I walked away from this town hall newly convinced that if Catholics hope to persuade others to join us in protecting human life, from conception to natural death, we must find new ways to engage those who disagree with us.
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In France, Pope Leo emerged as the global voice for ‘right to life’ of the disabled and vulnerable
The pope’s defense of life touched on some of Europe’s most contentious social questions, yet with his humble and measured manner, his message hit differently than the “culture wars” of decades past.
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Court shields women religious from New York assisted suicide law
A federal judge July 30 temporarily shielded four orders of women religious and Catholic health care ministries from enforcement of a New York state law allowing physicians to aid terminally ill adults in dying by suicide.
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Canadian bishops denounce assisted suicide at MAID’s 10th anniversary
The bishops described the state of MAID in Canada as “the world’s largest and fastest-growing euthanasia program,” accounting for over 5 percent of deaths in the country.
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Bishops’ pro-life chair ‘urgently’ encourages FDA to proceed with safety review on abortion pill
The head of the U.S. bishops’ pro-life committee has written a letter to Trump administration officials expressing concern about the status of their promised safety review of mifepristone, sometimes called the abortion pill.
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Illinois pitching for funds to shore up abortion tourism denounced as ‘macabre’
“Most states, many places, entice people to come to their states for: various cultural activities, the weather, many other things. And here we are, trying to provide abortion-related services, so people can end the life of their unborn child. It’s so macabre.”
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Homily: A Jesuit approach to being pro-life
Encounter. Incarnation. Sacrifice. These are elements of an Ignatian and Jesuit approach to protecting life because they are elements of the life and mystery of Jesus Christ.
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Euthanasia, abortion and the state of the pro-life movement
This week on “Jesuitical,” Ashley and Sebastian speak to Charles Camosy, author of ‘Living and Dying Well: A Catholic Plan for Resisting Physician-Assisted Killing.’
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I ran as a pro-life Democrat and lost—but my neighbors gave me hope for our divided nation.
The openness of pro-choice voters to find common ground with pro-life Democrats like myself belies the black-and-white picture that the national party promotes.
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Ahead of March for Life, pro-life movement faces key political challenges
Since the Supreme Court overturned Roe vs. Wade, its previous precedent that viewed abortion as a constitutional right, the abortion rate in the U.S. has increased rather than decreased, despite bans in some states.