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The National Institutes of Health plans to use federal funds for stem cell research that requires destroying live human embryos.

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For those who lead our nation

Pray the Litany of St. Thomas More,

Martyr and Patron Saint of Statesmen,

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Franciscans your prayers are needed

for your church and our country.

Lord, remember the prayers and intercessions of all who come to you. Let us pray. Go to:

May our administration come to the defense of all human life. Let us pray. Go to:

May Priests, Eucharistic ministers and the Faithful keep sacred all Eucharistic practices. Let us pray. Go to:

Lord remember our younger generation that they keep your commandments and follow the dictates of the Church. Let us pray. Go to:

May our leaders preserve the sanctity of marriage, family and the life and dignity of every human person. Let us pray. Go to:

Pray that science keeps a moral outlook on all scientific debates Let us pray Go to:

May our administration come to the defense of all human life. Let us pray. Go to:

The Holy Father desperately needs your prayers.

Let us pray. Go to:

Pray for our Bishops that they are of one mind in following the dictates of the Church and the Holy Father. Let us pray. Go to:

Let us pray �[That] we prove ourselves innocent and straightforward, children of God beyond reproach in the midst of a twisted and depraved generation.� (Phil. 2: 12b-16). Go to:

Give those in the Administration and the U.S. Legislature a moral concern for all its citizens. Let us pray. Go to:

Guide all Catholic politicians estranged from you by sin and scandal that they may come back to you. Let us pray. Go to: