Recent Catholic News

TORONTO, Apr 28 (Lifesitenews.com) – Ontario Liberal leader Dalton McGuinty and NDP leader Howard Hampton have both expressed their support for the legalization of the possession of minor amounts of illegal narcotics. Following reports that police chiefs urged the federal government to decriminalize simple possession of drugs including heroin, Ontario premier Mike Harris attacked the idea. Source: The National Post

VANCOUVER, Apr 28 (Lifesitenews.com) – Craig Kielburger is the 16-year-old child rights activist who founded “Save the Children” four years ago. He has been internationally recognized for his efforts to fight child labour and child exploitation in the Third World has now turned his attention to his home turf of Canada. Kielburger commented on remarks made in court by BC Supreme Court Justice Mary Southin on Monday, which were critical of attempts to keep child porn illegal. Noting that some of the children in the pornographic photos were from Brazil the judge asked, “what are we doing pontificating about street […]

BUFFALO, Apr 27 (Lifesitenews.com) – A spokesperson for Operation Rescue National announced yesterday at the close of the Operation Save America demonstrations that the pro-life group would change its name. Eileen Schopf said Operation Rescue will henceforward be known as Operation Save America, diversifying their focus to include pro-family issues as well as pro-life. “We do want to save this country, not just the unborn,” said Schopf. Operation Save America plans to combat abortion, child pornography, teen sex, homosexuality and the absence of God from the classroom. Last week Operation Save America reported that Buffalo police and the FBI harassed […]

VANCOUVER, Apr 27 (Lifesitenews.com) – While the federal government and police argue in BCappeals court for the overturning of a ruling which legalized the possession of child porn, one of the three judges in the case is defending the decision. B.C. Supreme Court Justice Mary Southin responded to police and crown arguments, saying: “There are graphic books written about rape and all sorts of things, but we don’t ban them.” Southin questioned the definition of “children” implying that the accepted age of consent for sex—14 years old—might be too old. Southin expressed doubt that the children in the porn photos […]

MONTREAL, Apr 27 (Lifesitenews.com) – Nexia Biotechnologies Inc., a Montreal genetics company headed by Dr. Jeffrey Turner a former McGill University genetics professor, announced yesterday that they had successfully cloned three goats from the single cell of an adult goat. The goats are the only known mammals cloned since Dolly the sheep in 1997 and have again raised fears of human cloning. The company plans to use cells from the cloned goats and genetically alter them using spider genes and re-clone them so that the new genetically altered goats will produce medicinally beneficial milk. For more see today’s LifeSite Special […]

DENVER, Colorado, Apr 26 (Lifesitenews.com) – While rumours continue to swirl about the reasons behind the Columbine High slaughter in Colorado, confirmed reports have surfaced that the perpetrators were Christian-haters and fans of Satanic priest/rock star Marilyn Manson. An eyewitness to the shooting said that 17-year-old Cassie Bernall who was reading her Bible in the library was first asked “Do you believe in God?” before being shot dead after she heroically responded in the affirmative. “Yes, I believe in God,” was the response of the courageous Christian who was known at the school for her witness to Christ. A poem […]

LONDON, Apr 26 (Lifesitenews.com) – England’s Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority is seriously considering an application by Paul Rainsbury who is demanding a license to create a human clone.  Rainsbury plans to split an embryo to create twins and freeze one of the twins so that in case the child who is born dies scientists will be able to use the “back-up” embryo thus “recreating” the child. Source: The Sunday Times

WASHINGTON, Apr 26 (Lifesitenews.com) – Two studies of U.S. women by a team at Princeton University and the pro-abortion group Alan Guttmacher Institute (AGI) found that on average, a woman has a 10 percent chance of getting pregnant despite using contraception in any given year.  While the AGI uses the information gathered to push for greater access to contraception,  the studies strike at the heart of abortion.  As has been said by many pro-life groups over the years, the contraceptive mentality leads to abortion. For more on the Contraception-Abortion link see Human Life International.

OTTAWA, Apr 26 (Lifesitenews.com) – The parliamentary health committee, which last week presented to parliament recommendations for increasing organ donations in Canada recommended the mandatory placing of all patients near brain death on organ donor registries.  While the committee suggests that families should retain the power to opt out of organ donation, the suggestion met with concern from critics who are wary of moving away from the completely voluntary system of organ donor cards. The chairman of the parliamentary committee Joe Volpe explained the controversial suggestion saying “Effective measures must be based on more than simple good will and intuition.” […]