Father Frank PavoneLast evening I was privileged to be with President Donald Trump and Vice-President Mike Pence as they announced and officially launched their re-election campaign at a rally in Orlando, Florida.
Once again, it’s true to say that the upcoming Presidential and Congressional elections are as consequential and important as they have ever been.
The college admissions scandal that has ensnared two popular American actresses and many other wealthy parents continues to garner headlines. Certainly it is a crime to pay money to finagle a way to get students enrolled in schools they might not be able to get into on their own, and Americans love to see celebrities in trouble.
The battle over abortion in our nation has been marked by two major films that can help all of us wrestle with a seemingly intractable issue.
As I wrote in the Foreword to the book Unplanned, on which the upcoming movie Unplanned is based, the story of the conversion of Abby Johnson from Planned Parenthood clinic director to pro-life advocate is actually the story of hundreds of people throughout our country who are leaving the abortion industry each day, and have been doing so for decades.
For many, it is a breath of fresh air to see Archbishop Joseph Naumann, the Archbishop of Kansas City, who also is Chairman of the US Bishops’ Committee for Pro-life Activities, write the following words just a matter of days ago:
As the renewed debate over late-term abortion continues to rage across the country, the other side apparently has not renewed its talking points. Just as Hillary Clinton said in the third debate with Donald Trump in 2016, so the abortion advocates in the current debate try to make people think that late term abortions are happening only because of medical emergencies for the mother or deformities for the child.
Every year since 2007, I have made it a priority to take part in the Walk for Life West Coast in San Francisco. Even though I was in Washington last week for the March for Life, I would never think of missing the West Coast event.
With few exceptions, those who march for life in Washington, DC this Friday are people of faith, and see the pro-life movement not only as a response to Roe vs. Wade, but as a response to Jesus Christ. Their love for the children in the womb is a corollary of the command to love God and neighbor; their advocacy for the unborn is an aspect of their discipleship.
