“Every time that I went to pray during the 40 Days for Life at the abortion places, [Fr. Walker] was there with Fr. Terra,” says Bishop Thomas Olmsted.
A letter from the Vatican says the pope “greatly appreciates the dedicated work” the group has undertaken “to promote respect for the lives of all unborn children.”
Charles Akoda "took a very bold step and met with a priest and has declared himself out of the abortion business," a 40 Days for Life volunteer told LifeSiteNews.com.
Alex Berns, 40 Days for Life vigil coordinator and member of Choose Life Victoria, said that there has been a 10 percent increase in people signing up to participate in the vigil.
Steve Weatherbe, President of Choose Life Victoria, is calling Karagianis’s claims “just bogus”. Horse manure and food scraps have been dumped where the pro-lifers witness. Obscene chalked messages aimed at the pro-lifers have been written.
My former abortion clinic was now closed. The sign had been taken down. The doors were locked. No one was in that building. And now, no one will ever walk through those doors seeking an abortion again.
I’ve been to hundreds of 40 Days for Life locations. While the peaceful nature of each vigil is similar, the logistics can be very different and very challenging. Some places have it easier, if you will, with large public rights-of-way and great visibility. But in other places, participants have to stand far away. This allows little opportunity to be seen by the men and women entering the facility. In those situations, we simply have to trust that despite the logistics, hope will find a way to reach those seeking abortions. At the end of the day, the Holy Spirit is […]
40 Days for Life has officially begun in 306 cities across America and around the globe! I just spoke at a 40 Days for Life kickoff event in California, David Bereit, our national director, helped get things started in Birmingham, Alabama, Steve Karlen, our North American outreach director spoke at the Dallas, Texas kickoff event, and Robert Colquhoun, our international outreach director, is launching campaigns in London. To celebrate the launch of this campaign, here’s a BRAND-NEW short video that shows what God is accomplishing through 40 Days for Life — and how YOU can make a lifesaving impact over […]
In more than one case facility staff came up to the people praying saying, “Your prayers are clearly working because the girls aren’t keeping their appointments.”