DEACON FOR LIFE

Mon Jul 11 14:14 EST

Bioethics

After years of opposition from disability advocates, more experts are beginning to question the validity of the "persistent vegetative state" (PVS) diagnostic label that paved the way for Terri Schiavo's starvation death.

Brooklyn Catholic school rejects donation from politician who voted for gay ‘marriage’

Peter Baklinski

Mon Jul 11 15:13 EST

Faith

Assemblyman Joe Lentol (D-Brooklyn), who calls himself Catholic, said that he was “surprised and a little disappointed” by the school’s action.

Boston pride Mass was ‘pastoral malpractice’ against gay community: Mass. priest

Mon Jul 11 18:15 EST

Homosexuality

Rev. Roger Landry said that the so-called "gay pride" Mass in Boston "has brought to the surface issues that extend far beyond the boundaries of one parish or archdiocese."

Bachmann takes lead in Iowa poll

Peter J. Smith

Mon Jul 11 18:00 EST

Politics

The poll of 500 likely caucus-goers shows Bachmann has consolidated 25 percent of the vote, inching ahead of former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney.

Pool of blood, dirty instruments found in still-open Pennsylvania abortion clinic

Mon Jul 11 17:20 EST

A blood-smeared freezer and "sterile" instruments in brown-stained packages were among the conditions that greeted inspectors in an Allentown abortion clinic in May.

New Brunswick pro-life group attacked by pro-abort vandals – again

Rebecca Millette

Mon Jul 11 16:46 EST

“We’re not going to stop because of that stuff,” said Peter Ryan of New Brunswick Right to Life, “but it is upsetting.”

Canada’s opposition NDP call for removal of charitable status for ‘ex-gay’ groups

Patrick B. Craine

Mon Jul 11 10:59 EST

Freedom

"Ex-gay" groups like Exodus “prey on vulnerable members of our community, often young people in difficult family situations at grips with self-hatred and depression," claims the NDP's "queer issues" critic.

Scientists warn new strain of sexually transmitted disease could be ‘global health threat’

Rebecca Millette

Mon Jul 11 17:41 EST

A new strain of one of the most common sexually transmitted diseases has scientists warning that the “superbug” could cause a “future era of untreatable gonorrhea.”

Australian Senate overwhelmingly rejects same-sex ‘marriage’ motion

Thaddeus Baklinski

Mon Jul 11 16:22 EST

Homosexuality

While the Green motion claimed that most democratic nations have legalized gay "marriage," the leader of the Christian Democratic Party pointed out that only 9 of 148 have.

Hilary White, Rome Correspondent

Abortion a ‘lawful choice’ according to course at leading Irish Catholic university

Mon Jul 11 14:03 EST

“This is a travesty that must be challenged immediately,” said Pat Buckley of the Society for the Protection of Unborn Children (SPUC).

Eugenics returns to Germany: controversial ‘pre-implantation’ genetic testing approved

Rebecca Millette

Mon Jul 11 13:32 EST

Bioethics

Such testing is a highly sensitive subject in Germany, where the memory of the atrocities committed in the name of eugenics under the Nazis remains fresh in the national consciousness.

Cardinal Arinze to pro-choice pols: law against murder is ‘Divine law, not a tennis club regulation’

Mon Jul 11 09:34 EST

"It is like saying, I am personally not in favor of killing you. ... But since some people want to shoot all of you in the Senate and the House of Representatives, I won't impose my views on them," said the cardinal.