You do not have to look hard to find movies and television shows that celebrate the (sometimes unexpected) gift of life.
Pro-Life
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
Head of U.S. bishops’ pro-life committee criticizes Joe Biden’s stance on abortion during vigil Mass
“The people of the United States have entrusted enormous power and responsibility to President Biden. However, the presidency does not empower him to define Catholic doctrine and moral teaching,” said Archbishop Joseph F. Naumann of Kansas City, Kansas.
Posted inFaith, News
How Jesuit high school students are taking part in the (virtual) March for Life
When the march’s organizers announced on Jan. 15 that they would move the event online, Jesuit high schools across the country sought to find creative ways to help students honor life at all stages.
Posted inPolitics & Society, Short Take
Joe Biden’s missed opportunity on abortion
By rescinding the Mexico City Policy, the president did serious damage to his own goal of unifying the country.
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
How accepting my homosexuality made me more pro-life
My belief in the sanctity of human life was supported by my own struggle to accept myself as a gay person.
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The future of the pro-life movement after Trump
To overcome some pro-lifers’ shameful alliance with Trump, the movement must become more like Pope Francis, writes Charles Camosy.
Posted inNews Analysis, Politics & Society
Republicans use ‘unconstitutional’ in bad faith — and it’s dangerous for the pro-life movement.
The Republican Party has steadily devalued the meaning of “unconstitutional” in its defense of Donald Trump, writes Sam Sawyer, S.J., undermining the best legal argument of the pro-life movement.
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U.S. bishops’ pro-life chair: Calls to codify Roe v. Wade in federal law ‘tragic’
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.
Posted inPolitics & Society, Short Take
If President Biden is serious about unity, he should (once again) support the Hyde Amendment
A ban on taxpayer funding of abortions began as a bipartisan policy and remains popular, writes Charles A. Donovan of the Charlotte Lozier Institute. President-elect Biden should keep it in place.
Posted inDispatches, Faith
Covid-19 restrictions move pro-life rallies online. Here’s what California is doing.
“There’s more to being pro-life than abortion and assisted suicide,” said organizer Kathleen Domingo. “We want to keep our families safe. We didn’t think it was worth the risk. Life is precious.”