Articles for Month: September 2010

Mexico City Official Investigated for ‘Human Rights’ Violation for Criticizing Miss Universe Pageant

By Matthew Cullinan Hoffman, Latin America Correspondent MEXICO CITY, September 3, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A Mexico City official is being investigated for “human rights” violations following a statement she made on national radio criticizing the Miss Universe contest. Martha Lucía Micher, chief of Mexico City's Institute of Women (INMUJERES-DF), told an interviewer with MVS Radio that “really I don't love [the Miss Universe pageant] and there are many women who don't love to see how they exhibit us like cows.” Miss Universe contestants exhibit their bodies to judges while dressed in extremely small string bikinis during the competition.  The swimsuit […]
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Letters to the Editor

Re: D.C. Archdiocesan Blog: Let the Man Head the HouseholdI wanted to reply to the article about the Archdiocese of DC commenting on the need for the husband to be head of the family.  I am an orthodox, “John Paul II” Catholic.  I agree society is on the wrong path regarding the family and we need to get back to faith and mutual respect.  But this advice will just head us in the wrong direction.  St. Paul advised mutual submission in Christ.  Human nature being what it is, advising the husband to be the head *will* result in abusive behavior, […]
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“Miracle” as Baby Begins Breathing after Two Hours

Monday August 30, 2010 “Miracle” as Baby Begins Breathing after Two Hours By Hilary White SYDNEY, Australia, August 30, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Doctors were baffled in April when a premature baby boy whom they had pronounced dead appeared to come back to life after two hours of being held by his mother. Staff had given child, Jamie, a twin, to his mother to hold and to “say goodbye” after the 27-week gestation boy had been pronounced dead. The attending doctor had spent 20 minutes after the birth trying to get the boy to breathe. Kate Ogg, of Sydney, Australia, held […]
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No Abortion Referrals at Newly Acquired Hospital Says Caritas after Meeting with Archdiocese

By Kathleen Gilbert BRAINTREE, Massachusetts, September 2, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Following a meeting with the local archdiocese, a Catholic hospital chain in Boston appears to have reversed its earlier position that a newly-acquired secular hospital would be allowed to continue its practice of providing contraception, sterilizations, and abortion referrals. Terry Donilon, spokesman for the Archdiocesan of Boston, referred LifeSiteNews.com (LSN) to an archdiocesan statement in which Cardinal Seán O'Malley said he was “concerned” about statements appearing in the Providence Journal from both the Catholic hospital chain, Caritas Christi, and its prospective new hospital, Landmark Medical Center, indicating that the latter would […]
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Obama Justice Dept Seeks Stay of Order Nixing NIH Embryonic Stem Cell Funding

By Peter J. Smith   WASHINGTON, D.C., September 2, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The U.S. Justice Department is requesting a federal judge stay his order stopping the National Institute of Health’s embryo-destroying stem-cell research pending an appeal, saying that cutting off the money to scientists would harm their research efforts.   Chief Judge Royce Lamberth of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia ruled last week that embryonic stem cell research projects funded by the NIH violate the Dickey-Wicker amendment, which prohibits federal dollars from going to research that destroys human embryos.   Congress attempted to pass a bill permitting […]
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Cardinal Danneels Urged Sex Abuse Victim to Silence: Secret Recordings

Monday August 30, 2010 Cardinal Danneels Urged Sex Abuse Victim to Silence: Secret Recordings By Hilary White BRUSSELS, August 30, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Recordings have revealed Belgian Cardinal Godfried Danneels urging a victim not to reveal 13 years of sexual abuse at the hands of the cardinal’s friend and colleague Bishop Roger Vangheluwe, the recently retired bishop of Bruges. “The bishop will resign next year, so actually it would be better for you to wait,” the cardinal is heard saying. Danneels warned the victim against trying to blackmail the church and suggested that he accept a private apology from the […]
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Anglican School Denies Enrollment to Child in Care of Lesbians

Tuesday August 24, 2010 Anglican School Denies Enrollment to Child in Care of Lesbians By James Tillman BEDFORD, Texas, August 24, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – St. Vincent’s Episcopal School in Texas has decided not to permit a child raised by two lesbians to enroll for the 2010-2011 school year. “We regret the disappointment the mother feels,” the school said in a statement. “It is clear, however, that enrolling the child in a traditional Christian school, such as St. Vincent’s School, would not foster her own personal values at home.” “And it might undermine the moral instruction of our clergy and teachers […]
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NewsBytes for Aug. 24 – Militant Islam Today

Tuesday August 24, 2010 NewsBytes for Aug. 24 – Militant Islam Today Compiled by Steve Jalsevac See introductory article Militant Islam Versus the West * 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. Video – Three Things You Should Know About Islam –NewBusters https://newsbusters.org/blogs/nb-staff/2010/08/12/open-thread-three-things-you-should-know-about-islam Women and Children Die First By Jeannie DeAngelis – American Thinker In the past few months, the world has witnessed how cultures rooted in brutal, millennia-old practices treat vulnerable women and, more tragically, innocent children. Terrorist-based […]
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Man Arrested after Threatening to Shoot Pro-lifers at Late-Term Abortion Centre

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M., Sept. 1, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A man was arrested Saturday, August 28, outside a late-term abortion facility in Albuquerque, New Mexico, after he allegedly threatened to shoot two pro-life women who were offering help to abortion-bound women. According to Operation Rescue (OR), the unidentified man and his wife were escorting their daughter into the abortion clinic when the wife and daughter walked over to the pro-life women to discuss alternatives to abortion. The man became angry and ushered his family members toward the building.   “When we come out, I'm going to put a bullet in your head […]
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