Card. DiNardo on upcoming Respect Life Month

Card. DiNardoFrom CNA:

USCCB pro-life chairman issues statement on upcoming Respect Life month

Washington D.C., Sep 28, 2010 / 03:03 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- In light of the upcoming Respect Life Month of October, Cardinal Daniel DiNardo of Galveston-Houston issued a statement on what he perceives to be the greatest threats to human dignity in society, calling on Catholics to work towards transforming culture “into one that welcomes every human person.”

Cardinal DiNardo, who serves as chairman for the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) Committee on Pro-Life Activities, opened his remarks on Sept. 28 by stating that with “each passing year, the need for personal and public witness grounded in God’s boundless love for each and every human being grows more urgent.

“With over one million innocent children dying from abortion each year, the plague of abortion remains embedded in our culture. It is encouraging to see the continuing decline nationwide in the number and rate of abortions – due in large part to fewer teens becoming sexually active, and to growing recognition of the humanity of the unborn child.”

“Yet the loss of even one child,” he noted, “and the pain experienced by the child’s mother and father in the aftermath of abortion, should impel us to redouble our efforts to end legal abortion, and to ensure that every pregnant woman has whatever help she needs to turn away from this heartbreaking choice.”

“In many areas of public policy, the rift continues to widen between the moral principles expressed by a majority of Americans and the actions of government,” the cardinal continued.

For example, although “Americans oppose public funding of abortion by wide margins,” he said,  in “March of this year, Congress passed a health care reform law that allows for federal funding of abortion in some programs and could pressure millions of Americans to help subsidize other people’s abortions through their health care premiums.”

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4 Comments

  1. Luke says:

    All I have to add is God bless Card. DiNardo.

  2. TJerome says:

    A very fine man. God Bless Cardinal DiNardo

  3. Norah says:

    Howdy Norah!! lol

    I was unable to post a comment at the Venus Vortex site but what I wanted to say was that my Mystic Monk coffee sampler has arrived! How much coffee should I put into my plunger for two cups of coffee?

  4. irishgirl says:

    Would that all our Bishops spoke out like this!

    Like Norah, I couldn’t post a comment on the ‘Venus Vortex’ post, either. I’m in agreement with the one who said, ‘It looks like a colonoscopy’. (I had that procedure done on me in 1999-not fun!)

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