Pro-Life Hope, 2008

Need some hope after the election? Here are the exciting pro-life apostolates we have featured in the newspaper in the past few weeks:

VirtueMedia’s ads that they say have saved thousands of lives.

The moving story about blogger-priest Father James Farfaglia and his parish’s pro-life victories.

Different ways people are “Battling for Life Online.

Eric Scheidler carrying the Scheidler family pro-life tradition into the 21st century.

“Manadatum” Catholic colleges’ March for Life plans.

The Princeton-originated Love and Fidelity Network.

The Daily Blog covered the work of the group Live Action Films.

Those are all from December. From November and October:

The Human Life Alliance, “Telling Truth to Youth” about abortion.

Feminists for Life rolling out college videos.

And last but certainly not least: The Other Youth Vote.

The good news: The list is far from exhaustive. Even now we have reporters working on stories about new such apostolates. Stay tuned to learn how to make use of their tools — and how to support them.

— Tom Hoopes

Palestinian Christians celebrate Easter Sunday Mass at Holy Family Church in Gaza City on March 31, amid the ongoing battles Israel and the Hamas militant group.

People Explain ‘Why I Go to Mass’

‘Why go to Mass on Sundays? It is not enough to answer that it is a precept of the Church. … We Christians need to participate in Sunday Mass because only with the grace of Jesus, with his living presence in us and among us, can we put into practice his commandment, and thus be his credible witnesses.’ —Pope Francis