Catholic Fire

Barbara Curtis at Mommy Life shares 477 photos from The March for Life. Read the CNA article here.

Via CNA: Thousands of Catholic college students and faculty will participate in the National March for Life in Washington, DC this Thursday. Pre-eminent among the colleges participating in the March is the Front Royal, Virginia-based Christendom College , which has participated in the demonstration since 1974. It will bus all of its students to Washington, and for the third time will lead the March with its school banner. Magdalen College’s entire student body will travel about 500 miles from Warner, New Hampshire to march for the second straight year. Students solicited donations for the trip. “We mourn the intentional killing of millions of innocent babies and the suffering of pregnant mothers from these killings, and we wish to show America our determination to defend life, and our unequivocal endorsement of the Culture of Life,” Magdalen President Jeffrey J. Karls said, according to the Cardinal Newman Society (CNS). Hundreds of students will be housed at Catholic University of Am...

The 5th Annual Walk for Life West Coast will be this coming Saturday, January 24, 2009, 11 a.m. Justin Herman Plaza, San Francisco. The turn-out is looking big.

The January 13th - 21st, 2009 10,000 MASSES FOR UNBORN BABIES , an effort that is being coordinated by the Saint Michael the Archangel Organization, now has over 170 Masses scheduled to be offered for the protection of unborn human persons. This Novena of Masses may very well mark a pro-life first if the goal of 10,000 is met.

You are a voice for the voiceless. ~ Via Pro-life blogs.

The WORLDWIDE ROSARY FOR UNBORN BABIES prayer event is scheduled to take place on Saturday, October 18th, 2008. Participants will pray the Rosary during the 9:00 a.m. hour for the following intention: For an end to the surgical and non-surgical killing of unborn babies. Because participants will be praying the Rosary during the 9:00 a.m. hour according to the particular time zone they are in, it is hoped that the earth will be circled with multiple waves of Rosaries within a 24-hour time period. (If a person needs to, he/she may pray the Rosary at another time on October 18th, 2008). "This October 18th pro-life prayer event gives people throughout the world a great opportunity to unite in prayer for unborn babies," said Patrick Benedict, President of the Saint Michael the Archangel Organization, the organization that is coordinating the WORLDWIDE ROSARY FOR UNBORN BABIES prayer event. " The primary way to stop the killing of unborn babies is by using spiritual weaponry....

Pro-lifers around the nation are called to give a voice to brothers, sisters, and friends we will never know because they were killed by abortion. October 6 is National Pro-Life Memorial Day. To learn how you can help, go to Go to www.ProLifeMemorialDay.com

Denver NBC affiliate 9News gave fair and detailed coverage of the "Sheets of Shame" pro-life sign protest on a mountainside overlooking the Democrat National Convention on August 28. For more info go to www.jillstanek.com .

Two young girls were brutally attacked by police Wednesday evening without warning as they were chalking the sidewalk with pro-life messages outside the Westin Hotel, where Democratic Presidential Nominee Barack Obama is staying. The girls were knocked to the ground, kneed in the back, handcuffed, and painfully dragged away. Go here for the rest of the story.

PORTLAND PRO-LIFERS MARCH ON DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION; FIGHT MEGA PLANNED PARENTHOOD Washington, DC –Fresh from their victory in pressuring a construction firm to pull out of a deal with Planned Parenthood, Precious Children of Portland will march on the Portland Development Commission's offices Aug. 8 at noon, demanding rejection of Planned Parenthood's proposed mega-abortuary in one of the city's minority neighborhoods. "The goal is for the people of Portland to say no to Planned Parenthood, the largest abortion chain in the country" said Bill Diss, leader of Precious Children. "We won't let Planned Parenthood kill thousands of babies at Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd. "The Planned Parenthood facility set to be built in North Portland provides the latest example of Planned Parenthood Federation of America's nationwide push for bigger abortion centers across the country. Last year, in Aurora, Illinois, a Chicago suburb, similar controversy erupted ...

Abortionist Arrested For Violent Attack On Pro-lifer Santa Ana, CA – A pro-life man was violently attacked by an abortionist on a public sidewalk outside a Santa Ana abortion clinic on Saturday, August 2, 2008. The man, who wants only to be known as Tim, was first shoved, then battered, punched and choked by the abortionist who objected to his attempts to photograph him. Tim sustained lacerations and muscle pain that impaired his ability to conduct his normal activities as a result of the attack. Tim went to the clinic because he had been told there was a possibility that the abortionist at the Clinica Medica Para La Mujer, located at 120 W. 5th St. in Santa Ana, was operating illegally. He decided to go to the abortion mill to photograph the abortionist and offer help to abortion-bound women. When the abortionist, who was later identified as Howard Pfupajena, entered the building, he covered his head with his lab coat and told Tim that he had no right to photograph him. Tim later aske...

The WORLDWIDE ROSARY FOR UNBORN BABIES prayer event is scheduled to take place on Saturday, October 18th, 2008. Participants will pray the Rosary during the 9:00 a.m. hour for the following intention: For an end to the surgical and non-surgical killing of unborn babies. Because participants will be praying the Rosary during the 9:00 a.m. hour according to the particular time zone they are in, it is hoped that the earth will be circled with multiple waves of Rosaries within a 24-hour time period. (If a person needs to, he/she may pray the Rosary at another time on October 18th, 2008). "This October 18th pro-life prayer event gives people throughout the world a great opportunity to unite in prayer for unborn babies," said Patrick Benedict, President of the Saint Michael the Archangel Organization, the organization that is coordinating the WORLDWIDE ROSARY FOR UNBORN BABIES prayer event. " The primary way to stop the killing of unborn babies is by using spiritual weaponry. ...

Pro-life leaders will join physicians, ethicists and experts in family life and social justice issues for a July convocation in Camden, New Jersey to discuss new ways to promote human life and dignity. A press release for the convocation, which is titled "Life, Justice & Family: Partners in the New Evangelization," says the meeting will "take up John Paul II's call for creativity and deeper unity in crafting a 'new evangelization' — new in ardor, methods and expression." The three-day convocation, which is open to the public, will begin on July 28, 2008, the fortieth anniversary of Pope Paul VI's encyclical "Humanae Vitae." Plenary sessions at the convocation, which is the first national gathering of its kind, will explore human rights, the environment, bioethics, family life, and the relationships between science, technology, and religion. Speakers include Bishop Joseph A. Galante of the Diocese of Camden, Bishop William E. Lori of the...