Pope: Defend Life in Womb

Pope Francis said Christians must defend life at all stages, especially before birth, and he praised efforts to assist pregnant women in difficulty and prevent the destruction of human embryos.

A pro-life supporter prays during a vigil opposite a Marie Stopes family planning clinic in London Sept. 26. The prayer vigil was part of the global pro-life campaign 40 Days for Life. (CNS photo/Olivia Harris, Reuters)

NJ Pro-lifers Win Victory for Life

by Chris Donahue  MANVILLE, N.J. (CNS) – Some pro-lifers get discouraged that bringing an end to abortion isn’t happening overnight, but the power of prayer is making a difference, said Kevin Dugan, a parish pro-life ministry leader. For years members of Dugan’s parish, Immaculate Conception in Somerville, have been joined by other faith communities in […]

Caregivers Respect Life Year-round

by Bill Dodds AS RESPECT LIFE Month rolls around each October, I realize that one of the joys of working with family caregivers is being able to point out to them that often what they’re doing is more than they realize they’re doing. Over the years, I’ve heard a lot of caregivers say, “I used […]

Bishops Reject Cuomo’s Abortion Proposal

As the New York state legislature session was grinding to a halt this week, the state’s Catholic Conference was assailing Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s last-ditch efforts to radically increase abortion in New York. Abortion industry lobbyists said that Gov. Cuomo’s abortion bill would modify language about partial-birth abortion. “We believe such a change is intended to […]

Abortion Doctor Is Declared a Murderer

PHILADELPHIA (CNS) – Dr. Kermit Gosnell may have been convicted May 13 of murder at his Philadelphia abortion clinic, but “nothing can bring back the innocent children he killed, or make up for the vulnerable women he exploited,” said Archbishop Charles J. Chaput. And, he added, “the repugnance of his clinic conditions” must be remembered. […]

Still Marching for Life After 40 Years (with video and slideshow)

For 40 years, the cries of unborn children lost to abortion have been heard at the annual March for Life held in Washington, D.C. At this year’s march on Jan. 25, an estimated 500,000 anti-abortion advocates – the largest crowd in march history – traversed up Constitution Ave. through the snow to the Supreme Court. […]

Truth About Abortion Is Marching into View

After 40 years, it looks like the daily press has finally discovered the March for Life. The annual demonstration in Washington, D.C., to oppose the Supreme Court’s Roe v. Wade ruling that legalized abortion generally draws just about no coverage in the press. This year, it was different. The daily papers’ websites all carried feature […]

40 Years After Roe, Finally a Tipping Point

by Kathleen M. Gallagher After 40 years of legalized abortion in this country, I believe we are close to the tipping point. The Jan. 14 edition of Time magazine methodically analyzes the increasing tilt of public opinion and state public policies toward the pro-life position. It concludes: “the pro-choice cause is in crisis.” Indeed it […]

Nellie Gray, March for Life Founder, Dies at 86

by Mark Pattison   WASHINGTON (CNS) — Nellie Gray, who started the annual March for Life parade to protest the 1973 Supreme Court decision legalizing abortion nationwide, has died at age 86. She was found dead in her home Aug. 13 in Washington’s Capitol Hill neighborhood by a March for Life staffer, Gene Ruane, who […]