WASHINGTON — At Dahlgren Chapel at Georgetown University, Cardinal Donald Wuerl took the podium and told a packed room of approximately 300 students and other guests about a visit he had paid some years ago to a young mother who had given birth to sextuplets, who described to him how each infant already showed different personalities.
“How precious were each of those infants, as all babies are, not simply upon their birth, but beginning with their conception in the womb, made in the image of God and thus demanding of respect and protection from that very first moment,” the cardinal said. “But this is not always the message of our society. It certainly is not what is being heard by at least two generations of our fellow citizens.”
The Georgetown University Oct. 2 event titled, “Lives Worthy of Respect” provided an opportunity for a new generation of young people to hear the Church’s message on the dignity of every human life — and this time backed officially by the university on a campus where legal abortion enjoys strong support.
