Recent Catholic News

COLORADO SPRINGS, January 29, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The vast majority of American parents want their children’s sex education classes to emphasize abstinence until marriage, according to a new poll released today. The survey, conducted by Zogby International for Focus on the Family, also found that parents strongly oppose the values and messages of comprehensive sex education, a training model that assumes teens will become sexually active and, therefore, must be given easy access to condoms. The survey of 1,008 parents of children under 17 found that sixty-eight percent of parents want schools to teach teens that individuals who remain abstinent […]

MIAMI, January 29, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Wednesday upheld the Florida law that bans homosexuals from adopting children. The three-judge panel affirmed a U.S. district judge’s 2001 ruling in favour of Florida’s 1977 law. Florida is the only state that prohibits homosexual adoption. In the court’s unanimous decision, Judge Stanley Birch argued that the court is not in a position to overrule the state Legislature, writing that “‘We exercise great caution when asked to take sides in an ongoing public policy debate. Any argument that the Florida Legislature was misguided in its decision is […]

Minnesota Legislature Consider Constitutional Amendment to Protect Marriage Pope Praises Large Families in 2004 Lenten Message Mel Gibson agrees to change ‘Passion’ film to combat anti-Semitism Virginia House Passes Bill to Make Stricter Rules at Abortuaries Washington DC School vouchers to start by fall Second hand smoke and Urban Pollution Combo Harms Developing Unborn

The long-term price of aborting, contracepting, sexual revolution culture

Abortion has killed many 18- to 29-year-olds who would otherwise now be alive

EFC objects to distinction between religious marriage and civil marriage

Annan Ignored Numerous Warnings from Canadian General Romeo Dallaire

As Kerry Emerges, So Does Concern That As President He May Be Denied Communion http://www.spiritdaily.com/kerry.htm   Canadian Feds hold back on same sex appeal http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/Canada/2004/01/28/327965-cp.html   Poll: Women say abortion makes life worse   http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=36802   Ontario doctors suffering low morale, poll says http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/1075256487282_5///?hub=Health   Kerry Wins New Hampshire Primary, Takes Strong Lead   http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=politicsNews&storyID=4223701   U.S. Education Secretary Rod Paige Says D.C. Vouchers Amount to “educational Emancipation”  http://ap.tbo.com/ap/breaking/MGAOI4HNZPD.html   FCC Fines Clear Channel Stations for Indecency http://www.cnsnews.com//ViewNation.asp?Page=Nationarchive

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MILWAUKEE, January 27, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) – In an interview Sunday with the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Milwaukee Archbishop Timothy M. Dolan praised La Crosse Bishop Raymond L. Burke for his strong stand on abortion and euthanasia, which Archbishop Dolan called “A cause that for us is the premier cause of social justice in America today.”  Archbishop Dolan, who has known Bishop Burke since 1972, said that Bishop Burke’s actions “had prompted him to examine his own conscience, to see if he had been as ‘effective’ and ‘cogent’ as he should have been in presenting church teaching.”  Archbishop Dolan, a firm supporter […]