Recent Catholic News

PHOENIX, Arizona, Aug 11 (LSN) – The Catholic Sun, a diocesan newspaper reacted to Democratic Representative Ed Pastor’s pro-abortion vote by telling him to change his vote or else “he ought to disavow his Catholic faith.” On August 6 the paper wrote, “He cannot possibly, in good conscience,  reconcile his faith and his stance.”  Catholic Sun associate publisher Christopher Gunty revealed that Pastor voted to allow Clinton’s veto of a law banning partial-birth abortion. “The fact is that this issue is clearly wrong, and it’s so clearly murder,” said Gunty.

Wichita, KS, Aug 11 (LSN) – $190,000 has been raised to open the Choices Medical Clinic in Wichita, a centre that will provide free medical services to women and their families, including ultrasound tests,  prenatal examinations, counseling, and referrals to adoption services. The pro-life venture is being set up next door to the abortuary of the notorious abortionist George Tiller who was recently in the news for aborting the child of a 12-year-old girl who was in her 7th month of pregnancy.  Rev. Joe Wright of Central Christian Church is hoping to have his congregation support the $200,000 per year […]

OTTAWA, Aug 10 (LSN) – The Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) has invited both Canadians and non-Canadians to give their views on a draft Gender Equality policy, a policy which bases itself on conforming to the dictates of the UN Women’s conference and thus promotes abortion. The current draft of the policy promotes abortion (in couched terms) calling it a result” of successful “gender equality.”  In a chart illustrating “the types of initiatives that can contribute to the achievement of gender equality,” the draft encourages, “Reproductive health programs with appropriate services accessible to all women and men.  To view the […]

ORLANDO, Florida, Aug 10 (LSN) – Zenit news reported last week that statistics reported by the U.S.  National Right to Life Committee (NRLC) show that only 22% of Americans support unlimited access to abortion. NRLC Executive Director David N. O’Stein said that, “Judging from the statistics and their tendency toward life, the number of abortions is decreasing, while the pro-life movement is growing despite obstacles from the courts and the media.”

ROME, Aug 10 (LSN) – Italy’s largest Catholic magazine Famiglia Cristiana reported the disturbing results of a survey that revealed that 72% of Italians said that couples living together outside of marriage should be granted the same rights as married couples. Catholic World News quoted the Italian magazine calling the findings indicative of a “very real breakdown of reason” in society. “There are not and cannot be couples, and consequently families, that are real and proper outside the marriage between a man and a woman.”

WASHINGTON, Aug 10 (LSN) – Late Friday, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a spending bill for the District of Columbia which included an amendment by Rep. Steve Largent which forbade any of the money to be “used to carry out any joint adoption of a child between individuals who are not related by blood or by marriage.” While it is unclear if the Senate would pass the bill, President Clinton promised to veto the bill if it still contained the adoption restriction. Practicing homosexuals were outraged over the amendment as it would prohibit homosexual couples from adopting.

UNIVERSAL CITY, Calif., Aug 10 (LSN) – California State University sponsored the World Pornography Conference which took place over the weekend in California. The conference touted itself as a guardian of free speech.  Nadine Strossen, the first woman president of the American Civil Liberties Union, gave a keynote address at the pornographers gathering. “I want to underscore how extremely essential your efforts are… I want to thank and applaud you for your fight and contribution for First Amendment freedom… when we defend sexual expression, we really are making a stand not only against a specific kind of censorship … but […]

Toronto, Aug 10 (LSN) – Campaign Life Coalition has encouraged pro-lifers to write letters of protest to Chatelaine magazine in response to an outrageous pro-abortion article. (reported on by LSN on Friday Aug 7—for a copy of the LSN article please email [email protected])  write:  The last word is yours,  Chatelaine, 777 Bay Street, 8th Floor, Toronto, ON, M5W 1A7,  fax : 416/596-5516, or call the Last Word Hotline at: 416/596-5432.

TORONTO, Aug 7 (LSN) – The feature article in Chatelaine’s September 1998 issue released yesterday attempts to glorify an abortionist whom they dub the “angel of choice” however, the facts presented in the piece reveal a subversive pro-abortionist whose claim to be pro-“choice” is mocked by his own admissions. The article calls the abortionist-“hero” Dr. G for fear of deadly violence from “anti-choice militants.”  Chatelaine describes Dr. G surreptitiously performing abortions at a Catholic hospital where he realizes fully that it is forbidden. When caught by hospital officials for a prohibited (laminaria tent insertion)  preparatory procedure for abortions Dr. G […]

SPRINGFIELD, IL, Aug 7 (LSN) – On Tuesday, The Elliot Institute for Social Sciences Research, a post-abortion research and education organization, released a new publication on post-abortion healing.  “Hope and Healing” as it is called is a 12-page newspaper supplement that is designed to bring a message of hope to those struggling with a past abortion.  Director of the Elliot Institute, Dr. David Reardon, Ph.D., explained that not only mother’s and abortionists but also “Millions of fathers, grandparents, and siblings also know about or were involved in an abortion decision. Many of these people carry around a lot of pain.”  […]