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Pro-abort mom on IUD shocked to find out she’s 6-months pregnant: what happens next is amazing…

July 5, 2013 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The wildly feminist publication xoJane has published a remarkable story that, for all the pro-abortion views of its author, ultimately functions as an amazingly powerful argument in favor of the pro-life cause (though I'm sure the author would be appalled at the suggestion). Caitlyn Beckner writes about how several months after her wedding she took a pregnancy test, fully expecting a negative result, since she was on the nearly (or so the manufacturer claims) “fail proof” method of birth control – the Mirena IUD. Instead, the test came back positive. At this point, Beckner writes, […]
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All Ireland Rally for Life in Dublin on July 6 – BE THERE!

Ireland is on the brink of legalising abortion. Show your support for mothers and babies at the 7th All Ireland Rally for Life on Saturday, 6th July 2013 @ 2pm, in Parnell Square, Dublin 1. See more at: http://www.rallyforlife.net Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Allirelandra… Twitter: https://twitter.com/therallyforlife The All Ireland Rally for Life is organised by the Rally for Life committee which consists of pro-life organisations and individuals. It takes place alternatively in Dublin and Belfast. Belfast hosted the Rally in 2008, 2010 and 2012. Dublin hosted it in 2007, 2009 and 2011. It returns to Dublin this year. Hope to see you there, on Saturday, 6 […]
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Encyclical shows seamless transition from Benedict to Francis

July 5, 2013 (Acton Institute) – Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI was not able to complete his encyclical on faith during his pontificate, and Pope Francis chose to complete the work, Lumen Fidei (“The Light of Faith”.) Acton’s Director of Research, Samuel Gregg writes about the connection between these two men, made possible by their faith, at National Review: …if there’s anything demonstrated by Pope Francis’s first encyclical letter Lumen Fidei (“The Light of Faith”), it’s a profound continuity between the two men: i.e., their love for and belief in the one, holy, Catholic and apostolic faith. Right at this encyclical’s beginning, Francis states the text’s first […]
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