That’s the implicit question in this NYTimes piece on the current thrust of pro-life political activity Some say the anti-abortion movement looks so successful because it has essentially ceded defeat on the broader goal of ending legal abortion. When the Supreme Court ultimately ruled in 1992, it upheld the Roe decision, albeit narrowly and allowing…

Remember the Polish parish and Archbishop Burke? Here’s the latest An independent Polish parish at odds with St. Louis’ archbishop over its control protectively agreed Sunday to release its assets to a Roman Catholic charitable group – not the archdiocese – if the parish or its corporation ever dissolves. Though the St. Stanislaus Kosta church’s…

Newsday runs a fair portrayal of pro-life folks at the march Maureen Russell, a clinical social worker from Floral Park, said family obligations kept her from attending the rally, but she counsels women who regret having abortions. “So many women bought the argument that if they had an abortion, their problems would be solved,” she…

So says the WaPo “Both Kerry and [President] Bush support the war in Iraq and [Pope John Paul II] does not. The pope has made that very, very clear. But does it get any attention? No,” said Raymond L. Flynn, head of the San Francisco-based group Your Catholic Voice and a former U.S. ambassador to…

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