The Catholic bishops of New York state said May 12 that regardless of what the U.S. Supreme Court decides about Roe v. Wade in its final ruling on the Dobbs case from Mississippi, "abortion in New York would continue unfettered."
Catholics must respond
Although many pro-life groups immediately reacted positively to the news that the majority of Supreme Court justices seem set to overturn the court's Roe v. Wade decision, some tempered their reaction with a continued call for more advocacy while others kept a
Scott Warden, managing editor of Our Sunday Visitor, shares a funny story that dates back to when his wife, Erin, was pregnant with their first child. Not having been around any babies before, he asked her, “When will he or she open
In opening remarks April 27 at the fourth annual Virginia March for Life, Richmond Bishop Barry C. Knestout told participants that their advocacy on behalf of the unborn "was more necessary than ever."
Quoting from a statement of the U.S. bishops, he said:
Longtime pro-life advocate Deirdre McQuade, who for more than a decade shared perspectives of U.S. bishops' and the Catholic Church's teaching on the sanctity of life, died April 21 after a bout with metastatic breast cancer. She was 53.
From 2005 to 2018,
Editorial director for periodicals Gretchen Crowe shares how her family is preparing to welcome their third child into the world. While this preparation looks a lot less like clothes laundered and diapers purchased, it looks more like her two other children talking
In a tribute to pro-life leader Vicki Thorn, Mary Hallan FioRito writes that her death on April 20 was an incalculable loss to the pro-life movement. Vicki Thorn was the founder of the pro-life group Project Rachel, which helped post-abortive men and
Milwaukee Archbishop Jerome E. Listecki said the life and work of Project Rachel founder Vicki Thorn, who died unexpectedly April 20, stand "as a living testimony to an unwavering and unconditional defense of life at all stages, and to the mercy of
As the nation awaits the U.S. Supreme Court's most significant abortion ruling in decades, the president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops and the chairmen of eight USCCB committees joined together "in prayer and expectant hope that states will again be
Kathryn Jean Lopez writes that as she nears her 50th birthday, she is calling it her Dobbs birthday. She writes: “Dobbs is shorthand for the Mississippi abortion case currently before the Supreme Court. The court’s decision could mean the end of Roe