More On the Pro-Life Battle in Ecuador

In his latest Spirit & Life Newsletter, Fr. Thomas Euteneuer shared more about the battle in Ecuador by Pro-Life forces to defeat an ammendment to the constitution that would allow abortion. As I pointed out in a previous post, supporters of the amendment have been sending death threats to those who are fighting to defend life. This fact is not surprizing, given the history of Ecuador. President Gabriel Gregorio García y Moreno y Morán de Buitrón was assasinated in 1875 just before he began his 3rd term as president. (See: The Greatest Catholic President by Frank M. Rega S.F.O. for more.)

Evil will not hesitate to use any means possible to win. & murder is 1 of their prime means. In the end though, that way doesn't work. It just creates martyrs who's blood cries out to God for justce. God hears the cries & responds. Evil may have some short term victories. But in the end, it loses.

Here is Fr. Euteneuer's letter in its entirety. It includes an appeal for a donation to aid in the work in Ecuador. I included that part because it IS important that they get all the money they can to use in this battle. Many of us regularly support HLI & other Pro-life organizations. There are some who don't have the money. You are not expected to give where you can't. But there are some of you who have the money & still don't support groups like this. Prayer is important. Very much so. But, we also have to be good stewards with our money. & when we can, but fail to support groups who are defending life, then we are responsible for the deaths of the innocent unborn just as much as those who actually do the deed are.

Abortion Extremists in Ecuador Send Death Threats to Bishop and HLI Director

This is a special and urgent call to arms to you and the people of life around the world:
We must take action NOW to aid the pro-life resistance movement in Ecuador ... and all of Latin America! Click here to send your much-needed support!
On September 28 the people of Ecuador will vote on whether or not to amend its Constitution so as to make abortion a legal right. If it passes it will inevitably lead to a domino effect that will topple the pro-life laws of all the countries in this Catholic continent. That is no exaggeration.
Knowing this, the pro-abortion forces have resorted to sending death-threats to some who most effectively oppose them.
Amparo Medina, the head of HLI’s affiliate in Ecuador, recently received a shoebox with a dead rat and the following warning inside:
“We who make the Citizenship Revolution … WILL NEVER ALLOW infiltrated agents from the extreme right, like yourself, to block our path. Remember that accidents happen, remember that accidental deaths occur daily in our country. DO NOT CONTINUE YOUR ANTI-WOMAN AND HOMOPHOBIC CAMPAIGN ... death to traitors, death to those who oppose the nation, DEATH OR REVOLUTION.” (Emphasis was in the original death threat.)
In a related incident, the severed head of a dog with a Eucharistic Host in its mouth was found in a Catholic chapel as a warning to clergy who dare to speak out. This is the direct result of the president of Ecuador calling on his thugs to insult and harass priests who dare to speak out against the upcoming abortion referendum. Profane acts have been committed against six churches ... including the trampling of the Sacred Host and the painting of satanic symbols on church walls. It is shocking to learn that such things can happen in a so-called “democratic” country!
But these threats just confirm what we have always known about the promoters of abortion – they are violent and they are deadly!
In spite of all this, Amparo, the bishops, the priests and the other leaders of Ecuador’s pro-life resistance movement remain committed to the fight. In fact, Amparo sent me a copy of the impassioned letter she sent out to her fellow Ecuadorans. It is filled with faith and confidence. She relates all that is happening to her and other resistance leaders, and then closes with these words:
We simply will not be silent. We will continue to speak out, to support our shepherds, our priests, and we will not allow our Mother the Church to be insulted. We are the majority, we cannot be quiet. … CHRISTIANS OF ECUADOR, LET US DEFEND OUR FAITH, LET US NOT BE SILENT, LET US SUPPORT OUR HOLY MOTHER CHURCH AND HER REPRESENTATIVES!! BE NOT AFRAID!!!
The bottom line is this:
The people of Ecuador need our help … and they need it NOW!!!
Pro-life champions like Amparo and Archbishop Antonio Arregui Yarza, President of the Ecuadoran Bishops Conference, are literally risking their lives in order to beat back the abortion demon who threatens not just Ecuador, but all of Latin America. They are crying out to the people of life around the world to come to their aid.
That’s why I’ve sent you this special and urgent Spirit & Life Newsletter.
Please click here to make an emergency contribution that HLI can use to send Amparo the materials and help she needs to lead Ecuador’s pro-life resistance and rally the people to vote “NO” to abortion this September 28!
Your immediate help is required because that all-important referendum is just a few short weeks away.
I have already dispatched Adolfo Castañeda, the Director of Educational Programs for HLI’s Hispanic Division (Vida Humana Internacional), to return to Ecuador after his missionary trip there last November. He is helping Amparo organize the pro-life resistance forces there and he is taking reams of pro-life materials with him … materials that HLI pro-life missionaries in other Latin American countries have used successfully to keep the abortion juggernaut at bay.
We also plan to help cover the cost for Amparo to publish and distribute a compelling book throughout Ecuador. The book is entitled: “TESTIMONIOS DE VIDA” (“Life Testimonies”) and tells the story of the lives of courageous women and men who tell what it meant for them and their families to say “YES” to life despite the many trials and difficulties of everyday life.
All of this is going to cost HLI many thousands of dollars … dollars that were earmarked to fight other battles around the world. But the situation in Ecuador is so dire that I’ve been forced to divert those funds to this all-important fight now raging in Ecuador.
I’m counting on you to click here and rush HLI the largest gift you can so we can help the people of Ecuador ... and keep legalized abortion out of Latin America!
The vile actions of the abortion zealots demand that we stand with Amparo and the valiant priests and bishops in Ecuador who are bravely defending the right to life against systematic campaigns and intrusion from foreign influences trying to impose western pro-abortion values on Latin America.
Thank you for your immediate attention to this vital matter. God bless you.


Sincerely Yours in Christ,

Rev. Thomas J. Euteneuer,

President, Human Life International