Bishop Thomas Tobin Defends Truth Organizers of “Gay Pride” events have successfully conditioned the media and the public to talk about these parades as if they were simply celebrations of “equality.” However, even some people who are fully on board with the LGBT agenda have pointed out the obvious: these parades are often less about . . . Read more
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 . . . Read more
A Mosaic of Love A few days ago, a pro-abortion social media editor for a large newspaper tweeted out a disparaging message to pro-life activists: “Dear Pro-Life friends: what have you *personally* done to support lower income single mothers?” she asked, adding, “I’ll wait.” The sarcastic “I’ll wait” gave away the game: Sarah Tuttle-Singer (the . . . Read more
For immediate release: June 3, 2019 Contact: Deborah M. Piroch Email: dpiroch@hli.org (Front Royal, VA) On June 1st, the global pro-life movement lost one of its great warriors, a true Apostle of Life in the mold of Father Paul Marx, Human Life International’s founder. Antun Lisec, M.D., director of HLI Croatia, after a short and heroic . . . Read more
Demographic Crisis Americans are having fewer children than ever before. According to new data released by the Center for Disease Control (CDC), for the fourth year in a row the number of children born in the United States has fallen. Last year, 3,788,235 babies were born in the U.S. – a drop of 2% from . . . Read more
For immediate release: May 21, 2019 Contact: Deborah M. Piroch Email: dpiroch@hli.org (Front Royal, VA) Our Movement Will Not Be Intimidated In recent days, the pro-life community and many other Americans were shocked and disgusted at the behavior of Democrat State Representative Brian Sims from the 182nd Legislative District of Pennsylvania as he attempted to shame . . . Read more
Pro-Life Assault I am troubled by what appears to be a growing trend of violent attacks on peaceful pro-life activists. Perhaps the most famous recent instance was caught in a dramatic video last fall. The video shows a twenty-something-year-old man wearing a purple sweater, with a pentagram (a pagan symbol) on a necklace around his . . . Read more
Amina Khamis Juma is 22 years old and lives in Mbande-Kisewe, near Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. After delivering her first child in 2016, she was persuaded by her sisters to begin using contraception since the couple did not wish to have another child. Her sisters suggested using condoms, but they caused pain and discomfort, so . . . Read more
‘You Were Made for Greatness’ “The world offers you comfort, but you were not made for comfort. You were made for greatness!” This is a quotation often attributed to Pope Benedict XVI. There is some debate about whether the pope ever said precisely these words. However, it is quite clear that he often said extremely . . . Read more
For immediate release: May 1, 2019 Contact: Deborah M. Piroch Email: dpiroch@hli.org (Front Royal, VA) Dear Friends, Won’t you join us? On May 15th in New York City, Human Life International will be co-hosting a side event at the United Nations. Together with a coalition of other great pro-life, pro-family groups, we will be there to . . . Read more
