The John-Henry Westen Show - August 27, 2019


I AM LIFESITE： The heroic women many love to hate

Hosted by
John-Henry Westen
Mentioned
Mother Teresa
Special episode： LifeSite’s own pro-life beauty queen： A testimony of grace Clergy sex abuse in the Catholic Church： it’s about homosexuality

Episode Stats


Length

9 minutes

Words per minute

153.12

Word count

1,460

Sentence count

113

Harmful content

Misogyny

2

sentences flagged

Hate speech

4

sentences flagged


Summary

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In addition to the curses and death threats we receive from abortion and LGBT agenda supporters, what s much more distressing are the stabs in the back from our own family and friends, and even from prelates and even the Pope. Working for an apostolate that is 100% committed to telling the truth in love is not for everybody. But I ll be introducing you to some heroic souls who have taken on this mission.

Transcript

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00:00:00.460 Hello, and welcome to this episode of the John Henry Weston Show.
00:00:04.320 In this show, I wanted to give you an inside glimpse into LifeSite news.
00:00:08.780 At LifeSite, we receive kudos and prayers for what we do, but we also receive a tremendous
00:00:13.620 amount of criticism and even hate, both from outside and most distressingly from inside
00:00:18.280 the Church.
00:00:19.320 Working for an apostolate that is 100% committed to telling the truth in love is not for everybody.
00:00:25.180 But I'll be introducing you to some of the heroic souls who have taken on this mission.
00:00:30.780 Stay tuned.
00:00:31.420 Let's begin, as we always do, with the sign of the cross.
00:00:57.100 In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, Amen.
00:01:02.200 So this is a chance for you to get to know LifeSite a little better, and to know what
00:01:06.860 we're really about.
00:01:08.240 In addition to the curses and death threats we receive from abortion and LGBT agenda supporters,
00:01:13.940 what's much more distressing are the stabs in the back.
00:01:18.020 You know, sometimes from our own family and friends, we receive criticism and rejection.
00:01:22.700 But today, even from prelates, and above all the Pope, we can't help hearing his insults
00:01:29.220 such as rigid Christians or self-absorbed Promethean Neopelagian and being obsessed, sometimes
00:01:36.480 being directed our way.
00:01:37.680 And in this time of radical feminism and gender confusion that really amounts to an outright
00:01:47.180 assault on the family, there's very few things that are more important today than young women 1.00
00:01:52.900 who are willing to take a stand for the truth.
00:01:55.140 And I am proud and honored to stand beside some of the most courageous, faithful, and professional
00:02:01.060 young women in the pro-life and pro-family movement today.
00:02:04.660 And I want you to know them too.
00:02:06.840 To know just who LifeSite News really is.
00:02:10.420 I'm Danielle, I am the Sustaining Donor Coordinator for LifeSite News.
00:02:15.640 So my name is Carolyn, and I'm the Giving Specialist in Development at LifeSite News.
00:02:21.060 I am Reba, and I am the Director of Marketing here at LifeSite.
00:02:25.260 My name is Maddie, and I am a Digital Marketing Assistant.
00:02:29.420 I'm Claire, I am an Associate Editor for LifeSite News.
00:02:32.640 My name is Lisa, and I'm the Donor Relations Director here at LifeSite News.
00:02:40.420 And I came to LifeSite because it's an organization that truly values family and life,
00:02:53.420 and just my beliefs have really tuned into that in the last few years.
00:02:58.620 And I just have absolutely loved working for an organization that puts their beliefs into practice.
00:03:04.240 Well, I really think that LifeSite has a niche in the pro-life movement and in the church.
00:03:10.420 For one thing, in the pro-life movement, it's, in my mind, the main news source.
00:03:16.880 At least when I was doing pro-life work before coming here, that's where I heard about it and knew about it.
00:03:22.980 And then for the church, I mean, the journalism is really cutting edge and I think quite unique.
00:03:30.020 The fact that LifeSite is able to say things that no one else is saying, which is the most popular donor comment I hear.
00:03:37.060 I absolutely love its mission. I live and I breathe the LifeSite mission.
00:03:41.460 As long as I can remember, my mom has been, you know, using LifeSite to educate us as kids,
00:03:49.620 not necessarily as a specific educatory tool, you know, like a book,
00:03:53.740 but she's always referencing LifeSite articles, sending them to me and my siblings because we were homeschooled.
00:04:00.400 And so it was a really fundamental part of our foundation.
00:04:02.620 And having been raised as a cradle Catholic, life was always the most important issue.
00:04:09.800 I'm really passionate about fighting injustice and there's no greater injustice in the world than abortion.
00:04:15.540 And all of the things that go along with abortion, contraception, pornography, same-sex marriage, 0.68
00:04:20.780 they're all tied together.
00:04:22.020 And one of the reasons that I really like LifeSite is we recognize that connection between various bioethics issues
00:04:30.800 and how they all tie back to the same culture of death that's behind things like abortion.
00:04:35.960 And really, it's all an attack on the family.
00:04:38.360 I'm fighting for life, for babies, for people who can't fight for themselves. 1.00
00:04:44.600 And that's not just babies, it's people who are elderly and sick and affirmed and can't speak up for themselves. 0.99
00:04:51.280 But they want to be treated with respect.
00:04:55.160 Like the fact that these things are being discovered and truth is being unfolded
00:05:00.600 and actually shown to our readers is really where the hope comes in
00:05:05.300 because without truth, you'll never change.
00:05:08.160 I'm just so fortunate to be able to work for this organization.
00:05:10.980 And, you know, we have a daily prayer call.
00:05:13.020 We have different spiritual aspects where you really are growing in your faith too
00:05:17.740 and you're surrounded by people who are willing to put themselves personally on the line,
00:05:22.940 like our journalists, when they're reporting on these stories.
00:05:25.920 But also, you have to have that faith component because we are facing a spiritual battle.
00:05:29.920 And so, it's amazing to have these benefits of being able to be with my family and work from home,
00:05:35.020 but also be with a team that truly puts their faith first.
00:05:38.740 Yeah, there's a battle for authentic Christianity, for one,
00:05:44.400 but of course, authentic femininity and masculinity.
00:05:48.060 And, you know, there's a beauty to both of those, a beauty to chastity,
00:05:54.820 which people don't see or value in the secular world.
00:05:58.520 And so, this mission, the pro-life and the pro-family aspect
00:06:04.260 and the Christian aspect, all meld in LifeSite's mission.
00:06:10.460 And I'm passionate about all three a hundredfold.
00:06:16.740 I'm not necessarily subtle when it comes to speaking the truth,
00:06:19.860 even though it sometimes is uncomfortable for me.
00:06:22.540 People look at you funny. They stop talking to you.
00:06:25.000 But I don't care.
00:06:27.020 You don't have to be my friend.
00:06:28.040 You don't have to love me, but I love you.
00:06:29.820 And I love your soul.
00:06:30.940 And I have to tell you this truth because it's your soul that's on the line.
00:06:34.860 And shame on me if somebody had a gun to your head
00:06:37.520 and I just said, I have the answer,
00:06:41.100 but, you know, it might make us all a little uncomfortable,
00:06:43.900 so I'm not going to use it.
00:06:45.160 Shame on me. That would be terrible.
00:06:47.100 Things are not good in the church right now,
00:06:48.720 and I think they will continue to get worse.
00:06:51.040 But I think LifeSite will continue to have a significant role
00:06:53.880 in shaping the way things turn out.
00:06:56.760 And things will get worse,
00:07:00.260 but the darker the night, the brighter the stars.
00:07:03.020 And so that means that everyone involved in the LifeSite family,
00:07:07.980 every donor, every reader, every writer,
00:07:10.940 has the opportunity to be a light in darkness.
00:07:13.760 You don't know if your views are going to be...
00:07:17.260 if somebody is going to react in violence to what you believe in.
00:07:23.180 And I just try to bring joy.
00:07:25.540 I try to smile at people.
00:07:27.080 And even if I don't understand what they believe
00:07:29.520 or agree with what they believe in,
00:07:32.520 I still respect them as people.
00:07:36.300 And I smile because my dad paid for a nice smile.
00:07:42.180 Right, yes.
00:07:43.280 Right, yes.
00:07:44.140 Very good.
00:07:45.280 And I try to use it as much as I can to...
00:07:48.860 because Mother Teresa said that...
00:07:50.520 that smiling is one of the things you can do
00:07:54.760 to help people throughout your life.
00:07:57.100 And as the world continues to get darker,
00:07:59.880 that's what you search for, right?
00:08:02.260 Like, you're going to want a God who is full of mercy and love
00:08:05.880 and just so different from the world and society and culture
00:08:10.280 as it is today.
00:08:11.040 And then, too, you know, as a wife and a mother of two kids,
00:08:15.980 like, that's what I want for my kids.
00:08:19.020 So I'm going to try and produce that culture 0.94
00:08:21.280 within my own family unit.
00:08:23.840 And so that's what I want.
00:08:26.240 And then to spread that to the rest of society
00:08:28.520 because I want all kids to have what I want for my kids.
00:08:34.000 I am Maddie, and I am LifeSite.
00:08:37.140 I am Lisa, and I am LifeSite.
00:08:39.980 I'm Carolyn, and I am LifeSite.
00:08:43.620 I am Reba, and I am LifeSite.
00:08:47.240 I'm Claire, and I am LifeSite.
00:08:50.660 I'm Danielle, and I am LifeSite.
00:08:59.780 Got it!
00:09:09.340 I am LifeSite.
00:09:10.980 I am LifeSite.
00:09:11.920 I am LifeSite.
00:09:12.820 I am LifeSite.
00:09:14.100 I am LifeSite.
00:09:14.960 I am LifeSite.
00:09:15.620 I am LifeSite.
00:09:17.140 I am LifeSite.
00:09:17.860 I am LifeSite.
00:09:18.620 I am LifeSite.
00:09:19.160 I am LifeSite to have life
00:09:19.560 I am lifeSite.
00:09:20.240 I am LifeSite.
00:09:20.980 I am Life.
00:09:21.520 I am LifeSite.
00:09:23.620 I am workSite.
00:09:24.780 I am心 processes and I am lifeSite.
00:09:26.100 I am life.
00:09:27.340 I am lifeSite.
00:09:28.140 I am lifeSite.
00:09:28.440 I amI-ID And I am lifeSite!
00:09:30.400 I am in lifeSite.
00:09:30.680 I am lifeSite.