While the UN Statistical Commission agreed to highly controversial indictors earlier this year, it could not adopt them—a task reserved for the two higher UN Charter bodies.
Panamanians object to the way the programs promote children’s sexualization, endorse their sexual activity, and invite children to experiment with homosexual relationships.
July 27, 2016 (LifeSiteNews) – There was a ton of well-deserved criticism about what took place and was said at the recent Republican convention. It was probably the worst in recent memory. However, I could barely stomach more than a few minutes at a time watching the now on-going Democratic convention. Oh my, I don't understand how all those delegates can be so infantile and without a shred of common sense, self respect or shame reagarding what is being said and applauded by seemingly mindless automatons at that convention. It is frightening to think that a president of the United States […]
Catholics must pray for their enemies, but they also have to be aware that they have them, and they mustn’t limit themselves to praying for them, but have the duty to fight them.
For John Paul II, the Christian family was 'the most important thing in the life of the Church and society,' his personal secretary says in an interview at World Youth Day.
Even when we disagree on abortion, we should at least agree that women who go into these abortion clinics should expect some level of safe treatment for themselves
American taxpayers should not be forced to pay millions of dollars every year to a U.N. agency that has been complicit with egregious human rights abuses in China and elsewhere.
The conscious decision to ignore Canon law creates confusion, scandal, and worse among Catholics in general while allowing the offending Catholic to skate.
MUST WATCH videos: U.S. Admiral James Lyons warn Americans about dangers of militant Islam and Obama administration’s extraordinarily weak responses to Islamist violence and its considerable military and other support for Islamists.
'Planned Parenthood tried to collude with public officials to manipulate the legal process to their own benefit, and they failed,' David Daleiden said this morning.
'The Americans people have spoken clearly on their desire for abortion restrictions, less taxpayer funding of it, and common sense regulations on this industry to protect women's health.'
'Ultimately a comprehensive strategy to end violence against women must include many targeted initiatives and legal reforms, including new penalties for those who target pregnant women.'
North Carolina leaders say the NBA caved in to pressure from corporations and LGBT groups to pull the All-Star Game out of Charlotte over opposition to the so-called bathroom bill.
Planned Parenthood reprised a tactic from the 2012 election and handed out condoms attacking the Republican presidential ticket at the convention in Cleveland.
If Francis doesn't show continuity with St. John Paul II's teaching at World Youth Day, he risks widening the growing rift, warns Fr. Raymond de Souza.
A preservation group involved in Georgia's Paradise Gardens says its project illustrates how the National Park Service has been quietly transformed from within by activist appointees and a pro-LGBT hiring policy drafted for federal agencies.
Gigi Kurz will get her job back at Loyola Marymount University after he was suspended and accused of a hate crime for defending Catholic teaching on gender.
A Parliamentary inquiry is underway in Great Britain after doctors and nurses said they are being denied their rights to conscientiously object to participating in abortions.
Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus received plenty of backlash after saying on NBC's Meet the Press that the party platform upholds the ideal of traditional parents as best for children.
A long-term abortion study tracked girls in Finland from birth until age 25 and linked teenage motherhood to 'numerous adverse outcomes in later life.'
Vermont wants all healthcare works to advise patients on assisted suicide and a group has banded together to sue the state to uphold conscience protections
As the political and social influence of the Catholic Church dwindles in the Philippines, Archbishop Socrates Villegas called on bishops to be 'pastors in the wilderness.'
A website's report of comments attributed to Indiana pro-life Gov. Mike Pence about rape victims and abortion was determined to be fabricated by a fact-checking website.
A Prince Edward Island man lost his request for a judicial review on abortion funding, with the judge saying 'we're not dealing with children, we're dealing with unborn fetuses.'
Once you accept killing as an acceptable answer to human suffering, the time will come when getting dead takes first priority, not protecting the lives of the despairing ill and disabled.
In so far as Christianity is secularized, it smoothes the way for its adversary, which can only be overcome by a society with a strong religious and cultural identity.
The American Academy of Pediatrics guidelines reject abstinence education and advise doctors to become actively involved in early childhood sexual instruction.
Bobby Schindler watched his sister, Terri Schiavo, starved to death in 2005 and stresses the importance of understanding the threat of assisted suicide.
A U.S. Congressional panel investigating the trafficking of aborted baby body parts is fending off a challenge from the American Civil Liberties Union to disband.
Indiana Gov. Mike Pence, named Saturday by Donald Trump as his choice for vice president on the Republican ticket, has a strong Christian pro-life and pro-family record.
The YMCA of Metro Chicago has followed the growing trend that allows men, women and children to choose a locker room or restroom 'based on their gender identity.'
U.S. District Judge Myron Thompson temporarily blocked Alabama laws enacted to prevent dismemberment abortions and to force abortion centers to move farther from schools.
If Americans do not heed the warnings of Europe, how long will it be until the law follows suit and letters to the editor are not only banned but also reported to the police?
Nearly 50 years ago, Catholic university administrators came together in Wisconsin to draft the 'Land O' Lakes Statement' that declared independence from Magisterial teaching.
The Court’s invented super-claim-right for abortionists threatens to thwart the efforts of Texas and other state officials to do their lawful duty to protect women’s liberty.
Denied sidewalk access for its displays, #OperationRNC is using aerial banners to spread the pro-life message during the Republican National Convention in Cleveland.
This is the 4th and final list of notable quotes from Cardinal Sarah’s book, God or Nothing. Today we publish excerpts of Sarah’s clear teaching on moral issues.
Vox Vitae, a southern California organization committed to serving as a voice for life, will host its first summer pro-life camp for youth and adults in August.
During troubling times in the Church and the world, author Michael O'Brien writes that faith and trust have always guided God's people through the stormy seas.
Cardinal Carlo Caffarra of Bologna understands the confusion created by 'Amoris Laetitia' and calls on Pope Francis to address the ambiguity on marriage.
Cardinal Caffarra: If even a cardinal tells you something not in line with the Catechism, don't listen
Planned Parenthood's Medicaid funding in Oklahoma was scheduled to be cut off after fraudulent billing practices were suspected, but the state reversed its decision.
The Iowa Civil Rights Commission modified its brochure on Sexual Orientation & Gender Identity Public Accommodations after churches and religious groups filed a lawsuit on free speech grounds.
A 9-year-old Indiana girl playing outside found an abandoned newborn "miracle baby" with umbilical cord still attached in good condition near her home.
The motu proprio released on Saturday is another blow to the cause of transparency and accountability at the Vatican..it is a victory for the “old guard”—the entrenched bureaucracy.
The mother of a gay daughter searching for help in the Archdiocese of Los Angeles found rampant defiance of Catholic teaching and support for same-sex relationships
Cauistry is making a comeback in the Catholic Church with tepid attitudes toward moral teachings on marriage, families, birth control, homosexuality, euthanasia and more.
3rd in a series of quotes from God or Nothing: "What good is it to know that the Pope's Twitter account is followed by thousands if people do not change their lives concretely?"
The backlash that resulted from an Italian priest's homily in defense of natural marriage after the Orlando shootings is an unfortunate sign of the times.
Lawyers representing pro-family activist and pastor Scott Lively have asked the judge to throw out a lawsuit accusing him of 'crimes against humanity' for his overseas activism in opposing homosexuality because of a lack of evidence.
This candidate 'might bring more to the table for the Hillary Clinton for President campaign than Donald Trump,' a pivotal evangelical leader told LifeSiteNews.
The internet has diminished the elite's exclusive control over the flow of information. They will not tolerate this, and efforts are being made to control alternate sources of information.
A former Notre Dame residence hall director and priest called the school's Catholic identity a 'mixed bag' and emphasized the need for moral and spiritual formation on Catholic college campuses.
If you looked upon Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton on that stage yesterday and cheered, the day after our 240th American Independence Day — you are no Patriot and citizen of this Republic. You are nothing more than, as Vladimir Lenin stated, a “useful idiot”.
Population control groups are pushing their agenda in Tanzania to promote abortion, contraception and sterilization under the guise of reducing poverty.
A proposed Polish citizens' bill that would ban all abortions in the country took an important step with close to a half-million signatures collected and delivered to Parliament.
The UN voted to add an independent expert who will promote LGBT rights and focus on 'violence and discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity.'
'Catholic parents will be scandalized when they find out that their children are being subjected to ideological propaganda that runs counter to Catholic teaching,' said Tanya Granic Allen.
A investigation of Planned Parenthood by a Missouri state senate committee concluded that the abortion provider's practices 'bordered on outright medical malpractice.'
'When I use a bank, I simply want to perform financial transactions and not be confronted in my face with propaganda from the homosexual movement,' said a former CIBC customer.
With Ireland facing threats to its laws banning abortions, thousands came together from the north and south last weekend in Belfast to rally in support of life.
A founder of the Polish Socialist Society received a two-year sentence for defaming Dr. Bogdan Chazan for his pro-life stance.
Polish doctor wins defamation suit after politician claimed he was 'degenerate' for exercising conscience rights
The law 'causes significant and irreparable physical, psychological, economic, social, and stigmatic harm to transgender people,' according to the Justice Department's lawsuit.
The ACLU filed suit against the U.S. government in an attempt to coerce Catholic organizations that receive federal assistance to offer abortion and contraception.
The laws are 'broad enough to include within that prohibition sermons, theological expositions, educational speeches, newsletters or church worship bulletin text,' it warns.
St. Peter Damian, a cardinal who wrote the most extensive treatment of the issue of homosexual unions in the Church’s history, also had a very different understanding of the value of homosexual relations from that of Cardinal Marx.
A Catholic charismatic, pro-life band from India has sold out two venues in the Toronto this coming weekend with a hard-hitting message aimed at youth.
Kenneth Adkins, a Christian church bishop and business owner, has lost clients and income and faced personal attacks after speaking out against a transgender bathroom policy in Jacksonville, Fla.
...the identity and freedom of a nation are founded on respect for the Divine and natural Law and no political action can restore the freedom a country has lost on account of its own moral decadence.