"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…
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Respect Life Month – Day Eleven
"Connected with our prayer must be the thoughtful and faithful reflection upon the Church's teaching on the respect for all human life and the integrity of the family. In our homes, in our Catholic schools and universities, in parish study…
Respect Life Month – Day Ten
"It is necessary to state firmly once more that nothing and no one can in any way permit the killing of an innocent human being, whether a fetus or an embryo, an infant or an adult, an old person, or…
Respect Life Month – Day Nine
"Everyone has an obligation to be at the service of life... Together we all sense our duty to preach the Gospel of Life to celebrate it in the Liturgy and in our whole existence, and to serve it with the…
Respect Life Month – Day Eight
"His will be a judgment on love, a judgment which will definitively confirm the truth that the Bridegroom was with us, without perhaps our having been aware of it. The judge is the Bridegroom of the Church and of humanity. …
Respect Life Month – Day Seven
"The truth that sets us free cannot be kept to ourselves; it calls for testimony, it begs to be heard, and in the end it's convincing power comes from itself and not from the human eloquence or arguments in which…
Respect Life Month – Day Six
“I would now like to say a special word to women who have had an abortion. The Church is aware of the many factors which may have influenced your decision, and she does not doubt that in many cases it…
Respect Life Month – Day Five
"These can be summed up as follows: human life, as a gift of God, is sacred and inviolable. For this reason procured abortion and euthanasia are absolutely unacceptable. Not only must human life not be taken, but it must be…
Euthanasia is an Attack on Love
Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide campaigners have managed to hi-jack the English language. They have done so now to the point where many people believe that true compassion equals ending the life of someone who is suffering from a terminal illness or…
Pro-Life Prayer Intentions – May 2012
Please join the staff and volunteers of Family Life International NZ as we pray for the following intentions: ■For each person that we may come to understand how to love each other fully, so that in moments of great suffering…