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Some students at UCLA have pulled together a good-looking, informative pro-life publication. This pdf file is the first issue. Great job – including an inside look at what UCLA’s health services say about pregnancy.

Jen Ambrose reflects.

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Intent on wiping out Christians: The military regime in Burma is intent on wiping out Christianity in the country, according to claims in a secret document believed to have been leaked from a government ministry. Entitled "Programme to destroy the Christian religion in Burma", the incendiary memo contains point by point instructions on how to…

Evangelium Vitae or The Gospel of Life I would now like to say a special word to women who have had an abortion. The Church is aware of the many factors which may have influenced your decision, and she does not doubt that in many cases it was a painful and even shattering decision. The…

Here to help: It’s been a year since our official launch at the 2006 March for Life. We started with a bold vision of what Americans can accomplish through faith and the charitable actions it inspires. We started with a challenge—can we—We the People of the United States of America—eliminate the demand for abortion? Most…

Ann Rogers reports on Archbishop Wuerl’s stance on abortion-supporting Catholic pols: In a talk last week in a small chapel on Washington’s K Street, the heart of the lobbying community, Archbishop Wuerl distinguished between doing nothing and teaching. He had said Mass for an overflow crowd, most of which stayed for his talk on a…

G. Tracy Mehan looks at the Hemingway story in today’s Spectator: An example of Hemingway’s ruthless honesty, is his unsparing portrayal of abortion as being the result of a male imperative for convenience and control, disguised as solicitude for the girl. Clearly, it is the man who is encouraging the girl to have the abortion…

It’s a very full day in Washington today. The March for Life itself is from 11am to 2pm, and you can watch full coverage on EWTN, which streams on the Internet. The USCCB sponsors a full range of activities that began this evening (Sunday) with a Mass for Life at the Shrine of the Immaculate…

In all the dioceses of the United States of America, January 22 (or January 23, when January 22 falls on a Sunday) shall be observed as a particular day of penance for violations to the dignity of the human person committed through acts of abortion, and of prayer for the full restoration of the legal…

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