WASHINGTON — Massachusetts federal judge Indira Talwani on Tuesday issued a ruling blocking the provision in the “One Big Beautiful Bill” that stopped taxpayer funding of Planned Parenthood and other abortion centers. In the July 21 ruling, Talwani unilaterally decided that the law does not apply to abortion businesses like Planned Parenthood and granted the […]
In a recently released report, Charlotte Lozier Institute found that life-affirming women’s health centers outnumber Planned Parenthood locations 15 to 1. As pro-lifers look to federally defund Planned Parenthood, the policy and research institute developed a comprehensive report of life-affirming community health centers across the country. The institute, which is the research arm of Susan […]
St. Gianna Beretta Molla, who urged doctors to save her unborn baby’s life even at the cost of her own, is the featured saint in the season finale of “Sister Justine’s Saint Tales,” the original audio play podcast series produced by the Diocese of Buffalo. This 10th and final episode of Season 3 is now […]
The Catholic bishops’ pro-life chair called for forgiveness of women who have had abortions ahead of the anniversary of Roe v. Wade, reminding the faithful that “no sin is beyond God’s unfathomable mercy.” Jan. 22 marks the 52nd anniversary of Roe v. Wade, the landmark 1973 Supreme Court ruling that effectively legalized abortion nationwide in […]
WASHINGTON — A lifelong Baptist, former U.S. president Jimmy Carter, who died at age 100 on Sunday, Dec. 29, held views that differed from Catholic teaching on a number of controversial social and doctrinal issues, including abortion, same-sex marriage, and the ordination of female pastors. Nonetheless, perhaps more than any other president in American history, […]
Voters in Florida, Nebraska and South Dakota on Tuesday night voted down major pro-abortion proposals in their states, while seven other states saw voters approve measures to expand abortion, in several cases codifying abortion access into the state constitution. After back-to-back pro-life losses in half a dozen states since 2022, the rejection of the pro-abortion […]
The National Day of Remembrance for Aborted Children began in 2013 with more than 100 memorial services held across the United States to humanize aborted children. On Sept. 14, St. Philip the Apostle Parish in Cheektowaga, commemorated the observance with a talk and a rededication of its Monument to the Unborn. “Many of us have […]
WASHINGTON — March for Life President Jeanne Mancini opened the Celebrate Life Conference on Friday, June 21, with an impassioned speech calling for pro-life advocates to embrace a new season of fighting for the unborn. At the event held at the Westin Hotel in downtown Washington, D.C., Mancini shared her recollection of the moment she […]
NORTH TONAWANDA — Former Planned Parenthood manager Ramona Trevino, the director of outreach of the peaceful, prayerful, effective 40 Days for Life project, will tell the story of this groundbreaking effort in North Tonawanda on March 12. Trevino will be speaking at St. Matthew’s Lutheran Church 875 Eggert Drive, North Tonawanda at 7 p.m. “People […]
Are you wondering what to fast from this Lent – sweets. alcohol or just simply eating less? This kind of fasting has its place, but if you truly want to discover what fasting is especially meant to achieve, that is, to fast in the way that will bring about a holy change for the better […]
