Following first euthanasia of a minor between 1 and 12 in the Netherlands, medical ethics expert Cardinal Wim Eijk challenged the practice.
At an interreligious meeting during his visit to France, the Holy Father also highlighted the need for dialogue and called religions the “guardians of life.”
The UK Parliament rejected a bill that would have legalized assisted suicide, a surprising victory as an almost identical bill passed last year.
Ecuador’s president and first lady, Daniel Noboa and Lavinia Valbonesi, tragically lost their third baby to pregnancy complications.
Extreme even by pro-choice standards, the legalization of abortion up to birth in Massachusetts is being called a "severe human rights abuse."
A Catholic law firm has filed a lawsuit against the state of Illinois over a controversial new bill to legalize assisted suicide.
New Catholic-born British prime minister Andy Burnham calls for reforms to systems that harm the most vulnerable.
On July 30, a federal court ordered NY State not to enforce its assisted suicide mandate against Catholic sisters until their lawsuit is heard.
“We will never submit to New York’s culture of death,” says Bishop John O. Barres in regard to new assisted suicide legislation.
The abortion rate is steadily rising with renewed access to abortion pills that can be prescribed via tele-health.
While the state's use of capital punishment has doubled, the bishops ask those who consider themselves pro-life to look at Scripture and Tradition.
Too often grandparents see themselves as a burden and do not want their children or grandchildren to worry about them.
The US bishops and other groups are inviting US citizens to submit comments on proposed expansion to in vitro fertilization insurance benefits.
"Give us a new heart, always ready to choose life, and generous hands that protect it through concrete actions."
June is the month of the Sacred Heart, and now the South American nation that was home to the future Pope Leo is adding another reason to celebrate.
Marking the 100th birthday of Jérôme Lejeune, the French geneticist who discovered the cause of Down syndrome, Pope Leo made a passionate defense of life.
Father Dennis Mullens' pro-adoption ministry got concrete in partnership with the Knights of Columbus, helping families get the money they need to adopt a child.
