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Respect Life

Prayer and action are essential in abortion struggle, Annapolis vigil participants say

April 1, 2022
By Mark Zimmermann
Special to the Catholic Review
Filed Under: Feature, Local News, Maryland Catholic Conference, Maryland General Assembly, News, Respect Life

Before the Prayer Vigil for Life and Lawmakers March 30 at St. Mary’s Church in Annapolis, Wilmington Bishop William E. Koenig reflected on the importance of prayer and action in confronting abortion and promoting a culture of life.

Maryland bishops lead Prayer Vigil for Life and Lawmakers as legislature moves on sweeping abortion measures

March 31, 2022
By Mark Zimmermann
Special to the Catholic Review
Filed Under: Feature, Local News, Maryland Catholic Conference, Maryland General Assembly, News, Respect Life

On the evening of March 30 a few blocks from the Maryland State House, about 90 people gathered to pray for a two-fold purpose at St. Mary’s Church in Annapolis at the Prayer Vigil for Life and Lawmakers. “As people of faith and followers of Christ, we turn to prayer,” said Baltimore Archbishop William E. Lori, one of five Catholic bishops  serving Maryland who attended the vigil.

Court rules in favor of inmate’s prayer request during execution

March 25, 2022
By Carol Zimmermann
Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, Supreme Court, World News

The Supreme Court March 24 ruled in favor of a Texas prisoner who wanted his pastor to pray aloud over him and place his hands on him in the execution chamber.

Court nominee responds to questions about law, faith and abortion

March 24, 2022
By Carol Zimmermann
Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, Supreme Court, World News

The confirmation hearings for Supreme Court nominee Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson began with introductory remarks March 21 followed by 13 hours of questioning the next day about her role as a judge and a public defender and her views on abortion, critical race theory and her own faith.

Archbishop Lori joins USCCB president, committee chairmen to recommit church to pro-life initiatives

March 22, 2022
By Julie Asher
Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, Supreme Court, World News

As the nation awaits the U.S. Supreme Court’s most significant abortion ruling in decades, the president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops and the chairmen of eight USCCB committees joined together “in prayer and expectant hope that states will again be able to protect women and children from the injustice of abortion.”

British Parliament rejects amendment to allow assisted suicide

March 18, 2022
By Catholic News Service
Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, World News

The British Parliament threw out an attempt to legalize assisted suicide in England and Wales.

Catholic leaders: Maryland bill would ‘expand an already extreme abortion landscape’

March 16, 2022
By Catholic Review Staff
Catholic Review
Filed Under: Commentary, Respect Life

There is a disturbing proposal making its way through the legislative process in Annapolis that seeks to enshrine abortion in our state’s constitution. House Bill 1171 is an attempt to unnecessarily amend Maryland’s Constitution to expand an already extreme abortion landscape under the guise of “reproductive liberty.”

Senate passes omnibus spending bill with Hyde, other pro-life provisions

March 11, 2022
By Julie Asher
Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, U.S. Congress, World News

The chairmen of several U.S. bishops’ committees and the head of March for Life March 11 praised the U.S. senators who voted to pass the government’s omnibus bill with the Hyde Amendment and other pro-life provisions included in it.

Bishops: Senate rejection of ‘extreme’ abortion bill is ‘tremendous relief’

March 1, 2022
By Julie Asher
Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, World News

The failure of the U.S. Senate Feb. 28 to advance an “extreme measure” to establish a legal right to abortion at any stage of pregnancy nationwide “is a tremendous relief,” said the chairmen of the U.S. bishops’ pro-life and religious freedom committees.

Catholics urged to oppose bills that would expand abortion in Maryland

February 28, 2022
By Richard Szczepanowski
Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Feature, Local News, Maryland General Assembly, News, Respect Life

The Maryland Catholic Conference has urged Catholics and other pro-lifers to actively oppose several bills being considered by the state’s lawmakers in Annapolis that would broaden and strengthen laws a right to abortion laws in Maryland.

Colombian bishops express ‘deep pain’ over vote to decriminalize abortion

February 22, 2022
By Catholic News Service
Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, World News

Colombia’s bishops expressed “perplexity and deep pain” after the country’s constitutional court decriminalized abortion during the first 24 weeks of pregnancy.

Italian court blocks referendum on euthanasia

February 16, 2022
By Catholic News Service
Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, World News

Italy’s Constitutional Court has blocked a national referendum on legalizing euthanasia, saying it would violate constitutional protections of human life.

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