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Respect Life program draws attention to pro-life concerns
By Catholic News Service
WASHINGTON (CNS)—Pro-life concerns ranging from infertility treatments to sexual trafficking and from population control to the death penalty are part of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Respect Life program for 2010-11.
Materials in English and Spanish, including posters, fliers, liturgy guides, recommended resources, bulletin inserts and artwork, are available to help parishes, organizations and individual Catholics participate in the yearlong program that begins Oct. 3, Respect Life Sunday.
The theme of this year’s observance is “The measure of love is to love without measure.”
A brochure for this year’s program offers vignettes from the experiences of Catholic families dealing with a teen’s unexpected pregnancy, an elderly relative’s persistent vegetative state and the impending birth of a special-needs child.
“There are no easy answers to challenges like these that families face every day, but there are clear answers, and we know deep down which answers are right and which are wrong,” the brochure says. “Without trying to minimize the enormous sacrifices facing each of these families, the question comes down to this: Is it morally permissible to have a member of our family killed to avoid the tremendous personal sacrifice his or her care requires of us? The answer should be obvious: no.”
For more information, visit www.nccbuscc.org/prolife/.
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