Recent International Events

Priests for Life Co-Sponsors & Janet Morana to Speak at World Congress of Families V, Amsterdam

As part our ongoing commitment to responding to the Holy Father’s call to action around the world, Priests for Life is pleased to Co-Sponsor the 5th World Congress of Families in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, and is honored to have PFL Executive Director Janet Morana speak at the event. The Congress is expected to draw more than 3,500 pro-family leaders from every continent and will be held at the RAI Convention Centre on August 10-12, 2009. Fr. Denis Wilde, O.S.A. will lead the PFL delegation and Janet Morana will speak on the panel entitled "How Life Issues Affect Women" on August 12 from 11:30 to 13:00. (The full program is available on the congress website.) Additionally, Priests for Life / Missionaries of the Gospel of Life will operate an exhibit booth at the international event offering pro-life educational materials in multiple languages. Learn more about the World Congress of Families V by reading the flyer. Learn more about PFL’s international activities by visiting Recent International Events on our website.   The World Congress of Families (WCF) is an international network of pro-family organizations, scholars, and leaders of public opinion that seeks to restore the natural family as the fundamental social core unit and the ‘seedbed’ of civil society.   Click here for a flyer about this event. (PDF format)

June 2009

Priests for Life in Spain for the Re-Consecration of the country to the Sacred Heart and the start of the 'Year for Priests'

Fr. Denis Wilde in Malta - March 2009

Priests for Life continues to expand its international ministry. Fr. Denis Wilde, OSA, Associate Director, travelled to Malta to have various meetings and preaching and teaching the Gospel of Life to students, priests and laity. After Malta he will travel to Rome.  Click here for photos.

Priests for Life Co-Sponsored 128 Students at 2nd International Student Pro-Life Conference in Edinburgh, Scotland

“My value is not based on how I was conceived.” -Rebecca Kiessling

In conjunction with the Society for the Protection of Unborn Children (SPUC), Priests for Life co-sponsored 128 students attending the 2nd International Student Pro-Life Conference on March 6-8, 2009 in Edinburgh, Scotland. This dynamic event featured personal stories behind the “hard cases” of abortion and focused on the theme “I Am Here.” Keynote international pro-life speaker Rebecca Kiessling, who was conceived after her mother was raped, was joined by professionals in Bioethics and Post Abortion Counseling. Margaret Cuthill, the Regional Coordinator for Priests for Life’s Silent No More Awareness Campaign, gave a testimonial “I chose abortion”. In addition to being a terrific educational opportunity, the conference networks pro-lifers ages 17 to 35 years from around the world. For more information, please visit the conference website. You can read Margaret Cuthill’s testimony online.

 

 

In January 2009, Priests for Life participated in the Vatican's VI World Meeting of Families in Mexico City by meeting with pro-life leaders, bishops and cardinals from around the world; formally addressing approximately 12,000 congress participants; and distributing thousands of pro-life brochures, signs and prayer cards.  See our daily reports and gallery of photos by clicking here.  Read (in English or Spanish) of the values and objectives of the meeting, Pope Benedict XVI's address and the press releases at http://www.emf2009.com. 
 

 

 

Our International Resources

The mission of Priests for Life, like the Church itself, is international in scope. Below are links to several very important resources that assist pro-lifers in different countries to fight the scourge of abortion.

We have always enjoyed the active support of the Pontifical Council for the Family, which is the Holy Father's office at the Vatican entrusted with the coordination and encouragement of ministries for life and family throughout the world. Fr. Pavone was appointed as an Official at the Pontifical Council for the Family in 1997.

Leaders, bishops, and priests from many nations continue to approach us for assistance in establishing "Priests for Life" ministries as well as our other ministries in their own countries. Priests for Life Canada (Prêtres Pro-Vie Canada) was the first to formally establish such an entity. Our priests and leaders travel extensively to many countries and we send pro-life educational materials to every corner of the globe on a daily basis.

We have a Multilingual Outreach offering publications and materials in Spanish, French, Italian, Portuguese and Polish. Through Fr. Pavone’s Defending Life television series broadcast on the Eternal Word Television Network (EWTN), we instruct millions in the United States, Canada, Europe, Africa and the Pacific Rim on the scriptural, medical, psychological and legal aspects of defeating abortion and building a Culture of Life. (See EWTN Television Schedules for program times.)

Additionally, our Rachel’s Vineyard and Silent No More ministries have spread to every populated continent by working hand-in-hand with local lay leaders and clergy. Rachel’s Vineyard weekend retreats offer healing after abortion for women and men. The Silent No More Awareness Campaign holds events at which women and publicly speak out about the devastating emotional, psychological and physical impact that abortion has on them and their families. The Campaign maintains a network of regional coordinators in North America, Europe, Africa and Oceania

Priests for Life is deeply committed to the unity of the pro-life movement and actively collaborates with national and local groups. We have developed an extensive list of organizations comprising the International Pro-Life Community as a service to those seeking information about pro-life activities and developments in their own country, state or city. Additionally, we have assembled daily abortion news sources providing a global perspective of our mission.

Finally, our work at the United Nations began in 2003 when Priests for Life became a Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) in Special Consultative Status with the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations. As an NGO, Priests for Life supports international policies protecting the dignity of human life at all stages.