“God chose us in Christ, before the world began, to be holy and blameless in his sight” (See Ephesians 1:5).

On Saturday, July 12 I had the joy of baptizing three babies, chosen by God from all eternity to live. A…

Abortion will end.

The premise of Priests for Life is that abortion will end through the Church, because Christ has conquered death, and it is He who works through each of us to bring this victory to every segment of our…

On Saturday, May 3, a funeral is schedule in Michigan. Bishop John Quinn of Detroit will offer the Mass for twenty-five babies who were murdered in nearby abortion mills, and their burial will follow. The bodies of these babies were…

What's this I hear from some people that they might "sit out" the Presidential election because they aren't comfortable with the likely choice of candidates?

Since when are elections supposed to make us "comfortable?" Since when do we exercise that right…

Question: "When abortion becomes illegal again, are we going to start throwing all the women who have abortions into jail?"

Answer: No. The people who should go to jail in that case are the abortionists.

This particular question will be raised more…

I was a parish priest in Staten Island, New York. On most Saturdays, I joined the local pro-life activists to picket a local abortionist's office. One of the most faithful of these activists was Bob Landvogt, and I'll always remember…

"Each year you give us this joyful season when we prepare to celebrate the paschal mystery with mind and heart renewed" (Preface of Lent 1).

The purpose of Lent is succinctly expressed by this preface. Catechumens prepare for baptism into the paschal…

When a candidate for public office is wrong on abortion, he or she cannot be right on the other issues.

"Indeed, the failure to protect and defend life in its most vulnerable stages renders suspect any claims to the 'rightness' of…

The goods of the earth have been given for all. We are to share those goods not simply when we don't need them, but also when we do. There is, indeed, a theology of giving.

Giving, whether of our time, talent,…

Much of the success of our pro-life efforts depends on our own humility. As we lead or participate in pro-life groups, whether on the local or national level, five commandments can significantly enhance our efforts.

1. Keep an open mind…

Dr. McArthur Hill used to kill babies for a living. Now he has repented. At a conference of former abortionists, he shared the nightmares he had:

"In my nightmares I would deliver a healthy newborn baby and I would take that…

I recently received a letter from my young friend, Guadalupe. I first met her only a couple of months after she was conceived. Her mom Helene was in the waiting room of an abortion mill in Orlando, Florida, and Guadalupe…

An ancient saying tells us, "Where there's life, there's hope." The truth of that statement was demonstrated powerfully by an experience that two of our medical advisors at Priests for Life recently related to us.

Dr. Matthew Harrison had a visit…

The April 18 Supreme Court decision, Gonzales v. Carhart, by which the Court upheld the ban on partial-birth abortion, is one of the most important Supreme Court decisions on abortion, and lays the groundwork for much future progress on this…

It was 3:20 on the morning of March 13, 1964. Kitty Genovese, who managed a nearby bar, was just getting home from work when she was attacked while walking toward her apartment building in Kew Gardens, Queens, New York. She screamed…

In the Church there are all kinds of missions, ministries, and charisms. Many communities have sprung up throughout the centuries, in which Christians have come together to grow in holiness, and to carry out a particular service to others. Some…

On Wednesday, the Supreme Court upheld the ban on partial-birth abortion that was enacted by Congress and signed into law by President Bush in 2003. This is an event of historic progress for the pro-life cause, whose ultimate goal is…

If we think of hell, we might imagine screams coming out of the flames, or the sinister laughter of the devil. But the sound I recently heard coming from there was that of applause.

What I heard was an audiotape of…

The sacredness of human life is a theme that permeates Scripture. It is not difficult to preach on this theme from any Biblical passage. We continue here to trace Biblical themes on the sanctity of life. (For Part 1, click…

On February 22, 1987 — that is, twenty years ago — the Catholic Church gave our society a tremendous gift, and it's time to open it again. It was a clear trumpet blast of truth and compassion, a ray of…

One of the key reasons that protection to the unborn has not yet been restored in law, and that public officials are not making the case persuasively to their colleagues that protection has to be restored to the unborn, is…

The push for pre-natal diagnostic tests for pregnant mothers just became stronger. Recently, the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists began recommending that every pregnant woman, regardless of age, be offered a choice of tests to determine whether her baby…

Senator Sam Brownback of Kansas is a man you want to know if you care about human rights. Whether you're talking about the poor in Africa or the unborn child scheduled to be killed by abortion, you will find an…

The sacredness of human life is a theme that permeates Scripture. The Bible clearly teaches that abortion is wrong. This teaching comes across in many ways and for many reasons. Some people point out that the word "abortion" is not…

Some years ago, a class of students was asked to write about the meaning of Christmas. One student wrote, "Christmas is when Christians celebrate Christ." The teacher liked the paper, but asked the student to change that one line to…

In my current series of columns, I've been examining the fact that the price to be paid for doing abortions is life as an abortionist. It is, in many ways, its own punishment, and the examples we have given of…

There are pro-life people who work in Hollywood, and two of them — Jonathan and Deborah Flora — have created a new tool to help the American people wrestle with abortion. A Distant Thunder is a powerful new 35-minute film that…

Fr. Frank Pavone, National Director of Priests for Life, and an eyewitness to Terri Schiavo’s final hours, released the following open letter to Michael Schiavo. Fr. Pavone read it to a worldwide audience on an internationally broadcast religious service on…

For many of the families of the 3,000 American citizens who were murdered on September 11, 2001, the worst thing that could happen would be for their loved ones’ sacrifice and loss to be forgotten. To ensure that didn’t happen,…

The 1973 Supreme Court abortion decision Roe v. Wade was decided by a 7-2 margin, legalizing abortion throughout pregnancy. One of the two dissenters from that decision was the current Chief Justice, William Rehnquist, who has served on the Supreme Court…

Justice Clarence Thomas, who now serves on our nation's Supreme Court, was confirmed for that position by a vote of 52 out of 100 Senators. He was treated poorly in the confirmation process by those who were out to destroy…

Fr. Pavone is the Founding Director of Priests for Life. You may contact Priests for Life at PO Box 141172, Staten Island, NY 10314; Tel: 888-PFL-3448 or 718-980-4400; Fax: 718-980-6515; Email: mail@priestsforlife.org; Website: www.priestsforlife.org.

Sometime in the next few weeks, the…

April 4, 2005

My dear friends of Priests for Life,

What a week we have just been through! United in faith and in the pro-life cause, we are grieving the murder of Terri Schiavo. Likewise, whether Roman Catholic or not, we are…

The March for Life is a strange combination of sorrow and joy. The sorrow comes because we commemorate a court decision that, although it lacks all authentic validity, continues to allow the destruction of over a million children a year.…

[Editor's Note: Read Part One and Part Two of this series.]

In my two previous columns, I have pointed out that there is a mutual causality between abortion and child abuse. While this does not mean that everyone who was abused has an…

[Editor's Note: To read Part One of this series, click here.]

There is a significant statistical association between child abuse and abortion — a mutual relationship, whereby having an abortion makes the abuse of subsequent children more likely, and being abused…

In our baptismal vows, we promise to renounce Satan, all his works, “and all his empty promises.”

One of his empty promises in unleashing abortion upon our nation was that somehow the availability of this procedure would decrease the incidence of…

Let's just put it this way: Senator Arlen Specter should have kept quiet.

His comments, made right after the election, about abortion, Roe v. Wade, and Supreme Court Justices, have infuriated people from coast to coast. Though he has now tried…

Like many Catholics, I’ve been troubled for years at the fear that is so prevalent within the Church about addressing matters of politics. I am very familiar with the legal limitations that the Church chooses to accept under IRS and…

On Respect Life Sunday, 1 October 1989, Cardinal Bernardin issued a statement entitled “Deciding for Life,” in which he said,

Not all values, however, are of equal weight. Some are more fundamental than others. On this Respect Life Sunday, I wish…

Dear Friends,

I trust you have a prominent mark on your calendar for November 2, which is election day.

Of course, if your state allows early voting, I hope you will vote before November 2. We have put on our website…

“We can't tell people how to vote.”

I hear that phrase often. Some within the Church who say it think they are giving clear advice about what churches — and other tax-exempt organizations — are restricted from doing.

But it's hardly clear…

“In protecting human life, 'We must begin with a commitment never to intentionally kill, or collude in the killing, of any innocent human life.'”

Thus says one of the most abused documents of the Administrative Committee of the U.S. Conference of…

The United States bishops issued a very helpful statement on June 18 entitled Catholics in Political Life. The statement shows fidelity to their responsibility to correct and admonish those who depart from the moral law, and an eagerness to offer personal…

I share with you today this inspiring meditation based on a sermon I once heard, and adapted to the concerns of the pro-life movement.

It's Friday. Jesus is on the cross. He has been killed by His enemies; He is off…

The approaching November elections in the Commonwealth of Virginia provide us with the privileged opportunity to participate in this important public duty.

I reaffirm what we Roman Catholic bishops recently stated in Faithful Citizenship: A Catholic Call to Political Responsibility (USCCB 2003):…

You have probably heard the statistic that almost half of the abortions that occur each day in America are repeat abortions. In other words, almost every other woman walking into an abortion mill has had the procedure before.

But how many…

Too often, voters have little time to pay attention to politics. Although they may be somewhat informed, they often oversimplify an election by putting candidates into two categories, “good guys” and “bad guys”.

Then, on Election Day, the “good guy”…

by Janet A. Morana

Associate Director, Priests for Life

“Solidarity with women” is the effort of Priests for Life to respond to the call that the Holy Father makes when he writes in Crossing the Threshold of Hope, “Therefore, in firmly rejecting…

When we explain and defend the sanctity of life, we usually use the word “conception” to mark the beginning of life. Life is sacred “from the moment of conception to the moment of natural death,” we say.

But it may be…