Renowned author/artist Michael O’Brien has penned a letter relating how important LifeSiteNews is to him and his own work of writing novels and articles for the building of a Culture of Life:
As a longtime supporter of LifeSiteNews, I have been continually aware of its crucial role in bringing all the news, the true news, to the public eye. I have come to rely on its editors and writers for balanced, factual reporting and for thoughtful opinion pieces about key developments in the worldwide struggle to build a new culture of life for mankind in the face of the “culture of death.”
The team at LifeSiteNews applies writing skill and discernment to topics that are by their very nature controversial and volatile. As is ever the case with those who must bring unwelcome facts to light, they are frequently the target of misinformation—the shoot the messenger syndrome.
Nevertheless, with admirable (even edifying) objectivity, they do not respond to malice or falsehood with anger, but instead they consistently exercise a calm presentation of the facts. In a word, they are professional. It is for this reason that news services around the world have quoted or reproduced LifeSiteNews articles, respecting its international reputation for careful investigation and probing reports.
I wholeheartedly encourage you to donate to this major work in the struggle to protect all human life from conception to natural death. Your gift will help save lives.” — Michael D. O’Brien
As we finish the first week of our Christmas campaign, we find ourselves very far from where we need to be if we are going to reach $150,000 by December 31st. A total of $12,750 has been received at the time of this writing.
I have advised our Latin America translation staff that we will likely have to suspend their services because of our current funding shortage. Additional cutback measures are also being considered for other parts of the overall LifeSiteNews operation.
I really don’t want to have to make those difficult calls, especially at a time when our work is so desperately needed!
PLEASE send in a donation online or by mail TODAY to assist this work for life and family and even, as Michael says, to “help save lives”.
I can’t think of a more appropriate time than Christmas, the celebration of the birth of the Christ Child within the Holy Family, which seems to encapsulate all that we stand for.
Steve Jalsevac
Managing Director
LifeSiteNews.com