Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide campaigners have managed to hi-jack the English language. They have done so now to the point where many people believe that true compassion equals ending the life of someone who is suffering from a terminal illness or…
Author: Michelle Kaufman
I am a Catholic mother of seven children. Blessed with an amazing husband and very supportive Mum and Dad. We live in New Zealand and are deeply involved in promoting life, faith and family through the apostolate we work for Family Life International NZ.
Pro-Life Prayer Intentions – May 2012
Please join the staff and volunteers of Family Life International NZ as we pray for the following intentions: ■For each person that we may come to understand how to love each other fully, so that in moments of great suffering…
Adoption is an Answer to Abortion
There has been a great shift in society's perception of single parenthood over the last few decades. Where once it was unacceptable for single girl or woman to be pregnant (to the point where she was shipped off to another town…
Pro-Life Prayer Intentions April 2012
Please join the staff and volunteers of Family Life International NZ as we pray for the following intentions: ■For every girl and woman who finds herself facing a crisis pregnancy. May she find the support she needs to have great…
Euthanasia Back on the Agenda
It has been revealed that Nelson Labour List MP, Maryan Street is intending to submit a Private Member's Bill legalising euthanasia in New Zealand. The Nelson Mail reported on Saturday that the MP would be submitting "an end of life…
Infertility, Science and the Church
The issue of infertility is one that strikes many couples today. This week the Academy for Life has been meeting in Rome discussing the topic "Diagnosis and Therapy of Infertility". Pope Benedict XVI took the time to address the attendees at…
Pro-Life Prayer Intentions March 2012
"A great prayer for life is urgently needed, a prayer which will rise up throughout the world...Let us...discover anew the humility and courage to pray and fast so that power from on high will break down the walls of lies…
After-Birth Abortion Is Really Infanticide
Two ethicists who work in Australia are calling for what they call "after-birth abortion". They say it is their preference to use these words instead of what it really is infanticide, because they believe a newborn infant has the same…
More Contraception an Answer to Abortion?
The NZ Abortion Supervisory Committee released this month a Supplementary Report to their Annual Report of 2011. The report dealt with 2010 abortion statistics in New Zealand, and included information about the number of abortions, how and where they were…
Making Reparation for Sins Against Life
As we begin the Lenten journey, it would do us well to stop for a moment and think about not only the state of our own soul, but that of our nation. For it is the laws of our land which allow…