When Vicki Thorn was a Catholic teen in rural Minnesota, a close friend confided to her that she'd gotten pregnant a year earlier and that her mother had arranged for her to have an abortion. The encounter later inspired Thorn to found Project Rachel, a groundbreaking post-abortion healing ministry that started in the Archdiocese of Milwaukee and has since spread to dioceses across the U.S. and around the world. The initiative's name comes from the Book of Jeremiah: (Jer. 31:15). A Catholic pro-life pioneer, international speaker, author, and a member of the Pontifical Academy of Life, Thorn died Tuesday, April 20. She was 72. Read more...