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CLINTON, Iowa, May 17, 2012 (LifeSiteNews.com) - The Catholic Diocese of Davenport, Iowa has reversed its decision disallowing the public presentation of an LGBT scholarship at a local Catholic high school, and has directed a school official to read…

May 17, 2012 (LifeSiteNews.com) - Professors at four Jesuit-run Catholic universities have recently stepped into the media to voice their disagreement with Catholic bishops on church teachings, including on contraception and the nature of marriage,…

ALBANY, New York, May 16, 2012 (LifeSiteNews.com) - State senators in New York quickly rubberstamped a bill to explicitly outlaw intentional viewing of child pornography on the Internet after an appeals court there dismissed charges against a former…

WASHINGTON, May 16, 2012 (LifeSiteNews.com) - The Cardinal Newman Society is sending to Georgetown University President John DiGioia the names of more than 26,000 people who joined an open letter urging Georgetown to cancel an invitation to Health…

TOPEKA, May 16, 2012 (LifeSiteNews.com) - Kansas Governor Sam Brownback has signed a new law reinforcing the conscience rights of pharmacists who object to distributing drugs that could cause abortions.

On Monday Brownback signed the Heath Care…

SIOUX FALLS, S.D., May 16, 2012 (LifeSiteNews.com)—Last week, a citation for unlawful assembly against the pro-life advocacy group Missionaries to the Preborn was dismissed after legal advocates say a city ordinance was improperly invoked.

The…

BEIJING, May 16, 2011 (LifeSiteNews.com) -  Only hours after speaking to yet another U.S. Congressional hearing by telephone, Chinese forced-abortion opponent Chen Guangcheng has received the first sign of movement from the Chinese government…

WASHINGTON, May 14, 2012 (LifeSiteNews.com) - When Nancy Keenan, the head of America’s oldest abortion lobby, told the Washington Post she was stepping down, she cited a grim fact that she had noticed for years: abortion supporters just aren’t as…

WASHINGTON, May 14, 2012 (LifeSiteNews.com) - The Archdiocese of Washington has weighed in on Georgetown University’s invitation of U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius as a commencement speaker in clear terms, saying that the…

May 13, 2012 (LifeSiteNews.com) - Bay Buchanan is not a mom you want to cross.

Pat Buchanan’s policy-wonk sister, once the youngest-ever U.S. treasurer under Ronald Reagan, Bay is well-dressed, well-spoken, and could probably handily cut you down…

BEIJING, May 11, 2012 (LifeSiteNews.com) - The nephew of embattled Chinese forced-abortion opponent Chen Guangcheng has been charged with “voluntary manslaughter” after he defended himself when government officials broke into his home, a charge that…

WASHINGTON, May 11, 2012 (LifeSiteNews.com) - House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi has again placed her Catholic religion in the midst of her politics, this time saying that her faith is the reason for her support for redefining marriage.

A reporter…

WASHINGTON, May 10, 2012 (LifeSiteNews.com) - Although a host of top gay rights groups piled on the praise for President Obama’s marriage reversal this week, some say they are unhappy that the president didn’t go further by declaring opposition to…

WASHINGTON, May 10, 2012 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB), Cardinal Timothy Dolan of New York, said that President Obama’s newly-announced support for redefining marriage is a blow to the…