Sunday, January 31, 2016

Judie Brown: "Planned Parenthood at the nexus of evil and ignorance"



 

 

Judie Brown

Judie Brown
January 31, 2016

What are we to do as we find ourselves steeped in a society replete with depravity, sin, and immorality?

Events of the past week seem to intersect at the corner of morally bankrupt and socially corrupt. Let me explain.

To read the article, click here: http://www.renewamerica.com/columns/brown/160131
 
 
 
 
 

From Rorate-Caeli: Interview with the only Bishop to take part at Rome's "Family Day"

Bishop on the battlefield says: too easy not to expose oneself
 

The Archbishop of Campobasso scolds his absent colleagues and appeals to Mattarella: “If the Cirinnà Bill passes, don’t sign it.”
"Nobody came here in someone else’s name; we had the free choice to come or not and I decided to be here. I came because I felt the need to be beside my people along with the many other people who believe in the family. Certainly, it would have been wonderful to see other bishops in this piazza."
 

Friday, January 29, 2016

Spirit & Life - More Victories to Come




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It was a great day in Washington, D.C., and you can't always say that. The federal government shut down due to the storm, and tens of thousands of pro-lifers braved the same storm to stand for life.
As we discussed last week, the March for Life is never an empty symbol, though many couch-sitters like to characterize it as such. It is important to make the most of the chances to meet with other leaders and network, to be inspired, and to give the media another chance to ignore the fact that the momentum in this country is against abortion. One classic example of this intentional ignorance was the New York Times's report that "hundreds" of people attended the March.

As canonist Ed Peters retorted on Facebook: "Don't underestimate the influence of the New York Times. Hundreds of people read it."
I see many of those whose work has directly led to the saving of thousands of lives and conversion of many, many hearts at the March, full of conviction and encouragement.
If the March - and others like it around the country and around the world - were the goal of the pro-life movement, or just some chance to pat ourselves on the back while the slaughter continues, I would understand the criticism. But the reality is that the March and all the events around it are quite valuable for those actually in the fight.
Attendance was certainly down this year as many cancelled flights or buses who would normally have been there. At the expo, HLI's staff were still able to engage many in conversation and, for example, show why contraception is the gateway drug for abortion and why true marriage is essential for a Culture of Life. I was honored to concelebrate Holy Mass at the Franciscan Monastery with fellow pro-life priests, bishops and meet with other pro-life leaders. I was also pleased to be able to celebrate Mass for those who were trapped by the storm in our own and neighboring hotels, and to give a couple of spontaneous talks to groups who remained. You can see photos of some of the events on HLI's Facebook page.
So the March is a chance to begin again the essential work of fighting the greatest cause of death and suffering from which our nation and the world suffers. This is why HLI has always engaged in so many different ways in the fight for life.
In HLI's mission field, we are seeing yet another push to expand abortion "rights" for poor women, who, we are told by the abortion profiteers, are having babies that they don't want to have.
I'm sure many of you have heard of the Zika virus, which is spreading throughout Latin America, and has been especially widespread in Brazil. People are starting to use the word "pandemic", though this designation is still premature. Basically, people are linking this virus with a burst of cases of microcephaly in Brazil, a condition suffered by newborns whose mothers contracted Zika during pregnancy.
Following the raised concern about the Zika virus and its effects, we put out a statement yesterday that called for caution on several aspects of this troubling situation. We also warned, in part:
[O]ne expects the call to avoid pregnancy to be exploited by population control advocates who are always telling poor women and families to avoid pregnancy, most likely with renewed fund raising campaigns and anti-natalist propaganda. We also expect this very difficult situation to result in demands for radical expansion of access to abortion in law, as if killing a child is tantamount to curing a disease.
Well, it didn't take long. This is from an NPR interview with an abortion activist:
That's why the [abortion] debate should be on the table. In countries like Colombia, women have the option of using emergency contraception or interrupting the pregnancy legally if they are infected with the Zika virus. However, most women - especially those in the most affected areas - do not have clarity over these laws. There is a lack of information and access to these services. And that is for the countries where these kinds of reproductive health services are legal. In some other countries, like El Salvador, these kinds of reproductive rights are illegal. This might lead to women getting more unsafe abortions, and putting their health and life at risk.
As progressives like to say, never let a crisis go to waste. Possible viral epidemic? More abortion. Natural disaster? More abortion.
We all want to see women and families getting the best possible care, and to see this virus stopped in its tracks. We are all against women being harmed by abortion, but abortion is never safe for the baby who is targeted for death. These death profiteers refuse to look at Chile, which has seen great improvement in maternal health outcomes even with increased and strong restrictions on abortion.
Fr Marx-bw What does all of this have to do with events like the March for Life? There is now a network of pro-life warriors throughout Latin America in large part because a priest named Father Paul Marx met a great woman named Magaly Llaguno at an HLI conference. From this great meeting came a great friendship and collaboration, and a network of others who attended conferences, were educated, met new friends who challenged and inspired them - all of whom have had many silent and not-so-silent victories. Another meeting at an HLI conference, this one between HLI's founder Fr. Marx and Jorge Serrano, has led to many victories in Mexico and over 150 crisis pregnancy centers throughout Latin America. This network, which continues to grow and adapt, will be fighting for moms and babies who will be under greater pressure as the abortion industry exploits the real concerns of those faced with the Zika virus.
The fight for life is certainly and primarily a spiritual battle. It is political. It is cultural. It is a battle in which human beings are the soldiers, and human beings need to be nourished, to be energized, and to be introduced to others in the fight. What began decades ago with Father Marx continues today both through HLI networks and other wonderful pro-life organizations that continue to pop up with creative ways to stop the Culture of Death and recover a Culture of Life.
Yes, it's far from over. But this is why we need to stick together. I am deeply grateful for your prayers for HLI's pro-life missionaries and for our other friends and warriors in the pro-life and pro-family movement.
 
Sincerely yours in Christ,  
Father Shenan J. Boquet
President, Human Life International
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Another presidential election season is upon us. This may fill you with dread, hope or anticipation, depending on your interest in politics and this year's candidates. For myself, it is easy to experience election fatigue, wherein I tire of the endless parodies, smear campaigns and the ubiquitous political platitudes found on social media. Regardless of our personal feelings-be they positive or negative-we have a responsibility not only to vote, but to vote with knowledge and discernment. - continue -
 
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We share the concern of our brothers and sisters in Latin America who are worried about the spread of the Zika virus, and who wonder about its cause and its effects. Much is still not known, but there seems to be a growing concern that the mosquito-borne virus is linked to the serious birth defect of microcephaly in infants born to mothers who contracted the virus during pregnancy. With this elevated concern have come calls for the postponement of pregnancy for entire nations for as many as two years, although some nations are still debating what measures to be taken and what duration to advise couples to postpone pregnancy. - continue -
 
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Of the several key questions MacIntyre poses, one of the most crucial is "Nietzsche or Aristotle?", the title of the chapter in which he grants these two giants the honor of having the most coherent moral programs on offer. The Enlightenment dismantled, on MacIntyre's view, the framework of traditional Aristotelian morality which had dominated after Aquinas, but it failed to present a coherent framework as an alternative. That Nietzsche realized this and exposed the errors of the Enlightenment and remaining Christian attempts at creating a moral obligation is to his credit, but where Nietzsche left the conversation should trouble us all. - continue -
 
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LifeNews Pro-Life News Report 1/29/16



LifeNews.com Pro-Life News Report

Friday, January 29, 2016

For pro-life news updated throughout the day, visit LifeNews.com.
Top Stories
• Whoopi Goldberg “Thrilled” the Indicted Pro-Life Activists are “Getting Their Behind Handed to Them”
• Supreme Court Sets Date for Little Sisters of the Poor’s Challenge to Obama HHS Mandate
• D.A. Who Indicted Pro-Lifers Has Extensive Relationship With Attorney for Late-Term Abortionist
• Ted Cruz Leads Pro-Life Rally: “I Have Stood Up to Fight to the Right to Life” of Unborn Babies


More Pro-Life News
• Planned Parenthood Caught Violating Same Law Against Organ Sales David Daleiden Was Indicted Over
• Chris Christie: “Thousands of Unborn Children are Murdered in the Womb.” What Could be Worse?
• Rand Paul: “I Think Abortion is Always Wrong,” We Need to Protect “the Individual in the Womb”
• Carly Fiorina: Something’s Wrong When Pro-Life People are Indicted But Not Hillary Clinton

• Planned Parenthood Has Broken the Law or Been Fined in 8 States Since the Expose’ Videos
• University of Texas Caught Buying Aborted Baby Body Parts From Planned Parenthood
• Mike Huckabee During Republican Debate: “Let’s Get Rid of Abortion Once and for All”
• NARAL Threatens Pro-Life Rand Paul: “Keep Saying S— Like That and You’re Gonna Get Punched”
• Man Drove His Two Teenage Kids to Planned Parenthood to Spray Pro-Lifers With Tomato Juice
• Christ Hospital in Cincinnati, Ohio Will No Longer Kill Disabled Babies in Abortions

• Planned Parenthood Breaks State Law to Open Unlicensed Abortion Clinic in Kentucky
• United Airlines Bans Travelers From Viewing Pro-Life Web Site During In-Flight Internet Usage
• Indiana Senate Panel Passes Bill to Ban Abortions Based on Down Syndrome
• Sierra Leone: Pro-Life People Protest Proposed Law to Legalize Abortions

SIGN THE PETITION: Drop the Charges Against David Daleiden and Charge Planned Parenthood


Whoopi Goldberg “Thrilled” the Indicted Pro-Life Activists are “Getting Their Behind Handed to Them”
When it comes to the Texas indictment of pro-life activists, Whoopi Goldberg is interested in only one point: Planned Parenthood is not guilty. But she was shocked when one of her co-hosts defended the unborn.
Click to Read at LifeNews.com:
http://www.lifenews.com/2016/01/29/whoopi-goldberg-thrilled-the-indicted-pro-life-activists-are-getting-their-behind-handed-to-them/

Supreme Court Sets Date for Little Sisters of the Poor’s Challenge to Obama HHS Mandate
The Supreme Court has set the date for oral arguments for Little Sisters of the Poor’s challenge to the Obama HHS mandate. The nation’s highest court will hear debate from attorneys representing the Catholic religious order and the Obama administration on Wednesday, March 23 at 10 a.m.
Click to Read at LifeNews.com:
http://www.lifenews.com/2016/01/29/supreme-court-sets-date-for-little-sisters-of-the-poors-challenge-to-obama-hhs-mandate/

D.A. Who Indicted Pro-Lifers Has Extensive Relationship With Attorney for Late-Term Abortionist
Since her office indicted pro-life advocates acting as undercover journalists to catch Planned Parenthood selling the body parts of aborted babies, Harris County District Attorney Devon Anderson has faced significant criticism.
Click to Read at LifeNews.com:
http://www.lifenews.com/2016/01/29/d-a-who-indicted-pro-lifers-has-extensive-relationship-with-attorney-for-late-term-abortionist/



Ted Cruz Leads Pro-Life Rally: “I Have Stood Up to Fight to the Right to Life” of Unborn Babies
Republican presidential hopeful Ted Cruz touted his record on abortion at a packed pro-life rally Wednesday in Iowa. “Every candidate in a Republican primary says they’re pro-life. That’s what you say in a Republican primary, regardless of the facts,” Cruz said.

Click to Read at LifeNews.com:
http://www.lifenews.com/2016/01/29/ted-cruz-leads-pro-life-rally-i-have-stood-up-to-fight-to-the-right-to-life-of-unborn-babies/



Planned Parenthood Caught Violating Same Law Against Organ Sales David Daleiden Was Indicted Over
Just days after a Texas grand jury ignored evidence of Planned Parenthood selling aborted babies’ body parts and indited whistle blower David Daleiden instead, a pro-life group released new documents that appear to show the abortion chain billing for aborted babies’ body parts.

Click to Read at LifeNews.com:
http://www.lifenews.com/2016/01/29/planned-parenthood-caught-violating-same-law-against-organ-sales-david-daleiden-was-indicted-over/

Chris Christie: “Thousands of Unborn Children are Murdered in the Womb.” What Could be Worse?
The question moderator Bret Baier posed to Gov. Chris Christie Thursday night was simple: “Can you name one thing the federal government does now that it should not do at all?” It could’ve been answered a million different ways, but the New Jersey governor took it in a pro-life direction.

Click to Read at LifeNews.com:
http://www.lifenews.com/2016/01/29/chris-christie-thousands-of-unborn-children-are-murdered-in-the-womb-what-could-be-worse/



Rand Paul: “I Think Abortion is Always Wrong,” We Need to Protect “the Individual in the Womb”
During last night’s Republican presidential debate, pro-life candidate Rand Paul made his abortion views clear — he thinks abortion is “always wrong.”
Click to Read at LifeNews.com:
http://www.lifenews.com/2016/01/29/rand-paul-i-think-abortion-is-always-wrong-we-need-to-protect-the-individual-in-the-womb/


Carly Fiorina: Something’s Wrong When Pro-Life People are Indicted But Not Hillary Clinton
Republican presidential candidate Carly Fiorina didn’t back down from taking on Planned Parenthood in the GOP debate last night. She said there’s something wrong with the justice system in the country when pro-life advocates exposing Planned Parenthood are indicted but not Hillary Clinton.

Click to Read at LifeNews.com:
http://www.lifenews.com/2016/01/29/carly-fiorina-something-wrong-when-pro-life-people-are-indicted-but-not-hillary-clinton/

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Planned Parenthood Has Broken the Law or Been Fined in 8 States Since the Expose’ Videos http://www.lifenews.com/2016/01/29/planned-parenthood-has-broken-the-law-or-been-fined-in-8-states-since-the-expose-videos/
University of Texas Caught Buying Aborted Baby Body Parts From Planned Parenthood http://www.lifenews.com/2016/01/29/university-of-texas-caught-buying-aborted-baby-body-parts-from-planned-parenthood/
Mike Huckabee During Republican Debate: “Let’s Get Rid of Abortion Once and for All” http://www.lifenews.com/2016/01/29/mike-huckabee-during-republican-debate-lets-get-rid-of-abortion-once-and-for-all/
NARAL Threatens Pro-Life Rand Paul: “Keep Saying S— Like That and You’re Gonna Get Punched” http://www.lifenews.com/2016/01/29/naral-threatens-pro-life-rand-paul-keep-saying-s-like-that-and-youre-gonna-get-punched/


Man Drove His Two Teenage Kids to Planned Parenthood to Spray Pro-Lifers With Tomato Juice http://www.lifenews.com/2016/01/29/man-drove-his-two-teenage-kids-to-planned-parenthood-to-spray-pro-lifers-with-tomato-juice/
Christ Hospital in Cincinnati, Ohio Will No Longer Kill Disabled Babies in Abortions http://www.lifenews.com/2016/01/29/christ-hospital-in-ohio-will-no-longer-kill-disabled-babies-in-abortions/
Planned Parenthood Breaks State Law to Open Unlicensed Abortion Clinic in Kentucky http://www.lifenews.com/2016/01/29/planned-parenthood-breaks-state-law-to-open-unlicensed-abortion-clinic-in-kentucky/
United Airlines Bans Travelers From Viewing Pro-Life Web Site During In-Flight Internet Usage http://www.lifenews.com/2016/01/29/united-airlines-bans-travelers-from-viewing-pro-life-web-site-during-in-flight-internet-usage/
Indiana Senate Panel Passes Bill to Ban Abortions Based on Down Syndrome http://www.lifenews.com/2016/01/29/indiana-senate-panel-passes-bill-to-ban-abortions-based-on-down-syndrome/
Sierra Leone: Pro-Life People Protest Proposed Law to Legalize Abortions http://www.lifenews.com/2016/01/29/sierra-leone-pro-life-people-protest-proposed-law-to-legalize-abortions/









Thursday, January 28, 2016

From CMMB: Violence. Hunger. Desperation.






Violence. Hunger. Desperation.
 
 
Our staff on the ground are witnessing violence and massive displacement of people without food, water, medicine and other basic needs in the Western Equatoria State of South Sudan. Knowing these communities so well, our staff is heartbroken, wanting desperately to help them at this critical time, but knowing there are very limited resources available.

I am writing to you today because the people we are serving together in this area are in imminent danger, due to new outbreaks of violence in this formerly peaceful area. Many have fled their homes, leaving thousands of families hungry, and without access to safe water or any type of health service.

As one of the very few organizations providing relief and healthcare in South Sudan’s Western Equatoria State, we need your help. I humbly ask you to stand with the people affected by this violence and insecurity, face down the inhumanities being committed and provide them with critical, life-saving support. Amidst a backdrop of insecurity in many areas of the world, we are called to remember the downtrodden, the poor, and especially those whose daily horrors may not make it into the daily press. After all the progress we have made together, the people of South Sudan need us now more than ever.

“But if anyone has the world’s good and sees his brother in need, yet closes his heart against him, how does God’s love abide in him? Little children, let us not love in word or talk but in deed and in truth.” 1 John 3:17-18
 
I WANT TO HELP TODAY
In solidarity with the people of South Sudan,
 
Bruce Wilkinson


CMMB President & CEO

 
P.S. I want to share with you part of a recent message from the Bishop of Tombura-Yambio Diocese: “As news of the shootings and violence of all types in Western Equatoria State spreads through the area, I also pray that you will reach out to one another with the love of God and with a voice that inspires justice, courage and peace. We have to hold on to the hope and comfort we find in the saving grace of Jesus Christ.”

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