Catholics have ‘duty to protect’ all human life, bishop says at New Jersey Mass for Life October 16, 2024By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, World News Before the standing-room-only congregation gathered in Trenton’s St. Mary of the Assumption Cathedral for the first statewide Mass for Life, Bishop David M. O’Connell framed his homily around the words “Duty to Protect” when it comes to protecting all human life, especially “the child in their mother’s womb, the child in the mother’s arms and beyond.
March for Life prepares for new U.S. president — and its own new president October 15, 2024By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: 2024 Election, News, Respect Life, World News Jennie Bradley Lichter, president-elect of the March for Life Education and Defense Fund, said challenges for the group’s cause on both political and cultural fronts also present an opportunity to demonstrate “leading with love.”
Pope praises Catholic group that advocates for abolition of death penalty October 14, 2024By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: News, Respect Life, World News Catholic Mobilizing Network, a group that advocates for the abolition of capital punishment in line with Catholic teaching, marked the World Day Against the Death Penalty Oct. 10 in an event at the Holy See’s apostolic nunciature in Washington with a message from Pope Francis praising its work to help transform society.
Prominent bioethicist calls for public bioethics seeking to foster human flourishing October 14, 2024By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: News, Respect Life, World News Highlighting the intersection of bioethics and human rights, a prominent bioethicist argued in an Oct. 8 address that public bioethics should seek to foster human flourishing.
March for Life unveils 2025 theme: ‘Every Life: Why We March’ October 11, 2024By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, World News The March for Life Education and Defense Fund Oct. 10 unveiled the theme for its upcoming event: “Every Life: Why We March.”
Pro-life essay contest open through Nov. 4 for students October 11, 2024By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Local News, News, Respect Life, Schools The Institute for Excellence in Writing and the American Life League’s Culture of Life Studies Program are co-sponsoring a pro-life writing contest for middle and high school students.
Assisted dying bill in the UK is a ‘slippery slope,’ cardinal says October 11, 2024By Andy Drozdziak OSV News Filed Under: News, Respect Life, World News Cardinal Vincent Nichols of Westminster has joined leading Catholic politicians and pro-life groups in calling on U.K. Catholics to take immediate and urgent action to oppose an assisted suicide bill that he says will strike “fear and trepidation” in vulnerable people.
Cordileone: San Francisco ballot measure on ‘reproductive freedom’ targets pro-life clinics October 11, 2024By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: News, Respect Life, World News Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone of San Francisco is urging all “faithful Catholics” to vote no on a November ballot proposition that he and other Catholic leaders say targets two pro-life clinics in the city.
5 Things to Know about Maryland Question 1 October 10, 2024By Christopher Gunty Catholic Review Filed Under: 2024 Election, Feature, Local News, News, Respect Life The Maryland Catholic Conference, which represents the state’s Catholic bishops in Annapolis, is joining other local Catholic leaders in urging Marylanders to vote no on Question 1 – “The Right to Reproductive Freedom Amendment.”
Supreme Court considers death penalty conviction where key testimony was called into question October 9, 2024By Kate Scanlon Filed Under: News, Respect Life, Supreme Court, World News The U.S. Supreme Court Oct. 9 considered a bipartisan appeal to reverse the death penalty conviction of Richard Glossip, a case in which Oklahoma’s Republican attorney general and Republican lawmakers have also intervened on his behalf.
Georgia Supreme Court reinstates six-week abortion ban October 8, 2024By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: News, Respect Life, World News The Georgia Supreme Court temporarily reinstated Oct. 7 the state’s six-week abortion ban while it reviews an appeal of a previous lower court ruling that had struck down the law.
Analysis: Trump’s proposed mandate aims to fund IVF’s large-scale destruction of human embryos October 5, 2024By Kimberly Heatherington OSV News Filed Under: 2024 Election, Commentary, Respect Life IVF treatments — which fertilize an egg outside the body in a laboratory dish — are opposed by the Catholic Church because they frequently involve the destruction of human embryos, in addition to other ethical and moral issues.
