A bold vision to form a brotherhood of permanent deacons for pro-life ministry -- the first of its kind -- became a reality this fall when Kansas City Archbishop Joseph F. Naumann signed a decree approving the clerical association Deacons of Hope.
The
The path to ending abortion is through peaceful prayer rather than harsh confrontation, said current and former leaders of pro-life prayer campaigns in Nashville.
Their efforts stand in contrast to allegations made in the recent indictment by a federal grand jury of 11
Bioethicist Samantha Stephenson writes that researchers have created the world’s first “synthetic” mice embryos with brains and beating hearts. The same group of scientists is voicing plans for human trials. Stephenson writes that all who value human life — especially Catholics —
The chairman of the U.S. bishops' pro-life committee called for a "radical solidarity" with pregnant women to protect and support them and their unborn child.
"In the post-Roe world, we must act in radical solidarity with the pregnant woman and her child, as
Kathryn Jean Lopez reflects on welcoming children at Mass, especially those who are fussy. She cautions against the glares that many may throw at the family of a fussy child: “Think before your glare. There might just be a miracle before you.
The head of the Pro-Life Union of Greater Philadelphia said the FBI's arrest of a prominent Catholic pro-life activist known for his sidewalk counseling outside a Philadelphia abortion facility is "a horrendous stunt to intimidate pro-lifers."
Mark Houck, 48, was arrested at his
In a new essay for Our Sunday Visitor, Archbishop Paul Coakley of Oklahoma City, chairman of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Committee on Domestic Justice and Human Development, invites the faithful to join Pope Francis in his request to pray throughout
The first thing people who work in Catholic ministries that assist women with crisis pregnancies want people to know is that they were doing the work long before the U.S. Supreme Court’s June 24 decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization
In June the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade — a ruling that immediately abolished all federal protections and returned the right to regulate abortion practices to the individual states. As the Our Sunday Visitor Editorial board has stated before, “the Supreme
Mike Fichter, president of Indiana Right to Life, stood before 1,200 pro-lifers packed in an atrium of the Indiana Statehouse in Indianapolis and on two balconies rising above him July 26.
They were all there to advocate for legislation that would ban most