"If there is a lack of respect for the right to life and to a natural death, if human conception, gestation and birth are made artificial, if human embryos are sacrificed to research, the conscience of society ends up losing the…
A Culture of Life
Pro-Life Month – Day Twenty-Nine
"We will stand up every time that human life is threatened. When the sacredness of life before birth is attacked, we will stand up and proclaim that no one ever has the authority to destroy unborn life. When a child…
Pro-Life Month – Day Twenty-Eight
"Marriage and conjugal love are by their nature ordained toward the begetting and educating of children. Children are really the supreme gift of marriage and contribute very substantially to the welfare of their parents." (Paul VI, Guadium et Spes #50) …
Abortion Numbers Down for 2010
It is wonderful news that the number of abortions performed in New Zealand for 2010 were down on the previous year. There were 16,630 last year (17,550 in 2009). This is following a general trend since 2003 where abortion numbers…
Pro-Life Month – Day Twenty-Seven
"...is it surprising that today we have become so morally blind (for wickedness blinds) that we save the baby whales at great cost, and murder millions of unborn children?" (Alice von Hildebrand, The Privilege of Being a Woman) Make your…
Pro-Life Month – Day Twenty-Six
"Failing to name error because of some kind of fear of offending the person in error is neither compassion nor charity. Confronting or challenging the error or evil of another is never easy yet it must be done." (Bishop Robert…
Pro-Life Month – Day Twenty-Five
"Dear families, rejoice in fatherhood and motherhood! Openness to life is a sign of openness to the future, confidence in the future, just as respect for the natural moral law frees people, rather than demeaning them! The good of the…
Pro-Life Month – Day Twenty-Four
"I think the world today is upside down. Everybody seems to be in such a terrible rush, anxious for greater development and greater riches and so on. There is much suffering because there is so very little love in homes…
Pro-Life Month – Day Twenty-Three
"I express my deep appreciation for all those social and pastoral initiatives aimed at combating the socio-economic and cultural mechanisms which lead to abortion, and openly concerned with defending life and promoting the reconciliation and healing of those harmed by…
Pro-Life Month – Day Twenty-Two
"When political agendas openly or covertly contemplate the decriminalization of abortion or euthanasia, the democratic ideal, which is truly democratic when it recognizes and protects the dignity of every human person, is betrayed in its fundamentals." (Benedict XVI) When considering…