Recent Catholic News

LifeSite has learned that the government of NS will likely introduce, this week, an amendment to the Pension Benefits Act that will allow coverage for same-sex couples in the 500 private pension plans in Nova Scotia. A study by researchers at Johns Hopkins Hospital presented Friday at the Lawson Wilkins Pediatric Endocrine Society Meeting in Boston shows that sex-reassignment surgery is a miserable failure. Of 27 boys born without a penis and castrated and raised as girls, all had masculine behaviour and most declared themselves to be boys. Dr. William G. Reiner called for a thorough review of the practice. […]

An extensive US survey has shown that children of stay-at-home mothers fare better in terms of language development, reading and math skills.  Pro-Life E-News has circulated a USAID contract looking for 150,000,000 condoms.  The new bishop of New York appointed as the replacement for the late Cardinal John O’Connor looks to be just as pro-life and pro-family as his heroic predecessor.

TORONTO, May 16 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Six pairs of homosexual-activist couples, are set to launch a court challenge demanding the right to marry.  The Toronto Sun reported Sunday that Toronto assistant Crown attorney Michael Leshner, one of homosexual activists in the suit, called the media to arrange for coverage of his official demand for a marriage licence at city hall. The 52-year-old Crown lawyer says he wants to be able to marry Michael Stark, 42, his long-  time common-law partner.  The city officials informed Leshner that a response to his demand to know why he was not allowed to have a […]

OTTAWA, May 16 (LifeSiteNews.com) – On Thursday, in the Senate, Senator Noel Kinsella urged the Ontario government to alter its stance with regard to Catholic school funding in the province.  Kinsella referred to the recent condemnation of Ontario by the United Nations Human Rights Committee for funding only Catholic denominational schools.  Ontario refused to alter its funding system explaining that the funding was constitutionally guaranteed. Kinsella urged a revision of the Ontario position.  “Have there been consultations between the Government of Canada, which represents us internationally, and the Government of Ontario,  which does not seem to be taking this condemnation […]

OTTAWA, May 16 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Only days after Cardinal Ambrozic, Archbishop of Toronto, issued a letter condemning the association of the Archdiocese with the abortion and homosexual marriage supporting March of Women 2000, the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops (CCCB)  along with the Catholic Women’s League (CWL), the Canadian Catholic Organization for Development and Peace (CCODP), and the Canadian Religious Conference (CRC) issued a press release reaffirming support for the march.  LifeSite has obtained a copy of the cardinal’s May 9 letter to the priests of the archdiocese explaining that “the association of (CCODP) with this group (International March of […]

WASHINGTON, May 15 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The US Catholic Bishops have denounced the pro-abortion group “Catholics for a Free Choice” saying they are guilty of “anti-Catholic bigotry.” The statement read, “As the Catholic Bishops of the United States have stated for many years, the use of the name Catholic as a platform for promoting the taking of innocent human life and ridiculing the Church is offensive not only to Catholics, but to all who expect honesty and forthrightness in public discourse.” Canadian pro-lifers are urged to write their local bishops asking them to similarly denounce Catholics for a Free Choice.

TORONTO, May 15 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Aloysius Cardinal Ambrozic, the Archbishop of Toronto, has taken action in response to the LifeSite News revelation of the funding of the pro-abortion and pro-homosexual March of Women 2000 by the Canadian Catholic Organization for Development and Peace (CCODP). This latest news is carried on the front page of today’s National Post. The paper reveals that the cardinal has instructed ShareLife to cut funding to CCODP by about $15,000 in protest to the Catholic agency’s support for the march. In a letter to all priests in the Toronto archdiocese, Cardinal Ambrozic wrote, “many of our […]

OTTAWA, May 15 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Last Wednesday and Thursday, Canadians from across the country gathered in the nation’s capital to sorrowfully commemorate the 31st anniversary of the legalization of abortion in Canada and the resulting death of over 2.3 million pre-born babies. Over 400 gathered Wednesday at a pro-life dinner with Members of Parliament. The attendees were addressed by the pro-life politicians and by Andrew Fournier, the young person who is walking across Canada for Life. On Thursday some 2,500 pro-lifers gathered on Parliament Hill and were greeted by a host of political leaders, some 20 in all. From there […]

Last Tuesday the US House “overwhelmingly passed” the Breast and Cervical Cancer Treatment Act, including Rep. Tom Coburn’s (R- Okla.) amendment that would require condoms to carry labels warning that they do not effectively block HPV (Rosen, Raleigh News & Observer, 5/10).

OTTAWA, May 15 (LifeSiteNews.com) –  On April 6, the Minister of Citizenship and Immigration introduced Bill C-31, which will re-define the term “family” for the purposes of family-class immigration. The Canada Family Action Coalition (CFAC) notes that the family-class allows legitimate immigrants from other categories (such as entrepreneurs) to sponsor family members as immigrants. The current law restricts family to those individuals related by blood,  marriage or adoption. The new Act will now include common-law partners and homosexuals as ‘spouses.’ Bill C-31 was debated at second reading May 1 and May 9. CFAC warns that the Act is a direct […]