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Fr. Michael Reilly

NewsMax.com/St. Joseph by-the-Sea Internship Program
Posted May 30, 2005

'Free Choice' Catholics Issue Abortion Prayer Card

The dissident group Catholics for a Free Choice is deceptively using a popular devotional image to promote abortion among Hispanics Catholics, asking Our Lady of Guadalupe to "keep abortion legal."

The image of Our Lady of Guadalupe is popular among Hispanics because Mary appeared as an Aztec to an Indian convert named Juan Diego in Mexico in 1531. Her image was miraculously emblazoned on his tilma (an Indian garment) as a sign to the bishop to build a Church in Mary's honor. The tilma bearing her image is still hanging in the Church today.

Our Lady of Guadalupe is the patroness of the Americas, but more pointedly, she is also the patroness of the unborn. Before the arrival of Spanish missionaries, the Aztecs were offering as many as ten thousand young people each year in human sacrifice to the serpent god.

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© Fr. Michael Reilly 2005 Reprinted with Permission

Fr. Michael Reilly was ordained a Roman Catholic priest in 1992 and is currently serving as Dean at St. Joseph by-the-Sea High School in Staten Island, New York. He served as Chairman of the Staten Island Clergy Conference from 2000 - 2002. He holds an M. A. in Theology and a P. D. in Educational Administration. He coordinates the NewsMax/St. Joseph by-the-Sea Internship Program and is a regular contributor to Inside Cover and Special Commentary at Newsmax.com