Breaking: Chen Guangcheng Leaves for America
Posted Saturday, May 19, 2012 in Social Issues
by Ben Johnson SHADONG PROVINCE, CHINA, May 19, 2012, (LifeSiteNews.com)—Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng boarded a U.S.-bound airplane with his wife and children Saturday morning, ending a month-long diplomatic standoff and closing years of tor…
New Brunswick March for Life Sets Highest Attendance Record Ever; 16 MLAs Take Part
Posted Friday, May 18, 2012 in Social Issues
by Thaddeus Baklinski FREDERICTON, May 18, 2012 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Organizers of the March for Life held yesterday in New Brunswick’s capital city, Fredericton, were delighted with the record crowd that came out to show their support for life a…
‘The Last Straw’: Georgetown Alum And ‘Exorcist’ Author Canonically Sues School After Sebelius Row
Posted Friday, May 18, 2012 in Social Issues
by Kathleen Gilbert WASHINGTON, May 18, 2012 (LifeSiteNews.com) – William Peter Blatty knows a thing or two about what happens when a hostile presence infiltrates Catholic bodies. Blatty, author of both novel and film versions of the horror classic …
Professor: 1,000 Years Until Japan Has No More Children
Posted Friday, May 18, 2012 in Social Issues
by Ben Johnson SENDAI, JAPAN, May 18, 2012, (LifeSiteNews.com) – Twenty years ago, Japan seemed poised to displace the United States as the world’s economic superpower. Now, it is fast approaching a nation with no future – one that an economi…
May 18, 2012: Rev. Fred Luter Jr.
Posted Friday, May 18, 2012 in Christian Opinion, Social Issues, Top Religion News
The nation’s largest Protestant denomination, the Southern Baptist Convention, is expected to elect its first African-American president at its annual meeting this June in New Orleans. His name is Fred Luter, and he says the SBC has “a heart for reaching people in difficult times.”
Maine Defunds Planned Parenthood
Posted Friday, May 18, 2012 in Social Issues
by Ben Johnson AUGUSTA, MAINE, May 18, 2012, (LifeSiteNews.com) – The state of Maine has defunded family planning services, depriving an organization affiliated with Planned Parenthood of $400,000. Governor Paul LePage, a Republican, signed a budget …
Use the Voice That Your Momma Gave Ya
Posted Friday, May 18, 2012 in Social Issues
by Alissa Golob May 18, 2012 (LifeSiteNews.com) – “I’m ‘pro-baby’ and everything, but I can arrange for you to have an abortion if you want.” If my mother was not pro-life, she would have answered the doctor a different way. If my mother …
Mitt Romney Holds Fundraiser with Manufacturer of the Morning After Pill
Posted Friday, May 18, 2012 in Social Issues
by Ben Johnson MIAMI, FLORIDA, May 17, 2012, (LifeSiteNews.com) – Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney scheduled a $50,000-a-plate fundraiser at the home of Phil Frost, the executive of the company that makes the Morning After Pill, on Wedne…
Profs At Jesuit Universities Lash Out At Bishops for Opposing HHS Mandate, Gay ‘marriage’
Posted Thursday, May 17, 2012 in Social Issues
by Kathleen Gilbert May 17, 2012 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Professors at four Jesuit-run Catholic universities have recently stepped into the media to voice their disagreement with Catholic bishops on church teachings, including on contraception and the nat…
New Chinese Study Finds Abortion Increases Risk of Breast Cancer
Posted Wednesday, May 16, 2012 in Social Issues
by Calvin Freiburger CHINA, May 16, 2012 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A new Chinese study finds a “very statistically significant” link between abortion and breast cancer, the international Coalition on Abortion/Breast Cancer announced Tuesday. Led by Ai-R…