Where is Homeland Security when you need them? It seems the same Roman Catholic priest who encouraged Terri Schiavo's parents to fight their daughters wishes not to be kept alive in a permanent vegetative state is now building a home for activist priests who want to deny women the right to safe and legal abortion. The Associate Press reports that the group, called the Missionaries of the Gospel of Life, has broken ground in Amarillo, TX, on a center designed to train priests in anti-abortion activity -- including clinic protests. The Rev. Frank Pavone, head of the advocacy group Priests for Life, founded the organization.
"This is not a response to some kind of political problem or a misguided court decision," Pavone told about 150 people attending the groundbreaking for the first of eight buildings planned for the center. "This is a response to Jesus Christ."If there is one thing the women in this country don't need it's a training camp for clinic terrorists.
A letter from President Bush in support of the center also was read.
Members will include clergy and lay associates who will study Catholic teaching on abortion, euthanasia and other issues, and receive training in anti-abortion advocacy that could include the legal limits on clinic protests.
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