Catholic Fire

“..there is no reason a mother cannot be a successful woman. What greater success is there than to give life?” ~Archbishop Chavez Botello

"I cannot tell you one thing that happens in an abortion clinic that is not a lie." ~ Carol Everett , Ex- Abortion Clinic Owner

"We know that the child to be born is a human being from the moment of conception. The child therefore, cannot be considered an extension of the mother: he or she is another human being. A woman's greatness, her personal growth lies in being the cause of life, not in suppressing the child of her womb. God repeats in one of the Ten Commandments: 'Do not kill.' But God is not a tyrant. If He is demanding, it is because He has provided the way even in difficult circumstances and has given the means to help carry out this commandment." ~ Chiara Lubich , foundress of the worldwide Focolare Catholic lay movement

"The most radical and elevating affirmation of the value of every human being was made by the Son of God in His becoming man in the womb of a woman." ~ Pope John Paul II

"Just as the price of our salvation was the incomprehensible suffering and sacrifice of the Son of God, so the price of converting a culture of death or any person involved in this culture will require nothing less than losing our own life, in whatever way God calls us, in imitation of Christ, for the conversion of the world." ~ Monsignor Philip J. Reilly – Active in the pro-life movement for the past thirty-eight years, Monsignor founded the Helpers of God's Precious Infants in 1989 with just four volunteers outside the infamous Choices abortion center in Brooklyn, NY. Helpers Chapters now span the United States and eighteen countries. Through his work, he has saved a vast number of lives.

Image source "God's greatest gift is human life ... We have a sacred duty to protect the innocent life of the unborn child ... Simple morality dictates that unless and until someone can prove the unborn is not alive, we must give it the benefit of the doubt and assume it is. And, thus, it should be entitled to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness." ~ President Ronald Reagan , Alfred M. Landon Lecture Series on Public Issues, September 9, 1982

"It was in Europe that the notion of human rights was first formulated. The fundamental human right, the presupposition of every other right, is the right to life itself. This is true of life from the moment of conception until its natural end. Abortion, consequently, cannot be a human right -- it is the very opposite. It is a deep wound in society." ~ Pope Benedict XVI, September, 2007, Austria

"Respect for human life should provide a motive for the natural virtue of courage. The awesome respect for the immortal soul of every human being, a truth known only by revelation, can provide a positive motive. The second motive will not eclipse the first, but will give it a greater influence and increase our determination. Pro-abortion political leaders who acknowledge that they do not approve of abortion are an excellent case in point." ~ Fr. Benedict Groeschel, The Virtue Driven Life , page 147

“We are all members of the one human family and we must defend unborn children in our family however conceived. They may be seen as unwanted or inconvenient but they have, from moment of conception, been given the gift of life by Almighty God.” ~ Cardinal Keith O'Brien, Archbishop of St Andrews and Edinburgh, Scotland See Head of Catholic Church in Scotland resigns from Amnesty International .

"Sex divorced from love, instead of raising man by taking him away from himself, drags him down to the hall of mirrors where he is always confronted with self. Sex does not care about the person, but about the act. The fig leaf which once was put over the secret parts of man and woman in sculpture is now put over the face. The person does not matter." ~ Servant of God Archbishop Fulton John Sheen (1895 - 1979), Those Mysterious Priests, 1974

"The world needs transparent lives, clear souls, pure minds that refuse to be perceived as mere objects of pleasure." ~ Pope Benedict XVI, in his homily at the Holy Mass and the cannonization of Fr. Anthony of Saint Anne Galvão, OFM , Friday, May 11, 2007, Brazil.

"Rescue those who are unjustly sentenced to death; don't stand back and let them die." ~ Proverbs 24: 11

"For thus says the Lord, the God who made the heavens, who made the earth, shaped it, set it firm – he did not make it to be empty, but to be full of life – “I am the Lord, there is no other." ~ Isaiah 45: 18

Buenos Aires, Jun 5, 2007 / 12:36 pm ( CNA ).- In response to proposals that would liberalize abortion laws in Buenos Aires and in other Argentinean provinces, the dean of the School of Law at the Catholic University of Argentina , Gabriel Limodio , warned this week, “The right to cause the death of one’s own children does not exist.” “The Constitution and the laws of the nation protect the right to life from the moment of conception and no law that establishes the right to abortion exists. Thus any legislation that puts the life of the innocent unborn at risk is unconstitutional,” Limodio said in a statement. He noted that the law in Argentina does not allow any provincial government or legislature to pass laws in violation of the country’s Constitution. Nor can Argentina’s national Congress “alter the content of the National Constitution inasmuch as it protects the human person from the moment of conception ,” he added. “No matter what his state of development or what his psychiat...

"Just as the price of our salvation was the incomprehensible suffering and sacrifice of the Son of God, so the price of converting a culture of death or any person involved in this culture will require nothing less than losing our own life, in whatever way God calls us, in imitation of Christ, for the conversion of the world." "As gold is purified in the fire, our own crosses offered to Christ for the conversion of ourselves and the world will keep us from approaching the abortion bound mother or father with anger or bitterness." ~ Msgr. Philip Reilly, Founder of the Helpers of God's Precious Infants

"I believe that I will live to see the end of the abortion industry, and the sanctity and dignity of every human life affirmed. ... Great labors remain before us, but the rights and lives of unborn children are absolutely worth our efforts." ~ Senator Sam Brownback, Kansas, Presidential Candidate for the 2008 election