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May Fr Vincent Melia, SPUC campaigner, rest in peace |
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John Smeaton, SPUC directorWednesday, 26 October 2011 May Fr Vincent Melia, SPUC campaigner, rest in peaceMarileine Ollerenshaw of SPUC's north-east England region has just sent me the following sad news: "Father Vincent Melia, from St. Matthew, Ponteland, passed away last night. His body will be received into the church on Sunday evening and his funeral will be on Monday. Father Melia has been, for as long as I can remember, a strong supporter of SPUC and was, till recently, the chairman of the Ponteland branch. He kept encouraging people of all faiths and none to help the unborn and all those who have no voice. He will be sadly missed in the pro-life movement." Comments on this blog? Email them to johnsmeaton@spuc.org.uk |
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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.