Articles for Month: April 2011

Also Argues that Support for Abortion is Consistent with his Christian faith

Fear of Having Children Based in “Lack of Hope”: Cardinal Pell by LifeSiteNews.com By Kathleen Gilbert SYDNEY, Australia, August 3, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The dwindling number of young adults willing to welcome children into the world can be traced to a “lack of confidence in the goodness of life,” said Cardinal George Pell of the Archdiocese of Sydney this weekend. “Some young adults today are afraid of having children, uncertain of the benefits or uncertain of their capacity to cope as parents,” wrote Cardinal Pell in a column for Sunday’s edition of the Telegraph. “Many reasons are proposed for this, […]

Group Funded by Development and Peace Supports Mexico City’s Abortion on Demand Law by LifeSiteNews.com By Matthew Cullinan Hoffman MEXICO CITY, March 23, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – LifeSiteNews has learned that a group funded by the Catholic bishops’ Canadian Catholic Organization for Development and Peace (CCODP) is a supporter and defender of Mexico City’s abortion law, which legalizes and guarantees abortion on demand during the first 12 weeks of pregnancy. “The law that permits the legal interruption of pregnancy in the Federal District [Mexico City] represents an advance for the human rights of women,” declares the “All Rights for Everyone Network” […]

Development and Peace Partner that Denied Supporting Abortion Signed Protest against Pro-Life Amendm by LifeSiteNews.com By Matthew Cullinan Hoffman MEXICO CITY, April 17, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – An organization funded by the Canadian Catholic bishops, that denied its support for abortion in a letter just last month, signed a protest against a right-to-life amendment to the constitution of the state of Jalisco last year, LifeSiteNews (LSN) has learned. In the statement the “partner” of the Canadian bishops’ development organization, Development and Peace (D&P), explicitly calls on the government of Jalisco to block the pro-life amendment and protect the “right” of women […]

Catholic Youth Face Dangerous Religious Confusion, Warns Australian Cardinal Pell by LifeSiteNews.com By Gudrun Schultz SYDNEY, Australia, September 29, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Cardinal George Pell, Archbishop of Sydney, spoke out in concern over the growing religious confusion and lack of commitment in young Catholics in Australia, in an address to the National Catholic Education Commission’s annual conference yesterday. “Too many young Catholics have been led by the pressures of contemporary propaganda, whatever might be said about the inadequacies of family life and Catholic religious education, so their religious confusion is worse than that of all other young Australian Christians,” Cardinal […]

KINSEY: CRIME OF THE CENTURY by LifeSiteNews.com Internet Resource World Wide Web, Jan 28 (LSN) The New American magazine has published a compelling review of Dr. Judith Reisman’s “Kinsey: Crimes and Consequences.” Learn how Kinsey’s “research” gave rise to the sexual revolution and legitimized divorce, homosexuality, sex-education, adultery, and promiscuity. Kinsey based his “findings” on biased samples (imprisoned sexual deviants and serial pedophiles), and fraud—”almost all AIDS and sex education in elementary, secondary, college, graduate and post-graduate schools base their sex education curricula on the Kinseyan ‘variant’ sex model.” Nevertheless, his findings were welcomed enthusiastically by his generation, which wasn’t […]

UK Contraception and Abortion Promoters calling for Sex Ed for Four Year-Olds by LifeSiteNews.com By Hilary White LONDON, July 4, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com ) – Explicit sex education ought to be compulsory for children as young as four, says a pair of abortion-promoting organisations in the UK. The Family Planning Association, the UK’s answer to Planned Parenthood, and Brook, both registered charities, are calling for children of pre-primary age to be indoctrinated into the new sexual mores. Speaking to BBC Radio’s Newsbeat today, Brook’s Chief Executive, Simon Blake said, “If we get high quality sex and relationships education in every primary […]

USCCB Officials Urge HHS Not to Require Coverage of Contraception, Sterilization by LifeSiteNews.com WASHINGTON, D.C., September 20, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) should not require coverage of contraception or sterilization in group and individual health plans as part of “preventive” services for women, said representatives of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) this week. The HHS is currently deliberating on a final list of required preventive services under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA). “These drugs, devices and procedures prevent not a disease condition, but the healthy condition known as […]

Catholics’ Constitutional Rights No Safeguard Under Ontario Equity Strategy: CLC by LifeSiteNews.com By Patrick B. Craine TORONTO, Ontario, September 7, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Assurances that Catholics’ constitutionally-guaranteed denominational rights will be respected under Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty’s equity and inclusive education strategy are a “distraction” and a “clever tactic” to stave off rebuke from Catholic leaders, says Campaign Life Coalition, which is waging a campaign to have the strategy scrapped. (To find out more, click here) “By its very nature, McGuinty’s plan forces Catholic boards to violate Church teaching and accept the homosexual agenda because it forces all school boards […]

Jesuits Proclaim Loyalty to Pope but Fail to Allay Doubts by LifeSiteNews.com By Hilary White ROME, March 11, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The two-month General Congregation meeting of the Society of Jesus ended in Rome on Thursday with the 225 delegates professing their loyalty to the Pope and their obedience to Catholic teaching. At the start of their meeting, the Jesuit order, one of the most influential in the history of the Catholic Church, received a letter from Pope Benedict XVI implicitly criticising the order for laxity in its commitment to Catholic teaching and its traditional loyalty to the pope. Pope […]

Anglican Acceptance of both Abortion and Sanctity of Life will Allow the Creation of a Gay Church: G by LifeSiteNews.com By Hilary White LONDON, May 16, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Anglican Church is the perfect vehicle for creating a new “gay” Christianity by virtue of the fact that it is the only church that accepts the logical contradiction of asserting both the sanctity of human life and the existence of a right to abortion. Episcopal bishop Gene Robinson, whose ordination to the episcopate has precipitated the ongoing schism between traditionally Christian Anglicans and its ultra-liberal, secularized branches, is in London […]

Belfast Hilton Hotels Running Hard-Core Porn Endangering Staff by LifeSiteNews.com BELFAST, September 29, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Belfast Hilton is offering hard-core pornography on a pay-per-view basis, motivating one politician to condemn the action, saying that, despite the immorality of it, it will lead to dangerous working conditions for hotel staff. Northern Ireland Assemblyman, Dr. Esmond Birnie, a leading opponent of the normalization of pornography in the British Isles, said “I am sure many will be disturbed by reports that the Belfast Hilton is providing its guests with access to hardcore porn films.” A similar situation in Norway prompted unionized […]

lawyer says the reason for dumping the groups has nothing to do with Catholics vs. Protestants

Catholic Georgetown University Upset with Commencement Speech on Catholic Moral Doctrine by Senior Vatican Cardinal by LifeSiteNews.com Washington, May 22, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – On Saturday May 17 Nigerian Cardinal Francis Arinze gave a commencement address at Washington’s prestigious Catholic, but notably liberal, Georgetown University. One of the University’s most illustrious graduates is former president Bill Clinton. Students and faculty received more than they bargained for as Arinze—president of the Vatican’s Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue and who is often spoken of as a possible successor to John Paul II, gave a blunt talk on the importance of Catholic moral and […]

Despite obstinate, serious public opposition to Church, Drinan still has full priestly faculties

“American Idol” Charity Cash Going to Groups which Support Abortion by LifeSiteNews.com By John-Henry Westen WASHINGTON, D.C., April 19, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – In a statement released to the media on March 9, 2007, Douglas R. Scott, Jr., president of Life Decisions International (LDI), expressed his disappointment over the decision by “American Idol” to include two pro-abortion groups among the charities that will benefit from its “Idol Gives Back” project. “American Idol” has pushed for corporate to support its project. Corporate sponsors of the show, such as Coca-Cola and AT&T, were among the first to make a pledge to Charity Projects […]

Colombian Catholic Cardinal Condemns “International Plot against Life” and Family by LifeSiteNews.com BOGOTA/ DUSHANBE, July 8, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Colombian prelate, Cardinal Pedro Rubiano Sáenz, addressing the Colombian Bishops’ Conference this week, said he and his fellow Colombian bishops are concerned about two proposals currently before the Colombian Supreme Court – one to legalize abortion, and the other to adopt a convention eliminating so-called discrimination against women –”discrimination” here being a code word for a prohibition on abortion. We “denounce an international plot against life and against the integrity of the family expressed in our country with two requests made […]

Caught on Video: How UNICEF, WHO Manipulate Latin American Catholics to Cooperate on Abortion by LifeSiteNews.com By Hilary White and Steve Jalsevac June 5, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – When is abortion not really “abortion”? When it is promoted as “therapeutic” by UN-supported international health organisations trying to make a “strategic alliance” with the Catholic Church in Latin America. The Population Research Institute (PRI) has just posted a 6-minute video of highlights from interviews conducted by its Latin American Director that reveal the slick language tactics used by UN agents to manipulate Catholics to cooperate with its anti-life, anti-family agendas. Dr. Oscar […]

U.S. Bill Offers Tax Relief For Stay-at-Home Moms by LifeSiteNews.com By Meg Jalsevac WASHINGTON, DC., March 8, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Pro-family legislation sponsored by Congressman Lee Terry (R-NE) and Senator Sam Brownback (R-KS) is expected to be introduced in both the House and the Senate today. The new act, entitled the Parents Tax Relief Act (PTRA), would grant tax relief and monetary incentive in various forms to families who chose to have one parent remain home as a care-giver to any children under the age of 6. The new act is similar to a previous act, also introduced by Terry […]