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Nigerian bishops reject foreign efforts to impose abortion and gay unions

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English: Seal of the President of Nigeria Category:National symbols of Nigeria (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) ABUJA, Nigeria -- The Catholic Bishops of Nigeria have called for the Church to be “more courageous and consistent in Pro-Life activities in favour of human life, marriage and the family as counter-cultural antidotes to anti-life ideologies and practices.” The call came in a communiqué issued following an international pro-life march and conference organized by the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Nigeria and held in Abuja from June 5-7. “The relentless promotion by some international organizations of ‘sexual and reproductive rights’, a euphemism for abortion, is deceptive and unacceptable,” the communiqué asserts. The bishops demand that “legislation for abortion, which is the intentional killing of innocent babies in the womb, be denounced and abrogated,” and promise that they “remain resolved in our efforts to ensure that abortion is never legalized in our country.”

Catholic officials denounce adoption of Colombian children by American homosexual activist

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Image via Wikipedia December 14, 2011  - Catholic Church officials have joined the Colombian government ’s prosecutorial wing in opposing the adoption of two children by an American homosexual activist. “The problem is not that the person is single, but rather that he should be a mature person psychologically, emotionally and in his sexual identity,” said Juan Vicente Cordoba, secretary of the Episcopal Conference . “In Colombia adoption to same-sex couples has not been allowed, therefore it hasn’t been awarded to homosexual singles either because the problem is not because the individual is alone, but rather because of his homosexuality,” added Cordoba. As LifeSiteNews   reported yesterday , American homosexual activist Chandler Burr , a journalist, was recently awarded custody of two Colombian children, ages 13 and 10. However, by Burr’s own admission, he never informed authorities of his homosexual orientation ; when it discovered, his custodial rights were withdrawn. Although