Recent Catholic News

University of Toronto Prof Says Doctor unwilling to perform abortions should “find another job” BARRIE, ON, February 21, 2002 (LSN.ca) – A Christian family doctor in Barrie Ontario is in danger of losing his licence to practice medicine for refusing to prescribe the birth control pill to unmarried women. Dr. Stephen Dawson faces a discipline committee at the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario (CPSO) in April after four women made formal complaints to the college about being refused the pill. Dr. Dawson also says he does not to provide abortions, offer the-morning-after pill to unmarried women, or prescribe […]

OTTAWA, February 21, 2002 (LSN.ca) – Campaign Life Coalition (CLC), Canada’s national pro-life lobby group, sent a questionnaire to all current Canadian Alliance leadership candidates. Responses were received from Stockwell Day and Dr. Grant Hill. While all four candidates profess to be personally pro-life, CLC’s primary concern with the questionnaire was determining their political commitment to the abortion and euthanasia issues. CLC has issued previous newsletters indicating that Stockwell Day and Grant Hill have both demonstrated a political commitment to their pro-life convictions, whereas Diane Ablonczy and Stephen Harper have not. The questionnaire responses reveal key differences between Day and […]

TORONTO, February 21, 2002 (LSN.ca) – Ontario Progressive Conservative Party leadership candidate Jim Flaherty warmly welcomed pro-life support for his candidacy. Reacting to media reports that Campaign Life Coalition was supporting his candidacy Flaherty said: ““We don’t exclude people from our party because they have a particular belief.” The Toronto Star reports that “In a recorded telephone message sent out to 50,000 Ontario households Monday night, Jim Hughes, national president of Campaign Life, urged those who are Tory supporters to buy a party membership before Saturday’s deadline so they can vote in the leadership race.” On the recorded message Hughes […]

OTTAWA, February 21, 2002 (LSN.ca) – Canadian Alliance leadership hopeful Stephen Harper has repeated attacks about religion against rival Stockwell Day which landed Harper in trouble with the Catholic Civil Rights League (CCRL) and other Christian groups earlier this month. The National Post reports today that Harper attacked Day over his outreach to Christians. “My view is the purpose of a Christian church is to promote the message and the life of Christ,” Mr. Harper said during a meeting with the Ottawa Citizen editorial board. “It is not to promote a particular party and candidacy.” Last week CCRL President Thomas […]

MONTREAL, February 21, 2002 (LSN.ca) – Quebec Superior Court Justice Fraser Martin ruled Wednesday that Rachel Capra Craig, 47, “is not criminally responsible for the death of her daughter by reason of mental disorder.” Craig admitted to killing her severely handicapped 14-year-old daughter with a poisonous drug cocktail. Capra Craig was ordered transferred to a locked psychiatric unit for an unspecified period. Interestingly a CBC Radio News report by Justin Heyward on the matter revealed that Capra Craig “suffered miscarriages and abortions.” However the CBC report written for the CBC website left out the fact that Capra Craig suffered abortions. […]

OTTAWA, February 21, 2002 (LSN.ca) – Health Minister Anne McLellan has promised legislation dealing with new reproductive technologies before the summer break. “It may be very likely that we will be able to move more quickly, and certainly I would like to be able to introduce legislation, and I would like to see that legislation get through the House and Senate before we rise for the summer,” she said in the House today. CBC reports that she said she would have a response to the committee no later than May.

MICHAEL COREN THIS WEEK Hear Michael Coren’s Real Audio broadcast on government-funded revolutionary students.  https://www.lifesitenews.com:7070/ramgen/022002revolutionarystudents.rm GERMAN BISHOPS BLAST EMBRYO RESEARCH In his opening address at the Plenary Assembly of the German Bishop’s annual conference Monday, Cardinal Karl Lehmann, bishop of Mainz and president of the episcopal conference, said the “Church will never cease to speak of the embryo as being man from the beginning, and of human dignity.”  http://zenit.org/english/visualizza.phtml?sid=16932 TAIWAN BANS ALL HUMAN CLONING http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20020220/hl_nm/taiwan_2 CHINA DENIES RELIGIOUS PERSECUTION DESPITE VATICAN’S EVIDENCE http://www.ananova.com/yournews/story/sm_526425.html

US SUPREME COURT CONSIDERS CONSTITUTIONALITY OF SCHOOL VOUCHERS http://www.nationalpost.com/home/story.html?f=/stories/20020221/121636.html SUPREME COURT RULES WOMAN ALLOWED TO CHALLENGE ABORTION INDUSTRY ANONYMOUSLY http://www.forerunner.com/cc/press/pr021902.htm SUPERMAN ACTOR SPEAKS IN SUPPORT OF HUMAN CLONING FOR RESEARCH http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20020221/ap_on_he_me/reeve_cloning_2 SENATOR JESSE HELMS ON FIGHTING AIDS The North Carolina Republican did not mention homosexuality in his speech Wednesday, but he said, “There is no substitute for the joy brought by strong and healthy marriages. We must not hesitate to share this truth” with people around the world. He praised Janet Museveni, first lady of Uganda, for running a campaign based on “biblical values and sexual purity” to stop the […]

Pro-Life Activist Says Police are Discriminating Against Pro-Lifers REGINA, February 20, 2002 (LSN.ca) – A group of pro-lifers protesting abortions outside the Regina General Hospital were charged by police with disrupting traffic Monday. Bill Whatcott, one of the members of the Christian Truth Activists disputed the charges saying “we weren’t on the road, we were on the sidewalk.” The Regina Leader Post reports that police confiscated six signs which will be withheld as evidence until the court date April 15. Whatcott, said the group plans to continue protesting outside the hospital despite the charges since abortions are performed there. Whatcott […]

Reference to Promoting “Vandalism” Removing From Activist Guide VANCOUVER, February 20, 2002 (LSN.ca) – The pro-abortion “Students for Choice” website is urging pro-abortion activists to infiltrate pro-life campus groups in an attempt to thwart pro-life activities. The same website, was reported to police after advising pro-abortion students to use “vandalism” to destroy pro-life displays on university campuses. “Look at the website of your campus’ anti-choice group; contact them by email, talk to them without revealing you are pro-choice. Find out whether they have links to any other anti-choice groups or to local churches, and try to find out what their […]