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By Dave Andrusko During a Saturday press conference aboard the papal plane flying from Marseille to Rome, Pope Francis condemned euthanasia and abortion as actions that “play with life.” According to the Catholic News Agency (CNA) the Pope said “You don’t...
By Marie Smith, Parliamentary Network for Critical Issues (PNCI) Pope Francis emphasized the need to protect unborn children from abortion, calling abortion "a grave problem" that undermines the foundation for "the building of justice, compromising the correct...
Urges families to accept children "as God gives them to us" By Dave Andrusko The timing of Pope Francis’ stirring admonition Saturday against abortion could not have been an accident. His comments to the Forum of Family Associations in Rome likened the abortion of...
By Dave Andrusko Tip of the hat to The Crux for a fine story about Pope Francis’s uplifting visit last week with a group of people suffering from Huntington’s Disease and their families at the Vatican’s Paul VI Hall in Rome. Huntington’s Disease, though rare, is...
By Dave Andrusko ”Pope Francis begins Polish Trip with Strong Defense of Unborn” is how the official Vatican News Service described the Pontiff’s first day. Part of his busy itinerary is leading World Youth Day festivities in Krakow. According to Kathleen Naab, Pope...
By Maria Gallagher, Legislative Director, Pennsylvania Pro-Life Federation Pope Francis once again proves himself to be a powerful pro-life voice with his latest apostolic exhortation, Amoris Laetitia, Latin for the “Joy of Love.” Showing that he has his hand firmly...
By Maria Gallagher, Legislative Director, Pennsylvania Pro-Life Federation To tweet or not to tweet? That seems as if it is one of the pressing questions of the 21st century. For those of you who are not familiar with it, a tweet is a communication of 140 characters...
By Dave Andrusko You may have heard a few words here and there about an exchange between Pope Francis and Donald Trump. But you would have to go to sites such as the Catholic News Association and EWTN to get the full flavor of the Pontiff’s passionate comments about a...
By Dave Andrusko In his address this morning to a joint session of Congress, Pope Francis told legislators that The Golden Rule “reminds us of our responsibility to protect and defend human life at every stage of its development” and once again defended the importance...
By Dave Andrusko Tomorrow Pope Francis addresses a joint session of Congress. But for simplicity and clarity of purpose, today--his first day in our nation’s capital--would be difficult to match. I am not Catholic but the enthusiasm and love and sheer joy of my...