NET TV, in association with Riverhorse Entertainment, traveled to the March for Life in Washington, D.C., to sponsor free screenings of the Vatican-endorsed film, “Doonby.” Actors from the film, Jenn Gotzon and Joe Estevez, pictured above, attended the screenings and rally. Though the film doesn’t consider itself a pro-life movie, it offers a strong argument […]
March for Life
Truth About Abortion Is Marching into View
After 40 years, it looks like the daily press has finally discovered the March for Life. The annual demonstration in Washington, D.C., to oppose the Supreme Court’s Roe v. Wade ruling that legalized abortion generally draws just about no coverage in the press. This year, it was different. The daily papers’ websites all carried feature […]
Nellie Gray, March for Life Founder, Dies at 86
by Mark Pattison WASHINGTON (CNS) — Nellie Gray, who started the annual March for Life parade to protest the 1973 Supreme Court decision legalizing abortion nationwide, has died at age 86. She was found dead in her home Aug. 13 in Washington’s Capitol Hill neighborhood by a March for Life staffer, Gene Ruane, who […]
Diocese Has Strong Presence at March for Life (with slide show)
by Antonina Zielinska Buses from throughout the diocese brought hundreds of pro-life supporters to the 39th annual March for Life Jan. 23 to join the tens of thousands of demonstrators in Washington D.C. “I came to speak for the children who cannot speak for themselves,” said Michael Cucci, a parishioner of Most Precious Blood parish, […]
Praying for the Unborn
March for Life participants make their way up Constitution Ave. to the Supreme Court building in Washington, D.C., Jan. 24, 2011. Tens of thousands of people from across the United States, including several busloads from Brooklyn and Queens, are expected to gather in the nation’s capital on Monday, Jan. 23, for this year’s March for […]