Canada’s Conservative Convention Delegates Adopt Policy Protecting Pregnant Women from Violent Crime

November 19th, 2008 by Tim Waggoner

While the 2000 delegates at this weekend’s Conservative Convention in Winnipeg voted on numerous resolutions relating to the party’s future, commentators say that the passing of Resolutions P-207 and P-203 in particular indicate that social conservatism is still alive among many…

 

Homosexualists Protest against True Marriage in Over 100 Cities

November 18th, 2008 by Kathleen Gilbert

Protesters scattered across the U.S. took to the streets on Saturday, calling on the nation to dissolve the authentic definition of marriage in an effort largely organized by JointheImpact (http://www.jointheimpact.com/). The organization’s website claims that 300 cities joined in the rally,…

 

Portsmouth, UK Bishop Gently Backs Away from “Thrilled” Obama Welcome

November 18th, 2008 by Hilary White

Following a barrage of criticism from Catholics and advocates for the unborn, the Catholic bishop of Portsmouth in the U.K., Crispian Hollis, has issued a “clarification” on his warm welcome of Barack Obama as the newly elected president of the…

 

El Salvador Rejects Anti-Family, Pro-Abortion Youth Convention

November 17th, 2008 by Piero A. Tozzi

The President of El Salvador, Elias Antonio Saca, affirmed at an Ibero-American leaders’ summit late last month that his country would not sign the Ibero-American Convention on the Rights of Youth (ICRY), as it violated El Salvador’s Constitution. His decision…

 

Jamaica Parliament Views Graphic Abortion Videos While Considering Decriminalizing Abortion

November 17th, 2008 by Jonquil Frankham

Members of the Joint Select Parliamentary Committee of Jamaica squirmed with unease in their seats - some even leaving the room - while watching a video depicting various abortion procedures.The video was shown during a presentation by Dr. Doreen Brady…

 

Communication from Priest in “Deny Communion” Story

November 15th, 2008 by CE Editors

Email (forwarded to CE Editor) dated November 14th, Subject: Confusion over my teaching in Greenville

Last Sunday, 9 November 2008, I published a column in my parish bulletin which attracted the attention of the local newspaper, The Greenville News, which published a story…

 

United Nations Urges India to Legalize Sodomy

November 15th, 2008 by Matthew Cullinan Hoffman

A representative of the United Nations Organization is openly urging India to legalize sodomy in the midst of a trial over the constitutionality of its law prohibiting unnatural sexual behavior.Jeffrey O’Malley, director of the United Nation’s Development Program HIV/AIDS Group,…

 

Vatican Official Warns Catholic Charities to Guard Religious Integrity

November 14th, 2008 by Kathleen Gilbert

This week’s meeting of the United States bishops received a stern warning from the president of the Pontifical Council “Cor Unum,” that charitable institutions that are recipients of Catholic funds must not sell their souls by supporting causes that offend Catholic…

 

Bill to Help Women with Babies with Genetic Defects Passed

November 14th, 2008 by Jonquil Frankham

The Pre-natally and Post-natally Diagnosed Conditions Awareness Act (PPDCAA), which proposes to offer information and services for expectant and young mothers of handicapped children, was signed into US federal law in October.The law is an attempt to address the dramatic…

 

New Biotech Firm Will Focus on Making Vaccines not Tainted by Abortion Available to the Public

November 13th, 2008 by LifeSite News

 Sound Choice Pharmaceutical Institute (SCPI), a pro-life public educational organization encouraging safe and moral medicines and therapeutics, has given backing to a new biotech firm which will be providing vaccines to the public which have not been tainted by abortion.
 
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