Pro Life Pagan

From Cardinal Seán's blog

We were all very saddened by the news that Archbishop Pietro Sambi, Apostolic Nuncio to the United States, passed away Wednesday night at Johns Hopkins University Hospital from complications following lung surgery.

We were very shocked by the news, particularly given the fact that he was with us just a matter of weeks ago in Boston for the fundraising event of the Redemptoris Mater Seminary, at which he was honored.

At that moment, he was full of life, health and enthusiasm and gave a very beautiful and moving speech. No one at that time ever would have suspected that his life's journey was approaching such a sudden end.

We commend him to God's merciful love and providence and thank the Lord for the gift that his life has been to his family, his Church, and to all the people he has served as a priest and bishop.

Visiting with the Catholic Daughters

Last Wednesday (July 20) I met the leadership team of the State Court of the Catholic Daughters of the Americas.

We had a nice talk and State Regent Connie Pagan updated me on a number of initiatives the Daughters are undertaking.

Every year the Daughters make a substantial contribution for the pro-life activities of the archdiocese through their Pennies for the Unborn program. This year they were able to double last year's amount, presenting me with a check for $20,000.

Marianne Luthin, the director of our Pro-life Office, and Father Kevin O'Leary, who is their state chaplain, were also present there. We were able to thank the women for this very significant gift and assure them that it will be put to very good use, to support the pro-life ministry of the archdiocese.

Farewell to Bishop Reilly

On Sunday (July 24), I went to a state gathering of the Knights of Columbus. They had a banquet to honor Bishop Dan Reilly, who is retiring as their state chaplain. He is the Bishop Emeritus of Worcester and has been in the Knights for about 50 years.

Why Would a Pagan be Pro-Life? - tribe.net

Chances are good this site surprised you in some way; there aren't many pro-life pagan websites out there. In fact, I typed "pagan AND pro-life" into a search engine recently and found two. One of them was a broken link. So I think it's fair to say, you probably haven't seen all that many websites like this one. I hope it was a pleasant sort of surprise, at finding others who think like you do - if so, please, please see the link about submitting your own writing! A pagan is going to have a pretty hard time finding a candidate who supports genuine religious freedom and equality and also opposes abortion; for the most part, pro-life politicians identify strongly with the so-called 'religious right'. A pagan who sees nature as sacred and considers preserving the environment a top priority may have difficulty finding someone to vote for who wants to save both wetlands and unborn babies. Generally speaking, pro-life politicians are fiscal conservatives, and fiscal conservatives tend not to be too big on anything that might inhibit businesses - like environmental standards. Good luck to you finding a pro-lifer to elect who considers human sexuality a natural and sacred thing, and supports comprehensive sex ed, while opposing abortion. And don't hold your breath waiting for a member of our electorate to support gay rights and prenatal rights simultaneously. The groups with political clout who are supportive of paganism and pagan causes - feminists who love the idea of goddess worship, environmentalists, and civil rights groups - tend to be supportive of abortion rights. Abortion is part and parcel of the progressive ideology today; those who oppose abortion are deemed de facto enemies, whether they're also feminist or ecologically minded or supportive of civil rights or not. Anyone who won't jump on the pro-choice bandwagon is automatically tossed aside as a presumed Bible-thumper, or at the very least, an anti-woman control freak.

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