DEACON FOR LIFE

Were there to be no support in the whole history of ethical and moral thought, were there no acknowledged confirmation from medical science, were the history of legal opinion to the contrary, we would still have to conclude on the basis of God's Holy Word that the unborn child is a person in the sight of God. He is protected by the sanctity of life graciously given to each individual by the Creator, Who alone places His image upon man and grants them any right to life which they have.

Thursday, April 24, 2008

FROM CALIFORNIA:

In accord with longstanding policy

California's bishops pledged to endorse abortion notification and marriage protection initiatives

California's bishops will back two initiatives – one requiring family-member notification before a minor girl can obtain an abortion and a marriage protection initiative – if the measures qualify for the November ballot. The California Catholic Conference announced the decision a week after the state's bishops' April 14 spring teleconference.

Read this story here: California Catholic Daily