Excellent quote regarding President Obama's Notre Dame address

FR. GEORGE W. RUTLER:

"This is a highly cynical act, contemptuous of the Church’s prophetic voice in civil society and wagering that there will be no retribution. If a midwestern school seeks attention by granting Mr. Obama an honorary doctorate in law, the next logical step would be to grant Judas Iscariot posthumously an honorary doctorate in business administration."

— Fr. George W. Rutler is a Catholic priest in New York.

Read more comments on this topic from National Review's online symposium: CLICK HERE

Remember to FIGHT FOCA

The Freedom of Choice Act is bad news for babies, mothers and society. Fight back! Please read the expert analysis by Americans United for Life (AUL) and sign the Fight FOCA petition at: http://www.fightfoca.com/. Read the last message from the Grand Knight here.

NEW! Frequently asked questions about the FOCA act. Click here.

From the Grand Knight - We must FIGHT FOCA

A week ago I stated that we didn't need to "preach to the choir" about pro-life. It seems that I was wrong. We will need to educate the Catholic community and stand firm in the basic human right; the right to live.

I am shocked that Catholics and some Knights voted for a pro abortion agenda. Will they help us fight when things turn worse, as they most assuredly will according to news reports (click here and here) from the new administration?

Here are the facts: FOCA would establish the right to abortion as a fundamental right (like the right to free speech) and wipe away every restriction on abortion nationwide.

It will eradicate state and federal abortion laws that the majority of Americans support and prevent states from enacting similar protective measures in the future.

Please read the expert analysis by Americans United for Life (AUL) and sign the Fight FOCA petition at: http://www.FightFOCA.com. Watch the videos below from abortion survivor, Gianna Jessen:

FIGHT FOCA - What you can do / Discussion at St. Jude

The USCCB warns that a new, very serious threat to human life has arisen: the Freedom of Choice Act. Among other dangers, FOCA forces taxpayers to fund abortions. If passed into law, the current level of 1.1 million abortions a year will go up, not down.

Call the U.S. Capitol switchboard (202-224-3121) to contact the offices of your Representative and two Senators and urge them to oppose FOCA. Learn much more at http://www.nchla.org/.

Everyone is invited to a discussion of the "Freedom of Choice Act" (FOCA) on Mon, Dec 1st at 6:30 pm in the Parish Life Center (PLC) at St. Jude parish. Help inform and motivate others about the urgency of acting now to stop this legislation from being signed into law. For more information, please call 876-7935 or write to prolife@stjudechattanooga.org.

A priest comments on Supreme Knight's open letter to Biden

Father Joe Jenkins of Holy Family Church in Mitchellsville, MD offers an excellent reflection on Carl Anderson's recent open letter to Sen. Joe Biden (now VP-Elect) regarding his pro-abortion stance and it's complete inconsistency with authentic Catholic teaching (see the 6099 blog entry about that here).

Ready Fr. Joes thoughts and other comments by clicking here. They are very direct! Please note that Fr. Joe's Blog will be added to the other Catholic Blogs list on the bottom right of the blog.

Excellent Article - Must Read

Cardinal Eegan of New York posted an excellent article on the importance ending the abortion horror once and for all.

The picture on this page is an untouched photograph of a being that has been within its mother for 20 weeks. Please do me the favor of looking at it carefully... Read it.

Supreme Knight Carl Anderson: On Pro Life and the Vote

Supreme Knight Carl Andersons offers commentary on the election and pro-life in advance of Tuesday's general election. Also included, new videos from Supreme on defense of marriage and pro life:

Because of the importance of the pro-life issue in this year’s U.S. elections, I have decided to reprint here excerpts from my annual report to the Supreme Convention: Read more...

Action Alert - Stop FOCA!

Thanks to the St. Jude bulletin for this alert: Cardinal Justin Rigali (chair of the USCCB Committee on Pro-Life Activities) addressed the threat posed by "FOCA," a federal "Freedom of Choice Act" which, he said, "if enacted, would obliterate virtually all the gains of the past 35 years and cause the abortion rate to skyrocket… We cannot allow this to happen. We cannot tolerate an even greater loss of innocent human lives. We cannot subject more women and men to the postabortion grief and suffering that our counselors and priests encounter daily in Project Rachel programs across America." To learn what you can do about this proposed law, please click here to visit the NCHLA website.

Update on abortion mill situation

Please read this letter from Paul Simonau at the Diocesan Council for Justice and Peace updating the situation regarding what was reported as the location of a possible abortion mill in Chattanooga. There is still a possibility this could happen.

Once again, the Supreme Council website offers links to pro-life resources that we would do well to check out. Also, there is a list of KofC pro-life programs and initiatives and links to encyclicals and statements from popes and the U.S. Bishop's conference. Look these resources over to sharpen your defense of the Culture of Life!