“There is no obligation to have recourse in all circumstances to every possible remedy” to keep a person alive.
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Posted inDispatches, Faith
Bishops choose Naumann over Cupich for pro-life chair in bellwether vote
Archbishop Joseph F. Naumann beat Cardinal Blase Cupich, a proponent of the “consistent ethic of life” approach to pro-life issues.
Posted inFaith, News
Cardinal Dolan says bishops’ pro-life committee remains focused on abortion and assisted suicide
In his remarks Nov. 13, the first day of the USCCB meeting, Cardinal Dolan, the committee chairman, said assisted suicide and abortion remain the focus of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Committee on Pro-Life Activities.
Posted inDispatches, Faith
Vatican secretary of state to U.S. bishops: Resist ego and fight polarization
Cardinal Parolin’s visit comes at a time when internal divisions among U.S. Catholics have become public.
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
Paul Ryan defends eliminating the adoption tax credit in G.O.P. tax bill
“This is such a pro-family bill.”
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
Pro-Life Caucus urges passage of law protecting conscientious objection to abortion
The new legislation has the backing of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops.
Posted inPolitics & Society, Short Take
3 reasons the adoption tax credit shouldn’t be cut from the Republican tax plan
The tax credit helps eliminate the stigma of adoption, works on the principle of subsidiarity and prevents adoption from becoming nothing but the sale of children.
Posted inPolitics & Society, Short Take
There’s no problem with praying after a mass shooting—but what does that prayer look like?
The real problem is not the offering of prayers in the face of tragedy but the interpretation of what prayer entails.
Posted inEditorials, Politics & Society
There’s nothing to celebrate about a detained migrant being granted access to an abortion.
The injustice of abortion itself requires us to work to protect children in the womb along with their mothers.
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
Pro-life groups say teen immigrant’s abortion is regrettable
WASHINGTON (CNS) — The head of the Susan B. Anthony List said the pro-life organization “was deeply saddened to learn that Jane Doe’s child has been aborted,” referring to an immigrant teen from Central America in federal detention in Brownsville, Texas. The American Civil Liberties Union supported an abortion for the 17-year-old, who is in […]