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October has traditionally been Respect Life month in the Catholic Church and with national campaigns like Life Chain and 40 Days for Life taking place, there are plenty of pro-life activities for Catholics to join.
In a statement to mark Respect Life Month, October 2011, Cardinal Daniel DiNardo of Galveston-Houston, the head of the pro-life outreach office for the nation’s Catholic bishops, urged Catholics to get involved in pro-life activities. He also addressed multiple direct threats to human life as well as threats to religious liberty and conscience rights and, echoing Pope Benedict XVI, he invited Catholics to “pray and reflect on how each of us might renew our commitment and witness to ‘respecting, promoting and teaching the transcendent nature of the human person.’”
In his statement, Cardinal DiNardo, the chairman of the Committee on Pro-Life Activities of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, reflected on the Respect Life Program’s theme for 2011-12: “I came that all might have life and have it to the full.”
“Jesus’ promise of ‘life to the full’ is especially poignant today,” he wrote, “when our culture and sometimes our government promote values inimical to the happiness and true good of individuals and society.”
“The unborn child, the aging parent who some call a ‘burden’ on our medical system, the allegedly ‘excess’ embryo in the fertility clinic, the person with a disability, the cognitively impaired accident victim who needs assistance in receiving food and water to live-each today is at risk of being dismissed as a ‘life unworthy of life’,” Cardinal DiNardo said.
lifenews.com/2011/09/27/bishop-catholics-should-get-involved-in-pro-life-activities/
In a statement to mark Respect Life Month, October 2011, Cardinal Daniel DiNardo of Galveston-Houston, the head of the pro-life outreach office for the nation’s Catholic bishops, urged Catholics to get involved in pro-life activities. He also addressed multiple direct threats to human life as well as threats to religious liberty and conscience rights and, echoing Pope Benedict XVI, he invited Catholics to “pray and reflect on how each of us might renew our commitment and witness to ‘respecting, promoting and teaching the transcendent nature of the human person.’”
In his statement, Cardinal DiNardo, the chairman of the Committee on Pro-Life Activities of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, reflected on the Respect Life Program’s theme for 2011-12: “I came that all might have life and have it to the full.”
“Jesus’ promise of ‘life to the full’ is especially poignant today,” he wrote, “when our culture and sometimes our government promote values inimical to the happiness and true good of individuals and society.”
“The unborn child, the aging parent who some call a ‘burden’ on our medical system, the allegedly ‘excess’ embryo in the fertility clinic, the person with a disability, the cognitively impaired accident victim who needs assistance in receiving food and water to live-each today is at risk of being dismissed as a ‘life unworthy of life’,” Cardinal DiNardo said.
lifenews.com/2011/09/27/bishop-catholics-should-get-involved-in-pro-life-activities/