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JohnF
Mary's Servant
USA
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 Posted - Apr 16 2008 : 4:45:21 PM
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Priests Challenge Pro-Choice Politicians: Is This what You Mean
New videos illustrating the two most common types of abortion procedures have been released on You Tube by Fr. Frank Pavone, National Director of Priests for Life.
http://www.youtube.com/frfrankpavone
The videos are part of a campaign the organization launched today called, "Is This What You Mean?"
"Our campaign is based on a simple challenge: We quote the words of the doctors who perform abortions, and then we ask supporters of legal abortion, 'Is this what you mean when you say the word abortion?'", Fr. Pavone explained. "People worldwide can use this approach with those who hold or seek public office and say they support the legality of abortion."
http://www.youtube.com/frfrankpavone
Fr. Pavone points out that this campaign applies to politicians of all political parties, at all levels of government, and on every continent. "This is definitely a bipartisan effort," he said.
Priests for Life, an international organization comprised of both priests and lay persons, will provide groups and individuals with quotes drawn from medical textbooks and court testimonies, and then encourage these individuals to use these quotes in editorials, on blogs, at town hall meetings, and in other encounters with "pro-choice" politicians.
"The word abortion has lost its meaning," explained Fr. Pavone, "and therefore many politicians get away with making themselves sound appealing to voters when they say they support the legality of abortion. But when people hear abortion doctors themselves describe how they tear the arms and legs off of babies and crush their heads, then 'a woman's right to choose' takes on a different feel."
http://www.youtube.com/frfrankpavone
In the You Tube videos, Fr. Pavone shows how suction and dismemberment abortions are performed. He uses fetal models and abortion instruments. At the end of the videos, he removes his collar to emphasize that these facts about the abortion procedure do not derive from religious beliefs, but rather from the descriptions given by the very doctors who perform the abortions.
http://christiannewswire.com/news/264396269.html
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Dottie
Formation
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Posted - Apr 28 2008 : 11:34:02 AM
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| As a recent convert I am very distressed at the fact that many Catholics still vote for pro-death candidates. Praying the rosary for prolife is wonderful, protesting abortion clinics and informing the public the evils of abortion also wonderful. However what really counts, what really will change a pro-death culture is to VOTE pro-life. Social justice starts with life then economics. Do we serve life issues or mammon issues? |
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JohnF
Mary's Servant
USA
428 Posts |
Posted - Apr 28 2008 : 5:19:48 PM
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Originally posted by Dottie
As a recent convert I am very distressed at the fact that many Catholics still vote for pro-death candidates.
Do we serve life issues or mammon issues?
It distresses me, too. Life isn't about politics, it's about sacraments. They have all forgotten this.
They think of money and power, losing their souls in the process. They think nothing of eternity where mortal striving for money and power means nothing. Correction: this soulless striving for money and power in fact means damnation - for themselves and their nations.
I could cry.
John
For the sake of His sorrowful Passion,
have mercy on us and on the whole world. |
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BARBAQUED
Mary's Servant
USA
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Posted - Apr 29 2008 : 8:08:16 PM
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Have you ever heard a person say “if you didn’t vote than you have no right to complain?”
Think about this issue in a new way, “If you didn’t pray for your leaders (politicians), than you are disobedient to God and He will not help your leaders succeed.” We need to pray for God to send blessings on our politicians, especially the really rotten ones. Not an easy task when you consider how much you may disagree with what some of them are doing.
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