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Frank Pavone: Anniversary of an Important Document Regarding Abortion and the Meaning of Democracy

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Guest Post by Pro-life Leader Frank Pavone, National Director, Priests for Life

One of the most striking, bold and sobering paragraphs ever written about the impact of abortion on the common good is the 20th paragraph of St. Pope John Paul II’s encyclical Evangelium Vitae (The Gospel of Life), which is marking its 30th anniversary on March 25.

It is a great antidote for the thinking that says we can be served by “pro-choice” lawmakers because “their other positions are good.” It’s easy to start counting the positions we think a politician has “right” but that’s a very superficial and flawed way of doing moral analysis. It’s like saying to a supporter of terrorism, “I disagree with you on the one issue of terrorism, but what’s your health care plan?”

Paragraph 20 of Evangelium Vitae starts by showing the radical and practical impossibility of living with the implications of “pro-choice.” Human rights are all connected – precisely by our humanity. And the exercise of human rights is completely dependent upon being alive. If the right to life is protected on any other basis than the simple fact that one is human, then it – and the other rights that depend on it – are no longer human rights. As the Pope says, “At that point, everything is negotiable, everything is open to bargaining.”

The Pope then takes aim at the erroneous idea that if abortion has been legalized according to proper democratic procedures, then that’s all that matters. He says, “The appearance of the strictest respect for legality is maintained …. Really, what we have here is only the tragic caricature of legality; the democratic ideal, which is only truly such when it acknowledges and safeguards the dignity of every human person, is betrayed in its very foundations: How is it still possible to speak of the dignity of every human person when the killing of the weakest and most innocent is permitted?”

Along with this, he has some of the strongest words ever written about what happens when the state legalizes abortion:

“In this way democracy, contradicting its own principles, effectively moves towards a form of totalitarianism. The State is no longer the ‘common home’ where all can live together on the basis of principles of fundamental equality, but is transformed into a tyrant State, which arrogates to itself the right to dispose of the life of the weakest and most defenseless members … When this happens, the process leading to the breakdown of a genuinely human co-existence and the disintegration of the State itself has already begun. To claim the right to abortion, infanticide and euthanasia, and to recognize that right in law, means to attribute to human freedom a perverse and evil significance: that of an absolute power over others and against others. This is the death of true freedom.”

Fortunately, as I write this, we have a pro-life president and a pro-life majority House and Senate. The results of the 2024 elections, like the words of St. John Paul II above, are a clear repudiation of what the pro-abortion Democrats think of the meaning of “defending democracy.”

But we can’t be fooled into thinking that the abortion extremism of the Democrat party has been vanquished. Sure, California Gov. Gavin Newsom invited pro-life conservative Charlie Kirk to be a guest on his podcast, but the Democrat governor still sees his state as an abortion destination and maintains a stockpile of deadly abortion pills.

And yes, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer crossed the aisle to vote with Republicans to avert a government shutdown but not too long ago he led the charge to block a vote on the Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act, calling the bill “the very definition of pernicious.” Somehow, in the minds of the Democrats, it is harmful to provide basic life-saving care for a newborn who outlives an abortionist’s attempt on his life.

The Democrats give much lip service to defending democracy, but in reality, the party was behind the state ballot amendments that – in an end run around the fruits of the democratic process there over many years – allowed the killing to resume in Missouri. Most babies had been protected by law in that state, and the new amendment will certainly lead to more deaths by abortion.

By writing about “The disintegration of the State itself…totalitarianism…the death of true freedom,” St. John Paul very clearly stated that democracy cannot flourish in a society where the murder of the unborn is a legally sanctioned, day-to-day occurrence.


Prolife Leader Frank Pavone is the National Director of Priests for Life and President of Prolife Vote.

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‘No MR. NICE GUY’: Trump spills details of D.C. cleanup as ‘American Public is not going to put up with it any longer’

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‘Before the tents, squalor, filth, and Crime, it was the most beautiful Capital in the World. It will soon be that again.’

Saying the American public “is not going to put up with it any longer,” President Donald Trump is now providing some details about cleaning up the nation’s capital city of Washington, D.C.

On Truth Social on Sunday, Trump said a news conference is slated for 10 a.m. Monday in the White House Press Briefing Room to address the matter.

“I’m going to make our Capital safer and more beautiful than it ever was before,” the president began.

“The Homeless have to move out, IMMEDIATELY. We will give you places to stay, but FAR from the Capital. The Criminals, you don’t have to move out. We’re going to put you in jail where you belong.”

“It’s all going to happen very fast, just like the Border. We went from millions pouring in, to ZERO in the last few months. This will be easier – Be prepared! There will be no “MR. NICE GUY.” We want our Capital BACK.”

In a follow-up message, Trump indicated the news conference “will not only involve ending the Crime, Murder, and Death in our Nation’s Capital, but will also be about Cleanliness and the General Physical Renovation and Condition of our once beautiful and well maintained Capital.

“We are not going to allow people to spend $3.1 Billion Dollars on fixing up a building, like the Federal Reserve, which could have been done in a far more elegant and time sensitive manner for $50 to $100 Million Dollars. The Renovation would have actually been better, and we would have saved $3 Billion Dollars, Traffic Jams, and never-ending Construction.”

“The Mayor of D.C., Muriel Bowser, is a good person who has tried, but she has been given many chances, and the Crime Numbers get worse, and the City only gets dirtier and less attractive.”

“The American Public is not going to put up with it any longer. Just like I took care of the Border, where you had ZERO Illegals coming across last month, from millions the year before, I will take care of our cherished Capital, and we will make it, truly, GREAT AGAIN!

“Before the tents, squalor, filth, and Crime, it was the most beautiful Capital in the World. It will soon be that again. Thank you for your attention to this matter – See you tomorrow at 10 A.M.!”

Copyright 2025 WND News Center

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Meteorite That Crashed Into Georgia Home Is Older Than Earth, Scientists Reveal

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A meteorite that recently crashed through the roof of a U.S. home has been found to be older than Earth itself, according to scientists.

NASA confirmed the object blazed across the Georgia sky in broad daylight on June 26 before exploding.

A fragment from the meteorite struck a house in McDonough, where researchers from the University of Georgia later conducted an analysis.

According to CBS, their examination revealed the meteorite likely formed around 4.56 billion years ago — approximately 20 million years before Earth came into existence.

The dramatic event was witnessed by hundreds across Georgia and neighboring states, many of whom reported a bright fireball and a loud sonic boom.

Massive Fireball Spotted Streaking Across Southeastern U.S. Skies (VIDEO)

Though the meteorite slowed and shrank during its descent, it was still moving at over 1 km per second when it smashed through the Henry County home’s roof.

Scientists received multiple fragments from the impact site for study.

“This particular meteor that entered the atmosphere has a long history before it made it to the ground of McDonough,” said Scott Harris, a University of Georgia geologist.

Using optical and electron microscopy, Harris’s team determined the object to be a chondrite — the most common type of stony meteorite, which NASA notes typically dates back 4.56 billion years.

The homeowner says small traces of space dust are still turning up around the property. The McDonough meteorite is now the 27th to be documented in Georgia.

“This is something that used to be expected once every few decades and not multiple times within 20 years,” Harris explained

“Modern technology, in addition to an attentive public, is going to help us recover more and more meteorites.”

Harris plans to publish detailed findings on the meteorite’s composition and velocity, research he says will improve understanding of potential asteroid threats.

“One day there will be an opportunity, and we never know when it’s going to be, for something large to hit and create a catastrophic situation. If we can guard against that, we want to,” he said.

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House Oversight Committee to Gather Evidence About Biden’s Mental Decline That Could Invalidate His Pardons and Executive Orders

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Some of Joe Biden’s pardons and executive orders may soon be invadlidated.

In an interview with Just The News, House Oversight Committee chair James Comer has said they are planning to gather evidence about Joe Biden’s mental decline that may invalidate official actions while he was in office.

“It’s questionable whether or not it’s legal to use an autopen on a legal document, but what’s not questionable is if the President of the United States had no idea what was being signed with using the autopen in his name,” Comer explained.

“That’s not legal,” he continued.  “I think at the end of the day, our investigation … could be used as evidence in trying to overturn some of those pardons and some of the executive orders, because the autopen was used so frequently … after that debate.”

President Trump reacted to Comer’s remarks on Truth Social.

“THIS IS GREAT NEWS!!!” he wrote.

Back in March, it was revealed that Biden had used an autopen to sign many of his pardons and executive orders, leading Trump to declare them “void and invalidated.”

While many of Biden’s executive orders have already been undone, among those he has pardoned include his son Hunter, the infectious disease expert Dr. Anthony Fauci, the treasonous former Joint Chief of Staff Mark Milley and the disgraced former Wymong Congresswoman Liz Cheney.

Trump wrote at the time:

The “Pardons” that Sleepy Joe Biden gave to the Unselect Committee of Political Thugs, and many others, are hereby declared VOID, VACANT, AND OF NO FURTHER FORCE OR EFFECT, because of the fact that they were done by Autopen.

In other words, Joe Biden did not sign them but, more importantly, he did not know anything about them! The necessary Pardoning Documents were not explained to, or approved by, Biden.

He knew nothing about them, and the people that did may have committed a crime. Therefore, those on the Unselect Committee, who destroyed and deleted ALL evidence obtained during their two year Witch Hunt of me, and many other innocent people, should fully understand that they are subject to investigation at the highest level.

The fact is, they were probably responsible for the Documents that were signed on their behalf without the knowledge or consent of the Worst President in the History of our Country, Crooked Joe Biden!

HERE WE GO: Trump Declares Biden’s ‘Autopen’ Pardons “VOID, VACANT, AND OF NO FURTHER FORCE OR EFFECT”

However, Trump’s declaration has yet to be legally resolved, meaning the pardons remain valid for the time being.

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