Two leaders of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops hailed the Supreme Court’s June 24 decision to overturn the court’s 1973 ruling that legalized abortion nationwide and said it is time for “healing wounds and repairing social divisions” with those who take opposing views on abortion.
Welcoming court’s decision, leaders say it’s time to build pro-life culture
Bishop Kettler: Statement on U.S. Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision
The decision by the U.S. Supreme Court “is good news for the protection and sacred dignity of human life. … Every person is created in the image and likeness of God, and God loves every single human life.”
Supreme Court overturns Roe in anticipated Dobbs decision
In a 5-4 decision June 24, the U.S. Supreme Court overturned its nearly 50-year-old decision in Roe v. Wade that legalized abortion in this country.
Justice Department urged to address violent attacks on pro-life centers
In a letter released June 16, a coalition of pro-life and faith leaders called on the U.S. Department of Justice to publicly condemn the attacks, “commit to vigorous efforts to prevent them, and to investigate and prosecute them.”
Catholic lawmakers who OK’d Colo. abortion bill asked to not take Communion
The Reproductive Health Equity Act is considered one of the nation’s most permissive abortion measures.
Bishop Kettler: Walking the talk of our pro-life values
“’Walking with Moms in Need’ is a program initiated a few years ago that is designed to help local Church communities ‘walk in the shoes’ of pregnant and parenting women by filling in service gaps that may exist.”
Inside the Capitol: Combating the throwaway culture from womb to tomb
The Minnesota Catholic Conference opposed measures that would have promoted a pro-abortion ideology and legalized physician-assisted suicide.
San Francisco prelate says no Communion for Pelosi over her abortion stand
Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone said he decided to make this declaration “after numerous attempts to speak with her to help her understand the grave evil she is perpetrating, the scandal she is causing and the danger to her own soul she is risking” as a Catholic who supports legalized abortion.