Author: Tom Faranda
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Women’s Equality Day Reformed Praises Costanzo and Restiano
The day's theme said it all. Pro-life Feminism: A Light Shines for 95 Years. Pro-life icon Elizabeth 'Liz' Costanzo, formerly of Hastings-on-Hudson and now Rhode Island was awarded the Women's Equality Day Reformed Mott-Stanton-Anthony Lifetime Achievement Award, while well-known citizen of Yonkers, Vincenza 'Vinni' Restiano was its most-deserving 2015 Honoree and Woman of the Year.…
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NYT op ed “Looking Away from Abortion
By Ross Douthat, who is the once a week Catholic on the NY Times op ed pages. Douthat's column could have been titled "Facing Reality" as he writes about the recent Planned Parenthood expose' videos. It takes four minutes to read the op ed so don't just read the excerpt we'v posted below the link.…
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Sojourner’s – liberal evangelical group – condemns Planned Parenthood
Although Sojourner's is a member of Consistent Life they rarely mention abortion. Jim Wallis is the head of Sojourner's and usually is in lock-step with whatever the Democrat Party says. Not this time. From his Hearts and Minds weekly email. Excerpts below from the full posting which is linked here, and if you hit the…
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Wahington Post poll: “large majority of Americans are unhappy with where the nation is headed on social issues.”
Here's the article. Liberals have won a series of victories on social issues. Most Americans aren’t thrilled about it. Sixty three percent of people say they are uncomfortable with the country's overall direction on social issues these days; four in 10 feel "strongly" uncomfortable about the nation's changes. Plenty of data in the article.
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Heartbreaking story of four Chinese children
Difficult to read. When family structure is demolished … China’s forgotten children The purpose of preserving and protecting the family structure is largely to protect the vulnerable: children, the elderly and women (or men in some cases) who sacrifice present and future income to bring up their children and cultivate the ‘family life’ of the…
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ABC News: positive look at prolife leadership!
Lila Rose and Kristin Hawkins.
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Pope Francis: abortion & care for ecology interrelated
From the National Journal on today's Encyclical "On Care for Our Common Home". #1 on National Journal's "six points from the Encyclical." Population Control Is Not the Answer For Pope Francis, caring about the environment goes hand in hand with taking a strong stand against abortion. "Since everything is interrelated, concern for the protection of…
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Joe Carr, on his way to heaven
We just received word that the beautiful Joe Carr of Mahopac died surrounded by his family on Monday. This from Peg Doherty: We thank God for the beautiful, Pro-Life witness of Joe Carr, the co-founder of our Respect Life Society. He went to his eternal reward on Monday, May 4th following the Divine Mercy chaplet. …
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28th Anniversary, CFR’s (Community of the Friars of the Renewal)
We lifted the text and pictures from the CFR eLetter that was sent this morning. From The Friars eLetter CFR Founding Day Posted: 28 Apr 2015 07:29 AM PDT Today marks the 28th anniversary of the founding of our community, a most celebratory day. It is sadly though the first time we celebrate this…
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The Gospel of Life (Evangelium Vitae) 20th anniversary
Pope John Paul II (Saint John Paul!) encyclical spells it out … worth reading even just the first few paragraphs The Gospel of Life (Evangelium Vitae) 1. THE GOSPEL OF LIFE is at the heart of Jesus' message. Lovingly received day after day by the Church, it is to be preached with dauntless fidelity as…