Author: Tom Faranda
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Mary Wagner, pro-life prisoner of conscience, released
In Canada, after one of her innumerable individual non-violent protests at an abortion mill.
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Little Sisters of the Poor v. Obamacare – a probable satisfactory settlement
This is from Ed Mechmann, the NY Archdiocese Director of Public Policy. His posting is eight paragraphs long – we are excerpting two – plus the concluding paragraph. We strongly recommend you hit the link and read the entire posting. A Light at the End of the Tunnel? Now the religious organizations and the government…
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HVCL speaks out against Assisted Suicide
The following HVCL Community View was recently printed in the Letters to the Editor in Croton-on-Hudson's local paper, The Gazette. At this posting Assemblywoman Amy Paulin and Mr. Martin Smolin of Sleepy Hollow have responded. Ms. Paulin's response is quoted below HVCL's co-director and editor Judith Anderson's commentary. Community View: The Semantics of Suicide …
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A great day! Greenburgh Planned Parenthood turnaround has her baby
UPDATE: More information – I just wanted to follow up with additional information on Quiana and her baby. The baby boy was born at 6:06 am on Tuesday, March 8th. He weighed 7 pounds, 13 ounces. He is 19.5 inches long. Quiana has decided to name him Christian. Quiana and the baby are due to leave the hospital…
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The homily for Antonin Scalia, by his son Fr. Paul Scalia
Fr. Paul Scalia is a well-known figure in Catholic education. This is a rather amazing 15 minutes. You have to figure that Scalia told his son years ago that when he would be celebrating his funeral to be sure to use it as a moment for evangelization.
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March for Life part 4: A young Jesuit priest’s homily
"Joy and sadness." and "Solidarity." Beautiful.
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March for Life Part 3; stranded students – build a snow altar and go to Mass
Stuck on the Pennsylvania Turnpike, students from Nebraska and Iowa who'd traveled to DC for the March for life – whole story at the the link. At about 9:30 p.m. Friday, the buses lurched to a stop at mile marker 133, and the group had to become comfortable for awhile — because there they stayed…
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2016 March for Life, Part 2 America Media 3 minute video
Nice little job by the Jesuit America media publication group, with mostly interviews with young students. This would be an excellent short video to introduce the abortion issue (or suggest travel to a pro-life event) to a middle school or high school group!
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Friday’s March for Life, Part 1
This is part 1 because we will have at least two more parts over the next two days, including the Created Equal representation, and a short video from America Media – publishers of the Jesuit America magazine. Our bus was cancelled, so several of us drove down. The weather was really not a problem; started…
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From Belgium: “Archbishop forces showdown over … euthanasia”
Below is the link to the website; we are posting the enitire text since they do allow it under a Creative Commons license. See the end of the article for information on the author, Paul Russell. Archbishop forces showdown over Belgian euthanasia law Over recent weeks the issue of conscientious objection, or the “conscience clause”…