Category: Religious

By Dave Andrusko Last week we reposted excerpts from a letter sent to the newly inaugurated pro-abortion President Joe Biden from Archbishop  José Gomez in which the president of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB), offered his prayers to Mr. Biden and his family but also offered a reminder “that our new President has pledged …

By Dave Andrusko On Wednesday, the day pro-abortion Joe Biden was inaugurated as our nation’s 46th President, the president of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB), offered his prayers to Mr. Biden and his family and a reminder “that our new President has pledged to pursue certain policies that would advance moral evils …

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Office for Civil Rights announced Wednesday that it is taking corrective action against the University of Vermont Medical Center (UVMMC) and the State of California for violating federal conscience laws on abortion. The UVMMC violated the Church Amendment (enacted in 1973) by forcing a …

By Dave Andrusko Many may know that Pope Francis was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and became its archbishop in1998. So, it’s fair to assume, that moves to “liberalize” abortion in his native country may have a special meaning to the Pontiff. The Crux is an independent publication that provides invaluable news about the Vatican …

By Most Reverend Joseph F. Naumann Editor’s note. This appeared in the October digital edition of National Right to Life News. Please share this story, and the entire 44 page edition, with your pro-life friends and family. As Catholics approach the polls, we are asked to weigh many important issues. The U.S. bishops have reaffirmed …

By Dave Andrusko I had coffee this morning with a member of the adult Sunday school class I lead. What he does for a living is not relevant for this post, but he said the increase in his business “is like clockwork. Every four years, in an election year.” Something else that increases every four …

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 It may be hard to understand how a priest from Poland could relate to the secret heartache of women who have had abortions. But Pope John Paul II was such a man. The Pontiff, who has been declared a saint of the Catholic Church, spoke eloquently …

WASHINGTON—Archbishop Joseph F. Naumann of Kansas City in Kansas, chairman of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ (USCCB) Committee on Pro-Life Activities, Archbishop Paul S. Coakley of Oklahoma City, chairman of the Committee on Domestic Justice and Human Development, and Bishop David A. Konderla of Tulsa, chairman of the Subcommittee for the Promotion and Defense …

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 …