Recent Catholic News

SANTA BARBARA, Calif., Nov 21 (LSN) – Angela Baird, a devout Catholic pro-lifer, died Nov 6, 1997, at the age of 19, from a fall off a 60 foot cliff. The following information was excerpted from a family memorial web site which can be found at http://www.bairds.net As she lay waiting and dying, Angela prayed for two intentions specifically

OTTAWA, Nov 21 (LSN) – In the 1996 Report of Canada to the United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development, the Canadian goverment reveals a portion of its direct funding of population control programs. The report notes that “Canada’s direct support for population programming has been approximately $30 million annually during the last two years.” Of note is that the organizations and programs targeted with Canadian tax dollars were most virulent in promoting abortion, namely the UNFPA and Planned Parenthood. “Most of this support went to three complementary programs: the United Nations Fund for Population Activities, the Fourth Bangladesh Population Project, […]

DUBLIN, Nov 21 (LSN) – Youth Defense, one of Ireland’s leading pro-life groups, launched a fund- raising appeal Friday for a 13-year-old pregnant girl who was allegedly raped. A government agency has appealed to the country’s High Court for permission to procure an abortion for her, giving rise to renewed calls to legalize baby-killing in Ireland. Contrary to earlier reports by the media, the parents of the child have said they want their grandchild to live. Niamh NicMathuna, spokeswoman for Youth Defense, told reporters, “The parents told me that they are opposed to the notion of their daughter going to […]

NEW YORK, Nov 21 (LSN) – In a recent publication, the office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights released a “basic information kit” in preparation for the 50th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. The kit spelled out clearly the UN’s plan to “focus on the development of concrete initiatives to further women’s rights.” The kit mentions the following as a major initiative: “Campaigning for the unconditional, universal ratification of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women

MSNBC is carrying the story of the Christians who had septuplets (seven children) born today. In the story, they have an “instant poll” with the following wording: “Do you think Bobbi McCaughey should have undergone selective reduction to improve the survival chances of the babies who would have remained?” Beyond the fact that the question is very biased in its wording, it is also somewhat ironic that all four girls and three boys are doing relatively well. The poll is running at 55% in favor of selective abortion. Check out the story and vote in the poll at:  http://www.msnbc.com/news/124792.asp

EUGENE, Oregon. Nov 20 (LSN) – The owner of Tiffany’s Drug Stores in Oregon, has taken a heroic stance against the threat to life that the new law allowing physician assisted suicide has brought about. The company has made all employees sign a document stating that they will not write lethal prescriptions. Tiffany’s drug store has told its pharmacy employees that if they write a prescription for PAS under the state’s new Death with Dignity Act, they will be fired. Geoff Sugerman, political consultant to Oregon Right to Die, sponsors of the new law, which took effect October 27, said […]

OTTAWA, Nov 20 (LSN) – The Supreme Court of Canada agreed today to hear an appeal in the case of a little boy suing his mother for injuries suffered in the womb. The New Brunswick court ruled that Ryan Dobson could sue his mother for injuries he incurred when her car crashed into a pickup truck when she was pregnant. In an appeal the New Brunswick Court of Appeal upheld the lower court ruling saying, “A pregnant mother has a general duty to drive carefully, a duty she owes to her children as well as to the general public.”

VANCOUVER, Nov 20 (LSN) – According to the Brockville Recorder and Times, doctors in Vancouver, the US and Australia are working on a euthanasia drug that aims to bypass laws prohibitting suicide. The “suicide pill” as it is being referred to would use over-the-counter substances combined to make a lethal dose and be self-administered, not necessarily in the presence of a doctor.

OTTAWA, Nov 20 (LSN) – Toronto-born physician, Hon. Senator Stanley Haidasz, presented Bill S-7 to the Senate yesterday. The Bill proposes to amend the Criminal Code to prohibit coercion in medical procedures that offend a person’s religion or belief that human life is inviolable from conception till natural death. The bill comes in response to petitions from over 8,000 Canadians (mostly nurses and others connected to health care), to provide protection for health-care workers who refuse to assist in practices which go against their consciences. Canada remains one of the few countries without such legislation. Health-care workers across Canada have […]

SANTIAGO, Nov 19 (LSN) – Leftist parties, spearheaded by the radical Humanist Party, have vowed to force Chile to abondon their protection for preborn children. Candidates of the Humanist Party for the December 11 congressional elections began the all-too-familiar propagandizing regarding “unsafe” and “back-alley” abortions taking place within the country. The aim of the campaign is to decriminalize the killing of babies in the womb. Chile, a Roman Catholic country of about 13 million, has pro-life legislation protecting children in the womb from . The Communist Party and the Socialist Party also support thedecriminalization of abortion.