Recent World News

By Hilary White MILAN, June 2, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Women in Italy's northern region of Lombardy who are considering abortion out of financial fears, will be offered monetary assistance of up to €4500 (US $5500) per year, Roberto Formigoni, president of the regional government announced last month. The Lombardy regional government has offered pregnant women in financial difficulties €250 for 18 months after the birth of their child. “No woman will abort in Lombardy because of economic difficulties,” Formigoni said during the regional elections in March. The Italian birth rate is at an all-time low, with 1.32 children born per […]

Friday May 28, 2010 South Korean Court Rules that Frozen Human Embryos are ‘Not Human’ By Matthew Cullian Hoffman SEOUL, May 28, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Despite parents’ pleas, a South Korean court has ruled that frozen embryos are not living and thus may be experimented upon and destroyed at will. The ruling was issued against a suit filed by the parents of the embryos, as well as eleven other individuals, including philosophers, ethicists, and doctors. In addition, the two embryos themselves were listed among the plaintiffs. The embryos were created for a couple with the surname Nam. A total of […]

By Thaddeus M. Baklinski CAIRO, June 1, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Egypt's Supreme Administrative Court ruled May 29 that the Coptic Orthodox Church must allow its members to divorce and remarry. The court, headed by Justice Mohammed Husseini, based its ruling on constitutional law which holds that the “right to family formation is a constitutional right, which is above all other considerations.” The ruling effectively quashed an appeal by Coptic Orthodox Pope Shenouda III against a lower court ruling that approved the request of litigant Hani Wasfi Naguib to remarry. In his judgment, Justice Husseini said that “By law, a Christian […]

Friday May 28, 2010 Irish Abortionist Group Demands Legal Abortion By Hilary White DUBLIN, May 28, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The abortionist group, the Irish Family Planning Association (IFPA) has demanded that the Irish government legalize abortion, and blasted it for refusing to liberalize the country’s abortion laws, calling it “political cowardice.” The occasion for the attack was the publication of statistics this week by the UK department of health showing that 4,422 women traveled from Ireland to England and Wales in 2009 to abort their children. IFPA Chief executive Niall Behan told the Herald, “These figures are compelling evidence of […]

Wednesday May 26, 2010 Shameless ‘Abortion Profiteers’: HLI Blasts Marie Stopes UK Abortion Ads By Hilary White LONDON, May 26, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Two more pro-life groups, Life and U.S.-based Human Life International, have blasted the decision to allow abortion advertising on British television funded by Marie Stopes International. Fr. Thomas Euteneuer, president of Human Life International, said that groups like Marie Stopes, one of the major players in the international population control movement, are nothing more than “abortion profiteers.” “They literally have no shame. These profit-seeking commercials point out the lie that abortion is a ‘choice’ or an act […]

Friday May 14, 2010 Netherlands Funds Homosexualist Propaganda Campaign in Chile By Matthew Cullinan Hoffman, Latin America Correspondent SANTIAGO, Chile, May 14, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Chileans are being subjected to a massive homosexualist campaign in the nation’s capital, funded by the government of the Netherlands, according to national and international reports. The campaign uses massive images to promote the acceptance of homosexual relationships, including a billboard with two lesbians kissing each other on the lips posted in Santiago’s Plaza Italia. The subtitle states: “If love bothers you, make yourself look,” and claims that, “Homophobia and transphobia are violence.” Another image, […]

Friday May 28, 2010 Vast Majority of Latin Americans Support Criminal Penalties for Abortion By Mathew Cullinan Hoffman, Latin America Correspondent MEXICO CITY, May 28, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The vast majority of Latin Americans are in favor of maintaining criminal penalties for abortion, according to a new study. The study, which polled residents of several Latin American countries, indicates that 60.4 percent of Mexicans favor criminal penalties for illegal abortions. Mexico, however, is on the low end of the scale. In Brazil, 67.3 percent favor such penalties, and in Chile, 71.7 percent. In Nicaragua, where abortion is completely illegal, the […]

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Monday May 24, 2010 Horror: Jordanian Man Rapes, Murders Daughter in Botched Abortion By Peter J. Smith AMMAN, Jordan, May 24, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A Jordanian carpenter has been charged with the rape and murder of his teenage daughter, who died following the grisly abortion the man performed on her unborn baby girl, reports The Jordanian Times. Authorities had charged the man on three counts of rape, murder, and abortion after the unidentified man, 45, turned himself in to police. Sources to the Jordan Times reported that the man had sexually assaulted his 19-year-old daughter since she was 15, and […]

Wednesday May 26, 2010 Homosexualist Activist Priest Arrested for Sex Abuse of Teen in Milan By Hilary White MILAN, May 26, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – One of Italy’s most outspokenly dissenting Catholic priests, Domenico Pezzini, has been arrested for abuse of a male teenaged victim. Pezzini, a 73 year-old priest of the diocese of Lodi, was arrested Monday in Milan. Police also revealed that a large quantity of child pornography had been found after a search of Pezzini’s residence. In keeping with mainstream media coverage of clerical sex abuse, the Italian media is presenting the abuse as a case of “pedophilia,” […]