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.
Respect Life
Belgium’s Brothers of Charity cut ties to their homes over euthanasia
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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.
March for Life vies to become the other ‘Women’s March’
The women at the March for Life said it was important to stress that women’s rights don’t have to be synonymous with abortion rights.
Trump tells March for Life attendees he welcomes their commitment to life
President Donald Trump credited attendees at the 47th annual March for Life for their commitment to protect the life of unborn and born children.
Pope Francis ‘has our backs’ on pro-life cause, says archbishop
Pope Francis “has our backs” in the pro-life cause, Archbishop Joseph F. Naumann of Kansas City, Kansas, said to applause in his Jan. 23 homily at the opening Mass of the National Vigil for Life.