SAY WHAT????

Canadian national shrine cancels pro-life conference
Montreal, Nov. 16 (LifesiteNews.com/CWN)

Montreal, Nov. 16 (LifesiteNews.com/CWN) - One day prior to the opening of the Canadian National Pro-Life Conference, the religious priests who are in charge of Canada's national Catholic shrine, St. Joseph's Oratory in Montreal, have reneged on the conference location due to threats received from 'pro-choice' and homosexual activists, the LifeSiteNews service report.

Organizers of the conference are scrambling to find another location on short notice. Despite the pleas of pro-life leaders to reverse the decision in several meetings today, Father Jean-Pierre Aumont, the rector of the Oratory, was unmoveable in his decision.

Jim Hughes, national president of Campaign Life Coalition Canada, told LifeSiteNews.com, "This decision to cancel the contract at this last minute is a great capitulation on the part of the Catholic church in the face of opposition to its pro-life, pro-family teaching."

While there has been a movement to oppose the pro-life conference by "pro-choice" and homosexual activists, Montreal police Detective Sergeant Judy Poulin told LifeSiteNews.com that Montreal police did not tell the Oratory to cancel the conference. She noted that the police could offer "adequate protection" but, "it was the decision of the Oratory to cancel the conference."

[For a more detailed story see the LifeSiteNews web site.]

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Addendum:

I received a Canadian response about noon today, some of which I will leave off as it is questioning the 'National Shrine' aspect,
but he was able to tell me that a place WAS found and the conference is being held---

It is very sad the lack of courage. But, I would question the term: Canada's national Catholic shrine,
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The original announcement says:

From Nov. 17-19 Canada’s first fully bilingual national pro-life conference since the 1980s will take place at the St. Joseph’s Oratory facility near downtown Montreal.

(no mention of "Canada's national Catholic shrine"

But the pro-life conference does have a new location:

New Location Announced for Canadian National Pro-Life Conference

The Protestant Evangelical Church
La Blble Parle
12265 Laurentian Blvd.
In the Montreal district of Cartierville

But the net result is that the cancellation is sad.