Pro-Life Feminists Unite at the March for Life
Catholic News Service highlights pro-life feminists and whole life activists at the March for Life:
Catholic News Service highlights pro-life feminists and whole life activists at the March for Life:
via AP: Archbishop John C. Wester, the leader of New Mexico’s largest diocese said Wednesday he believes comments about immigration attributed to President Donald Trump “reflect bigotry” and that immigrants from poor countries made the U.S. great…. Last week, while meeting with lawmakers about a potential deal on immigration, Trump questioned why the U.S. should… Read More Trump’s Immigration Remarks Reflect His Bigotry
Bishop Anthony Taylor of Little Rock explained his decision to not participate in the march in a letter to the people of the diocese: This is also to advise you that I will not be participating in the March and Rally for Life as in previous years. The reason is that Arkansas Right to Life… Read More Why Bishop Anthony Taylor Boycotted Little Rock’s March for Life
via CNS: During his flight to Iquique Jan. 18, the pope was approached by LatAm flight steward Carlos Ciuffardi Elorriaga and asked for a blessing for him and his wife, stewardess Paula Podest Ruiz. The couple were supposed to be married in their home parish in Santiago Feb. 27, 2010. However, tragedy struck when an… Read More Pope Francis Performs Midair Wedding Ceremony for Couple on Papal Flight
Pope Francis: “It is a grievous fact that we grow so inured to such situations of poverty and need, to these tragedies affecting so many lives, that they appear “normal”. Persons are no longer seen as a paramount value to be cared for and respected, especially when poor or disabled, or “not yet useful” –… Read More Quote of the Day
Bishop Emeritus Gerald Kicanas and Bishop Edward Weisenburger of the Diocese of Tucson write: As we begin a new year, fears continue to grow for legal immigrants, as the administration rescinds protections that had been extended to them by previous presidents. Not only is the current administration set on deporting undocumented immigrants with equities, it… Read More Bishops Weisenburger and Kicanas: Time to Speak Up for Immigrants
Pope Francis: “There must be no family without a home, no refugee without a welcome, no person without dignity, no wounded person without care, no child without a childhood, no young man or woman without a future, no elderly person without a dignified old age.”