Ultraliberal Catholic University And Vatican At an “impasse”
Posted Thursday, April 5, 2012 in Social Issues
by Matthew Hoffman, Latin America Correspondent April 5, 2012 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The administration of the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru (PUCP) has announced that it is at an “impasse” in negotiations with the Vatican over the fu…
Man with Two Hunting Knives Approaches Bible-reading Seniors, Slashes Pro-life Sign
Posted Thursday, April 5, 2012 in Social Issues
by Ben Johnson JACKSON, MISSISSIPPI, April 5, 2012, (LifeSiteNews.com) – A group of peaceful protesters who were reading the Bible in front of Mississippi’s only abortion clinic got a jolt when they were approached by a man bearing two large hu…
Walk for Life in Philippines Draws Tens of Thousands in Protest of Anti-life Bill
Posted Thursday, April 5, 2012 in Social Issues
by Christine Dhanagom MANILA, April 5, 2012 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The annual Walk for Life in the Philippines drew an estimated 30,000 to 50,000 to the nation’s capital on March 24th, with many more attending similar events in other parts of the count…
Man Accused of Trying to Set Planned Parenthood Clinic on Fire Appears in Court
Posted Thursday, April 5, 2012 in Social Issues
by Kathleen Gilbert Co-authored with John Jalsevac GRAND CHUTE, Wisconsin, April 5, 2012 (LifeSiteNews.com) – After a bottle containing incendiary chemicals combusted outside a Wisconsin Planned Parenthood Sunday evening, a local man with a history of …
Catholic University Abolishes Contraception, Sterilization Coverage: Some Faculty Protest
Posted Thursday, April 5, 2012 in Social Issues
by Christine Dhanagom CINCINATTI, Ohio, April 5, 2012 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Xavier University, a Catholic University in Cincinnati, announced Monday that it was abolishing coverage for contraception and sterilization in its health care policy, prompting…
Canadian Bishops Ask Priests to Preach More on Life And Family Especially At Easter
Posted Thursday, April 5, 2012 in Social Issues
by John-Henry Westen OTTAWA, April 5, 2012 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A new pastoral initiative released last week by the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops asks all priests in the country to preach more about abortion, euthanasia and natural family p…
Going Into Election, Alberta Premier Opposes Right of Doctors to Refuse Abortions
Posted Thursday, April 5, 2012 in Social Issues
by Patrick B. Craine CALGARY, Alberta, April 5, 2012 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Alberta Premier Alison Redford says she is “frightened” by her political rival’s support for conscience rights, arguing that doctors should be forced to commit abortions …
Pro-abortion Archbishop Tutu’s Invitation to a Catholic University ‘shameful’: Pro-life Activists
Posted Thursday, April 5, 2012 in Social Issues
by Ben Johnson SPOKANE, WASHINGTON, April 5, 2012, (LifeSiteNews.com) – Observers are asking why a Catholic university in Spokane would invite Anglican Archbishop Desmond Tutu to address its graduating class considering his decades-long record of sup…
Colombia’s Pro-abortion Court Ruling Is Based on Falsehoods, Says Government
Posted Thursday, April 5, 2012 in Social Issues
by Matthew Cullinan Hoffman Bogotá, April 5, 2012 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Colombian government has asked the nation’s Constitutional Court to nullify its recent decision against a health insurer that refused to permit an abortion to an underage…
Lack of Access to Abortion Would ‘cheapen’ Motherhood, Argues Oklahoma Anti-personhood Plaintiff
Posted Wednesday, April 4, 2012 in Social Issues
by Kathleen Gilbert OKLAHOMA CITY, April 4, 2012 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A plaintiff in a new lawsuit challenging Oklahoma’s upcoming personhood ballot initiative has said that such an amendment, by outlawing the choice to kill children in the womb,…