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Priests for Life leader Frank Pavone shared news about another pro-life advocate being assaulted on a city sidewalk recently, the latest in growing reports of violence targeting the pro-life movement. On Monday, Pavone posted a short video on Twitter showing a man in a Ninja Turtle T-shirt being asked about his pro-abortion views. Pavone said the man later attacked the pro-life advocate who was filming him. The video begins with the pro-life advocate acknowledging that the man was willing to talk about his abortion views on camera. “How would you defend the pro-choice side? Why is it good to kill...

September 28, 2011 (LifeSiteNews.com) - Joseph Maraachli, who at only barely one year old drew a groundswell of support when an Ontario hospital refused a simple procedure that would allow him to die at home, has passed away. Baby Joseph, who suffered from a severe but undiagnosed neurological disorder, lived for more than five months after he was flown to Cardinal Glennon Children’s Medical Center in Missouri for a tracheostomy and brought home. Alex Schadenburg of the Canada-based Euthanasia Prevention Coalition said Wednesday morning that Baby Joseph died at home surrounded by his family.  “Joseph Maraachli lived a life...

Baby Joseph being put on the plane for transport to the United States STATEN ISLAND, March 14, 2011 /Christian Newswire/ -- Under cover of darkness, Father Frank Pavone, national director of Priests for Life, arrived in Ontario, Canada, Sunday night to rescue Baby Joseph Maraachli from the London Health Sciences Centre. For two weeks, doctors at the hospital in London, Ontario, have been delaying the baby's transfer to a hospital where efforts to save his life will not be officially labeled "futile." "I knew, after this dragged on day after day, that I needed to be here myself to get...

South Bend, IN (LifeNews.com) -- Notre Dame students who don't want to attend a graduation ceremony involving pro-abortion President Barack Obama put together alternate plans. Today, they announced that Father Frank Pavone, the director of Priests for Life, will lead prayer at a pro-life prayer vigil.The Class of 2009 Vigil for Life will be celebrated at Sunday's commencement ceremony at the same time as the graduation event.“In standing with these students, I am standing with the true spirit of Notre Dame: a pro-life spirit, in harmony with human reason and Catholic Faith," Father Pavone told LifeNews.com on Monday."The scandal...

LifeNews.com Note: Roeten is a very conservative Catholic who likes the facts over readily displayed emotions. He is an editorial columnist who has frequently been published in numerous Internet and newspaper forums.The act of aborting an individual is usually hidden in some Planned Parenthood office. A few doctors have physically seen the procedure done. A few others have seen the killings after the whole baby has left the uterus. Some truly grisly sights have been discovered in waste dumpsters. Not many of us really know exactly what goes on behind those closed doors. We therefore need to prepare. Father...

This past weekend, Father Frank Pavone visited with the Schindlers (parents and brothers and sisters of Terri Schiavo). He went with the family to bless the tombstone that Michael Schiavo had set up his Terri Schiavo. On the tombstone, according to the family and Fr. Frank, it reads: ...passed away from this world in 1990 But we all know that autopsy was not started until after her death in the spring of 2005 -- just before the death of Pope John Paul II. Father Pavone contends that makes the disabled less than human. Listen to his one minute message... Click...

7/19/2005 - 8:44:00 PM Contact: Jerry Horn of Priests for Life Washington, July 19/U.S. Newswire/--Today, Fr. Frank Pavone, National Director of Priests for Life, called upon the US Senate to do its work "swiftly and fairly" regarding the confirmation process for Judge John G. Roberts, Jr. to the Supreme Court. "I am thrilled that the President has kept his promise by selecting a nominee who understands the importance of strictly adhering to the Constitution," Pavone said. "The President's selection of Judge John G. Roberts, Jr. shows that he has a fundamental understanding of the types of judges that we need...