Patrick Goodenough

LONDON (BP)--Shocking pictures of an apparent victim of China's "one-child policy" -- a newborn baby girl lying dead in a gutter, ignored by passersby -- have prompted shock and revulsion in Britain, CNSNews.com reported Feb. 14.

LONDON (BP)--A British pro-life party was given a court's go-ahead Jan. 26 for a full judicial review into current fertilization law, a move that could foil the recent decision by Parliament to legalize the cloning of human embryos, according to a CNSNews.com report.

LONDON (BP)–Leaders across the religious spectrum in Britain have made a united appeal to lawmakers not to rush ahead with a decision to permit the cloning of human beings and exploitation of human embryos, according to a report on CNSNews.com. In what may be the broadest show of support for a common position in decades, […]

LONDON (BP)–A Roman Catholic medical institution in Rome is launching a placenta and umbilical cord bank to provide stem cells for medical purposes, the Internet news site CNSNews.com reported Jan. 4. The initiative will offer an ethical alternative to using fertilized human eggs for medical research. The initiative is a direct response to recent moves […]

LONDON (BP)--The Moscow branch of the Salvation Army is an unregistered organization, as of Jan. 1, its religious and charitable activities devoted to the city's neediest curtailed as the result of a court ruling late last year.

LONDON (BP)--British lawmakers, in a Dec. 19 vote, gave a go-ahead for research on human embryos, according to the Internet news site CNSNews.com. Supporters said the action may help cure disease while opponents described it as immoral, dangerous and anti-life.

LONDON (BP)–Anti-slavery campaigners in the United States have challenged America’s next president to publicly condemn slavery in Sudan and challenged President Clinton to end his “mysterious and tragic silence on the black slave trade” before he leaves office in January, according to the Internet news site CNSNews.com. Buoyed by the outspoken comments of a State […]

LONDON (BP)--The Dutch parliament's Nov. 28 decision to legalize euthanasia will place more pressure on vulnerable groups such as the disabled and elderly, and it is another step closer to the practice of eugenics as promoted in 1930s Germany, Dutch pro-lifers say.

LONDON (BP)–Australian church groups are appalled that several dozen “drag queens” are expected to participate in the official closing ceremony of the Sydney Olympics, according to CNSNews.com. The involvement of men dressed as women, the church groups say, does little to enhance the city or the Games. Christians, meanwhile, have been prohibited from openly displaying […]