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The Reverse Side of the News
Editor’s Note: Hilary White is the LifeSiteNews European and Vatican Correspondent and one of LSN’s most experienced and knowledgeable persons on the myriad of issues we cover. In addition to covering European and Vatican issues she has specialized in reporting on the complex reproductive technologies issues. Hilary has written a very detailed Briefing Book for Legislators on Reproductive Technologies which she is currently updating.
Hello,
Some years ago, I had a Toronto Slovak priest friend who was ordained in then communist Czechoslovakia. While secretly studying for the priesthood he took jobs that would allow him time to work at his lessons. After his ordination, he continued to be humble Miroslav the-wire-factory-worker by day, and Fr. Miroslav baptizing-children-and-teaching-catechism by night.
He told stories of meeting secretly in believers houses and hanging blankets on the windows in preparation to say Mass. After he had served his countrymen in this way for some years, and irritated the secret police no end, he got a call late one night from his superior. A car would be at his house in ½ an hour to get him out of the country. He had half an hour to say goodbye to his mother, whom he did not see again for many years.
I asked him if he had been afraid during that time of clandestine work, and he said, “Of course not. It was fun. An adventure.”
The other day, Kathleen told us of her intrepid adventure into one of Mordor’s outposts, the Women Deliver conference, and I have to say, I was a bit jealous. I have always enjoyed the undercover, cloak and daggery stuff, and was impressed with her daring.
Her story of the opulence of this conference highlights the enormous wealth of the international pro-abortion movement, funded in large part by the taxes of ordinary people who, polls keep showing, have no desire to further its aims.
Most LSN staff work from their homes, which is often hard, when it is just you and your computer, to remember the impact LifeSiteNews has in the world. It’s not like we’re toppling governments, but in the six years or so that I’ve worked for this outfit, we have made some substantial differences merely by holding feet to the fire with the facts.
We fight on many fronts, but one of the most important is one that goes largely unnoticed; that of language. LifeSiteNews does not indulge in any of the commonly used euphemisms of the mainstream journalistic world.
lifesitenews.com/ldn/2010/jun/10061613.html
Editor’s Note: Hilary White is the LifeSiteNews European and Vatican Correspondent and one of LSN’s most experienced and knowledgeable persons on the myriad of issues we cover. In addition to covering European and Vatican issues she has specialized in reporting on the complex reproductive technologies issues. Hilary has written a very detailed Briefing Book for Legislators on Reproductive Technologies which she is currently updating.
Hello,
Some years ago, I had a Toronto Slovak priest friend who was ordained in then communist Czechoslovakia. While secretly studying for the priesthood he took jobs that would allow him time to work at his lessons. After his ordination, he continued to be humble Miroslav the-wire-factory-worker by day, and Fr. Miroslav baptizing-children-and-teaching-catechism by night.
He told stories of meeting secretly in believers houses and hanging blankets on the windows in preparation to say Mass. After he had served his countrymen in this way for some years, and irritated the secret police no end, he got a call late one night from his superior. A car would be at his house in ½ an hour to get him out of the country. He had half an hour to say goodbye to his mother, whom he did not see again for many years.
I asked him if he had been afraid during that time of clandestine work, and he said, “Of course not. It was fun. An adventure.”
The other day, Kathleen told us of her intrepid adventure into one of Mordor’s outposts, the Women Deliver conference, and I have to say, I was a bit jealous. I have always enjoyed the undercover, cloak and daggery stuff, and was impressed with her daring.
Her story of the opulence of this conference highlights the enormous wealth of the international pro-abortion movement, funded in large part by the taxes of ordinary people who, polls keep showing, have no desire to further its aims.
Most LSN staff work from their homes, which is often hard, when it is just you and your computer, to remember the impact LifeSiteNews has in the world. It’s not like we’re toppling governments, but in the six years or so that I’ve worked for this outfit, we have made some substantial differences merely by holding feet to the fire with the facts.
We fight on many fronts, but one of the most important is one that goes largely unnoticed; that of language. LifeSiteNews does not indulge in any of the commonly used euphemisms of the mainstream journalistic world.
lifesitenews.com/ldn/2010/jun/10061613.html