9 Days for Life novena

9 Days for Life is the U.S. Catholic bishops’ annual novena surrounding the Day of Prayer for the Legal Protection of Unborn Children. Each day’s intention is accompanied by a short reflection and suggested actions to help build a culture of life. Click here to sign up and see the full novena at respectlife.org.  Continue reading

U.S. Bishops’ Pro-Life Chairman Asks for “Radical Solidarity” with Mothers in Respect Life Month Statement

Bishop Michael F. Burbidge of Arlington, chairman of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ (USCCB) Committee on Pro-Life Activities invites Catholics to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Respect Life Month by embracing “radical solidarity” with women facing difficult or challenging pregnancies. Continue reading

U.S. Bishops’ President and Chairmen Rebuke Distortion of Church Teaching in Abortion Statement by Members of Congress

On June 24, the one-year anniversary of the Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court, thirty-one Catholic members of Congress authored a public statement of principles, falsely invoking specific teachings of the Catholic Church to defend their support of a legal right to abortion. The USCCB’s corrective statement says: Members of Congress who recently invoked teachings of the Catholic faith itself as justifying abortion or supporting a supposed right to abortion grievously distort the faith… Continue reading

U.S. Bishops’ Doctrine Committee Issues Guidance to Catholic Health Care Institutions on Respecting the Fundamental Order of the Human Body

The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ (USCCB) Committee on Doctrine has issued a statement providing moral criteria to Catholic health care institutions for discerning which medical interventions promote the authentic good of the human person and which are in fact injurious. Continue reading

URGENT: Archbishop Asks Faithful to Oppose PRO Act

From Archbishop Bernard A. Hebda: Our most vulnerable sisters and brothers need our help RIGHT NOW. The Minnesota Senate is expected to vote as soon as this week on what’s called the “PRO Act.” Essentially, it’s a bill that works to enshrine into law an abortion regime that disregards prenatal life. Continue reading

Statement of U.S. Bishops’ Pro Life Chairman on Church’s Teaching in Light of President’s Commitment to Codify a National Right to Abortion

Last week, President Biden stated that his top legislative priority after the midterm elections will be codifying a national right to abortion. Archbishop William E. Lori of Baltimore, chairman of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Committee on Pro-Life Activities, issued the following response emphasizing the teaching of the Catholic Church on upholding the dignity of human life. Continue reading

Statement Regarding Dobbs Ruling by U.S. Supreme Court

From Archbishop Bernard A. Hebda: The Supreme Court’s decision to allow states to determine abortion laws fills my heart with a combination of sadness and gratitude. In 2022 – with all of our scientific advancements that prove beyond any doubt that the CHILD inside a mother’s womb is human – it troubles me that in the moment of extreme vulnerability for both the woman and the baby that the violence of abortion is even discussed and debated as a good. How did our hearts become so hardened?   Continue reading

U.S. Bishops’ Pro-Life Chairman on Supreme Court’s Dobbs Case

Today, the Supreme Court of the United States is scheduled to hear oral arguments in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health, on the Mississippi law banning abortion after 15 weeks. The question before the Court is whether all pre-viability bans on elective abortions are unconstitutional. Continue reading

2021 Respect for Life Month Statement

Source: United States Conference of Catholic Bishops Statement of Respect for Life Month from Most Reverend Joseph F. Naumann, Chairman U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Committee on Pro-Life Activities The month of October brings with it our annual observance of Respect Life … Continue reading

U.S. Bishops’ Pro-Life Chairman Reacts to President’s Removal of the Hyde Amendment in Federal Budget

After the Biden Administration released its federal budget proposal today, Archbishop Joseph F. Naumann of Kansas City in Kansas, chairman of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Committee on Pro-Life Activities, expressed deep concerns about its proposal to eliminate the Hyde Amendment and some related pro-life provisions. Continue reading

Respect Life Liaisons 2020 Spring Workshop

Fr. Thomas McCabe, a local Archdiocesan priest, will talk about the 25th anniversary of Saint John Paul II’s Evangelium Vitae – “The Gospel of Life,” which reiterated the view of the Catholic Church on the value of life and warned against violating the sanctity of human life. Continue reading