Dramatic Pepsi turnaround; Thomas More Society throws down gloves to Obama admin re: Bishop Jenky; Obama and Chen Guangcheng - now what?; Pathetic, frightened Canadian government.
It was the top story on Drudge yesterday morning and is making world headlines today. Word has come out that Chinese pro-life dissident Chen Guangcheng made a daring escape under the cloak of darkness on April 22 to the U.S. embassy in Beijing, where he is now holed up. Chen was previously imprisoned for four years and was currently under house arrest for exposing China's forced sterilization and abortion atrocities. The renewed attention to China's forced one-child policy is certainly an embarrassment to its government. Recall last December actor Christian Bale also brought attention to Chen after being blocked by […]
The bishop had said that President Obama’s attacks on religious freedom indicates he “seems intent on following a similar path” as past totalitarian dictators.
Is a new book, radical pro-abort Merle Hoffman admits that "abortion stops a beating heart," but argues that taking life is necessary for "reproductive freedom."
U.K. Relationship Counselor Sacked for Refusing to Give Homosexual Sex Advice by LifeSiteNews.com By Tim Waggoner BRISTOL, U.K., October 27, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Gary McFarlane, a psychosexual therapist for the relationships counseling service Relate in the U.K., says he was fired for refusing to offer to give sex advice to homosexual couples. According to the Daily Mail, the father of two claims that Relate failed to accommodate his personal faith. He is now taking his case to the employment tribunal, alleging he has been discriminated against because of his religious beliefs. McFarlane began training as a counselor with Relate in […]
Pro-Obama “Catholic” Jurist Douglas Kmiec Now Abandons Church Teaching on Homosexual Unions by LifeSiteNews.com By Matthew Cullinan Hoffman ALEXANDRIA, VIRGINIA, May 28, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Douglas Kmiec, a prominent Catholic law professor and Obama supporter, is now proposing that legal marriage be abolished to avoid conflict with the homosexual movement. He has also said that homosexual unions should be “accommodated.” In a recent interview with Cybercast News Service, Kmiec suggested abolishing marriage, saying that “as awkward as it may be, I think the way to untie the state from this problem is to create a new terminology that would apply […]
Study: Cohabitation Linked to Exponential Increase in Relationship Failure Risk by LifeSiteNews.com By Thaddeus M. Baklinski ANN ARBOR, Michigan, March 4, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Another new study has added to the compelling evidence that cohabitation before marriage significantly increases relationship instability. Dr. Pamela J. Smock, a research professor at the Population Studies Center at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, has published a study in the Journal of Marriage and Family of data gathered on cohabitation in the United States and the implications of cohabitation on relationship stability. “From the perspective of many young adults, marrying without living together […]
European Commission Threatens Charitable Status of Catholic Hospitals and Schools by LifeSiteNews.com By Hilary White ROME, August 29, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The European Union has threatened to open a formal investigation following complaints about the charitable tax status of schools and hospitals owned by the Catholic Church in Italy. The European Commission is questioning a 2006 law that exempts Church property form real-estate taxes, saying the benefits may by breaking EU regulations on state subsidies. The Commission confirmed that the process was begun following complaints made by “third parties.” The Catholic Church is the world’s single largest and oldest charitable […]
Cohabitation and Children Outside Marriage Linked to Higher Probability of Breakups: Aussie Study by LifeSiteNews.com By Hilary White June 23, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Second marriages are more than 90% more likely to break up than first marriages, according to a new study by Australian researchers. The researchers also found that cohabiting, having children before marrying, and an imbalance between partners in the desire for children are all correlated with marital breakup. “The overwhelming bulk of research on cohabitation and marital instability finds that cohabitation before marriage is linked to a greater probability that the marriage will fail,” said the researchers. […]
Cohabitation Ends in Separation 90% of the Time by LifeSiteNews.com By Hilary White NEW YORK, July 21, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A study published by the journal, Demography, has shown that cohabitation is not the road to happy marriage, or even to a happy relationship, but rather ends in separation 90 percent of the time. The study’s lead researcher, Daniel Lichter a professor of policy analysis at Cornell University said, “The common view of cohabitation as a steppingstone to marriage needs to be seriously questioned.” “Instead, serial cohabitation may be an emerging norm as cohabiting unions form and break up. If […]
Often, when we hear about Alzheimer’s disease, we hear of “the loss of dignity” or that our loved one “isn’t really there anymore.” I reject that characterization.
There are now nine lawsuits, including one brought by Priests for Life, which have been filed in federal district courts around the country challenging the Obama administration’s HHS mandate that requires employers to provide coverage for activities that many of them believe people should not do. There is value to having multiple lawsuits, because, having been introduced in different judicial jurisdictions around the country, some may be victorious and others not, hence setting up a federal conflict that the Supreme Court is more likely to address. There are similarities and differences in the legal arguments of the nine lawsuits. First […]
During the predawn hours of April 20, Western Kentucky University student Elaina Smith desecrated a display that had been erected by pro-life group Hilltoppers for Life by draping condoms over each of the 3,700 crosses that had been constructed to memorialize the number of children killed each day by abortion in the U.S. Hilltoppers had received permission from the university for their display. But when members of the group called campus police to stop Smith, they came but stood by, claiming they “couldn’t do anything because the condoms aren’t actually vandalization.” Smith said the condoms were part of an art […]
Sebelius admitted she had not reviewed the case law on religious liberty before issuing the mandate and was not familiar with key Supreme Court rulings on the issue.
The real war against women has nothing to do with the morning-after pill or insurance coverage. This war transcends the debate between pro-life and pro-choice.
Saying babies only became human at birth "made sense when leeches and bloodletting were standard medical practices, but does it make medical sense in the 21st century?” Tory MP Stephen Woodworth asked Parliament.
Gibbons was arrested, and has been held in prison since, last December 16, when she appeared on the sidewalk outside the Morgentaler "Clinic" abortion site on Hillsdale Avenue in Toronto
Smashing windows was a “small act of vengeance” to “strike some fear into the hearts” of Christians, the group that vandalized Mars Hill Church claims.
Dr. Bryne has produced a new 29-page booklet produced by his Life Guardian Foundation to assist the public in making crucially needed informed decisions about organ donation.
While some observers of the Obama/Notre Dame scandal immediately took it as a sign of Obama's revolutionary attitude towards the Catholic Church, for others, this fact took a little longer to discover.
“Dissenters” put forth ideas suggesting that it is acceptable, and indeed “Catholic,” to disagree with fundamental Church teachings on moral and theological issues such as abortion, birth control, homosexuality, and women’s ordination.
"The pro-life movement started to be just a little cloud on the horizon and now it's getting bigger and bigger and bigger like a huge storm cloud. It's getting bigger all the time. We have to stop these pro-life people," Trudeau would say in caucus.
The British Columbia group Culture Guard alleges that the Vancouver School Board's use of the term "homophobia" is offensive and discriminates against certain groups' beliefs and values.
The bishop has come under attack from homosexual groups for a sermon in which he compared the misery of those who are living the homosexual lifestyle to hell.
The media are claiming that the Wildrose party lost because of its candidates' pro-life views, but polling suggests Danielle Smith seriously alienated her natural base of so-con voters by publicly rejecting pro-life and pro-family views in early April.
Now is the time to register for our 15th anniversary Gala. For those that cannot attend, our online portion of the silent auction will end Thursday, April 26th at midnight.
I was a member of several infertility practices since joining the field in 1995. In 2008 I was increasingly concerned about the kind of procedures we were doing. Initially it was the demands of same-sex couples.
The abortion group slammed the measure for preventing “loving” relatives other than a girl’s parents, or a “member of the clergy,” from helping girls get interstate abortions.
It would also force any public venue to allow people to use showers, restrooms, and locker-rooms based on their “gender identity,” rather than their “sex at birth.”
American Christians, who understand the incomprehensible scandal and moral horror of sex trafficking must recognize that this is an issue of high moral priority.
However, a pro-life student group has pointed out that there has been no apology to the pro-life students, and the student responsible has apparently not been disciplined.
The last rallies drew over 63,000 Americans in 146 cities. Organizers are urging new Rally Captains to step forward and help organize a rally in their cities.
New Findings Cast Increasing Doubt on Terri Schiavo’s Death by LifeSiteNews.com Commentary by Bobby Schindler, brother of Terri Schiavo February 19, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – During my family’s battle to save my sister Terri Schiavo from death by dehydration, a tremendous amount of debate raged over whether or not she was in what the medical profession refers to as a persistent vegetative state (PVS). Indeed, the PVS diagnosis was used as one of the deciding factors in whether my sister should live or die. It was the core catalyst in the court ordering the removal of Terri’s food and water. When […]
The steady stream of legislation strengthening protections for unborn children and draining funds from the abortion industry has continued in recent weeks.
CBS journalist exposed the stark truth about homosexuality, speaking openly of well-established facts that have since been consigned to the memory hole of political correctness.
Like all magic, the viability standard is a mere trick, a rhetorical sleight-of-hand directing the audience’s attention away from the truly relevant facts.
Barbara Lyons of Wisconsin Right to Life said that the law will “result in another decline in Wisconsin abortions which is great news for mothers and babies.”
For many of the baby boomer generation Colson will primarily be remembered for his role in the Watergate scandal, but for Evangelicals he will be remembered for his conversion to Christianity and stalwart defense of the culture of life.
French President Calls for Educational ‘Renaissance’: “Religion Should Not Be Left at the School Room Door.” by LifeSiteNews.com By Meg Jalsevac PARIS, September 5, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Newly elected French President Nicholas Sarkozy did not shy away from tackling controversial issues in his campaign and he has, once again, engaged a politically hot topic in a nation previously renowned for its secularism. In a letter written by Sarkozy and publicized yesterday, he addressed the teachers of France, calling on them to take part in a “renaissance” and to reflect on the huge responsibility placed in their hands – the responsibility […]
Obama Promises “Change” for America One Homosexual Adoption at a Time by LifeSiteNews.com By Peter J. Smith WASHINGTON, D.C., August 7, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Barack Obama has once again reaffirmed his support for homosexual adoptions and his intentions to repeal federal regulations protecting the traditional family built on marriage. The Illinois Senator sent a letter outlining his position to Jennifer Chrisler, Executive Director of the Family Equality Council, after the homosexual lobby group demanded his response to Republican presidential contender John McCain’s statement to the New York Times three weeks ago: “I don’t believe in gay adoption.” (https://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2008/jul/08071408.html) The letter […]
Pope Rules Patients in Permanent Vegetative State May Not be Denied Artificial Nutrition and Hydration by LifeSiteNews.com By John-Henry Westen VATICAN CITY, September 14, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – In most hospitals in North America, families of patients in permanent vegetative state are asked if they wish their family member to have their artificial feeding tube removed. According to a definitive ruling by the Vatican made public today, the withdrawal of artificial nutrition and hydration from such patients is immoral. The ruling from the Vatican’s Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith was made in response to certain questions raised by the […]
Kissinger on Obama: “The Reception of Him is So Extraordinary Around The World … a New World Order by LifeSiteNews.com By John-Henry Westen WASHINGTON, DC, January 7, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – In a interview with CNBC Monday, former US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger said that President-Elect Barack Obama’s most important, or defining task would be the creation of “a new world order.” “The president-elect is coming into office at a moment when there is upheaval in many parts of the world simultaneously,” said Kissinger. “You have India, Pakistan; you have the jihadist movement. So he can’t really say there is […]
Unborn Child Saved by 12-Year-Old’s Popular Pro-Life Presentation by LifeSiteNews.com By Kathleen Gilbert TORONTO, February 18, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Though 12-year-old Lia’s popular pro-life presentation did not win a regional speech competition last night, she and her family are celebrating what they call the “best trophy ever” – the saving of an unborn life, after Lia’s words convinced a stranger not to abort her child. A video of Lia’s 5-minute speech, in which the sprightly and articulate 7th-grader gives a point-by-point argument against abortion, has attracted over 200,000 views on Youtube and a flurry of comments, in addition to increasing […]
Leftist activists speak a lot about the need to achieve “common ground” with their ideological foes. In the abortion debate abortion proponents will often say that they want to make abortion “safe, legal, and rare,” and will point out that even if we can’t all agree on the “legal” part, then we can at least agree on “rare.” Maybe we can’t agree on the ultimate legality of abortion, but at least we can work to “reduce the need” for it, they say. It all sounds good in theory: until the rubber hits the road, and pro-abortion activists launch an all-out […]
Abortion clinic operators in states without parental involvement laws routinely advertise in neighboring states where clinics must obtain parental consent.
“The Constitution of the United States guarantees every religious institution" the inalienable right to practice its own beliefs, "not just freedom of worship,” they say.
Williams revealed for the first time in her new book that she was molested before she entered fifth grade, and that she had an abortion before she left high school.
The situation in Birmingham is urgent. If this dangerous clinic is allowed to continue operations, there can be no doubt that women will die along with their innocent babies.
Cord Blood Stem Cells Significantly Improved Cerebral Palsy Symptoms Claim Parents by LifeSiteNews.com By Hilary White LONDON, November 10, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The condition of a 3-year–old child with cerebral palsy in the UK has been significantly improved after treatment with stem cells derived from umbilical cord blood, stored when he was born, the Daily Mail reported Monday. Sasha Browne is thought to be the first British child to be injected with cord blood cells and her parents are reporting that her condition has significantly improved. Tania and Richard Browne told media that the treatment their daughter received at an […]
"We want to make it clear that this mandate is a concern not only for Catholics. It is an attack on freedom of religion,” said Lutheran pastor Peter Cage of Fort Wayne.
Dr. Michael Davidson said the system overrules even the wishes of patients, telling them, in effect, that they must remain in the homosexual lifestyle, whether they want to or not.
“Girls are fighting for their lives before they're even born,” said Sabrina Atwal, project director for the Indo-Canadian Women's Association in Edmonton.
“We call upon the Government of Ukraine to make legal reforms that both guarantee the right to life of the pre-born human being and make abortion illegal,” the statement said.
By Patriarch Sviatoslav Shevchuk L’VIV – BRIUKHOVYCHI, Ukraine, April 19, 2012 (www.saskprolife.com) – Dear faithful of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church and the Ukrainian Roman Catholic Church, faithful beloved in Christ of other Christian Churches and Christian communities; to all people of good will who are not indifferent to the dignity of the human person and the future of Ukraine and her people. We address you concerning a very serious matter relating to threats to the life of the pre-born human being. Each human being is the fruit of God’s love and the bearer of God’s image and likeness. (Genesis […]
“This decision is an action outside of the competence of the Tribunal," aid Raymond de Souza, regional coordinator for Portuguese-speaking nations at Human Life International (HLI).
LISBON, Portugal, April 13, 2012 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Personhood USA is partnering with Human Life International and LifeSiteNews.com to co-host the Global Pro-life Unity Summit. The event will take place on May 4th and 5th in Lisbon, Portugal and will feature representatives from countries around the world including Portugal, the United States, the Dominican Republic, Hungary, Mexico, Romania, and Ireland. Pro-life advocates in Portugal are in the midst of a national personhood petition. The Pro Referendo Vida campaign has collected half of the 75,000 signatures needed to convene a national referendum and add a pro-life amendment to the Constitution recognizing the […]
The document noted that the nuns are "silent on the right to life from conception to natural death" and depart from Catholic teaching on other key issues.
Australian Authorities Permit Publication of Nude Photo of 13 Year-Old Girl by LifeSiteNews.com By Tim Waggoner CANBERRA, Australia, June 5, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Australian officials have cleared for publication an uncensored nude photograph of a 13 year-old girl and have issued it a PG rating. The Australian Classifiers Board found that the “image of breast nudityâEUR¦creates a viewing impact that is mild and justified by contextâEUR¦and is not sexualised to any degree”. The decision has outraged anti-child-pornography activist Gregory Carlin. “Material which is child pornography in Britain, is now considered child friendly viewing in Australia,” Carlin, a U. K. campaigner […]
"I was probably more the image of the proverbial modern day man who sees marriage as the old ball-and-chain," Andrea Nutt Falce, who donated a painting to LifeSiteNews' 15th annual gala, said.
Pro-life experts say that while technically there are fewer bills, the tide is still so high that the pro-abortion lobby has very little room to celebrate.
Another homosexual accepted for parish council seat in Austria. Catholic former Tory MP blasts Cameron plan on ‘gay marriage.’ Australian Labour Party forms pro-life caucus.
America's bishops have done the Church proud in their valiant defence of the Church, but as a pro-life activist I wonder at their contention that religious freedom is "our first, most cherished liberty."
Dr. Freeman offered advice on how to abort babies up to 29 weeks simply using the drug misprostol, and even advised women to purchase the drugs on the black market.
Though often used to condemn unjust attacks against homosexuals, the charge of “homophobia” has long been levied against the Christian belief that homosexual acts are contrary to God’s plan for human sexuality.
When Toronto mayor Rob Ford skipped Toronto’s Gay Pride Parade last June, he was excoriated by the event’s organizers and the city’s media elites, humiliated by marchers bearing his effigy, and denounced by speakers. Nice way to make someone feel welcome, eh? Yet here they are inviting him back again for the 2012 parade. And like last year he’s waffling, at least publicly. Last year, Ford dissociated himself from the 10-day long festivities by not attending any of the events, and he skipped the parade itself by offering the excuse of a long-held family tradition of spending Canada Day weekend […]
A guest writer for the New York Times has described her daydreams about the infant daughter she aborted, but says that she is thankful she has been spared the “agonizing sadness of guilt and regret” suffered by countless other post-abortive mothers, and that she doesn’t grieve the child lost to abortion. Susan Heath of New York described her gratitude for the ease of obtaining her own abortion at Planned Parenthood years ago when, after bringing four children into the world, her contraception failed. “I’m pregnant but I’m not trapped. All I had to do was call the clinic and make […]
The “pastoral life coordinator” at one parish wrote that “inclusion and welcome” are one of the parish’s “highest values,” and therefore they would not collect signatures.
On the Pope's 85th birthday, the man who worked with Georg Ratzinger on My Brother, The Pope says their home life prepared them to defend the Church's hard teachings.
Today, April 16, 2012 marks the 85th birthday of Pope Benedict XVI. Vatican Radio notes that best wishes for the Holy Father can be sent to him here: [email protected] Here’s my brief note to him: Dear Holy Father, Please accept our heartfelt wishes for a blessed birthday form myself, my wife and eight children in Canada. We pray for you every day at the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass. We pray that Our Lady continues to protect and guide you in all things. It is such a joy for us to have you as an example to look to, as […]
Canadian Catholics Ask Bishops to Retract Winnipeg Statement – Recommit to Humanae Vitae by LifeSiteNews.com By John-Henry Westen OTTAWA, March 18, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – As the 40th anniversary of the publication of Pope Paul VI’s July 25, 1968 encyclical Humanae Vitae approaches, a group of Catholics is challenging Canada’s Catholic bishops to revisit their official position on the document as it pertains to contraception. The encyclical, which wrote of the Church’s prohibition on contraception, predicting accurately that it would lead to treatment of women as objects of use, was at the time rejected by many within the Catholic Church. In […]
The Catholic priest gave up two spots on a lifeboat in favour of offering spiritual aid to the other victims as they all went down with the 'unsinkable' vessel.
A recording of the 911 call placed by the abortionist last month revealed that a woman was unconscious and suffering seizures that could not be controlled.
My apologies to the many good folks who don't share Smith's pro-abortion, pro-same sex "marriage" views, but are working their hearts out through the new party to try to replace the oppressive PC government.
I love it. It’s been an theme around here recently. We’ve observed how those who have their 1 or 2 children, so as to heroically prevent over-population and excessive pollution, so as to enable mom to get out of the house, and so as to enable both mom and dad to get to Barbados each year, fall back on families like mine that (a) pollute, (b) have a mom who ‘just’ stays at home, and (c) have never been and perhaps will never be south of winter (i.e. Barbados or anywhere close to it). Their bored, neglected, and yet wealthy, […]
The lowering of moral standards, an increasing division between the sexes, rampant objectification of women - these are just some of Pope Paul VI's predictions.
"For the first time the campaign had a debt, the debt was from my perspective a little bit more substantial than I was comfortable with," Santorum said.
Former presidential candidate Gary Bauer, Tony Perkins and Dr. Richard say that if Mitt Romney wants to unite the party around him, here's what he needs to do.
One pro-abortion commenter on the campaign's Facebook page threatened to mutilate, rape, kill, and then cannibalize the young woman behind the campaign.
While liberal groups are claiming the drop is thanks to increased use of contraception, abstinence proponents say that the evidence points to the impact of abstinence education.
I wrote in December 2011 about Planned Parenthood Ann Arbor deathscort Bernie Klein, well known to Michigan pro-lifers as your basic jerk. But on September 30, Klein went too far and was charged with assaulting a sidewalk counselor. Click “like” if you are pro-life! After pleading down to the misdemeanor charge of “jostling,” Klein was convicted two weeks ago and slapped with a $250 fine. Meanwhile, Klein continues to menace pro-lifers. This video was shot on February 25, 2012, after the assault and battery charges were filed and before Klein was convicted. If nothing else the man lacks common sense […]
The planet's most popular porn site has three times the page views as CNN.com and the world's top 500 web destinations is riddled with dozens of porn sites.
Pope Read Austrian Bishop “The Riot Act” Says Esteemed Vatican Reporter by LifeSiteNews.com By John-Henry Westen ROME, November 18, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Sandro Magister, a keen Vatican reporter has noted the contrasts in how Pope Benedict XVI has addressed various bishops.Ã In his latest piece Magister points out that while the Pope praised Italian bishops for their leading role in assuring Italy retained the most restrictive legislation dealing with selection and elimination of human embryos,Ã he “read the riot act” to the bishops of Austria, many of whom are known for liberalism. Magister quotes the Pope as telling the Austrian […]
Relations between Catholic bloggers and Church officials have at times been quite strained as the new media has developed in the last couple years. Some prelates, clergy, and chancery officials have expressed strong reservations about the Catholic blogosphere, with some even speaking quite derogatorily. Church leaders have been angered by the penchant of many bloggers to call them out on their failures to expound and defend controversial Catholic teachings on moral issues like contraception, homosexuality, and abortion. The difficulties got to the point that last year the Vatican convened a special conference for bloggers to try to build bridges and […]
"An unjust law cannot be obeyed. In the face of an unjust law, an accommodation is not to be sought, especially by resorting to equivocal words and deceptive practices," say the bishops.
Blasphemous Art Works Remain at Vienna Cathedral Gallery by LifeSiteNews.com By Hilary White VIENNA, Austria, May 6, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A Christian group in Vienna is asking for a renewal of protests against the display of a series of paintings in an art gallery attached to the Catholic cathedral that they say are blasphemous. In spite of thousands of protest letters and e-mails, the director of the Vienna’s Dommuseum, still refuses to remove artworks by Alfred Hrdlicka that depict Christ and his Apostles as homosexuals engaged in a homosexual orgy at the Last Supper. The Catholic group, the Austrian Society […]
Vienna Cardinal Awards Papal Knighthood to Notorious Pro-Abortion Austrian Politician by LifeSiteNews.com By John-Henry Westen VIENNA, July 11, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – On June 25, Vienna Archbishop Cardinal Christoph Schönborn awarded Vienna Deputy Mayor Renate Brauner the Pontifical Order of St. Gregory the Great, one of the highest honors conferred by the Catholic Church. While the US Bishops Conference has agreed not to confer honors on supporters of abortion, European bishops have not yet addressed the issue. In their 2004 document, Catholics in Political Life, the US Bishops’ Conference states: “The Catholic community and Catholic institutions should not honour those who […]
Pope to Bishops: Don’t Water Down Church Teachings by LifeSiteNews.com By John-Henry Westen VATICAN CITY, November 8, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – In a meeting with Bishops from Austria Saturday, Pope Benedict XVI warned them against the false notion that church teachings should be watered down so as to prevent people from leaving the Church.ÔAt times, those who direct this mission fear that people may move away if they are spoken to clearly,” he said.ÔHowever,” added the Pope, “experience has generally shown that the opposite happens. … Catholic teaching presented incompletely is self- contradictory and cannot be fruitful in the long term.” […]
Pope’s Special Investigator Closes Austrian Seminary Embroiled in Homosexual Photo Scandal by LifeSiteNews.com VIENNA, August 12, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) – 50 miles west of the Austrian capital, Bishop Klaus Kueng is wrapping up his investigation of the seminary that has been a center of heated controversy since mid-July. On July 12, the Austrian news service Profil published a series of lurid photographs and a report of homosexual activity at Sankt Poelten seminary, involving both seminarians and staff. The Austrian bishops conference took prompt action and ordered an internal investigation. Seminary rector Ulrich Kuechl and vice-rector Wolfgang Rothe have stepped down while […]
The UN treaty body system may be on the verge of collapse. Pakistan stated: “State parties need the treaty bodies to be accountable, reliable and predictable...”
Coming only a few days after Easter, the resignation of Father Gerhard Swierzek has been hailed by homosexualist activists in the Catholic Church as a victory.
Constable's article however, does not appear to adequately confront recent research indicating many patients have been misdiagnosed as PVS and have had functioning, fully conscious brains.
A federal judge in San Francisco has called federal law defining marriage as between a man and a woman discriminatory for preventing partner benefits from going to a federal employee's homosexual partner.
With the comments uttered on Holy Thursday, I could not help but be reminded of Judas and his mysterious betrayal of Christ that night, sealed with a kiss.
You can fool some of the people some of the time, and some of the people all the time, but not all of the people every time. (That's my different version of the usual saying.)
The loneliness - the bare truth of life in a country where brothers and sisters are illegal - wells up from the faces in Li’s paintings like a deep, suppressed groan.
"Some say that 'imitation is the sincerest form of flattery,' but when that imitation is being used to promote the killing of innocent children, we are anything but flattered," said Bereit.
"They ruled that graphic signs in the public square are free speech under the First Amendment, and anywhere we go on the public square that is to be protected," said Rev. Rusty Lee Thomas of Operation Save America.
Mareza Landeros says that last-minute words of blessing from a sidewalk counselor outside a Wisconsin abortion clinic led to a dramatic scene after she stepped inside to abort her baby at ten weeks' gestation.
A source within the Santorum campaign told LifeSiteNews.com that the candidate called his staff at about 1:45 pm EST to say he was leaving the campaign for personal reasons.
"Why was it necessary to utilise the Official Information Act to obtain important information concerning the health of women that should be freely available in the public domain?" asks Right to Life NZ.
A lone life-size cross was the only sign among 3,200 pro-lifers who gathered on Good Friday as a powerful statement against the brand new mega-Planned Parenthood in St. Paul.
Martin Sheen Stars in Ad Opposing Assisted Suicide in Washington State by LifeSiteNews.com By Hilary White September 30, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Veteran Hollywood actor and leftist political activist Martin Sheen has produced a radio spot opposing assisted suicide legislation in Washington State. I-1000, a ballot initiative set for the November elections, proposes to allow doctors to prescribe lethal doses of drugs to patients who request them. Sheen said in his radio spot for “No I-1000” campaign, “It’s a step backwards and I urge you to vote no.” He called it a “dangerous idea that could hurt thousands of low-income people […]
The cardinal has a long history of ambivalence on the issues in the group's manifesto, and has been at the centre of several scandals in which he has appeared to support the aims of the homosexualist movement in the Church.
Foreigner Saved from Being Starved and Dehydrated to Death in American Hospital by LifeSiteNews.com By Matthew Cullinan Hoffman FORT WORTH, TEXAS, May 22, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A Peruvian man whose American doctors reportedly sought to starve and dehydrate him to death was spared Wednesday after the family alerted the Peruvian media and a pro-life Texas attorney intervened in the case. According to Peruvian media reports, Jesus Sanchez, 56, had been in a coma for over five months in John Peter Smith Hospital in Fort Worth, Texas, after suffering a heart attack after a soccer game. After the hospital’s board of […]
Piñera stated in the declaration "A new, unique, unrepeatable person, distinct from its parents is also involved, whose life must be defended with greater force, precisely because of its state of complete innocence and defenselessness."
The university has long been at odds with the Archdiocese of Lima and the Vatican itself with pro-abortion, homosexualist ideologies espoused by large numbers of its professors and affiliated institutions.
The pope's remarks were in response to a group of Austrian priests who last year issued a public letter calling on their fellow clergy to disobey Catholic teaching in key areas.
Ontario students with same-sex attractions have a legal right to a tax-funded education that is either secular or Catholic, but not the right to insist that Catholic schools be secular.
“In the Marc Hall case, Catholic schools didn’t have the right to regulate school dances. Well, we say they don’t have the right to regulate school clubs either,” says the coalition's lawyer.
In the midst of the controversy over the Obama administration mandate, one university has decided to put its health care plan in line with Catholic teaching.
Premier Redford opposed conscience rights out of a need for "diversity," but a former Alberta Tory politician says a true respect for diversity would not shut down opposing moral views.
“Why should someone who doesn’t even respect the most basic Right to Life be honored at a Catholic university?” asked John Ritchie, director of TFP Student Action.
“I chose both of my children, and taking that choice away only cheapens the risks, the pain, the enormity of motherhood," said Heather Hall against Oklahoma's personhood effort.
The comments "amount to a declaration of war against the Catholic Church and all people who support traditional moral values," say Campaign Life Catholics.
The prelate says that while he had planned to support the priest, at a lunch meeting with the man, he understood “why the parish gave him the most votes, because he is really impressive.”
Vote tally on Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 House: 219 aye (all D) , 212 no (178 R, 34 D) Senate: 56 aye (all D) , 43 no (40 R, 3 D) Vote tally on Partial Birth Abortion Ban Act of 2003 House: 281 aye (63 D, 218 R), 142 (137 D, 4 R, 1 I) Senate: 64 aye (17 D, 47 R), 34 no (30 D, 3 R, 1 I) In an April 2 press conference, responding to a question on Obamacare, President Obama admonished the U.S. Supreme Court not to take the “unprecedented and extraordinary […]
The next few months will be decisive as the European Court of Human Rights is called to adjudicate the existence of a "right to eugenic abortion," says a human rights group.
There can be absolutely no discrimination, the university insists, even if that means that Christian organizations are no longer actually Christian. In reality, that is the aim.
Also campaigning for congressional investigation into funding and activities of pro-abortion groups supported by foreign foundations with population control agenda
Should there be disagreement over tactics -- apart from gravely harmful approaches -- concerns should be passed along privately without public detraction, they said.
Yesterday’s report on Cardinal Dolan’s interview with the Wall Street Journal is historic and well worth cheering about. If you understand the culture wars, this is very big news. There are many pro-life, pro-family leaders who have been suffering for decades while waiting, working and praying for this to finally start happening – because it has to happen. Our catastrophic social/moral decline cannot be halted until our religious, especially Christian, leaders abandon their fears and negligence, clean house within and do their job, no matter how much they suffer for it. There is no other way. They have to imitate […]
"Only suspected terrorists, paedophiles or serious criminals will be investigated,” said Home Secretary Theresa May about the proposed surveillance system.
"My religion's highest standard is conscience. Nothing can get between your conscience and God, not even the Church," Sheen said about his support for gay "marriage."
Campaign Life Coalition (CLC) says sponsors are crucial to the event's success and a statement of support for the right to life from conception to natural death.
New studies suggest chemotherapy on pregnant women with breast cancer is safe for the baby, and pregnancy is also safe for women recovering from cancer.
"Ultimately, I am confident that the Supreme Court will not take what would be an unprecedented, extraordinary step of overturning a law that was passed by a strong majority of a democratically elected Congress," said Obama.
We reported last week that the Vatican gave approval to the “Rite for the Blessing of a Child in the Womb”. However, the USCCB release did not contain the wording of the blessing saying only that it would be released in a booklet in time for Mother’s Day. So here’s a sneak preview. It is the wording as it was given to the Vatican for approval: The blessing reads: “May almighty God, who has created new life now bless the child in your womb. The Lord has brought you the joy of motherhood: may he now bless you with a […]
I have received a few requests from pro-lifers like Vicki: Can you provide some clarity to the Pepsi/cells from aborted babies controversy. I cannot sort out whether this is valid or not. Yes and No Bottom line: There are no aborted embryonic or fetal cells in any of PepsiCo’s final products. But: Aborted cells are used in the development of artificial flavor enhancers by biotech company Senomyx, with which PepsiCo signed a four-year, $30 million agreement in 2010 for research and development. No Pepsi products containing Senonymx flavor enhancers should be expected until 2013. Senomyx’s disputed cell line is HEK-293, […]
Prime Minister Harper: Not Now, Not Ever Will Conservative Government Protect Unborn Children by LifeSiteNews.com By John-Henry Westen OTTAWA, September 29, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – In his strongest statements in support of unlimited abortion on demand in Canada, Prime Minister Harper today told reporters that his government would not only not open the abortion issue itself, but would prevent anyone else from raising it. Asked by a reporter if Harper could give assurances to pro-abortion groups, who are accusing the Conservatives of engineering a stealth pro-life campaign, Harper said that he could. “The answer is yes. This government will not open, […]
Video footage (tech problem fixed) of rally clearly reflects the intensity of opposition to the bill from representatives of a wide variety of ethnic and faith communities. FCP leader relates Grade 3, mass same-sex wedding ceremony.
I was surprised by this video coverage by the Guardian of Friday’s demonstration against 40 Days for Life in London. Clearly, the coverage is biased in favour of abortion, but for the Guardian to have even talked to pro-lifers and allowed them to make their points is a bit of a surprise. All the prearranged, sit-down interviews were with pro-aborts, and all the pro-lifer coverage was on the street with people at demonstrations, so yes, clearly they had tried to set it up, but I don’t think it came out as hoped. The pro-abort party line […]
According to the court, the 12-year-old victims had been engaged in prostitution for some time, and therefore were capable of giving consent to the acts in question.
The Human Rights Campaign, the top gay rights lobby, compiles a yearly list of the nation’s most “gay-friendly” companies complete with a rating system from best to worst, and here is the latest: (in pdf format) The information in this guide comes from the 2012 Corporate Equality Index, the Human Rights Campaign Foundation’s annual report card on corporate America’s treatment of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender employees. Businesses are rated on a scale from 0 to 100, based on whether or not they have policies that support LGBT employees. These include anti-discrimination protections, domestic partner benefits, diversity training and transgender-inclusive […]
Pro-life activists slammed media reporting on the event, which described the crowds as about equal, despite the fact that pro-lifers far outnumbered the counterprotesters.
I wrote last week that while President Obama’s Department of Justice decided not to appeal a court decision rejecting its Freedom of Access to Clinics Act lawsuit against Colorado pro-life activist Kenneth Scott, it was doubling down and appealing another adverse court decision in its case against Mary Susan Pine (pictured right) in Florida. Well, good news comes today from Pine’s legal representation, Liberty Counsel, with very interesting tidbits, bolded: The Department of Justice has dropped its appeal in Holder v. Pine against pro-life sidewalk counselor Mary “Susan” Pine, who is represented by Liberty Counsel. The DOJ has agreed to […]
Oklahoma Ultrasound Law Temporarily Suspended by LifeSiteNews.com By John Jalsevac OKLAHOMA CITY, Oklahoma, May 4, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Any notion that abortionists routinely give women accurate medical information about their pregnancy received a serious blow in recent months, after the release of a series of undercover videotapes by Live Action showing abortion clinic employees misleading young girls about the development of their unborn child, apparently in an effort to pressure them to go through with an abortion. Now one groundbreaking, but controversial, Oklahoman law that tackles the issue head-on by requiring abortionists to give women all the facts before they […]