Sunday, May 11, 2008
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| ‘LED BY THE SPIRIT’ Father Frank Pavone, national director of Priests for Life, gestures during his April 25 speech at the fifth annual “United We Stand” banquet sponsored by Chattanoogans for Life. The internationally known priest spoke of the pro-life movement as “the greatest human-rights movement of all time.” Photo by Mary C. Weaver |
Keynote speaker Father Frank Pavone commended those gathered for the April 25 “United We Stand” banquet, calling attendees “members of the greatest human-rights movement of all time.” Sponsored by Chattanoogans for Life, the fifth annual event drew some 350 people from the Catholic and Protestant traditions, whose work also helps advance “the great cause of Christian unity.”
Father Pavone, founder and national director of Priests for Life, said that in his travels throughout the United States he observes that the goal of unity, for which Jesus prayed, is “nowhere more clearly seen as succeeding as in the pro-life movement.”
Despite differences of theology, doctrine, and worship, he said, the “one Lord of human life, Jesus Christ,” draws pro-lifers together, along with the conviction that “no human being can own another human being or oppress another human being or decide who lives or who dies. Together despite denominational lines, this movement gives us an avenue of learning one overwhelming truth: Jesus Christ is Lord.”
The banquet was held at the Chattanooga Trade and Convention Center.
Chattanoogans for Life President Cindy Kedrowski noted that planning the banquet was tough initially because many people had never heard of Father Pavone. Once they heard him, however, they were “deeply touched,” she said. “He’s led by the Spirit and knows the facts, and this came across when he spoke.” more... | 
