The questions raised by the dispute between actress Sofia Vergara and her former fiance, Nick Loeb, over two female embryos they created in 2013 may not be easily resolved.
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Kudos From Pro-Lifers
Dear Editor: Great photos and coverage in The Tablet of the March for Life in Washington, D.C., and Pro Vita Mass celebrated by Bishop DiMarzio. Wonderful news, too, that DeSales Media sponsored 10 busses to the March! The Diocese of Brooklyn is on the move – just wonderful. Also, St. John’s University’s Campus Ministry had […]
Doing Justice to Cuomo’s Catholic Faith
The discussion of Mario Cuomo and his Catholic faith often revolves around his speech at Notre Dame University. I feel this is most unfortunate and does not do him or his Catholicity justice.
Young People Provide Base of Life Movement
In Washington last week, Cardinal Daniel N. DiNardo scanned the crowd and said, “It’s really a beautiful sight, to look out and see so many young people saying ‘yes’ to life. How beautiful it is!”
Pro Vita Mass Honors Local Life Leaders
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.
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.
Foul!
Dear Editor: The website of Catholics in Alliance for the Common Good invites people to join their organization by featuring a photo of Pope Francis hugging a disabled young boy and asking people to join them in “fighting for a culture of life, justice and encounter in the public sphere.” Its Pro-Life page includes a […]
Challenging Cuomo
Dear Editor: Only those who desire to be misled would believe that Mario Cuomo was ever “personally opposed” to abortion. Never once did Mario Cuomo say that abortion was evil, intrinsically or otherwise. Never once did he say – as the bishops had, as he himself could have said – that opposition to abortion as a matter […]