Recent Catholic News

MANCHESTER, England, Aug 9 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Over 100 girls under 16 have received abortifacient morning-after pills directly from pharmacists without a doctor’s prescription. The data comes from one test zone in Manchester, where various pharmacists have participated in a trial project since last December. While 122 of the requests come from girls under 16, the program received a total of over 3000 requests for the abortifacients. The BBC reports that if the pilot project is judged successful, it may be extended nationwide. For more see the BBC.

WASHINGTON, Aug 9 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A revealing report in WorldNetDaily today gives evidence for the “transition of American journalism from a profession of disinterested chroniclers to one more akin to a band of lobbyists using the press to support activist causes.” Joseph Farah delivers the goods on the National Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association which he notes is not only successful at working inside the media to ensure favorable coverage of homosexuals and their political agenda, it even persuades the corporate press to fund the way. WND reports that the Hearst Corp., Knight-Ridder, the New York Times, Newsweek, NBC News, […]

MEXICO CITY, Aug 8 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The ruling National Action Party in Mexico’s northern state of Guanajuato passed legislation Friday making the state’s laws on abortion more pro-life. Catholic World News reports that the legislature passed a law protecting unborn babies conceived during rape from abortion. While abortion is illegal in most of Mexico’s 31 states, there are exceptions in cases of rape or when the life of the mother is in danger. The new ban will automatically go into effect on October 1. “As legislators, we have to consider not only the damage and pain of a woman who […]

OMAHA, Nebraska, Aug 8 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Led by Omaha Archbishop Elden Curtiss, more than 500 people prayed Saturday outside the Bellevue abortion centre of the notorious partial-birth abortion specialist LeRoy Carhart. Carhart was the abortionist who recently won a Supreme Court victory declaring a Nebraska ban on partial-birth infanticide unconstitutional. After a pro-life Mass at St. Mary Catholic Church in Bellevue, the Archbishop led the 500 parishioners in prayer outside the abortuary. Police officers led the peaceful procession and also guarded the vigil.

ISLAMABAD, Aug 8 (LifeSiteNews.com) – On Monday the Government of Pakistan rejected a United Nations proposal to include lessons on the “benefits” of “small families” in the national education syllabus, but the decision will cost the government $250 million. Pakistan’s Business Recorder reports today that the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) met with Pakistani Health Minister Dr. Abdul Malik Kasi a few days ago and conditionally offered $250 million in assistance for reproductive health projects. A Health Ministry spokesman said, “The UN official contended that if the children are imparted awareness on small families from an early age, it will […]

Show the Truth presentations will hit Toronto on Thursday August 24 10:30AM – Prayer Vigil – Cabbagetown Women’s Clinic (next door to Aid to Women/Way Inn – 300 Gerard St.); 1:00PM – Prayer Vigil – Scott Abortion Clinic – Gerard St. They will be in Lindsay and Oshawa on August 19, and in Lindsay, Port Perry and H 115/35 again on Sept 4. For more information or to participate call Rosemary at 705-454-1109 [email protected] Conservative News Service reports that researchers in Florida have discovered that adult stem cells found in bone marrow can be converted into immature nerve cells, which […]

On Monday, Yvette Schneider, Family Research Council policy analyst and former lesbian activist, joined members of national ex-gay organizations to participate in a demonstration outside the Washington, D.C. Convention Center, where the American Psychological Association (APA) convention is meeting. “Psychologists in the APA must recognize the real change in my own life as well as thousands of others across the nation,” said Mrs. Schneider. During his speech at the GOP convention George W. Bush said, “I will lead our nation toward a culture that values life—the life of the elderly and the sick, the life of the young, and the […]

WINNIPEG, Aug 8 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Israel (Izzy) Asper, the CanWest Global media baron who recently purchased most of the Hollinger papers including a 50% share in the National Post, was reported today to be a “best” friend of abortionist Jack Fainman. Today’s Globe and Mail reports that “Izzy is the biggest media magnate in Canadian history” and suggests that that is “very bad news for Stockwell Day” since “Mr. Day is obsessed with abortion; one of Izzy’s best River Heights friends is Dr. Jack Faiman (sic), who has been threatened and shot at for performing abortions.” The Globe also notes […]

Catholic World News reports today that after meeting the Apostolic Nuncio in Argentina, Argentine President Fernando De la Rua said he is opposed to abortion and that such a stand will be kept at international forums such as the UN. Doubts regarding De la Rua’s stand came during the “Beijing +5” UN summit held in New York in June, when the Argentine delegation, for the first time in 10 years, did not take an outspoken pro-life stand.  Brook, a UK charity, is republishing a controversial sex advice booklet for teenagers which includes tips on how to grope and how to […]

A Virginia man is asking a court to grant custody of his unborn child, claiming the woman carrying the 8-month-old fetus would be an unfit mother and would raise the child in a neglectful environment.