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Articles for Month: September 2010

Egyptian Coptic Pope Shenouda III Fined For Stand Against Divorce

Monday September 27, 2010 Egyptian Coptic Pope Shenouda III Fined For Stand Against Divorce By Thaddeus M. Baklinski CAIRO, September 27, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Egyptian Supreme Administrative Court has issued a decision requiring Orthodox Coptic Pope Shenouda III to pay damages of approximately 19,500 Egyptian pounds to church member Magdi William who sued the Coptic Church over its refusal to issue a certificate to re-marry after he divorced his wife. In May, the Supreme Administrative Court ruled in favor of another litigant seeking re-marriage, Hani Wasfi Naguib, stating that under Egyptian law the Coptic Orthodox Church must allow its […]
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College Campuses are Abortion Battleground

Monday September 27, 2010 College Campuses are Abortion Battleground Commentary by Kristan Hawkins September 27, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – As students went back to school this month across the country, they entered into the front lines of a most contentious battleground. College campuses today are the abortion battleground. Forty-six percent of all abortions are performed on college age women and on top of this, Planned Parenthood directly targets the youth in order to further its abortion agenda. At the same time that students are being targeted by Planned Parenthood, more and more young people between the ages of 18-29 identify themselves […]
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Pro-Abort Parliament Blasted for Hypocrisy for Outlawing Bullfighting in Spanish Region of Catalonia

Thursday September 23, 2010 Pro-Abort Parliament Blasted for Hypocrisy for Outlawing Bullfighting in Spanish Region of Catalonia By Matthew Cullinan Hoffman BARCELONA, September 23, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The socialist dominated legislature of the Spanish region of Catalonia was blasted by a member yesterday for caring more about animals than human beings, in response to legislation outlawing the practice of bullfighting. Juan Bertomeu, a deputy elected from the more conservative People’s Party, observed that while one bull dies every three days in a bullfight, 57 children are killed by abortion in the region daily, a practice that is legal and supported […]
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LifeSiteNews Returns Monday August 30

Tuesday August 24, 2010 LifeSiteNews Returns Monday August 30 LifeSiteNews staff will be travelling from three different nations tomorrow and Thursday for an extensive planning meeting this week. We are all very much looking forward to this rare occasion when all staff (but one) will be able to spend almost three days personally meeting each other and discussing our mission. The travel and meeting times involved will likely not allow us to publish our usual complement of news reports, if any, for the rest of this week. If time allows, a few reports may be posted and emailed. However, starting […]
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No Quebec “Consensus” on Abortion, Poll Shows

Wednesday August 4, 2010 No Quebec “Consensus” on Abortion, Poll Shows By Patrick B. Craine QUEBEC, August 4, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A new abortion poll seems to belie the supposed “consensus” of Quebeckers in favor of state-funded abortion-on-demand, suggesting that much of the populace considers the debate far from closed. A nationwide Angus Reid poll released Tuesday found that 38% of Quebec respondents agreed that a debate on abortion is long overdue. That figure was the highest of all the provinces, with Alberta coming in at 33%. Meanwhile, nearly half (49%) of Quebeckers said that they do not want the […]
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Catholic Schools in Singapore Forced to Present Condom-Promoting Sex-Ed Program

By Thaddeus M. Baklinski SINGAPORE, September 30, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A report by Singapore Catholic News says that a sexuality-education program based on Catholic moral principles that has been used in the country for 23 years has been replaced by a Ministry of Education program. The new program, which is mandated for both secular and religious schools, heavily promotes the use of condoms to high school and junior college students. “After 23 years of providing their sexuality-education programme in schools, Family Life Society (FLS) has failed to obtained approval from the Ministry of Education (MOE) to continue,” the report states. […]
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Critics Call New Maternal Death Report Faulty

By Susan Yoshihara, Ph.D. New York, September 30 2010 (C-FAM) – A UN report has rankled experts for promoting abortion while also obscuring its research methods. The new maternal health report endorses a UN strategy that recommends “safe” abortion services and family planning alongside antenatal care and skilled attendants at birth.  That strategy was based on previous UN reports that said 536,000 women died yearly from pregnancy-related causes, 78,000 from illegal abortion. The new report slashes the total to 358,000 and did not offer any data regarding abortion. “This is specious,” Duke University’s Dr. Monique Chireau said. “There were no […]
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Brazilian Presidential Front Runner Declares Herself ‘Personally Against’ Abortion

By Matthew Cullinan Hoffman, Latin America Correspondent BRASILIA, Brazil, September 29, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – In an apparent attempt to counteract a massive pro-life internet campaign against her party, Brazilian presidential front runner Dilma Rousseff told the nation's media today that she is a Catholic and is “personally against abortion.” “In my conception, I am favorable to the valuing of life,” Rousseff said. “And I am personally against abortion, which is violence against a woman.” Rousseff made the statements following a meeting with various religious and political leaders, which was organized in apparent response to the dissemination of numerous internet texts […]
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Bono Funding Scandal, Criticisms Upend UN Development Meeting

Commentary by Terrence McKeegan, J.D. September 30, 2010 (C-FAM) – A rock star's scandal and a surprising critique of aid programs last week underscored heightened criticism of international development efforts. The two incidents upended the intended message of a summit on UN development policies, reflecting a growing disconnect between rhetoric and development results. Rock star Bono, front man of the Irish group U2, was caught violating his own call for greater transparency and accountability, which he made in an op-ed piece for the New York Times. His opinions inspired the New York Post to examine the finances of Bono's own […]
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