Articles for Month: August 2012

Netherlands Recognises Polygamous Marriages of Muslims reports Dutch Newspaper by LifeSiteNews.com By Thaddeus M. Baklinski ROTTERDAM, August 14, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Two Dutch cities have instructed their marriage registrars to recognize polygamous marriages of immigrants that have taken place in countries where having more than one wife is permitted, such as Morocco. Although polygamy is technically banned in the Netherlands, the marriages of Muslims who have several wives are now recognized by Dutch authorities in the cities of Rotterdam and Amsterdam, reports the Dutch newspaper NRC Handelsblad. Until now, registrars in the major cities had been recording the irregular marriages […]

14 Bishops and Counting Correct Senator Biden by LifeSiteNews.com By Tim Waggoner WASHINGTON, September 15, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Catholic bishops across the nation have rebuked Senator Joe Biden for claiming, during a September 7 appearance on NBC’s Meet the Press, that his support for abortion is in keeping with his Catholic faith. To date at least 14 bishops have responded to Biden’s erroneous statement about Catholic teaching and abortion. Responding to a question from Meet the Press Moderator Tom Brokaw, Biden stated that he agreed with the Catholic Church that life begins at conception. He then continued, “I’m prepared as […]

Pelosi, and Now Biden: VP-Nominee says Life Begins at Conception, but Won’t “Impose” his Faith on Ot by LifeSiteNews.com By Thaddeus M. Baklinski September 8, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Senator Joseph Biden, the Democratic nominee for vice president, strayed from party ideology on abortion rights yesterday, declaring that as a Catholic, he believes life begins at conception, but then went on to say he would not “impose” his personal views on others. Later in the interview he also seemed to suggest that life may not begin at conception after all. Tom Brokaw of NBC’s Meet The Press asked, “As a Roman […]

Bishop of Diocese Where Biden Received Communion Calls Him to Account over Abortion by LifeSiteNews.com By Kathleen Gilbert TALLAHASSEE, Florida, November 7, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – In a rare show of episcopal mettle, the bishop of Pensacola-Tallahassee swiftly sent VP-elect Joseph Biden a letter after he received communion on Sunday in the diocese, chastising him with “urgency” to examine his conscience carefully before receiving communion again. Biden, who calls himself a devout Catholic, is an outspoken abortion proponent and as such has incurred automatic excommunication from the Church according to Canon Law. The bishop witnessed to the Church’s teaching that “human […]

Biden’s Bishop Will not Permit Him, Even if Elected VP, to Speak at Catholic Schools by LifeSiteNews.com By John-Henry Westen DELEWARE, August 26, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – In an interview with Bob Krebs, the Communications Director for the Catholic Diocese of Wilmington, to which Senator Joseph Biden belongs, Krebs confirmed that Biden’s Bishop will not permit the Senator even if elected Vice President of the United States of America to speak at Catholic schools. When asked for the Bishop’s take on Senator Biden and his stand in favor of abortion, Krebs directed LifeSiteNews.com to Bishop Michael Saltarelli’s 2004 statement on ‘Catholics […]

Biden’s Bishop Chastizes VP Candidate for Misrepresenting Church Teaching on Abortion by LifeSiteNews.com By Jonquil Frankham WILMINGTON, October 27, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Senator Joseph Biden’s bishop, Bishop W. Francis Malooley of Wilmington, Delaware, has publicly corrected the Democratic VP candidate on the Catholic Church’s teachings on abortion in a letter published in The News Journal. In Biden’s interview with The News Journal published October 19, the Catholic politician referred to what he claimed was the Catholic Church’s long-standing internal “debate” over the morality of abortion. “[T]hroughout the church’s history, we’ve argued between whether or not it is wrong in every […]

From 2003-2006 Bush Administration – $122 Million to Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research by LifeSiteNews.com By John-Henry Westen WASHINGTON, February 7, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Newly released figures from the February 5 budget indicate that from 2003 to 2006, the Bush administration spent $122 million on human embryonic stem cell research. Estimates in spending for 2007 and 2008 are $37 million per year. The $122 million were spent specifically on research with stem cell lines derived from experimentation with live human embryos which resulted in their deaths. Through the National Institutes of Health, the Bush administration also funded human non-embryonic (adult) […]

"What is left in this nation is a spiritual vacuum" says critic

Distressing, vicious responses to Barkin and Cher story – Steve Jalsevac

The World’s “Most Dangerous” Spiritual Guru: Oprah Begins 10-Week Online New Age Class by LifeSiteNews.com By John Jalsevac March 7, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – This past Monday Oprah Winfrey, considered by many to be the world’s most influential woman, began a ten-week long online course on the best-selling book, “A New Earth,” by New Age guru, Eckhart Tolle. “A New Earth” has already sold some 3.5 million copies worldwide, thanks largely to the publicity given to it by Oprah. According to Oprah, 500,000 people from across the world signed on to the first segment of the online course, to spend an […]

FLASHBACK: Romney Does Flip-Flop and Forces Catholic Hospitals to Distribute Morning-After-Pill by LifeSiteNews.com This article was quoted at length today by Rush Limbaugh with the result that listeners have been coming to LifeSiteNews looking for the article. By Gudrun Schultz BOSTON, December 9, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – In a shocking turn-around, Massachusetts’s governor Mitt Romney announced yesterday that Roman Catholic and other private hospitals in the state will be forced to offer emergency contraception to sexual assault victims under new state legislation, regardless of the hospitals’ moral position on the issue. The Republican governor had earlier defended the right of hospitals […]

Canadian Medical Association Lashes out at Unborn Victims of Crime Bill by LifeSiteNews.com By Hilary White OTTAWA, August 21, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Canadian Medical Association has lashed out at the proposed Unborn Victims of Crime act that they claim will limit women’s “access to abortion”, voting by a wide margin yesterday to oppose Bill C-484. Ken Epp, MP for Edmonton-Sherwood Park who introduced the bill, responded to opponents saying that the misrepresentation of his proposed law as a back-door route to criminalizing abortion is “deeply worrying”. Dr. Robert Ouellet, the new president of the CMA told the Toronto Star, […]

Pope Benedict Spoke to Obama on Right to Life, Freedom of Conscience by LifeSiteNews.com By Hilary White, Rome Correspondent ROME, July 10, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Pope Benedict gave US President Barack Obama a surprise gift of the Vatican bioethics document “Dignitatis Personae,” and discussed the ethics of abortion and embryo research in their first meeting in Rome this afternoon. A Vatican statement has said that in their private discussion, the pope addressed issues of “the defense and promotion of life and the right to abide by one’s conscience.” At the customary exchange of gifts, Obama presented Pope Benedict with a […]

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Anal Sex Largest Cause of HIV in Africa by LifeSiteNews.com TUEBINGEN, June 16, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A study by researchers at the University of Tuebingen in Germany has found that anal sex, both homosexual and heterosexual, is the second largest cause of HIV transmission in Africa. Transmission in medical settings, such as through dirty needles, is listed as the primary cause, says the study published in the current edition of The Journal of Sexually Transmitted Diseases and Aids. In a finding which has HIV/AIDS activists on edge, the researchers, say vaginal transmission of HIV is a very distant third compared […]

USCCB Changes Rating on Brokeback Mountain to Morally Offensive by LifeSiteNews.com By John-Henry Westen WASHINGTON, DC, December 16, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The United States Conference of Bishops Office for Film and Broadcasting has altered their rating for the homosexual propaganda film Brokeback Mountain after a story by LifeSiteNews.com pointed out that the office’s praise for the filmÂwas completely inappropriate. (see the LifeSiteNews.com story: https://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2005/dec/05121503.html ) While the glowing review remains, the USCCB office’s rating for the film has been altered to the most severe rating – “O” for morally offensive from “L” which denotes that it is appropriate for a […]

Population controllers, through activist court, have finally breached pro-life nation

FORMER TORY MP SUPPORTS STOCKWELL DAY by LifeSiteNews.com OTTAWA, May 4 (LSN.ca) – Former Tory Kitchener Member of Parliament John Reimer has endorsed Canadian Alliance Leadership Candidate Stockwell Day. “I see Stockwell Day standing for the same conservative principles that I stand for,” Mr. Reimer said in an interview reported in Thursday’s National Post. The Post reports that, while Tom Long “has strong support from provincial Tories, Mr. Day appears to be picking up Tories who identify with his social conservative values.” The Post also reports that Mr. Reimer “wants a law to ban abortions in Canada. He said he […]

Costa Rican President Abel Pacheco Receives Peace Prize for Fight Against Human Cloning by LifeSiteNews.com NEW YORK, February 26, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Dr. Abel Pacheco, President of the Republic of Costa Rica, will receive the Kolbe Prize for Peace in recognition of his leadership at the United Nations in the ongoing debate over human cloning. The prize will be awarded this evening at a black-tie dinner held at the Metropolitan Club in New York City. The evening begins at 8:00 p.m. and will include the reading of a letter from President George W. Bush congratulating President Pacheco for his work […]

Parents Sue After 14-Year-Old Daughter Died with Birth Control Patch by LifeSiteNews.com By Hilary White LA CROSSE, November 21, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – When the parents of 14 year-old Alycia Brown of La Crosse Wisconsin found out their daughter was sexually active, they did what the modern culture told them was the right thing to do; they put her on birth control, choosing the popular hormonal patch instead of the Pill. When on May 7, 2004, Alycia died suddenly of blood clots in her lower pelvis Michael and Lorie Brown decided to sue the deadly drug’s manufacturer in the hopes of […]

Anti-Catholic Ted Turner Who Mocked Pope JPII Given UN Peace Award by LifeSiteNews.com NEW YORK, April 21, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Ted Turner, one of the world’s richest men and most overtly anti-Catholic promoters of eugenic population control, has been honored with a prestigious award by the United Nations on the day following the papal election. The 2005 Alan Cranston Peace Award was presented on behalf of the Global Security Institute (GSI) by former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev. Turner has a long history of making anti-Catholic and anti-papal insults. On February 16, 1999 Ted Turner made anti-Catholic and anti-Polish remarks before […]

Arlen Specter ‘Borked’ Himself from Senate Judiciary Committee by LifeSiteNews.com WASHINGTON, November 5, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Republican pro-abortion Senator Arlen Specter, who won his fifth consecutive seat in the Senate for Pennsylvania in Tuesday’s US presidential election, warned US President George W. Bush Wednesday that Bush’s so-called narrow win was in no way an unambiguous mandate from the American people. Sen. Specter, who clearly considers his appointment to replace Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) as chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee a sure thing, said he would oppose any of President Bush’s appointments of pro-life judges to the Supreme Court. As Chairman, […]

PRO-HOMOSEXUAL LEGISLATION IN US, UK, AND CANADA by LifeSiteNews.com STOWE, Vermont, Feb 10 (LifeSiteNews) – The Canadian government’s plans to introduce sweeping pro- homosexual legislation today or tomorrow comes at the same time similar initiatives are being pushed in Britain and the American state of Vermont. The Telegraph reports that the UK government’s Department for Education has asked the Equal Opportunities Commission to draw up a code of practice for companies on how to treat practicing homosexual employees. The code will demand equal benefits for homosexual couples as compared to married couples and will forbid consideration of sexual orientation in […]

Says powerful USCCB news agency rebuked by Archbishop Burke for good reason

Pro-Life Speaker Holds Her Own Against Pro-Abortion Crowd at University of Western Ontario by LifeSiteNews.com LifeSiteNews Staff LONDON, March 27, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – One year after the University of Western Ontario (UWO) awarded infamous abortionist Henry Morgentaler an honorary degree, the abortion debate has re-ignited. On March 21, Stephanie Gray, Executive Director of the Canadian Centre for Bio-Ethical Reform, spoke against abortion at King’s College at UWO. Police and security were brought to the scene to handleÂexpected disruption from abortion advocates. 130 people attended the talk, about half were vehemently against Gray. Several spoke out of turn throughout the presentation. […]

“Manhattan Declaration” Embodies U.S. Christian Pushback against Abortion, Same-Sex “Marriage” by LifeSiteNews.com By Kathleen Gilbert WASHINGTON, D.C., November 20, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A group of prominent Christian leaders and scholars unveiled a manifesto Friday declaring firm opposition to current and future laws infringing upon the sanctity of life, marriage, faith, and liberty. The 4,700-word “Manhattan Declaration: A Call of Christian Conscience” was drafted by Dr. Robert George, Dr. Timothy George and Chuck Colson and signed by more than 125 Orthodox, Catholic and evangelical Christian leaders, including Focus on the Family Dr. James Dobson and National Association of Evangelicals president Leith […]

Remove Crucifixes and Ban Public Prayer to Solve Immigrant Tensions – Quebec Report by LifeSiteNews.com By Hilary White MONTREAL, May 22, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Every religion but Christianity should be welcome in public life in Quebec, according to a government report. Crucifixes must be removed from the National Assembly and classrooms and Christian prayers banned from city council meetings but students should be allowed to wear their Islamic hijabs, Jewish kippas, Sikh turbans and even the ceremonial dagger called a kirpan. The report says, “Under the principle of the neutrality of the State, religious displays linked to the functioning of […]

Same-Sex ‘Marriage’ a Health Risk Doctors Warn Parliamentarians by LifeSiteNews.com OTTAWA, February 17, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A group of physicians has presented to Canadian Parliamentarians scientific evidence that homosexual marriage is a health risk to Canadians. The heavily referenced brief titled “Gay Marriage and Homosexuality, Some Medical Comments” warns that the new law will result in the further normalization of homosexual sex which has already resulted in severe health risks and related costs to care for and treat persons affected by risky sexual behaviour. The document, signed by doctors in different disciplines from family medicine, dermatology and neurology, warns that […]

The Saga Continues as New Miss California Says No to Same-sex “Marriage” by LifeSiteNews.com By Peter J. Smith LOS ANGELES, June 15, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The newly appointed Miss California has revealed that she believes, along with her recently deposed predecessor, Carrie Prejean, that marriage is an institution between a man and a woman. However the new Miss California has also stated she has no wish to become the center of controversy and opprobrium that has been heaped on Prejean for her position on same-sex “marriage.” Tami Farrell, who now wears the tiara formerly held by Prejean, told FOX News’s […]

Vatican, “Conservative” Catholics Undermining Vatican II: Gregory Baum at Ottawa’s Saint Paul Univer by LifeSiteNews.com By Patrick B. Craine and Steve Jalsevac OTTAWA, Ontario, October 20, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Despite efforts by the Vatican to bring back out-dated Catholicism, the Second Vatican Council was a “paradigm shift” in the Church that “cannot be invalidated,” said controversial theologian Gregory Baum, in an October 15th keynote address at Saint Paul’s University, reports the Catholic Register. He delivered his address at a conference on ‘Vatican II in Canada’, hosted by the faculty of theology at the Ottawa Catholic university from October 15-16. A […]

Ever Wonder Who Took Those Aborted Baby Pictures? by LifeSiteNews.com By James Tillman and John Jalsevac Washington, DC, October 14, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – “Maybe 50 percent of the graphic images of abortion victims that you’ll find online are probably my photography.” So says Monica Migliorino Miller, associate professor of theology at Madonna University in Orchard Lake, Mich., in a recent front-page interview with The New York Times. The interview has made waves in the pro-life world, due in large part to the fact that, along with the interview, the Times ran a selection of Miller’s graphic abortion photos in the […]

No Way to Tell if Plastinated Bodies Come from Executed Prisoners – Company Admits by LifeSiteNews.com By Hilary White NEW YORK, May 30, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The New York State Attorney General’s office has ordered the owners of a “plastinated” body display in New York to post signs at the entrance of the exhibit telling visitors that it is not possible to confirm whether the bodies displayed were those of executed Chinese prisoners who may have been victims of torture. The order came last Thursday after the company, Premier Exhibitions, admitted it had no way of knowing the exact origin […]

Brad Mattes, Executive Director and cofounder of Life Issues Institute, a two-time Regional Emmy Award winner and a board member of LifeSiteNews has been selected to take over as President of the International Right to Life Federation

My head is still spinning from the response to my blog about late term abortions in America.

On Monday evening, many pro-lifers were saddened to hear of the passing of pro-life leader Nellie Gray. Nellie Gray is best known for founding the March for Life and serving as the March’s emcee every year. Mny do not realize is that Gray’s involvement in pro-life activities also extended beyond the annual March for Life: She had a law degree from Georgetown University, and her ideas about how to design a Human Life Amendment to the U.S. Constitution had considerable influence in pro-life circles during the 1970s and 1980s. Of course, the March for Life is Nellie Gray’s main legacy. […]

Nun Group Under Investigation by Vatican Praised by U.S. Cardinal by LifeSiteNews.com By Hilary White October 6, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Cardinal archbishop of Boston, Sean O’Malley has praised a group of dissident nuns who are under doctrinal investigation by the Vatican. The Leadership Conference of Women Religious (LCWR) has launched an historical exhibit on the contributions of Catholic sisters to US history that was praised by O’Malley, who is head of the USCCB’s Committee on Clergy, Consecrated Life and Vocations. In letter to LCWR, O’Malley said, “The Church is grateful for all that your communities have done and continue […]

All Major U.S. Media Lean Left Except Fox News and Washington Times, UCLA Study Finds by LifeSiteNews.com WASHINGTON, DC, December 19, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – While the editorial page of The Wall Street Journal is conservative, the newspaper’s news pages are liberal, even more liberal than The New York Times. The Drudge Report may have a right-wing reputation, but it leans left. Coverage by public television and radio is conservative compared to the rest of the mainstream media. Meanwhile, almost all major media outlets tilt to the left. These are just a few of the findings from a UCLA-led study, which […]

Bishop Nickless: “No Health Care Reform is Better than the Wrong Health Care Reform” by LifeSiteNews.com By Kathleen Gilbert SIOUX CITY, Iowa, August 18, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – In his latest column, Bishop R. Walter Nickless of the Diocese of Sioux City joined a growing number of Catholic leaders in stated opposition to the Obama health care legislation, which is poised to expand abortion by mandating abortion coverage and providing taxpayer subsidies to abortion providers. Niclkess also noted that the Catholic Church has no position for or against any kind of health care distribution, and argued that the structure proposed by […]

Georgetown Law School to Honor Pro-Abortion Catholic Biden Wednesday by LifeSiteNews.com April 21, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – On Wednesday, April 22, Georgetown University Law Center will host an event honoring Vice President Joseph Biden with the “Legal Momentum Hero Award,” in a move that Catholic commentators say is in direct violation of the U.S. bishops’ 2004 policy against Catholic institutions giving honors to pro-abortion politicians. Georgetown University Law Center is affiliated with Georgetown University, a Catholic and Jesuit institution. Vice President Biden is infamous for his strong support for abortion, despite his claims of being a faithful Catholic. During last year’s […]

Chinese government confirms that policy will continue to be enforced

Belmont Abbey Head: Washington Instructed Officials to Pursue Discrimination Charges by LifeSiteNews.com By Kathleen Gilbert BELMONT, North Carolina, August 14, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – In an exclusive interview with LifeSiteNews.com (LSN) today, Belmont Abbey College president Dr. William Thierfelder said officials at the Charlotte division of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) told him that a decision to close a discrimination complaint against the school for failing to offer contraception coverage was reversed after the matter went to the nation’s capital. Eight BAC faculty members filed a complaint against the college for removing coverage for abortion, sterilization, and contraception from their […]

Famed Italian Catholic Politician Clarifies: Legal Protection of Unborn is “of course” Needed by LifeSiteNews.com By John-Henry Westen ROME, July 29, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – In an interview last week, Rocco Butiglione, one of Italy’s best-known Christian Democrat politicians, made remarks which sparked concerns from pro-life activists, as he seemed to suggest that promoting laws against abortion is a mistake. Butiglione had said that he had come to believe that pursuing a “common ground,” abortion reduction approach is the best way to combat abortion. He also spoke of a new network of pro-life parliamentarians who are not against Law 194, which […]

Canada an “International Embarrassment” on Sex Trafficking by LifeSiteNews.com By Terry Vanderheyden MONTREAL, March 2, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Canada and the United Kingdom have been singled out in an international study for failing to meet their obligations for the protection of victims of human trafficking, while other developed countries received praise for their efforts. The study comes at a time when the UK government is considering an overhaul of its policy in this area, and a new Conservative Government has taken power in Canada. The 40-page study, titled “Falling Short of the Mark: An International Study on the Treatment of […]

Vatican Paper Heaps Praise on Harry Potter Film by LifeSiteNews.com By Hilary White ROME, July 14, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – L’Osservatore Romano, the Vatican’s quasi-official newspaper, has heaped praise on the latest film adaptation of the Harry Potter series of children’s books, criticised previously as spiritually dangerous by Pope Benedict XVI prior to his elevation to the pontificate. The review called the film, “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince,” the “most successful of the series” thus far. In his review in yesterday’s Italian edition of the paper, Gaetano Vallini praised the film for promoting “friendship, altruism, loyalty and self-giving” and said […]

Bishops of Knoxville and Palm Beach Continue String of ND Scandal Condemnations by LifeSiteNews.com By Kathleen Gilbert April 14, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Bishop Richard Stika of Knoxville, Ten. and Bishop Gerald Barbarito of Palm Beach, Fl. have joined the ranks of U.S. bishops publicly opposing the University of Notre Dame’s invitation to President Obama to speak and receive an honorary law degree at its May 17 commencement. In his column in last week’s East Tennessee Catholic, Bishop Stika said, “As a Catholic, I am embarrassed by this gesture of the University of Notre Dame. “It is fine to honor an […]

Christian Groups Protest Wal-Mart Support for Homosexuality, Abortifacient Birth Control by LifeSiteNews.com By Gudrun Schultz BENTONVILLE, Arkansas, December 18, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Christian organizations have continued to challenge Wal-Mart Stores Inc. on the organization’s affiliation with homosexual groups, the Morning News reported Saturday, as demonstrators protested the retailer’s partnership with the National Gay & Lesbian Chamber of Commerce on Friday. Led by pastor Flip Benham, founder of Operation Save America (OSA), around 35 protestors demonstrated in front of the corporation’s head office and Supercenter in Bentonville. In a news release last week, the OSA said it was opposed to Wal-Mart’s […]

A blog on the archdiocesan newspaper defends the invite of Obama to the October 18 Al Smith Dinner as “important in this time of pathologically toxic politics.”

Poland Pro-Life Groups Call for Health Minister’s Excommunication After Abortion Involvement by LifeSiteNews.com WARSAW, June 24, 2008 (CWNews.com/LifeSiteNews.com) – Pro-life activists in Poland have called for the excommunication of the country’s health minister, Ewa Kopacz, who was involved in arranging an abortion for a 14-year-old girl. Kopacz, who located a hospital willing to perform the abortion in the highly publicized case, has defended her action, saying: “As a government minister, I did my job.” She had located a willing hospital after institutions in the girl’s hometown, Lublin, and the capital city, Warsaw, had refused to perform the abortion. “I don’t […]

Pro-Abortion Journalist Chris Matthews to Offer Commencement Address at Catholic St. Joseph’s Univer by LifeSiteNews.com By Kathleen Gilbert PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, April 3, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Undeterred by the Notre Dame scandal, another Catholic University has invited a pro-abortion celebrity to address the school and receive an honorary degree at this year’s graduation ceremony. St Joseph’s University of Philadelphia announced in March that political commentator Chris Matthews, a vocal proponent of abortion, is due to offer the commencement address and receive an honorary doctorate in communications at the 2009 Commencement ceremonies on Saturday, May 16. Despite his avowed identity as a […]

Intelligent Design Theory Shut Out of Vatican Evolution Conference: Discovery Institute by LifeSiteNews.com By Hilary White and John Jalsevac ROME, March 9, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Last week’s highly publicized Vatican-sponsored conference, “Biological Evolution: Facts and Theories,” organized to correspond with the 200th anniversary of the birth of Charles Darwin, “shut out” discussion of Intelligent Design theory and biblical creationism, a prominent US research group has alleged. The President of the Discovery Institute (DI), Bruce Chapman, denounced the conference on the Institute’s official blog as a “parade of atheists, agnostics and theistic evolutionists whose common theme is that intelligent design is […]

UN Leader Says Pope’s Teachings Responsible for “Sending People to Their Death” by LifeSiteNews.com STOCKHOLM, April 13, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Speaking to Reuters news agency Monday, the head of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) Thoraya Obaid said she hoped the next Pope of the Catholic Church would alter the Church’s stand against condoms. Obaid insulted Catholics, characterizing the late Pope’s stand, and that of the Church, as “sending people to their death.” Speaking of the use of condoms in the fight against AIDS and the positions of some claiming to be Catholic in favour of such an approach, Obaid […]

Euthanasia Expert Shows Reasons Terri’s Death was Euthanasia rather than Natural Death by LifeSiteNews.com LONDON, March 31, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Special to LifeSiteNews.com by Alex Schadenberg, Executive Director, Euthanasia Prevention Coalition. The death of Terri Schiavo – Euthanasia or Natural Death? The tragic death of Terri Schiavo has reignited the Euthanasia debate in the United States and Canada. Everyday we witnessed new media reports about Terri Schiavo. We heard conflicting commentary from bio-ethicists, physicians, and religious leaders as to whether dehydrating Terri was euthanasia or simply allowing natural death to occur. To intentionally dehydrate and starve Terri Schiavo to death […]

Philadelphia Cardinal Rigali Warns of “Eternal” Consequences of Abortion at March for Life Mass by LifeSiteNews.com By John-Henry Westen WASHINGTON, DC, January 21, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Speaking to some 16,000 in attendance at the Vigil Mass for the March for Life this evening, principal celebrant Cardinal Justin Rigali, Archbishop of Philadelphia gave a stirring homily, rousing the massive crowd to applause at several points. After a quote from the late Rev. John Neuhaus on the vitality of the pro-life movement, Cardinal Rigali expressed on behalf of the US Bishops “deep admiration” for the efforts of pro-life activists. The Philadelphia Archbishop […]

Like Abortion Groups “The Economist” Hopes Vatican will Lose its Status at United Nations by LifeSiteNews.com By John-Henry Westen NEW YORK, August 22, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Vatican has reacted to a suggestion contained in a July 19 issue of “The Economist”, one of the world’s leading current affairs weeklies. Produced in the UK and controlled by the Financial Times, The Economist – the articles of which are always left unsigned since they represent a collective view – called on the Vatican to remove itself from its permanent observer status at the United Nations and become a non-governmental organization alongside […]

Vatican Denounces Obama Administration’s Decision to Fund Pro-Abortion Groups by LifeSiteNews.com By Matthew Cullinan Hoffman ROME, January 25, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Vatican officials have denounced US President Barack Obama’s decision to sign an executive order last week allowing funding for foreign organizations that provide abortions and abortion referrals. Archbishop Rino Fisichella, head of the Pontifical Academy for Life, said that “if this is one of President Obama’s first acts, I have to say, in all due respect, that we’re heading quickly toward disappointment.” “It is essential to know how to listen to all of the requests of the country without […]

Cardinal Archbishop of Montréal: “I Am Returning my Order of Canada Insignia” by LifeSiteNews.com MONTREAL, September 11, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Archbishop of Montreal, Cardinal Jean-Claude Turcotte, today announced that he is returning his Order of Canada Insignia in protest over the Morgentaler decision. Cardinal Turcotte’s statement is as follows: “On May 9th 1996, the office of the Governor-General of the time, Mr. Roméo Leblanc, announced that I had been named to the Order of Canada. I had accepted this honour on behalf of all those who, because of their faith in Jesus Christ, work in the social domain to […]

UK Catholic Bishop: “I have been thrilled by Barack Obama’s victory and I thank God for it.” by LifeSiteNews.com By Hilary White PORTSMOUTH, England, November 13, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A British Catholic bishop has issued a statement enthusiastically welcoming the man who has been labelled the “most pro-abortion US president in history”– president-elect Barack Obama. Bishop Crispian Hollis of the Portsmouth diocese in southern England has said he is “thrilled” at the election of Obama. The bishop’s message, posted on the website of the Portsmouth diocese, says, “With millions of others, I have been thrilled by Barack Obama’s victory and […]