The Latest News, Editorials, and Events

By Hilary White CHARD, Somerset UK (LifeSiteNews.com, Nov. 2, 2007)- Vincent and Pauline Matherick are the Christian couple in Somerset who chose to retire from fostering needy children rather than bow to the Somerset county council's demand that they promote the...

By Alex Schadenberg When people consider legalizing assisted suicide they usually think about those suffering from conditions so great that to cause their death seems compassionate. I, too, am moved by such stories, but we are capable of providing proper care in even...

By Lorna Dueck Church, mosque, synagogue and temple were inspiring places to be on the weekend for the millions of Canadians who attended, but you'd never know it by what's being told in the media lately. A spin cycle is under way on faith that, if continued to let...

Vatican, Oct. 29 (CWNews.com) - Catholic pharmacists should not be involved in the distribution of drugs designed to cause abortion or euthanasia, Pope Benedict XVI said on October 29. In a short talk to members of the International Federation of Catholic Pharmacists,...

By Michael Coren In an ongoing series, National Post writers are being asked a simple question: If you had the power to change a single thing about Canada, what would it be? In today's instalment, Michael Coren argues that Canada's lack of an abortion law is a...

Re: Your editorial: Reverse School Board Decision, Oct. 19. I am surprised you would express the hope that the province will force the local Catholic school board to allow this vaccine to be distributed on its premises. This would be an unjustified intrusion on the...

Seventy-two percent of Canadians polled in an Environics poll commissioned by LifeCanada/VieCanada say they would support legislation making it a separate crime to injure or kill a fetus during an attack on the mother. Among women, 75% supported the legislation. The...

TORONTO, Oct. 18, 2007 – The Catholic Civil Rights League today expressed its support for federal legislation to recognize unborn children as second victims in cases where their mothers are murdered while pregnant.   The “Unborn Victims of Violence” (C-291) act...

TORONTO, October 16, 2007 – The Catholic Civil Rights League is pleased to announce its annual general meeting will take place Thursday, November 8 at 7 pm at St. Michael’s Choir School, Toronto. Members and guests are welcome to attend Guest speaker Alex Schadenberg,...

By Karon Liu National Post The recent murder of a pregnant Toronto woman resulting in the death of her unborn child has rekindled debate on whether a fetus should be recognized as a person. Turan Cocelli, 29, was charged on Tuesday with killing his 25-year-old wife,...