India Supreme Court Drops all Charges Against World’s Largest Catholic Retreat Center

India Supreme Court Drops all Charges Against World’s Largest Catholic Retreat Center by LifeSiteNews.com By John Jalsevac KERALA, India, April 8, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – For several years the world’s largest Catholic retreat centre has had a cloud hanging over its head. In 2006 an anonymous letter sent to the High Court of Kerala accusing the Divine Retreat Centre of sexual abuse, the violation of foreign exchange regulations, and suggesting that “unnatural deaths” had occurred at the centre, set in motion an extensive police investigation into the centre. The director of the Divine Retreat Centre, Fr. Augustine Vallooran, has said that […]
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Ever wonder if the Vatican really ‘gets it’?

Ever wonder if the Vatican really ‘gets it’? From Canada to Germany and the U.S. to Australia, many a pro-lifer has wondered if the Pope really knows what is happening in the church in our countries.  It sometimes seems as if it is impossible, with outright false teaching and scandal coming even from high-ranking prelates. There was a very interesting answer to that question given recently by a person with much Vatican access.  That man is Bishop Fellay, head of the Society of St. Pius X, which Pope Benedict XVI has tried to bring back into the mainstream of the […]
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It’s worth it

We report on some pretty bad news. Believe me, it's certainly not easy for our reporters to research and follow developments on abortion, the homosexual agenda, euthanasia, social engineering, and other difficult issues.
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NewsBytes June 29 – Life Issues

Susan Boyle escaped abortion, Beach Boys at Shiavo benefit, Moving Father's Day story, Amnesty backs Filipino RH bill, IVF egg donations - here come the lawyers, more...
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Awesome new defund Planned Parenthood scoreboard launched

Earlier this year pro-life forces across the country pulled out all the stops in trying to get Planned Parenthood defunded on the federal level. But with a Democrat-controlled Senate, and a president who is fanatically devoted to the abortion-providing organization, even the most valiant efforts on the part of pro-life lawmakers were doomed to failure. But since the failure to defund Planned Parenthood on the federal level, states have taken up the torch, with considerable success. Now the pro-life organization the Susan B. Anthony List has launched a most clever idea – a ‘defund Planned parenthood scoreboard,’ that shows just […]
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A soldier speaks: why repealing ‘Don’t Ask’ is wrong

WASHINGTON, D.C., June 24, 2011 (LifeSiteNews.com) – I wrote a letter in late May 2011 to the House Armed Services Committee (HASC) requesting that Congress reconsider repealing what is popularly known as “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” (DADT). DADT is a misnomer. And so I shall refer to the repeal as the repealing of morality from the Armed Forces. The Washington Times learned of my letter and reported on it in the June 8 edition of its “Inside the Ring” section (“Army dissent” paragraph). I know for certain that leaders across the Armed Forces read what The Washington Times published, and […]
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Another Planned Parenthood merger: What do they mean?

On June 24 Planned Parenthood of the Heartland announced yet another merger, this one with Planned Parenthood of Arkansas and Eastern Oklahoma. A month ago PP Heartland announced it was merging with Planned Parenthood of Southeast Iowa. When these merges are complete, PP Heartland will have “approximately 30 health centers located throughout Nebraska, Iowa, Arkansas and Eastern Oklahoma,” according to its press release. Planned Parenthood mergers are becoming more commonplace. PP Heartland is itself a merge less than 2 years old between Planned Parenthood of Greater Iowa and Planned Parenthood of Nebraska/Council Bluffs. In 2008 all 5 Illinois Planned Parenthood […]
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6 Percent

It is almost a week into our three-week summer campaign, and donations received have totaled only $7,200 or almost 6% of our necessary $150,000 goal. That is a concerning, unusually slow start.
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Commentary on June 27 news

Wonderful and astonishing story; Canadian bishops surprise; sick abuse of law enforcement powers in Lisa Miller hunt-down; Sweden gone mad; Consequences of letting the euthanasia genie out of the bottle in Holland.
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The tide is turning

A June 2011 survey from the Public Religion Research Institute finds that more than half of Americans say abortions are morally wrong, and that young Americans do not show any more support for abortion than those who are older. As PPRI pollster Robert Jones said, “It’s not the kind of issue that one celebrates.” In May of 2011 a Gallup poll found similar results, showing that Americans believe abortion is morally wrong and that all or most abortions should be illegal. That poll showed that by a 24% margin, 61%-37%, Americans take the pro-life view that abortions should either be […]
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We lost the New York gay ‘marriage’ battle decades ago

For all of the political drama in New York these past weeks, Friday night’s historic vote in favor of ay marriage by the NYS Senate was actually rather anti-climactic. It was a fight over political and philosophical nomenclature, not over new realities. As the losing side licks its wounds, we should realize that we didn’t lose as much as we think we did last night. We’ve been losing it for decades. What we call the lived reality that is marriage is important. The name indicates the reality. Nomen est omen, as it is said in latin. “The name is the […]
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Pornographer Twice Releases Porn Films Starring Recently Deceased Actors

Pornographer Twice Releases Porn Films Starring Recently Deceased Actors by LifeSiteNews.com MONTREAL, February 20, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The owner of a controversial porn andÂXXX-rated modelling agency plans to release a porn film featuring two young Americans who died in Canada under suspicious circumstances. He plans to donate some of the proceeds to one of the mothers of the deceased boys, the other mother is horrified and wants the porn film stopped. The story is all the more bizarre considering this is the second time on record, pornographer Stephan Sirard, of the California-based French Connection Francaise agency has released a porn […]
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Abortions for all, piercings for those with consent forms

Note: Jackie Anderson is the brand new Communications Director for Students for Life of America In an age where the idea of parents sending their children outside to play unattended and drinking from the garden hose are archaic representations of how American children spend their time, parents have become more and more involved in the lives of their young ones and the decisions they can and can’t make – or at least they should be. Video games are branded with ratings that allow parents to cherry pick appropriate levels of exposure. The age at which it seems appropriate to own […]
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Commentary on June 23 news

Update on Gravel lawsuit against LSN. Excellent videos on marriage from US Bishops conference, but that cannot be main tactic to counter gay "marriage" push as Canadian failure clearly showed.
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Breaking: New Hampshire to become fifth state to defund Planned Parenthood this year

Actually, New Hampshire may have bumped Wisconsin from the fourth spot. This is because, while it was previously reported that Wisconsin would become the fourth state this year to defund Planned Parenthood when Governor Scott Walker signs the state budget into law on June 28, it was reported just yesterday, according to the Boston Globe: New Hampshire’s Executive Council has voted against a $1.8 million contract that would have allowed Planned Parenthood of Northern New England to provide family planning services to low-income people in the state. The Union Leader clarified that the state is “defunding Planned Parenthood.” So we’ll […]
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Anti-life imperialism expanding at an alarming rate

The U.S.-based Center for Reproductive Rights (CRR), one of the world's most prominent pro-abortion organizations, recently announced the opening of its new regional office for Latin America. How can such alarming developments be combated?
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Address of teacher Lou Iacobelli on the Toronto Catholic school board’s equity policy

Madam Chair, Dear Trustees, Ladies and Gentlemen, My wife and I are here tonight as Catholic teachers and parents of three children. Together we have taught a total of 65 years for the TCDSB.  I would like to begin by sharing with you what we have learned is the most important factor in the well-being and success of every student: It’s whether they are loved and cared for at home. Home is the place where a child first learns the love of neighbour. These are central pillars of Catholic belief. And it’s this love, not a Ministry policy that protects […]
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June 21 commentary

Second quarterly and necessary fundraiser begins Wednesday. Status of Gravel lawsuit against LifeSiteNews.
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Silver lining: Federal fight to defund Planned Parenthood has led to state defunding victories

The far left organization Netroots Nation held its annual conference last week in Minnesota, and one of the breakout panels was “Protecting reproductive rights in your state.” The entire 1+ hour discussion is interesting, linked above. It’s always helpful to see what the other side is thinking. For this post I want to focus on the insights of Elizabeth Nash (pictured right), Public Policy Associate at Guttmacher Institute. Nash gave an overview of pro-life legislative victories this year, answering her own question, “How bad is it this year?” with “It’s really bad” and “It sucks out there.” Of course, that’s […]
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Room at the inn

Because so many young women feel forced to choose between their baby and their education, an organization called Room at the Inn is building the nation’s first college-based maternity and after-care facility, providing pregnant college women with the option of continuing their education while having their baby. This center will be built on the grounds of Belmont Abbey College in Belmont, North Carolina, where the Benedictine Monks donated the land. I was privileged to speak at the ground-breaking ceremony yesterday morning. The moms will have the help of a twenty-four hour professional staff and a caring and supportive environment before, […]
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“One who is unable to live without sex, in the end, becomes a slave”: Italian Soccer Superstar

“One who is unable to live without sex, in the end, becomes a slave”: Italian Soccer Superstar by LifeSiteNews.com TURIN, January 30, 2008 (CWNews.com/LifeSiteNews.com) – In an interview for the Italian magazine Sportsweek, a star defender from Turin, Italy’s Juventus soccer club, Nicola Legrottaglie, revealed that two years ago he made the decision to abstain from pre-marital sex. Legrottaglie said, “I have not had sex in two years and honestly, it has not been a burden.” The soccer player spoke candidly about his past exploits, saying that if he did not make a conquest every few days, “I panicked.” Reflecting […]
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The L.A. Times’ Pointless Correction on Abortion and Down Syndrome

The L.A. Times’ Pointless Correction on Abortion and Down Syndrome by LifeSiteNews.com Editorial by John Jalsevac September 16, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Last week the L.A. Times ran a story: “Canadian doctor warns Sarah Palin’s decision to have Down baby could reduce abortions.” The story, based upon a Globe and Mail report, explained that Dr. Andre Lalonde, the executive vice-president of the Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada, is worried that Sarah Palin’s decision to give birth to her Down Syndrome son, Trig, could lead fewer women to choose abortion for their Down babies. However, the L.A. Times now says […]
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GLOW-IN-THE-DARK MONKEYS BY GENETIC MODIFICATION

GLOW-IN-THE-DARK MONKEYS BY GENETIC MODIFICATION by LifeSiteNews.com PORTLAND, Oregon, Jan 12, 2001 (LSN.ca) – Researchers at the Oregon Regional Primate Research Centre at the Oregon Health Sciences University in Portland have succeeded in creating the world’s first genetically modified monkey. Just as mice have been made to glow in the dark by genetic modification of their genes inserting jellyfish genes during in vitro fertilization so too monkeys have been genetically modified. The monkey, named ANDi (inserted DNA backwards), was ominously described as the “world’s first genetically modified non-human primate” – raising fears of human genetic modification. The process involved the […]
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Judges don’t really care about women: Ontario’s prostitution case

BY REBECCA MILLETTE TORONTO, Ontario, June 17, 2011 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Hearings in Ontario’s landmark prostitution case, that could see the complete decriminalization of prostitution, came to an end yesterday, after four days of discussion.  Much as expected, the five-judge Appeals Court panel retired to discuss the outcome, which could take up to six months. “If they really care about women, if that’s what it’s all about, then they would not decriminalize prostitution, because more and more women will be on the streets and in the brothels, more women will be endangered,” Gwen Landolt, National Vice President of REAL Women Canada […]
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Let us pray for all fathers

This weekend we observe Father’s Day. We thank God for faithful fathers who, like God Himself, give and protect life. Let’s also pray for fathers who are afraid to be fathers. Thousands of times a day, children are aborted, not because of a choice of the mother, but because of the choice of a father, who fails to show the faithfulness and willingness to protect the child he has helped conceive. At other times, fathers tried to stop the abortion, but the law excludes them from the final decision about the abortion. Men do suffer grief after the abortion of […]
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Illinois investigation uncovers 4,000 underreported abortion complications and six unreported deaths

Good for the Chicago Tribune, revealing today some shocking statistics it uncovered when investigating shoddy records reporting by Illinois abortion clinics and the lax Illinois Department of Public Health overseeing them: Health care providers are failing to detail abortion complications to the state as required by law…. Nearly 4,000 reports of abortion complications involving Illinois residents in 2009 were missing the required description. Health care providers who intentionally fail to submit accurate and complete reports are committing a criminal act, and a failure to report abortion complications is grounds for revoking their licenses, but the Department of Public Health has […]
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San Francisco on the wrong side of history

Reports are that San Francisco is the latest city looking to force pro-life pregnancy centers to state that they don’t provide or refer for abortions. And that just underscores the fact that the lifesaving work of pregnancy centers is giving abortion proponents an extreme case of heartburn that they will do anything to try to stop. City Supervisor Malia Cohen told the San Francisco Chronicle that she was working with NARAL Pro-Choice California to draft legislation that would require centers to post a sign in their waiting room indicating whether they provide or refer for abortions. Such forced speech requirements […]
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The pope and his call for a ‘human ecology’ that respects the environment

Last week I wrote about the rise of what I called, for lack of a better term, a “pro-life environmentalism.” I argued that this movement, which is arising amongst a generation of younger religious conservatives, is a positive thing, striking, as it does, a healthy balance between the anti-human, pro-population control ideology of the eco-extremists, and a grasping and inhuman materialism that pays no heed whatsoever to the effects of human activities on nature. I hope to explore this topic (particularly how it ties in to pro-life issues) further and in a more formal setting in the future, but for […]
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Canadian National Daycare Program Fiasco

Canadian National Daycare Program Fiasco by LifeSiteNews.com OTTAWA, March 9, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Originally touted at $2 billion, the price tag for the Liberal government’s proposed daycare program has already jumped to $5 billion, with some analysts suggesting $15 billion or more annually is actually nearer the mark. These facts and others were publicized yesterday in a Communiqué from the Christian Heritage Party (CHP). The CHP charges that the Liberal policy “for the Sovietization of Canada’s children” and “dishonestly presented in terms of ‘children’s needs’—is really a massive giveaway of taxpayers’ money to a self-serving education lobby”. CHP leader Ron […]
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Obama White House Seeks Inclusion of Same-Sex Unions in Census

Obama White House Seeks Inclusion of Same-Sex Unions in Census by LifeSiteNews.com By Kathleen Gilbert WASHINGTON, D.C., June 19, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Obama administration has directed the Census Bureau to find a way to include homosexual “marriages,” partnerships, and unions in the 2010 census, according to a Wall Street Journal report. “The administration continues to make progress on the president’s longstanding commitment to promoting equality for [lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender] Americans,” said White House spokesman Ben LaBolt. While the census has in the past collected volunteered data on same-sex “marriages,” White House officials said that the Obama administration […]
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The Third International Symposium on Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide – a tremendous success

The Third International Symposium on Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide in Vancouver (June 3 – 4) was a tremendous success. The goals that were set-out before the Symposium were surpassed. The DVD’s of the Symposium will be available in early July for $50 for the complete set. The Third International Symposium was organized by the Euthanasia Prevention Coalition (EPC). The International leaders had a meeting on Thursday, June 2, that was chaired by Alex Schadenberg. The meeting examined issues related to the language of the debate and common directions for the group. There was general agreement concerning the language of the […]
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Russell Crowe: Pro-abortion foreskin man

I really, really like Russell Crowe as an actor. But as a person Crowe clearly has missing brain synapses that have rendered him a bonehead. As the Huffington Post reports today, Crowe took to Twitter yesterday [Warning: vulgar] to castigate male circumcision. That’s fine. My opinion differs on the topic, but whatever… But then Crowe got stupid. His very next tweet, after “stand[ing] for the perfection of babies”? The absurd illogic is almost too obvious to point out. But I must. Removing a piece of skin the size of a postage stamp from a newborn baby is “barbaric and stupid,” […]
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Apocalypse Newt: the rise of Rick Perry?

Goodbye Newt, hello Rick Perry! Newt Gingrich’s campaign has imploded, his staffers mutinied, but it all is good news to pro-life Republicans hoping that the current governor of Texas may just be waiting in the wings. Two dozen Gingrich staffers resigned en masse earlier this week, citing a difference of direction they wanted the campaign to take. One direction they did not like was the Mediterranean course Newt had charted – a two-week cruise among Greece’s isles with his wife Callista. It appears the staff thought Newt taking a personal vacation – shortly after making an official announcement for the […]
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Unity Restored at Vatican’s Pontifical Academy for Life with New President

Unity Restored at Vatican’s Pontifical Academy for Life with New President by LifeSiteNews.com By Hilary White ROME, June 30, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Pro-life leaders are expressing their hopes that the new head of the Pontifical Academy for Life (PAV) can re-forge the organization’s unity and get back to work promoting the Catholic teaching on the sanctity of human life. Among the important curial appointments made today, Pope Benedict XVI announced that Msgr. Ignacio Carrasco de Paula, formerly chancellor of the PAV, will be taking over as president. The academy has been wracked with controversy over the last year after its […]
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Massachusetts School Suspends Eight Year Old for Drawing Jesus on the Cross

Massachusetts School Suspends Eight Year Old for Drawing Jesus on the Cross by LifeSiteNews.com By Thaddeus M. Baklinski TAUNTON, Massachusetts, December 15, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – An 8-year-old boy was sent home from Maxham Elementary School and required to undergo a psychological evaluation after he drew a stick-figure picture of Jesus Christ on the cross. The boy’s father, Chester Johnson, said he got a call earlier this month from the school informing him that his son, a second-grade student with special education needs, had created a violent drawing and was being sent home. The image depicted a crucified Jesus with Xs […]
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Prominent Psychiatrist: “No Particular Need for Sex-Education”

Prominent Psychiatrist: “No Particular Need for Sex-Education” by LifeSiteNews.com Commentary by Dr. Philip Ney OTTAWA, September 4, 2008 (LifeSitenews.com) – I am a retired professor of psychiatry, having taught in 5 universities in different parts of Canada, Hong Kong and New Zealand. I have also run child and adolescent psychiatric units. I have been on school boards. It is from a review of the literature and from my experience that I write this brief opinion. 1) There is no particular need for “sex education.” For many centuries there was no sex education, yet children were conceived and their parents enjoyed […]
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Letter from Bishop Lacey expressing support for those opposed to Ontario’s equity program

June 3, 2011 Dear Mr. Westen, My interest in the Equity and Inclusive Education Policy (EIE) is to be expected, as I was a trustee on the Board some years ago while rector at St. Michael’s Cathedral. Recently, while preaching at one of our local parishes, I was moved to witness to the growing parental concern on the subject of the Equity policy in our schools. The parents at a recent meeting strongly expressed their concern about a gay agenda embedded in the policy now being considered by the trustees. In my opinion, parents and Catholic electors are justified in […]
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Ontario Bishop Says ‘Early Induction’ Policy at Catholic Hospital Under Vatican Review

Ontario Bishop Says ‘Early Induction’ Policy at Catholic Hospital Under Vatican Review by LifeSiteNews.com By John-Henry Westen LONDON, ON, March 5, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A LifeSiteNews.com (LSN) exposé on the practice of ‘early inductions’ on babies with lethal fetal anomaly at a Catholic hospital has resulted in the matter being reviewed by the Vatican. Today LifeSiteNews.com spoke with London Bishop Ronald Fabbro regarding the protocol at St. Joseph’s Health Centre, which permits early inductions for such babies. Bishop Fabbro informed LSN that he has launched an investigation into the practice at the hospital, in order to discover whether the guidelines […]
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Sick Canadian Newborn Whose Parents Want to Use as a Heart Donor Not “Terminal” Say Disability Right

Sick Canadian Newborn Whose Parents Want to Use as a Heart Donor Not “Terminal” Say Disability Right by LifeSiteNews.com By Hilary White TORONTO, April 9, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A two month-old child at Toronto’s Hospital for Sick Children, described in the media as “dying,” has defied doctor’s predictions and continued to live after the removal of a respirator. The respirator was removed in the expectation that the child would stop breathing, and that her heart could then be harvested for transplant. Her parents have expressed their disappointment that another child who is being cared for at the hospital will now […]
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A Thousand Times Less

A Thousand Times Less by LifeSiteNews.com Dear friends of life and family, One of the foremost groups pushing homosexuality and abortion on the international level has just received a $100 million dollar donation from financier George Soros. Soros has become a champion in the anti-life and anti-family movement. To counter this, we need you to become champions for life and family. The billionaire philanthropist recently announced his donation of $100 million to Human Rights Watch. Our goal at LifeSiteNews for this quarter is a thousand times less than that – a mere $100,000. Soros realized the need to support Human […]
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A prominent priest’s stinging critique of Development & Peace

A Catholic priest with a mighty pen has once again taken Development and Peace to task in the pages of the BC Catholic.  Frequent National Post columnist, Fr. Raymond de Souza writes today: “My view is that CCODP has a tenuous claim on Catholic dollars because, aside from fundraising in Catholic parishes, they have a tenuous relationship with any distinctively Catholic mission. “ Drawing on the latest revelations of the criticism of now-former D&P Mexican partner ProDH by the Cardinal Archbishop of Mexico City, Fr. de Souza writes: “Just because CCODP has money from generous Canadian Catholics does not give […]
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Entropy and evolution: how can they both be true?

Hey, has anyone else thought of this? You know entropy? The tendency of things in the universe to fall apart, to dissipate energy, rather than come together in complex systems? It’s this: the Second Law of Thermodynamics: No process is possible whose sole result is the transfer of heat from a body of lower temperature to a body of higher temperature. In an isolated system, heat cannot flow spontaneously from cold regions to hot regions without external work being performed on the system. Entropy is a measure of the amount of energy in a physical system not available to do […]
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The tragedy of miscarriage

The wound comes from well-meaning people. “Well, it wasn’t that far along.” “You can always have another child.” “Lots of people go through this.” Miscarriage is a tragedy that so many people misunderstand. They are not quite sure how to console a friend or relative who has suffered this loss. While there are no magic formulas, there is one fundamental truth that needs to stay front and center: a miscarriage is the loss of a child who is just as real and has just as much value as any other child of any age. A woman who has a miscarriage […]
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What does Rep. Weiner’s apology say about us?

Despite all my best efforts to remain in blissful ignorance, today I finally found out what the brewing scandal involving Rep. Anthony Weiner is all about. It would have been difficult not to find out: it’s everywhere. Evidently Weiner was accused of sending…er…salacious images to a woman via Twitter. But at first he denied it and claimed that his Twitter account had been hacked, and hoped it would blow over. It didn’t. This afternoon Weiner finally stepped up and admitted the truth: yes, he was the source of the explicit photo, and yes, he has had explicit online conversations and […]
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Actress Reese Witherspoon speaks against sex tapes and nude pics at MTV Awards

Reese Witherspoon was awarded the coveted Generation award at the MTV Movies Awards Sunday. The show which was filled with raunchy talk and scenes heard Witherspoon telling “all the girls out there” that it is “possible to be a good girl” and promised to “make it cool.” Despite using the F-word herself in a crude joke, she said, “I just want to say to all the girls out there, I know it’s cool to be bad, I get it … it’s cool to be bad, but it’s also possible to make it in Hollywood without a reality show! “When I […]
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Football Star Tim Tebow talks pro-life in new book

June 3, 2011 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Twenty-three-year-old former college football legend and 2010 first-round draft pick as quarterback for the Denver Broncos, Tim Tebow, may be an up-and- coming NFL football star, but according to his mom, he is first and foremost her “miracle baby.” In his new autobiography, “Through My Eyes,” Tebow writes about his miraculous birth, his home schooled upbringing, the impact of faith and family on his life, and his determination to succeed, which led him to two NCAA National Football Championships with the Florida Gators and his NFL draft. The book was released May 31 from Harper […]
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POPE COULD FACE CHARGES UNDER INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT

POPE COULD FACE CHARGES UNDER INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT by LifeSiteNews.com UNITED NATIONS, February 12, 2002 (LSN.ca) – With the International Criminal Court (ICC) only months away from entering into force according to the ICC Convenor William Pace, LifeSite spoke with Dr. Richard G. Wilkins, Professor of Law at Brigham Young University. Professor Wilkins, Managing Director of The World Family Policy Center, is a leading authority on the ICC, and regularly acts as legal counsel for pro-family NGOs (non-governmental organizations) at the United Nations. Professor Wilkins, former Assistant to the US Solicitor General, told LifeSite that the ICC could eventually be […]
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The Canadian Museum For Human Rights is a Mess

The Canadian Museum For Human Rights is a Mess by LifeSiteNews.com This article is republished with permission from the July/August 2009 Reality Newsletter of Real Women of Canada OTTAWA, July 31, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Human Rights Museum in Winnipeg, the construction of which began last April, is a mess. This is due to the fact that the museum has established a biased and duplicitous Content Advisory Committee to determine which displays will be installed in the museum. This Committee has already begun a series of public consultations across the country, beginning on May 21, 2009, which will continue until […]
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Congressional Committee Approves Proposal for Global Women’s Office, Snubs Pro-Life Amendment

Congressional Committee Approves Proposal for Global Women’s Office, Snubs Pro-Life Amendment by LifeSiteNews.com By Kathleen Gilbert WASHINGTON, D.C., May 21, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The House Foreign Affairs Committee yesterday approved the creation of a new Office of Global Women’s Issues. However, the committee voted down efforts by one congressman to ensure that the office would not implement the radical abortion agenda espoused by both President Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. Section 334 of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, which would take effect starting in Fiscal Year 2010, establishes an Office of Global Women’s Issues to coordinate efforts “relating […]
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Canadian Private Member’s Motion Would Make Internet Counselling for Suicide a Criminal Offense

Canadian Private Member’s Motion Would Make Internet Counselling for Suicide a Criminal Offense by LifeSiteNews.com By Hilary White OTTAWA, May 28, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A Conservative MP from Kitchener, Ontario has proposed a private member’s motion that would make it a criminal offense to use the internet to counsel a person to commit suicide. The Motion follows the well-publicized case of Nadia Kajouji, the 18 year-old Carleton University student who committed suicide in 2008 after allegedly being coaxed to do so in an internet chat room. M-388, tabled in the House of Commons on May 26th by Kitchener MP Harold […]
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Later Abortions Linked to Psychological Problems: Study

Later Abortions Linked to Psychological Problems: Study by LifeSiteNews.com Springfield, IL, August 27, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A study of women who had abortions has found that women undergoing later abortions face increased psychological risks, are more likely to be ambivalent about having an abortion and are more likely to need counseling and support. The study, “Late-Term Elective Abortion and Susceptibility to Post-Traumatic Stress Symptoms,” was published in the August issue of the Journal of Pregnancy. The results came from an online survey of 374 women who answered a detailed questionnaire about the circumstances leading to their abortions, their previous mental […]
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Catholic medical authority raps ‘brain death’ criteria

Catholic medical authority raps ‘brain death’ criteria by LifeSiteNews.com ROME, February 7, 2005 (CWNews.com/LifeSiteNews.com) – At a meeting of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences, dedicated to the discussion of organ transplants, a former president of the Catholic Medical Association has demanded a more accurate definition of when death occurs. Current criteria used by doctors to determine “brain death”—the point at which vital organs may be removed from a donor—are not adequate, argued Dr. Paul Byrne. He pointed out that at the time the organs are removed, the donor’s heart is beating, his body is warm, and other vital organs are […]
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Girl with Down syndrome named prom queen at Missouri school – had 90%+ chance of being aborted

Here’s a feel-good story for you. Students at a high school in Missouri have voted to crown a 19-year-old classmate who has Down syndrome as this year’s prom queen. The Daily Mail reports: Maisie has been at the school since kindergarten, and is extremely popular among the students in her year, many of whom who have known her since she was five. Mrs O’Dell (Maisie’s teacher and mentor) said: ‘‘They all know her really well, they all help her when she needs it. The vote was pretty much unanimous’ Describing her as ‘the sweetest person’, Mrs O’Dell said Maisie has […]
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Obama administration blocks Indiana law defunding Planned Parenthood

No surprise, the Obama administration will attempt to block Indiana from enacting a new law that defunds Planned Parenthood. From the Associated Press: The Health and Human Services Department rejected changes in INs Medicaid plan Wednesday, saying it illegally bans funding for Planned Parenthood, and sought to make clear that a similar fate awaits other states that pass legislation barring any qualified health care provider. State officials signaled they would not accept HHS’ decision. In a letter sent to IN’s Medicaid director, Medicaid Administrator Donald Berwick said IN’s plan will improperly bar beneficiaries from receiving services. Federal law requires Medicaid […]
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White House Official Admits Obama Campaign “Absolutely Controlled” Media Image, Slams Fox News

White House Official Admits Obama Campaign “Absolutely Controlled” Media Image, Slams Fox News by LifeSiteNews.com By Kathleen Gilbert WASHINGTON, D.C., October 19, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – After very publicly throwing down the Obama administration’s gauntlet to the Fox News network last week, White House Communications Director Anita Dunn is again attracting attention thanks to new footage of her revealing the Obama campaign’s own media philosophy – deepening the already dizzying saga of the Obama administration’s power struggle with the media establishment. At a Dominican Republic conference in January, Dunn – a former team member of Barack Obama’s presidential campaign, and the […]
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A little piece of greatness from Latin America

Hillary White recently highlighted the beauty of Italian culture with her commentary on a wonderful example of Latin music: the recent American Idol performance of the Italian trio Il Volo, whose rendition of the classic O Sole Mio has knocked the socks off of American audiences.  She expressed her hope that the dismally low birth rate of Italian society would not ultimately deprive the world of such cultural treasures. I often reflect sadly upon the almost total ignorance that anglophones in North America have of the riches of Latin civilization. Only the flimsy barrier of language, and a foolish indifference, […]
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Kids cause Brad and Angelina to reconsider ‘we won’t marry till gays can’ vow

Brad Pitt has a history of promoting homosexual activism since breaking up with former wife Jennifer Aniston in 2005 after five years of marriage.  He’s been with actress Angelina Jolie since and has six children with her, three of them adopted. In 2006, while living with Jolie, he first announced that they would not marry until homosexual ‘marriage’ was permitted in the United States.  In an Esquire article in October 2006 Pitt wrote, “Angie and I will consider tying the knot when everyone else in the country who wants to be married is legally able.” In an exclusive interview with […]
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Salon writer admits embellishing ‘abortion saved my life’ story

On my blog last week I posted an excerpt from the Salon piece, “Abortion saved my life.” The writer, a blogger named Mikki Kendall, was relaying her first person account of supposedly nearly hemorrhaging to death because a hospital doctor refused to perform the one procedure that would save her life, an abortion. Here was the quote I pulled: I don’t know if his objections were religious or not; all I know is that when a bleeding woman was brought to him for treatment he refused to do the only thing that could stop the bleeding. Because he didn’t do […]
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More Americans believe that Assisted Suicide is morally wrong

The recent Gallup poll in America shows that 45% of those polled thought that physician-assisted suicide was morally acceptable whereas 48% thought that physician-assisted suicide was Morally wrong. What was interesting about the findings was that the same poll found that 15% of those polled thought that suicide was morally acceptable and 80% thought that suicide was morally wrong. Bioethicist, Wesley Smith commented on these findings in his blog in this way:  Very interesting, and for me, alarming. Why would 45% support doctor assisted suicide as morally acceptable, but only 15% “suicide?” I think it is the authority of the […]
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