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Schiavo anniversary
Father Frank Pavone, founder and national director of
Priests for Life, recently commented on the death of Terri Schiavo some two
years ago. He became a familiar figure in the lengthy ordeal. A friend of
Schiavo’s family, he was one of the few people on her visitors’
list – and was therefore able to access her room.
“Terri’s case remains shrouded in massive
ignorance,” he said. “This was not about end of life decisions,
or removal of medical treatment. Nobody is obliged to use every medical
treatment to keep themselves alive. But Terri was neither dying nor on life
support.”
Priests for Life is the largest U.S. Catholic pro-life
organization dedicated to ending abortion and euthanasia. Pavone
is the keynote speaker at Focus on Life (see next item).
- Christian Newswire
Focus on Life
Focus on Life is an ongoing
campaign using the medium of television to air women-centred, pro-life
messages. These high quality, non-adversarial ads deal with sanctity of
life themes and inform viewers where to find help for crisis pregnancies or
abortion trauma. To support this campaign, Focus on Life hosts its 9th
annual gala dinner at the Fairmont Hotel, Vancouver, May 14, 7 pm. Keynote
speaker is Fr. Frank Pavone (see previous item).
Contact: bcptl.org or 1-877-88WOMAN
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 End of life answers
Renowned Catholic archbishop José H. Gomez has
released A Will to Live: Clear Answers on End of
Life Issues (Basilica Press, 2006). The
booklet of reflections was written after his mother died, after suffering
from Alzheimer’s disease for almost a decade, and is presented
in a question and answer format. Gomez collaborated with experts from a
variety of medical and theological disciplines
Walk for Life
The Pro-Life Society of B.C is facilitating its annual Walk for Life June 2 in
Abbotsford. This event is the group’s biggest fund-raiser of the
year. Registration starts 1 pm at Sevenoaks
Alliance Church. Walkers, who recruit their own sponsors, choose between a
4- or 8-kilometre route. Sponsor sheets will be available throughout
this month. Contact: 604-852-4623.
War against weakness
Edwin Black, author of the best-selling IBM and the Holocaust, also penned
War Against the Weak: Eugenics and
America’s Campaign to Create a Master Race.
It is a provocative study of how ‘civilized’ societies can
devalue life, which covers things such as Nazi experimentation on humans,
and the implications of the Human Genome Project. In 2003, Black received
the International Human Rights Award from the World Affairs Council for
this book.
waragainsttheweak.com
May 2007
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