Archive for August 23, 2004
New poll: Americans prefer funding stem-cell research that does not destroy embryos
Despite claims about the benefits of embryonic stem-cell research, Americans strongly prefer funding research that does not require destroying human... Read more
British MPs call for review of abortion law
Forty-seven British MPs have signed Early Day Motions, welcoming new scientific images showing young foetuses "walking in the womb" at... Read more
Leading ethicist says embryos are human life, should not be cloned
A well-respected medical ethicist from one of Canada’s leading universities says Canada must not legalize embryonic cloning for any purpose,... Read more
Canadian Jesuits battle Wal-Mart
In a classic David and Goliath struggle, the Canadian Jesuits are up against one of the world’s largest corporations in... Read more
Two priests attacked inside church in Jharkhand, India
Last Sunday night in the city of Kubbu, in Jharkand state, eastern India, an armed gang entered a Catholic Church... Read more
Catholics For a Free Choice open office in Chile
The pro-abortion, feminist organization “Catholics For a Free Choice” has opened its first office in Chile and begun issuing statements... Read more
Cardinal Lopez Trujillo expresses support of Latin America for canonization of Queen Isabel of Spain
The President of the Pontifical Council for the Family, Cardinal Alfonso Lopez Trujillo, said in Avila this week the bishops... Read more
Mexican bishops recommend increasing security at churches to ward off theft
The President of the Bishops Conference of Mexico, Bishop Jose Guadalupe Martin Rabago, recommended this week that priests increase security... Read more
Interfaith marriage can be sign of ‘love and life’: Asian bishops
Interfaith marriage is an opportunity for a “dialogue of words, love and life,” say the Asian bishops in the final... Read more
