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Wednesday, May 21, 2014

HAPPY 40TH BIRTHDAY! EDUARDO VERASTEGUI! [PRO LIFE QUOTE OF THE FORTNIGHT ~ SUNDAY MAY 11, 2014 TO SATURDAY MAY 24, 2014]



 

Eduardo Verástegui
QUOTE: "Abortion is not only a very lucrative business, but it is also used by racist people as a means of eliminating our people, since they think that we are a menace for democracy in this country."

AUTHOR: José Eduardo Verástegui Córdoba (Spanish pronunciation: [eðuˈarðo βeˈɾasteɣi]; born on May 21, 1974) is a Mexican model, singer, and actor. He was part of band Kairo and later a solo music career, before he started appearing in Mexican telenovelas and eventually feature films like Chasing Papi and Bella the latter produced by his own production company "Metanoia".
Verástegui was raised in a practicing Catholic Christian family. After finding success as a musical entertainer, and then as a soap opera star, he decided to pursue a career in Hollywood. In 2002, before filming commenced on Chasing Papi, Verástegui took voice-coaching lessons to improve his English pronunciation. The coach was a committed Catholic, and in the course of their conversations Verástegui re-discovered his faith and resolved to change his lifestyle. He also declared that he had decided to turn down offers to play roles in films that conflicted with his Catholic beliefs. In an interview with Dave Hartline, the author of The Tide Is Turning Toward Catholicism and published by Catholic Report, he said he was committed to attend Mass daily, praying, reading the Bible, saying the rosary and going to Confession at least once a week. He also said that he first encountered his renewed faith in Scott Hahn's book, Rome Sweet Home that "had a great impact on me and its influences can be seen in a lot of what I do".
Verástegui is a pro-life advocate, through the organization "Mantle of Faith". Verástegui recounts an anecdote about his beliefs: he was doing research for his role in Bella and had gone to an abortion clinic as part of that process. While there, he started talking to a Hispanic couple who were going to the clinic for an abortion. He says that, recognizing him from his telenovela roles on Mexican television, they listened as he described his upcoming role and the plotline of "Bella". They reconsidered their decision and went home without going ahead with the abortion. Immediately after their child was born, they called him to tell him the good news and thanking him and asking for his permission to name the child Eduardo after him. He also made a point of meeting "little Eduardo" weeks later.
In 2008, he released a long video message denouncing the high rate of abortion in Hispanic communities in the United States and speaking out loudly about alleged targeting of the Hispanic communities with pro-choice messages by the Barack Obama campaign during the presidential race.
Actively involved in charities, he has established "Manto de Guadalupe" a pro-life organization with worldwide outreach and based in Los Angeles and offering a crisis pregnancy center for the underprivileged Latina women.


PLEASE GO TO THIS PREVIOUS BLOG POST TO SEE ‘FIVE MALE CELEBRITIES WHO ARE PRO-LIFE ON ABORTION.’
 

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