Category: Religious

By Maria V. Gallagher, Legislative Director, Pennsylvania Pro-Life Federation The year 2020 marks the 25th anniversary of an incredible document defending the sanctity of human life. Evangelium Vitae [“The Gospel of Life”] by Pope John Paul II has definitely stood the test of time. Its powerful arguments are as relevant today as they were two-and-a-half …

By Dave Andrusko Internationally renowned apologist Ravi Zacharias passed away May 19, at the age of 74. As Live Action News noted on that same day, “On the Ravi Zacharias International Ministries (RZIM) website, multiple authors have discussed the issue of abortion, and Zacharias himself spoke on this issue, seeing it as part of Christian apologetics” …

Editor’s note. Thanks to the invaluable Jeff Jacoby, virtually the lone voice of sanity at the Boston Globe. In a column published this morning, Jeff recalled for us that it was one hundred years ago today that Karol Wojtyla, later to be Pope John Paul ll, was born in the Polish town of Wadowice. Over …

By Dave Andrusko When New York Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan recently had good things to say about President Donald  Trump, you knew it was only a matter of time before “social justice” leaders would clobber him.  As we have discussed countless times over the past three + years, separating President Trump from pro-lifers, Catholics, and …

By Lowell Highby, Lutherans for Life Editor’s note. These  wonderful resources from Lutherans for Life can be found at lutheransforlife.org. The word “abortion” does not appear in the Bible. Yet, God’s Word has plenty to say that relates directly to abortion. Here’s the reason: God’s Word is about life (John 10:10). In a “successful” abortion …

By Susanne Maynes It’s been my habit for some time to read through the Bible each year. Usually, I begin with Genesis in January and finish up with Revelation in December. Last year, I decided to slow down and pay closer attention to the passages I was reading. I skipped about half of the Old …

By Dave Andrusko A poll released Thursday affirmed that white Evangelicals remain staunchly pro-life and that they overwhelmingly approve of President Trump’s job performance. A poll conducted by The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research found that 67% of white evangelical Protestant would make abortion illegal except in cases of rape, incest or to …

By P.J. Gladnick She tried. Oh, how she tried. However, no matter how many times Atlantic magazine writer Emma Green tried to get the president of the National Association of Evangelicals, Leith Anderson, to criticize President Trump, she failed completely, as you can see in her Wednesday interview, “Evangelicalism’s Silent Majority.” Green kicks off the …

The shame is not that evangelicals hold these pro-life convictions now. The shame is that there was ever any evangelical equivocation on such a matter of life and death and human dignity. By Albert Mohler, President, Southern Baptist Theological Seminary Editor’s note. I’m reposting this brilliant 2017 analysis for a number of reasons, beginning with …

By Maria V. Gallagher, Legislative Director, Pennsylvania Pro-Life Federation Decades have passed since the death of one of the world’s best known patrons of the poor, Mother Teresa of Calcutta. In the years since her passing, she has been proclaimed a saint by the Roman Catholic Church, and numerous books have been written about her …

WASHINGTON – On November 21, Archbishop Joseph F. Naumann of Kansas City and Chairman of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Committee for Pro-Life Activities joined 17 other pro-life groups in urging President Trump to ensure that an amendment led by Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), which would enrich global abortion providers, is not part of …

By Wesley J. Smith Editor’s note. This is taken from Wesley’s National Review Online column. The late Supreme Court Justice Frank Murphy wrote, “Freedom of speech, freedom of the press, and freedom of religion all have a double aspect — freedom of thought and freedom of action.” To which one should be able to add, …