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Boston, May. 22 (CWNews.com/LifeSiteNews.com) – Bishop Daniel Reilly of Worcester, Massachusetts, has pulled out of a scheduled appearance at graduation ceremonies for Holy Cross College, because the Jesuit-run school is honouring a proponent of legal abortion.  Bishop Reilly announced on Wednesday, May 21, that he will not attend the commencement exercises at Holy Cross on May 23. The main speaker at that event will be Chris Matthews, a political commentator who supports abortion. The bishop explained his withdrawal in a public statement. ‘‘I cannot let my presence imply support for anything less than the protection of all life at all […]

Marvin Olasky Says Liberal Teachers’ Unions Are Attempting To Protect More Than Just Economic Interests When They Fight School Choice http://headlines.agapepress.org/archive/5/222003A.asp   Fighting Back: Protecting Children From Violent Video Games http://www.cwfa.org/articledisplay.asp?id=3990&department=cfi&categoryid=cfreport Mr. Horowitz Owes Christians An Apology http://www.cwfa.org/articledisplay.asp?id=3987&department=cfi&categoryid=cfreport   Gays And Social Conservatives http://www.frc.org/index.cfm?i=AR03E16   Coalition Criticizes Colleges Honouring Questionable Speakers http://www.ncregister.com/Register_News/051803_1.htm   More And Younger Doctors Support Natural Family Planning http://www.ncregister.com/Register_News/051803_2.htm   Request For Claification From Bishops’ Expert Denied http://thewandererpress.com/A5-15-03.htm

OTTAWA, May 20, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Arthritis Society (TAS), a Canadian national organization which receives the bulk of its funding from the Knights of Columbus a Catholic fraternal organization, has revealed that it has no objection to funding embryonic stem cell research. A May 2003 position paper from TAS notes that it follows “the funding guidelines issued by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research”. LifeSite interviewed TAS President and CEO Denis Morrice who confirmed that TAS would fund embryonic stem cell research in accordance with the guidelines of the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR). As LifeSite has reported […]

PETERBOROUGH, May 20, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – An Ontario Christian man who spanked his eight-year-old son on the buttocks with a belt but leaving no marks was sentenced to one year probation last week.  One Canadian Press (CP) report indicated that “While on probation, the man is not allowed contact with his four children,” however, LifeSite clarified with his lawyer that the man would be allowed contact with his children since the condition of no contact was waived by the man’s wife.  The man, a member of Victory Baptist Church in Peterborough, argued that the method of discipline was consistent with […]

Abortion Income Reaches Nearly $1 Billion, Abortions Top Three Million

WASHINGTON, May 21, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – “Assisted Suicide is losing support,” says international assisted suicide expert Wesley J. Smith. “In my ten years as an activist opposing assisted suicide, I first saw the pendulum swing broadly in favor of legalization, and then, in recent years, breathed a sigh of relief as it ever-so-slowly moved back against it,” Smith writes in a National Review op-ed piece. “Considering how things looked only six years ago, it is a dramatic turnaround worth celebrating.”  Smith, who is a senior fellow at the Discovery Institute and an attorney and consultant for the International Task Force […]

WELLINGTON, May 21, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A Dutch biotech company has lost its bid to the Wellington Regional Ethics Committee to use aborted New Zealand babies for research purposes, after the Capital Coast Health Board “suddenly withdrew its support,” according to the Weekend Herald. The company, Netherlands-based Crucell, wanted to take tissue from the aborted unborn to Australia to develop retinal stem cell lines and create vaccines. “This type of research is new to New Zealand and needed ethical scrutiny,” said board general manager Dr. John Coughlan. “During this process, it was soon realised by everyone involved that there are […]