Welcome to the March 2012 Online Mission Report!
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HLI REPORTS: Joseph Meaney in Burkina Faso
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HLI Director of International Coordination Joseph Meaney and George Wirnkar, HLI Regional Coordinator for French-speaking Africa, recently hosted the "HLI Seminarian Institute" in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. "Seminarians in Africa are hungry for concrete pastoral advice on how to spread the Gospel of Life," said Joseph. Read More...
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HLI REPORTS: Joannes Bucher in Ukraine
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HLI Regional Coordinator for Europe Joannes Bucher made his first ever trip to Transcarpathia in the predominantly Hungarian speaking part of Ukraine. Among other things, Joannes spoke to people about the problems with in vitro fertilization (IVF), and about the importance and relevance of chastity. Read More...
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PICTURES: Stand Up for Religious Freedom Rally
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HLI participated in the national Stand Up for Religious Freedom rally that took place in cities across the U.S. on March 23 to protest against the HHS contraception/abortifacient/sterilization mandate. Read our press release about the event, and view the photos of the rally on Facebook.
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AUDIO: International Women's Day: Remembering the War on Baby Girls
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March 8 was International Women's Day, but on InternationalWomensDay.com, the intentional elimination of millions of women through sex-selection abortion is hardly recognized at all. HLI released Joseph Meaney's popular lecture "The Worldwide War Against Baby Girls" on YouTube as a reminder. Listen Here...
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WORLDWATCH: Anti-Life RH Bill Pushed Back Again in Philippines
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Pro-lifers in the Philippines are claiming another victory as a vote on the Reproductive Health (RH) Bill threatening to force taxpayers to fund contraceptive and abortifacient services was again delayed before the House of Representatives went into recess.
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COMMENTARY: A Saint for Africa, and for the West: How the Story of St. Bakhita Is Being Replayed Today
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HLI VP for Missions Father Peter West comments that St. Bakhita's remarkable story from slavery to sainthood is important for the situation in Africa today where "new traders come to Africa to impose a form of slavery under the misleading name of 'reproductive health.'" Read More...
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COMMENTARY: Pro-Life Conference Teaches Kenyan Students to Combat Anti-Life Agenda
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HLI Kenya director Father Raphael Wanjohi brought 44 young pro-life students together from colleges and universities across Kenya for a conference focused on strengthening moral values and fortifying the pro-life movement in Kenya. Students also talked about fighting for life under the new pro-abortion constitution.
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HLI AMERICA: Of Rationing, Death and End of Life Care
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HLI America National Director Arland K. Nichols writes about the importance of voting against physician-assisted suicide (PAS) initiatives in several states this November. "Once suicide is considered a medical treatment, bureaucratic authorities tasked with keeping health care affordable can deem it the best course of 'treatment' for a patient." Read More...
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