40 Days For Life Campaign Goes Global
WASHINGTON, DC (LifeSiteNews.com) – Communities in Australia and Northern Ireland will join with well over 100 cities in the United States and Canada that are hosting 40 Days for Life events from February 25 to April 5, 2009.
The 40 Days for Life Campaign was started in 2004 by a pro-life group in Texas. Over the [...]
Pro-Life Workers Arrested in Birmingham, It’s a Sad Day for Human and Civil Rights
By Randy Sly
2/13/2009
WASHINGTON (Catholic Online) – At 7:00 am Friday morning Kortney Blythe was just being released after spending 14 hours in the Birmingham, Alabama city jail. Blythe, along with eight other members of Survivors Campus Life Tour, was arrested for reportedly trespassing while handing out pro-life literature near Parker High School.
She was one of [...]
Italian PM Accuses President of Complicity in Eluana Killing
By Hilary White
2/11/2009
ROME (LifeSiteNews.com) – Silvio Berlusconi, Italy’s Prime Minister, who was spearheading an effort to save the life of Eluana Englaro with emergency legislation when news of her death came, has indirectly accused Italian President Giorgio Napolitano of complicity with murder for the latter’s refusal to sign an emergency measure on Friday that might [...]
Italy’s ‘Terri Schiavo’, Eluana Englaro, Dies Suddenly
By Matthew Cullinan Hofman
2/10/2009
ROME (LifeSiteNews.com) – Eluana Englaro, Italy’s “Terri Schiavo,” has died only four days after doctors began a “gradual” reduction in her food and water intake with the intent to cause her death.
The announcement was made by Italy’s Health Minister on the floor of the Italian Senate, which was debating a bill that [...]
Italian Government to Stop the Killing of Eluana Englaro?
By Hilary White
2/6/2009
UDINE, Italy (LifeSiteNews.com) – Today, the Italian government announced it has made ready a draft emergency measure that would prohibit the removal of food and hydration from vulnerable patients. As of this writing, the measure, though drafted and ready, has not yet been formally adopted, the final decision being that of Prime Minister [...]
March for Life – It’s a New Day
By Randly Sly
1/23/2009
WASHINGTON (Catholic Online) – As thousands of pro-life citizens gathered Thursday on the National Mall for the March for Life, chain link fences, signs and porta-johns were still present as a reminder of an inaugural held there just two days ago. The inauguration of our 44th President and the convening of our 36th [...]
Commentary: The March for Life and Christian Unity Week
22 January 2009
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Loading ...By Deacon Keith Fournier
1/22/2009
CHESAPEAKE, Va. (Catholic Online) – On January 22, 2009 thousands will gather in Washington, D.C. to give their voice to our neighbors in the first home of the whole human race. These are the children who await their welcome among us upon birth. These littlest neighbors need our voice because theirs is [...]
National Prayer Vigil for Life at National Shrine
WASHINGTON (USCCB, Media Relations) — Thousands of Catholics will gather in the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception to pray for an end to abortion at the National Prayer Vigil for Life Opening Mass at 7 p.m. on January 21, the eve of the 36th anniversary of Roe v. Wade, the 1973 [...]
Bishop Vasa: Those who profess to love God, but back abortion, are liars
By Bishop Robert Vasa
1/16/2009
BEND, OR (Catholic Sentinel) — The Mass readings for the week between Epiphany and the Baptism of the Lord are taken from the First Letter of St. John. These readings are not always used for it often happens, depending upon the day on which Christmas falls, that the season of ordinary time [...]
Interview: Pro-Life Hero Joe Scheidler
CHICAGO (LifeSiteNews) – This is the first of a short series of LifeSiteNews.com articles in which we ask major leaders in the pro-life movement their impressions of the current status of the movement, where we’re headed and the best response to the Obama administration. The first to comment in the series is one of the [...]