Amendments to the Contraception, Sterilisation, and Abortion (Safe Areas) Amendment Bill have further clarified the type of behaviours that would be prohibited outside abortion facilities that have an approved exclusion zone. Prayer is not one of them. Attempts have been…
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Peaceful candlelight vigil closes Auckland 40 Days for Life vigil
This year's 40 Days for Life vigil in Auckland came to a poignant closing with a well-attended candlelight vigil outside a private abortion centre. Held on Palm Sunday, approximately 300 people gathered on the footpath opposite the Auckland Medical Centre…
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Top 10 pro-life articles of 2020
At Family Life International, we strive to bring you relevant and informative pro-life and pro-family articles that will help inform and equip you as you strive to help restore a culture of life in New Zealand. So as 2020 draws…
Bishop gives encouraging homily at Mass for Life
“Protecting life from beginning to end should be the cornerstone of our nation. Life must be treated as a sacred taonga,” stated Bishop Michael Gielen, at the Mass for Life. Two hundred people attended Mass and Adoration at Saint Mary…
Prayer and witness outside abortion centres is a concrete way to restore a culture of life
“There is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out fear.” 1 John 4:18 Participating in prayer and witness outside abortion centres can be an extremely uncomfortable experience. After all, you are vulnerable and open to ridicule from people…
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40 Days for Life: Be a sign of hope and help save lives
https://youtu.be/e6MtOM6pZ5U In the coming week people from all over New Zealand will participate in the largest ever world-wide 40 Days for Life. 40 Days for Life is a worldwide simultaneous prayer vigil that takes place outside local abortion centres with…
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Praying to end abortion a powerful witness and necessary to hold back other evils
“Rescue those who are being taken away to death; hold back those who are stumbling to the slaughter. If you say, ‘Behold, we did not know this,’ does not he who weighs the heart perceive it? Does not he who…
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