: Population Density and ProsperityThe next big population bogeyman could well be 'overcrowding'. Should we worry? https://www.mercatornet.com/articles/view/monaco_to_mongolia_population_density_and_prosperity/ Guttmacher’s spin on ‘teen pregnancy’If you count adolescents old enough to vote […]

The White House is going to try to pass the health care bill again, and the tactics appear to be getting desperate. Despite overwhelming public opposition to their health care agenda, and especially the Senate version bill, the Dems are nevertheless going to try to ram it through by whatever sneaky means they can, this time as a budget attachment which will only require a 51% vote to pass. Will the public allow this to happen? We'll see. In the meantime, pro-life forces are rapidly preparing another round of opposition. The Pontifical Academy for Life saga has reached a boiling over […]

February 19, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Prime Minister Stephen Harper today issued the following statement, welcoming the Vatican’s announcement that Blessed André, born Alfred Bessette, will be canonized on October 17: “I join Catholics in Canada, as well as Quebecers and all Canadians, in welcoming the news that Brother André will be officially declared a saint.  His canonization confirms the devotion of the countless people who came to him for help during his life, the million who attended his funeral and the two million who visit St. Joseph’s Oratory every year. “Brother André‘s life shows us the power of faith and […]

By Patrick B. Craine February 19, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The B.C.-based pro-family group Parents for Democracy in Education (PDE) have released a set of answers that parents can provide to teachers who ignore their complaints about the spread of homosexualist “propaganda” through the curricula of Canada's schools. The new document offers responses to a controversial new sheet that has been distributed to Canadian teachers, entitled “Objections to Anti-Homophobia Curriculum in Schools?” The sheet offers “quick responses” to common objections given by parents who object to the treatment of homosexuality in their child’s school curriculum. This “quick response” sheet for teachers was published by the […]

New Plan to be revealed as early as Sunday or Monday - would only require 51-vote majority

By Kathleen Gilbert TORONTO, February 18, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The winning performance of moguls skier Alexandre Bilodeau on Sunday sent a ripple of excitement through Canada as the world watched the young Canadian become the first ever to win Olympic gold on home turf.  But for the newly-dubbed “Alexandre the Great,” the real celebration was at the bottom of the course – where he embraced brother Frederic, who suffers from cerebral palsy and whom Bilodeau affectionately calls “my inspiration.” The elder of the two, Frederic stood up from his wheelchair and cheered, grinning widely in front of cameras, as his […]

'Children are not pets,' says Jalisco state official

By Hilary White ROME, February 18, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A senior member of the Vatican’s Pontifical Academy for Life (PAV) has told LifeSiteNews.com that she will be asking Catholic News Service (CNS), the official news agency of the U.S. Catholic Bishops’ Conference, for a correction of their coverage of last week’s meeting of the Academy in Rome. After the crucial meeting, several senior members of the Academy issued a statement calling for the resignation of its president, Archbishop Rino Fisichella. But readers of CNS coverage, of Friday February 12 could have been forgiven for thinking that all was “harmony” at […]

Wednesday February 17, 2010 Spanish Pro-Lifers Deliver More than One Million Signatures against Abortion Law By Matthew Cullinan Hoffman MADRID, February 16, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Spanish pro-life organizations HazteOir (Make Yourself Heard) and it’s sister organization Derecho a Vivir (Right to Life) have announced the collection of over one million signatures against Spain’s new proposed Abortion Law, which would legalize abortion on demand during the first 14 weeks of pregnancy. The new law is currently stalled in the Spanish Senate after having been approved in the Congress, which is the nation’s lower legislative body. A coalition of senators from […]

Wednesday February 17, 2010 Pope Decries “Scourges” of Abortion and Contraception By Hilary White ROME, February 17, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Pope Benedict XVI told a group of visiting Romanian bishops on Friday to resist the “scourges” of abortion and artificial birth control. The pontiff said the Church should set up “parish consultancy services” for young people to help them combat the “scourges of abortion, corruption, alcoholism and drugs, as well as birth control by methods contrary to the dignity of the human person.” Opening his address, the pope commended the bishops, priests, religious and faithful Catholics who, “in the period […]

Wednesday February 17, 2010 Big Victories, Babies Saved as 40 Days for Life Kicks Off Campaign Commentary by David Bereit, National Coordinator, 40 Days for Life February 17, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Would you believe that 40 Days for Life is just starting, and we’re already hearing about big victories in the days leading up to the campaign? In Rockford, Illinois, the city council was asked to establish a bubble zone outside the local abortion center — a law that could severely restrict pro-life activity there. The alderman who sponsored the proposal said it was needed immediately — because 40 Days […]

Monday February 15, 2010 “Wives Submit to Your Husbands”: Anglican Ministers Refuse to Recant Pamphlet and Sermon By Hilary White SEVENOAKS, Kent, UK, February 15, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Two ministers in the Church of England are refusing to backpedal from their reiteration of the biblical teaching that wives should “submit” to their husbands. The Rev. Angus MacLeay, and his assistant priest, Mark Oden, have come under fire in the media after they recently issued a pamphlet and sermon, respectively, that quoted St. Paul’s letter to the Ephesians (5:22-33) and said that old fashioned values would save marriage. The quote from […]

Monday February 15, 2010 Dutch Debate Ultrasound Use as Late Abortions Skyrocket By Kathleen Gilbert AMSTERDAM, February 15, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Because late abortions have doubled since the government began offering ultrasound screenings to pregnant women at 20 weeks, some Dutch lawmakers are hoping to change the standard use of the tool, according to the Dutch daily newspaper NRC Handelsblad. Gynecologist Hajo Wildschut told the paper that many women decide to abort their child after the 20-week ultrasound because it is at that stage that defects such as Down syndrome and spina bifida can be observed. That leaves women four […]

Tuesday February 16, 2010 Portland Pro-Lifers Rally against New Abortion Supercenter By Kathleen Gilbert PORTLAND, Oregon, February 16, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Oregonian pro-lifers spent a cold and drizzly Valentine’s Day afternoon outside in Portland protesting the opening of a new Planned Parenthood “supercenter,” whose completion they have actively resisted for years. Planned Parenthood Columbia Willamette (PPCW) celebrated the opening of its huge $12.5 million headquarters, which is equipped to perform abortions, in Northeast Portland. Cecile Richards, the president of Planned Parenthood Federation of America, lauded the occasion as “expanding health care access” to women. Outside, pro-life speakers rallied the crowd […]

Tuesday February 16, 2010 Filipino Bishops: “Condoms and Irresponsible Sex Increases Spread of AIDS” By Thaddeus M. Baklinski MANILA, February 16, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Catholic Bishops of the Philippines have condemned the government’s initiative to distribute free condoms in its attempt to fight the spread of AIDS in the poorest parts of Manila and other regions of the country. The distribution of condoms started on 13 February at the initiative of Eric Tayag, head of the Department of Health and Epidemiology of Manila, according to an Asia News report. Tayag indicated that the government’s condom campaign would proceed despite […]

Monday February 15, 2010 Abortion Cartel Continues to Implode as Number of Abortion Clinics Drops WICHITA, Kansas, February 15, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – New research shows the number of abortion facilities in America continues to decline, reports Operation Rescue. That trend, says the pro-life group, is evident in data collected in the past two months since Operation Rescue released a report that showed that over two-thirds of the nation’s abortion clinics have closed in the past 18 years. During the past two months, the group reports that five more abortion clinics have closed. When Project Daniel 5:25 was released last December […]

Friday February 12, 2010 Chilean Maternal Mortality Study Undercuts Pro-Abortion Claims By Susan Yoshihara, Ph.D. and Piero A. Tozzi, J.D. NEW YORK, NY, February 12, 2010 (C-FAM) – Preliminary findings by a prominent biomedical researcher examining the dramatic decrease in maternal mortality, over the past fifty years in the Latin American nation of Chile, appear to undercut claims by global abortion lobbyists that liberal abortion laws are necessary to reduce maternal mortality rates. According Dr. Elard Koch, an epidemiologist on the faculty of medicine at the University of Chile, Chile’s promotion of “safe pregnancy” measures such as “prenatal detection” and […]

Monday February 15, 2010 Colorado Does it Again – Personhood Colorado Announces Successful Signature Campaign DENVER, Feb. 14, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Personhood Colorado submitted signatures to the Secretary of State’s office Friday for the Colorado Personhood Amendment. The signatures submitted totaled 79,817, although only 76,047 were required. All signatures are pending validation by the Colorado Secretary of State’s office. “We are thrilled with these results. These signatures represent thousands of hours of hard work,” remarked Gualberto Garcia-Jones, co-sponsor of the amendment. “All of our volunteers are 100% committed to seeing that the dignity and personhood of preborn babies is recognized […]

More exclusive interviews for you from LifeSiteNews today with Boston Cardinal Sean O'Malley revealing his thoughts on denying communion to pro-abortion politicians. The fact that a main medical supply depot in Haiti was jammed with condoms holding up real medical supplies for a couple of days in the disaster struck epicentre will hopefully cause the public to demand an end to these imperialistic population control impositions. The emphasis of responses to disasters in poor nations must always only be on authentic aid and development. The Parliamentary report on the implications of Canada's low birth rate is a sober wake up […]

By John-Henry Westen and Kathleen Gilbert PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti, February 12, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The flow of medical supplies waiting to be distributed to tens of thousands of earthquake victims in Haiti was delayed for weeks by a massive supply of condoms dominating the space of the main storage facility there, an eyewitness with insider information has told LifeSiteNews.com (LSN). The central pharmaceutical supply center, known as PROMESS (Program on Essential Medicine and Supplies), is home to the operations of the World Health Organization (WHO)/Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) in the area. “Without PROMESS we would have had a second catastrophe,” […]

HANOVER, Penn., Feb. 18, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) —Reacting to the current push to force the U.S. military to accept openly gay servicemen, the American Society for the Defense of Tradition, Family and Property (TFP) Wednesday published a study providing hard-hitting reasons to reject the proposal. The group's statement, entitled “To Keep Our Honor Clean: Why We Must Oppose the Homosexual Agenda for the Military,” is available online here. “Our military must be defended from ideologues who would sacrifice its effectiveness and honor on the altar of unrestrained license, even at a time when national and global security rests on its successful campaign […]

By Peter J. Smith WASHINGTON, DC, February 17, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The best way for the Church to ensure pro-abortion Catholic politicians do not receive Communion would be through a change in the Church’s Canon Law, or an official directive from the Pope himself, Cardinal Sean O’Malley of Boston told LifeSiteNews.com. LifeSiteNews.com caught up with O’Malley in Washington, DC last month, where he was among the concelebrating bishops for the Vigil Mass for Life at the National Basilica of the Immaculate Conception. LSN asked O’Malley what he considered the appropriate pastoral response to pro-abortion politicians receiving Communion. “Well, I think […]

By Matthew Cullinan Hoffman CORDOBA, SPAIN, February 17, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Maimonides Institute of Secondary Education in Cordoba, Spain has announced plans to sue the pro-family organization Cordoba Educates in Freedom for accusing it of teaching bestiality in its “Education for Citizenship” course, a claim the school emphatically denies. One of the main news sites that initially reported the story, InfoCatolica (Catholic Information) has issued a retraction after learning of the denials by the school administration, as well as a “faithful Catholic” teacher at the school who assured them that the charge was false.  LifeSiteNews also reported the accusation in […]

Monday February 15, 2010 Largest-Ever Spring 40 Days for Life Set to Start Wednesday By James Tillman February 15, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) — The largest-ever 40 Days for Life spring campaign is set to begin in 165 cities across the globe this Wednesday. “We have always been amazed at how God shows up when his people pray and fast, when they stand vigil outside of abortion facilities, and when they conduct grassroots outreach,” David Bereit, National Campaign Director of 40 Days for Life, told LifeSiteNews.com Monday. “What we’re most excited about this time is to be amazed once again.” 40 Days […]

Dear readers, Some extremely significant news today, exclusively from LifeSiteNews.  The kerfuffle at the Pontifical Academy for Life is being denied by certain news agencies but we've spoken to key principals involved and are releasing their documentation. The fruits of standing strong for life even in the face of death is brought home today with the news that the woman who threatened pro-life counselor Leah Winandy with a knife has decided to keep her unborn child and acknowledges that the pro-lifers have saved her from a lifetime of regret. And with the launch of 40-Days for Life today we already […]

JACKSON, MS, Feb. 17, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Personhood Mississippi, a citizen-led grassroots organization, submitted over 130,000 signatures late Tuesday, becoming the fourth ballot initiative in the state since 1992 to fulfill the requirement of 89,285 voter signatures. The signatures were collected in order to put a Personhood amendment on the ballot, which, if passed, would affirm the personhood rights of all humans. Volunteers have been collecting signatures since February 12 2009. 105,000 of the submitted signatures were certified as valid by 82 different County Circuit Clerks. The abundance of signatures broke the state record for signatures in every other initiative […]

Statewide survey confirms bipartisan support for marriage protection amendment.

By Matthew Cullinan Hoffman MADRID, February 16, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Spanish pro-life organization HazteOir (Make Yourself Heard) and its sister organization Derecho a Vivir (Right to Life) have announced the collection of over one million signatures against Spain's new proposed Abortion Law, which would legalize abortion on demand during the first 14 weeks of pregnancy. The new law is currently stalled in the Spanish Senate after having been approved in the Congress, which is the nation's lower legislative body.  A coalition of senators from the People's Party, the Union of the People of Navarro, and Convergence and Union (Catalonia) […]

By Kathleen Gilbert WASHINGTON, DC, February 17, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Catholic Archdiocese of Washington has been forced to give up the foster care program it ran with the aid of public funds, after repeated warnings that there would be no other choice should the D.C. City Council insist that the archdiocese recognize gay “marriage” partners in its employment practices. The Washington Post reported Wednesday that Catholic Charities handed over the foster-care program intact to the National Center for Children and Families on February 1.  Catholic Charities, whose foster program included 43 children, 35 families and seven staff, runs more […]

By Patrick B. Craine BOLOGNA, Italy, February 17, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – An Italian Cardinal and member of the Roman Curia has issued a statement maintaining that politicians who support same-sex “marriage” are not Catholic, reports Catholic News Service. “It's impossible to consider oneself a Catholic if that person in one way or another recognizes same-sex marriage as a right,” said Cardinal Carlo Caffarra, Archbishop of Bologna. Cardinal Caffarra made the comments in a statement on “Marriage and Homosexual Unions,” which he released on his Archdiocesan website on Sunday.  Part of that statement has been printed in L'Osservatore Romano, the Vatican's newspaper. […]

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, February 17, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – More than 100 conservative leaders today released the Mount Vernon Statement, outlining a conservative manifesto against government expansion and in favor of Constitutional values. “The conservatism of the Declaration asserts self-evident truths based on the laws of nature and nature's God. It defends life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. It traces authority to the consent of the governed. It recognizes man's self-interest but also his capacity for virtue,” it reads in part. The statement can be signed at the Mount Vernon Statement website. The full text is as follows: Constitutional Conservatism A […]

By Kathleen Gilbert LEEDS, England, February 17, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – As America's team of Olympic women speed skaters compete in the Vancouver Winter Olympics this month, one prodigy once expected to shoot to stardom in the sport won't even be watching the broadcast. Twelve years ago, while only seventeen, Kirstin Holum placed sixth in the 3,000 meter race in the Nagano 1998 Winter Olympics – a remarkable feat in a competition usually dominated by older and hardier athletes. But Holum, 29, is now a Catholic nun known as Sister Catherine Mary, and her calling to the religious life has brought […]

BRATISLAVA, Slovakia, February 17, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Last Wednesday, the Slovak parliament rejected a proposal that would have required a doctor to inform a woman when prescribing any hormonal contraceptive or intrauterine device (IUD) about its abortifacient effect, as well as to suggest to her a non-abortifacient alternative. The bill also proposed the following measures: Warning labels on contraceptive packages similar to those on cigarettes, saying: “The Pill causes abortion.” Prescription of morning-after pill as opposed to over-the-counter sale, which is allowed in Slovakia. Statistical data collection from women on whether contraceptive failure is the reason they are having an […]

By John-Henry Westen DULUTH, MN, February 17, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Three months after being threatened with a knife to her throat by a woman entering an abortion mill, 21-year-old pro-life counselor Leah Winandy has learned that her attacker has decided not to abort her child – and credits Leah and Leah’s mother for saving her from a life of regret. Leah Winandy reacted by praising God and expressed her excitement and happiness for Mechelle Talluah Hall, who pled guilty yesterday to second-degree assault.  Under a plea agreement she was placed on probation. Hall revealed to the Duluth Tribune News that, […]

Monday February 15, 2010 Liberal MP Reproaches Conservatives for Keeping Abortion Out of Maternal Health Initiative By Patrick B. Craine VICTORIA, British Columbia, February 15, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Dr. Keith Martin, who serves as Liberal Member of Parliament for Esquimalt – Juan de Fuca, has issued a harsh reproach after a Conservative MP revealed last week that support for abortion would not be included in Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s G8 maternal and child health care initiative. “Once again, the Conservative government is demonstrating their willingness to pursue an ideological approach to public policy,” Martin stated in a press release on […]

Monday February 15, 2010 “Unprecedented” Threat to Parental Rights in Poland By Thaddeus M. Baklinski WARSAW, February 15, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A controversial bill that critics say would significantly infringe on the rights of parents to bring up their children according to their values has passed first reading in the Polish parliament. Incorporated into the bill, titled “On the Prevention of Family Violence,” which deals with a variety of issues, is a clause that says, “It is forbidden for persons holding parental power over children to implement corporal punishment, cause psychological pain or to humiliate them in any other form.” […]

Monday February 15, 2010 Bioethics Must be Guided by Natural Law Principles of Human Dignity: Pope By Hilary White ROME, February 15, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A bioethics not founded in the “foundational principle of human dignity” is unable to respect human rights, the pope said on Saturday. In his address to the Pontifical Academy for Life (PAV), a meeting of philosophers and scholars held annually in Rome, the pope said that with the rapid advance of technology, it is more imperative than ever that bioethics be guided by the Natural Law that is “inscribed by God the Creator in the […]

Thursday February 11, 2010 New Pro-Life Groups Seeks to Get Truth about Abortion to Every Mailbox in Canada February 10, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A unique effort is underway by a new Canadian pro-life group to spread the truth about abortion directly to households. The group, “Workers for Life,” has already distributed 5,000 flyers that show the truth about abortion to households in Canada, and is launching an effort to reach every one of the 11 million households in the country. The also hope to extend their efforts into the United States. “It’s time that people know what really goes on […]

Thursday August 26, 1999 Did Someone Try to Murder Ximena? Re-printed with the permission from the BC Report August 30, 1999 DID SOMEONE TRY TO MURDER XIMENA? As police probe an abortion survivor’s case, a former Supreme Court justice names names, while nurses run for cover By Terry O’Neill BC Report Newsmagazine August 30, 1999 More than 13 years have passed since an unwanted premature baby, born unexpectedly after a botched abortion, was abandoned by medical staff at Vancouver General Hospital and left to die in a room used to store dead fetuses. Although shivering, whimpering and gasping for air, […]

Thursday January 28, 2010 New IPPF Document Pushes Adolescent “Sexual Rights” By Samantha Singson NEW YORK, NY, January 28, 2010 (C-FAM) – In its new report “Stand and Deliver,” the International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF) is demanding that governments, religious institutions and society at large provide “comprehensive sexuality education” for children as young as ten years old. In a foreword, Bert Koenders of the Development Cooperation of the Netherlands, which helped fund the publication, asserts that, “Young people have the right to be fully informed about sexuality and to have access to contraceptives and other services. These rights are enshrined […]

Friday February 12, 2010 Interview: For Controversial Ohio Teen, Pro-Life Activism a Life-Long Passion By Kathleen Gilbert DAYTON, Ohio, February 12, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – For Elizabeth Trisler, the pro-life Ohio teen who made national news this week after she was denied the chance to receive a legislative honor by the pro-abortion Ohio House Speaker, getting up on a platform to defend life has been on the agenda for quite some time. “Ever since I can remember, I’ve been doing this stuff,” says Trisler, who was set to receive the honor in recognition of her win in the National Right to […]

Friday February 12, 2010 English Bishops’ Education Service Endorses Government’s Pro-Abortion Sex-Ed Guidelines By Hilary White LONDON, February 12, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – New government guidance on sex education has been endorsed by the Catholic Education Service (CES) of England and Wales, despite its promotion of homosexuality, extra-marital sex, abortion and contraception. CES Director Oona Stannard called the guidance issued by the British government’s Department for Children, Schools and Families (DCSF) “a positive step forward.” A media release from the DCSF said that the “list of stakeholders” involved in developing the draft guidance included the Catholic Education Service as well as […]

You may have noticed an increase of in-depth and interesting interviews on LifeSiteNews lately. We are trying to bring you the best coverage and insights, and today is no exception as we bring you our exclusive interview with Congressman Ron Paul. The Mt. Vernon Manifesto may be a significant development for the much needed renewal of genuine conservatism in the United States. As we have seen in recent years, political “conservatives” have not seemed to have any meaningful, unifying philosophy and, with notable exceptions, not been reliable defenders of life and family. In fact, political “conservatives” have often been as […]

Thursday February 11, 2010 U.S. Supreme Court to Decide Whether Christian Student Clubs Can Prefer Christian Leaders By Kathleen Gilbert SAN DIEGO, February 11, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Scores of Christian and religious organizations have filed at least 21 amicus curiae briefs supporting the Christian Legal Society (CLS) against a lawsuit in the U.S. Supreme Court challenging the society’s right to select Christian leaders for its group at a University campus. The case, filed against University of California Hastings College of the Law in San Francisco, will essentially test whether law schools can deny official recognition to student chapters of the […]

Thursday February 11, 2010 Half of Americans Consider Abstinence Education Effective: Poll By Kathleen Gilbert ASBURY PARK, New Jersey, February 11, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A Rasmussen Reports Survey released Tuesday found that half of American respondents consider abstinence-only sex education effective, while only 42% consider it ineffective. The survey was conducted a week after the release of a landmark U. of Pennsylvania study published by the American Medical Association, linking abstinence-only education to a significant decrease in promiscuity among high-risk teens. The pollster also reports that respondents who had children at home were “slightly less supportive” of sex education than […]

Wednesday January 6, 2010 CCHD, San Fran Archdiocse Supported Abortion-Funding Health Plan By Patrick B. Craine SAN FRANCISCO, California, January 6, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Members of Reform CCHD Now, a coalition of Catholic groups seeking a renewal of the bishops’ domestic anti-poverty arm (the Catholic Campaign for Human Development), have unearthed what they say is an “irony” in the organization’s treatment of the issue of health care. The pro-life coalition has pointed out that at the same time as the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) is working hard to keep abortion funding out of the national health care […]

Thursday February 11, 2010 McGill Students Vote against Ban on Pro-Life Groups MONTREAL, QC, February 11, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – On Wednesday the undergraduates at McGill University voted against a motion that would ban the current pro-life club, Choose Life, and any future pro-life club on campus. The vote happened at the Student Society of McGill University’s (SSMU) General Assembly (GA). While this result prevents Choose Life from being permanently banned, the club is still suspended as a result of a motion SSMU voted in favor of on November 12th. That motion was passed in response to past events, such as […]

Thursday February 11, 2010 New Abortion Documentary Premieres at Sundance Film Festival Commentary by Fr. Thomas Euteneuer, President, Human Life International February 10, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Honestly, the last place I ever imagined seeing my face was on the big screen at the Sundance Film Festival. But I actually appeared in a documentary film last week called “12th and Delaware,” which attempts to show the struggle between life and death in the real-life scenarios of abortion-minded women. The name of the film derives from the street names on an ordinary corner in Ft. Pierce, FL where extraordinary things happen every […]

Thursday February 11, 2010 New Hampshire Considers Pro-Homosexual Curriculum Bill By Kathleen Gilbert CONCORD, New Hampshire, February 11, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Pro-family advocates are urging a New Hampshire legislative committee not to pass an “anti-bullying” measure that has been amended to include specific protections for homosexuality and transgenderism. Especially troublesome to pro-family advocates, the measure, due up for consideration today, also calls for such a policy to be reflected in schools’ curricula. Cornerstone Policy Research (CPR), a local pro-family organization, testified in a hearing against a change in HB 1523 that inserted the terms “sexual orientation” and “gender identity and […]

Friday February 12, 2010 The US Bishops’ Continued Imprudence on Health-Care Reform By Phil Lawler, Director, CatholicCulture.org February 12, 2010 (Catholicculture.org) – In the continuing debate about Obamacare– a legislative proposal which is still very much alive– the American bishops continue to play a very dangerous game. For months the US Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) energetically promoted the concept of sweeping health-care reform, while just as energetically opposing any legislation that would offer subsidies for abortion. The net result was confusion. Both proponents and opponents of Obamacare claimed the support of the US bishops, and both sides could cite […]

Friday February 12, 2010 Pro-Abortion Rep. Patrick Kennedy Will Not Seek Reelection By Kathleen Gilbert WASHINGTON, D.C., February 12, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Pro-abortion U.S. Rep Patrick Kennedy of Rhode Island has announced that he will not seek reelection following his eighth term in Congress. “I will not be a candidate for reelection this year,” says the 42-year-old representative in an advertisement released Thursday and airing Sunday night. Sean Richardson, the congressman’s former chief of staff, told the Providence Journal that Kennedy’s decision “absolutely, unequivocally has nothing to do with” his struggling poll numbers, or the surprise victory of Republican Scott […]

Friday February 12, 2010 Ultra-Liberal Linz Diocese Spokesman Sacked after Boycott By Hilary White LINZ, Austria, February 12, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Ferdinand Kaineder, the former communications chief and spokesman of the diocese of Linz, Austria, has been sacked as part of an agreement reached between the diocese and a group of the faithful who have campaigned for reforms in the diocese. Kaineder has been the focus of criticism for some years as the spokesman for Linz, known internationally as the most liberal of the ultra-liberal European Catholic dioceses. The “Church Faithful Prayer Initiative,” formed in October 2009, organized a boycott […]

Congressman Chris Smith is one of the most experienced and effective international pro-life political warriors. You can be sure that he gave an impressive, first class presentation to the UN Ambassadors. In Canada, pro-gay totalitarianism is on the increase. This is a continuing trend in a number of nations. Respect for freedom of personal belief and speech is non-existent for those determined to force total acceptance of homosexuality upon the public and crush those who refuse to cooperate. Friday's story regarding Sr. Joan Chittister's upcoming appearance on Canada's National Catholic Broadcasting Council's Lenten mission was especially based on an LSN interview […]

By Peter J. Smith NEW YORK, February 15, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Veteran pro-life leader and U.S. Congressman Chris Smith addressed the delegates of more than thirty countries at the U.N. Ambassador’s Luncheon on Friday. At the luncheon he reminded them that the defense of the right to life for human beings, both born and unborn, rests at the heart of the founding of the United Nations and its successful mission. “You are the heirs and guarantors of the U.N. founders’ vision that there can be no way forward — no progress individually or collectively — if members of the human […]

By Hilary White SEVENOAKS, Kent, UK, February 15, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Two ministers in the Church of England are refusing to backpedal from their reiteration of the biblical teaching that wives should “submit” to their husbands. The Rev. Angus MacLeay, and his assistant priest, Mark Oden, have come under fire in the media after they recently issued a pamphlet and sermon, respectively, that quoted St. Paul’s letter to the Ephesians (5:22-33) and said that old fashioned values would save marriage. The quote from Ephesians is regarded in some Christian circles, especially where feminist thought predominates, as deeply controversial. St. Paul […]

By Patrick B. Craine HAMILTON, Ontario, February 15, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Public school children in Hamilton, Ontario will not be permitted to withdraw from classes that promote homosexuality, according to the Hamilton Mountain News. At the same time, according to a leaked document obtained by a local journalist, teachers are being instructed to tell parents who object to the curriculum that “this is not about parent rights.” At the end of January, the Hamilton-Wentworth District School Board (HWDSB) hosted a professional development day dedicated to “equity” training, where they distributed a sheet to teachers with “quick responses” they can offer […]

By Patrick B. Craine VICTORIA, British Columbia, February 15, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Dr. Keith Martin, who serves as Liberal Member of Parliament for Esquimalt – Juan de Fuca, has issued a harsh reproach after a Conservative MP revealed last week that support for abortion would not be included in Prime Minister Stephen Harper's G8 maternal and child health care initiative. “Once again, the Conservative government is demonstrating their willingness to pursue an ideological approach to public policy,” Martin stated in a press release on Thursday.  “Mr. Harper and members of his government may personally oppose abortion, but they do not have […]

DENVER, Feb. 14, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Personhood Colorado submitted signatures to the Secretary of State's office Friday for the Colorado Personhood Amendment. The signatures submitted totaled 79,817, although only 76,047 were required. All signatures are pending validation by the Colorado Secretary of State's office. “We are thrilled with these results. These signatures represent thousands of hours of hard work,” remarked Gualberto Garcia-Jones, co-sponsor of the amendment. “All of our volunteers are 100% committed to seeing that the dignity and personhood of preborn babies is recognized in Colorado, and it shows.” The proposed amendment states, in part, that “the term 'person' […]

Wednesday February 10, 2010 Catholic Theologians Say Spanish King Should Refuse to Sign Pro-Abortion Legislation By Matthew Cullinan Hoffman MADRID, February 9, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Several Catholic theologians are stating publicly that the King of Spain can, and is even morally obligated, to refuse to give his consent to new legislation that would allow abortion on demand during the first 14 weeks of pregnancy, according to the Madrid news service Religion en Libertad (Religion in Liberty). The experts in Catholic doctrine hail from such institutions as the Royal Academy of Moral and Political Sciences, the University of Navarra, the University […]

Tuesday February 9, 2010 San Francisco Chronicle: “Open Secret” That Prop. 8 Judge is “Gay” By Peter J. Smith SAN FRANCISCO, February 9, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – In what he describes as “an open secret,” a columnist for the San Francisco Chronicle says that the federal judge presiding over the case against California’s Proposition 8 identifies as a homosexual. The revelation now raises questions over whether Chief Justice Vaughn Walker of the U.S. District Court for California’s Northern District should recuse himself in the federal trial against Prop. 8, California’s ban on homosexual “marriage.” Chronicle columnists Phillip Matier and Andrew Ross […]

Tuesday February 9, 2010 “Bogus Compassion” is Killing Children and Corrupting Society: Belgian Philosopher By Hilary White ROME, February 9, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Catholic Church is suffering from one of the modern world’s most dangerous philosophical errors – that of false compassion, says Michel Schooyans, one of Europe’s leading philosophical minds. In a new essay, Schooyans writes that the corruption of compassion has created a climate in which it is anathema to condemn the killing of children by abortion and, more recently, by post-natal infanticide. It also has led, he says, to the abolition of the traditional definition of […]

Monday February 8, 2010 Document Reveals Inconsistencies in ND’s Jenkins Claims on ND88 By Kathleen Gilbert SOUTH BEND, Indiana, February 8, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Correspondence obtained by LifeSiteNews.com (LSN) this week concerning the “Notre Dame 88” scandal has thrown into question Notre Dame President Fr. John Jenkins’ claim that he has done all in his power to help the “ND88” pro-life protesters, who still face charges for trespassing on campus last May. Fr. Jenkins has continued to defend his refusal to request that the charges against the ND88 be dropped altogether based on the offer of a “pre-trial diversion.” Under […]

Tuesday February 9, 2010 Appeal Filed to Give D.C. Voters Right to Vote on Gay “Marriage” Law By Peter J. Smith WASHINGTON, D.C., February 9, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Pro-family advocates have filed an appeal against the decision of the District of Columbia’s Board of Elections and Ethics (BOEE) to deny voters in the U.S. capital the right to vote up or down on a law passed by the D.C. Council, which extends the definition of marriage to include same-sex couples. Attorneys with the Alliance Defense Fund and Stand4MarriageDC appealed to the D.C. Superior Court, which previously upheld the BOEE’s decision […]

USCCB Official: IPPF dissembling on its own abortion-based ideology

"The foetus is another life in a woman and loss of the foetus is actually loss of a child"

Pro-Life Teen, MP interview, D&P again, CCHD, LSN Staff Snowed in

Thursday September 26, 2002 Homosexual Activist Group to Receive Approval at Toronto Catholic University College priest chaplain charges critic with using Nazi tactics TORONTO, September 26, 2002 (LSN.ca) – As St. Michael’s Catholic University – an affiliate of the University of Toronto – is about to celebrate its 150th anniversary this year, it is also set to approve the application of a homosexual activist group calling itself “” (Queers at St. Mike’s College). The fact that the group was vying for approval signatures from the Catholic administration of the College was highlighted in the Toronto Star in May. However, the […]

Wednesday February 10, 2010 Toronto Archdiocese Renews Funding Restrictions on Development and Peace By John-Henry Westen TORONTO, February 9, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – This week an ad hoc committee of Bishops of Canada are meeting to discuss the situation around the bishops’ international aid arm, the Canadian Catholic Organization for Development and Peace (D&P). Meanwhile, the archbishop of Toronto has decided to continue the same funding restrictions on funds from the archdiocese to D&P that he instituted last year, in the wake of the scandal. Calls and emails to D&P to determine the status on funding of abortion advocacy groups they […]

Wednesday February 10, 2010 ‘Day of Purity’ Participants to Celebrate Chastity Feb. 12 By Kathleen Gilbert February 10, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Thousands of youth are gearing up to celebrate the true meaning of love by participating in the seventh annual Day of Purity the Friday before Valentine’s Day. More than 300 schools in 44 states, as well as hundreds of churches and other organizations across America have signed up to participate in the Day of Purity, which is sponsored by the Liberty Counsel. “The Day of Purity is a day when youth can make a public demonstration of their commitment […]

Wednesday February 10, 2010 Abortion Not Part of Harper’s Maternal Health Initiative: Conservative MP By Thaddeus M. Baklinski OTTAWA, February 10, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Shelly Glover, Manitoba Conservative MP for Saint Boniface, has confirmed that abortion will not be included in the Canadian Government’s plan to help women and children in the developing world through the maternal health G8 initiative proposed by Conservative Prime Minister Stephen Harper. The Liberal Party under leader Michael Ignatieff has insisted that Prime Minister Harper include abortion, contraception and funding for the International Planned Parenthood Federation as part of his proposed maternal health initiative. During […]

Wednesday February 10, 2010 Costa Rica Elects “Pro-Life” President By Matthew Cullinan Hoffman, Latin America Correspondent SAN JOSE, COSTA RICA, February 9, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The nation of Costa Rica has elected a new president who has successfully positioned herself as the “pro-life” candidate in the elections. But some are questioning if the president-elect really meets the the pro-life standard. Laura Chinchilla, who is a Catholic, is famously opposed to relaxing the nation’s abortion laws. She also rejects the creation of homosexual “marriage.” However, Chinchilla has made it clear that she supports the current laws of Costa Rica, which permit […]

Monday February 8, 2010 Irony: 19-Child Duggar Family Renting Former Home of Local Planned Parenthood Leader By Kathleen Gilbert LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, February 8, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar, the reality TV parents who recently grabbed headlines following the birth of their nineteenth child, are now renting a house once owned by the eugenicist founder of Planned Parenthood in Little Rock, Ark., reports the Examiner. “It’s comical that the house we’re renting was actually owned by a lady who started Planned Parenthood in Little Rock. There’s even a plaque outside in the front yard,” Jim Bob told […]

Wednesday June 14, 2000 DION IN VITRO BABY BRINGS IN VITRO CONTROVERSY TO FOREFRONT MONTREAL, June 14 (LSN.ca) – Recent news has brought the issue of in vitro fertilization to world attention. A prominent Catholic bishop in Rome has criticized amendments introduced by the Italian senate to a bill on IVF, one of which would remove the obligation to inform couples that the technique involves the wastage of embryos. Bishop Eli Sgreccia, director of the Bio-Ethics Centre of Rome’s Sacred Heart University and vice-president of the Pontifical Academy for Life, said: “The majority of embryos, in other words of [the […]

By Susan Yoshihara, Ph.D. and Emanuele Rizzardi NEW YORK, NY, February 12, 2009 (C-FAM) – Last week at United Nations (UN) headquarters in New York, a federation of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) proposed a new “International Convention on the Rights of Older Persons” and a new special rapporteur for aging. The group included the powerful American lobby, American Association of Retired Persons (AARP). The launch of the campaign for a new aging treaty took place at a panel discussion during the 48th Session of the Commission on Social Development, whose theme this year was social integration. In addition to AARP, the […]

By Hilary White LONDON, February 12, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – New government guidance on sex education has been endorsed by the Catholic Education Service (CES) of England and Wales, despite its promotion of homosexuality, extra-marital sex, abortion and contraception. CES Director Oona Stannard called the guidance issued by the British government’s Department for Children, Schools and Families (DCSF) “a positive step forward.” A media release from the DCSF said that the “list of stakeholders” involved in developing the draft guidance included the Catholic Education Service as well as several pro-abortion groups, including the Sex Education Forum. The Sex Education Forum is […]

By Thaddeus M. Baklinski STRASBOURG, February 12, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Maltese members of the European Parliament (MEPs) sent a strong message to the EU that Malta will not accept the introduction of abortion when they voted against a measure that sought to “improve women’s access to sexual and reproductive health services … notably through easy access to contraception and abortion.” The vote was taken on a resolution drafted by Belgian Socialist MEP Marc Tarabella on equality between men and women in the EU. Although initially the resolution looked like a pro-equality motion dealing with equal pay for men and women, […]

Tuesday February 2, 2010 U.S. Bishops’ Media Director Who Exonerated Exec Admits to Not Reading Key Report By Patrick B. Craine WASHINGTON, D.C., February 2, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The media director for the U.S. Bishops (USCCB), who exonerated the USCCB’s top social justice executive yesterday after it was revealed that he was closely tied to a pro-abortion and homosexualist organization, has now admitted to LifeSiteNews that she did not even read one of the two key reports. Two reports released yesterday, one by American Life League (ALL) and another by the Bellarmine Veritas Ministry (BVM), revealed that the Center for […]

Monday February 8, 2010 U.K.’s Conservative Leader Pledges Full Support for Gay Agenda Agrees that the “right of gay children to have a safe education trumps the right of faith schools to teach that homosexuality is a sin.” By Hilary White LONDON, February 8, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – David Cameron, the heir-presumptive of Prime Minister Gordon Brown, has told a homosexual magazine to expect a “gay-friendly” future Conservative government. Cameron, who has packaged himself the “heir to Blair,” also told Attitude magazine that the Church of England should change its policies on homosexuality. The Tory leader, whose party is likely to […]

Monday February 8, 2010 Rally Planned in Defence of Canadian Pro-Life Ad Note: A petition in favor of the ad can be found here. The Facebook group in favor of the ad can be found here. KELOWNA, B.C., February 8, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Canadian pro-lifers are planning a rally on Tuesday in defence of the pro-life ad that was pulled last week by Global TV affiliate CHBC. Tuesday’s rally will be held at the Global Okanagan building at 342 Leon Avenue in Kelowna, B.C. and will begin at 4:00 pm. Members of the local pro-life community are organizing the event […]

Monday February 8, 2010 My Vote for Best Pro-life Super Bowl Ad: Google’s Parisian Love Story Commentary by Troy Newman February 8, 2010 (OperationRescue.org) – Although it was no game changer I believe the best family-friendly and cutting-edge Super Bowl commercial was done by Google. The Tim Tebow ad was good, but like many things Super Bowl-related – it didn’t live up to all the pre-game hype. Its message was so subtle that many may have missed the point. All good advertising must mirror everyday circumstances. And who hasn’t used Google to make travel plans, find restaurants, or define an […]

Monday February 8, 2010 Future of Pontifical Academy for Life at Stake as Members Meet in Closed Door Session By Hilary White, Rome Correspondent ROME, February 8, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Some members of the Pontifical Academy for Life are expressing fears for the future of the organization under its current head, Archbishop Salvatore Fisichella. Their concerns come after a scandal last year in which the archbishop appeared to condone the abortion of Brazilian twins. LifeSiteNews.com (LSN) has been informed by the Academy that their annual congress, normally open to the public, has been cancelled this year in favor of a […]

Friday February 5, 2010 Pink Ouija Board ‘Toy’ Targeting Young Girls Sparks Boycott By Kathleen Gilbert PAWTUCKET, Rhode Island, February 5, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A boycott has been launched against toymaker giant Hasbro and Toys R Us for making and marketing a pink Ouija board targeting girls as young as eight years old. The board’s Toys R Us webpage – which has evidently been recently removed – boasted: “It has always been mysterious. It has always been mystifying. And now the OUIJA Board is just for you, girl.” The board comes with 72 “fun questions” to ask, including: “Who will […]

Maddy Curtis and her family are quite the inspiration. We are delighted to be able to publish such a story. So Joe Biden thinks that Sarah Palin is out of step with mainstream America. My goodness, you have to wonder what planet these arrogant elitists live on. To any objective observer, it has to be obvious that mainstream Americans generally have a far higher regard for Sarah than for slippery, foot-in-mouth Joe. IPPF is working its large network of media and other influential forces to pressure Canada to continue to give it millions of dollars of funding from Canadian taxpayers. The […]

Re:Toronto Archdiocese Renews Funding Restrictions on Development and Peace I contributed to Development and Peace's Haiti Fund in order to get a letter sent to the President.  I mentioned that I felt safe contributing to the Emergency Fund because the money must be used FOR the emergency and not for D and P's usual funding. I asked that my letter be forwarded to the President and I stated that I was still waiting for an apology from the President whose first response to the problem of their funding questionable partners was to “attack the messenger.” This inadequate and unprofessional response […]

By John Jalsevac February 11, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – In this week’s episode of American Idol it was revealed that Maddy Curtis, the 16-year-old who endeared Idol viewers with her winning personality and who advanced to the second round of the show on the merits of a soulful rendition of Leonard Cohen’s “Hallelujah,” was cut from the show. But, says Maddy, from her perspective her American Idol adventure was the furthest thing from a failure. “It was a phenomenal experience,” she said in an interview with LifeSiteNews.com (LSN) this week. Being given the opportunity to sing on the stage of the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood – […]

By Thaddeus M. Baklinski VANCOUVER, February 11, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A report prepared for the Anglican Diocese of British Columbia says that Anglicanism in Canada could disappear within a generation. Citing a decline in Anglican church adherents of 11% per year since the 1960s the report states that Anglicanism is declining faster than any other denomination. The report says Anglicanism has “moved to the far margins of public life” and that, with most Anglicans being 60 or older, the church is “one generation away from extinction.” “The status quo is not an option,” the report says and recommends that “a […]

By Patrick B. Craine OTTAWA, Ontario, February 11, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF), the world's largest abortion provider, is complaining that the Canadian government has not yet responded to their request for a funding renewal of $18 million over the next three years. IPPF spokesman Paul Bell told Canwest News Service that IPPF was “taken by surprise” after Michael Ignatieff pointed out the delay in IPPF's funding last week while he was pushing for abortion in Prime Minister Stephen Harper's new G8 maternal and child health plan. The news of the delay in IPPF funding follows […]

By Kathleen Gilbert SAN DIEGO, February 11, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Scores of Christian and religious organizations have filed at least 21 amicus curiae briefs supporting the Christian Legal Society (CLS) against a lawsuit in the U.S. Supreme Court challenging the society's right to select Christian leaders for its group at a University campus.  The case, filed against University of California Hastings College of the Law in San Francisco, will essentially test whether law schools can deny official recognition to student chapters of the Christian Legal Society. While CLS welcomes anyone to attend meetings and events, it requires that the officers […]

LONDON, February 11, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Britain’s left-leaning Catholic magazine, the Tablet, has called for the Catholic Church to “if not doctrinally, at least pastorally” change its teaching on homosexuality. The Catholic Church, said an unsigned editorial titled, “The Deepest Human Desire,”should “move on with confidence,” to facilitate greater acceptance of the homosexual lifestyle, or risk losing public approval. Referring to the media uproar following comments made to the English bishops by Pope Benedict XVI opposing the Labour government’s proposed Equality Bill, the Tablet said, “The Church must take seriously, and ponder deeply, the underlying reasons for this week’s furore.” […]

February 10, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A unique effort is underway by a new Canadian pro-life group to spread the truth about abortion directly to households. The group, “Workers for Life,”has already distributed 5,000 flyers that show the truth about abortion to households in Canada, and is launching an effort to reach every one of the 11 million households in the country. The also hope to extend their efforts into the United States. “It’s time that people know what really goes on during an abortion,” said Bill Vandewiel, President of Workers for Life. “The picture is not one of beauty but of […]

By Kathleen Gilbert WASHINGTON, DC, February 11, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – In an interview with CNN's Larry King that aired Wednesday night, Vice President Joe Biden said he thought the views of his former vice-presidential competitor Sarah Palin were out of touch with the large majority of Americans. “My sense is that Gov. Palin appeals to a group of people who are generally frustrated, feel disenfranchised, are very conservative, not all of them … Tea Party people,” said Biden. “She has appeal beyond that as well, but I don’t [see] that it represents anything approaching a significant portion of the population.” […]

WASHINGTON, D.C., February 11, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A petition was launched on Wednesday, which asks the U.S. bishops to suspend Catholic Campaign for Human Development (CCHD) grants. The petition is sponsored by American Life League, Human Life International, Catholic Advocate, Bellarmine Veritas Ministry and Real Catholic TV, members of the Reform CCHD Now coalition (RCN).   The effort comes after repeated calls over the past three months for explanations from the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) in response to the discovery that CCHD money is being used to support organizations that promote abortion and same-sex “marriage.”  American Catholics are […]

By Hilary White BELFAST February 11, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The move of the U.K. government to reissue health guidelines that were ordered withdrawn by a Northern Ireland High Court Justice is “baffling” and “bizarre,” said Liam Gibson, the head of the Society for the Protection of Unborn Children (SPUC) in the province. Gibson spoke with LSN today about the decision this week by the Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety (DHSSPS) to reissue the health guidelines that the Court had said “misrepresented” Northern Ireland’s laws on abortion. Gibson said that the department “has simply disregarded the High Court […]

Thursday September 12, 2002 Kyoto Will Create Economic, Bureaucratic Boondoggle Five things every Canadian (and others) should know about Kyoto LIFESITE SPECIAL REPORT LIFESITE, September 12, 2002 (LSN.ca) – In 1997 LifeSite reported that some attendees to a Kyoto conference suggested that fears of “global warming” may be used to justify “reducing world population-using abortion, harmful birth control chemicals and sterilization — to ‘solve’ the alleged climatological problems.” We also noted that then Globe and Mail financial columnist, Terrance Corcoran, stated that the Kyoto document “is likely to stand as a reference document for major government intervention” and that “In […]

Monday February 8, 2010 Homosexual Activist Keith Norton Dies at 69 By Patrick B. Craine TORONTO, Ontario, February 8, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Homosexual activist Keith Norton died January 31st of cancer in a Toronto hospital at the age of 69. Mr. Norton served in the Ontario provincial legislature for Kingston and the Islands from 1975-1985, taking up several cabinet positions. In 1992, he was made head of the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal. In 1996, Premier Mike Harris appointed him chief commissioner of the Ontario Human Rights Commission (OHRC), a post he held until 2005. In his work with the OHRC, […]

Monday February 8, 2010 Canadian Human Rights Commission Appeals Ruling against Hate Messages Statute By Patrick B. Craine February 8, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Canadian Human Rights Commission (CHRC) is appealing the September decision of the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal that determined the hate messages provision (section 13) of the Canadian Human Rights Act is unconstitutional. In a factum filed with the Federal Court last month, the CHRC argues that then-Tribunal chairman Athanasios D. Hadjis exceeded his authority and erred in law when he ruled on September 2nd that section 13, as it stands now in conjunction with the 1998 […]

Friday February 5, 2010 Another Stern Talking-To from Pope Benedict to Scottish Bishops By Hilary White, Rome correspondent ROME, February 5, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – There can be no compromise on the life issues and the struggle against secularism, the pope told the visiting Scottish bishops this week. In his speech at their “ad limina” visit and closely following similarly stern comments on Tuesday to the bishops of England and Wales, Benedict told the Scottish bishops that they must “grapple” with the “increasing tide of secularism” in Scotland, and held up the 16th century martyr St. John Ogilvie as a model. […]

Thursday April 16, 2009 Controversy: Development and Peace Funding Pro-Abortion Groups By Father Alphonse de Valk Republished with permission from the May 2009 edition of Catholic Insight magazine TORONTO, April 16, 2009 (catholicinsight.com) – For 42 years, Catholic dioceses across Canada have sent contributions via Share Lent and Share Life to the international development organization of the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops (CCCB): the Canadian Catholic Organization for Development and Peace (CCODP) – Development and Peace (D&P) as it is called for short – to supply humanitarian help to the poor of the world. On March 11, 2009, the Mexican […]

By Matthew Cullinan Hoffman MADRID, February 9, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Several Catholic theologians are stating publicly that the King of Spain can, and is even morally obligated, to refuse to give his consent to new legislation that would allow abortion on demand during the first 14 weeks of pregnancy, according to the Madrid news service Religion en Libertad (Religion in Liberty). The experts in Catholic doctrine hail from such institutions as the Royal Academy of Moral and Political Sciences, the University of Navarra, the University of San Pablo-CEU, and the diocesan seminary of Santander. Juan Jose Valero Alvarez, Director of […]

By Patrick B. Craine WASHINGTON, D.C., February 10, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Bishop Robert Vasa of Baker, Oregon has cautiously expressed concern after reports this week that the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) is listed as a member of a coalition that promotes homosexual “rights” and access to abortion. In a Monday article, Deal Hudson of Inside Catholic pointed out the USCCB's membership in the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights (LCCR), a coalition of nearly 200 national 'civil and human rights' organizations, founded in 1950, that coordinates national lobbying efforts for its members.  The minimum annual dues to join […]

By Hilary White BELFAST, February 10, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Pro-life advocates in Northern Ireland may have cheered too soon when in November of last year a court ordered the recall of health guidelines that threatened the province’s pro-life laws. The U.K. government now is being called “deceitful” for re-issuing the same guidelines that were rejected last year. Bernadette Smyth, the director of Northern Ireland’s leading pro-life group Precious Life, called the re-issuing of the same guidelines, for the third time, “arrogant and deceitful.” In a press statement the Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety (DHSSPS) said they have […]

Monday April 8, 2002 Op-Ed Submission From Thomas Langan, President of the Catholic Civil Rights League Re: Durham Catholic School Board The coalition of groups meeting later today orchestrated by MPP Smitherman and CAW president Buzz Hargrove is yet another press show offered to ridicule the Durham Region Catholic School Board’s justifiable and legal refusal to allow a student to bring his 21 year old ‘boyfriend’ to the school prom. It will heap scorn and pressure on the school, the Board and the Church for not allowing this simple situation to be resolved to their liking. Recognizing the intense pressure […]

Monday February 8, 2010 Malta Celebrates 32nd Pro-Life Day By James Tillman VALLETTA, MALTA, February 8, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) — This past Sunday, on the 32nd Pro-Life Day organized by the Malta Unborn Child Movement, members of the Maltese government and various clergy reiterated Malta’s firm stand against abortion under any circumstances. According to the Times of Malta, Foreign Minister Tonio Borg said that Malta would refuse to follow the rest of the world into an anti-life culture. He continued by expressing confidence that a proposed amendment to the Maltese constitution, stating that human life begins at conception, will be passed […]

Monday February 8, 2010 Pope: Family Necessary for Child Development By James Tillman VATICAN CITY, February 8, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – On Monday morning, Pope Benedict XVI, speaking to the plenary assembly of the Pontifical Council for the Family, condemned child abuse and spoke of how stable families are necessary for the proper development of children. “The Church over the centuries, following the example of Christ, has promoted the dignity and rights of children,” the pope said. He continued: “Jesus’ harsh words against those who offend one of these little ones are an admonition to everyone never to lower the level […]

By John-Henry Westen NEW YORK, February 9, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – As nations around the world are beginning to feel the effects of plummeting birth rates, the Vatican’s representative to the United Nations has stressed that population growth is the key to overcoming poverty. Speaking before the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations, Archbishop Celestino Migliore said, “too often population growth is viewed as the cause of poverty whereas it is a means of overcoming it, for only within the work force can the solution for poverty be found.” The archbishop explained: “where economic growth rates have declined, the […]

By Peter J. Smith WASHINGTON, D.C., February 9, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Pro-family advocates have filed an appeal against the decision of the District of Columbia’s Board of Elections and Ethics (BOEE) to deny voters in the U.S. capital the right to vote up or down on a law passed by the D.C. Council, which extends the definition of marriage to include same-sex couples. Attorneys with the Alliance Defense Fund and Stand4MarriageDC appealed to the D.C. Superior Court, which previously upheld the BOEE’s decision to reject a pro-family marriage initiative banning same-sex “marriage.” ADF attorneys also filed an additional motion last […]

By Hilary White ROME, February 9, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Catholic Church is suffering from one of the modern world’s most dangerous philosophical errors – that of false compassion, says Michel Schooyans, one of Europe’s leading philosophical minds. In a new essay, Schooyans writes that the corruption of compassion has created a climate in which it is anathema to condemn the killing of children by abortion and, more recently, by post-natal infanticide. It also has led, he says, to the abolition of the traditional definition of marriage; the spread of AIDS through the “safe sex” doctrine; and a resurgence of […]

Friday February 5, 2010 Veterans, Former Army Legal Chief Defend “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” By Peter J. Smith WASHINGTON, D.C., February 5, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A Congressional ban on homosexuals serving openly in the military has been targeted by top US military officials this week, but military veterans as well as a former chief of the Army’s criminal law division are striking back in defense of a policy they call both sound and essential to the health of the armed services. The Washington Times reports that the United States’ two major veterans organizations have come out fighting against attempts by […]

Friday February 5, 2010 Confirmation Hopes Fading for Dawn Johnsen, Radical Pro-Abort Obama Pick By Peter J. Smith WASHINGTON, D.C., February 5, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – After one year of waiting, Dawn Johnsen, Obama’s radical pro-abortion nominee to head the Office of Legal Counsel (OLC), has seen her chances for Senate confirmation delayed once again. The Senate Judiciary Committee decided on Thursday that they had run out of time to consider her selection and agreed to postpone a vote to a later date. In fact, the sun may be setting altogether on Johnsen’s confirmation hopes, as Senate Republicans have expressed their […]

Friday February 5, 2010 Mexican Attorney General’s Office Files Suit against “Homosexual Marriage” By Matthew Cullinan Hoffman, Latin America Correspondent MEXICO CITY, February 4, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Attorney General of Mexico (PGR) has filed suit against the government of Mexico City to strike down a law approving “homosexual marriage” and adoption. The decision to fight the measure followed requests for help by members of the National Action Party (PAN), which has fought the measure in the Mexico City legislature. The law, passed in January, has caused much consternation in Mexico, a country with a strong family values tradition. Its […]

Tuesday February 2, 2010 U.S. Bishops’ Exec Responds to Charges of Cooperation with Pro-Abortion, Homosexualist Group By Patrick B. Craine WASHINGTON, D.C., February 2, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – John Carr, the U.S. Bishops’ (USCCB) chief advisor on social justice for the last two decades, and who oversees the controversial Catholic Campaign for Human Development (CCHD), has responded to two reports filed yesterday by members of the Reform CCHD Now coalition (RCN). These reports revealed the homosexualism and abortion activism of the Center for Community Change (CCC), and the fact that Carr has been long associated with them, even serving as chair […]

Warns America is moving toward socialism

Friday February 5, 2010 Commentary on Feb. 5 News The names of the 21,581 petitioners supporting the CBS decision to air the Tim Tebow ad have been sent by both mail and email to CBS. The first 15,000 names were sent earlier this week and the rest were sent today. Additional names received over the weekend will also be forwarded to CBS to confirm their right decision on this matter. Congratulations to all who responded! This has undoubtedly had an impact upon CBS. President Obama is encountering yet another major setback with fading hopes for confirmation of his very radical […]

Thursday February 4, 2010 South Dakota Senate Rejects Effort to Undermine Embryonic Stem Cell Ban By Peter J. Smith PIERRE, South Dakota, February 4, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The South Dakota Senate voted down a bill Tuesday that would have sabotaged the state’s ban on embryonic stem-cell research. The Senate rejected S.B. 74 by a 21 – 12 margin, after the bill was substantially revised to permit South Dakotans to access embryonic stem cell treatments approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. The original bill intended to throw out South Dakota’s ban on embryonic stem cell research and treatments entirely […]

Tuesday February 2, 2010 Ban Porn Websites: Indian Chief Justice By Hilary White NEW DELHI February 2, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Chief Justice of India said this weekend that there is an “urgent” need to restrict the availability of websites featuring pornography. “The government can place bans on websites that exclusively circulate pornography and hate speech,” Chief Justice K G Balakrishnan said on Sunday. He said that the suggestion did not intend to place a “blanket ban” on all websites and noted it is important to distinguish between pornography websites and service providers, website operators and individual users. “Websites are […]

Thursday February 4, 2010 Liberal Leader Ignatieff Responds to Firestorm of Criticism over Abortion Remarks By John-Henry Westen OTTAWA, February 4, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff has taken a beating even in the mainstream media and from within his own party over his insistence that Conservative Prime Minister Stephen Harper include abortion in the Canadian plan for maternal health to be proposed at the G8 meeting. In comments to LifeSiteNews.com (LSN) earlier this week, Liberal MP Paul Szabo jumped into the fray, taking issue with the Liberal Leader’s statement that there is consensus on the matter of abortion […]

Thursday February 4, 2010 Air Force Academy Cross Over Incident at Pagan Circle By Peter J. Smith COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado, February 4, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The United States Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs has established a pagan circle in the woods on its campus with plans to dedicate it officially in March. However, the site has generated new controversy as Air Force staffers have revealed that a large wooden cross was found at the site, with some calling the placement of the cross a “hate crime.” The population of self-styled pagans is a tiny percentage of the Academy’s 4,000 […]

Thursday February 4, 2010 Group Launches Petition in Support of “Censored” Canadian Pro-Life Ad By John Jalsevac Note: The petition in support of the Kelowna Right to Life ad can be found here. The Facebook group in support of the ad can be found here. February 4, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – At the same time as the United States is embroiled in a controversy over a pro-life ad featuring football super-star Tim Tebow, which is set to air during the Super Bowl, a Canadian pro-life group has been informed that a local television station will not run its pro-life ad – […]

Thursday February 4, 2010 “Vegetative” Patients may Retain Awareness: Study By Hilary White February 3, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A new study has found that patients deemed to be in a “vegetative” state still have brain function and can even communicate in some cases. Published in the New England Journal of Medicine, the study examined 54 patients with “disorders of consciousness” and assessed their “ability to generate willful” responses during two “established mental-imagery tasks.” Five of the patients were able to “willfully modulate” their brain activity and three of these displayed “some sign of awareness.” One of the five was able […]

Thursday February 4, 2010 Chief British Rabbi: “Pope is Right” on Equality Bill – Pro-Abort Catholic MEP: Pope is Wrong By Hilary White ROME, February 4, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A British Catholic member of the European Parliament has slammed Pope Benedict’s comments on the Labour government’s Equality Bill, saying that the pontiff should apply EU anti-discrimination policies in the Vatican. At the same time, a leader of Britain’s Jewish community has praised Pope Benedict’s recent criticism of the bill, saying it is a direct threat to religious freedom. Stephen Hughes, a Catholic and the MEP for the Labour Party for […]

Tuesday February 2, 2010 Rabbis Warn against ‘Disaster’ of Open Homosexuality in the Military NEW YORK, February 2, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Rabbi Yehuda Levin, spokesman for the Rabbinical Alliance of America, has warned against the repeal of the “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy banning open homosexuals from military service. “When Americans are suffering economically and millions need jobs, it’s shocking that the Administration is focused on its ultra-liberal militantly homosexualist agenda forcing the highlighting of homosexuals and homosexuality on an unwilling military,” said Levin in a statement Tuesday. “This is the equivalent of the spiritual rape of our military to […]

Friday September 4, 2009 Fr. Thomas J. Euteneuer statement on David Gibson’s anti-Catholic article: The following quote from David Gibson’s ugly article says it all: “Whatever the ins and outs of the internal church maneuvering, the upshot is that a leading voice in the anti-Obama wing of the church hierarchy has been silenced while both Obama and Biden continue to take center stage.” The Catholic Left in America is allowing this administration to divide the Catholic Church in America. Anti-Catholics like Gibson, because of their ill-will and disdain for the Church, see the departure of one of America’s great shepherds […]

Friday June 26, 2009 Holy See Not To Contribute To UNICEF In 1997 Archbishop Renato Martino Vatican City, Nov 4, 1996 (VIS) – Following is the complete text of a press release published today by the Holy See Permanent Observer Mission to the United Nations, following the announcement by Archbishop Renato Martino at the UN that the Holy See this year cannot offer a contribution to UNICEF activities: “The Permanent Observer Mission of the Holy See to the United Nations announced today at the Pledging Conference for Development Activities, held at the United Nations in New York, that it ‘cannot […]

Tuesday February 20, 2007 The Climb to Power and Influence by Homosexuals in Canada Through the Liberal Government “A cunning and calculated campaign” during the past ten years By C. Gwendolyn Landolt National Vice President REAL Women of Canada Over the past ten years, Canadians have experienced a revolution in regard to the homosexual issue. This revolution, whereby homosexuals, who, according to the 2003 census, consist of approximately one per cent of the population, have acquired enormous power and influence in this country. These new-found rights of homosexuals have priority over other basic rights, such as freedom of religion, speech, […]

Saturday April 28, 2007 Text of European Parliament Resolution Condemning “Homophobia” P6_TA-PROV(2007)0167 Homophobia in Europe European Parliament resolution of 26 April 2007 on homophobia in Europe The European Parliament, – having regard to international instruments guaranteeing human rights and fundamental freedoms and prohibiting discrimination, notably the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (ECHR), – having regard to Articles 6 and 7 of the Treaty on European Union (TEU) and Article 13 of the EC Treaty, which commit the EU and the Community, respectively, as well as the Member States, to upholding human rights and fundamental […]

Tuesday June 13, 2000 WORLD GAY PRIDE: CATHOLICS TO STAGE COUNTER EVENT IN ROME ROME, June 13 (LSN.ca) – On the first night of the World Gay Pride event in Rome this July 1-8 there will be a 10pm torch-lit procession through the streets of the city in protest against the homosexual activist event. EWTN news reports that a number of Catholic organizations have initiated the procession. The move has also received support from Italian politicians. Catholic World News reports that opponents of the World Gay Pride event warn that the gay event is just ‘the tip of the Iceberg’ […]

Monday July 10, 2000 POPE COMMENTS ON WORLD GAY PRIDE IN ROME VATICAN, July 10 (LSN.ca) – Speaking Sunday, one day after a march of over 50,000 homosexual activists through the streets of Rome, Pope John Paul made it clear that he wasn’t impressed with their protest. Speaking from his study window in the Vatican, the Pope said: “In the name of the Church of Rome, I can only express bitterness for the affront to the Great Jubilee of the Year 2000 and for the offense to the Christian values of a city so dear to the hearts of Catholics […]

Thursday February 4, 2010 Colin Powell Throws Support Behind Repeal of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” By Peter J. Smith WASHINGTON, D.C., February 4, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Retired U.S. Army General Colin Powell has thrown his support behind the repeal of the Congressional ban on homosexuals serving in the armed forces and the “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy. The decision marks a major shift for Powell, who once strongly backed the ban and the policy as essential to maintaining troop discipline and morale. “In the almost 17 years since the ‘don’t ask, don’t tell’ legislation was passed, attitudes and circumstances have […]

Thursday February 4, 2010 Canadian Station Pulls Pro-Life Ad – Too “Graphic” KELOWNA, B.C., February 4, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – CHBC, the Kelowna local television station that drew national coverage this week after agreeing to air a pro-life ad, has changed its mind, claiming that the ad is too graphic. The ad was sponsored by Kelowna Right to Life (KRTL), who got the news of its cancellation yesterday. “The reason they gave is that it’s simply too graphic for a television commercial,” said Marlon Bartram, KRTL’s executive director. The station told Bartram that they had received between 12 and 18 complaints […]

Monday August 12, 2002 Action on Sexually Abusive Priests Comes Only After Media Exposure Ottawa Catholic University Attracts Sexual Abusing Professors LIFESITE SPECIAL REPORT OTTAWA, August 12, 2002 (LSN.ca) – The Catholic News Service reported this week that Father John M. Huels, vice dean and professor of canon law at St. Paul’s University in Ottawa, has taken a leave of absence and requested laicization after his history of sexually abusing minors was revealed. The story prompted LifeSite to investigate the university’s record with sexually abusive priests since several other prominent abusers were known to have taught at St. Paul’s. Huels, […]

Tuesday February 2, 2010 Football Pros Give Support to Tim Tebow Super Bowl Ad By Peter J. Smith FORT LAUDERDALE, Florida, February 2, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Several NFL football professionals have thrown their personal support behind college-football star Tim Tebow, who is featured in a controversial pro-life commercial for this Sunday’s Super Bowl, reports the Baptist Press. Professionals from the NFL’s two conferences, the AFC and NFC, told the BP while at the Pro Bowl in South Florida that they stood with Tebow and his right to have his Christian views heard. “I applaud him for standing up for what […]

The Duggar family is a contradiction to today's culture. My wife and I are the parents of eight children and after thirty years of parenting we can tell you that the saddest thing we hear from many good couples is that they “can't afford” more than two or three children – so little trust in providence and in the grace of their marriage. Yes, it is admittedly often hard, but with constant effort, generosity and especially prayer, things somehow usually work out to great personal advantage. The children become the father to the mature man and woman whom the husband and wife become. […]

RE: Future of Pontifical Academy for Life at Stake as Members Meet in Closed Door Session   What disturbs me the most about the Archbishop is his attitude throughout this whole affair. He would not check the facts of the Recife case before issuing his letter.  The responsibility to do so is incumbent upon him as head of the Pontifical Academy of Life. Then, when others pointed out his serious errors, he refuses to issue a clarification.   These acts demonstrate that Archbishop Fisichella needs to be removed from his position. That Pope Benedict XVI did not replace him has hurt the […]

By Kathleen Gilbert LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, February 8, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar, the reality TV parents who recently grabbed headlines following the birth of their nineteenth child, are now renting a house once owned by the eugenicist founder of Planned Parenthood in Little Rock, Ark., reports the Examiner. “It’s comical that the house we’re renting was actually owned by a lady who started Planned Parenthood in Little Rock. There’s even a plaque outside in the front yard,” Jim Bob told the news service in a telephone interview.  He said that most of the kids, aside from Josh […]

By Patrick B. Craine February 8, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Canadian Human Rights Commission (CHRC) is appealing the September decision of the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal that determined the hate messages provision (section 13) of the Canadian Human Rights Act is unconstitutional. In a factum filed with the Federal Court last month, the CHRC argues that then-Tribunal chairman Athanasios D. Hadjis exceeded his authority and erred in law when he ruled on September 2nd that section 13, as it stands now in conjunction with the 1998 penal provisions, violates the Charter-guaranteed freedom of expression. Hadjis' decision came in the case of Lemire […]

By Thaddeus M. Baklinski VICTORIA, British Columbia, February 8, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Youth Protecting Youth (YPY), the embattled pro-life club at the University of Victoria (UVic) which has been fighting for fair treatment from their student union for years, has received a helping hand from an unexpected quarter. The B.C. Civil Liberties Association (BCCLA ) has declared that the University of Victoria Student Society's refusal to give the club official status and funding infringes on the rights of campus clubs to freedom of expression. “We're pro-choice nuts over at the civil liberties association,” said BCCLA Director and former President John […]

Agrees that the "right of gay children to have a safe education trumps the right of faith schools to teach that homosexuality is a sin."

By Hilary White, Rome Correspondent ROME, February 8, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Some members of the Pontifical Academy for Life are expressing fears for the future of the organization under its current head, Archbishop Salvatore Fisichella.  Their concerns come after a scandal last year in which the archbishop appeared to condone the abortion of Brazilian twins. LifeSiteNews.com (LSN) has been informed by the Academy that their annual congress, normally open to the public, has been cancelled this year in favor of a closed meeting of members. The PAV told LSN that the public will be welcomed back to the public congress […]

Wednesday February 3, 2010 Study: 56% of Young Adults in a New Sexual Relationship Infected with HPV By John-Henry Westen MONTREAL, February 3, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – If ever there was a reason for parents to warn their teens off sexual encounters before marriage, a recent study has found it. The groundbreaking study of couples found more than half (56 per cent) of young adults in a new sexual relationship were infected with the sexually transmitted human papillomavirus (HPV). HPV, a virus which condoms cannot protect against, is the leading cause of cervical cancer. Of those infected with HPV, nearly half […]

Monday October 27, 2008 Exclusive Interview with Lisa Miller, Ex-Lesbian Fighting for Custody of Own Child against “Civil Union” Partner Interview by Matthew Hoffman October 26, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – When Lisa Miller repudiated the lesbian lifestyle in 2003 and turned to Jesus Christ as her savior, she believed that she and her daughter Isabella would be safe from her traumatic and confused past. However, her former partner Janet Jenkins, to whom she was joined in a “civil union,” was not willing to let go without a fight. Jenkins sued and successfully received the right to unsupervised visits with Isabella, some […]

Swearing-in breaks Dems' supermajority today

Wednesday February 3, 2010 Canadian Liberal Leader Ignatieff Slammed as “Extreme” and “Divisive” on Abortion By John-Henry Westen OTTAWA, February 3, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Yesterday’s comments by Liberal Party Leader Michael Ignatieff, insisting that Prime Minister Stephen Harper include abortion as a plank in his maternal health initiative at the G8, has earned the Liberal leader the title of an extremist on the abortion issue. “Michael Ignatieff once again shows his extreme pro-abortion position in order to garner what he assumes will translate into pro-abortion votes for his leaderless Liberal Party,” said Jim Hughes, National President of Campaign Life Coalition […]

Wednesday February 3, 2010 Two Top Pro-Abort Pioneers Die By Kathleen Gilbert February 3, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Two pioneers of the legalization of abortion in America, Susan Hill and Ruth Proskauer Smith, have died. The National Organization of Women (NOW) announced Tuesday the death of Susan Hill, who was president of the National Women’s Health Foundation, president and CEO of the National Women’s Health Organization in North Carolina, and a founding member of both the National Abortion Federation (NAF) and the National Coalition of Abortion Providers. She opened more than a dozen abortion mills across the country, including the first […]

Thursday February 4, 2010 Toronto Archbishop Slams “Sad” and “Negative” Proposal by Liberal Leader Ignatieff By John-Henry Westen TORONTO, February 4, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Archbishop of Toronto has taken issue with statements made by Liberal Party of Canada Leader Michael Ignatieff, pushing for abortion in the maternal health G8 initiative proposed by Conservative Prime Minister Stephen Harper. “In light of the many positive contributions that Canada can make to the improvement of maternal and child health, it is astonishing that the Leader of the Opposition, Mr. Michael Ignatieff, has issued an official statement advocating contraception and abortion as fundamental […]

PRI President: appointment exposes "anti-natal alliance"

Wednesday February 3, 2010 Lawsuit Filed Challenging Constitutionality of Fed. Hate Crimes Law By Peter J. Smith ANN ARBOR, Michigan, February 3, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A federal lawsuit has been filed in US District Court challenging the constitutionality of new federal hate crimes legislation on behalf of several Christian pastors and a pro-family organization, who charge the law would chill their right to speak out against homosexuality. The Thomas More Law Center (TMLC), a national public interest law firm based in Ann Arbor, Mich., filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan challenging the […]

Wednesday February 3, 2010 Lesbian Janet Jenkins Begins Media Campaign to Gain Custody of Ex-Partner’s Child Mainstream media outlets uncritically repeat Jenkins’ accusations By Matthew Cullinan Hoffman NEW YORK, February 2, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Janet Jenkins, a practicing lesbian who was once in a “civil union” with ex-lesbian Lisa Miller, is conducting a media campaign to locate Miller’s seven-year-old daughter in an attempt to gain custody of the child. Miller’s daughter, Isabella, was conceived via artificial insemination during the pair’s relationship, and has no biological relationship with Jenkins. Miller disappeared with Isabella in December, apparently in an effort to prevent […]

Tuesday February 2, 2010 Group Exposes Media “Fraud” at March for Life By Kathleen Gilbert WASHINGTON, DC, February 2, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Anyone who attended the March for Life in the nation’s capital January 22 – or was anywhere near Capitol Hill that day or the day before – was well aware of the size of the group that came to make its voice heard. District residents could only stand aside as the annual Starbucks-equipped army of young pro-life men and women descended upon the streets surrounding the Capitol. Hordes of March for Life participants filled sidewalks, and clogged crosswalks; […]

Wednesday February 3, 2010 Chinese Parents Refuse Simple Life-Saving Treatment for Daughter FRONT ROYAL, VA, February 3, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – According to Chinese news sources, a little girl born with an easily fixed medical condition on January 12th has effectively been sentenced to death in a hospice in the Chinese city of Tianjin – in a case that pro-life advocates charge stems from China’s strictly enforced one-child policy. When they discovered that Baby Mei had been born without an anus, her parents rejected her. According to reports, they ignored the pleas of surgeons to allow the simple surgery that would […]

Monday February 1, 2010 The Sooner Marriage, the Better: 88% of Women’s Eggs Gone by 30 by James Tillman Monday, February 1, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) — A new study from the Universities of St. Andrews and of Edinburgh is offering a more accurate understanding of fertility and its decline with age, which researchers say is steeper than previously thought. The study, which involved about 325 women of different ages from the United States and Europe, investigated the number of eggs that remain in the ovaries over time. This number, said the researchers, peaks at about 20 weeks after conception and subsequently […]

Tuesday February 2, 2010 Polish Magazine Fined for Calling Abortion “Killing” becomes #1 Weekly By Thaddeus M. Baklinski KATOWICE, Poland, February 2, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Catholic weekly magazine. Gosc Niedzielny (Sunday Visitor), published by the Archdiocese of Katowice in southern Poland, and which became famous last year after its editor was fined for calling abortion “killing,” just became the country’s best-selling weekly. The magazine has just surpassed the leftist publication Polityka, which held the monopoly on #1 selling weekly for over 20 years. Puls Biznesu (Business Pulse), a major business daily, reported that while other major weeklies have been […]

Tuesday February 2, 2010 Study Finds Excessive Internet use Linked to Depression LONDON, February 2, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – People who spend a lot of time browsing the net are more likely to show depressive symptoms, according to the first large-scale study of its kind in the West by University of Leeds psychologists. Researchers found striking evidence that some users have developed a compulsive internet habit, whereby they replace real-life social interaction with online chat rooms and social networking sites. The results suggest that this type of addictive surfing can have a serious impact on mental health. Lead author Dr Catriona […]

By John-Henry Westen DANA POINT, California, February 5, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – At a gathering Thursday night, former President George W. Bush was awarded the 2010 Cardinal John J. O’Connor Pro-Life Award, given annually by the international Catholic business executives' organization, Legatus, for distinguished achievement in service to the pro-life effort.  Less than a dozen protestors attempted to make a presence outside the 2010 Legatus Annual Summit at the St. Regis Monarch Beach hotel but left before the President arrived. Participants report that Bush seemed very much at home with the crowd of some 450 Catholic business men and women whose […]

By Hilary White ROME, February 5, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Some religious orders in the U.S. and most western countries are in a state of “modern crisis” because the members of the order have embraced “secular culture” and abandoned traditional religious practices, the head of the Vatican’s office for religious life has said. But, said the cardinal, the religious life in the Catholic Church should be presenting an alternative to the “dominant culture,”“which is a culture of death, of violence and of abuse,” rather than mirroring it. Cardinal Franc Rodé, the prefect of the Vatican’s Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life […]

By Kathleen Gilbert February 4, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Striking back at the pro-life Tim Tebow Super Bowl ad, the Planned Parenthood Federation of America has issued its own abortion-themed football video, claiming that the true lesson of Tebow's story is that society should “respect and trust women” to make the decision to abort their child.  The Washington Post also added to the football-themed abortion debate this week, re-publishing a 1989 video of NFL players who condemned the destruction of unborn life for an American Life League video. The Tebow spot, entitled “Celebrate family, celebrate life,” is sponsored by Focus on […]

Monday February 1, 2010 Hawaii Puts Same-Sex Unions Bill Back in Legislative Closet By Peter J. Smith HONOLULU, Hawaii, February 1, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Hawaii’s House of Representatives voted to shelve indefinitely a civil unions bill that would give homosexual couples all the rights of marriage, barely a week after the state Senate approved similar legislation. Friday’s voice vote renders the civil unions bill a dead letter unless two-thirds of the Democratic-controlled House vote to bring the legislation back on their agenda for the rest of the year – a move considered highly unlikely due to election year worries and […]

Monday February 1, 2010 Wisconsin Senate Passes Bill Banning Abstinence-Only Education in Schools by James Tillman MADISON, Wisconsin, February 1, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Last Thursday the Wisconsin State Senate passed the “Healthy Youth Act” mandating that all sexual education classes in public schools teach about contraception. Wisconsin Governor James Doyle has said that he will sign the bill. ““There are so many dangerous aspects to AB 458, the so-called ‘Healthy Youth Act,’ that it’s difficult to know where to start,” said Julaine Appling, president of Wisconsin Family Action, “but the bill’s ‘government knows best’ attitude is the root of the […]

Friday August 28, 2009 Judy Brown Letter to Cardinal O’Malley re: Ted Kennedy Funeral The Faithful Must Stand up Against Such a Scandal August 27, 2009 His Eminence Sean Cardinal O’Malley Archdiocese of Boston 2121 Commonwealth Ave. Boston, MA 02135 Your Eminence: We are aware of the impending disaster that is about to take place at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Basilica in your Archdiocese. We are positive that you are aware that Senator Edward Kennedy spent the past 30 years doing all he could to advocate and support the act of procured abortion, and yet he continued to call […]

Monday February 1, 2010 Canadian Group Airing Pro-Life Ad on Local TV Station By Thaddeus M. Baklinski KELOWNA, B.C., February 1, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Kelowna Right to Life is running a pro-life video ad entitled “Everyone Against Abortion, Please Raise Your Hand” on the local TV station, CHBC, starting today. The ad features what the local media is calling a “graphic anti-abortion image” of adult fingers holding the outstretched hand of a baby killed by abortion. “This is the hand of a child that was aborted,” the ad says, “Let us mourn for these children. May our hearts be broken […]

By Kathleen Gilbert February 4, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A mass email issued by the pro-abortion National Organization for Women (NOW) this week is taking advantage of an opportunity presented by the upcoming pro-life Tim Tebow Superbowl advertisement to call for donations. “Support NOW's work to let CBS know that anti-abortion propaganda has no place in the Super Bowl or at major network offices,” reads the email, signed by NOW president Terry O'Neill. The advertisement in question, sponsored by Focus on the Family, is expected to revolve around the story of college football star Tim Tebow and his mother's decision not […]

By John-Henry Westen OTTAWA, February 4, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff has taken a beating even in the mainstream media and from within his own party over his insistence that Conservative Prime Minister Stephen Harper include abortion in the Canadian plan for maternal health to be proposed at the G8 meeting.  In comments to LifeSiteNews.com (LSN) earlier this week, Liberal MP Paul Szabo jumped into the fray, taking issue with the Liberal Leader’s statement that there is consensus on the matter of abortion within the Party. Disputing Ignatieff’s claim of consensus, Szabo said, “I am a pro-life MP and […]

By Piero A. Tozzi, J.D. and Emanuele Rizzardi February 4, 2010 (C-FAM) – Italian pro-life politician Luca Volonte captured the chairmanship of the European People's Party (EPP) in the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) last week, besting second-place finisher Jean-Claude Mignon of France, whom socially-liberal members had rallied around after their favored candidates faded. Immediately upon assuming the chairmanship of the EPP, the chamber's Christian Democratic grouping, Volonte was confronted with a number of challenges on controversial social issues. Due to coordinated EPP opposition, a report on “discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity” sponsored […]

By John-Henry Westen TORONTO, February 4, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Archbishop of Toronto has taken issue with statements made by Liberal Party of Canada Leader Michael Ignatieff, pushing for abortion in the maternal health G8 initiative proposed by Conservative Prime Minister Stephen Harper.  “In light of the many positive contributions that Canada can make to the improvement of maternal and child health, it is astonishing that the Leader of the Opposition, Mr. Michael Ignatieff, has issued an official statement advocating contraception and abortion as fundamental elements in addressing this important issue,” said Archbishop Thomas Collins in a release today. “When there […]

By Hilary White ROME, February 4, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A British Catholic member of the European Parliament has slammed Pope Benedict’s comments on the Labour government’s Equality Bill, saying that the pontiff should apply EU anti-discrimination policies in the Vatican. At the same time, a leader of Britain’s Jewish community has praised Pope Benedict’s recent criticism of the bill, saying it is a direct threat to religious freedom. Stephen Hughes, a Catholic and the MEP for the Labour Party for the North East England, joined homosexualist activists and media pundits on the left accusing Pope Benedict of perpetuating unjust discrimination. […]

Thursday July 31, 2003 New Vatican Document on Homosexual Unions LifeSite Special Report CONGREGATION FOR THE DOCTRINE OF THE FAITH CONSIDERATIONS REGARDING PROPOSALS TO GIVE LEGAL RECOGNITION TO UNIONS BETWEEN HOMOSEXUAL PERSONS INTRODUCTION 1. In recent years, various questions relating to homosexuality have been addressed with some frequency by Pope John Paul II and by the relevant Dicasteries of the Holy See.(1) Homosexuality is a troubling moral and social phenomenon, even in those countries where it does not present significant legal issues. It gives rise to greater concern in those countries that have granted or intend to grant – legal […]

Monday February 1, 2010 Congress Takes Aim at “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” By Peter J. Smith WASHINGTON, D.C., February 1, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The U.S. ban on open homosexuals serving in the armed forces is now in the crosshairs of Capitol Hill lawmakers, with Pentagon officials prepared to offer initial steps to overturn the law. Admiral Mike Mullen, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs, and Defense Secretary Robert Gates will appear before the Senate Armed Services Committee on Tuesday and testify on the steps the Pentagon would take to implement a repeal of the ban and corresponding policy known as “Don’t […]

Monday February 1, 2010 Baby Isaiah’s Rapidly-Growing Facebook Page Disappears then Recovered By Patrick B. Craine EDMONTON, Alberta, February 1st, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Facebook page in support of baby Isaiah May, the hospitalized three-month-old boy whose doctors have sought to remove his ventilator, has been recovered after mysteriously disappearing on Friday night. The group has grown rapidly since Isaiah’s parents, Isaac and Rebecka, took their fight for his life public by bringing Edmonton’s Stollery Children’s Hospital to court almost two weeks ago. They sought a 90-day injunction against the hospital’s order to remove Isaiah’s ventilator on January 20th. Since […]

Monday February 1, 2010 Ottawa Cuts Funding for Canadian Federation for Sexual Health By Paul Tuns, Editor, The Interim February 1, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – An investigation by the Interim, Canada’s pro-life newspaper, has found that over the past half decade, the Canadian Federation for Sexual Health has had its federal government grants cut by more than 99 per cent. The federation, formerly the Planned Parenthood Federation of Canada and still the Canadian member of the International Planned Parenthood Federation, has charitable status, according to the Canada Revenue Agency. The CFSH says on its website that it “promote(s) sexual and reproductive […]

Friday January 29, 2010 CBS News Legal Analyst Slams Feminist Critics of Tebow Super Bowl Ad By John-Henry Westen (Petition to Support CBS’s Decision to Air the Tim Tebow Super Bowl Ad) WASHINGTON, DC, January 29, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The campaign being waged by pro-abortion feminist groups against the pro-life Super Bowl ad starring college football star Tim Tebow appears to be backfiring. In recent days former VP candidate Sarah Palin and a CBS official both have warned of the negative image the feminist groups are casting for themselves by opposing the ad. At the same time, the pro-abortion campaign […]

This is catch up day for Newsbytes. We have not published NewsBytes for a few weeks and therefore today's lists of news items are unusually lengthy. These very brief news clips on developments not covered in our daily reports are for the record. We realize most readers do not have the time to scan all these titles and quotes. However, many leaders do regularly scan particular NewsByte sections of interest to them and appreciate this service. By publishing these items we also build a library of often valuable information for future reference on items that often eventually become unavailable from […]

* 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 RELIGION Confusion – California Bishops Contradict U.S. Bishops on Health Care https://www.calcatholic.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?id=e30ed758-df41-47a2-872d-75c095f6d130 Catholic Relief Services Forms Partnership With Death Peddlers? The following was received via email from Randy Engel, Director, U.S. Coalition for Life: The CCHD scandal is about the USCCB GIVING Money to the Death Peddlers. The CRS scandal is about the USCCB TAKING Money from the Death Peddlers (Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and the […]

* 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 OBAMA Video: Obama's “Catholic Plan” (very interesting) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vVN2MMuiedI&feature=sdig Virginia Catholics Take Up Arms Against Obamacare by Deal W. Hudson  Marshall, from Prince William County in Northern Virginia, is convinced that “Obamacare is set to mug the country.” These three Catholic politicians from Virginia have won elections and risen to prominence without ever hedging their pro-life, pro-family views. Their success contradicts the advice almost always given by political […]

* 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 Was Brown’s Win a Victory for Pro-Lifers in Health-Care Debate? Activists Wary https://www.ncregister.com/register_exclusives/was_browns_win_a_victory_for_pro-lifers_in_health-care_debate_activists_war/ Sarah and Bristol Palin In Touch cover: “We're glad we chose life”https://www.jillstanek.com/archives/2010/01/sarah_and_brist.html Justice Roberts Hints He Could Overturn Roehttps://newsmax.com/InsideCover/johnroberts-supremecourt-abortion-roev-wade/2010/01/24/id/347808 Video Interview Friday Five: Former Planned Parenthood Director Abby Johnson https://www.citizenlink.org/CLtopstories/A000011824.cfm Five Years Later, Embryonic Stem Cells Have Failed to Cure Anythinghttps://www.rushlimbaugh.com/home/daily/site_011310/content/01125112.guest.html “Direct Reprogramming:” Mouse Cells Transformed Into Brain Cells – Wesley J. […]

By Patrick B. Craine VICTORIA, B.C., February 3, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – British Columbia pro-life researcher Ted Gerk appeared before a government committee today to call on the government to allow access to information relating to abortions performed in the province. The Kelowna native, presenting to the Special Committee to Review the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act, called for the repeal of Bill 21, an amendment to the province's Freedom of Information Act that was enacted in 2001 by the NDP government to specifically exclude access to abortion information. As Gerk told the committee, the bill “created the […]

By John-Henry Westen OTTAWA, February 3, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Yesterday’s comments by Liberal Party Leader Michael Ignatieff, insisting that Prime Minister Stephen Harper include abortion as a plank in his maternal health initiative at the G8, has earned the Liberal leader the title of an extremist on the abortion issue. “Michael Ignatieff once again shows his extreme pro-abortion position in order to garner what he assumes will translate into pro-abortion votes for his leaderless Liberal Party,” said Jim Hughes, National President of Campaign Life Coalition (CLC), who also congratulated Harper for his maternal health plan. “Campaign Life Coalition congratulates Prime Minister […]

By Peter J. Smith WASHINGTON, D.C., February 3, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A new poll by Angus Reid Public Opinion shows that a majority of Americans believe the US Supreme Court would defend marriage as between a man and a woman against opponents of California's Proposition 8, with an even greater majority expressing approval of such a ruling.   Both sides of the marriage debate expect that the federal trial of Proposition 8, California’s ban on same-sex “marriage,” will reach the US Supreme Court.  Perry v. Schwarzenegger currently awaits a decision in U.S. District Court – and many speculate the case could end up […]

By Kathleen Gilbert LANGLEY, British Columbia, February 3, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Canadian Association of University Teachers (CAUT) has accused  Langley's Trinity Western University of falling below an accepted standard of academic freedom because it requires faculty to sign a statement of Christian faith as a condition of employment.  The CAUT, a national umbrella group of faculty associations, has also placed the school on a list of “institutions found to have imposed a requirement of a commitment to a particular ideology or statement as condition of employment.” A CAUT committee concluded in a report dated October 2009 that “TWU’s Statement of […]

By Matthew Cullinan Hoffman MADRID, February 3, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Police expelled fifteen pro-life demonstrators who were peacefully protesting against a European Union “human rights” meeting yesterday at the Reina Sofia museum in the Spanish capital. The protesters, who carried signs showing images of unborn children at 13 weeks of gestation with the question “What about my rights?”, were forced to submit identifications and to leave the area, despite being within their legal rights, according to the Spanish pro-life website HazteOir (“Make yourself heard”). HazteOir and other outlets have reported that thirty police were sent to round up, identify, and […]

Mainstream media outlets uncritically repeat Jenkins' accusations

By Hilary White LONDON, February 3, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Although Equalities Minister Harriet Harman has defended the Equality Bill following criticism by Pope Benedict XVI, the British government is now backing away from proposals that some have said could have forced churches to hire active homosexuals. Harman explained that the new non-discrimination regulations will not affect purely religious positions, such as priests, vicars or imams. “Religious organizations can decide themselves how to do that,” said Harman. However, she continued, “when it comes to non-religious jobs, those organizations must comply with the law.” But the idea that churches might be forced […]

By Thaddeus M. Baklinski WASHINGTON, DC, February 3, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Congressman Jeff Fortenberry of Nebraska has issued a statement urging Kenya’s Committee of Experts on Constitutional Review to uphold Kenya’s longstanding prohibition against abortion. Fortenberry is a member of the House Democracy Partnership Commission, a bipartisan 20-member commission established by the House of Representatives in 2005 to support the development of independent democratic legislatures. He has worked with Kenyan parliamentarians on issues related to oversight and government reform. “I fully support Article 25 of the Kenyan draft constitution, which wisely and explicitly continues Kenya’s affirmation of the right to […]

Friday January 29, 2010 Documents Raise Spectre of Fetal Harvesting in WU Late-Term Abortion Scheme 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 […]

Friday January 29, 2010 Judge Gives Miller 30 Days to Transfer Daughter to Former Lesbian Lover or Face Arrest 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 […]

Thursday January 28, 2010 Mexico’s Ruling Party Seeks Supreme Court Decision against Gay “Marriage” By Matthew Cullinan Hoffman, Latin America Correspondent MEXICO CITY, January 27, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Mexico’s ruling National Action Party (PAN) is beginning new initiatives against the legalization of “gay marriage” and homosexual adoption in the nation’s capital. The PAN, which is a minority party in the government of Mexico City, is seeking to file suit in the nation’s Supreme Court of Justice along with members of the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI), to overturn the recently passed legislation. It needs 22 members of the city’s legislature to […]

Friday January 29, 2010 Australian Opposition Leader Blasted for Suggesting Girls Save Sex for Marriage 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 […]

By Patrick B. Craine WASHINGTON, D.C., February 2, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The media director for the U.S. Bishops (USCCB), who exonerated the USCCB's top social justice executive yesterday after it was revealed that he was closely tied to a pro-abortion and homosexualist organization, has now admitted to LifeSiteNews that she did not even read one of the two key reports. Two reports released yesterday, one by American Life League (ALL) and another by the Bellarmine Veritas Ministry (BVM), revealed that the Center for Community Change (CCC), with 31 CCHD grantees among its members, is heavily involved in promoting homosexual and abortion “rights”. […]

By Peter J. Smith ST. LOUIS, Missouri, February 2, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A prestigious Jesuit university has at least three professors that have served Planned Parenthood in some capacity, including sitting on one of the abortion giant’s regional board of directors. Catholic World News first reported the information gleaned from easily-accessible sources posted on the website of St. Louis University, which boasts over 11,000 undergrads.  According to the school's website, SLU law professor Linda Raclin has served on the board of Planned Parenthood of St. Louis since 2007, and is a member of Planned Parenthood’s Working Group on State Ballot Initiatives. […]

By Patrick B. Craine WASHINGTON, D.C., February 2, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – John Carr, the U.S. Bishops’ (USCCB) chief advisor on social justice for the last two decades, and who oversees the controversial Catholic Campaign for Human Development (CCHD), has responded to two reports filed yesterday by members of the Reform CCHD Now coalition (RCN). These reports revealed the homosexualism and abortion activism of the Center for Community Change (CCC), and the fact that Carr has been long associated with them, even serving as chair of the board while working for the USCCB. CCC says it “strengthens, connects and mobilizes grassroots […]

Friday January 29, 2010 Footsore for the Unborn: Over 800 Steubenville Students in March for Life STEUBENVILLE, OH, January 29, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) — It has been a long-standing tradition for the president of Franciscan University to cancel classes on the anniversary of Roe v. Wade since so many students regularly attended the annual March for Life in Washington, D.C. This year, Franciscan’s contingent of students, faculty, staff, and alumni numbered well over 800. Students for Life (SFL), the pro-life club on campus, organized the trip. Shaun Richter and Olivia Dvorjak, SFL members and coordinators for the trip, handled last-minute cancellations. […]

Friday January 29, 2010 Scott Roeder Found Guilty of Tiller Murder By Kathleen Gilbert WICHITA, Kansas, January 29, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A Wichita jury found 51-year-old Scott Roeder guilty of first-degree murder Friday for his admitted shooting of late-term abortionist George Tiller last May. Roeder confessed to shooting the abortionist at point-blank range in the Reformation Lutheran Church, where Tiller, 67, was a parishioner. Tiller was renowned for his burgeoning late-term abortion business, one of few in the United States, where he boasted of having killed 60,000 children in the womb. Although Roeder’s attorneys had requested consideration of a lighter […]

Friday January 29, 2010 Redeemer College Hosts Abortion Activist Stephen Lewis: Pro-Life Students Disappointed 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. […]

Friday January 29, 2010 Virulent Pro-Abortion Candidate Widely Supported by Catholics in Rome’s Provincial Election 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 […]

Thursday January 28, 2010 “Pro-Choice Cover-up” Must End, Pro-life Congressman Tells U.S. House 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 […]

Thursday January 28, 2010 CNN Gaffe: Anchor Wonders on Air Whether More Pro-Lifers or Pro-Aborts at March for Life 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, […]

Thursday January 28, 2010 Standing Ovation for a Turnaround Pro-Life Victory at the Vatican By Hilary White WASHINGTON, January 28, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – LifeSiteNews.com’s (LSN) editor-in-chief, John-Henry Westen, was given a standing ovation last week in Washington, D.C., by an audience of international pro-life activists, after he shared with them the stories of successful interventions by LSN readers. Speaking on the morning of the March for Life to a conference hosted by Human Life International (HLI), Westen talked about two notorious cases in which LSN readers, acting on information from this news service, brought about significant results for life and […]

Tuesday October 3, 2000 The Real Pierre Trudeau: Father of Canada’s Permissive Society by Steve Jalsevac LifeSiteNews.com There was a disturbing void in most reporting on the death of Pierre Trudeau during the idolizing media frenzy and pomp surrounding his death and lavish Catholic funeral. Very little of the substantial negatives of Trudeau’s policies were addressed. The media canonization of the former Prime Minister further conditioned Canadians to continue to be led in a deadly wrong direction by the Chretien Liberals. Balance was seriously needed. Although some of the negatives were addressed by a few writers, Trudeau’s legacy on moral […]

By James Tillman VATICAN CITY, February 1, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com)—In a Friday address discussing the annulment process, Pope Benedict XVI emphasized that the desire to comply with the parties' wishes can never override the necessities of justice, and that only a false charity would allow people to live “in conflict with the objective truth of their own personal condition.” The Pope was addressing the Apostolic Tribunal of the Roman Rota, the highest appellate tribunal of the Catholic Church, which handles petitions seeking annulments. Benedict began by noting that one should “take note of the widespread and deeply rooted tendency, which is not always […]

By Kathleen Gilbert Editor's note: a previous version of this story indicated that rates of sexual activity among teens attending “safer sex” education programs in the study did not differ significantly from rates among teens in the control group. The story has been modified to convey more accurately the data provided in the study. WASHINGTON, D.C., February 1, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Theory-based, abstinence-only intervention has been linked a lower rate of sexual involvement among African American preteens, according to a study in the February issue of Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, a publication of the American Medical Association. John B. […]

By Hilary White LONDON, February 1, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Since Kay Gilderdale of Stonegate, East Sussex, was acquitted of murder charges in the death of her daughter, she has been transformed into the poster-girl of Britain's increasingly vocal and popular euthanasia movement. Kay Gilderale admitted to assisting the suicide of her 31-year-old daughter Lynn, who had suffered from Myalgic Encephalopathy for 17 years. Lynn's illness, also called Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, had left her severely disabled, in pain and expressing her desire for suicide. Kay Gilderale admitted to providing a lethal overdose of pain-killers that her daughter administered to herself through […]

Washington, DC, February 2, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A national group that promotes abortion and homosexual rights has deep ties with the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ (USCCB) Department of Justice, Peace and Human Development, according to a report released Monday. Top USCCB executive John Carr held simultaneous leadership roles, creating a conflict of interest, with the USCCB and the radical Center for Community Change. “The closer we look at the Bishops Conference [staff and programs], the more we find a systemic pattern of cooperation with evil,” said Michael Hichborn, American Life League’s lead researcher into the USCCB scandal. “The CCC […]