Pro-Life

At a Washington conference on “Journalism in a Post-Truth World,” Former U.S. Rep. Dan Lipinski told his listeners Catholics have the responsibility “to live the truth no matter what profession that we are in.”

“We are prioritizing opposition to expanding abortion as well as efforts by social media companies to manipulate the hearts and minds of children for ideological and financial reasons.”

On Feb. 28, pro-life Minnesotans from across the state will gather at the State Capitol for the first-ever “United for Life” advocacy day — an opportunity to show support for policies that protect the unborn and assist mothers.

“Public policy should protect people who must take time away from their jobs to handle serious family responsibilities.”

The ways Catholics can accompany pregnant women subjected to violence by their partners, and those who counsel abortion — was the subject of a Jan. 29 session of the 2023 Catholic Social Ministry Gathering in Washington, “Peace Starts Here: Healing Wounds from Abortion and Domestic Violence.”

The revocation of a decree on abortion by President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s administration Jan. 16 spurred outrage among pro-life activists, who considered that the measure may loosen control on abortion in Brazil.

Members of the Diocese of St. Cloud joined pro-lifers from around the state in St. Paul on Sunday, Jan. 22, for the 2023 March for Life. 

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