Christian Newswire

Online Apologetics Conference Confronts the Anti-Humanism of Earth Day

MILWAUKEE, Wis., -- Throughout the country, various organizations and media outlets are getting ready for that annual environmentalist bonanza known as Earth Day. Recycling programs, energy conservation, and other ostensibly noble initiatives will be front and center before the public's eyes, but proceeding quietly in the background, without fanfare, many environmentalists are pushing their main agenda: population control.

U.S. Government: Homeschooling Unworthy of Protection

PURCELLVILLE, Va., -- With only weeks before oral arguments in a potentially precedent-setting human rights case, Home School Legal Defense Association, the world's largest homeschool association, has launched a petition on the White House website insisting that the Obama Administration grant permanent legal status to the Romeikes, a family persecuted for homeschooling in Germany.

New Nationwide Campaign to Save Marriage Launches Today

SAN DIEGO, -- On the eve of two landmark Supreme Court decisions concerning the future of marriage and the family in America, the "Marriage Bow" campaign is being launched around the country as a way for citizens to demonstrate their support for the age-old definition of marriage as being between one man and one woman by writing postcards and wearing a white bow. Not content to take a "wait and see" approach to the imminent rulings by the Supreme Court on the federal Defense of Marriage Act and California's Proposition 8, the designers of the Marriage Bow Campaign are hoping to influence the justices by flooding their offices with postcards and wearing white bows as a symbol support.

Cao Ruyi, Whose Near-Forced Abortion Case Grabbed World Headlines

CHANGSHA, HUNAN, China, -- One of the pregnant Chinese women who made international headlines last summer when family planning officials tried to forcibly abort her at five months has given birth to a boy and written a thank-you letter to U.S. Congressman Chris Smith for his personal intervention that helped assure her safety.

5,000 Citizens Demand Late-Term Abortion Facility Shutdown

MANASSAS, Va., -- Students for Life of America, along with Operation Rescue, Live Action, JillStanek.com, LifeSiteNews.com, Survivors of the Abortion Holocaust, and Rock for Life, will deliver more than 5,000 citizen complaints to the Maryland Board of Physicians today asking the Board to revoke Germantown late-term abortionist LeRoy Carhart's Maryland Medical License. The citizens complaint (full text may be found on www.StopCarhart.com) is in support of the February 19, 2013 official complaint against Carhart, filed by Operation Rescue. The official complaint documents 13 violations of the Maryland Medical Practice Act and one violation of a criminal statute related to Second Degree Murder and can be read here.

Richard Viguerie: Election of Pope Francis Signals Strength of Traditional Catholic Moral Teachings

MANASSAS, Va., -- The following is a statement by Richard A. Viguerie, Chairman of ConservativeHQ.com, regarding the election of Cardinal Jorge Maria Bergoglio of Argentina as the new pope, Francis, of the Catholic Church:

Urgent Statement to Condemn Attacks on Innocent Copts in Libya and Call for Actions

WASHINGTON, -- Coptic Solidarity condemns in the strongest terms the unlawful acts by the group Ansarul Sharia in Libya to arrest, torture and detain dozens of Copts; and the detention by Libya's Preventive Security department in Tripoli of the Coptic man Ezzat Hakim Atallah for ten days until he died on March 9 under torture, and the detention of his Coptic colleagues Imad Seddik Ibrahim, Issa Ibrahim Isaac, Emad Shaker, Sharif Ramses, and others who are still being subjected to torture inside the Preventive Security building.

The Supreme Court to Decide the Future Direction of Marriage in America

WASHINGTON, -- Organizer of the event, Jason Hershey, states:

Will Supreme Court Reverse Ban on ‘Graphic Photos’ of Aborted Babies?

WASHINGTON, -- This week, Chicago's Thomas More Society petitioned the U.S. Supreme Court to review and overturn a Colorado state court decree barring Denver pro-life advocates from "displaying large posters or similar displays, depicting gruesome images of mutilated fetuses or dead bodies in a manner reasonably likely to be viewed by children under 12 years of age attending worship services..." Pro-life advocates Ken Scott, Clifton Powell, and others led a pro-life witness outside Denver's Saint John's Church in the Wilderness (aka Saint John's Cathedral). The annual event took place concurrently with the church's outdoor Palm Sunday procession several years ago.

China - Baby Crushed to Death During One-Child Policy Enforcement

WENZHOU CITY, ZHEJIANG PROVINCE, China, -- A thirteen month old baby was crushed to death under a car containing family planning officials in Dongshantou Village near Wenshou City on Monday. Eleven officials were attempting to collect a fine from a couple who had allegedly violated China's One Child Policy.

Fr. Pavone: Only Acceptable Change to HHS Mandate is to Rescind It

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y., -- Fr. Frank Pavone, National Director of Priests for Life, responded to the announcement on contraception coverage from HHS with the following statement:

Black Group Twitter Account Suspended for Challenging the 44th NAACP Image Awards

LOS ANGELES, -- This Friday, February 1, 2013, a number of black groups, churches and community activists with the National Black Prolife Coalition (NBPLC) will be protesting the NAACP 44th Image Awards Show. However, their twitter account @NAACP_WATCHDOGS was suspended.

The Desecration of Rachel’s Park Memorial

WACO, Texas, -- On Saturday, January 26th Rachel's Park Memorial, a memorial dedicated to the memory of the preborn babies murdered by abortion, was desecrated. A report was filed with the Waco Police Department at 11:09 am, by an employee of a neighboring business. Rachel's Park Memorial is located at 4720 N. 19th Street in Waco. The park has suffered regular desecration, but this attack was, by far, the most devastating.

More than 50,000 Pro-Lifers Fill SF’s Civic Center Plaza at Walk For Life West Coast

• Record crowd tops 50,000, fills main S.F. thoroughfare for more than 1 mile

SAN FRANCISCO, -- Pope Benedict XVI commended the "outstanding public witness to the fundamental human right to life" of the Walk for Life West Coast, in a special message delivered by his delegate to tens of thousands gathered in front of San Francisco's City Hall January 26.

Priests for Life Leader Father Pavone Honored by Youth as ‘Defender of Life’

WASHINGTON, -- Hailing him as a "hero of the preborn," Students for Life of America will honor Father Frank Pavone, National Director of Priests for Life, with its 2013 "Defender of Life" award during its annual conference Jan. 26 in Bethesda, Md.

Archbishop Chaput to Celebrate National Mass for Eighth Anniversary of Terri Schiavo’s Death

PHILADELPHIA, -- The Terri Schiavo Life & Hope Network is delighted to announce that Archbishop Charles Chaput, Archbishop of the Diocese of Philadelphia, will celebrate "The National Memorial Mass for Terri's Day."

Daniel, Baby Boy Killed by Abortion, Calls to Mississippi ‘Close Down That Clinic’

JACKSON, Miss., -- On January 22nd, 40 years since the killing of unborn babies was made legal by the infamous Roe vs. Wade Decision, Daniel, a baby boy killed by abortion, will call for justice for his 55 million murdered brothers and sisters. Though he is dead yet shall he speak!

Forty Years After Roe V. Wade, 40 Film Takes on the Civil Rights Issue of Abortion

GLENVIEW, Ill., -- To coincide with the upcoming 40th anniversary of Roe v. Wade on January 22, the 40 film is sure to be the most groundbreaking pro-life documentary in history. The film will present abortion as not merely a religious or political issue, but as the most important fundamental human and civil rights issue of our time.

Schindler Survivor Shares His Holocaust Experience

LOVELAND, Colo., -- Oskar Schindler's youngest Holocaust survivor died this month in California. His story will be shared at Lifetree Café community forums from coast to coast during the week of January 27, 2013.

Chicago’s Bubble Zone Ordinance Burst Again as Charges are Filed, Then Dismissed

CHICAGO, -- Today, the City of Chicago dropped all charges against Anna Marie Mesia, 64, who was charged with disorderly conduct for allegedly violating the City's abortion clinic "bubble zone" law at the Family Planning Associates late-term abortion facility on the North Side of Chicago. The abortion clinic had sought the charges against Mesia, but City prosecutors stated in court that the clinic now refuses to allow its employees to testify or even to produce surveillance videos and photos of the alleged crime. The court had previously allowed Mesia's attorney, Peter Breen, executive director and legal counsel for the Thomas More Society, to subpoena the clinic for videos, photos, and documents related to the incident.