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Remains of aborted babies now in final resting place in Indiana cemetery

February 14, 2020
By 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, 2020
By 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, 2020
By 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.

March for Life vies to become the other ‘Women’s March’

January 24, 2020
By Tim Swift
Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Respect Life

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

January 24, 2020
By Dennis Sadowski
Filed Under: Local News, News, Respect Life, World News

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

January 24, 2020
By Mark Pattison
Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, World News

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.

Supreme Court to reexamine contraceptive mandate for religious employers

January 21, 2020
By Carol Zimmermann
Filed Under: News, Respect Life, World News

The Little Sisters of the Poor are once again going to the Supreme Court.

Mass prepares way for March for Life, honors Camp GLOW director

January 21, 2020
By Edward O'N. Hoyt
Filed Under: #IamCatholic, Feature, Local News, News, Respect Life

The faithful included members with Down syndrome who have benefited from their time at Camp GLOW; people in wheelchairs; and those interpreting in American Sign Language for the hearing impaired.

Counsel the Doubtful: Across archdiocese, parishioners give to crisis pregnancy centers

January 4, 2020
By Paul McMullen
Filed Under: #IamCatholic, Feature, Local News, News, Respect Life, Works of Mercy

“One of the most loving decisions you can make is to carry a child and then let someone else adopt it,” O’Connell said. “There can be a stigma attached to adoption. Abortion is easier to hide, it’s more appealing. That’s what we’re up against.”

Planned pro-life pregnancy center in downtown Baltimore gets boost

November 14, 2019
By George P. Matysek Jr.
Filed Under: Archbishop's Ministry, Feature, Local News, News, Respect Life

A long-anticipated project to convert a dilapidated building into a pro-life pregnancy resource center right next to Planned Parenthood in downtown Baltimore is getting new life after stalling for more than a year for lack of resources.