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Pope To Canada: “I Know it is Possible” For You to Turn to a Culture of Life and Respect Natural Marriage

Posted on 01 November 2008

[Thursday] Pope Benedict XVI addressed Canadians as he greeted the new Canadian Ambassador to the Holy See, Anne Leahy.
 
In his address, the Holy Father noted his concern for Canada’s growing lack of respect for life and family, despite the fact…

Canadian Bishops Consider Mass Mobilization for 2009 March for Life

Posted on 09 October 2008

Some of Canada’s most outspokenly pro-life bishops are urging the Bishops of Canada to attend the March for Life en masse with representatives from each diocese.  The 2009 March for Life, to be held on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on…

Prime Minister Harper: Not Now, Not Ever Will Conservative Government Protect Unborn Children

Posted on 01 October 2008

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…

Pro-Life Apostle Still Saving Babies Behind Bars

Posted on 27 September 2008

The second part of the trial of Linda Gibbons for protesting outside a Toronto abortion center took place Tuesday at College Park Court with pro-life supporters in attendance to encourage her.  The trial took most of the day and the…

Amnesty International Rejects Criticism of its Attacks on Catholics over Homosexual ‘Rights’

Posted on 24 September 2008

Recently Amnesty International’s branch in Northern Ireland came under fire from Catholic activists and a politician from the traditional Protestant party for attacking the Catholic Church during a Gay Pride parade in Belfast this summer (see: http://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2008/sep/08091103.html).  Dr. Esmond Birnie,…

Bishop Vasa: Pro-Abortion Candidates are “Disqualified” — Clarifies “Faithful Citizenship”

Posted on 15 September 2008

During the opening day of the Catholic Leadership Conference [September 11th], Baker Oregon Bishop Robert Vasa clarified the teaching of the US Bishops Conference regarding voting in favor of pro-abortion politicians.  The question of whether Catholics may remain in good…

Sources Reveal Internal Uproar over Vatican Conference Promoting Organ Donation

Posted on 08 September 2008

(This is an exclusive report from LifeSiteNews.com.)

Organ donation is becoming ever more controversial as stories of patients declared “brain dead” who live to tell about it are reported more and more frequently.  Inside the Catholic Church the issue has been…

Biden’s Bishop Will not Permit Him, Even if Elected VP, to Speak at Catholic Schools

Posted on 28 August 2008

In an interview with Bob Krebs, the Communications Director for the Catholic Diocese of Wilmington, to which Senator Joseph Biden belongs, Krebs confirmed that Biden’s Bishop will not permit the Senator even if elected Vice President of the United States…

Vatican Cardinal: Damage to the Church from the Dissent on Paul VI Contraception Doc Continues Today

Posted on 01 August 2008

 On the 40th anniversary of the signing of Pope Paul VI’s encyclical Humanae Vitae (HV), one of the highest ranking Americans in the Vatican has written an eye-opening and deeply personal retrospective on the world-shaking events which took place in…

Obama Worse than Clintons on Abortion Says National Right to Life Leader: Interview

Posted on 25 July 2008

LifeSiteNews.com sat down with Brian Johnston, Western Director for the National Right to Life Committee for an interview yesterday, in which Johnston stressed that current Democratic Presidential candidate Barak Hussein Obama is even more radical on abortion than Hillary Clinton…

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