Pope Benedict: Care for the Poor is Work of Individuals and Not State

By Hilary White

Published: March 8, 2010

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ROME (LifeSiteNews.com) – Care for the poor and vulnerable is the concern of individuals, motivated by genuine charity, rather than the exclusive concern of the state, Pope Benedict XVI has said in a pair of addresses this weekend. In an address to a group of bishops from Uganda, the pope praised their efforts to defend [...]

British Christian Teacher Sacked after Offering to Pray for Ill Student

By Hilary White

Published: January 4, 2010

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LONDON (LifeSiteNews.com) – A Christian teacher in the UK has been added to the long and growing list of British Christians who have faced disciplinary or legal action for expressing their beliefs. Olive Jones, 54, is being defended by the Christian Legal Centre after she was sacked for offering to pray for a student suffering [...]

Pope Calls on Believers to Stand up in the Face of Persecution

By Hilary White

Published: January 4, 2010

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ROME (LifeSiteNews.com) – Since his election in 2005, Pope Benedict has called for religious leaders to combat the growth of the “dictatorship of relativism” and aggressive anti-Christian secularism, and over the Christmas holidays he and several prominent churchmen again took up the theme.
On December 26, the day Catholics celebrate the feast of St. Stephen the [...]

French National Assembly Rejects Euthanasia Bill by Wide Margin

By Hilary White

Published: November 30, 2009

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PARIS (LifeSiteNews.com) — The French National Assembly has rejected an attempt to legalize euthanasia in a 326 to 202 vote.
“Euthanasia is not a medical act. The right to die is not a medical act,” said Union for a Popular Movement party deputy Jean Leonetti, author of a 2005 law on dying that promotes the use [...]

Germany Faces Economic Downturn with Plummeting Birth Rate

By Hilary White

Published: November 23, 2009

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ROME (LifeSiteNews.com) – Germany, the juggernaut of the European economic scene, could be facing a critical downturn over the next five decades because of its dramatically shrinking birth rate and dropping population, a new government report has said. The falling and aging population will result in the eventual disintegration of Germany’s generous social welfare programs, [...]

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