Italian Man Goes to Prison for Euthanizing His 91-year-old Mother
Posted Thursday, June 30, 2011 in Social Issues
by Matthew Cullinan Hoffman NOVARA, Italy, June 30, 2011 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A 68-year-old man from the town of Novara who suffocated his 91-year-old mother to death has been sentenced to 14 years in prison by a local judge. Angelo Massobra says he ki…
ObamaCare Wins First Appeals Court Victory
Posted Thursday, June 30, 2011 in Social Issues
by Peter J. Smith ANN ARBOR, Michigan, June 30, 2011(LifeSiteNews.com) – A panel of federal appeals court judges voted Wednesday to uphold the constitutionality of the new national health care reform signed into law by President Barack Obama. A panel…
Planned Parenthood Cites ‘patient-friendly Hours’ to Defend Indiana Medicaid Claims
Posted Thursday, June 30, 2011 in Social Issues
by Kathleen Gilbert INDIANAPOLIS, June 30, 2011 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Undercover investigators who gave the lie to Planned Parenthood’s inflated claims of being a vital Medicaid provider in Indiana have ridiculed the abortion giant’s defensi…
Iowa OKs Abortion Funding Limits, Ultrasound for Women
Posted Thursday, June 30, 2011 in Abortion, Social Issues
Republicans and Democrats in the state House in legislature have agreed to a compromise that secures limits on taxpayer funding of abortions in the state and allows women a chance to see an ultrasound before an abortion. A battle over whether taxpayers…
Senate Cancels July 4 Recess to Work on Debt Ceiling
Posted Thursday, June 30, 2011 in Top Religion News
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid announced this morning that the Senate will stay in session next week to work on raising the nation’s debt limit and forgo its usual July 4th recess. The announcement came a day after President Obama accused Congress o…
RI Passes Gay Civil Unions: Bishop Says, ‘God Will … Pass Judgment Upon Our State’
Posted Thursday, June 30, 2011 in Social Issues
by Christine Dhanagom PROVIDENCE, June 30, 2011 (LifeSiteNews.com) – “Can there be any doubt that Almighty God will, in His own time and way, pass judgment upon our state, its leaders and citizens, for abandoning His commands and embracing public i…
Temporary Crypt for Venezuelan Ex-president (AP)
Posted Thursday, June 30, 2011 in Top Religion News
AP – Family members sang the Venezuelan national anthem and joined in prayer as the remains of former Venezuelan President Carlos Andres Perez were temporarily entombed Thursday in a U.S. crypt, while a fight continues over his permanent resting place.
North Carolina Bishop Pledges Personal Support for Abortion Veto Override
Posted Thursday, June 30, 2011 in Social Issues
by Peter J. Smith CHARLOTTE, North Carolina, June 30, 2011 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Catholic bishop of Charlotte has pledged to work – and pray – for two more legislators to override Gov. Beverly Perdue’s veto of a pro-life law. Bishop Peter J. Jug…
San Diego Parish Priest Says Furor Over Funeral for Gay Bar Owner Was a ‘set-up’: Report
Posted Thursday, June 30, 2011 in Social Issues
by Rebecca Millette SAN DIEGO, California, June 28, 2011 (LifeSiteNews.com) – An associate pastor at the San Diego Catholic church that cancelled a funeral Mass for the owner of a gay lounge earlier this week has reportedly said the controversy surro…
Brazilian Judge Approves First Same-sex ‘marriage’
Posted Thursday, June 30, 2011 in Social Issues
by Matthew Cullinan Hoffman SÃO PAULO, June 28, 2011 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A Brazilian judge approved the conversion of a same-sex couple’s civil union into a legally recognized “marriage” on June 27th, making it the country’s first hom…