The young Franciscan friar standing on the subway platform at Union Square is surrounded by six or seven men in their twenties. Some are bearded, as is the friar (are beards coming back into fashion?). We are heading to the same destination: Old Saint Patrick’s Cathedral in lower Manhattan. The occasion is the first Saturday of the month, the regular date for a Witness for Life, a pro-life Mass and rosary procession to a nearby Planned Parenthood facility.