Recent Catholic News

OTTAWA, Oct 7 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Liberal Senator Sharon Carstairs has unexpectedly resigned her post as deputy government leader in the Senate, asking to be placed back in Senate committee to pursue her projects to legalize euthanasia and ban spanking. The National Post reported that in a resignation letter Carstairs said, “she told Mr. Chretien last February she wanted to return to Senate committee and policy work, to pursue her interests in curbing violence against children and the freedom of palliative-care patients to terminate treatment.”  Carstairs has pursued anti-spanking and pro-euthanasia legislation for years. In 1997 she put forward a Senate […]

An Arizona state ban on fetal tissue research was overturned Wednesday by U.S. District Judge William Browning who ruled the law unconstitutional accepting arguments from two affiliates of Planned Parenthood and four Parkinson’s Disease patients. (azcentral.com) The National Post reported yesterday that a US college for Christianhomeschoolers has opened where parents would have to okay the courting of their daughters.  The National Post has given coverage to the ongoing denial of freedom of speech for pro-  lifers at the University of British Columbia.  Pro-Life E-News Canada distributed a New York Post article from Oct 1 which tells the moving story of […]

MONTREAL, Que, Oct 7 (LifeSiteNews.com) – LifeSite has leaned that the LifeChain pro-life demonstration in Montreal this past Sunday was marred by violence perpetrated by members a pro-abortion counter-demonstration. About 30 pro-life demonstrators were confronted by a rowdy mob of over 100 abortion supporters. The violence erupted almost immediately with police showing up nearly 20 minutes late.  Eyewitnesses told LifeSite that the pro-abortion group hurled insults and blasphemies and condoms at the pro-lifers. A box of pro-life signs was stolen from a bench by members of the pro-abortion group according to witnesses who say they could not act to protect […]

The United Nations has threatened the United States, saying that if it does not pay $550 million of the $1.7 billion in alleged “back dues” by the end of 1999 it will lose its vote in the General Assembly.  http://www.cnn.com/US/9910/05/us.un.dues/index.html#top   RNC Life reported that the 1998 Annual Report of contributions from Planned Parenthood of Dallas and Northeast Texas notes a donation in excess of $5,000 but less than $10,000 was made by Jerry Jones, the coach of the Dallas Cowboys and the Dallas Cowboys Community Foundation.

THAILAND, Oct 6 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Men in Thailand have taken to carrying around the morning after pill instead of condoms even though sustained use of the drugs has been shown to seriously damage the health of women. A study from Mahidol University, for example, links use of the morning after pill with internal cysts.  The promotion of the drug as a cure-all has led many Thais to a false belief that the drug known there as D-Norgestrel is also a protection against AIDS. The South China Morning Post reports today that AIDS help groups are attributing a rise in the […]

WASHINGTON, Oct 6 (LifeSiteNews.com) – US Presidential candidate Steve Forbes has strengthened his pro-  life stance on abortion. Forbes now says that legislation prohibiting abortion does not require exceptions for rape and incest. His views were made public in response to a question by Republican National Coalition for Life director Colleen Parro during a televised live satellite appearance at the 28th Annual Eagle Forum Leadership Conference on September 24-26.  Mrs. Parro asked Forbes to clarify the contradiction in holding that the fundamental right to life of the unborn child cannot be infringed while accepting exceptions in cases of rape and incest. […]

LONDON, Oct 6 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Controversial new norms for British doctors released in June allowing them to withhold food and hydration from their patients are already leading to conflict. Such euthanasia methods can be implemented even against the wishes of family members and are already responsible for at least one case of attempted involuntary euthanasia.  Dr. Ken Taylor ordered nurses to withdraw food from 85-year-old Mary Ormerod, He was later given a six month suspension after being accused of not having carried out an adequate assessment of the patient. His suspension was extended by three months Monday after he failed […]

TORONTO, Oct 6 (LifeSiteNews.com) – In an interview with LifeSite News yesterday, Andrew Peltier, public relations director for Wal-Mart Canada said that Wal-Mart pharmacies in Canada would not be stocking Preven. He was unable to confirm, however, whether or not the drug would be made available for people who specifically asked for it. WAL-MART USA has decided to withstand pressure from abortion advocates to sell a product that it has every right to decide not to carry in its stores.  Last month LifeSite was the first to report that PREVEN is on the market in Canada. Plans are being worked […]

Public funding of blasphemous art has caused a stir among the public and demands are increasing to defund the major offender, the US National Endowment for the Arts. CNN POLL:  “Should the U.S. government eliminate its endowment fund for the arts?”    Rock for Life, a division of American Life League is calling for a boycott this week of the punk/hip hop band, Rage Against the Machine, since the group supports the pro-abortion and anti-Christian organizations Rock For Choice and Refuse and Resist. (American Life League)   Pro-Life E-News Canada distributed the latest work of London Free Press columnist Rory Leishman on how […]

TORONTO, Oct 5 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A study released today in the journal of the Canadian Medical Association claims that spanking and slapping by parents during childhood can result in a greater likelihood of alcohol abuse or dependence and psychological maladjustment. The results of the study were based on a survey of 9953 residents of Ontario aged 15 years and older. Although the study claims to have eliminated reports of those who were physically or sexually abused, it is based its subjective criteria.  Dr. Mark Genuis, the executive director of the National Foundation for Family Research and Education (NFFRE) told LifeSite […]