Articles for Month: August 2010

Tuesday August 24, 2010 English Bishops Must Reject Homosexualist Agenda or Lose Ground on Life Issues: John Smeaton By Hilary White LONDON, August 24, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – John Smeaton, the head of the UK’s Society for the Protection of Unborn Children and one of the most prominent pro-life advocates in the world, has called for the Catholic bishops of Britain to cut their ties with Catholic groups that promote homosexuality as a legitimate lifestyle. But there is little hope of that, says one prominent Catholic campaigner, while the archdiocese of Westminster, Britain’s leading Catholic see, continues to host bi-monthly public […]

Tuesday August 24, 2010 Romanian Christian Leaders Promulgate Pro-Life, Pro-Family Timisoara Declaration By Thaddeus M. Baklinski BUCHAREST, August 24, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Alliance of Romania’s Families, a group headed by prominent Christian leaders and intellectuals of Romania’s Christian community, have launched a manifesto of Christian conscience. The effort is patterned on similar actions taken by U.S., UK, and Australian Christians which have resulted in the Manhattan Declaration, Westminster Declaration, and the Canberra Declaration. The Timisoara Declaration calls on the Romanian State and public officials to respect and take into account, in the drafting and implementing of laws and public […]

Friday June 25, 2010 Criminal Complaint Against Telemed Abortions Filed With Iowa Attorney General DES MOINES, IA, June 24, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Operation Rescue (OR) has filed a formal complaint with the Iowa Attorney General’s office asking for a criminal investigation of a remote-controlled push-button Internet abortion pill scheme operated by Planned Parenthood of the Heartland known as “telemed abortion.” Earlier this year OR investigators found that a dozen small Planned Parenthood offices in Iowa were administering the dangerous abortion drug, RU 486, without the patient having been personally examined by a physician. Instead, an abortionist briefly addresses abortion patients […]

Tuesday August 24, 2010 Militant Islam Versus the West Commentary By Steve Jalsevac August 24, 2010, (LifeSiteNews.com) – Militant Islam’s rapidly growing influence within Western democratic nations has become a serious concern. Most Westerners have a very poor understanding of Islam as we already stated in one 2008 article. In another we reported on Bill Federer’s views on how multiculturism has fed Muslim radicalism in the West. Most Westerners do not realize Islam is not only a religious belief system, but also one that demands all-encompassing Islamic government and laws and, in some Islamic societies, harsh enforcement of the rules […]

Tuesday January 8, 2008 Huge “Ethical” Embryonic-Like Stem Cell Discovery Not So Ethical After All – Fetal Cells Used TENNESSEE, January 8, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Children of God for Life reports that a recent stem cell breakthrough that turns adult skin cells to “embryonic” is not a pro-life solution as currently done. On November 21st and 22nd, Dr. Shinya Yamanaka and Dr James Thomson published back-to-back studies that were hailed as moral alternatives to embryonic stem cell research. Both studies involved introducing genes into adult stem cells through a lentivirus, which reprogrammed them to become “embryonic” or induced pluripotent stem […]