On September 11, 2001, America spoke in disgust when approximately 3,000 innocent people were murdered by Osama bin Laden's Al-Qaeda, while on January 22, 1973, America celebrated the legal murder of babies through the ROE v. WADE decision. Since the 1973 decision, approximately 3,000 innocent babies are murdered every day through surgical abortions, and unknown number of babies are killed regularly through abortifacient contraception! The number of surgical abortions, and abortifacient contraception deaths, doesn't include the millions of babies prevented from being conceived by non-abortifacient contraception. Think of it, the numbers of babies lost through abortion and contraception in America is in the millions, which is greater than the lives lost by Americans in the wars she has fought in! [To understand the huge loss of life due to abortion, check out the US Abortion Map]. Sadly, life outside the womb is even being threatened at all stages of life (e.g., euthanasia and embryonic stem cell research).
America was founded in 1776 on the principles that all men (people) are created equal, and are endowed by their Creator with the unalienable rights of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. America sadly went against its foundation when it decided that enslaving and discriminating African Americans was a right, because the nation believed African Americans to be non-human, and that women were unworthy of full constitutional protection, such as denying women the right to vote. We Catholics knew when it was unpopular, that racism and sexism attacks the dignity of the human person, and is always wrong. America eventually saw what the Church saw, and repented.
America sadly has fallen again, and has repackaged elements of her past errors into the Anti-Life ideologies of today (e.g., abortion, euthanasia, contraception, and embryonic stem cell research). This time instead of degrading a specific group of people, all races and genders are being degraded through the Anti-Life ideologies of today, which the radical left feminists cloak in euphemisms such as choice, and women's rights. The Church once again condemns the Anti-Life ideologies of today, while America sadly once again embraces evil, degrading the dignity of the human person. Hopefully America can remove the Anti-Life ideologies of today by peacefully returning to its foundational principles, without another civil war.
So how do we remove the Anti-Life ideologies of today peacefully? To accomplish the task of completely removing the evil ideologies of today peacefully, we need a massive number of people to change the hearts and minds of our society, by becoming active in the Pro-Life movement. You see, when we have a large number of people active in the Pro-Life movement, a Culture of Life will be constructed, and our society will become Pro-Life.
It is important to mention that the construction of a Culture of Life is not an American or Catholic issue alone, but is an issue that affects all of humanity. We can never solve the problems in the world today, without first solving the most important issue of all, the protection of the human person from conception to natural death. So every human being throughout the globe must become active in the Pro-Life cause. The first step of becoming active in the Pro-Life cause is to become educated in the field. In this way, we develop the skills to choose the best tools to respond to the attacks against humanity.
To assist in this education process, I have prepared some Pro-Life resources. It is my hope that the information I have collected will not only motivate Catholics across the globe to participate in Jesus' mission of constructing a Culture of Life, but will also inspire them to enter into dialogue (partnership) with non-Catholics who embrace the Pro-Life movement. It is my wish that this partnership will not only assist Catholics in building a global Culture of Life, but that it will also help non-Catholics to recognize the richness of the Catholic faith, and desire conversion to Catholicism through the faithful witness of Catholics to the Faith.
Once we have an understanding of the Pro-Life issues, we will be able to act on them. Before I begin to lay out a plan of action, it is important to mention that even though this plan is directed towards Catholics, it affects non-Catholics as well. With this understanding, here is a list of examples of being active in the Pro-Life cause:
In addition, I would like to outline how praying for the continued holiness of the clergy is connected to building a global Culture of Life. As I have previously emphasized, the clergy are called by God to feed His Church. One of the major roles of the clergy in feeding His Church, is to provide spiritual guidance to the laity (Catholic and non-Catholic).
So what kind of guidance can the clergy give to the laity? The guidance that the clergy can provide includes the following:
Since one of the most important pillars of the Pro-Life cause is for the laity (Catholic and non-Catholic) to have children through the Sacred Bond of Marriage between one man and one woman, the Domestic Church can not build a just society without the spiritual guidance of the clergy. This makes praying unceasingly for the continued holiness of the clergy by Catholics to be of grave importance.
Finally, since protecting human life is an issue that has no boundaries, let every Catholic, non-Catholic, lay person, clergyman, and religious, work together to construct a global Culture of Life, so that one day, all of humanity may be united in peace.
Pro-Life
& Other Human Dignity Issues: Resources
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