News Articles by Patrick Goodenough

WASHINGTON (BP)--Christians living in Islamic lands are paying a price for the U.S.-led war on terrorism in Afghanistan as angry Muslims retaliate for what they see as an attack on their religion by the Christian West, according to a leading charity which monitors religious persecution, CNSNews.com reported Oct. 24.

LONDON (BP)--If President Bush was looking to Pope John Paul II for guidance as he ponders a decision on whether to allow federal funding for human embryonic stem cell research, he could not have asked for a clearer message than the one delivered July 23.

LONDON (BP)--French Christians are bracing for problems resulting from the passage of a controversial new law aimed at controlling the activities of dangerous religious sects, but also likely to affect ordinary churches, CNSNews.com reported May 31.

LONDON (BP)--British pharmacists who refuse to dispense medication such as the morning-after pill fear they may face discrimination or even become unemployable as a result of a decision by the profession's national body to amend its code of ethics, CNSNews.com reported May 22.

LONDON (BP)--Concerns about Chinese human rights abuses notwithstanding, Beijing edged one step closer May 15 to hosting the 2008 Olympic Games, when the International Olympics Committee approved its bid, along with those of Toronto and Paris, according to a CNSNews.com report.

LONDON (BP)--A national physicians organization in the Netherlands finds itself increasingly isolated among its fellow associations over the issue of euthanasia.

LONDON (BP)--An American Nobel laureate who helped discover the structure of DNA has called for changes in the law that would allow the manipulation of genes in human eggs, sperm and embryos to lessen the chances of future generations contracting serious diseases, CNSNews.com reported April 19.

LONDON (BP)--Concerned reaction from around the world has greeted Dutch lawmakers' April 10 vote to legalize euthanasia, with opponents expressing concerns about the implications for the most vulnerable in society and doubts about the safeguards incorporated into the new law, CNSNews.com reported April 11.

LONDON (BP)--The ratio of baby girls to baby boys in China has dropped further below the international standard -- the result, critics say, of its controversial "one-child policy," which in some cases has led to sex-selective abortion, infanticide and the abandonment of baby girls, CNSNews.com reported April 6.

EDITORS' NOTE: The following article contains information intended for an adult audience. LONDON (BP)--The British government faced a legal challenge Feb. 28 to its use late last year of special legislation to force through a law lowering the age of consent for homosexual sex, CNSNews.com reported.