Author: Tom Faranda

Hit the link for the full text of the Holy Father’s very fine homily. Pope’s Homily at Yankee Stadium – New York Times Including the last five minutes, in which the Pope spoke and read in Spanish, the homily lasted for 25 minutes. The english section was interrupted only twice with applause. Here are the…

Contrary to what is sometimes portrayed by the media, women make up the bulk of active prolifers. Nowhere was this more in evidence than at the Northern Westchester and Putnam Center for Life Educational Trust annual breakfast at the Holiday Inn in Mt. Kisco on April 5. It was almost an all-woman show with the…

Liberal Columnist Nat Hentoff Blasts Barack Obama on Terri Schiavo Flip-Flop The Senate unanimously approved a compromise bill but Obama said he should have stood up against the life-saving legislation. “It wasn’t something I was comfortable with, but it was not something that I stood on the floor and stopped,” Obama said. “And I think…

The late term abortion specialist from Wichita, Kansas. He was invited to speak at the NEA (National Education Association!!!) convention at a forum sponsored by the so-called "Feminist Majority Foundation. This video was produced by Students for Life of America (SFLA) who attended the talk and then interivewed Tiller. There are some images in the…

The local Gannett newspaper sent a reporter to the March for Life – she travelled by bus with a Rockland County contingent. Her article was pretty solid – D.C. anti-abortion rally on Roe-Wade 35th | lohud.com | The Journal News Hundreds of Rockland and Westchester residents participated in yesterday’s 35th annual March for Life, which…

With over 100 supporters attending, Mayor Amicone did not mince any words in his support for the right to life of the unborn. His words emphasized the necessity of supporting women in crisis situations while working to change our culture, seeking common ground along the way. The conference was held on the steps of City…

An Islamic, prolife, feminist Assassinated Pakistan Leader Benazir Bhutto Was Strong Abortion Opponent The world mourned the loss of assassinated Pakistani leader Benazir Bhutto on Thursday, but her death was more than a setback for those hoping for democracy in this war-torn nation. Bhutto was a member of an international pro-life women’s movement that understood…

This is from Wesley Smith’s weblog- Secondhand Smoke: Adult Stem Cell News Blockade Continues to Crumble A promising new adult stem cell treatment for breast reconstruction of women who have had lump-ectomies to treat breast cancer has been reported in the Washington Post. ****** Promising results in early human trials with adult stem cells are…

This from Amy Welborn’s new weblog The little boy featured in this video with his loving family died 11 minutes after he was born, last week. The parents had received a diagnosis of anencephaly earlier in the pregnancy, were advised to abort, but made the decision to accept the “counsel and wisdom of the Church…

She became sick while a missionary in the Phillipines Tebow’s family ties – News – GainesvilleSun.com We taught our children from a young age that in everything, you give thanks to the Lord," she said. "There’s something supernatural that takes place when you trade your anxieties for God’s peace." Pam says most of Tim’s life…