Petition opposing the extension of the abortion act to Northern Ireland
A petition opposing the extension of the 1967 Abortion Act to Northern Ireland which was recently launched on the Number 10 website (The official website of the UK Prime Minister Gordon Browne), has already attracted about 3500 signatures. It is extremely important that as many people as possible sign this petition as another petition supporting the extension of the act to Northern Ireland was launched by the pro-abortion Family Planning Association FPA. Whilst the extension of the abortion act to Northern Ireland would affect Ireland as a whole, signatories of the petition must either be British citizens or residents. We therefore appeal to all our British readers to sign this petition if you have not already done so.
You can access the Pro-Life petition by clicking on: http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/Anti-Abortion/
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UNFPA Discovers Natural Family Planning?
The United Nations Population Fund has invented the Rhythm Method. Yes, really. The Population Research Institute reports the bewildering news that UNFPA has begun promoting a method of natural family planning. To make it look modern, they call it Cyclebeads and base the method around a string of plastic beads where days 8 to 19 are coloured white to indicate a strong possibility of fertility. It would be nice to believe that UNFPA has finally got the message about Natural Family Planning when the contraception-peddlers of this world have been sneering at NFP as 'Vatican roulette' for decades.
For further coverage see my BLOG POST
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Sunday 5th October is Ireland's day for life. We have reprinted below the Pope John Paul's 11 prayer for life
Kathy Sinnott MEP has arranged a conference in Cork on Ireland's day for life to mark the 25th anniversary of Ireland's pro-life amendment. (see details below)
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Cork Conference to celebrate Ireland's 'Day for Life'and to mark 25 years of Ireland's pro-life constitutional amendment
A pro-life conference has been arranged by Kathy Sinnott MEP for Munster, on Ireland's day for life to celebrate the 25th anniversary of Ireland's pro-life constitutional amendment Article 40.3.3
The conference will be held on Sunday October 5th following 12.15 Mass in the Parish Hall, Church of the Incarnation, Frankfield/Grange, Douglas, Cork.
Speakers will include Dr. John Monaghan Obs/Gyn.
Patrick Fagan, Heritage Foundation's William H.G. FitzGerald Senior Research Fellow in Family and Cultural Issues.
Patrick Buckley European Life Network,
Roger Kiska, Lawyer, Strasbourg,
Fr. Brian Mc.Kevitt OP, Editor, Alive Newspaper,
Bernadette Goulding Rachael's Vinyard (Ireland) and
Ray Kinsella, Economist. |
 PRAYER OF POPE JOHN PAUL 11 TO MARY
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 violene,
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.
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Pro-Life Senator appointed to Ireland's Lisbon Treaty Rewiew Committee
Senator Ronan Mullen, who is pro-life and a Catholic who is also described as a conservative has been appointed to be part of an Irish Parliamentary committee considering Ireland'd rejection of the Lisbon Treaty in the June Referendum Both the Main government party and the main opposition favour his inclusion according to a Sunday Times article, "because Mullen can speak for conservative Catholics, who are said to have opposed the Lisbon treaty in June".
Senator Mullen, an independent, said that an overly centralised EU could interfere with countries' social values.
Most of the other members of the committee did not oppose (and may have supported) the Lisbon treaty during the June referendum which rejected the treaty. [Sunday Times, 28 September] |
Ruth Kelly, the British Transport Secretary, has announced her resignation from the British Cabinet, citing the need to spend more time with her family. However, there is considerable speculation that Mrs Kelly, a Catholic, has resigned to avoid being forced to vote in favour of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology bill. for further coverage see my BLOG Post | |
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