{"id":1230625,"date":"2022-01-21T18:23:45","date_gmt":"2022-01-21T23:23:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1230625"},"modified":"2022-01-21T18:23:52","modified_gmt":"2022-01-21T23:23:52","slug":"diabolical-abortion-activists-target-d-c-basilica-pro-life-prayer-vigil-on-eve-of-march-for-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/diabolical-abortion-activists-target-d-c-basilica-pro-life-prayer-vigil-on-eve-of-march-for-life\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Diabolical\u2019: Abortion Activists Target D.C. Basilica, Pro-Life Prayer Vigil On Eve Of March For Life"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdiabolical-abortion-activists-target-d-c-basilica-pro-life-prayer-vigil-on-eve-of-march-for-life%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1230625&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Catholic advocates and church leaders condemned a group of abortion activists for posting pro-abortion messages on a Catholic basilica in Washington, D.C.<\/p>\n<p>The incident took place late Thursday, the evening before the annual March for Life in Washington, D.C., which routinely brings tens of thousands of pro-life protesters to the nation\u2019s capital. Catholics for Choice, a progressive group that advocates for abortion and other \u201csocial justice\u201d issues, projected pro-abortion messages on the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception during a prayer vigil to end abortion.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/CatholicsForChoice?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#CatholicsForChoice<\/a> represent the MAJORITY <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/n3GcTSlVyp\">pic.twitter.com\/n3GcTSlVyp<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Kate Kelly (@Kate_Kelly_Esq) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Kate_Kelly_Esq\/status\/1484309899307728903?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 20, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe true voice of the church was only to be found within The Basilica of National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception last evening. There, people prayed and offered the Eucharist asking God to restore a true reverence for all human life,\u201d said a statement by Cardinal Wilton Gregory, archbishop of Washington and chairman of the board of trustees for the basilica.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThose whose antics projected words on the outside of the church building demonstrated by those pranks that they really are external to the church and they did so at night \u2013 John 13:30,\u201d Gregory added, citing a passage in the Bible in which Jesus identifies Judas Iscariot as Christ\u2019s betrayer.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHaving received the piece of bread, [Iscariot] then went out immediately. And it was night,\u201d the verse says.<\/p>\n<p>San Francisco Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone slammed the abortion advocates\u2019 display, calling it \u201cdiabolical\u201d and accusing the Catholics for Choice of \u201cattempted desecration.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe attempted desecration is enormous. Diabolical. Mother Mary, pray for them, now and at the hour of death. Amen,\u201d Cordileone tweeted.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The attempted desecration is enormous. Diabolical. Mother Mary, pray for them, now and at the hour of death. Amen. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/F89HCPnHUS\">https:\/\/t.co\/F89HCPnHUS<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone (@ArchCordileone) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ArchCordileone\/status\/1484364641639694339?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 21, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Catholic League president Bill Donohue issued a statement Friday accusing Catholics for Choice of \u201csabotage.\u201d Donohue said the group\u2019s president, Jamie Manson, is \u201ccommanding a sinking ship\u201d and using such displays as an attempt to stay relevant. Donohue also hit the media, which largely glosses over the March for Life.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe media, which are overwhelmingly pro-abortion, ignored what happened, just as they will ignore the throngs at the March for Life. It\u2019s who they are,\u201d Donohue said.<\/p>\n<p>Read Donohue\u2019s complete statement below:<\/p>\n<p><em>An anti-Catholic outfit, Catholics for Choice (CFC), did not go to the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, D.C. last night to observe Catholics attending a prayer vigil ahead of today\u2019s March for Life. No, they went to sabotage the event. They projected pro-abortion slogans on the Basilica.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>San Francisco Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone, one of the leading pro-life leaders in the Catholic Church, referred to the assault as a \u201cdesecration,\u201d further branding it as \u201cdiabolical.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>CFC is led by a lesbian activist, Jamie Manson. She is commanding a sinking ship at CFC and is trying anything to jump start it. Last year she explained her new strategy. \u201cWe have to talk back to the anti-choice movement in religious language. Because they\u2019re using religious language.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>In other words, her idea of using religious language is to disseminate pro-abortion messages at a Catholic pro-life event. That would be like using racist language at a pro-racial justice rally. Moreover, it is not accurate to suggest that pro-life Catholics exclusively use religious language to get their point across: they also use the lexicon of biology.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>CFC has no members. It is entirely funded by the pro-abortion establishment. The Ford Foundation has been its most consistent source of funding, extending back decades. It also receives huge grants from The Susan Thompson Buffett Foundation (Warren Buffett is a big fan of abortion), the Hewlett-Packard Foundation, and, of course, George Soros\u2019 Open Society Foundation. Without the ruling class, CFC would fold.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>The media, which are overwhelmingly pro-abortion, ignored what happened, just as they will ignore the throngs at the March for Life. It\u2019s who they are.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><em>member<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/p>\n<p><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Catholic advocates and church leaders condemned a group of abortion activists for posting pro-abortion messages on a Catholic basilica in Washington, D.C. The incident took place late Thursday, the evening before the annual March for Life in Washington, D.C., which routinely brings tens of thousands of pro-life protesters to the nation\u2019s capital. Catholics for Choice, &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1230625","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1230625","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1230625"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1230625\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1230625"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1230625"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1230625"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}