She was attacked over saving sex for marriage. Now she’s the star of an incredible pro-life film
June 13, 2017 (LifeSiteNews) — Moriah Peters knows about standing up for chastity. When the award-winning actress auditioned for American Idol in 2010, she was criticized for saying she was saving her first kiss for marriage. She recalled one of the celebrity panelists telling her, “I think you’re trying to be too perfect. You need to go into the world and make mistakes. ” Another advised her to go out and kiss a boy because it would make her feel “sexier.” “That was God closing the door [on further participation in the show],” said Peters. As she left, she prayed,…
Maya Angelou: The Decision That Changed My Life: Keeping My Baby
STEVEN ERTELT MAY 28, 2014 | 3:43PM WASHINGTON, DC Writer and poet Maya Angelou died this morning, according to a family statement. She was found by her caregiver and was reportedly been in poor health and had canceled recent scheduled appearances. Harold Augenbraum, from the National Book Foundation, said that Angelou’s “legacy is one that all writers and readers across the world can admire and aspire to.” But while most people are aware of her professional work, they don’t know Angelou’s personal…
When Does a Human Life Begin?
The controversy surrounding Planned Parenthood has many people discussing the issue of abortion. Please help Catholic Answers spread the Gospel of Life by sharing this video with as many people as possible. Transcript: Life. It is everywhere we look. Life ignites all of our actions. It is both fleeting and enduring. Boundless, and transient. The human species seems insignificant beside the power of nature, and the breadth of the life by which we are surrounded. And yet, we have dominion over it all. It has been said that life is one of the most basic human rights. But when does…
Photo of baby David, miscarried at 7 weeks, goes viral
7:58 AM, MAR 6, 2015 NANCY FLANDERS 72 COMMENTS It’s as clear as day that baby David Raphael, miscarried at 7 weeks gestation, is a human being. And when his mother sent her story and a photo of David to Planned Parenthood clinic director-turned-pro-life advocate Abby Johnson, his photo went viral. It’s an amazing image. Baby David in an intact sac, held by his mother. His developing eyes, arms and legs undeniably there, making him undeniably more than a “blob of tissue.” But that’s what many women are told is all they are carrying when they head to the abortion clinic….
My Mother Chose Life
By: AJ Perez I have been active in the Pro-life advocacy for several years now, and I owe my zeal for life to my mother. She wasn’t an active pro-lifer, but my mother taught me everything I needed in order persevere in such a challenging commitment ever since I was a kid. I look back on all those days with happiness and gratitude. Above all, she chose life – my life – when she could have taken the easy way out during that time of her life when she was most confused and troubled. My mother tells this story every…
“Hangad”
How far will you go to be granted the most precious gift of life? So many mothers and fathers face the daunting reality of not having children — and yet everywhere in the world, even in our own streets and back allies, women throw away their babies, or consult abortionists and murder these little angels in cold blood. This video, entitled “Hangad”, is brought to you by Pro-Life Philippines and the creative minds of Y&R Philippines. It shows us the anguish of couples everywhere, especially women, who have done their utmost in order to conceive the child they have always yearned for, only for…
PRO-LIFE PREGNANCY COUNSELING SERVICES
Mila (not her real name), 16 years old, ran away from home because of her physically abusive father. She would find shelter from one house to another, mostly with her friends. She became part of a gang, thinking that the gang would protect her from violence. Instead, she was forced to have sexual relations with many of the gang members, and eventually she got pregnant. She was on the verge of suicide when she saw a poster which read: PREGNANT? NEED HELP? She immediately dialed the number on the poster, and upon the suggestion of the counselor, she agreed to go to…
WOMENS ISSUES
007 LISTS OF BOOKS ON WOMENS ISSUES CODE TITLE AUTHOR/S PUBLISHER SYNOPSIS 007 – A Women and the Church Compiled & Published by Maria Fenny Tatad & Mariivc San Juan An Index of Church Positions on Women-Related Issues 007 – B 3 Human Rights Women Identities & Struggles NCCP Publications, Philippines, 1990 And She Said No! presents a Philippine view of what it means to be woman, to be fully human. It is a narrative theology that provides the reader with an understanding of the constant interplay between personal and social liberation in a Third World context. The…
STD/ AIDS / PORNOGRAPHY
013 LISTS OF BOOKS ON STD/ AIDS / PORNOGRAPHY CODE TITLE AUTHOR/S PUBLISHER SYNOPSIS 013 – 1 A What is A.I.D.S. ? Christian Medical Mission, 1987 This small manual is written to help health workers learn about this new disease called AIDS. It is a new deadly infection, for which there is as yet no cure, and no vaccine. It is a disease, which has spread to most countries around the world. 013 – 9 AIDS: Hope, Hoax and Hoopla Bruce W. Halstead, M.D. The Bradford Foundation, 1990 This is part of the information in AIDS: HOPE, HOAX and…
PERSONHOOD
011 LISTS OF BOOKS ON PERSONHOOD CODE TITLE AUTHOR/S PUBLISHER SYNOPSIS 011 – 1 Towards Becoming a Man For Others Ramon Tagle Jr. Communication Foundation for Asia, 1981 This book reflects the author’s own understanding of the individual and social dimension of his own existence as being-in-the-world and his own struggles with his own self to become or not only a Man-for-Himself, but a Man-for-Others as well. 011 – B Choosing Life John English Paulist Press, 1978 Is designed especially for directors of prolonged prayer experiences. Yet, it can also be used profitably by people who have had the experience…
