DEACON FOR LIFE

Were there to be no support in the whole history of ethical and moral thought, were there no acknowledged confirmation from medical science, were the history of legal opinion to the contrary, we would still have to conclude on the basis of God's Holy Word that the unborn child is a person in the sight of God. He is protected by the sanctity of life graciously given to each individual by the Creator, Who alone places His image upon man and grants them any right to life which they have.

Friday, January 4, 2008

A fine and up to a year in jail

Elderly pro-lifer arrested for trespass at his San Mateo parish pleads not guilty; trial set for Jan. 22

Ross Foti, the pro-life activist arrested after coming onto the grounds of St. Matthew's Church in San Mateo last November, pleaded not guilty to charges of trespass on Dec. 27.

Foti, 73, has long been a controversial figure at St. Matthew's. Last year, parents of children at the parish school began complaining about Foti's truck, displaying graphic signs of aborted babies, which he parked on a public street adjacent to the school.

Read this story here: California Catholic Daily