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Newly declared independent Kosovo takes first steps to become become an anti-life and anti-family nation. In their draft constitution they have removed protection for the unborn and the traditional family.

From LifeSite.com:

NEW YORK, February 20, 2008 (C-FAM.org) - On Sunday, the province of Kosovo declared independence from Serbia and now has four months to adopt a new constitution. The draft constitution, which is circulating now, would transform the traditional Muslim and Orthodox Christian society by removing all legal protection from unborn children and granting special rights on the basis of sexual orientation. Additionally, the draft document cedes the interpretation of social norms to international human rights bodies centered at the United Nations.

Article 25 of the draft document on the “Right to Life” removes protection from the unborn stating that, “every individual enjoys the right to life from birth,” and Article 26 grants “the right to make decisions in relation to reproduction in accordance with the rules and procedures set forth by law,” further giving each Kosovar “the right to have control over his/her body in accordance with law.”

The draft constitution specifically ensures that “no one shall be discriminated against on the basis of … sexual orientation” but gives no special protection to the traditional family. In fact, the English version of the draft article on the “Right to Marriage and Family” leaves out mention of men and women, stating only that “Based on free will, everyone enjoys the right to marry and the right to have a family.”

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Former President Clinton loses his temper at a rally in Steubenville last night. He denies that the mothers that have abortions and the doctors that perform them are murders and claims that pro-life supporters won’t admit this because they won’t have political support. In other words, political support is more important to Clinton than human lives. Here is part of his response to a pro-lifer:

“I gave you the answer. We disagree with you,” Clinton said. “You wanna criminalize women and their doctors and we disagree. I reduced abortion. Tell the truth, tell the truth, If you were really pro-life, if you were really pro-life, you would want to put every doctor and every mother as an accessory to murder in prison…”

Ummm, former President Clinton, yes, I would want to see every single mother and doctor that is an accessory to abortion in prison. They are murderers. I don’t care about how it looks politically. It’s not about a political career as you see it Mr. Clinton, it’s about a human life.

Here’s the video of Mr. Clinton defending the act of murder:

by Father Euteneuer

Teach us true respect for all / Stir response to duty’s call / Strengthen us the weak to cherish / Give us vision
lest we perish.

These inspiring words are from the Jamaican National Anthem. They perfectly encapsulate the kind of commitment to the vulnerable that Jamaica needs to manifest if it is to have a future. The good pro-life people on this island are struggling hard—before abortion gets legalized—to convince their nation that abortion is a deal with the devil that will kill their national soul.

I am writing primarily to ask your prayers for Jamaica right now. Jamaica is a very Christian nation with deep-seated Christian values that often get trampled upon by hedonistic lifestyles that they have learned from their northern neighbors. Their unwed pregnancy rate is high, poverty is endemic, crime and murders are rampant and they always talk about themselves as a Third World Country. However, even though they are a relatively small island lodged in between two huge American continents they are second to none in their love for life. The vast majority of Jamaicans really understand that there is no reason to kill a baby, ever. They call in to radio talk shows and write letters to the editor to let their pro-life opinions be known, and their pro-life heart will save them.

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LifeSite.net has many photos from the 2008 March for Life where 225,000 pro-life supporters marched on the Capital. You can view the pictures here.

Here’s one of them:

Here’s another example of a priest that is not afraid to speak the truth to today’s modernistic, brain-washed, secularized society and it punished for it. A parisher had the nerve to stand-up and interrupt the homily by shouting, “When are you going to stop?”, then turn and walk out.

Remember, Fr. Altier? His homilies where of the “fire-and-brimestone”, truth-fillied variety and what happened to him? He was silenced and transfered away from his traditional oriented St. Agnes parish in Wisconsin.

Fron LifeSite.net:

By John Jalsevac

ROCKFORD, Illinois, January 7, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) - This past December 9, at St. James’ parish in Rockford Illinois, a very normal Mass suddenly became a very unusual Mass when a parishioner stood up in the middle of the homily, interrupted the priest, shouting at him “When are you going to stop?”, and then left, with her homosexual partner in tow. A few other parishioners also stood up and left the church. A few days later, the priest was dismissed from his duties at the parish by his bishop.

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From LifeSite.net:

NORFOLK, UK, January 25, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com ) - Lorraine Allard of St. Olaves, near Great Yarmouth, was told she had advanced liver cancer when she was four months pregnant with her first son.

The thirty-three year old mother of three girls was advised to abort her son, who was 23 weeks old, and begin chemotherapy right away. Rather than follow the doctor’s advice, however, the courageous woman insisted on waiting long enough to give her unborn son a chance to survive, telling her husband, Martyn: “If I am going to die, my baby is going to live.”

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by Father Euteneuer

It goes without saying that the annual March for Life is one of the most exciting and unifying events in the international movement to defend life. 100,000+ pro-lifers converged on our nation’s capital this week, more than half of whom were under the age of 25, and declared that the slaughter of the innocents is never going to be accepted as a permanent institution in our nation. Abortion-promoters would be hard-pressed to show the world that they could sustain such a massive public movement in their favor for 35 straight years. I can only say, “Bravo!” to all the people—especially the kids—who made great sacrifices to join us in Washington this week.

It also goes without saying that the little tin gods in the media did their level best to ignore and obfuscate this colossal event. When the homosexual propaganda film star, Heath Ledger, died of a drug overdose on two nights before the March, that provided the hedonistic media the perfect reason to wail and gnash their teeth for a prolonged period of time about their immoral agenda and derail coverage of the life event. I will pray for Mr. Ledger’s immortal soul, but at the same time his death is a study in contrasts with the March for Life. The Brokeback Mountain star was only 28 at the time of his demise. It was his massage therapist who discovered his body that morning. A thumbnail sketch of his adult life might look something like this: Hollywood glitter, money and status, cohabitating with a girlfriend, a child out of wedlock, an activist for an immoral lifestyle, drug overdose and then death at a very young age. It’s a real tragedy, but the culture of hedonism and death was dramatically played against the culture of life and life in Washington DC that day.

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[from HLI’s South African affliliate]

Dear People of Life,

Tomorrow afternoon, Thursday 17th January, The National Assembly will vote on the “Choice on Termination of Pregnancy Amendment Bill”. We ask your prayers on this day, especially for our legislators.

“O God of life and love, You have given the power to bring new life into the world. But all too often a mother’s womb, that should be a nursery of life, becomes instead a place of its destruction. Help us to remove this evil and ensure respect for all life made in Your image and likeness, called to fulfil its promise on this earth, and destined to find a home with You for all eternity. We ask this through Jesus Christ, Your Son, our Lord. Amen”

For an end to all laws
which legalize the taking of a human life,
that our nation might embrace truth and justice:
We pray to the Lord.

That justice, truth, and a love for the gift of life,
might inspire all legislators:
We pray to the Lord.

For all those who govern us,
the members of Parliament and of the Judiciary,
that they may frame laws that are life-giving,
protecting all those who are unable to protect themselves:
We pray to the Lord.

For those who work to change our laws
to reflect the Gospel of Life,
that God might inspire and shepherd them:
We pray to the Lord.

For all young professionals, especially doctors,
lawyers and those in public service,
that they might come to know and cherish
the truth of the Gospel of Life:
We pray to the Lord.

For our nation,
that the values of life and love
may be our watchword:
We pray to the Lord.

That the good seed of the Gospel of Life
may take root in our land
and grow to the glory of God:
We pray to the Lord.

Prayer of Pope John Paul II for Life:
O Mary, bright dawn of the new world, Mother of the living, to You do we
entrust the cause of life.

Look down, O Mother upon the vast numbers of babies not allowed to be born, of the poor whose lives are made difficult, of men and women who are victims of brutal violence, of the elderly and the sick killed by indifference or out of misguided mercy.

Grant that all who believe in Your Son may proclaim the Gospel of life with
honesty and love to the people of our time. Obtain for them the grace to
accept that Gospel as a gift ever new, the joy of celebrating it with
gratitude throughout their lives and the courage to bear witness to it
resolutely, in order to build, together with all people of good will, the
civilization of truth and love, to the praise and glory of God, the Creator
and lover of life. Amen.