Support for Parents

I was alerted to this website by John Smeaton. Isaiah's Promise has been set up to support parents whose unborn children have received a 'poor or fatal diagnosis' and who find them isolated and under intense pressure to abort. The website featured in a recent Washington Times article, alongside Baby Faith Hope and other sites by women who have kept their babies.

Caritas Baby Hospital, Bethlehem

When Pope Benedict XVI visited the Caritas Baby Hospital in Bethlehem recently he said:

‘God has blessed me with this opportunity to express my appreciation to the administrators, physicians, nurses and staff of Caritas Baby Hospital for the invaluable service they have offered – and continue to offer – to children in the Bethlehem region and throughout Palestine for over fifty years. Father Ernst Schnydrig founded this facility upon the conviction that innocent children deserve a safe haven from all that can harm them in times and places of conflict. Thanks to the dedication of Children’s Relief Bethlehem, this institution has remained a quiet oasis for the most vulnerable, and has shone as a beacon of hope that love can prevail over hatred and peace over violence.’

For the more than 500,000 children of four years old or younger who live in Palestine, not even basic health services are routinely available. The Caritas Baby Hospital is the only paediatric hospital in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip together, and it attempts to provide this care for all children and mothers, regardless of race or creed, every day of the year. It is wonderful to see the loving care and attention that these children, and their mothers, receive, and when one sees the tiny, premature babies who make up part of the hospital’s population, one thinks of the little babies of similar size who in other places are routinely killed by abortion.

Sadly, at times, the wonderful work of the staff of the hospital is hindered when the authorities refuse access to a sick baby through the checkpoints in the Wall that surrounds so many Palestinian towns and villages. This can result in a round journey of perhaps forty or more extra kilometres, a delay that can be fatal in an emergency situation.

The Times and NaProTechnology

Fr Blake reports on a singularly unusual event - a positive and informative article about NaPro Technology in The Times of London. Ignore the pointless inverted commas around the word ethical in the headline, it is well worth reading, providing a basic outline of how NaPro Technology works and a brief interview with practitioner Ira Winter.

Dublin Rally for Life

A massive Rally for Life is scheduled to take place in Dublin on Saturday, 4 July. The rally is being organised by a number of Irish pro-life groups and it is hoped that it will be as successful as the previous Rally for Life that took place in Dublin in 2007, when thousands of men, women and children walked through Dublin city centre with banners, balloons, music and dancing.

The organisers, which include Youth Defence, Precious Life, Ultrasound – Students for Life, Life Institute, Family First and Cóir say: ‘As pro-life people we say NO to abortion, embryo research and euthanasia. On July 4th let’s do it together!’

For further information please see Rally for Life or phone 00353-1-8730463 from outside Ireland, 01-8730463 in Ireland.

I Am Here

Lucy McCully of SPUC Scotland has produced this video of the 2nd International SPUC Student Conference, which was held in March.