Recent Catholic News

OTTAWA, Dec 3, (LSN) – While allowing abortion on demand, and less than two year penalties for “mercy” killing and pedophiliac rape, Canadian federal Justice Minister Anne McLellan says she’s prepared to toughen laws against abuse of animals. Justice department briefing notes revealed plans to increase the maximum sentence for cruelty to animals to five years. McLellan stated in a recent interview with the Ottawa Citizen, “I cannot imagine someone being cruel to a dog or a cat. For the sake of what? And I think we should deal with these people very harshly. We need to condemn this conduct, […]

NEW YORK, Dec 2 (LSN) – The New York Times reported yesterday that Professor Steven Pinker of MIT called on the US to repeal laws against infanticide. Pinker proposed what he called “neo-naticide”, saying that mothers ought to to have the right to kill their newborn children up to a couple of weeks after birth. Pinker’s proposal, although horrifying, proves what pro-lifers have said for years: once you arbitrarily draw lines at which human life has value no one is really safe

WASHINGTON, Dec 2 (LSN) – On Monday, the US Supreme Court rejected the appeal of Rev. Eugene Lumpkin, the pastor of a Baptist church who was fired from San Francisco’s Human Rights Commission in 1993 after he offered biblical evidence for his objection to the practice of homosexuality. The Supreme Court justices thus gave tacit approval to a U.S. appeals court ruling which said that Lumpkin had a right to state his views, but that the First Amendment does not “assure him job security when he preached homophobia while serving as a city official.’‘ The incident stems from media interviews […]

CNEWS Poll Robert Latimer was granted a constitutional exemption from the minimum sentence for murder and sentenced to two years less a day in the killing of his disabled daughter. Is it a fair sentence? So far, 240 people have voted for Yes So far, 61 people have voted for No

TORONTO, Dec 2 (LSN) – In a press release from Campaign Life Coalition, national president Jim Hughes said, It's a sick world when killing is called compassionate, and punishment for killers is called cruel.” The head of the political wing of the pro-life movement in Canada was referring to the decision to grant convicted murderer Robert Latimer an unprecedented constitutional exemption from the 10-year mandatory sentence for second-degree murder. Mr Justice Ted Noble of the Saskatchewan Court of Queen's Bench sentenced Latimer today to two years less a day, only a year of which will be served in prison. “I'm […]

WASHINGTON, Dec 1 (LSN) – Moonies leader Sun Myung Moon of the Unification Church held a massive publicity stunt Saturday, called “Blessing 97.” About 25,000 people gathered in the RFK Stadium in Washington, DC, and the event was linked by satellite to 84 countries. Moon claimed to be marrying 39.6 million couples, 3.6 million for the first time with the rest renewing their “unions.” Characteristic of Moon's antics, 2,500 of the couples had met only days before they were “married,” and they were matched by Moon himself. Reportedly, 6 different church leaders were invited to bless the crowd during the […]

DUBLIN, Dec 1 (LSN) – On Friday, The Irish High Court sanctioned the abortion of a 13-week-old pre-born child. By permitting the 13-year-old alleged rape victim to leave the country to have an abortion abroad, the court has injected new life into the pro-abortion movement. After three days of closed-door proceedings, Justice Hugh Geoghegan decided to reject the pleas of the girl's parents to save the life of their pre-born grandchild. Youth Defence, a pro-life group who was assisting the parents in the case and had raised funds for the care of the girl and her baby, noted that the […]

MOSCOW, Dec 1 (LSN) – Russian newspapers reported last week that elderly women held up a traveling abortion- contraception “clinic” in Moscow, after it began its “maiden” voyage last Thursday. About 50 protesters, mostly elderly women, blocked the tram’s passage. The good women defied the government and international criticism by blocking the tram's passage and dousing it liberally with eggs. The “Streetcar Called Bordello,” as one protester called it, is sponsored by the Health Ministry and the Family Planning association. Its aim is to indoctrinate the young and attract their attention with its sky-blue colour, decorated with white and blue […]

BATTLEFORD, Sask., Dec 1 (LSN) – Robert Latimer, convicted last month of second-degree murder for killing his 12-year-old daughter Tracy, has received an unprecedented constitutional exemption from the ten year minimum sentence. Justice Ted Noble of the Saskatchewan Court of Queen’s Bench ruled today that, according to the Charter of Rights and Freedoms, the minimum sentence in this case would amount to “cruel and unusual punishment.” Justice Noble cited legal precedents, in which other “mercy killers” have been given a slap on the wrist. He also indicated he believed Latimer was a good father, and acted out of compassion.

OTTAWA, Nov 28 (LSN) – The flagrant persecutor of Christians and unborn children, Chinese President Jiang Zemin arrived in Canada’s capital yesterday. Zemin was welcomed at the airport by a military honor guard, a 21-gun salute and a band playing the Chinese and Canadian anthems. He was then chauffeured to Rideau Hall, the residence of Gov. Gen. Romeo LeBlanc, for a five-course dinner attended by Chretien and other political and business leaders. Harry Wu, the Chinese-American activist who has been one of Beijing’s most persistent critics, scolded Canadian politicians saying, “…the state dinner, the red carpet for a communist slaughterer […]