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UK family judge launches campaign against ‘scourge’ of divorce

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by Patrick B. Craine Fri May 18 13:51 EST Comments (0)

Sir Paul Coleridge

LONDON, May 18, 2012 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A high court justice has launched a campaign against the “scourge” of divorce that he says is tearing apart British society. Sir Paul Coleridge, who sits in the Family Division, has said that marriage…

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New France president’s first deeds: get ready for more secularism and gay ‘marriage’

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by Patrick B. Craine Fri May 18 13:13 EST Comments (0)

French President François Hollande

PARIS, France, May 18, 2012 (LifeSiteNews.com) - Dismantling of the family, attacks against parental rights and times of trouble for faith-based, mainly Catholic schools are looming large in French politics since France’s new socialist president,…

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Use the voice that your momma gave ya

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by Alissa Golob Fri May 18 12:12 EST Comments (0)

May 18, 2012 (LifeSiteNews.com) - “I’m ‘pro-baby’ and everything, but I can arrange for you to have an abortion if you want.”

If my mother was not pro-life, she would have answered the doctor a different way. If my mother was not pro-life,…

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Tory MP calls for end to ‘bullying’ against unborn children

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by Patrick B. Craine Thu May 17 14:28 EST Comments (7)

OTTAWA, Ontario, May 17, 2012 (LifeSiteNews.com) - We have seen a great deal of political support across Canada for anti-bullying initiatives in recent months. Governments and community groups across the country are discussing the serious harm…

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Toronto Catholic school hosts ‘transgendered’ Miss Universe contestant

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by Patrick B. Craine Thu May 17 13:50 EST Comments (31)

Miss Universe contestant "Jenna" Talackova poses for a shot with a young girl outside of St. John Vianney Catholic School on Tuesday.

TORONTO, Ontario, May 17, 2012 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A Toronto Catholic elementary school is under fire after hosting a “transgendered” Miss Universe Canada contestant on Tuesday in the run-up to the annual spectacle this weekend.

The event,…

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Canadian gvmt calls for LifeSite readers to complain against tax-funded ‘tell-all’ sex exhibit

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by Patrick B. Craine Thu May 17 08:47 EST Comments (35)

One of the sections of the sex exhibit displays dildos covered by condoms.

OTTAWA, Ontario, May 17, 2012 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Canada’s federal government says a tax-funded “tell-all” sex exhibit at Ottawa’s Museum of Science and Technology “cannot be defended” and they are calling on LifeSiteNews readers to…

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The end of the abortion debate in Canada?

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by Patrick B. Craine Tue May 15 14:28 EST Comments (25)

May 15, 2012 (LifeSiteNews.com) - To a great many observers, the apparent rejection and imminent defeat of Motion 312 in the House of Commons would seem to herald the end of the abortion debate in Canada.

The motion, a modest proposal at best, is…

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The only real solution to the crisis of publicly funded Catholic schooling in Canada

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by Patrick B. Craine Tue May 15 14:13 EST Comments (25)

Ottawa's Fr. Anthony Hannan offers Mass at the National March for Life Youth Conference on Friday.

OTTAWA, Ontario, May 15, 2012 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The nearly 900 Catholic high school students gathered for the National March for Life Youth Conference on Friday were urged to take an active role in transforming Ontario’s publicly-funded…

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Orthodox leaders urge Ontario gvmt to scrap gay rights bill

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by Patrick B. Craine Tue May 15 14:03 EST Comments (90)

TORONTO, Ontario, May 15, 2012 (LifeSiteNews.com) - Leaders of Ontario’s 250,000 Orthodox Christians took aim at bullying in the province’s schools on Monday – starting with the government’s proposed Bill 13, the Accepting School Act.

A…

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Police cordon off 1/3 of Parliament Hill for tiny group of pro-aborts at March for Life

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by Patrick B. Craine Mon May 14 18:04 EST Comments (15)

MP Jeff Watson with his children
Nearly 1/3 of the Hill was cordoned off for a tiny crowd of pro-abortion activists.

OTTAWA, Ontario, May 14, 2012 (LifeSiteNews.com) – As pro-lifers arrived for the National March for Life on Thursday many were surprised to find that for the first time ever the RCMP had blocked off nearly a third of Parliament Hill for the…

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Tags: abortion, march for life

Global pro-life summit attracts media attention to Portugal pro-life referendum

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by Patrick B. Craine Mon May 14 15:18 EST Comments (3)

LISBON, Portugal, May 14, 2012 (LifeSiteNews.com) - Leaders representing ten different nations gathered in Lisbon last weekend to support Portugal’s pro-life personhood measures. Sponsored by Personhood USA, LifeSiteNews.com, and Human Life…

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Tags: personhood, portugal

Evangelical leader tells marchers: ‘We cannot afford’ to avoid abortion debate

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by Patrick B. Craine Mon May 14 13:59 EST Comments (2)

Bruce Clemenger, President of the Evangelical Fellowship of Canada, addresses the 2012 National March for Life.
Pro-lifers participate in a Reformed Prayer Service ahead of the March for Life on Thursday.
EFC vice president and general legal counsel Don Hutchinson, Bruce Clemenger and former Liberal MP Pat O'Brien (far right)

OTTAWA, Ontario, May 14, 2012 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Canada “cannot afford not to have the conversation” about abortion and the protection of human life, urged Bruce Clemenger, President of the Evangelical Fellowship of Canada, on Parliament…

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Canadian March for Life smashes previous attendance records: 19,500

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by Patrick B. Craine Thu May 10 13:20 EST Comments (27)

Marching through the streets of Ottawa
19,500 at this year's March for Life in Ottawa. Clearly one of the largest crowds to assemble on Parliament Hill
18 Members of Parliament came to greet the crowd and a few others, who were not available at that time, attended the Rose dinner in the evening.
Youth were exhuberant during the march
Youth made up a significant portion of marchers at this year's March for Life. Here, a few hundred are singing in front of Parliament after the march
This group from St. Gianna Youth for Life traveled all the way from Prince Edward Island to attend the march
LifeSiteNews editor-in-chief John Henry Westen (far left), Human Life International president Fr. Shenan Boquet, LifeSiteNews development manager John Fidero, Population Research Institute President Stephen Mosher on Parliament Hill

OTTAWA, Ontario, May 10, 2012 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Under the constant threat of rain that failed to materialize, an exuberant and record-breaking crowd of nearly 20,000 pro-life activists gathered on Parliament Hill today in Ottawa.

The annual…

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Tags: abortion, march for life

VIDEO: 800 gather for Candlelight Vigil at March for Life in Ottawa

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by Patrick B. Craine Thu May 10 09:21 EST Comments (1)

Bishop Jean-Louis Plouffe of Sault Ste-Marie preaches at the Pro-Life Mass.
A few of the hundreds of youth who gathered at the Candlelight Vigil on Wednesday night.

OTTAWA, Ontario, May 10, 2012 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Since Canada’s National March for Life began in 1999 it has steadily grown every year to the point that it is now the country’s premiere pro-life event and is recognized as the largest…

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Toronto Star profiles pro-lifers’ ‘slick, youthful rebranding’ ahead of March for Life

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by Patrick B. Craine Wed May 09 07:55 EST Comments (14)

Youth celebrate as they join the National March for Life on Parliament Hill in 2011.

TORONTO, Ontario, May 9, 2012 (LifeSiteNews.com) – As thousands of Canadians flock to Thursday’s National March for Life on Parliament Hill, Canada’s largest newspaper has profiled the pro-life movement’s “slick, youthful rebranding” in…

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