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MADRID, Spain, May 23, 2012 (LifeSiteNews.com) - The Sixth World Congress of Families (WCF) Conference is set to take place at Madrid’s Palacio de Congresos, May 25-27, 2012, and is expected to be the largest nondenominational, international…

ROME, Italy, May 23, 2012 (LifeSiteNews.com) - The Vatican is backing a petition campaign in the European Union that seeks a debate towards enshrining personhood for the unborn from the moment of conception.

The Vatican’s Pontifical Council for the…

There was an inspiring story in the Daily Mail recently about a 21 year old mother who beat cancer after refusing to sacrifice her unborn child.

Daniella Jackson was diagnosed with a tumour in her left lung shortly before discovering she was…

WASHINGTON, D.C. May 23, 2012, (LifeSiteNews.com) – A new Gallup poll shows a record-low number of Americans describe themselves as “pro-choice,” while half call themselves “pro-life.”

The poll, conducted from May 3-6, found only 41…

May 23, 2012 (Breakpoint.org) - As the father of a twelve-year-old girl, I find that opportunities to teach worldview lessons pop up at the most unexpected times.

A few weeks ago, my daughter came home from school and announced that her class was…

Mah 23, 2012 (Breakpoint.org) - By most estimates, South Korea is the most-wired society in the world. South Koreans “enjoy” virtually universal internet access at speeds and prices that Americans can only dream about.

But that access comes at…

BURLINGTON, VERMONT, May 22, 2012, (LifeSiteNews.com) – The city council of Burlington, Vermont, has passed a new ordinance that could have the effect of banning pro-life protesters from exercising their right to protest in front of the town’s…

OTTAWA, Ontario, May 22, 2012 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A bill to amend the Ontario Human Rights Code to include “gender identity” and “gender expression” in the list of prohibited grounds of discrimination passed its second reading on May 10…

VATICAN CITY, May 22, 2012 (LifeSiteNews.com) – As the Vatican gears up for the World Meeting of Families in Milan, Cardinal Angelo Scola, the archbishop of Milan, told media at a Vatican press conference today that the family, based upon the…

May 22, 2012 (The Crescat) - The bumper sticker read, “Having an abortion does not make you un-pregnant, it makes you the mother of a dead baby”. The word “mother” struck me because “mother” is such a powerful word. It conjures many…

WASHINGTON, May 22, 2012 (LifeSiteNews.com) - Democrat House leaders including Nancy Pelosi have opposed a measure to ensure military chaplains are not forced to perform same-sex “marriages,” arguing that it is based on a “manufactured crisis” and…

OTTAWA, Ontario, May 22, 2012 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Catholic Organization for Life and Family (COLF) is calling on Canadians to get active in building a culture of life with the release of a new brochure on abortion.

The organization, which…

WASHINGTON, D.C., May 22, 2012, (LifeSiteNews.com) –  The Obama administration’s HHS mandate has united Christians of all stripes – evangelical, historical Protestant, and Roman Catholic – as they close ranks behind a flurry of lawsuits filed…

EDMONTON, Alberta, May 22, 2012 (LifeSiteNews.com) – After a disappointing turnout at the 2011 March for Life, this year’s event welcomed a record-breaking crowd of 1400, organizers of the march, held on May 17th, told LifeSiteNews.

The…