Bishop defends Priest angered unborn life by air strikes

A CANADIAN bishop has addressed politicians on the issue of stem cell research.
Archbishop Terrence Prendergast of Halifa, chairman of the Catholic organisation for life and family, addressed the House of Commons standing committee on health regarding the proposed assisted human reproduction Act.
He objected to the draft legislation that "would permit under license embryonic stem cell research on embryos who remain after fertility treatments, embryos who are called 'spare' or `surplus'."
He said: "No amount of public benefit or healing can ever justify the deliberate killing of a human being. No human being, including the embryo, should ever be used as a means to an end; no human being, no matter how tiny, can be killed to help another; no human being should ever be considered as 'surplus' or `spare'."
Holy relic tour hailed a success
Tim visa of the relics of St Therese of Lisieux has been the most successful Church event in Canada since John Paul II's trip in 1984, it was claimed last week.
Organisers said that since the visit began in September 16 in Vancouver, about two million people have lined up to venerate the relics in churches, missions, convents, monasteries and pilgrimage sites. The visit ended last Monday.
Intruders club priest to death
A CATHOLIC priest has been murdered in a monastery where priests and brothers with personal problems are treated.
Fr Michael Mac, 60, of Winslow, Arizona, was found dead in his residence at the Via Coeli Monastery in Jemez, New Mexico. He was still wearing his night clothes and had head injuries consistent with a bludgeoning, Sandoval County Sheriff Ray Rivera said.
"It looks like the victim had gone to bed," Rivera said. "He awakened and probably surprised the intruders."