Clinton to Speak at Fundraiser for Canadian Catholic Hospital
HAMILTON, Ontario, Feb. 13, 01 (CWNews.com/LSN.ca) -
LifeSite has learned that former US President Bill Clinton
is scheduled to speak at a fundraiser for a Catholic
hospital in Hamilton, Ontario. On May 2, Clinton will
deliver a speech for St. Joseph's Hospital's Firestone
Institute for Respiratory Health.
Clinton has repeatedly vetoed partial-birth abortion bans
passed by the US Congress and strongly supported many
pro-abortion initiatives and other policies seriously at
odds with Catholic moral principles. He is considered by
many pro-life leaders to have been by far the most
pro-abortion president ever.
Campaign Life Coalition Hamilton president Dr. Carm Scime
told LifeSite that this is not the first time a militantly
pro-abortion US politician has spoken at an event on behalf
of this hospital. "Five or six years ago, New York Governor
Mario Cuomo came here to speak for the hospital and we
picketed," Dr. Scime said. At the time, Hamilton Bishop
Anthony Tonnos refused to attend the fundraiser and sent a
letter to his priests urging them not to attend due to
Cuomo's pro-abortion stand. No one at the Hamilton Diocese
was available to comment by press time today.
The hospital's web site says, "We are a Catholic hospital
... committed to carrying out the healing mission of Jesus
Christ." Clinton reportedly receives $100,000 per speaking
engagement.
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February 14, 2001
volume 12, no. 45
Pro Life News
www.DailyCatholic.org
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