"Before I formed you in the womb, I knew you" (Jeremiah 1:5)
Please remember the unborn in your prayers this week; join with others in prayer or action; do something to support those in a crisis pregnancy; and learn more about Church activities in this regard by checking out www.usccb.org/prolife/index.shtml. This coming Friday, January 22, is another anniversary of the US Supreme Court's Roe v. Wade decision to legally permit abortion in the US. The Catholic Church has always taught that the destruction of a fetus of any age is gravely wrong. It's part of our consistent teaching on the respect and dignity of the human person and a logical extension of our preferential option for the poor and vulnerable: can anyone be more vulnerable than the human life that is so totally and solely dependent on one other person for his or her very existence?
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