Recent Catholic News

DETROIT, June 10 (LSN) – BC pro-lifer Ted Gerk has alerted pro-lifers to an on-line survey about Kevorkian and organ transplants. The question reads:  Should hospitals and transplant networks work with Jack Kevorkian to arrange acceptable organ donations from assisted suicide patients?  To vote NO go to:  http://detnews.com/wizard/templates/m_metro.htm

OTTAWA, June 10 (LSN) – On Monday night, Reform MPs managed to pass a motion stripping the Liberal government of its power to invoke “closure” to shut down parliamentary debate. They intended the measure to send a message to the Liberals, none of whom was present in the House at the time. It will allow opposition MPs the opportunity to prolong debate on government business. The Government has threatened to force the House to remain in session until 4 a.m. June 23, to break the “filibuster” tactic.

TORONTO, June 10 (LSN) – Toronto’s Mayor Mel Lastman announced yesterday he would march in the Gay Pride parade June 28. The Toronto Sun reported that the mayor made his decision in consultation with Kyle Rae,  the gay city councillor who was responsible for bringing the event to Toronto in 1981.  Rae predicted there would be protest, but only from a “vocal minority.” Toronto pro-family supporters are asked to contact Mayor Lastman and ask him to reconsider his intention to participate in the event.  Mayor Mel Lastman 7th Floor, Metro Hall 55 John Street Toronto, ON M5V 3C6 Phone: (416) […]

TORONTO, June 10 (LSN) – In response to pro-life evangelist Rev. Ken Campbell’s full-page Globe and Mail advertisement condemning the Supreme Court’s Vriend decision, gay activist Philip Shea has demanded punitive action from the Ontario Human Rights Commission (OHRC).  Shea described the April 18 advertisement as a “hateful full-page diatribe aimed at lesbians and gay men.” One-third of the ad was written by John McKellar, leader oaf group called Homosexuals Opposed to Pride Extremism—homosexual Canadians who “love Canada, respect its traditions, institutions and values,  and reject the radical demands for “rights” based on sexual orientation.”  In his official complaint Shea […]

HITEMAN AIR FORCE BASE, Mo., June 9 (LSN) – Sgt. Todd Parish, a pro-life Christian, has objected to the mandatory vaccination of his children at an army base school in Germany, because he says the vaccinations were derived from the tissues of aborted babies. According to Parish, chicken pox, hepatitis A and rubella vaccines are all objectionable for this reason. Donna Cary, a spokesperson for Varivax (chicken pox vaccine)  makers Merck & Co. Inc., said, “Merck does not see this as fetal tissue, per se Someone took a small sample of cells and put them on a petri dish 30 […]

DETROIT, June 9 (LSN) – Oakland County medical examiner L.J. Dragovic says the body of Joseph Tushkowski,  a recent victim of Kevorkian-assisted-suicide, was mutilated. Dragovic also judged the death a homicide.  “They didn’t remove his sweater. They just pulled it up, then cut the belly,” Dragovic told reporters on Monday. “This is not a situation to be compared with the highly skilled act of organ procurement surgery…. We’re talking about a chopped-up body.”  Kevorkian announced recently he had “donor organs” available for transplant from a recent assisted-suicide victim.

OTTAWA, June 9 (LSN) – In a recent press release, the Canadian Family Action Council alerted concerned citizens that the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) is holding public forums to discuss programming. The Family Action Council encourages Canadians to support Christian broadcasting, which is subject to arbitrary “balance” requirements by the CRTC, in order to prevent single-faith broadcasting.  Pro-family Canadians have long argued that there is a demand for more wholesome programming on Canadian airwaves; and it appears the CRTC initiative provides an opportunity to make the case once more. Written comments on Public Notice CRTC 1998-44, Canadian Television […]

OTTAWA, June 9 (LSN) – At the annual convention of the National Action Committee on the Status of Women (NAC), the nation’s leading feminist group decided temporarily to refuse the government’s offer of 8 million tax-payer dollars for the coming year, protesting an accountability requirement the government introduced this spring. The federal government now requires that NAC submit the plans of their projects for consideration before funding is granted. NAC also demanded that their funding be increased from to $30 million per year. Women’s groups representing the concerns of mainstream Canadian women, such as REAL Women of Canada, are denied […]

SOUTHFIELD, Mich., June 8 (LSN) – On Sunday, assisted-suicide pioneer Jack Kevorkian announced at a news conference that he had the kidneys of his most recent victim, Joseph Tushowski of Las Vegas, Nevada,  available for transplant. Kevorkian claimed to have received 20 calls from interested parties including three from doctors.  The Oakland County Medical Examiner’s office is looking into the situation. Medical experts said when Kevorkian first floated the idea earlier this year that because of Kevorkian’s assisted suicide methods,  organs from his victims would be useless for transplant.

WASHINGTON, June 8 (LSN) – On Friday, Attorney General Janet Reno forbade agents of the US Drug Enforcement Administration to act on the advice of their chief, Thomas Constantine, who warned doctors that the DEA would revoke the licenses of those who prescribed lethal drugs under Oregon’s new law permitting physician-assisted suicide. Reno said that “There is no evidence the Congress, in the Controlled Substances Act, intended to assign DEA the novel role of resolving (what the Supreme Court last year called) the ‘earnest and profound debate about the morality, legality and practicality of physician-assisted suicide.’”  Lori Hougens of the […]