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Pope Francis made clear his main reason for his historic visit: to support the cause of human life. Speaking to the nation’s Catholic bishops in Washington, D.C. on Wednesday, the pontiff said: “I appreciate the unfailing commitment of the Church in America to the cause of life and that of the family, which is the primary reason for my present visit.” The Pope listed: “the innocent victim of abortion, children who die of hunger or from bombings, immigrants who drown in the search for a better tomorrow, the elderly or the sick who are considered a burden, the victims of...

Washington, DC (LifeNews.com) -- A leading pro-life Congressman has placed internal documents from the Center for Reproductive Rights (CRR) into the Congressional Record. The action makes the documents publicly available in light of threatening letters CFAM and LifeNews.com have received seeking to stop the dissemination of the materials. The Catholic Family & Human Rights Institute (CFAM), a pro-life organization that lobbies at the United Nations, announced earlier this month that an anonymous source sent it copies of a 60-page document summarizing the conclusions of strategic planning meetings held by CRR in late October. Pro-life Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ) entered the...

NBC’s Today Ignores Pro-Lifers Massing in Washington, Goes to Buffalo to Find Cheerleaders For Killing Abortionist Mainstream Peace Protesters, Murderous Pro-Lifers? On Saturday, media outlets echoed the organizers’ spin on the “peace” rally in Washington as a mainstream collection of “grandparents,” “students,” “soccer moms,” and even “Republicans.” NBC’s Saturday Today gently interviewed Mara Verheyden-Hilliard, representing the communist rally organizers of International ANSWER, without the mildest of ideological labels, as part of the proof that “the anti-war movement is picking up steam.” But as tens of thousands of Americans – including grandparents, students, soccer moms, and even Democrats – travel to...