Catholic leaders urge prayer after horrific Orlando shooting

Orlando, Fla., Jun 12, 2016 / 10:19 am (CNA).- Following Saturday night’s shooting at a nightclub in Orlando that killed 50 people, Catholic leaders from around the U.S. are offering prayers for the victims and their families. “Waking up to the unspeakable violence in Orlando reminds us of how precious human life is,” said Archbishop Joseph Kurtz, president of the U.S. Catholic bishops conference, in a statement. “Our prayers are with the victims, their families and all those affected by this terrible act.” In the early hours of June

20 reasons why euthanasia corrupts everything it touches, and must be opposed

There are many in-depth analyses of assisted suicide and euthanasia flying about the Internet as the debate heats up in the Canadian Parliament and Senate. I’ve written several myself. Today, however, I want to give twenty summarized reasons for why people should reconsider euthanasia. Canada’s media – with notable exceptions like the National Post’s Andrew Coyne – have consistently promoted assisted suicide, with the result that many of the consequences and implications have not been adequately considered: 1. Assisted suicide suggests that for people to “die with dignity,” they must die faster. The underlying insinuation of the “Death with Dignity” movement is that those who do not opt for an expedited exit are not dying with dignity. 2. Assisted suicide…Continue Reading

Cardinal Burke . . . Shrine of Our Lady of Walsingham in Britain on May 29

Euthanasia Free Fall: What Do Trends and Numbers Tell Us About Where This Is Headed?

Misguided Compassion Without a Moral Compass Zenit.org •June 3, 2016•Fr. John Flynn•Bioethics and the Defense of Life Opponents of legalized euthanasia have often warned of a slippery slope that would see the extension of assisted suicide to more and more categories of persons. Recent events have provided confirmation that these fears were well founded. From Holland news came that a victim of sexual abuse in her 20s was allowed to undergo euthanasia due to her mental health condition of post-traumatic stress disorder. The unnamed woman was given a lethal injection despite improvements in her psychological condition following therapy two years ago, Britain’s Daily Mail newspaper reported on May 11. “It is both horrifying and worrying that mental health professionals could…Continue Reading

House panel says abortion centers, fetal harvesting company violated federal law

WASHINGTON, DC, June 1, 2016 (LifeSiteNews)—The Congressional panel investigating the fetal tissue research company StemExpress, which the Center for Medical Progress exposed in its groundbreaking undercover videos about fetal body parts trafficking, found that StemExpress and the abortion centers with which it contracted violated federal patient privacy and informed consent regulations. In two letters to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Select Investigative Panel on Infant Lives Chair Rep. Marsha Blackburn detailed the panel’s findings on StemExpress’s cozy relationships with abortion facilities. The panel found that StemExpress employees had access to confidential