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May 19, 2019

Charities ponder legal action over grants

Charities ponder legal action over grants

Priests for Life Canada is among several charities, including four pregnancy care centres, considering legal action after being refused 2019 Canada Summer Jobs (CSJ) grants.

Published in Canada
April 1, 2016

Abortion-related measures signed into law in Indiana, Utah

Indiana governor Mike Pence signed the measure to ban abortions based on potential disabilities, gender and race to protect unborn children March 24.

INDIANAPOLIS - A new Indiana law that protects unborn children by banning abortions based on potential disabilities, gender and race "reflects the love that God has for everyone by affirming that every human life is sacred," Indianapolis Archbishop Joseph W. Tobin said.

Published in International
June 8, 2015

AP: Number of abortions in U.S. has gone down since 2010

Pro-life advocates participate in a prayer vigil in January near the entrance to a Planned Parenthood clinic in Smithtown, N.Y., that performs abortions. An AP survey shows that the number of abortions has declined in most states.

WASHINGTON - An Associated Press survey of abortion in the United States this decade has revealed that the number of abortions has gone down by 12 per cent since 2010.

Published in International
December 16, 2014

Cardinal Timothy Dolan cuts ties with anti-abortion crusader Frank Pavone

Father Frank Pavone, one of the country's most visible and vocal opponents of abortion, has been suspended from active ministry outside the Diocese of Amarillo, Texas, over financial questions about the priest's operation of Priests for Life. The suspension was made public in a Sept. 13 letter by Amarillo Bishop Patrick J. Zurek. Father Pavone is pictured speaking to the media outside the Supreme Court building in Washington in this Nov. 8, 2006, file photo.

NEW YORK - In the latest clash between the Catholic hierarchy and one of the church’s leading anti-abortion crusaders, New York Cardinal Timothy Dolan accused the Fr. Frank Pavone of continuing to stonewall on financial reforms, and Dolan said he is cutting ties with his group, Priests for Life.

Published in Faith
November 17, 2014

Priests for Life won't 'obey' HHS mandate

Father Frank Pavone, national director of Priests for Life, said the federal contraceptive mandate "is wrong, and we will not obey the mandate."

WASHINGTON - Fr. Frank Pavone, national director of Priests for Life, said a U.S. federal appeals court that ruled against his organization in its challenge to the federal contraceptive mandate "is wrong, and we will not obey the mandate."

Published in International
November 3, 2014

Woman's suicide called tragedy, symbol of 'culture of death' in U.S.

Brittany Maynard, a young California woman who was suffering from terminal brain cancer and gained national attention for her plan to use Oregon's assisted suicide law, ended her life Nov. 1.

PORTLAND, Ore. - Brittany Maynard, a young California woman who was suffering from terminal brain cancer and gained national attention for her plan to use Oregon's assisted suicide law, ended her life Nov. 1. She was 29 years old.

Published in International