The diocesan Pro Vita Mass was celebrated Jan. 25 at St. James Cathedral-Basilica in Downtown Brooklyn. For more about the Pro Vita celebration, see this week’s Editor’s Space column by Ed Wilkinson.
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Obama Threatens Veto of Pro-Life Legislation
After members of the U.S. House scuttled plans Jan. 22 to vote on a measure to prohibit abortion after 20 weeks, they passed a bill to restrict taxpayer funding of abortion.
Over 500 From Diocese at Life March
At the 42nd annual March for Life in Washington, D.C., Jan. 22, more than 500 pro-lifers from the Brooklyn Diocese showed their support for all human life and called for an end to abortion. Hundreds of thousands, mostly teenagers and young adults, joined in peaceful protest against the U.S. Supreme Court’s 1973 Roe v. Wade […]
Pro Vita Mass Returns, With Assist from K. of C.
The Diocese’s Pro Vita Mass has been revived and returned to St. James Cathedral-Basilica after an absence of about 10 years.
Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio decided to schedule the liturgy at the urging of the Knights of Columbus, who came out in force to support the event on Sunday, Jan. 25, despite the inclement weather.
Everyone Must Help Create Culture of Life
“I can’t not march. I march for women who have made that wrong decision and suffered greatly; most of all I march for the unborn,” said Jeanne Monahan-Mancini, March for Life president.
‘We shall overcome’ in fight against abortion, says Cardinal O’Malley
Evoking a phrase long associated with the civil rights movement, Cardinal Sean P. O’Malley of Boston told a crowd of more than 11,000 in Washington that “we shall overcome” in the fight against abortion.
A Comprehensive Pro-Life Agenda
Each year, the Pro-Life movement has united at the March for Life in Washington, D.C. This year, it will be held on Thursday, Jan. 22. This event provides an opportunity for us to gather in our Nation’s capital and march down Constitution Avenue, ending at the Supreme Court, where the decision to make abortion legal in the United States has set a destructive path and human life has been reduced to a choice. It is unfortunate that there is a fundamental misunderstanding of the beginning of human life, its innate dignity and the possibility of terminating life.
Cuomo’s Conflict With Church Teaching
By Father John Cush On Jan. 1, a few hours after the inauguration of his son, Andrew, in his second term of Governor of the State of New York, former New York State Governor Mario Cuomo passed away. This son of Queens, was educated locally at St. John’s Prep High School in Brooklyn and St. […]
The Cuomo Dilemma
This past Tuesday New Yorkers said farewell to Governor Mario Cuomo. Thrice elected Governor of New York Mario Cuomo was a complicated man. To some, he was a hero and to others, a villain. According to his own testimony, his Roman Catholic faith left a profound mark on his thinking and the way he lived […]
Backers of Abortion Measure Credit Prayer and Support of Churches
by Andy Telli NASHVILLE, Tenn. (CNS) – Supporters of Amendment 1 said the measure to restore Tennessee lawmakers’ authority to regulate abortion passed Nov. 4 because of the backing by Catholic and other religious leaders and their churches. The fight now turns to the state General Assembly, which is expected to consider several bills to […]