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Vatican to Host Global Pro-Life Conference and Papal Mass
ROME, May 17 (C-FAM) Pro-lifers held their breath the day the world received a new Pope. They did not question his pro-life credentials but wondered if he would speak forcefully.
An old quote soon surfaced and concerns faded. “Defend the unborn against abortion even if they persecute you, calumniate you, set traps for you, take you to court or kill you. No child should be deprived of the right to be born, the right to be fed, the right to go to school.”
This June the Pope …
It’s Back – Disability Treaty on the Move Again
WASHINGTON DC, May 17 (C-FAM) The Obama administration will soon try again to win ratification of the UN’s disabilities treaty, dismissing concerns about national sovereignty, parental rights and the unborn.
Immediately after the treaty’s high-profile defeat in December, then-Sen. John Kerry vowed to bring it back. The Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities fell five votes short of the two-thirds needed to confirm a treaty.
Republican senate staffers exp…
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