From the Editor’s Desk – January/February 2006
Mike Sullivan From the Jan/Feb 2006 Issue of Lay Witness Magazine January 22, 1973, is a date etched in the minds of many Americans. Being the anniversary of the infamous Supreme Court decision Roe v....
View ArticleLiving the Gospel of Life
Michael Hahn From the Jan/Feb 2006 Issue of Lay Witness Magazine Barely a week after the 10th anniversary of Evangelium Vitae (“The Gospel of Life”), its author, our beloved Holy Father, Pope John Paul...
View ArticleGod Is Pro-Life
Leon Suprenant From the Jan/Feb 2006 Issue of Lay Witness Magazine For I don’t know how long, I’ve had a bumper sticker on my car that says, “God is pro-life.” I usually don’t go in for bumper...
View ArticleIn Thanksgiving – How God answered my prayer for healing
Bill Zalot From the Jan/Feb 2006 Issue of Lay Witness Magazine In September of 1998, an article I had written entitled “But I Asked to Be Healed” ( read article here) was published in New Covenant...
View ArticlePro-life Activism and the Primacy of Prayer
Fr. Frank Pavone From the Jan/Feb 2006 Issue of Lay Witness Magazine “Without Me, You Can Do Nothing” The foundation of all that can be accomplished in the prolife movement is prayer. “Without me,”...
View ArticleA Culture Exposed
Mike Aquilina From the Jan/Feb 2006 Issue of Lay Witness Magazine Just a couple of months ago, The Washington Post ran an astonishing opinion column written by one of its own, Patricia E. Bauer, a...
View ArticleHope and Innocence
Donald DeMarco From the Jan/Feb 2006 Issue of Lay Witness Magazine In the year 1508, Pope Julius II ordered a reluctant Michelangelo Buonarroti—who considered himself a sculptor and not a painter—to...
View ArticleAvoiding War and Safeguarding Peace – The Church’s teaching on Just War
Jeff Ziegler From the Jan/Feb 2006 Issue of Lay Witness Magazine Issue: What does the Church teach about just war? Response: While recognizing the right of nations to legitimate self-defense under the...
View ArticleA God Beyond Our Control
Colleen Carroll Campbell From the Jan/Feb 2006 Issue of Lay Witness Magazine Christians concerned about the increasing secularization of our culture need only glance at The New York Times best-seller...
View ArticleYour Life’s Work – A Culture of Vocations
Rick Sarkisian From the Jan/Feb 2006 Issue of Lay Witness Magazine “Jobs with a future.” This message was proclaimed on a huge sign stretched across the front of a Catholic high school in an effort to...
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