In 1937, Pope Pius XI wrote that the Rosary is “a powerful weapon to put the demons to flight, to preserve the integrity of life, to acquire virtue more easily, and . . . to attain real peace among men.” October is not only the month of the Rosary, but [...]
Two Diametrically Opposed Visions In a lyrical essay originally published in Crisis Magazine, Catholic philosopher and Senior Fellow of Human Life International, Donald DeMarco, Ph.D., poignantly paints the stark division between the pro-life worldview, and the worldview espoused by the Culture of Death. Invoking T.S. Eliot’s seminal poem The Waste [...]
July 29, 2017 – Spirit and Life Introduction This week I am writing to you from Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, on the eastern coast of Africa, where Dr. Brian Clowes and I are participating in HLI’s Anglophone Regional Conference. Maybe you have seen a few of my posts on Instagram, [...]
"Speak, yourself, on behalf of the dumb, on behalf of all the unwanted; speak, yourself, pronounce a just verdict, uphold the rights of the poor, of the needy." ~ Proverbs 31:8-9 The Origin of American Crisis Pregnancy Centers The organized American pro-life movement has a very long and honorable history. It [...]
Since the mid-1970s, efficiency-minded pro-lifers have asked why all of the major pro-life groups in the United States don’t merge into one colossal organization. This move would certainly have several major advantages. It would probably be more financially efficient, it would eliminate much duplication of effort, it would be very [...]
Pro-abortionists frequently tell us to keep our opinions ― and even our science ― to ourselves. They say that we must not refer to abortionists as “baby killers” and to abortion as “murder.” 'Catholics’ for a Free Choice goes even further, claiming that anyone who says that preborn children are [...]
The statesman is an easy man, he tells his lies by rote; The journalist makes up his lies and takes you by the throat. ― William Butler Yeats, "The Old Stone Cross." My wife Kathy and I remember our pro-life activism in the Democratic People’s Republic of Oregon. It [...]
It is often difficult to get new recruits for pro-life groups, and it is even harder to hold on to them. The great majority of new pro-lifers who drop out of activism in the first year do so because they do not see sufficient results for their labors. This is [...]
Is it true that the anti-abortion side is "pro-life until you're born?" One of the misperceptions deliberately spread by promoters of the Culture of Death is that pro-life and pro-family activists are hypocrites because their actions do not match their philosophy. If this idea gains traction, our message can be [...]
I hope everyone who reads this participates in a local March for Life, or in the DC March if you are anywhere near the nation’s capital. I firmly believe it is extremely important that we show up in numbers that demand attention, even if the media is committed to ignoring [...]
