Author: Tom Faranda
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Julia Winterroth
Staunch prolife and Catholic activist. Julia will be sorely missed. Julia with her daughter Laura and beloved husband Harry, at the Center for Life breakfast in 2008. Here is an excerpt from her obituary. Julia Henry Winterroth, of Yonkers, died suddenly at the age of 82. Julia was the daughter of Daniel and Josephine…
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Feast of the Holy Innocents
Thanks to Theresa Bonopartis for this fine posting on the Lumina website – and see the fine painting Herod's Ego And The Holy Innocents
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Number of prolife women in the House of Representatives has expanded
The numbers of prolife women officeholders has ncreased dramatically. The following is from Kathryn Jean Lopez writing in NRO. We've Come a Long Way, Baby! According to the Susan B. Anthony List, which works to elect pro-life candidates, especially pro-life women, “The percentage of women in the House of Representatives who are pro-life increased by…
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More on the abortion breast cancer connection
Here is a posting on lifenews by microbiologist Dr. Gerard Nadal. His own blog is here. National Cancer Institute Must Tell Women Abortion, Breast Cancer Linked … the National Cancer Institute’s (NCI) pro-abortion political correcting of honestly assessing all areas of causality undercuts the effectiveness of this month’s activities, and leaves millions of women at…
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Fifth anniversary of LifeNet online!
First posting is here - Mission Statement of the Hudson Valley Coalition for Life on November 9th, 2005. We currently average around 36 pageviews a day – so about 25 unique visitors every day. And of course we've now been publishing the print verion of LifeNet for 20 years!
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What We’re Up Against: Rachel Maddow interviews abortionist who explains how abortion is good for motherhood
This is from this week’s Maddow feature on “The Assassination of
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A Gandhi quote
Sent to us by Peace and Life Connections, a seamless garment/consistent ethic of life group. Quotations of the Week On the occasion of the Gandhi-King Conference on Peacemaking October 22-24 in Memphis, we offer two quotes from Mohandas Gandhi. “I object to violence because when it appears to do good, the good is only temporary…
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Pro-life win in Europe: conscience protections upheld for healthcare workers
This is from the Irish website, Faith & Life A concerted effort to force European doctors to perform abortions in violation of their consciences has been comprehensively defeated at the Council of Europe. Addressing the Assembly, Senator Mullen reminded the members that the rights of unborn children are recognised by the UN Convention on the Rights…
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Ed Mechmann of NY Archdiocese Family Life office on the “Theology of the Body”
Ed has a very fine post up on his blog. Excerpt below the link – hit the link for the whole highly recommended short post – Reflections on the Theology of the Body In discussing the Theology of the Body, one has to distinguish between (a) the doctrines of the Church, (b) Pope John Paul…
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Fr. Benedict Groeschel video: on the occasion of his 50th anniversary as a priest.
Fr. Groeschel’s fiftieth anniversary was last year. Here is a newly released video of the celebratory Mass, including excerpts from his homily, and comments from family members and colleagues.