Lila Rose, from Live Action, showed with justice why it is one of the most articulated voices of the province movement. And the moment could not have been more providential.
After the murder of his friend Charlie Kirk on September 10 in an open debate on a university campus in Utah (United States), Rose participated in a parliamentary debate – “Abortage and human rights” – Organized by Yale’s political union at Yale University.
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His opponent was Frances Kissling, a veteran promoter of the right to abortion and former president of Catholics for Choice and the National Abortion Federation.
The place of the debate was transferred from the headquarters of the Yale Political Union to Whitney Humanities Center for reinforced security reasons. The event spent without incident. Interestingly, attendees expressed their position by hitting their feet in support or whistling in disapproval of what each speaker said.
In an interview with the National Catholic Register – informative Socy of ACI Press – after the debate, Rose said that at the beginning he had considered canceling it, due to family commitments and the management of Live Action, but his friend’s murder made her rethink and decided to travel to Connecticut.
“It has been a week since his death,” he said. “I had originally said: ‘I can’t go, but let me help them find a replacement for me.’ What was he doing when he died. “
At the end of these debates, a vote is made for or against the resolution. On Tuesday, the Assembly voted 60-31 (with one abstention) to reject the resolution “Choice over life”.
Ironically, the participants in the debate of the Yale Political Union of the week before the death of Kirk They voted to reject The resolution “Violence is never the answer”, according to Yale Daily News. But Rose, like his late friend, believes in honest commitment.
“I think that right now there is a movement, by the work of the Holy Spirit and also in the death of Charlie, to defend the truth, to seek God. I think you reported an estimated increase of 15% in the assistance to Mass in the university campuses last weekend, incredible. So I think that we all have a responsibility – that we have received the gift of faith and truth – to proclaim it and live it.
Ultimately, the final vote of those present reflected the effect of the persuasive and senses of Rose. She told the Register that this reflects what is usually found in her conferences.
“There is a deep feeling of chaos and confusion, and also an inner struggle of: ‘What is life about?’, ‘How should we live?’, ‘What does all this mean?'” He said. “Many people are sad, anxious and unhappy in their lives because they do not know the truth. They are not living in communion with God. I think that Christians, in particular Catholics, we have the opportunity to be witnesses of hope. And that is what we need to be, with much fervor, because we cannot simply create our little safe shelters and make our own lives without worrying about others. Our work is to worry about our work. Future of this country, and God will give us all the grace for what He asks us to do. ”
Meanwhile, Rose is clear in his decision to continue talking throughout the country.
“I think we are going to continue doing this, and we will do our best to have adequate security. We have had fantastic security tonight, and I am grateful to our team and Yale’s police team,” he said. “We cannot be afraid. We cannot turn back. I think that more than ever we need to stand up and raise our voice with love. I think this is a turning point or, as Charlie would say, it is a turning point”.
“We are going to win on each university campus,” he concluded. “The Provida movement will gain hearts and minds. We have the truth, we have the goodness of the human person and the value of the human person made in the image of God, and we will win culture, and we will also win in the political sphere. This country will look different. And that is happening now.”
Translated and adapted by the ACI Press team. Originally published in the National Catholic Register.
Tom Wehner has been working in journalism for more than 40 years and joined the National Catholic Register in 2005 after a long career in the secular press. He assumed the position of Managing Editor in 2009 and, since then, has supervised the growth of the newspaper and its multiple awards. He and …