By Maria Gallagher, Legislative Director, Pennsylvania Pro-Life Federation It’s been called the biggest event in the U.S. since the Superbowl—and tickets have been scooped up faster than tickets for a Taylor Swift concert. It is the arrival of Pope Francis in the U.S....
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Pro-abortionists attack Pope Francis for forgiveness
By Dave Andrusko It came as no surprise. You didn’t have to be Catholic (which I am not) to anticipate that this would drive pro-abortionists off the deep end. I refer, of course, to what ran under the misleading headline that “Pope to allow priests to forgive...
There Is Hope: Abortion and God’s Mercy
By Kathryn Jean Lopez Editor’s note. Kathryn Jean Lopez is editor-at-large of National Review Online. This appeared Tuesday at nationalreview.com and is reprinted with permission. This is a heartbreakingly misleading headline: “Pope to allow priests to forgive...
Pope Francis’s “Missionaries of Mercy” and post-abortive women
Olivia Gans Turner, Director, American Victims of Abortion Pope Francis has once again made the news on an important issue that happens to be very close to my heart. I am grateful that the Pope’s newest comments open the door for me to share with a new audience what...
Pope urges doctors to witness to sanctity of life, calls abortion and euthanasia “sins against God”
By Dave Andrusko In a speech on the 70th anniversary of the founding of the Association of Italian Catholic Doctors last Saturday, Pope Francis told an audience of 4,000 physicians that abortion and euthanasia are "sins against God,” examples of what he called...
Pope Francis calls the abandonment of the elderly “tantamount to a hidden euthanasia”
By Dave Andrusko To put it mildly, a headline that read only, “Pope's Meeting With the Elderly in St. Peter's Square” missed all that was special Sunday in a gathering Pope Francis (and his predecessor Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI) had with elderly from around...
Pope Francis to pray for unborn at the “Cemetery for Aborted Children”
By Dave Andrusko Hats off to the Catholic News Service via the National Catholic Register and ETWN. On his trip to South Korea, Pope Francis will pray for the unborn at the “Cemetery for Aborted Children” as part of his visit to the Kkottoghnae Home for the...
Pope’s Message to People of Ireland – Cherish Life
By LifeZine Editor’s note. LifeZine is a publication of the Irish Family & Life Organization, a leading Irish pro-life organization. In a special message to Catholics in Ireland and Britain for the annual 'Day for Life', Pope Francis has called on young...
Pope Francis again condemns abortion and infanticide as “unspeakable crimes
By Dave Andrusko Reiterating that human life is sacred and inviolable, Pope Francis told the Italian pro-life group Movimento per la Vita today that it is “necessary to reiterate the strongest opposition to any direct attack on life, especially innocent and...
Pope Francis, President Obama meet at Vatican
By Dave Andrusko Not to be overly cynical, but if I was President Obama (with every kind of approval index mired in the high 30s and low 40s), I know I would like to bask in the reflected glow of Pope Francis, whose popularity is double that of the beleaguered...