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Volume 3 Issue 6 First in Time, First in Right June 2011

Unraveling
the simple and obedient
faith of Manny Pacquiao

COUPLES FOR CHRIST FOUNDATION FOR FAMILY & LIFE USA


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Manny Pacquiao was interviewed by Teresa R. Tunay
of the Secular Order of Discalced Carmelites six years
ago. His message still holds water today.

Witnessing, Pacquiao-style;
marked by gems of wisdom
I'm not a boxing fan. I don't relish fights—cock
fights, dog fights, horse fights, salagubang fights—least
of all people fights. So I'm not into boxing, really. But
it's not everyday one gets the chance to shake hands with
a boxer—a world champion at that—who makes the
sign of the cross and kisses the rosary before entering
the boxing ring. In fact, his posters depict him with arms
raised in victory, and proudly wearing a rosary around
his neck—so proudly that I'd wish certain priests would
do the same with their Roman collar.
So when Manny Pacquiao's path and mine crossed in
Davao, I gladly accepted his agent's invitation for me to
meet him. My hosts insisted that Pacquiao—or any
world champion for that matter—would make good
copy anytime. And they're right.
But I wasn't interested in Pacquiao's being a boxer per
se, or in his being material for a good story, curious
though I was of what makes this diminutive Filipino
such a giant in his chosen career. My intent was more
Manny’s customary poise "devilish." I was after his soul, so to speak. I aimed to
probe his psyche. Why the rosary? Did this world boxing
upon entering the ring. On champion know that he's sort of serving the Church by
his knees in prayer is his his devotion to it, wearing it in his posters for all the
picture-perfect way of world to see? Or is the rosary something of an amulet
for him? I was just curious, dead curious.
witnessing to the world And so we met. I was rather disappointed that his
watching his fights - where handshake was not bone-crushing at all, but a very gen-
his true power originates tle, almost shy one, like his smile. I had also expected
him to be somehow image conscious, taking care what
and how far his obedient to say to media people, after all he's undoubtedly a celeb-
faith has taken him. rity's celebrity now, the Philippines' prime export. But

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no—this one is not a publi- months. Walang siping iyan. That's a
cist's creation, and I discov- “ I have deep faith in regulation in boxing. Sex weakens
ered it doesn't take much to God. I fear no one but you. In fact, some boxers are done in
make the guileless Pacquiao by their opponents' camp by using
open up. Just eyeball-to-
God… I can’t do it on women as bait. Pinapainan sila ng
eyeball contact and naked my own. I need God!” kampo ng kalaban ng magandang babae
bago sila lumaban They send you an
goodwill on my part. What I irresistible woman the night before
uncovered in my "probe" was an uplifting sur- the fight—if you have no self-discipline, if you are weak,
prise: boxing can be a very spiritual thing, if kakagat ka sa pain, you'll be easily tempted, and that's the
done Pacquiao's way. Here, let me share with end of you.
you a piece of the champion's soul. TRT: But how can you endure that?
TRT: What have been the most important lessons MP: In whatever matter, when sacrifice is called for,
life has taught you? one has to be patient. If it's food, I just don't look at it
MP. First, that I should have trust and faith in God. anymore. Our eyes are our Number One source of
Una iyan. Tiwala sa kanya, at saka pananalig. Kung wala temptation. Lechon, masarap yun! Rich food? Of course,
Siya, wala rin ako. (That’s first. Trust in Him and faith. If they all taste good, but if looking at them will just make
He is absent, then I am nothing.) me drool over them—pag tiningnan ko pa sila, maglalaway
Second, that I must have self-discipline. Boxing is lang ako—so why should I look? So I refuse to look.
no laughing matter. You never know what awaits you Ganon din sa babae. Sino bang lalaki ang ayaw ng babae?
when you climb up the ring. Pagpasok mo sa ring baka (Same thing with women. What man would not want a
mamatay ka na, walang nakakaalam niyan. O kaya malumpo woman?) But if looking at them would just make me
ka. You could come out of it a vegetable, or a corpse. long for sex, why should I look? Self-control is neces-
And it calls for intense practice, you cannot take it for sary; I just cover my eyes with blinders, parang sa kabayo
granted. Dapat, sa Diyos ka umasa at magtiwala, tapos saba- (just like horse.)
yan mo ng disiplina sa sarili. Always pray. Through my Kaya pag sinabi ng trainer ko, masama, masama. Hindi ko
faith in Him, I have been able to lift my family out of na kinukwestyon yun. Masunurin ako eh. Hindi ko na iniisip
poverty. yung masarap na mawawala sa akin, dahil magapapahirap lang
TRT: What particular areas in life do you most sa akin dun sa mabuting gusto kong gawin. (If my trainer says
need self-discipline on? that’s bad, then it's bad. I don't question that anymore.
MP: My health. No late nights. Walang puyat-puyat. I'm obedient. I don't think anymore of the pleasure that
Walang gimmick. I should be in bed and asleep by 8 or 9; I'll miss, because it will only make it harder for me to do
up by 5, rise, run for an hour. I should watch what I the good I want to do).
eat, too: vegetables, fruits, fish—palagi kong ulam iyan! I TRT: You're trying to say that when you have a
hardly eat meat, and when I do it should be fat free, goal in life, you should take care not to put any-
inaalis yung taba bago iluto. Likewise, milk should be low- thing between you and that goal. But what about
fat or skimmed. My food should be easy-to-digest be- your wife? You're not alone in this, and she's still
cause I have to remain alert. young…
I religiously practice at one o'clock noon; I just fol- MP: My wife understands that and is supportive
low my doctor's advice, he knows best, and I don't when it comes to sacrifices. She knows that my foremost
cheat. No advice from any expert will work if you don't concern is to excel at what I'm doing. She knows it's for
have self-discipline. Even if somebody's guarding you, her and my kids that I do it. Para sa pamilya ko. And she
if you don't control yourself, all the good advice will sees the results of discipline—it is love in action. Love
amount to nothing. should be proven with action, not just with words, espe-
TRT: Besides food and exercise, where else in cially in marriage; actions must be constant proofs of
your lifestyle would self-discipline prove invalu- love through years of togetherness.
able? I must admit that sometimes my wife gets jealous of
MP: Sex is absolutely a no-no when I'm getting my work, but I'm patient, we both persevere, for our
ready for a fight, which could run on for two, three children, the family. I want my family to be proud of

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me, for my wife and my children to be able to say
Congress, pundits harped that the people of
that I am a good husband and father. Saranggani were dumb and gullible. In the
TRT: Now that you've lifted your family com- ring, Pacquiao is unbeatable, but on the
fortably out of poverty and provided for their se-
cure future, is there anybody else you would want floor of Congress, he is not initiated and
to help out? could be vulnerable . “I am ready to rum-
MP: Oh yes! I help support sports in general, not ble,” RH bill sponsor Edcel Lagman jokingly
just boxing. We conduct regular tournaments, like
National Manny Pacquiao Cup for billiards… We said in his opening statement. New solon
have "pa-boxing" too, usually on my birthday, in Gen Pacquiao approached the podium looking
San where we invite boxers from Davao, for example, nervous and tentative. But at the end of the
to participate.
There is also the Manny Pacquiao Sports Founda- interpellation, Pacquiao scores a knockout
tion, established four years ago, to develop youth exposing that the amendments Lagman
boxers, to give benefits to retired boxers iyung mga
nalaos na tulad ni Navarrete, etc; to provide scholarships
was crowing about were a bag of hot air.
to boxers' children; to build a sports center not only
for boxing but also for tennis, bowling, track and babayans. Are you that generous?
field, swimming, basketball. MP: I just want to help. I support sports because I do
TRT: With all those things you want to do for not want people to say, upon my retirement, "Ganon lang?
others, have you considered entering politics? Nagpayaman lang?" (That's all? Just made himself rich?)
MP: No, not yet…. I'm not thinking of politics at I pray to have the strength to continue being the best
all. I just want to help, to support sports, because that until I retire. I want to be able to continue helping even
could help solve the country's problems like drugs, when I am retired. That may not be very far away... You
etc. Young people turn to vices because they are not have to be realistic. Boxers don't last very long; They're
given direction, they are not productively engaged. done at 30…
It's a waste of energy—sayang ang lakas nila, naliligaw TRT: I've had glimpses of some of your fights on TV.
sila! You make the sign of the cross before each round...
(Pacquiao ran for Philippine Congress in 2007 rep- Do you do this to conquer some fear? Or do you
resenting South Cotabato and lost. He ran again in really trust God that much? You also wear the rosary
2010 for Saranggani, where he moved residence to when you're proclaimed the winner—and this is for
and won! He is now a full-pledged member of the all the world to see on TV. You could be setting an
House of Representatives.) example of faith to your fans--are you aware of this?
In sports you'll definitely forget about vices be- MP: (Smiling shyly). I have a deep faith in God. I fear
cause your energy will be redirected. When you need no one but God. Natatakot lang ako kapag may kasalanan
to get up early in the morning to run, you'll go to bed ako. (I feel afraid only when I've sinned). I practice and
early, you will not smoke or drink or do whatever will pray hard because I want to win to make my countrymen
endanger your health and your life. happy. I'm happy to make them happy, but I know I can't
TRT: You seem so determined to help your ka- do it on my own. I need God.

MUST WATCH BOXING CHAMP’S STAND ON FAMILY PLANNING AND PRAYER


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=STZ92ipyyoA
MANNY CONGRESSIONAL MEDAL OF HONOR AWARDEE QUOTES BIBLESAY-
PACQUIAO’S ING ‘GO TO THE WORLD AND MULTIPLY!”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RaxP-SxIaVo
VIDEOS VS CONGRESSMAN PACQUIAO INTERPELATES PEER EDCEL LAGMAN,
SPONSOR OF THE RH BILL, IN PLENARY SESSION
RH BILL! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zY4Tw1FMAPY

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Congressman Pacquiao uncovers
Lagman's lies at plenary session
MANILA, May 19, 2011—In what started out as a question of whether or
seemingly one-sided debate Wednesday between a neo- not employers will be
phyte and a veteran legislator, with the newcomer look- required to provide
ing hesitant in some instances, Albay Rep. Edcel Lag- condoms and other
man ended up admitting to the newbie that certain pro- artificial contraceptives
visions of the Reproductive Health (RH) Bill he had to their employees, as
been claiming amended were, in fact, remains untouched stipulated by the RH
in House Bill 4244. bill.
Sarangani Rep. Emmanuel "Manny" Pacquiao que- He expressed con-
ried the bill's principal author on the provision regarding cern that this would
a two-child ideal family size, saying that such a measure disregard the religious
may lead to a population drop in the country. convictions of employ-
Lagman replied that the bill's authors had already re- ers who believe that
moved the two-child ideal, adding that it would take a the measure goes
century before a feared "demographic winter" would set against their beliefs.
in. "Amended na ang provision na ito. Hindi mo yata narinig
After expressing his concern over the bill’s P3 billion dahil nag-eensayo ka para sa laban mo," Lagman countered.
proposed annual budget, the world boxing champion "Incomplete ang impormasyong ibinigay sa iyo. Hindi ito sapili-
then focused on mandatory sex education, which the bill tan."
requires for students from Grade 5 to 4th Year high In an unexpected twist in the course of questioning,
school in all schools as well as for out-of-school youth. the pound-for-pound fighter then asked the solon from
"Puwede po bang tumanggi ang isang estudyante sa pamam- Albay why he was saying there were already amend-
agitan ng kaniyang mga magulang?" the solon asked, airing ments to the bill when they were still in the period of
his concern that more students will be unable to gradu- interpellations.
ate from high school should they miss their sex ed Legislative protocol provides once a bill has passed
classes. the committee level, amendments may only be pro-
"Ang compulsory sex education ay labag sa constitu- posed and accepted during the period of amendments
tion," he added. that comes after the period of interpellations.
Lagman replied that the provision on mandatory sex Lagman replied that the Committee on Population
education had also been amended. and Family Relations had already formally approved the
"Wala na nga pong obligasyon na ito, tinanggal na nga ito," Committee Report.
the Albay congressman said. "Walang basehan 'yung appre- But when Pacquiao asked Lagman by what rules
hension na walang makaka-graduate. Exempted sa pag-attend, these supposed amendments were accepted, as the pe-
exempted din sa pagkuha ng periodic tests. Ang mga estudyante riod of amendments were yet to be reached, Lagman
po ay makakagraduate." was unable to provide an answer.
The Sarangani congressman then brought up the In other words, the so-called amendments that Lag-
man and the bill's co-authors have been claiming have
Congressman not yet been incorporated into the final language of the
Lagman, author of bill, and yet non-existent.
the controversial The current version of House Bill 4244—which
contains provisions on mandatory reproductive health
RH bill and sex education (Sec. 16), ideal family size (Sec. 20),
and employers' responsibility to provide RH services to
employees (Sec. 21), as well on malicious disinforma-
tion under "punitive acts" (Sec. 28)— are still very
much part of the existing version of the proposed bill,
remaining pristine in its defects and anomaly.

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Charity and Conscience


in the RH Debate
Pastoral Statement
of the Archbishop of Lingayen Dagupan
to be read as the homily in all Masses
on May 29, 2011, the Sixth Sunday of Easter
My dear brothers and sisters in Christ:
Love is the core of the message of Jesus in today’s gospel. Love is indeed the trademark of the
followers of Jesus. The Lord promises further in the gospel that if we choose the path of love
and keep His commandments we will never be orphans.
The past few months have seen many of us who belong to the same Church and who share the
same faith in Christ at odds with one another on the issue of the reproductive health bill in Con-
gress. It is indeed sad and perhaps even scandalous for non Christians to see the Catholic flock
divided among themselves and some members of the Catholic lay faithful at odds with their own
pastors. If we fail to have love, we make ourselves orphans.
BRING BACK CHARITY
It is certainly not our intention to add more flame to the fire but rather to make an appeal for
the triumph of reason and sobriety. We want to make a plea for greater charity even as we passion-
ately state our positions on this divisive issue. At the end of the heated debates, we will all be
winners if we proclaim the truths we believe in with utmost charity, courtesy and respect
for one another. Charity is at the heart of the social doctrine of the Church Pope Benedict XVI
reminds us. In the first letter of Peter today, he admonishes us today never to be without gentle-
ness and reverence.
RETURN TO CONSCIENCE
We appeal to our Catholic brethren who stand on opposing sides on the reproductive health bill
to return to the voice of conscience, to state their positions and rebut their opponents always
with charity. Today’s second reading is a call for clarity of conscience beyond reproach. The moral
conscience is man’s sanctuary through which the voice of God is heard, that voice that tells us to
embrace what is good and reject what is evil. However, conscience is not the ultimate tribunal of
morality. Conscience must be formed in the light of truth. Conscience must be enlightened by the
Spirit of God. We appeal to both sides engaged in debate to pray, to seek the light of God and al-
low the voice of an enlightened conscience to prevail. We pray conscience does now allow it-
self to be swayed by statistics or partisan political positions. The only voice conscience
must listen to is the voice of God. The only way for conscience to speak is through the
language of Christ-like charity.

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RESTORE UNITY
We appeal to our Catholic brethren to remember that the unity of the Church does not only
pertain to the acceptance of a set of doctrines. Our Catholic faith has a moral mandate. It is not
enough to recite the Apostles’ Creed; we must show that we are Catholics by living by the norms
of Catholic morality. We are Catholics by creed and cult and code. We are Catholics in beliefs. We
are Catholics in prayer. We are Catholics with one moral life.
In matters of faith, unity; in matters of opinion, liberty; in all things charity!
The issue of contraception belongs to the realm of faith not opinions. Blessed John Paul
II repeatedly taught us during his papacy that contraception can never be justified. We must not
make wrong right by the sheer force of surveys or legislation by the majority or the convenience
of some. People in authority who mislead others on the matter of contraception put themselves
in open conflict with the law of God and lead others to sin.
FIGHT ALL CORRUPTIONS
The Church holds close to her heart the dream of everyone to rise out of poverty and live the
fullness of life. Pope Paul VI correctly pointed out to us that “the causes of underdevelopment
are not primarily of the material order. They lie above all in the will, in the mind and, even more
so, in "the lack of brotherhood among individuals and peoples". In other words, the greater
cause of underdevelopment is corruption of the soul and corruption of society. Contracep-
tion adds to the moral corruption of our society and family.
We all want progress for the nation and for the family of nations. We cannot progress without
freedom. Jesus died and rose to set us free. Indeed EDSA 1986 taught us that. But freedom must
always be grounded in truth. Freedom is not absolute. Freedom must submit to truth. Freedom
without truth is only sentimentalism and will only lead to social laxity.
In fact, ethical relativism eventually leads to totalitarianism. Ethical relativism destroys freedom.
Ethical relativism turns freedom into licentiousness. Licentiousness and laxity has de-
stroyed many great civilizations of history. Those who ignore the mistakes of history are
doomed to repeat them.
CHURCH AS MOTHER
We plead with our officials in government and our friends in media to look at the Church as a
partner in the mission of development. The Catholic Church throughout its two thousand year
history in the world and almost five hundred years in the Philippines has proven itself as a potent
agent for holistic authentic human progress and not an obstacle for development. If the Church
issues this stern warning about the reproductive health bill, it is not to impede national progress
but to protect our nation from greater harms and tragedies in the generations ahead. On this
highly divisive issue, the Church is still a mother protecting her children from greater dan-
gers and moral traps which until now her beloved children are still unable to foresee.
We need God if we want development. Jesus is the only Way, the only Truth, the only Life for
us. There is none like Him. We will be lost without Him. Ignoring Him and setting Him aside
in pursuing progress we do only at our own peril.

From the Cathedral of Saint John the Evangelist, May 24, 2011, Feast of Mary Help of Christians.
+SOCRATES B. VILLEGAS, Archbishop of Lingayen/Dagupan
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Shooting Straight
Former health secretary:
Contraceptives cause Cancer
The ripple effect of the that moment what born.
“Harapan” debate by ABS- you should say.” Incidentally friends emailed me
One such the statistics on the Harapan or
CBN last Sunday continues to
truth was re- ABS-CBN survey that the Short
spread throughout the country, vealed by no Message Service (SMS) voting had a
not only because that show less than pro total of 6, 356 respondents or
proved to many of us that the RH former 30,42% voted for “Ipasa” or voted
Filipino people do not support By Bobit S. Avila Health Secre- to support the RH bill, while a
the Reproductive Health (RH) Philippine Star tary Dr. whooping 14,535 respondents or
Esperanza 69.58% voted for “Ibasura” or
Bill, but also in the heat of that voted against the passing of the RH
Cabral who in debating with Rep.
debate, certain truths were re- Roilo Golez admitted that contra- bill. This brings a total of 20,891
vealed. ceptives cause breast cancer, but she responding to the ABS-CBN sur-
This brings me to what our Lord qualified it by saying, “it lessens the vey.
Jesus Christ said in Luke 12: 11-13: risk of ovarian cancer.” As we pointed out clearly, these
“When they bring you before the Syna- This brought a retort from Rep. figures only proves that between the
gogues and the Rulers and the Authorities, Golez who said, “What good is the ABS-CBN surveys which totaled
do not worry about how or what you are to cure of ovarian cancer if you are 20,891 respondents and the SWS
speak in your defense, or what you are to already dead of breast cancer. It Surveys collated from 1,200 respon-
say. For the Holy Spirit will teach you at sounds funny but it is horrifying to dents.
know you are taking in what will The ABS-CBN “Harapan” sur-
eventually kill you?” vey on whether the Filipino people
I have no doubt that this ex- support the RH Bill or not was un-
change was prompted by the Holy doubtedly a more accurate sampling
Spirit... and I’m sure that Dr. Cabral about this issue. Hence SWS ought
must be in remorse for admitting to reconfigure their so-called
this on nationwide TV. “Scientific survey” which suppos-
In her time, Dr. Cabral’s sup- edly showed that 80% of Filipinos
ported the RH bill and she openly support the RH Bill.
supported the use of artificial con- Incidentally the bottom line why
traception, which the pro-life President PNoy is supporting the
NEXT ISSUE: groups say is abortifacient. RH bill is simply because he is kow-
Her public revelation only shows towing to US Foreign policy when
A SPECIAL FEATURE WILL that she is willing to kill the unborn, he got our $454 Millennium Fund.
EXPLAIN HOW THE PILL or allow mothers to take the risk of There were American strings at-
KILLS: getting breast cancer when she asks tached to that aid and the most im-
them to take contraceptives. portant to the Americans is our
1. BABIES
Perhaps Dr. Cabral should take a passing the RH Bill.
2. WOMEN second look at her Hippocratic
3. THE ENVIRONMENT Oath because doctors of medicine CABRAL, CANCER LIVE ON TV
4. MARRIAGES are supposed to protect life, not ter- www.youtube.com/watch?
minate it, even if they are not yet v=r0kSK8cYqw0
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Your initiation into NSSM 200
What’s really behind today’s
widespread peoples’ unrest?

Tunisia was first to explode, then Egypt. Now it is all over the Arab world!
People Power, of course, was born in the and was completing the first nucler power
Philippines in February of 1986, but was plant in Asia.
loudly spun as a rebellion against authoritarian To an objective observer, these were posi-
Ferdinand Marcos, whose martial law regime tive gains of a third-world country for its own
was greatly accused by gross human rights national interest and prosperity. To neo-
violations. conservatives, these were threats of a country
While that carried some truth to it, the real gaining economic independence and imminent
cause of Marcos’ political collapse was a de- withdrawal from import dependency.
liberate inducement of an economic collapse Again, as in Tunisia as well as Egypt, the
dealt through a gradual withdrawal of support youth advocacy and the power of the internet
by neo-conservatives led by powerful US Sec- are being bruited as what sparked the street
retary of State George Schultz and World protests. Nothing about an ongoing food crisis
Bank president Paul Wolfowitch acting in be- is being highlighted by mainstream media.
half of their Anglo-Dutch patrons. But we are going ahead of our story.
Marcos fell out of their graces because The following is an article by Marcia Merry Baker
having not come from the ranks of oligarchs, of the Economic Intelligence Review tracing further
back the beginnings of the root causes of today’s fast
he checked their monopolistic practices and spreading people’s unrests.
and divested some of them when he national- While the U.S. Midwest corn and soybean harvests
ize some industries. Subsequently, many of were coming in the fall of 1995, the U.S. rail freight
them left the country. system broke down. After years of financial mergers,
On top of that, he copied the “green” asset stripping, and rail track removal, such companies
revolution inspired by Norman Borlaugh and as Union Pacific, which are considered to be financial
"successes," failed miserably on the economic front,
succeeded with it, and last but not least, he and could not even supply engines to move the grain
pioneered in the use of nuclear power in Asia cars. Millions of bushels of grain are sitting, rotting on

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the ground. tions to improve agriculture output potential on every conti-
This grain transport breakdown is but one example nent.
of breakdown in the food supply in what is considered •In western Europe, the Common Agriculture Policy
the most food-secure nation in the world, the USA, (CAP) of the European Community saw spectacular rises in
and illustrates the fact that "natural disasters"—bad agriculture productivity.
weather, floods, droughts—are not the cause of the •In Africa, the wave of newly independent nations, such
world's food crises. as Sudan (1956), made technology-based agriculture the key-
These examples, and equivalent situations all stone of national development plans. The "Atoms for
around the world, are "unnatural" disasters, caused by Peace" movement backed such designs as the continental
electrification of Africa, and the provision of nuclear-power-
years of takedown of agriculture infrastructure under
based energy grids in Egypt, Iran, and other countries.
wrong policies and assumptions, in particular, serving
the interests of private financial and commodities con- •In North America, plans were drawn up for the North
American Water and Power Alliance (Nawapa), which would
trol circles, centered mostly in London. divert river runoff from flowing into the Arctic Ocean,
The worldwide food crisis is measurable in the de- southward. The Mexico College of Engineers produced
cline of grains, of all types, produced per capita yearly. plans for sister hydraulic projects.
To provide every person with a daily diet of their pref- •In Eurasia, blasting was started on Siberian water diver-
erence, with sufficient calories and nutrients, would sion projects to channel flow southward from the Ob and
require well over 3 billion tons of grain produced an- Irtysh watersheds, to relieve the endangered Aral Sea Basin.
nually. But as of around 1990, less than 1.9 billion tons •Development of the Mekong River in Southeast Asia,
were being produced yearly, and since then, world an- and improvements in the Indian subcontinent, were out-
nual production has declined. lined.
An estimated 800 million people are suffering from But by 1975, most of these projects were shelved. In the
some degree of malnutrition. Besides the nearly conti- eyes of today's "countercultured" generation, they have re-
nentwide food supply crisis in Africa, there are other ceded into the mists of science fiction, if they've heard of
locations, such as Russia and former Soviet bloc na- these projects at all.
tions, plunged into crisis. Even under the Soviet com- Over the 1970s, the shift was made to "post-industrial"
mand economy, Russia's annual grain production aver- policies, casino economics (speculation, derivatives), and free
trade demands, enforced by the IMF Bretton Woods system.
aged 100 million tons. But output has fallen each year
And now that financial system itself is in the process of
since 1991, to only around 65 million tons this year. blowout. The food crisis is the evidence.
No paradox Dozens of nations, once self-sufficient in many food sta-
What does the international community say? Offi- ples, have been forced into food import dependency over
cially, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Or- the past 30 years. And now, neither the food stocks, nor the
ganization (FAO) and sister U.N. agencies—the World financing, exists for their food supplies. The GATT
Bank, the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the launched the "Uruguay Round" for free trade in 1986, under
General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT), the slogan, "One World, One Market," which culminated in
the creation in 1995 of the World Trade Organization. But
and the World Trade Organization (WTO)—blame
the cupboard of the "World Market" is bare.
hunger on "poverty." Nevertheless, in 1996, the U.N. plans another World
The FAO gala conference in Quebec City in October, Food Summit, on the theme of "food security," while mil-
for the FAO's 50th anniversary, celebrated the fact that lions more people go hungry.
world tonnages of food have increased over five decades, Behind the scenes, the private financial interests served
but lamented that 800 million people don't have enough to by the U.N., IMF, and other Bretton Woods agencies, are
eat—a "paradox," according to the conference speakers. making sweeping moves to acquire food stocks for hoarding,
But most of the 100 or more agriculture ministers present and to take controlling positions in food commodities pro-
knew better. duction, processing, and shipping.
The last 25-30 years have seen a consistent decline of This is the last phase of an era of food-as-a-weapon poli-
agriculture output potential in almost all countries. Neces- tics, officially ushered in in 1974, when then-U.S. Secretary
sary ratios of infrastructure (water, transport, electricity) of State Henry Kissinger (now Sir Henry KCMG) gave the
and inputs (chemicals, mechanization, quality seeds and keynote speech at the Rome World Food Conference, the
stock) have fallen, to the point where output per capita is predecessor to the 1996 Food Summit. In 1974, Kissinger
sharply declining. publicly talked of food security, while privately he worked to
In the 1950s after World War II, there were mobiliza- use food control as a weapon against a target list of nations.

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number 135 million. This suggests a growing political and
The Kissinger Plan’s original intent was strategic role for Nigeria, at least in Africa.” Or Brazil:
controlling international food produc- “Brazil clearly dominated the continent demographically.”
The study warned of a “growing power status for Brazil in
tion to ensure export markets abroad Latin America and on the world scene over the next 25
years.”
by Joseph Brewda for the Schiller Institute (12/08/1995) Food as a weapon
There were several measures that Kissinger advocated
On Dec. 10, 1974, the U.S. National Security to deal with this alleged threat, most prominently, birth
Council under Henry Kissinger completed a classi- control and related population-reduction programs. He
fied 200-page study, “National Security Study also warned that “population growth rates are likely to
Memorandum 200: Implications of Worldwide increase appreciably before they begin to decline,” even if
Population Growth for U.S. Security and Overseas such measures were adopted.
Interests.” A second measure was curtailing food supplies to tar-
getted states, in part to force compliance with birth control
The study falsely claimed that population growth in policies: “There is also some established precedent for
the so-called Lesser Developed Countries (LDCs) was a taking account of family planning performance in appraisal
grave threat to U.S. national security. Adopted as official of assistance requirements by AID [U.S. Agency for Inter-
policy in November 1975 by President Gerald Ford, national Development] and consultative groups. Since
NSSM 200 outlined a covert plan to reduce population population growth is a major determinant of increases in
growth in those countries through birth control, and also, food demand, allocation of scarce PL 480 resources
implicitly, war and famine. should take account of what steps a country is taking in
Brent Scowcroft, who had by then replaced Kissinger population control as well as food production. In these
as national security adviser (the same post Scowcroft was sensitive relations, however, it is important in style as well
to hold in the Bush administration), was put in charge of as substance to avoid the appearance of coercion.”
implementing the plan. CIA Director George Bush (who “Mandatory programs may be needed and we should
be considering these possibilities now,” the document con-
would later on become president) was ordered to assist tinued, adding, “Would food be considered an instrument
Scowcroft, as were the secretaries of state, treasury, de- of national power? ... Is the U.S. prepared to accept food
fense, and agriculture. rationing to help people who can't/won't control their
The bogus arguments that Kissinger advanced were not population growth?”
original. Kissinger also predicted a return of famines that could
One of his major sources was the Royal Commission on make exclusive reliance on birth control programs unnec-
Population, which King George VI had created in 1944 “to essary. “Rapid population growth and lagging food pro-
consider what measures should be taken in the national inter- duction in developing countries, together with the sharp
est to influence the future trend of population.” The commis- deterioration in the global food situation in 1972 and 1973,
sion found that Britain was gravely threatened by population have raised serious concerns about the ability of the world
growth in its colonies, since “a populous country has decided to feed itself adequately over the next quarter of century
advantages over a sparsely-populated one for industrial pro- and beyond,” he reported.
duction.” The combined effects of increasing population and The cause of that coming food deficit was not natural,
industrialization in its colonies, it warned, “might be decisive in however, but was a result of western financial policy:
its effects on the prestige and influence of the West,” especially “Capital investments for irrigation and infrastucture and
effecting “military strength and security.” the organization requirements for continuous improve-
NSSM 200 similarly concluded that the United States was ments in agricultural yields may be beyond the financial
threatened by population growth in the former colonial sector. and administrative capacity of many LDCs. For some of
It paid special attention to 13 “key countries” in which the the areas under heaviest population pressure, there is little
United States had a “special political and strategic interest”: or no prospect for foreign exchange earnings to cover
India, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Indonesia, Thailand, the Philip- constantly increasingly imports of food.”
pines, Turkey, Nigeria, Egypt, Ethiopia, Mexico, Brazil, and “It is questionable,” Kissinger gloated, “whether aid
Colombia. It claimed that population growth in those states donor countries will be prepared to provide the sort of
was especially worrisome, since it would quickly increase their massive food aid called for by the import projections on a
relative political, economic, and military strength. long-term continuing basis.” Consequently, “large-scale
For example, Nigeria: “Already the most populous country famine of a kind not experienced for several decades—a
on the continent, with an estimated 55 million people in 1970, kind the world thought had been permanently banished,”
Nigeria's population by the end of this century is projected to was foreseeable—famine, which has indeed come to pass.

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crease program aided by its immigration policies that include
The RH Bill is national suicide petitioning much needed skilled workers and professionals
by Octavio Dauz (05/2011) as well as the families of US immigrants, particularly the
young and able-bodied, to migrate to the United States and
Is it right for other countries to dictate to us laws that thereby also contribute to the US Economy.
they have formulated for their own interest and for our 6. However, while the UNFPA’s developed donor coun-
own debasement, if not our own annihilation? No! The tries increase their homeland population with skilled workers
“depopulation program” initiated by the Kissinger Re- and professionals from developing countries, the funds
port is already in place in the Philippines! Contraceptives these developed countries donate to the UNFPA goes to
kill our women and abort our children! Abortion clinics work in deliberately and strategically decreasing population
in Europe like Mary Stopes International are already growth in developing countries around the globe. So much
here in the Philippines. so that today, the UNFPA works worldwide in 150 countries
I am appealing to all our congressmen and senators with the support of the international community despite and
in spite of the UNFPA’s “family planning and reproductive
not to betray your country and your people by accepting
health assistance activities” being repeatedly linked to forced
the millions that is being offered to you in order to pass abortions and coercive sterilizations of men and women in
this “foreign” and “anti-Filipino” bill. Please look into developing countries such as Vietnam, Peru, and then-
the hard facts ! With dead mothers and dead children, developing-China when it started its brutal One-Child Policy
we will be committing national suicide. in the 70’s.
1. Did you know that the United Nations is behind popu- 7. China’s notorious One-Child Policy, which former US
lation control in the whole world, including the RH Bill in the State Secretary Colin Powell confirmed the UNFPA sup-
Philippines? Yes, indeed! It all began in 1969 when the United ported, is estimated to have caused the forced abortion,
Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) began operating under abandonment, and even infanticide of Chinese infants, par-
the United Nations Development Fund. ticularly female infants, in the tens of millions since the ‘70s.
2. The UNFPA receives hundreds of millions of dollars Comparably, the estimated number of China’s One-Child
every year from developed countries for “international popu- Policy deaths has exceeded Hitler’s extermination of 6 mil-
lation control”, which they later renamed as “international lion Jews during the Holocaust.
family planning assistance” and/or “international reproduc- 8. Today, the Philippines is the only country in South
tive health assistance” for developing countries. East Asia who has not yet succumbed to the multi-million-
3. In the latter 90’s, the United States of America allocated dollar pressure from the UNFPA and the international com-
almost US $300 million per year to the UNFPA. In 2004, munity for the Philippines to decrease its population growth
Australia and Canada increased its UNFPA contributions by via the enactment of the Reproductive Health Bill (RH Bill).
8.7% and 9.5%, respectively. In 2008, the UNFPA received a 9. Presently, the RH Bill is being railroaded in the Philip-
total of US $845.3 million from more than 180 donors mainly pine Congress to be immediately passed into law. If the RH
from European countries, including private donations from Bill is enacted in the Philippines, the Philippine Government
nonprofit organizations such as Americans for UNFPA. will be mandated to allocate billions of Filipino taxpayers
4. As UNFPA supporter and New York Rep. Carolyn Ma- money for population control programs, including the na-
loney put it, population control is necessary to "preserve our tional distribution of free contraceptives and sterilizations
world's resources." Ironically, in preserving the world’s re- for all Filipinos, including minors, with the ultimate goal of
sources, UNFPA’s developed donor countries, such as major finally reducing population growth in the Philippines.
European countries, the US, Canada, and Australia pay the 10. In 1984, former U.S. President Ronald Reagan was
UNFPA to effect drastic population decrease in developing the first U.S.President to deny US Gov’t funding to the UN-
countries while implementing population increase policies in FPA after hearing of the UNFPA’s involvement in forced
their own shores. abortions and China’s One-Child Policy. President Reagan
5. It’s important for UNFPA developed donor countries, said, economic growth is “the best contraceptive”. Instead
mostly European nations with aging populations who can no of passing the RH Bill into law and spending billions of pe-
longer reproduce in great numbers, to dramatically increase sos on foreign-insisted birth control in the Philippines, our
their country’s own population that they have opened their country’s limited resources would be better spent on much
borders for immigrants from all over the world, especially needed economic growth boosters, including the creation of
inviting young families, skilled workers, and professionals more jobs and local businesses so that Filipino skilled work-
from developing countries to migrate to their country and ers and professionals will be able to better work in the Phil-
contribute to their economies. In particular, major European ippines and contribute to the Filipino economy instead of
countries, Australia, and Canada even give monthly cash in- migrating to and further boosting the first-world economies
centives for every child who migrates to or is born in their of UNFPA donor countries.
shores. Meanwhile, the US continues with its population in- N.B. See Footnotes on page 20

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om
Message fr
Manny vs lobby money the Editor
is
It feels good when Bishop Soc ments in sponsoring this bill? In necessari
unitas, in
Villegas uses my slogan in his pastoral Why he is already on his early
letter. “In matters of necessity unity, in stages on dementia, he cannot even opinabilibus
matters of opinion liberty, in all things remember that the amendments he libertas, in
charity.” But I am in a limb here be- was insisting on Manny Pacquiao, omnibus
cause I got two messages asking me have not yet been adopted by the ple- caritas.
why I have not, as promised, taken on nary. In fact, the boxer/rookie Con- LINAW AN
ADO PAG
NSSM 200 yet and some articles I gressman reminded Lagman that the
promised like parenting and some oth- amendment period had not yet began,
ers. so how can they be already be inserted
Well my simple explanation is I in the latest version of the bill.? trasted against the swearing hypo-
have given first priority to prophetic So would you blame me for even crites that she represented. Do you
matters because the nagging contro- surmising that Lagman’s tenacity has know for instance that the bot-
versy on the RH bill has not yet its equal weight in gold, that will in- tomline of that oath is the silver
passed. The legislation is up for voting crease in weight if the bill is passed? rule—that doctors use the power
soon, and if it passes, I am sure it will Lord, have mercy! that comes with their profession to
be challenged in the Supreme Court. It took a rejected stone (people cure and never to harm human be-
We take on a little bit of NSSM were saying that the voters of Sarang- ings. The silver rule also presup-
200 in this issue, as we discuss some gani were either dumb or gullible, they poses that in case of doubt, doctors
of its relevance to UN Development elected Pacquiao to Congress) to ex- are not to be adventuruous, but re-
Fund researched by Octavius Dauz. pose the lies of a seasoned law maker, solve issues in favor of human
Rest assured, however, that at the in fulfillment of Holy Scriptures in safety and welfare.
latest August, we will tone down the that the meek shall humble the wise, Bobbit Avila in his column
advocacy role of HeadsUp and moder- the last will be first and the first last. spelled out the motivating factor
ate it to some wider format. Now his detractors are eating their behind this proposed legislation—
How can I ignore, for instance, the words. that the sitting President has com-
proclamations of our saint Blessed Perish the Visayan accent, perish mitted to the Americans the passage
John Paul the Great? The rich import the tie that was not even properly of the bill as a caveat to receiving
of his words are so prophetic, it is knotted under his neck, perish the more than $400 million juice that
guaranteed to clear the wildest doubts pedestrian look despite the blazer he goes with the Millennium Develop-
of nominal Catholics and doomsayers. donned. Those notwithstanding, it was ment Goals (MDG).
In fact, I recommend that we read surely Manny Pacquiao’s round and it Our government presently have
and reread them within the context of was undeniably a knockdown. funds only for salaries of employees
prayer and pray that he intercedes in Poor Lagman, he had to apologize and day-to-day operations. The
heaven for the defeat of the RH bill to the Speaker for his prevarication MDG infusion will mean P16 billion
here on earth. and for being whimsical. that the government can use for
At the rate Planned Parenthood, And what about this fiasco at the programs. That is why Budget Sec-
the United Nations and the United Harapan (Face-to-Face) debate? I retary Abad had no qualms allocat-
States poured millions of dollars just mean, if this is the brain power the ing P3 billion just to fund the RH
to lobby our Congress about this ob- Pro-RH bill advocates will bring to the bill, right away. He still has another
noxious bill, we need God’s interven- floor, then we who are in the gallery, P13 billion butter to spread around.
tion to let these legislators to fall from demand a refund for our tickets. What you should know, how-
their high horses and experience mo- I mean the RH key witness admit- ever, is that whenever there are pro-
mentary blindness to be able to “see” ting in front of TV cameras that con- gram funds, the pork barrel machine
God’s wisdom in this issue. traceptive pills cause breast cancer. is not far behind. That is what the
It’s all there in John Paul’s consis- What more do you need to spell d-i-s- congressmen and senators are sali-
tent and definitely divinely inspired a-s-t-e-r? vating about. They don’t care about
statements, some even encyclicals. But in fairness, that only goes to fetuses being flushed down the
Could you even think RH bill au- show that Dr. Esperanza Cabral is still drain.
thor Edcel Lagman was a tinny-bit a woman of substance who will not lie As I have said before, this is all
grounded on principles for his argu- to betray her Hippocratic Oath, con- about (not Manny, but) money.

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Promoting a culture of life


ProLife Ministry
launches US programs
The sessions at Naperville, Divine Mercy are recom- household setting by a Crown
Illinois, primarily explored op- mended. of Creation series covering the
portunities for the CFCFFL Individual fasting, corporate following topics: 1) Made in
leaders to maximize exposure in prayer, and to those who are the Image of God 2) Love
their respective areas guided by led to an even higher level, the Alone 3) The meaning of
a common frame work based Mother Teresa Project or the sexuality 4) Sex in God’s Plan.
on three strategic headings un- spiritual adoption of an un- Areas are also encouraged
der the acronym “PEP”: prayer born child is ideal. to invite speakers and organize
and fasting, education and part- On the educational plain, pro-life forums, engage in pro-
nerships (advocacies). dealing with promoting prolife life discussions in household
Prayer and fasting is the ba- awareness and involvement meeting as well as exchange
sic foundation of all our prolife among our members, it was emails on related topics.
engagement. Under this, the underscored that the Pastoral On participation and advo-
Holy Eucharist is central, sup- Formation Office is develop- cacies, area leaders are urged to
ported by eucharistic adoration ing a talk that will be added on network with other pro-life
and intercessory prayers. to the Covenant Orientation groups, help blast email alerts,
For daily devotionals the module. lobby friends and family to call
Holy Rosary and the Chaplet of This will be followed up in or write their legislators. Active

Various discussants help animate discussions: Father Peter Jaroz emphasized on connecting with the source
of creation for empowerment. Maribel Santos rallied for a sense of personal sacrifice for the cause of life.
Margie Hermano crystallized programs and activities. Ray Pinggoy, with some assistance from his growing
son, encouraged working together, and Ado Paglinawan laid righteous indignation as biblical basis for de-
veloping a pro-life passion. No photos here but Manny Hermano called for higher holiness and as the foun-
dation of all pro-life work, and Mary Grace Pinggoy gave a landscape of how purity can inflame especially
the youth into living a life of witness.

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DEFENDING LIFE—Following the appointment of Manny and Margie Hermano as head of the
CFCFFL National ProLife Ministry, a planning session was called in Naperville, IL last March 25,
2011. The following areas were represented: WASHINGTON STATE Bill and Maribel Santos, CALI-
FORNIA Francis Warque and Raque Alayon, LAS VEGAS Grace Hill, INDIANA Ray and Au Manaloto,
MINNESOTA Jane Manalo, WISCONSIN Rene and Jona Rillorta, MICHIGAN Bong and Dang Sabol-
boro, KENTUCKY Erwin and Michelle Banzon, OHIO Bong and Maricor Gines of Cleveland, Bong and
Stef Patag of Cincinnati , TEXAS Nigel and Jojo Birondo of Dallas, Tony and Precy Villamayor of
Houston, NEW JERSEY Rey and Juliet Escalon, Bombet and Cynthis Demetillo, NEW YORK Ito
Zamora, WASHINGTON DC/MARYLAND/VIRGINIA Ado Paglinawan and ILLINOIS JJ and Pen Ca-
banos, Celso and Salve Alikpala. The service team was of course led by Manny and Margie Her-
mano, Orland and Menchie Dizon, and Ray and Mary Grace Pinggoy.
visibility of the local CFCFFL covers issues involving attacks a woman’s vocation, and re-
area is also advised especially in against life, namely abortion, definition of the family, por-
40 Days for Life vigils and the contraception, sterilization and nography, prostitution, sexual
Annual March for Life. population control. permissiveness, substance
Parish collaboration can also It is also expected to gaced abuse and other forms of ad-
be enhanced with CFCFFL off against violations against diction, eradication of religion,
members becoming active in the integrity of life, namely: consumerism and secular hu-
pro-life committees. embryonic stem cell research, manism.
Areas with large member- human cloning, in-vitro fertili- Violations against the dig-
ships can also expand by spon- zation, homosexual acts and nity of life are also covered:
soring natural family planning radical feminism, moral relativ- domestic violence, war, capio-
(NFP), Live Pure seminars and ism, premature and sans mo- tal punishment and euthanasia.
healing intervention in their rality sex education, divorce, The participants are now
dioceses. abolition of parental rights, expected to devolve their
CFCFFL pro-life advocacy eradication of motherhood as learnings in their areas.

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don't want these kinds
States begin tightening inspection standards of safety regulations on
abortion clinics because

Fewer clinics likely they want abortion to


have special protec-
tions," said Michael

means less abortions Geer, president of the


Pennsylvania Family
Council. "That just ex-
at least one woman. Two Delaware poses the upside-down
Three abortion clinics in
clinics tied to Gosnell also have closed. world of Planned Parenthood, where
Philadelphia were shuttered Pennsylvania Rep. Margo Davidson, they think that creating stronger
last year over failed inspec- erstwhile a pro-abortion Democrat, health and safety regulations for
tions. Two abortion clinics in testified that her cousin died at the abortion clinics somehow makes it
Delaware that closed this year hands of Gosnell more dangerous for women. "The
are likely to stay that way. In an emotional moment nearing dangerous thing is to allow groups
the end of the debate, Davidson (D) like Planned Parenthood to continue
Without government fund- Delaware County announced her to have free rein and get taxpayer
ing, Planned Parenthood of support of HB 574, saying: “I’ve dollars."
Indiana has said it may be listened to the debate of HB 574, In Indiana, a 2-day-old law has
forced to close 13 of its clinics. sometimes with tears in my eyes. Mr stopped the flow of taxpayer money
Life advocates are celebrating, Speaker, I respect the sanctity of to the state's 28 Planned Parenthood
because with fewer abortion clinics life, and I respect the sanctity of life clinics. An attorney for the nation's
and fewer dollars going to Planned of women. I am supporting HB 574 largest abortion seller said it may be
Parenthood, it's likely that fewer on behalf of my cousin who was forced to close 13 of those.
babies will be aborted. killed at the Gosnell clinic.” Gov. Mitch Daniels has reassured
In a historic vote in Harrisburg, She went on to say that women women that "non-abortion services,
the Pennsylvania House approved deserve the highest standards of whether family planning or basic
148-43 last May 11, 2011, to regu- care when seeking a legal procedure, women's health, will remain readily
late abortion clinics as outpatient and that abortion clinics should not available in every one of our 92
surgery centers. HB 574 now moves be allowed to provide substandard counties."
to the Senate, which is also con- care, which The state's Family and Social Ser-
trolled by Republicans. has been the vices Administration has confirmed
The bill comes in response to the case in Penn- the governor's statement.
"House of Horrors," one of three sylvania. Two months ago, the Virginia
Philadelphia abortion clinics that Yet, legislature passed a bill upgrading the
were shut down last year when the Planned Par- standards for abortion clinics to con-
state began inspecting all of its abor- enthood and form to the level of hospitals.
tion clinics -- something that hadn't the American It is anticipated that existing clin-
been done in more than 15 years. Civil Liberties ics will find it difficult to find invest-
The "House of Horrors" owner, Union con- ments to upgrade their facilities. The
abortionist Kermit Gosnell, remains tinue to fight law makes it more expensive to run
jailed on eight murder charges. the legisla- PA Rep Margo and maintain the abortion business.
Prosecutors say he killed babies tion. Davidson balks at In the Southern states, Texas is
who survived late-term abortions, and "They House of Horrors leading the requirement to show
mothers contemplating on having
WATCH REP. MARGO DAVIDSON'S TESTIMONY. abortions to watch a complete sono-
gram of their wombs, showing fetal
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HZ907nWcfpw activity, before entering final abor-
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xBNORx4xkcg tion procedure.

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Debates on artificial contraception pointless,
in the light of Act 5:29 and prophetic
wisdom of Blessed John Paul II

Obey God, not men!


Shortly after Christ’s death, the apostles were teaching and ministering to the people (Acts 5:12-
16). The High Priest and reputable (highly regarded) religious leaders became very jealous and put
them in prison (Acts 5:17-18). The apostles were miraculously delivered from the prison and were
told to go preach the gospel in the temple (Acts 5:19-20). After some stir in locating the apostles,
they found them and brought them before their council (Acts 5:21- 27, Lk 12:11-12) that told
them not to speak in Christ’s name anymore (Acts 5:28).
Peter boldly proclaimed a most significant statement, “We ought to obey God rather than
men” (Acts 5:29).
While the wisest of the world continue to engage in disputations and expound their own theo-
ries or beliefs, the descendant of Peter, Blessed Pope John Paul II, had already released from 1978
to 96 his prophetic messages about artificial contraception. As we read his pronouncements below,
it will not be too difficult to discern who is leading toward God and who is leading away.

Openness to the gift of children 3, 1979, the Holy Father emphasized that conjugal
Limerick, Ireland, September 1, 1979 love involved a totality of self-giving. He said:
"And here, I want to say a very special word to all Irish "It aims at a deeply personal unity, the unity that, beyond
parents. Marriage must include openness to the gift of children. union in one flesh, leads to forming one heart and one soul; it
Generous openness to accept children from God as the gift to demands indissolubility in faithfulness in definitive mutual giv-
their love is the mark of the Christian couple. Respect the God- ing; and it is open to fertility (cf. HV 9).
given cycle of life, for this respect is part of our respect for God God's grace is powerful
himself, who created male and female, who created them in his June 7, 1980, to a group of Indonesian Bishops, His
own image, reflecting his own life-giving love in the patterns of Holiness said:
their sexual being." "In the question of the Church's teaching on the regulation
Ratifying Pope Paul VI's teaching of birth we are called to profess in union with the whole Church
October 8, 1979, To the bishops of the Episcopal the exigent but uplifting teaching recorded in the Encyclical
Conference of the U.S. at Chicago Humanae vitae, which my Predecessor Paul VI put forth 'by
"In exalting the beauty of marriage you rightly spoke against virtue of the mandate entrusted to us by Christ' (AAS 60,
both the ideology of contraception and contraceptive acts, as did 1968, p.485). Particularly in this regard we must be conscious
the encyclical Humanae vitae. And I myself today, with the of the fact that God's wisdom supercedes human calculation
same conviction of Paul VI, ratify the teaching of this encyclical, and His grace is powerful in people's lives…Contraception is to
which was put forth by my Predecessor by virtue of the mandate be judged objectively so illicit," said the Pope, "that it can
entrusted to us by Christ" (AAS, 60, 1968, p.485, Origins, never, for any reason be justified."
Oct. 18, 1979). Contraception leads to falsification
Indissoluble; open to fertility November 5, 1981, In the Apostolic Exhortation Fa-
November 3, 1979, Speaking to a French group Nov. miliaris Consortio, on the role of the family in the
modern world:

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"When couples, by means of recourse to contraception, sepa- people in Rome:
rate these two meanings that God the Creator has inscribed in "It is not enough to say that we must always follow our con-
the being of man and woman and in the dynamism of their science," the Pope said, "Each one of us must 'form' a right
sexual communion, they act as 'arbiters' of the Divine plan and conscience, one that seeks to know the truth as revealed to us by
they 'manipulate' and degrade human sexuality - and with it God, according to his wise and loving plan. The believer, he said,
themselves and their married partner - by altering its value of has the assistance of the Church in forming a "right conscience."
'total' self-giving. For "it is the duty of the Church to give expression to that truth
Thus the innate language that expresses the total reciprocal which is Christ himself, and to declare and confirm those princi-
self-giving of husband and wife is overlaid, through contracep- ples of the moral order which have their origin in human nature
tion, by an objectively contradictory language, namely, that of itself." (Western Catholic Reporter, Sept. 5, 1983)
not giving oneself totally to the other. This leads not only to a Responsible parenthood
positive refusal to be open to life but also to a falsification of the October 8, 1983
inner truth of conjugal love, which is called upon to give itself in Emphasizing that artificial contraception is intrinsically
personal totality" (n.32). evil the Pope taught in 1983:
Pastoral action mustn’t contradict doctrine "At the origin of every human person there is a creative act
May 30, 1983, Pope John Paul II addressed the par- of God. No man comes into existence by chance; he is always the
ticipants in the first Plenary Assembly of the Pontifi- object of God's creative love. From this fundamental truth of
cal Council for the Family: faith and reason it follows that the procreative capacity, inscribed
"It is absolutely necessary that the pastoral action of Chris- in human sexuality is - in its deepest truth - a cooperation with
tian communities be totally faithful to the teachings of the En- God's creative power.
cyclical Humanae vitae and the Apostolic Exhortation Famil- And it also follows that man and woman are not arbiters,
iaris consortio. It would be a grave error to set up pastoral re- are not the masters of this same capacity, called as they are, in it
quirements in opposition to doctrinal teaching, since the very and through it, to be participants in God's creative decision.
first service that the Church must perform for people is to tell When, therefore, through contraception, married couples remove
them the truth of which she is neither the author nor the mas- from the exercise of their conjugal sexuality its potential procrea-
ter." (Osservatore Romano, June 6, 1983). tive capacity, they claim a power which belongs solely to God: the
Church is guide to conscience power to decide in a final analysis the coming into existence of a
August 17, 1983, the Holy Father addressed 35,000 human person.
They assume the qualification of not being cooperators in
God's creative power, but the ultimate depositaries of the source
of human life. In this perspective, contraception is to be judged
objectively so profoundly unlawful, as never to be, for any reason,
justified.
To think or to say the contrary is equal to maintaining that
in human life, situations may arise in which it is lawful not to
recognize God as God." (L'Osservatore Romano, Oct. 10,
1983)
State should stay out of family planning
June 9, 1984
"Demographic policies must not consider people as mere
numbers or only in economic terms ... they must respect and pro-
mote the dignity and the fundamental rights of the human person
and of the family." He called it "a grave offence against human
dignity and justice" for authorities to engage in any activities
"which attempt to limit in any way the freedom of couples in
deciding about children." Likewise "gravely unjust," he said, is
any attempt to condition international aid for development "on
programs of contraception, sterilization, and procured abor-
tion." (Catholic Register, Toronto, June 23, 1984)

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Dissent not acceptable conviction is truly borne out in many ways; in ways which
January 10, 1985 can be verified not only by believers, but by every man or
After the Pope completed a five-month series of lectures woman who is thoughtful about the lot of mankind, since
on human sexuality, marriage, and the regulation of anyone can view the consequences of man's disobedience to
births, on November 28, 1984, the Osservatore Romano God's holy law."
printed a front page editorial by Archbishop (later Cardi- Freedom of conscience
nal) Edouard Gagnon, propresident of the Pontifical December 1990
Commission for the Family. It stated: In the summer of 1988 the Pope told theologians
"Today ... it is no longer possible to have doubts about the au- "You can't say that a member of the faithful has carried
thoritative doctrine of the Church [of Humanae vitae] and about out a dilligent investigation of the truth if he doesn't take
the unacceptability of dissent." Some theologians were "happy to into account what the magisterium teaches ..."
find in a certain popular resistance to the encyclical a good opportu- In a World Day of Peace message for January 1,
nity to propagandize their own ideas on the autonomy of the individ- 1991, released in December 1990, he reiterated the
ual conscience." But the Pope's campaign to end doctrinal confusion complexities of conscience.
is "the only way out" of society's crises, and sustain "with a solid "Yes, the conscience is supreme - but not as a source of
doctrine" the efforts of people fighting "in defence of life and the in- truth. And yes, a person has to follow his conscience, but a
stitution of matrimony." (London Free Press, Jan. 19, 1985) person does not manufacture truth. A person must learn
Not debatable from revelation and other
June 11, 1987, Two years later the At the end of the day, it sources." (B.C. Catholic, Janu-
Holy Father himself reiterated the ary 20, 1991 )
above sentiments. Addressing a
boils down to whether Contraception is an in-
Conference on Natural Family Plan- you are a Catholic or not. trinsic evil
ning, he said: In the encyclical The Splen-
"What is taught by the Church on If you cannot obey the dor of Truth (Aug. 6, 1993)
contraception does not belong to material Church teachings, then the Pope reaffirms the intrin-
freely debatable among theologians." sic evil of contraception as
Those who argue otherwise "in open you have unilaterally ex- taught by Pope Paul VI:
contrast with the law of God, authentically
taught by the Church, guide couples down communicated yourself. "With regard to intrinsically evil
acts, and in reference to contracep-
a wrong path." (Prairie Messenger, tive practices whereby the conjugal act is intentionally ren-
June 15, 1987; Osservatore Romano, June 6, 1987) dered infertile, Pope Paul VI teaches:
Live it, don't question it 'Though it is true that sometimes it is lawful to tolerate
March 14, 1988, Pope John Paul addressed a Congress on a lesser moral evil in order to avoid a greater evil or in order
the Family. It being close to the 20th anniversary of Hu- to promote a greater good, it is never lawful, even for the
manae vitae, he remarked that its doctrine gravest reasons, to do evil that good may come of it
"belongs to the permanent patrimony of the Church's moral doc- (cf.Rom.3:8) - in other words, to intend directly something
trine…The doctrine expounded in the encyclical Humanae Vitae which of its very nature contradicts the moral order, and
thus constitutes the necessary defence of the dignity and truth of con- which must therefore be judged unworthy of man, even
jugal love…I cannot pass over in silence the fact that many today do though the intention is to protect or promote the welfare of
not aid married couples in this grave responsibility of theirs, but an individual, of a family or of society in general.'" (n.80).
rather place significant obstacles in their place ... The two dimensions of marriage
Married couples can be seriously impeded by a certain hedonistic February 15, 1994
mentality widespread today, by the mass media, by ideologies and In his Letter to Families, signed on Feb. 2, 1994,
practices contrary to the gospel. This can also come about, with truly the Holy Father says:
grave and destructive consequences, when the doctrine taught by the "In particular, responsible fatherhood and motherhood
Encyclical is called into open question… directly concern the moment in which a man and a woman,
Pope Paul VI expressed the certainty that the document consti- uniting 'in one flesh', can become parents. This is a moment
tuted a contribution ... to the establishment of a truly human civili- of special value to both of them for their interpersonal rela-
zation. Twenty years after its publication, the foundation of that tionship and for their service to life: they can become par-

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ents - father and mother - by communicating life to a new human ecclesial community itself, is one of the subjects that demands
being. The two dimensions of conjugal union, the unitive and the the greatest attention from the Church and from those responsi-
procreative, cannot be artificially separated without damaging the ble for the destinies of peoples.
deepest truth of the conjugal act itself… Unbridled hedonism and disregard for human life, which is
This is the constant teaching of the Church, and the 'signs of weak and unproductive at its mysterious and delicate begin-
the times' which we see today are providing new reasons for force- nings, require the proclamation of the "Gospel of life" to be
fully reaffirming that teaching. Saint Paul, himself so attentive to supported bya constant commitment to teaching spouses to be
the pastoral demands of his day, clearly and firmly indicated the aware of their own vocation as servants of life, in responsible
need to be 'urgent in season and out of season' (cf. 2 Tim. 4:2), collaboration with the Creator's provident wisdom.
and not to be daunted by the fact that 'sound teaching is no This convention marks an important stage in the silent and
longer endured' (cf. 2 Tim.4:3). His words are well known to painstaking work which the centre has been doing for more
those who with deep insight into the events of the present time, than 20 years, in the delicate area of responsible procreation by
expect that the Church will not only not abandon 'sound doc- the promotion of natural methods.
trine' but will proclaim it with renewed vigour, seeking in today's The courageous effort to promote these methods in obedience
'signs of the times' the incentive and insights which can lead to a to the teaching of Humanae vitae, Familiaris consortio and
deeper understanding of her teaching." (n.12). Evangelium vitae, after a difficult start surrounded by the mis-
Harmful demographic policies understanding of public opinion, today enjoys growing scientific
November 16, 1996 recognition and is confirmed in the serenity and peace of married
The Holy Father wrote a Message to Bishop Elio couples who are committed to living periodic continence and
Sgreccia on the occasion of an international congress understand its value and spirit. These results can instil new
on the theme "At the Sources of Life," sponsored by courage in the face of the worrying consequences of a false sexual
the Centre for Studies and Research on the Natural freedom for which contraception provides the incentive and
Regulation of Fertility of the Catholic University of the means, increasing the dulling of consciences and the eclipse of
Sacred Heart. Text folloews: values. The harmful campaigns of certain demographic policies,
2. The crisis of values and ideals, which has taken hold of which attempt to pass off contraception as licit and right, and
contemporary society, challenges believers to undertake wide- which spread and impose on individuals and peoples an instru-
spread and persevering formational activity: this is the frontier mental and utilitarian view of life, must be answered with every
advanced by the new evangelization, to which they must be com- initiative that can support scientifically and with correct infor-
mitted on the threshold of the third Christian millennium. mation the validity of natural methods, in accordance with the
The family, the heart of human society and the nucleus of the Church's constant teaching.

FOOTNOTES TO RH BILL IS NATIONAL SUICIDE BY MR. DAUZ, PAGE 12


1. Wikipedia page on the UNFPA:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Nations_Population_Fund
2. UNFPA's 2008 Annual Report:
http://www.unfpa.org/about/report/2008/en/ch6.html
3. 1998 US Congress hearing on forced abortions in China and the involvement of the UNFPA:
http://commdocs.house.gov/committees/intlrel/hfa49740.000/hfa49740_0f.htm
4. UK Doctors Federation on EU's funds being used for forced population control in China and Vietnam:
http://www.doctorsfed.org.uk/index2.php?option=com_content&do_pdf=1&id=261
5. A feminist's report on the UNFPA's involvement in forced sterilizations in Peru:
http://www.independent.org/newsroom/article.asp?id=1417
6. No justice for impoverished Peruvian women victims of forced sterilizations:
http://www.mediafreedominternational.org/2010/11/23/forced-sterilisation-in-lima-peru/
7. CBS Business Network post advocating better education and economic
dev’t instead of UN’s plans to limit births in third-world countries:
http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1571/is_23_15/ai_81

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A Beautiful Story
Lila Rose is up to something
If you work in the pro-life movement, you likely have faced the nagging question
of how can I, one little person, really stand up to big abortion? By all appearances,
that question simply does not register with California native Lila Rose. In just three
years, she has perhaps done more to expose the abortion industry’s dirty little secrets
than most of us have over the last 30 years.
Lila Rose is a 21-year-old senior majoring in history at the University of California
at Los Angeles. Self-effacing and modest, she describes herself as an ordinary girl
who loves good books and a steady diet of cold cereal.

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“I was raised in a very pro-life does not support women who are woman in need, then we would cer-
family. My parents were great, very pregnant nor help them.’ I was told tainly make sure that the gift was ear-
devoted homeschoolers who have that UCLA has two abortionists on marked for that purpose.
always supported my fight for life. call. That was the extent of support Actor: And we don’t—you know, we just
But with seven other children to that this institution, this great think—the less black kids out there, the
take care of, if I wanted to do university, had to offer students better.
something, I pretty much had to who might be pregnant.” PP rep: Understandable, understand-
do it on my own.” Dying for the cause able.
Lila recalls that she knew After the health center visit, Lila “We knew that Planned Parent-
“something” had to be done about and the other members of Live hood was racist,” Lila said, “but we
abortion when, at age nine, she saw Action decided to expose Planned wondered if they might also commit
a picture of an aborted child in a Parenthood. In 2008, Planned criminal actions as well.” To find out,
book and had her own “Who Parenthood made over $85 million in the summer of 2008, Lila and Live
broke the baby?” moment. in profit; its income comes from Action launched the Mona Lisa Pro-
By age 15, she was praying out- government grants, clinic operations ject.
sideof abortuaries in Southern (including abortions) and donations. For this undercover operation, Lila
California. She recalls one day in Teaming up with James O'Keefe, dyed her rich ebony hair platinum
particular: “I was praying in front who posed as a racist donor, Live blonde and visited abortion mills in
of an abortion mill with some Action called Planned Parenthood several states. Posing as a 13-year-old
friends, just yards away from the (PP) and asked if one could make a girl who was pregnant by a 30 some-
slaughter of innocent life. The donation intended specifically to thing-year-old man, Lila asked about
whole scenario struck me as such pay for the abortion of a black baby. obtaining an abortion. In each case,
an injustice. I decided then to dedi- A portion of the transcript from Planned Parenthood offered her the
cate my life to fighting this injus- one such call reads as follows: abortion while advising her to lie
tice.” Actor: The abortion—I can give money about her age, and/or evade manda-
Soon thereafter, Lila and some specifically for a black baby; that would be tory parental consent and/or statutory
friends founded Live Action the purpose? rape reporting laws by traveling to
(www.liveaction.org), a 501(c)(3) PP rep: Absolutely. If you wanted other states for the abortion. Lila
corporation that uses the media, to designate that your gift be used captured it all on hidden camera.
especially new media, to build to help an African-American “Our team went undercover
respect for life and expose the in dozens of clinics nationwide,”
abortion industry through targeted Lila said. “Again and again, Planned
undercover operations. JEFF GARDNER did this Parenthood covered up what was
When Lila was a freshman at feature for CELEBRATE LIFE clearly a case of statutory rape by say-
UCLA, Live Action launched the ing, ‘We won’t report this—as we are
(March– April 2010), a
Advocate, a well-produced and supposed to—to your parents or the
now widely read quarterly, student- magazine published by the police.’”
driven, pro-life magazine. The first American Life League last “Instead of helping, they see these
issue featured Lila undercover, year when Lila Rose was underage girls as plumbing problems,
exposing the laughable “support” give them secret abortions and send
still on her last year in them right back to the arms of their
offered to college women facing an
unplanned pregnancy. college. Jess writes from La abusers.”
“I wanted to find out if UCLA Crosse, Wisconsin, and is When Live Action posted the
would help a student who wanted the CEO and cofounder of undercover videos from the Mona
to keep her baby,” Lila recalls. “I Lisa Project on its web site and
went to my university’s health cen-
Catholic Radio Interna- YouTube, the whole world took
ter, saying that I was pregnant, and tional, which provide news, notice, starting with Planned
asked, ‘What can I do?’ The stu- culture and faith Parenthood. “At first, they threatened
dent counselor, a nurse- programming. to sue us,” Lila told me, “but then,”
practitioner, told me that ‘UCLA she laughed, “they asked us to give

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them our videotapes so would amend the California Constitution
that they could investigate to recognize the preborn as human per-
and correct any problems sons. The California personhood move-
they might be having.” ment works in conjunction with Ameri-
Planned Parenthood can Life League and Personhood USA
also posted Lila’s photo (www.personhoodusa . com) ,
in many of its abortion which are pursuing similar initiatives
mills. “The saddest part nationwide.
of this whole story,” Lila “Our laws are created to protect
noted, “is that Planned the weak from the strong,” Lila points
Parenthood puts more out. “When our nation violates the most
effort into watching for fundamental right of a person, the right
me instead of underage to life, it
rape victims.” violates all other rights.”
The national media What’s next for Lila Rose and Live
soon took notice, and With a friend, Lila dyed her hair blonde to pose un- Action? As she prepares to graduate, she
Lila was interviewed is considering law school or graduate
dercover as a 13-year old supposed rape victim.
by Fox News, Reuters, studies in history. The work of Live Ac-
the New York Times and many other tion, she assures us, will go on. “We are
major media outlets. worker obfuscates with words like here to stay and to send a message to our
Happily for preborn children, ‘heart tones.’” nation. To our politicians, we say that the
all of this attention has gone to The release of that tape has people who respect life are now in the
Lila’s heels and not her head. She prompted Wisconsin state Senato majority; listen to the growing revolt. If
and Live Action are keeping up the Glenn Grothman to call for an you do not listen, we will replace you.”
pressure on Planned Parenthood investigation of Planned “To the youth of our nation, be
with their latest undercover video Parenthood. strong. This is the greatest human rights
effort, the Rosa Acuna Project, Up next: Personhood issue ever. All of us born after Roe v.
named after a mother who aborted Lila is also the cosponsor of the Wade are the survivor generation, and
her baby on the basis of grossly California Human Rights Amendment, we will be the victorious generation. We
misleading information from her a November 2010 ballot initiative that will see an end to abortion.”
doctor and consequently suffered

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post-traumatic stress disorder. Lila Rose and Margi Paglinawan
This project exposes the false medical share a moment at the Valen-
information given by Planned Parent- tine’s Day vigil in Washington DC
hood and its doctors to women who
ask about the development of their last February. Live Action,and
preborn child. CFCFFL, Susan B. Anthony List
“Watch the video currently (Marjorie Dannenfelser),40 Days
running on our web site,” Lila said.
for Life (David Bereit), Student for
“We sent ‘Sarah’ to a Planned
Parenthood abortion clinic in Life of America (Krista Hawkins)
Appleton, Wisconsin. On the tape, and many other advocacy groups
you see and hear that she is clearly have formed a coalition to Expose
lied to [regarding] when the heartbeat
of a baby begins, as the clinic and Defund Planned Parenthood.

BILL O’REILLY http://www.youtube.com/watch?


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THE VIDEOS GLENN BECK http://www.youtube.com/watch v=FhfW_SE3c4c
ABOUT THREE VIDEOS http://liveaction.org/rosaacuna
LILA SHARING IN THE CELEBRATE LIFE CONFERENCE
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USA: robbed of a precious jewel


It is disappointing today that any mention of pro-life in the realm of public policy is often reduced to where one stands on
a single issue – abortion. But the devastatingly divisive impact of abortion not withstanding, advocating for life is about more
than a single court decision.
Lost in the polemics of Roe v. Wade is the simple truth that human dignity extends to all of life; that we are created with a
purpose; that human life is precious in all it’s dimensions; and until the middle of this century America embraced that view
culturally, politically, and legally.
Our Founding Fathers established security as one of the first responsibilities of government – protecting lives through a
common defense, and defending the unalienable right to life. Since then civil government at all levels has constituted police
departments to serve and protect, established fire departments to rescue those in peril, built hospitals to treat, restore, and
cure, established laws to protect the vulnerable, and even tasked itself with the aid and defense of the helpless and least able
among us when others couldn’t (or wouldn’t) help.
Life was viewed as possessing intrinsic value outside of subjective considerations like age, or ancestry, or physical ability,
or mental capacity, or economic and social status.
Practically speaking, we have lived most of our existence as a nation promoting and defending a culture of life – in our
laws, our civic character, our faith communities, and our national morality. But to every culture, there is invariably a counter.
In this case, the counter brought devaluation and death.
The Law, it is said, is a teacher and since 1973 we’ve been taught that life is now in our hands, can be disposable if we so
desire for any reason, or no reason. Once codified in law that life can be ended before birth, it was no great leap to justify end-
ing life before it was over. Government, once the great defender, had stepped aside into the shadows to let the beast ravage
the beauty.
In the process our humanity lost, devalued now at both ends, and on a PRO
PRO--LIFE PRAYER
slippery slope that leaves the value of life for those in the middle in clear and Our Lady of Guadalupe, we turn to
present danger.
you, the protectress of unborn children
Men have been empowered to live without consequence. Women have
been robbed of their virtue as life givers. Kids kill kids for shoes. The elderly and ask that you pray for us, so that we
are urged to die when they become “unproductive.” Dying baby seals com- may firmly resolve to join you in pro-
pete for our moral outrage. With our common conscience so seared and life tecting all human life. Let our prayers be
so cheapened, we produce throwaway children then choose to ignore (or united to your perpetual motherly inter-
worse, dismiss) the price we all pay to fund more jails, generational welfare,
child support, broken and dysfunctional families, lower job skill levels, and cession on behalf of those whose lives
endless government aid programs. are threatened, be they in the womb of
But the higher price comes when our individual worth is ultimately re- their mother, on the bed of infirmity, or
duced to our serviceable utility. Sadly, we have been robbed of a precious in the latter years of their life.
jewel. May our prayers also be coupled
Common sense dictates that a pro-life position is thus a political position with peaceful action which witnesses to
as it is a moral one. Our view of the role of government and the purpose of
public policy begins there, deeply anchored in respect for the inestimable the goodness and dignity of all human
worth and God-given dignity of our humanity. life, so that our firmness of purpose may
It is a position which informs our belief in: give courage to those who are fearful
• Social policy that would never devalue or destroy life, and bring light to those who are blinded
• Any policy which ensures the freedoms of speech, personal conscience, by sin.
and religion remain properly unfettered, Inspire those who are involved in
• Economic policy that loosens the stranglehold of taxation on a family’s pro
pro--life activities, and help them walk
ability to provide for their children, and frees the economic engine of small closely with God and give voice to the
business,
PLEASE CLIP AND KEEP IN YOUR WALLET

cry of the oppressed, in order to remind


• Domestic policy that esteems the natural family, doesn’t come between
parent and child, our nation of its commitment to life,
or judge one life as having more value than another, and liberty and the pursuit of happiness for
• Foreign policy that would neither abandon our national sovereignty nor all people.
ever allow complacency in the face of terror. O Virgin Mother of God, present our
These are common sense issues. Public policy is really “people” policy. petitions to your Son and ask Him to
With policies built on a foundation of life we can begin to reclaim what has bless us with abundant life.
been lost. If you believe as we do, we’d appreciate knowing. Please join us in
this common sense movement to bring a ‘whole life’ perspective to America Our Lady of Guadalupe, pray for us.
once again. by CommonSenseIssues.com St. Gianna Beretta Molla, pray for us.

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