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Neuhaus last punch

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First things Editor: Neuhaus last words (Pro-life)

First Things Editor, Canadian-Born, Intellectual, influential free thinker, who became a Catholic after a long conversion process. Later on, as a Christian, he was a powerful pen, liberal and orthodox. Himself and Novak were the pieces around which all Catholic intellectuals turned to press John Paul II. They forced him to produce the philo-socialist (according to them) Sollicitudo Rei Socialis. Thus, there came out to life short later Centessimus Annus. That is the main reason why the Communitarian and Anti-Capitalist Catholics ussualy quote Sollicitudo Rei Socialis whereas the Liberal-Capitalist Catholics instead quote more the encyclica Centessimus Annus. Before he became a Catholic priest he was a Lutheran. His life and writtings give witness to his commitment and loyalty.

Read the following postumous article, The Pro-Life Movement as the Politics of the 1960s

by Richard John Neuhaus

A life for a Party

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Labels: Life, Party, prolife, transcendence

We don't always realize that children are persons and not OPTIONS. Therefore many times we might be choosing "things" (beautiful things, though) instead of the joy children bring.
On a hard note, abortion is a very tough choice; there, selfishness prevails.
Read the following short story, illustrating this thought...

A life for a Party

Our Beloved Son, John

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Labels: Life, prolife

The Beloved John

           I was called to the delivery room one night to assist with a term infant because of a small amount of meconium that was present. Meconium is the substance within the bowels of the infant before delivery, and it can sometimes signal distress or abnormality in the infant. It generally requires a pediatrician or other qualified individual to be in attendance. However, most of the time these babies are born without complication and are healthy and normal.
            In the delivery room, both mother and father were anxious yet happy as they anticipated the birth of their first baby. The pregnancy had been uneventful. But when the baby was born, it was immediately apparent that there was a significant problem. The baby was anencephalic. This means that there is essentially no upper brain, and the dome of the calvarium, or skull, is also absent. These babies generally don't survive the immediate newborn period, and often they have other significant abnormalities.
            The obstetrician immediately handed the baby to me. Even the father, beside himself in anticipation and excitement, could see that the baby was not normal. The mother had not been sedated and, of course, wanted to see her baby right away. The baby did not cry significantly, but it was not in any serious respiratory distress. It did maintain a deep bluish color, indicating the possibility of severe heart disease, which is common in these infants.

John, Our Beloved Son