Catholic group says neutral stand on assisted suicide ‘startling’ October 24, 2018By Catholic News Service Filed Under: Local News, News, Respect Life, World News The president of the Catholic Medical Association said Oct. 18 that the American Academy of Family Physicians’ new “engaged neutrality” position on physician-assisted suicide is “diametrically opposed” to the medical community’s long-standing opposition to it.
Love and loss: Baltimore violence leaves families leaning on faith October 23, 2018By Paul McMullen Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Respect Life, Urban Vicariate Last year was the deadliest per capita in the history of Baltimore City, and 2018 is proving just as tragic. Families left behind work to ensure that they themselves do not become spiritual casualties.
‘Every Life: Cherished, Chosen, Sent’ is theme of Respect Life Month October 3, 2018By Catholic News Service Filed Under: Local News, News, Respect Life Each year the U.S. Catholic Church observes October as Respect Life Month, which calls Catholics “to cherish, defend and protect those who are most vulnerable, from the beginning of life to its end, and at every point in between,” said the chairman of the bishops’ pro-life committee.
Baltimore City to pay a portion of pro-life pregnancy center’s legal fees September 14, 2018By Catholic Review Staff Filed Under: Local News, News, Religious Freedom, Respect Life The City of Baltimore will pay $1.1 million to cover some of the legal fees incurred by the Center for Pregnancy Concerns after the center won a protracted legal battle over a city law requiring pro-life pregnancy centers to post signs stating they do not provide or refer for abortions or contraceptives.
Maryland Catholic Conference opposes Maryland Constitutional Amendment on abortion August 2, 2018By George P. Matysek Jr. Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Respect Life Jennifer Briemann, executive director of the Maryland Catholic Conference, said lawmakers and voters should be greatly concerned about House of Delegates Speaker Michael Busch’s plan to introduce legislation establishing a woman’s “right” to abortion via a Maryland Constitutional Amendment on the 2020 ballot.
Baltimore priest’s Netflix cancellation goes viral July 24, 2018By Catholic Review Staff Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Respect Life Ten days after the pastor of Our Lady of Victory in Arbutus shared the letter July 13, the original post has been shared 615 times, and has garnered nearly 450 reactions.
Archbishop: 50th anniversary of ‘Humanae Vitae’ celebrates human dignity July 22, 2018By Christopher Gunty Filed Under: Archbishop's Ministry, Feature, Local News, Marriage & Family Life, News, Respect Life The 50th anniversary of Pope Paul VI’s landmark encyclical, “Humanae Vitae” (“Of Human Life”), is an occasion “to celebrate and revisit our human dignity, our human nature,” said Archbishop William E. Lori.
Baltimore’s crisis pregnancy centers will not be forced to post government-mandated signs June 28, 2018By George P. Matysek Jr. Filed Under: Archbishop's Ministry, Feature, Local News, News, Respect Life, World News “I am reminded of a quote from Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. that ‘the arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice,’” Archbishop Lori said.
Archbishop Lori praises Supreme Court ruling on pregnancy centers June 26, 2018By George P. Matysek Jr. Filed Under: Archbishop's Ministry, Feature, Local News, News, Respect Life, World News The Supreme Court ruled 5-4 June 26 that a California law that placed requirements on crisis pregnancy centers that oppose abortion violated the First Amendment.
Hype and reality on family planning May 31, 2018By Richard Doerflinger Filed Under: A More Human Society, Blog, Respect Life According to a 2016 fact sheet by the Guttmacher Institute, a former Planned Parenthood affiliate, the federal government spends well over $2 billion a year on family planning, mostly through Medicaid (not affected by the regulation).
‘Roe v. Wade’ Derangement Syndrome April 19, 2018By George Weigel Filed Under: Commentary, Respect Life, The Catholic Difference The defense of the indefensible leads to rage, and rage becomes a form of madness.
Pro-life pregnancy center to open next to Planned Parenthood March 21, 2018By George P. Matysek Jr. Filed Under: Archbishop's Ministry, Feature, Local News, News, Respect Life, Urban Vicariate “It’s definitely providential,” said Carol Clews, executive director of the CPC. “When we tell people in the pro-life community about this, their jaws drop. They are so excited.”