At the March for Life in Washington last week, there were people on our bus wearing "Brown for Senate" shirts. Some of the kids were wearing "Massachusetts Citizens for Life" hats and as we were walking, fellow marchers thanked us enthusiastically for electing Scott Brown.

While I'm glad Brown was elected for many reasons: health care and an end of Democratic tyranny both here and nationally being just two, I am shocked by the pro-life outpouring of support for his campaign. Anyone who did their homework would know the following from the wire:

Republican Sen.-elect Scott Brown of Massachusetts says he opposes federal funding for abortions, but thinks women should have the right to choose whether to have one.

Brown tells ABC's "This Week" that he disagrees with his party's position that the Supreme Court decision legalizing abortion should be overturned.

Brown says the abortion question is one that's best handled by a woman, her family and her doctor. He also says more effort needs to go into reducing the number of abortions in the U.S.

Brown has said the GOP shouldn't take his vote for granted on every issue. He says he's fiscally conservative but more moderate on social issues.

Brown recently won the Senate seat long held by liberal Democrat Edward M. Kennedy, who died last summer.

While he was certainly the lesser of two evils, he's no friend of the movement.

The world has lost two cardinals this week. We now have 183 living cardinals, 112 of which are under the age of 80 and thus eligible to vote in a papal conclave.

I made two brief presentations to use with the kids this week.







In 2010, eleven cardinals will turn 80:

Cardinal Ambrozic of Toronto, Canada: January 27, 1930.
Cardinal Maida of Detroit, USA: March 18, 1930.
Cardinal Williams of Wellington, New Zealand: March 20, 1930.
Cardinal Herranz Casado, a former Curial official: March 31, 1930.
Cardinal McCarrick of Washington, DC, USA: July 7, 1930.
Cardinal Poupard, a former Curial official: August 30, 1930.
Cardinal De Giorgi of Palermo, Italy: September 6, 1930.
Cardinal Daoud, patriarch of Antioch, Lebanon: September 18, 1930.
Cardinal Giordano of Naples, Italy: September 26, 1930.
Cardinal Tumi of Douala, Cameroon: October 15, 1930.
Cardinal Pujats of Riga, Latvia: November 14, 1930.

The youngest cardinal in the world is Cardinal Peter Erdo of Budapest, Hungary. He is 57 years old, born on June 25, 1952.

The oldest cardinal in the world is Cardinal Paul Augustin Mayer, OSB, the prefect emeritus of the Ecclesia Dei Commission. He is 98 years old, born on May 23, 1911.