Deborah M. Piroch graduated from Mount Holyoke College, the nation’s oldest women’s college, with a double major in German and English Literature. She studied abroad and earned her M.A. in English Literature from Indiana University. Fluent in German, she began her career in international journalism working for Radio Deutsche Welle in Cologne, Germany. Returning to the States after a three-year contract, she worked as arts reporter and producer on prime time shows for WQED-FM in Pittsburgh, then a top 20 market. After another three years, she was hired by EWTN Global Catholic Network as news director, anchor and writer for “Catholic World Today,” but soon transitioned into television. Highlights of her 15 years at EWTN include co-anchoring the U.S. March for Life with Marcus Grodi on more than one occasion, live translating the election of Pope Benedict XVI into German, interviewing two former U.S. Presidential candidates and producing Father Benedict Groeschel’s prime time program from its inception for six years. Named the Network’s first International Production Coordinator, she also proposed, budgeted and executed TV shoots in Scotland, England, Norway, Sweden and Germany. Most recently she served as Director of PR for Human Life International.

Papua New Guinea Diocese Marks World AIDS Day the Catholic Way

By Deborah M. Piroch / November 30, 2019 /
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Agreed: Condoms Do Not Prevent AIDS Proliferation On Saturday the Catholic Diocese of Alotau, in Papua New Guinea, celebrated World HIV AIDS Day today, a day ahead of its actual celebration on 1st Dec. As a shepherd of souls for a diocese containing only 24 priests responsible for over 54,000 Catholics, Bishop Roland Santos gave…

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Human Life International (HLI) Kenya/Uganda Statement on the ICPD25 Nairobi Summit

By Deborah M. Piroch / November 27, 2019 /
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For immediate release: November 27, 2019 Contact: Deborah M. Piroch Email: dpiroch@hli.org (Nairobi, Kenya/Front Royal, VA) ICPD25 Nairobi Summit a Travesty (HLI Kenya, HLI Uganda, Front Royal, VA) – 25 years after Cairo ICPD commitments, the ICPD25 Nairobi Summit, sponsored by the governments of Denmark, Kenya and the United Nations Population Fund, was an utter travesty,…

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HLI Condemns Anti-Catholic Laws Imposed on Northern Ireland

By Deborah M. Piroch / October 22, 2019 /

For immediate release:  October 22, 2019 Irish Contact: Lisa O’Hare, HLI Ireland Media Liaison –  lisa@humanlife.ie USA Contact: Deborah M. Piroch, Director of Public Relations – dpiroch@hli.org   (Belfast, N. Ireland and Front Royal, VA) – At midnight last night the new ruling by Westminster to allow abortion to 24 weeks or 4 months of age –…

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Dr. Joseph Meaney Leaves HLI for the National Catholic Bioethics Center

By Deborah M. Piroch / June 4, 2019 /

For immediate release: June 4, 2019 Contact: Deborah M. Piroch Email: dpiroch@hli.org (Front Royal, VA) The Board of Directors of The National Catholic Bioethics Center (NCBC) is pleased to announce that Joseph Meaney, Ph.D., has been named as the new President of the Center upon the retirement of its current President, Dr. John M. Haas, at…

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Enough with the Blood Money

By Deborah M. Piroch / September 26, 2018 /
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Most Americans do not support abortion after the baby can feel pain. Yet every day in parts of America babies may be aborted up to the 9th month. And as if those blood money profits were not enough, selling fetal body parts adds horror upon horror and continues to happen. But yesterday we saw a…

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The Beauty of Having Children

By Deborah M. Piroch / August 26, 2018 /
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Children, the Supreme Gift of Marriage Last year Christian musician Nichole Nordeman shared a humorous but tragic anecdote. She described overhearing a couple at the airport on a video chat with their “baby” and the baby’s “grandparents.” The parents, she said, were clearly suffering separation anxiety. “They are cooing and gushing and exclaiming ‘well look…

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Babies Saved From Abortion in 2017

By Deborah M. Piroch / December 27, 2017 /
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Merry Christmas, Little Ones! A small sampling of babies saved through Human Life International in 2017.

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Murder is Good? Does the Bible Tell Me So?

By Deborah M. Piroch / November 21, 2014 /
Planned Parenthood- Thousand Oaks, CA

Last week’s Time Magazine expose, 6 Myths About Abortion, is part of the abortion industry’s rebranding effort, as they seek to move away from the always-false “pro-choice” language toward the more diabolically honest pro-abortion approach. Hence the need to do away with certain facts that are inconvenient for the pro-abortion crowd, recasting them as “myths.”…

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