Managing editor Scott Warden shares the story of Dr. Ulrich Klopfer’s brother-in-law, who discovered what turned out to be more than 2,200 bodies of aborted babies that Klopfer kept in his garage. While helping his sister in law clean up after her
Organizers of the 17th Annual Walk for Life West Coast in San Francisco Jan. 23 expected hundreds of attendees this year, figuring concerns about COVID-19 and political unrest would keep pro-lifers away.
But like past years, thousands showed up.
"I guess by now I
The chairman of the U.S. bishops' pro-life committee called it "deeply disturbing and tragic" that any U.S. president would mark the Jan. 22 anniversary of the Roe decision that legalized abortion by praising it and committing to codifying it in law.
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Kathryn Jean Lopez writes, “As important as the law is, with Biden promising to meet the demands of the abortion industry, there’s so much beyond politics that can be done.” Lopez notes, “This year, the silent screams beckon: What more can we
Several women protesting the Catholic Church's teaching against abortion disrupted an annual Respect Life Mass being celebrated by Bishop Robert J. Brennan at a downtown Columbus cathedral.
The protesters, which a video posted by The Columbus Dispatch showed to number about seven, stormed
When they vote, Catholics must weigh many issues of very grave moral consequence "in good conscience," but "no Catholic in good conscience can favor abortion," San Francisco Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone said Jan. 21.
"'Right to choose' is a smokescreen for perpetuating an
Even though "peaceful prayer and witness" will take place in a different format due to the ongoing pandemic, it "must and will continue this year" to mark the 48th anniversary of the Supreme Court's Roe v. Wade decision legalizing abortion, said the
New York Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan said he hoped the "renewal and rededication that usually accompanies the inauguration of a new president" also will be a time for violence to subside and civil discourse to resume.
He also hoped "respect for the sacredness
Msgr. Owen Campion writes in his latest column that respect for human life experienced two serious setbacks as 2020 came to an end, and each occurred in a very unexpected place. In Spain, which is overwhelmingly Catholic, the country’s parliament moved toward
New law expanding abortion access in Massachusetts makes pro-life work ‘even more imperative’
On December 29, the Massachusetts State Legislature voted to override the governor’s veto of the Roe Act, a bill that proponents said would “codify” the legal status of abortion in the event that the U.S. Supreme Court overturned its 1973 ruling in