Articles for Month: December 2013

Obama Wins Nobel Peace Prize to the Shock of Journalists and Pro-Life Leaders by LifeSiteNews.com By Patrick B. Craine and Steve Jalsevac OSLO, Norway, October 9, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Early this morning, the Nobel Committee awarded U.S. President Barack Obama the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize, prompting shock both from journalists and pro-life leaders. The award, the Committee says, was given to President Obama “for his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples.” The Committee says that they have “attached special importance to Obama’s vision of and work for a world without nuclear weapons.” They credit him, further, […]

President of USCCB Congratulates President Obama for Nobel Peace Prize by LifeSiteNews.com WASHINGTON, October 13, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Cardinal Francis George of Chicago, president of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB), issued the following statement, congratulating President Barack Obama on being honored with the Nobel Peace Prize: “In the name of the Catholic Bishops of the United States, I would like to offer congratulations to President Barack Obama on his receiving the Nobel Peace Prize. As he has graciously said, much of the work of realizing a more peaceful and just world for all persons and nations remains […]

Cardinal Who Returned Order of Canada Says He Refuses “Pro-life” Label by LifeSiteNews.com By John Jalsevac September 15, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Recently Cardinal Jean-Claude Turcotte of Montreal made headlines with his decision to return his own Order of Canada as an act of protest against the decision to induct abortionist Henry Morgentaler into the Order. While many pro-life advocates have welcomed the Cardinal’s decision and congratulated him for his public stance which has grabbed headlines throughout the country, a recent newspaper article has suggested that the Cardinal’s attitude towards Canada’s “father of abortion” and abortion itself may be more ambivalent […]

Coquille Indians Legalize Same-Sex “Marriage” by LifeSiteNews.com PORTLAND, Oregon, August 25, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Coquille Indian tribe of Oregon has admitted same-sex unions to the legal status of marriage. The legislation, affecting the small group of about 200-300 Indians, changed Coquille law to include homosexual unions, after a lesbian couple expressed desire that tribal officials sanction their union as a “marriage.” According to tribal experts, the Coquille tribe is the first American Indian tribe to adopt such a law, reports the Associated Press. The Navajo and Cherokee tribes prohibit same-sex “marriages.” The Coquille law does not change the lesbian […]

For the Vatican it’s Clear – Pro-Abortion Politicians ‘Must’ be Denied Communion by LifeSiteNews.com By John-Henry Westen November 27, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – With the Patrick Kennedy Communion flap and the recent action of the Bishops of Spain having opened up the issue of denying communion to pro-abortion politicians, it is worthwhile to review the position of the Vatican on the matter. Since the controversy came to a head in 2004, the stance from the Vatican on the matter has been clear and consistent. For the Pope and top Curial Cardinals in charge of the matter there is no question about […]

What the Pope Should Know about Nancy Pelosi by LifeSiteNews.com By Deal W. Hudson February 16, 2009 (InsideCatholic.com) – This week, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) will meet with Pope Benedict XVI in the Vatican. With the debilitating illness of Sen. Ted Kennedy (D-MA), Pelosi has become the de facto leader of dissident Catholic members of Congress. It’s only appropriate that Pelosi should take Kennedy’s place. When she became Speaker in January 2006, she chose Rev. Robert Drinan, S.J., as the celebrant of the Mass held in her honor. The late Father Drinan, a longtime professor of law […]

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Forgotten Study: Abuse in School 100 Times Worse than by Priests by LifeSiteNews.com By James Tillman and John Jalsevac WASHINGTON, DC, April 1, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – In the last several weeks such a quantity of ink has been spilled in newspapers across the globe about the priestly sex abuse scandals, that a casual reader might be forgiven for thinking that Catholic priests are the worst and most common perpetrators of child sex abuse. But according to Charol Shakeshaft, the researcher of a little-remembered 2004 study prepared for the U.S. Department of Education, “the physical sexual abuse of students in schools […]

Star Trek Actor Who Paid for 3 Abortions Now Condemns Woman’s “Right to ChooseâEUR¦to Kill Her Baby” by LifeSiteNews.com By Kathleen Gilbert LOS ANGELES, February 2, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Actor Gary Graham knew that by writing about his personal experience and rejection of abortion, he would be incurring the ire of not a few among the Hollywood elite. Yet a blog column posted last Tuesday by the seasoned actor, known most recently for his roles as Ambassador Soval in the TV series “Star Trek: Enterprise” and Capt. Ingles on “J.A.G.”, took an unflinching look at truths almost entirely ignored by […]

Study Confirms Estrogen in Water from the Pill Devastating to Fish Populations by LifeSiteNews.com By Hilary White ST. JOHN, New Brunswick, February 18, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A study by Dr. Karen Kidd, of the University of New Brunswick and the Canadian Rivers Institute, found that estrogen from birth control pills flooding into the water system through sewage adversely affects fish populations. The researchers added estrogen to an experimental lake at a level commonly found in the treated wastewater from cities with about 200,000 people. The researchers discovered that one consequence is that exposed male fish become feminized, producing a protein […]

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Pro-Life Pastor Faces 2 Years Jail and Fine for Peaceful Sidewalk Counseling by LifeSiteNews.com By Kathleen Gilbert OAKLAND, California, February 17, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – An Oakland pastor arrested last May for peacefully counseling and picketing at a local abortion clinic has been found guilty of violating a new city ordinance that his lawyers are claiming is unconstitutional, and now faces up to two years in jail and a $4,000 fine. Rev. Walter Hoye was convicted on January 15 of two counts of unlawfully approaching women entering an abortion facility, a misdemeanor enshrined in city law last spring, which holds a […]

Mega Analysis of Over 100 Years of Research Shows Treatment for Unwanted Homosexuality Beneficial by LifeSiteNews.com NEW YORK, June 23, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A new report in the first edition of the peer-reviewed Journal of Human Sexuality has found that sexual orientation is not immutable and that psychological care for individuals with unwanted homosexual attractions is beneficial and poses no significant risk of harm. The study, What Research Shows: NARTH’s Response to the American Psychological Associations Claims on Homosexuality, examines over 100 years of professional and scientific literature as well as over 600 reports from clinicians, researchers, and former clients […]

LIFESITE NEWSBYTES by LifeSiteNews.com AUTOMAKER CHEVROLET CRITICIZED FOR PROMOTING CHRISTIAN EVENT “Chevrolet Presents: Come Together and Worship” presentation, which debuts next Friday in Atlanta with famed Christian recording artist Michael W. Smith. SPUC MARKS 35TH ANNIVERSARY OF LEGAL ABORTION IN BRITAIN The Society for the Protection of Unborn Children in the UK reports that last Sunday (27 October) marked the 35th anniversary of the passing of Britain’s Abortion Act. Since the Act came into effect on 27 April 1968, nearly 6,000,000 unborn children have been killed under its terms. Despite assurances by the original supporters of the bill in parliament […]

Vatican Official: Bishops Have no Choice But to Refuse Communion to Pro-Abort Politicians by LifeSiteNews.com By Hilary White ROME, January 30, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Archbishop Raymond Burke, in an exclusive interview last week, told LifeSiteNews.com that the issue of pro-abortion politicians continuing to receive Holy Communion is still one of major concern and that it is the duty of bishops to ensure that they are refused. He told LifeSiteNews.com, “I don’t understand the continual debate that goes on about it. There’s not a question that a Catholic who publicly, and after admonition, supports pro-abortion legislation is not to receive Holy […]

Poland Appeals EU Ruling of “Wrongful Birth” by LifeSiteNews.com By Peter J. Smith STRASBOURG, June 19, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Polish government announced Tuesday that it will appeal the landmark ruling by the European Human Rights Court of “wrongful birth” made last March. The European Court of Human Rights ordered Poland to pay €25,000 in compensation for “wrongful birth” after ruling in favour of Alicja Tysiac, a 34 year mother of three who wished to abort her third child in 2003. Tysiac claimed her gynecologist destroyed her referral to an abortion clinic, denying that her health was in danger. At […]

Quebec Kills Parents’ Rights To Choose Religion Instruction – Protest March Scheduled For Saturday by LifeSiteNews.com By Thaddeus M. Baklinski MONTREAL, October 17, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The new mandatory Ethics and Religious Culture program that was introduced this fall in Quebec schools has parents fuming, with many complaining that the program effectively removes their right to choose the kind of religious education their children receive. To show their displeasure a group of Quebec parents has organized a protest march for tomorrow, Saturday, October 18. Three years ago, the clause in the Quebec Charter of Human Rights and Freedoms that guaranteed […]

140 "serious" adverse reactions, including 27 "life threatening" cases, 10 spontaneous abortions, and 6 cases of the debilitating Guillain-Barre Syndrome reported since January 2008

Under this policy, any religion espousing a traditional view of sexuality is indirectly labelled as "homophobic."

The Kennedy Funeral – A Golden Opportunity or Capitulation for the Catholic Church by LifeSiteNews.com Editorial by John-Henry Westen August 26, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Saturday’s grandiose Catholic funeral for Senator Ted Kennedy has the potential to be a scandal that will make Notre Dame’s Obama Day a walk in the park. With all four living former Presidents in attendance and an address from President Barack Obama, the funeral is set to be a royal crowning, right inside a Catholic Church, of a man who betrayed the most fundamental moral teachings of the faith. What example will this give to Catholics […]

Quebec Court Hears Jesuit School Case against Quebec’s Mandatory Religion Course by LifeSiteNews.com By Thaddeus M. Baklinski MONTREAL, June 25, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Loyola Catholic High School has finished presenting its case in court against Quebec’s mandatory Ethics and Religious Culture (ERC) program. The case was launched after the Department of Education refused to allow the school to continue teaching its own Catholic-centered religion course. The private Catholic boys’ school objects to the province’s mandatory course on the grounds that it conflicts with the school’s Catholic character and presents a relativistic world-view of religion. “Our parents send their sons to […]

Cardinal Marc Ouellet Calls Out Brother Bishops for Lack of Support for Pope by LifeSiteNews.com By John-Henry Westen PHOENIX, August 5, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – In a short but stunning talk before some 90 Bishops, eight Cardinals and 1000 Knights, the Primate of Canada, Quebec City Archbishop Marc Cardinal Ouellet, addressed the subject of unity at the 127th annual Supreme Convention of the Knights of Columbus last night. Ouellet spoke of the “hard winter” Pope Benedict XVI had to “suffer” this past year as he was “harshly criticized both within and outside the Church and was not adequately defended by those […]

Late-term Abortionist: Man is “Malignant Eco-Tumor” by LifeSiteNews.com By Peter J. Smith BOULDER, Colorado, August 7, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Dr. Warren Hern, one of the last abortionists willing to perform very late-term abortions in the United States, has written published works describing man as a “malignant eco-tumor” destroying the earth. Esquire magazine reports in a story entitled “the Last Abortion Doctor,” that Hern, the director of the Boulder Abortion Clinic since 1975, argued in a work called Urban Malignancy: Similarity in the Fractal Dimensions of Urban Morphology and Malignant Neoplasms that growing human populations act like a “malignant ecotumor.” LifeSiteNews.com […]

Following Meeting with Pope, News of Secret Meeting between Pelosi and her Bishop on Abortion by LifeSiteNews.com By Kathleen Gilbert SAN FRANCISCO, February 18, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – In the wake of House Speaker Pelosi’s closed-door meeting with Pope Benedict XVI this week, news has erupted that earlier this month Pelosi secretly met with her own bishop, Archbishop George Niederauer of San Francisco, to discuss her stance on abortion. Pelosi had publicly accepted an invitation to meet with Niederauer after the Speaker attempted to justify abortion in light of Catholic teaching last year during an interview on NBC’s Meet the Press. […]

Catholics Can’t Vote for Pro-Abort Politicians: Cardinal-Designate Burke by LifeSiteNews.com By John Jalsevac and Kathleen Gilbert San Diego, October 27, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – As Americans approach the eve of election week, Cardinal-designate Raymond Burke has said in a new interview that they must recognize their solemn obligation to defend their unborn brothers and sisters when approaching the voting booth. “You can never vote for someone who favors absolutely the right to choice of a woman to destroy a human life in her womb or the right to a procured abortion,” the archbishop told Thomas McKenna, President of Catholic Action for […]

Vatican Archbishop Burke: Public Repentance is Required for Pro-Abort Politicians by LifeSiteNews.com By John-Henry Westen ROME, October 12, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Speaking at the Human Life International World Prayer Congress Saturday, Archbishop Raymond Burke received sustained applause when he noted that Catholic politicians who support abortion are required to repent publicly. Speaking to pro-life leaders from 45 nations, the Prefect of the Apostolic Signatura (the highest Vatican court) also noted that those who recognize the scandal caused by such public, dissident Catholics assist the Church in repairing a serious breach, but are nevertheless often ridiculed for it. (Read the complete […]

Chicago Mayor Daley to Sign Abortion “Bubble Law” Ordinance by LifeSiteNews.com By James Tillman Chicago, Illinois, October 13, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com)—Mayor Richard Daley of Chicago has said he will sign a new ordinance passed by the City Council at the behest of Planned Parenthood. The ordinance prevents pro-lifers from coming within 8 feet of a woman entering an abortion facility without her permission, for an area extending fifty feet around the building. Mayor Daley said that the ordinance would “try to make sure nobody is harassed.” He said that he did not want people to “harass and scream and yell” at […]

Notre Dame’s Bishop Will Not Attend Obama-Honoring Graduation, Criticizes University’s Decision by LifeSiteNews.com By Kathleen Gilbert NOTRE DAME, Indiana, March 24, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The bishop of the diocese where the University of Notre Dame is located, Bishop John D’Arcy, released a statement this afternoon strongly criticizing the university’s decision to invite President Obama to offer this year’s commencement address and receive an honorary law degree on May 17. The bishop said that he would boycott the event. This past Friday afternoon it was announced that President Obama had accepted the invitation put forward by the university. The announcement sparked […]

Looney England: UK Parents Sue Hospital For “Wrongful Birth” of Disabled Son Born 14 Years Ago by LifeSiteNews.com By Thaddeus M. Baklinski LONDON, UK, May 4, 2009 (LIfeSiteNews.com) – A couple who are claiming they were deprived of their chance to abort their disabled son are suing the Blackpool, Fylde and Wyre Hospitals NHS Trust for £1million in damages and compensation for the cost of caring for him. The couple told the High Court in London that staff at Blackpool Victoria Hospital should have detected anomalies in their son’s brain structure during an ultrasound scan carried out at 20 weeks […]

Couple Receives over $21 Million Dollars for “Wrongful Birth” of Handicapped Son by LifeSiteNews.com By Elizabeth O’Brien TAMPA, Florida, July 24, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A judge has awarded over $21 million dollars to a couple for the “wrongful birth” of their second handicapped son. The couple would have aborted the child if they had known about his disability, the Tampa Bay Tribune reports. Daniel and Amara Estrada have two sons who are both physically handicapped with the same genetic disorder, Smith-Lemli-Opitz, which does not allow them to properly synthesize cholesterol. The children have difficulty walking and must be fed through […]

More Teens Losing Virginity at Early Age, Study Claims by LifeSiteNews.com By Terry Vanderheyden NEW YORK, April 6, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A new survey claims that over 40% of young teens in the US have lost their virginity by the age of 14. The survey of 2,311 youth was conducted in the city of Baltimore by Dr. Danielle Ompad and colleagues for The New York Academy of Medicine and published in the most recent issue of The Archives of Sexual Behavior. “I don’t think other cities would be too different,” Dr. Ompad told the New York Daily News. The study […]

St. Francis of Assisi: Not a Birkenstock-Clad Hippie But a Converter of Muslims by LifeSiteNews.com By Michael Baggot The relationship between Muslims and Christians received added attention this past Easter when Pope Benedict XVI publicly baptized Magdi Allam, the most prominent Muslim journalist in Italy. Allam knew that publicly renouncing his Islamic faith would bring attempts on his life from angered Muslims, but expressed conviction that his newfound faith would sustain him through any difficulties. “You asked me whether I fear for my life, in the awareness that conversion to Christianity will certainly procure for me yet another and much […]

Motherhood is “the Most Rewarding Experience of My Life” says Feminist Icon’s Daughter by LifeSiteNews.com By Hilary White July 30, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – It was the love of her little son and her joy at being a mother that rescued Rebecca Walker from the unhappiness of life as the neglected daughter of a feminist icon. Rebecca is the 38-year-old daughter of American feminist author and activist Alice Walker and she has written that, despite the feminist dogmas that guide her mother’s life, being a mother has “opened my world.” The Daily Mail quotes her saying, “Having a child has been […]

Nelson Mandela’s Group of Global “Elders” a Who’s Who of Pro-Abortion, Pro-Population Control Moveme by LifeSiteNews.com By John Jalsevac JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, July 20, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – World famous opponent of South African apartheid, Nelson Mandela, celebrated his 89th birthday last Wednesday by announcing the formation of a Global council of elders, known simply as “The Elders.” So far The Elders includes Kofi Annan, Desmond Tutu, Gro Harlem Brundtland, Mary Robinson, Jimmy Carter, Li Zhaoxing, Muhammad Yunus, Ela Bhatt, Graca Machel, and, of course, Nelson Mandela. The group of high-profile international leaders is intended to be an independent body of […]

Bishop of Fort Wayne: Notre Dame President is Wrong to Allow Vagina Monologues by LifeSiteNews.com By John Jalsevac FORT WAYNE, March 12, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The bishop of Fort Wayne, Bishop John D’Arcy, has released a public statement berating the president of Notre Dame University, Fr. John Jenkins, for deciding to allow a performance of The Vagina Monologues at the university. LifeSiteNews.com reported yesterday that Fr. Jenkins released a statement on Mar. 10 in which he announced his decision to allow the performance of the play to go ahead on Mar. 24-26. “My decision on this matter,” wrote the president, […]

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Commentary: Barbaric Tribal Practices Open Window to Dark Future of Infanticide and Euthanasia by LifeSiteNews.com By Matthew Cullinan Hoffman BRAZIL, February 26, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The courageous journalism of Brazilian reporter Hugo Marques, published today for the first time in English by LifeSiteNews.com, opens a window to a dark vision of Brazil’s savage, pre-Christian past, and the horrifying future that awaits the Western world should it decide to fully implement the ideology of death that is increasingly supported by the global intellectual and political establishment (see article at https://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2008/feb/08022604.html). As LifeSiteNews reporter John Jalsevac revealed on Friday, the world’s most […]

Girl Once Comatose and Scheduled for Euthanasia Will Testify against Attacker by LifeSiteNews.com By Thaddeus M. Baklinski BOSTON, March 6, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Haleigh Poutre, now 14, was so brutally beaten more than two years ago by her adoptive parents, that she was left in a coma from which she was never expected to revive. However, she may now be well enough to testify against the man accused of assaulting her. Haleigh has spent the last two years recovering at the Franciscan Hospital for Children near Boston. On Sept. 11, 2005, Haleigh was taken to hospital in “an unresponsive state”, […]

Death of a Taboo: Acceptance of Sex-Selective Abortion Growing by LifeSiteNews.com By Hilary White February 27, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – An article in this weekend’s Los Angeles Times reports that more North American women are using inexpensive genetic tests to determine the sex of their children before birth. These tests may then become the determining factor in deciding for abortion. The tests, which cost $300 or less, are often used to determine the sex of a child before birth. The LA Times reports that they have been found to be unreliable and more than a hundred women have launched suits against […]

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Potter Author JK Rowling Equates Christians Who Avoid Potter with Islamic Fundamentalists by LifeSiteNews.com By John-Henry Westen EDINBURGH, March 12, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The newly released edition of the Edinburgh University Student newspaper, the oldest student newspaper in the UK, includes an interview with Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling. In the interview Rowling claims to have received death threats from Christians opposed to her novels, calling Christian ‘fundamentalists’ “dangerous” and comparing them by inference to Islamic fundamentalists. Asked if there were not some Christians who dislike the book ‘intensely’, Rowling replied, “Oh, vehemently and they send death threats.” Questioned about […]

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Pope Praises Americans’ Efforts to Defend Life and Marriage to New US Ambassador by LifeSiteNews.com By Michael Baggot ROME, Italy, March 4, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – In his message to new United States Ambassador Mary Ann Glendon on Friday, Pope Benedict praised the pro-life and pro-family work of numerous Americans. In the address marking the Pope’s acceptance of Glendon as US ambassador, the Pope celebrated “the efforts of so many of your fellow-citizens and government leaders to ensure legal protection for God’s gift of life from conception to natural death, and the safeguarding of the institution of marriage, acknowledged as a […]

Appeal to be Filed in Case of Photographer Fined for “Discrimination” by LifeSiteNews.com ALBUQUERQUE, N.M., December 17, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Attorneys with the Alliance Defense Fund (ADF) will appeal a New Mexico judge’s decision to uphold a ruling by the New Mexico Civil Rights Commission against an Albuquerque photography company. The commission ruled that the company, run by a young Christian husband and wife, was guilty of “sexual orientation” discrimination under state antidiscrimination laws for declining to photograph a same-sex “commitment ceremony.” “Christians in the marketplace should not be subject to predatory legal attacks for simply abiding by their beliefs,” […]

Christian Company Fined for Not Taking Photographs of Same-Sex Ceremony by LifeSiteNews.com By Michael Baggot ROSWELL, NM, April 14, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – In a case challenging freedom of conscience in the workplace, a family-owned New Mexico company was fined $6,600 in attorneys’ fees on Wednesday for refusing to take photographs at a same-sex ceremony. Vanessa Willock complained to the state Human Rights Commission (HRC) that Elane Photography LLC was discriminating against her and her partner on the basis of “sexual orientation.” On Wednesday, the HRC ruled that Elane Photography LLC violated the New Mexico Human Rights Act. “The Constitution prohibits […]

Christian Photographer Hauled before Commission for Refusing Same-Sex Job by LifeSiteNews.com By John Jalsevac New Mexico, January 30, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The case of a Christian photographer who refused to photograph a same-sex “commitment ceremony”, was heard before the New Mexico Human Rights Division on Monday. A same-sex couple asked Elaine Huguenin, co-owner with her husband of Elane Photography, to photograph a “commitment ceremony” that the two women wanted to hold. Huguenin declined because her Christian beliefs are in conflict with the message communicated by the ceremony. The same-sex couple filed a complaint with the New Mexico Human Rights Division, […]

Pennsylvania Supreme Court Rules that Homosexual ‘Hate Crimes’ Law Violates Pennsylvania Constitutio by LifeSiteNews.com By John Jalsevac WASHINGTON, July 25, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – On Wednesday the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania issued a short per curiam order, in which it agreed with the Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania that the state legislature violated the Pennsylvania Constitution when it added “sexual orientation” and “gender identity” to Pennsylvania’s “ethnic intimidation” law. Eleven Christians of the evangelical group Repent America were arrested due to that same law in 2004 for reading the Bible and singing hymns at Outfest, a homosexual rally. Though the case was […]

Scranton Bishop Says He will Refuse Communion to Joseph Biden by LifeSiteNews.com By Matthew Cullinan Hoffman SCRANTON, PENN, September 2, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Catholic bishop of Scranton, Pennsylvania, has confirmed that pro-abortion vice presidential candidate Joseph Biden would be refused Holy Communion in his diocese, according to the Scranton Times. The Times reports that “when asked whether the Democratic vice presidential candidate would be refused Communion should he tour the region, the diocese held firm” to a statement made by Bishop Joseph F. Martino in 2005 declaring that he would not “tolerate any politician who claims to be a […]

Editorial: Pope’s New Encyclical Speaks Against, not for One-World Government and New World Order by LifeSiteNews.com Editorial by John-Henry Westen July 8, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Newspapers, blogs, talk-shows on radio and television are full of discussion over Pope Benedict XVI’s supposed call for a “new world order” or a “one-world government.” These ideas are, however, neither based in reality nor a clear reading of the Pope’s latest encyclical, Caritas in Veritate, the release of which yesterday spawned the heated discussion. The Pope actually speaks directly against a one-world government, and, as would be expected from those who have read his […]

“Christianity in Europe Coming to an End”: Vienna Cardinal by LifeSiteNews.com By Hilary White VIENNA, April 14, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Cardinal Archbishop of Vienna has warned that Christianity in Europe is dying out. Christoph Cardinal Schönborn said at St. Stephen’s Cathedral on Easter Sunday, “The time of Christianity in Europe is coming to an end. A Christianity, which achieved such great things like this cathedral or the wonderful music we will hear today.” Cardinal Schönborn’s Easter homily follows comments he made earlier in which he criticised Austrian Church leaders for their failure to accept and promote the watershed 1968 […]

Pro-Life Organizations to Donate to for Haiti Earthquake Relief Efforts by LifeSiteNews.com By John-Henry Westen PORT AU PRINCE, HAITI, January 13, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The devastating earthquake which hit Haiti last night, leaving over 100,000 dead according to the Haitian Prime Minister, has called forth aid from all corners of the globe. Pro-life individuals wishing to make donations to the relief efforts have wondered where to donate without compromising their morals by donating to agencies that do not respect the right to life of the unborn. Certain aid agencies, while ostensibly respecting the right to life, have nevertheless funded pro-abortion […]

Boycott of Dove Products Urged As Nude Ads Air Prime Time by LifeSiteNews.com By Gudrun Schultz ENGLEWOOD CLIFFS, New Jersey, March 5, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A new series of prime-time ads for Dove beauty products featuring shots of naked senior women is coming under criticism by pro-family and women’s groups for contributing to the sexualization of women as a commercial tool, as well as exposing children to adult nudity. Billed as “pro-age” under the slogan ‘beauty has no age limit,’ the ad campaign is the latest in Dove’s series of ads promoting a more natural beauty standard. The use of […]

New Jersey Legislature Votes In Favor Of Same-Sex ‘Civil Unions’ by LifeSiteNews.com By Meg Jalsevac TRENTON, New Jersey, December 15, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – New Jersey’s legislature voted yesterday to label the same-sex partnerships allowed by the State’s Supreme Court earlier this year as ‘civil unions’, joining Vermont and Connecticut as the third state to legally recognize same-sex relationships as “civil unions”. All three states officially recognize same-sex ‘civil unions’, creating a relationship status that enjoys all the civil privileges of marriage but stops short of actually being called ‘same-sex marriage’. As previously reported by LifeSiteNews.com, on October 25 of this […]

Lesbian Couple Files Complaint against Church for Refusing Civil Union Ceremony by LifeSiteNews.com By Peter J. Smith OCEAN GROVE, New Jersey (LifeSiteNews.com) – A New Jersey lesbian couple has filed a civil rights complaint against a Christian seaside retreat association that refused to facilitate their “civil union.” Harriet Bernstein and Luisa Paster filed the complaint June 19 with the state attorney general’s office on the grounds of discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation after the Ocean Grove Camp Meeting Association declined the use of their Boardwalk Pavilion for their civil union ceremony, planned for September. Bernstein and Paster demanded […]

New Jersey Rules against Christian Group that Declined to Host Lesbian Civil Union Ceremony by LifeSiteNews.com By Kathleen Gilbert MOUNT LAUREL, New Jersey, January 6, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A New Jersey Christian group has lost a case against a lesbian couple who brought the group to court for refusing to rent out their oceanfront grounds to the pair for a civil union ceremony. The New Jersey Division on Civil Rights on Monday ruled that the Methodist Ocean Grove Camp Meeting Association had violated the public accommodation provisions of state anti-discrimination laws. A remedy has not yet been settled. “What this […]

India Pro-Life Leader Explains How West Hurts India with Imposed Population Control by LifeSiteNews.com By John-Henry Westen MURINGOOR, India, August 17, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Earlier this month LifeSiteNews.com sat down with Sunny Kattukaran, the leader of a pro-life group in India known as Trust God (Pro-Life) Ministry. Firstly, Kattukaran explained the group’s evolution from anti-abortion to pro-life, from a focus on opposing abortion to a focus on promoting openness to God’s gift of life. He explained that even in his own family, that struggle was present. After a few years of marriage he and his wife were blessed with two […]

Santorum Admits to Pondering Run for Republican Presidential Nomination – Asks for Prayers by LifeSiteNews.com By John-Henry Westen ORLANDO, FL, September 12, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Speaking to a room full of prominent US Catholic leaders Friday night, Senator Rick Santorum was challenged to run for the Republican Presidential nominaion. Responding to a room already thick with applause, Santorum revealed that he was indeed “thinking about it” but asked for prayers and detailed his thinking on the matter. His remarks came after his address to the closing dinner of the 12th annual Catholic Leadership Conference – an invite-only gathering of Catholic […]

BILL GATES’ PLANNED-PARENTHOOD-PRESIDENT DAD INSPIRED PRO-ABORT FUNDING by LifeSiteNews.com NEW YORK, May 9, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – In a lengthy interview with Bill Moyers released today, Microsoft billionaire Bill Gates reveals the inspiration for his funding of pro-abortion population control measures. Responding to a question by Moyers on how he came to fund “reproductive issues” Gates answered, “When I was growing up, my parents were always involved in various volunteer things. My dad was head of Planned Parenthood. And it was very controversial to be involved with that. And so it’s fascinating. At the dinner table my parents are very good […]

RU-486 COMPANY HAS LINKS TO NAZIS by LifeSiteNews.com FRANKFURT, Germany, May 26 (Lifesitenews.com) – Survivors of Nazi era death camp “experiments” are suing Hoechst AG and another two pharmaceutical companies for their participation in the suffering of victims of the holocaust. Hoechst is the company most actively involved in the distribution and manufacture of RU-486 throughout the world. Pro-life researchers have often pointed out the sinister connections between the Hoechst AG company (originally called I.G. Farben Chemical Company) and the Nazi’s. Farben aided the Nazis in waging aggressive warfare and perpetrating crimes against humanity by manufacturing Zyklon B, the cyanide […]

The law, which has drawn intense scorn from homosexual advocacy groups, targets all sexual offences deemed unnatural.

Cardinal Rigali: “Contraception and Abortion” Have Created a “Cultural Hostility to Children” by LifeSiteNews.com By John-Henry Westen WASHINGTON, October 1, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – In a statement to mark Respect Life Sunday, October 4, Cardinal Justin Rigali of Philadelphia said: “Since the advent of widespread contraception and abortion, a cultural hostility to children has grown.” Children, he said, “are often depicted as costly encumbrances who interfere with a carefree adult life.” In response, however, he pointed out that: “In fact, if married couples were to have more children, Medicare and Social Security would not be hurtling toward bankruptcy.” Cardinal Rigali, who […]

Sweden Rules Gender-Selective Abortions Legal by LifeSiteNews.com By Kathleen Gilbert STOCKHOLM, May 12, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Swedish health authorities have ruled that it is not illegal to kill a healthy unborn child based simply on its gender, according to Swedish news service The Local. Doctors had asked health authorities about the matter after a woman from southern Sweden had two of her children killed in utero for being an undesired sex. The woman had already given birth to two daughters. The gender was determined during an amniocentesis requested to determine whether the child had a disability. Concerned doctors at Mälaren […]

USCCB Pro-life Chair Slams FDA for Approving Abortion Drug Ella as ‘Emergency Contraception’ by LifeSiteNews.com WASHINGTON, D.C., June 21, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The chairman of the U.S. bishops’ Committee on Pro-Life Activities voiced “grave concern” to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) over its move toward approving a new drug, which pro-life leaders say would induce early abortions, as an “emergency contraceptive.” In a June 17 letter to Dr. Margaret Hamburg, Commissioner of the FDA, Cardinal Daniel DiNardo of Galveston-Houston criticized the FDA’s move to hold an advisory committee meeting on the drug Ulipristal, sold under the brand name […]

Abortion Doctor Accused of Sexual Assault by Two Women by LifeSiteNews.com BLOOMFIELD TOWNSHIP, Michigan, March 1, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A Michigan abortionist is facing charges for sexual assault after two female patients testified against him Friday. Dr. Rodolfo Finkelstein faces two counts of first-degree criminal sexual conduct, plus five other criminal sexual conduct charges. A 21-year-old and a 19-year-old patient described graphic details of their respective assaults at a preliminary exam in the 48th District Court in Bloomfield Township Friday. Finkelstein still commits abortions at the Women’s Advisory Center abortuaries in Bloomfield Township and Levonia, Michigan. tv

Abortion Clinic Workers Refuse To Help Mother Screaming to Save Live Child by LifeSiteNews.com ORLANDO, FL, April 25, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Angele, a single mother in her thirties with two children, thought that abortion was the answer to her circumstances. At almost 23 weeks gestation, she entered the EPOC Clinic in Orlando, Florida. Little did she realize that the next day she would give birth to a live, perfectly healthy boy whom she named Rowan. Cradling Rowan’s moving body, her screams for help were ignored by abortion clinic workers while her son took his last breath. The clinic is known […]

U.S. Rep Pushes to Extend Student Non-Discrimination to Homosexuality by LifeSiteNews.com By Kathleen Gilbert WASHINGTON, DC, January 28, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – U.S. Representative Jared Polis (D-CO) has introduced a law that would allow high school students who feel discriminated against based on their perceived sexual orientation to pursue charges in federal court. Polis on Wednesday introduced the “Student Non-Discrimination Act,” which has 60 co-sponsors. “Every day innocent students fall victim to relentless harassment and discrimination from teachers, staff, and fellow students based on their sexual orientation,” said Polis, who is openly homosexual, in a statement. “These actions not only hurt […]

Marchers hurl trash, sreams epithets, expose their genitals, and embrace each other sexually while group prays silently

NELSON MANDELA RECEIVES HONORARY CANADIAN CITIZENSHIP by LifeSiteNews.com OTTAWA, November 20, 2001 (LSN.ca) – Prime Minister Jean Chretien conferred honorary Canadian citizenship on Nelson Mandela in a ceremony Monday. Mandela, who is only the second person to ever receive honorary citizenship, was given the honor in recognition of his leadership against apartheid in South Africa. During the ceremony Chretien said, “In your long walk for freedom and justice you led a mighty struggle against fear and ignorance.” However the worthiness of the honoree is open to question since while ridding the country of apartheid he introduced it to abortion on […]

12 Washington State High School Students Suspended for Public Prayer Group by LifeSiteNews.com By Gudrun Schultz VANCOUVER, Washington, March 6, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A number of students who formed an interdenominational prayer group at a Washington state high school were expelled by the administration last week over their refusal to hold a morning prayer session in a closed room, The Columbian reported March 2. Twelve students at Heritage High School in Vancouver, WA, were suspended last Friday after continuing to meet for morning prayer in the commons area of the school, despite a faculty order that they stop causing physical […]

Jacqueline Kasun, Pro-life and Anti-Population Control Activist and Author, Passes Away by LifeSiteNews.com By John Jalsevac January 7, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Pro-life advocates in Humboldt County California and across the United States are mourning the loss of prolific pro-life author and activist Jacqueline Kasun. Kasun, known especially for her book “The War Against Population,” passed away at the age of 84 on January 1. Kasun was born in 1924 in Watts California. She did her undergraduate studies at UCLA and U.C. Berkeley, going on to earn a PhD in economics from Columbia University in 1956. According to a tribute written […]

Argentina Judge Stops Abortion for Mentally Disabled Woman by LifeSiteNews.com By Peter J. Smith BUENOS AIRES, Argentina, August 22, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Catholic pro-life groups won an injunction Monday to stop the abortion of a baby conceived in rape after presenting evidence to a federal court that the pregnancy of the mentally disabled woman was far more advanced than her lawyers maintained. A federal court in Mendoza ordered the abortion be halted after pro-life groups “Life More Humane” and “Women for a more Humane Life” gave evidence that the woman’s clinical history indicated the unborn child was actually in the […]

Archbishop Warns of the Threat of Abortionist "Totalitarianism"

Belgian Bishop Hauled before Court for Church Teaching on Homosexuality Cleared of Charges by LifeSiteNews.com By Jenna Murphy NAMUR, June 5, 2008, (LifeSiteNews.com) – A Belgian bishop has been cleared of charges laid against him by a homosexual activist group. Monsignor André-Mutien Léonard, Bishop of Namur, was charged with homophobia under the pretext of the country’s 2003 Anti-Discrimination Act. The accusations against Bishop Léonard pertained to his comments in an interview that appeared earlier this year in TéléMoustique, a weekly magazine in Belgium. In the April 2008 interview, Bishop Léonard, when asked his stance on homosexuality, stated that his position […]

SoCon Stilwell Now Allowed to Run for Conservative Nomination, Thanks LifeSiteNews.com by LifeSiteNews.com By John-Henry Westen SURREY, BC, February 12, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Conservative Party of Canada has reconsidered its rejection of a prominent social conservative in British Columbia after a LifeSiteNews.com story expose Friday. Heather Stilwell, a mother of eight and long-time elected member of the local school board, was told by Conservative Party headquarters last week that she would not be able to enter the race to represent the Conservative Party in the next federal election. That decision was reversed after LifeSiteNews.com ran a story which detailed […]

“We know based on the experience of other cities that sex-orientated businesses do create crime in the immediate areas and in the communities,” Councillor Pat Lorje said.

Newsweek Exposes Real Population Crisis: Mass World Depopulation by LifeSiteNews.com NEW YORK, September 22, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) – In his exposé, Birth Dearth, Newsweek International author Michael Meyer paints a bleak picture for the future, as the world population plummets in an historically unparalleled decline. Citing U.N. population statistics and projections, Meyer brings to light the reality that plummeting birth rates will result in cataclysmic consequences for future generations. “Fertility rates have dropped by half since 1972, from six children per woman to 2.9,” he says. “And demographers say they’re still falling, faster than ever.” Meyer cites the European example of […]

Homosexual ‘Marriage’ is a Machination of the Devil, Argentinean Cardinal Warns by LifeSiteNews.com By Matthew Cullinan Hoffman, Latin America Correspondent BUENOS AIRES, July 9, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Argentina’s number one Catholic prelate, Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio, is calling upon the priests of the Archdiocese of Buenos Aires to bring their flocks to an upcoming protest against homosexual “marriage,” which is currently under consideration by the nation’s senate. “Let’s not be naive, we’re not talking about a simple political battle; it is a destructive pretension against the plan of God,” writes Bergoglio in a letter sent to the monasteries of Buenos Aires, […]

Editorial: Pope Speaks on Church’s “Grave Misgivings” about Modern Environmentalism by LifeSiteNews.com Editorial by John-Henry Westen ROME, December 16, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – In comments which received absolutely no mainstream media coverage, Pope Benedict XVI, in his World Day of Peace message issued December 8, explained the skepticism of the leadership of the Church in regard to certain strains of modern environmentalism. “If the Church’s magisterium expresses grave misgivings about notions of the environment inspired by ecocentrism and biocentrism,” he said, “it is because such notions eliminate the difference of identity and worth between the human person and other living things.” […]

Sebelius Issues “Laughable” Defense of Secret Party at Governor’s Mansion Honoring Abortionist Tille by LifeSiteNews.com By Tim Waggoner WICHITA, KS, May 29, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – In early April, 2007, late-term abortionist George R. Tiller and his entire abortion clinic staff was honored by Gov. Kathleen Sebelius at a lavish secret party held at Cedar Crest, the Governor’s mansion. In response to photographs published by Operation Rescue this week, Gov. Sebelius’ office has released what Operation Rescue is calling a “laughable” defense, saying that the Tiller party depicted in the photographs was a prize in a charity auction in which Sebelius […]

Plan B Manufacturer Admits Morning After Pill Can Cause Death of an Embryo by LifeSiteNews.com Special to LifeSiteNews.com by Prof. Richard Stith, PhD Recent publicity concerning Plan B has been seriously misleading. The Plan B morning-after pill has been referred to as “contraception,” even though it may act after fertilization to cause the death of a human embryo. This is an important mistake because, whatever one’s judgment on abortion may be, I think we all agree that no woman should be misled into doing what she would consider to be taking a life without realizing that she is doing so. […]

SUPREME COURT RULES SCHOOL BOARD MUST INCLUDE HOMOSEXUAL ACTIVIST BOOKS IN LIBRARY by LifeSiteNews.com OTTAWA, December 20, 2002 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Supreme Court of Canada has ruled that a school board may not ban pro-homosexual propaganda books targeting children. The books must therefore be made available in the school library. However, the court did give the Board the decision to decide if the books should be in the classroom but stressed that the board must decide that question “according to the criteria laid out in the curriculum guidelines and the broad principles of tolerance and non-sectarianism underlying the School Act.” […]

SUPREME COURT OF CANADA HEARS CASE ON HOMOSEXUAL BOOKS IN ELEMENTARY GRADES by LifeSiteNews.com OTTAWA, June 12, 2002 (LSN.ca) – The Evangelical Fellowship of Canada along with the Catholic Civil Rights League, the Archdiocese of Vancouver and The Canadian Alliance for Social Justice and Family Values Association will be intervening to defend the rights of religious parents to participate in decisions about the education of their children. The Supreme Court of Canada today began hearings into the controversial Chamberlain v. Surrey School Board case. The case arose when the Surrey School Board decided not to approve books promoting homosexual parents […]

Lorne Gunter warns "powerful liberal-left special interest groups" will organize usual loud protest to get it re-instated