Fr. Frank Pavone of Priests for Life has been speaking locally in recent weeks. He spoke on Sunday afternoon, January 6, at St. John the Evangelist's Theology on Tap forum in Stamford, Connecticut. This feast of the Epiphany recalls the Lord's revelation of self to the world as a vulnerable infant in the womb and newborn babe. Fr. Frank reminded everyone that the crib and the cross are always companions.
Msgr. Malanski (spelling?) introduced Fr. Pavone, recalling how they worked together on the Terri Schiavo case in Florida for many years prior to and during her forced death through starvation and dehydration. Fr. Frank elaborated on Terri's struggle for life and the falsehoods involving her disabled presence referred to as a "comatose" state. The connection was drawn between the value of Terri's life vs. that life's value to another, in this case her estranged husband's guardianship and decision to withhold food and water to her death. Fr. Pavone spoke against Planned Parenthood's "philosophy of wantedness," promoting one of "welcoming" instead. Wantedness incorrectly defines human beings as possessing dignity only if there is a place for him or her in someone else's life, instead of intrinsic self worth as a member of the human family.
He spoke of the government's involvement in abortion as completely inappropriate. Government's involvement in legitiziming abortion involves modifying human rights. It is confounding given our Country's founding doctrines!
Fr. Pavone has worked with Mark Crutcher of Life Dynamics to promote life issues and broadly expose Planned Parenthood's agenda and tactics. He asks how PP deserves government funding when they are consistently breaking the law! He reminded us that for more information we can go to www.childpredator.com He also suggested using this information when speaking with school boards, bringing up the school district's financial liability if involved with seeking abortions without parental consent.
During the Q&A session he answered questions on snoflake babies left from in vitro fertilization; RU-486 and the FDA's short circuting of approval on this; Planned Parenthood; abortion and New York (he used Fr. Benedict Groeschel's description of NY as Jerusalem and Babylon wrapped up in a hot dog roll!). He spoke about Terri Schiavo and living wills; and on the political side, he stated that our position on life issues must always be without exception, even when supporting candidates who are not 100% prolife.
Richard Fuerst spoke with Fr. Pavone afterwards about Gov. Spitzer's pending RHAPP legislation. He said Priests for Life will be contacting parishes with information for education and action.
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