HHS rule helps ‘restore rights of health care providers,’ say bishops June 16, 2020By Julie Asher Filed Under: News, Respect Life, World News The chairmen of three U.S. bishops’ committees welcomed a final rule implemented by the Trump administration June 12 to restore “the long-standing position of the federal government that discrimination on the basis of ‘sex’ means just that and does not refer to ‘termination of pregnancy’ nor ‘gender identity.'”
Center for Pregnancy Concerns’ Howard St. location expected to open on schedule June 11, 2020By Erik Zygmont Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Respect Life The pro-life Center for Pregnancy Concerns (CPC) will open as planned at 328 N. Howard St. in Baltimore, next door to the city’s Planned Parenthood location, late this summer, according to Gina Ruppert, executive director of CPC.
Pope prays for U.S., calls racism a pro-life issue June 3, 2020By Carol Glatz Filed Under: Black Catholic Ministry, News, Racial Justice, Respect Life, Vatican, Video, World News Observing with great concern the social unrest unfolding in the United States, Pope Francis said no one can claim to defend the sanctity of every human life while turning a blind eye to racism and exclusion.
Death penalty opponents decry first execution carried out amid pandemic May 20, 2020By Carol Zimmermann Filed Under: Coronavirus, News, Respect Life, World News Catholic advocates against the death penalty spoke out against Missouri’s May 19 execution of a death-row inmate, Walter Barton, whose death by lethal injection was the first execution to happen during the pandemic.
Belgium’s Brothers of Charity cut ties to their homes over euthanasia May 7, 2020By Simon Caldwell Filed Under: News, Respect Life, World News Belgium’s Brothers of Charity have cut ties with their 15 homes for psychiatric patients after the Vatican stripped the institutions of their Catholic status because euthanasia was permitted on their premises.
Few sermons mention abortion in U.S. Christianity, Pew finds April 30, 2020By Mark Pattison Filed Under: News, Respect Life, World News The percentage of sermons about abortion is in the single digits, according to a Pew Research Center study, the results of which were released April 29.
The legacy of St. John Paul II’s encyclical ‘Evangelium Vitae’ at 25 April 17, 2020By Elise Italiano Ureneck Filed Under: Commentary, Guest Commentary, Respect Life A culture of life is always within reach and is built one moment and decision at a time.
A divided court examines Louisiana abortion restrictions March 4, 2020By Carol Zimmermann Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, World News In oral arguments March 4, the Supreme Court justices expressed mixed views about a Louisiana law that requires abortion providers to have admitting privileges at a local hospital and if the abortion providers have the legal standing to challenge the state law on behalf of their patients.
Maryland March for Life puts focus on debate over assisted suicide bills February 25, 2020By Tim Swift Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Respect Life Hundreds of people rallied through the streets of Annapolis Feb. 24 for the annual Maryland March for Life, urging more state-level restrictions on abortion and opposing a bill that would make doctor-assisted suicide legal in the state.
Remains of aborted babies now in final resting place in Indiana cemetery February 14, 2020By Ann Carey Filed Under: News, Respect Life, World News A cold, gray, wintry day in South Bend seemed like an appropriate setting for the burial of 2,411 aborted babies, whose remains were interred in Southlawn Cemetery in the city Feb. 12.
New head of pro-life outreach takes helm as wall separates two sides of moral divide February 6, 2020By George P. Matysek Jr. Filed Under: #IamCatholic, Feature, Local News, News, Respect Life One of America’s biggest cultural and moral divides is about to be embodied in a shared wall of two Baltimore buildings with very different missions.
Trump highlights pro-life, school choice issues in State of the Union February 5, 2020By Julie Asher Filed Under: News, Respect Life, World News Less than two weeks after pro-life leaders welcomed President Donald Trump to the speakers’ platform at the Jan. 24 March for Life on the National Mall, these leaders were praising a call he issued in his State of the Union address Feb. 4 that Congress immediately ban late-term abortion.
