{"id":46629,"date":"2022-06-13T19:12:03","date_gmt":"2022-06-13T19:12:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cappusa.wpengine.com\/?page_id=46629"},"modified":"2026-05-14T17:28:26","modified_gmt":"2026-05-14T17:28:26","slug":"abortion","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/es\/abortion\/","title":{"rendered":"Abortion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_section et_pb_section_0 mosaic_width et_pb_with_background  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_section_regular et_block_section\" >\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_0 et_pb_row_fullwidth  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_4_4 et_pb_column et_pb_column_0  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_button_module_wrapper et_pb_button_0_wrapper et_pb_button_alignment_center et_pb_module \">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"et_pb_button et_d4_element et_pb_button_0 hover-btn-border et_hover_enabled et_pb_bg_layout_light et_block_module\" href=\"\/the-family\/#newsletter\" data-icon=\"5\">Join our Newsletter<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_section et_pb_section_1 mosaic_width  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_section_regular et_block_section\" >\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_1  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_4_4 et_pb_column et_pb_column_1  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_0 classic_socialism  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h4><span style=\"text-align: left; color: #054368;\">Abortion<\/span><\/h4><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_section et_pb_section_2 et_animated  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_section_regular et_block_section\" >\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_2  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_4_4 et_pb_column et_pb_column_2 M-2_grid  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_1 M-2_grid-item M-2_grid-item1 grid-item_gap-fill  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_2 M-2_grid-item M-2_grid-item1 fade-text et_hover_enabled  et_pb_text_align_center et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><div class=\"M-1_grid-item1_shape\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"M-1_grid-item1_text\">\n<p>Abortion is Wrong. Defend Life!<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_3 M-2_grid-item M-2_grid-item3 fade-text et_animated et_hover_enabled  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><div class=\"M-2_grid-item3_shape\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"M-2_grid-item3_text\">\n<p style=\"padding: 0;\">The Church Has Always Condemned Abortion and Taught Mercy<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_4 M-2_grid-item M-2_grid-item2 grid-item_gap-fill  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_5 M-2_grid-item M-2_grid-item2 fade-text et_hover_enabled  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><div class=\"M-2_grid-item2_shape\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"M-2_grid-item2_text\">\n<p>Is the result of pain, fear, confusion, or coercion. We must help one another!<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_section et_pb_section_3 mosaic_width et_animated  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_section_regular et_block_section\" >\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_3 et_animated  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_4_4 et_pb_column et_pb_column_3  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_6  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h5><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201c<strong>Human life must be <\/strong>respected and <strong>protected<\/strong> absolutely <strong>from the moment of conception<\/strong>.\u201d<\/span><\/h5>\n<h5><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201c<strong>This teaching<\/strong> has not changed and <strong>remains unchangeable<\/strong>.\u201d<\/span><\/h5>\n<h5><a class=\"alternate-link init\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vatican.va\/archive\/ENG0015\/__P7Z.HTM\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Catechism of the Catholic Church, 2270, 2271<\/a><\/h5><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_divider et_pb_divider_0 et_pb_divider_position_bottom et_pb_space\"><div class=\"et_pb_divider_internal\"><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_section et_pb_section_4  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_section_regular et_block_section\" >\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_4  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_4_4 et_pb_column et_pb_column_4  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_7  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #054368;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2014<\/span> Find What You're Looking For <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2014<\/span><\/span><\/h2><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_with_border et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_5  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_1_2 et_pb_column et_pb_column_5  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_8 bullets-module  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><ul style=\"padding-top: 0; padding-bottom: 0;\">\n<li><a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/abortion\/#condemns\"><span style=\"color: #eb7425; font-size: medium;\"><strong>The Church Condemns Abortion<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/abortion\/#mychoice\"><span style=\"color: #eb7425; font-size: medium;\"><strong>It's My Choice<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/abortion\/#whataboutthemother\"><span style=\"color: #eb7425; font-size: medium;\"><strong>What About the Life of the Mother?<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/abortion\/#whataboutmercy\"><span style=\"color: #eb7425; font-size: medium;\"><strong>God's Infinite Mercy<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/abortion\/#thescience\"><span style=\"color: #eb7425; font-size: medium;\"><strong>The Science<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/abortion\/#consistent\"><span style=\"color: #eb7425; font-size: medium;\"><strong>Consistent Church Teaching<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_1_2 et_pb_column et_pb_column_6  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_9 bullets-module  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><ul style=\"padding-top: 0; padding-bottom: 0;\">\n<li><a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/abortion\/#uptothestate\"><span style=\"color: #eb7425; font-size: medium;\"><strong>Does the Government Decide?<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/abortion\/#religiousjudgment\"><span style=\"color: #eb7425; font-size: medium;\"><strong>You Can't Impose Religion on Someone Else<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/abortion\/#abortionconsequences\"><span style=\"color: #eb7425; font-size: medium;\"><strong>The Abortion Culture<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/abortion\/#whywearehere\"><span style=\"color: #eb7425; font-size: medium;\"><strong>How We Built the Culture of Death<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/abortion\/#whatcanido\"><span style=\"color: #eb7425; font-size: medium;\"><strong>What Can I Do?<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/abortion\/#prayer\"><span style=\"color: #eb7425; font-size: medium;\"><strong>A Prayer for Life<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_6 et_animated  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_4_4 et_pb_column et_pb_column_7  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_divider et_pb_divider_1 et_pb_divider_position_center et_pb_space\"><div class=\"et_pb_divider_internal\"><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div id=\"condemns\" class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_section et_pb_section_5 mosaic_width et_pb_with_background  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_section_regular et_block_section\" >\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_7 et_animated  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_4_4 et_pb_column et_pb_column_8  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_10  et_pb_text_align_center et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h4><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">The Church Condemns Abortion<\/span><\/h4><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_8 et_animated  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_4_4 et_pb_column et_pb_column_9  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_11  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h5><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #ffffff;\">\u201c<strong>Abortion is murder<\/strong>\u2026It\u2019s a human life, period.\u201d<\/span><\/h5>\n<h5><a class=\"alternate-link init\" href=\"https:\/\/www.catholicnewsagency.com\/news\/248994\/full-text-pope-francis-in-flight-press-conference-from-slovakia\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Pope Francis<\/span><\/a><\/h5><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_section et_pb_section_6 mosaic_width  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_section_regular et_block_section\" >\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_9 et_pb_row_fullwidth et_pb_equal_columns  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_3_5 et_pb_column et_pb_column_10 ds-vertical-align  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_12 bullets-module  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h4><span style=\"color: #054368;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201c<\/span>Abortion and Infanticide...<\/span><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"color: #054368;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #054368;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">are <strong>unspeakable crimes<\/strong>\".<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vatican.va\/archive\/hist_councils\/ii_vatican_council\/documents\/vat-ii_const_19651207_gaudium-et-spes_en.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Gaudium et Spes, 51)<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #054368;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\"Abortion\u2026is <strong>gravely contrary to the moral law<\/strong>\"<\/span>. <em><a class=\"alternate-link\" style=\"color: #054368;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vatican.va\/archive\/ENG0015\/__P7Z.HTM\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(CCC, 2271)<\/a><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #054368;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\"A person who procures a completed abortion incurs a <em>latae sententiae<\/em> <strong>(automatic) excommunication<\/strong>.\"<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><em><a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vatican.va\/archive\/cod-iuris-canonici\/eng\/documents\/cic_lib6-cann1364-1399_en.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Code of Canon Law, 1398)<\/a><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"color: #054368;\">\"[T]he Church makes clear that abortion is a most serious and dangerous crime\". <em><a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/evangelium-vitae\/#62\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Evangelium Vitae, 62)<\/a><\/em><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"color: #054368;\">\"The <strong>deliberate murder of an innocent person<\/strong> is gravely contrary to the dignity of the human being, to the golden rule, and to the holiness of the Creator. The law forbidding it is universally valid: it obliges each and every one, always and everywhere.\" <em><a class=\"alternate-link\" style=\"color: #054368;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vatican.va\/archive\/ENG0015\/__P7Z.HTM\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(CCC, 2261)<\/a><\/em><\/span><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_toggle et_pb_toggle_0 hover-btn-border read-more bullets-module et_pb_toggle_item  et_pb_toggle_close\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"et_pb_toggle_title\">Read More<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_toggle_content clearfix\"><p><span style=\"color: #054368;\">The Church \"constantly <strong>reaffirms the moral condemnation<\/strong> of any kind of procured abortion.\" <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vatican.va\/roman_curia\/congregations\/cfaith\/documents\/rc_con_cfaith_doc_19870222_respect-for-human-life_en.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" class=\"alternate-link\">(Instruction on Respect for Human Life In Its Origin, 1)<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #054368;\">\"The Magisterium\u2026constantly reaffirms the moral condemnation of<strong> any kind of procured abortion<\/strong>. This teaching has not been changed and is unchangeable.\"<\/span><span style=\"color: #054368;\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vatican.va\/roman_curia\/congregations\/cfaith\/documents\/rc_con_cfaith_doc_19870222_respect-for-human-life_en.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" class=\"alternate-link\">(Instruction on Respect for Human Life, I, 1)<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #054368;\">\"<strong>Excommunication is not something arbitrary<\/strong>, but a measure prescribed by the Code [of Canon Law]. Thus, it simply states in canon law that <strong>the killing of an innocent child is incompatible with going to Communion<\/strong>, where one receives the Body of Christ.\" \"Consequently, <strong>nothing new<\/strong>, surprising or arbitrary <strong>has been invented<\/strong>. Only what is prescribed by Church law has been recalled publicly, a law that is based on the doctrine and faith of the Church, on our appreciation of life and of the human individual from the very first instant.\" <a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vatican.va\/content\/benedict-xvi\/en\/speeches\/2007\/may\/documents\/hf_ben-xvi_spe_20070509_interview-brazil.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">(Pope Benedict XVI)<\/a><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_2_5 et_pb_column et_pb_column_11 ds-vertical-align  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_image et_pb_image_0\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap \"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Trashed-dolls-and-bones-piled-high-behind-glass-creating-a-disturbing-picture.jpg\" alt=\"A pile of trashed dolls and bones symbolizing the grave crime and tragedy of abortion.\" title=\"Trashed dolls and bones piled high behind glass creating a disturbing picture.\" \/><\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_10 et_pb_row_fullwidth et_pb_equal_columns  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_2_5 et_pb_column et_pb_column_12 ds-vertical-align  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_image et_pb_image_1\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap \"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Trashed-dolls-and-bones-piled-high-behind-glass-creating-a-disturbing-picture.jpg\" alt=\"A pile of trashed dolls and bones symbolizing the grave crime and tragedy of abortion.\" title=\"Trashed dolls and bones piled high behind glass creating a disturbing picture.\" \/><\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_3_5 et_pb_column et_pb_column_13 ds-vertical-align  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_13 bullets-module  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h4><span style=\"color: #054368;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201c<\/span>Abortion and Infanticide...<\/span><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"color: #054368;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #054368;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">are <strong>unspeakable crimes<\/strong>\".<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vatican.va\/archive\/hist_councils\/ii_vatican_council\/documents\/vat-ii_const_19651207_gaudium-et-spes_en.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Gaudium et Spes, 51)<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #054368;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\"Abortion\u2026is <strong>gravely contrary to the moral law<\/strong>\"<\/span>. <em><a class=\"alternate-link\" style=\"color: #054368;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vatican.va\/archive\/ENG0015\/__P7Z.HTM\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(CCC, 2271)<\/a><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #054368;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\"A person who procures a completed abortion incurs a <em>latae sententiae<\/em> <strong>(automatic) excommunication<\/strong>.\"<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><em><a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vatican.va\/archive\/cod-iuris-canonici\/eng\/documents\/cic_lib6-cann1364-1399_en.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Code of Canon Law, 1398)<\/a><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"color: #054368;\">\"[T]he Church makes clear that abortion is a most serious and dangerous crime\". <em><a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/evangelium-vitae\/#62\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Evangelium Vitae, 62)<\/a><\/em><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"color: #054368;\">\"The <strong>deliberate murder of an innocent person<\/strong> is gravely contrary to the dignity of the human being, to the golden rule, and to the holiness of the Creator. The law forbidding it is universally valid: it obliges each and every one, always and everywhere.\" <em><a class=\"alternate-link\" style=\"color: #054368;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vatican.va\/archive\/ENG0015\/__P7Z.HTM\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(CCC, 2261)<\/a><\/em><\/span><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_toggle et_pb_toggle_1 hover-btn-border read-more bullets-module et_pb_toggle_item  et_pb_toggle_close\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"et_pb_toggle_title\">Read More<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_toggle_content clearfix\"><p><span style=\"color: #054368;\">The Church \"constantly <strong>reaffirms the moral condemnation<\/strong> of any kind of procured abortion.\" <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vatican.va\/roman_curia\/congregations\/cfaith\/documents\/rc_con_cfaith_doc_19870222_respect-for-human-life_en.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" class=\"alternate-link\">(Instruction on Respect for Human Life In Its Origin, 1)<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #054368;\">\"The Magisterium\u2026constantly reaffirms the moral condemnation of<strong> any kind of procured abortion<\/strong>. This teaching has not been changed and is unchangeable.\"<\/span><span style=\"color: #054368;\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vatican.va\/roman_curia\/congregations\/cfaith\/documents\/rc_con_cfaith_doc_19870222_respect-for-human-life_en.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" class=\"alternate-link\">(Instruction on Respect for Human Life, I, 1)<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #054368;\">\"<strong>Excommunication is not something arbitrary<\/strong>, but a measure prescribed by the Code [of Canon Law]. Thus, it simply states in canon law that <strong>the killing of an innocent child is incompatible with going to Communion<\/strong>, where one receives the Body of Christ.\" \"Consequently, <strong>nothing new<\/strong>, surprising or arbitrary <strong>has been invented<\/strong>. Only what is prescribed by Church law has been recalled publicly, a law that is based on the doctrine and faith of the Church, on our appreciation of life and of the human individual from the very first instant.\" <a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vatican.va\/content\/benedict-xvi\/en\/speeches\/2007\/may\/documents\/hf_ben-xvi_spe_20070509_interview-brazil.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">(Pope Benedict XVI)<\/a><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_section et_pb_section_7 mosaic_width  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_section_regular et_block_section\" >\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_11 et_animated  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_4_4 et_pb_column et_pb_column_14  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_14  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h5><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201c[T]he Church's teaching on this point is clear: <strong>human life is sacred and inviolable<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201d<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong><\/strong>.<\/span><\/h5>\n<h5><a class=\"alternate-link init\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vatican.va\/content\/francesco\/en\/speeches\/2019\/may\/documents\/papa-francesco_20190525_yes-to-life.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Pope Francis<\/a><\/h5><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_divider et_pb_divider_2 et_pb_divider_position_bottom et_pb_space\"><div class=\"et_pb_divider_internal\"><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div id=\"adamant\" class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_section et_pb_section_8 mosaic_width  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_section_regular et_block_section\" >\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_12 et_animated  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_4_4 et_pb_column et_pb_column_15  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_15  et_pb_text_align_center et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h4><span style=\"color: #eb7425;\">Why is the Church so Adamant?<\/span><\/h4><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_16  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h5><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201c<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>[L]ife is the first good received from God<\/strong> and is <strong>fundamental to all others<\/strong>; to guarantee the right to life\u2026is the duty upon which the future of humanity depends\u201d.<\/span><\/h5>\n<h5><a class=\"alternate-link init\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vatican.va\/content\/benedict-xvi\/en\/speeches\/2007\/february\/documents\/hf_ben-xvi_spe_20070224_academy-life.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Pope Benedict XVI<\/a><\/h5><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div id=\"profound-crisis\" class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_section et_pb_section_9 mosaic_width et_animated et_pb_with_background  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_section_regular et_block_section\" >\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_13 et_pb_row_fullwidth et_pb_gutters2  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_1_3 et_pb_column et_pb_column_16  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"Adoration\" class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_image et_pb_image_2 landscape position-top\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap \"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Vincente-Lopez-Adoration-of-the-Holy-Trinity.jpg\" alt=\"The Adoration of the Holy Trinity by Vincente Lopez, 1791-1792\" title=\"Vincente Lopez-Adoration of the Holy Trinity\" \/><\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_17  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">It's About God<\/h2><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_18  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h5><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThe inviolability of the person\u2026is <strong>a reflection of the absolute inviolability of God<\/strong>\u201d.<\/span><\/h5>\n<h5><a class=\"alternate-link init\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vatican.va\/content\/john-paul-ii\/en\/apost_exhortations\/documents\/hf_jp-ii_exh_30121988_christifideles-laici.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Pope St. John Paul II, 38<\/a><\/h5><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_19  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span>\"<strong>Human life is sacred<\/strong>\u2014all men must recognize that fact. From its very inception it reveals the creating hand of God.\"<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/mater-et-magistra\/#194\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Mater et Magistra, 194)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span><span style=\"color: #054368;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\"<strong>Man is called to<\/strong> <strong>a fullness of life<\/strong> which far exceeds the dimensions of his earthly existence, because it consists in sharing the very life of God.\"<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/evangelium-vitae\/#2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Evangelium Vitae, 2)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\"God's love\u2026sees <strong>an impression of his own image and likeness<\/strong> in each one.\"\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.vatican.va\/content\/benedict-xvi\/en\/speeches\/2006\/february\/documents\/hf_ben-xvi_spe_20060227_embrione-umano.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" class=\"alternate-link\">(Pope Benedict XVI)<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>\"Human life is sacred <strong>because from its beginning it involves the creative action of God<\/strong> and it remains forever in a special relationship with the Creator, who is its sole end.\" <a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vatican.va\/archive\/ENG0015\/__P7Y.HTM\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(CCC, 2258)<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_toggle et_pb_toggle_2 hover-btn-border read-more bullets-module et_pb_toggle_item  et_pb_toggle_close\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"et_pb_toggle_title\">Read More<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_toggle_content clearfix\"><p style=\"text-align: left;\">\"<strong>God alone is the Lord of life<\/strong> from its beginning until its end: no one can under any circumstance claim for himself the right directly to destroy an innocent human being\". <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vatican.va\/roman_curia\/congregations\/cfaith\/documents\/rc_con_cfaith_doc_19870222_respect-for-human-life_en.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" class=\"alternate-link\">(Instruction on Respect for Human Life In Its Origin, 5)<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\"<strong>Every human being<\/strong>, even the child in the womb, <strong>has the right to life immediately from God<\/strong>, not from parents, nor from any society or human authority. Therefore there is no man, no human authority, no science, no medical, eugenic, social, economic, moral 'indication'; who can exhibit or give a valid juridical title, for a direct deliberate disposition over an innocent human life\". <a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vatican.va\/content\/pius-xii\/it\/speeches\/1951\/documents\/hf_p-xii_spe_19511029_ostetriche.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Pope Pius XII)<\/a><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_1_3 et_pb_column et_pb_column_17  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_image et_pb_image_3 landscape\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap \"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Baby-boy-sleeping-on-a-pillow-with-stuffed-animal.jpg\" alt=\"All people possess the inherent and beauty of human dignity, as children of God. The act of abortion opposes this.\" title=\"Baby boy sleeping on a pillow with stuffed animal\" \/><\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_20  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">It's About the Person<\/h2><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_21  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h5><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201c<strong>Every child<\/strong> who\u2026is condemned unjustly to being aborted <strong>bears the face of Jesus Christ<\/strong>\u201d.<\/span><\/h5>\n<h5><a class=\"alternate-link init\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vatican.va\/content\/francesco\/en\/speeches\/2013\/september\/documents\/papa-francesco_20130920_associazioni-medici-cattolici.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Pope Francis, 2<\/a><\/h5><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_22  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p>\"<strong>From the<\/strong> <strong>first moment of his existence<\/strong>, a human being must be recognized as <strong>having the rights of a person<\/strong> - among which is the inviolable right of every innocent being to life.\"\u00a0<em><a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vatican.va\/archive\/ENG0015\/__P7Z.HTM\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(CCC, 2270)<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>\"[E]very human being is <strong>endowed with a dignity<\/strong> that <strong>must never be\u2026destroyed<\/strong>\". <em><a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vatican.va\/content\/john-paul-ii\/en\/speeches\/1979\/october\/documents\/hf_jp-ii_spe_19791002_general-assembly-onu.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Pope St. John Paul II, 12)<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>\"Human life must be respected and <strong>protected absolutely<\/strong> from the moment of conception.\" <em><a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vatican.va\/archive\/ENG0015\/__P7Z.HTM\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(CCC, 2270)<\/a><\/em><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_toggle et_pb_toggle_3 hover-btn-border read-more bullets-module et_pb_toggle_item  et_pb_toggle_close\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"et_pb_toggle_title\">Read More<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_toggle_content clearfix\"><p style=\"text-align: left;\">\"The Church is too conscious of the fact that it belongs to her vocation to defend man against everything that could <strong>disintegrate or lessen his dignity to remain silent<\/strong> on such a topic.\" <a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vatican.va\/roman_curia\/congregations\/cfaith\/documents\/rc_con_cfaith_doc_19741118_declaration-abortion_en.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Declaration on Procured Abortion, 1)<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_1_3 et_pb_column et_pb_column_18  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_image et_pb_image_4 landscape\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap \"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Mom-and-son-enjoying-a-festival-with-their-community-smiling-and-dancing.jpg\" alt=\"Human dignity is paramount to society, as the right to life is the foundation for every other right. Life is a gift from God.\" title=\"Mom and son enjoying a festival with their community, smiling and dancing\" \/><\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_23  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">It's About the Good of Society<\/h2><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_24  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h5><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cOpenness to life is at <strong>the center of true development<\/strong>.\u201d<\/span><\/h5>\n<h5><a class=\"alternate-link init\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vatican.va\/content\/benedict-xvi\/en\/encyclicals\/documents\/hf_ben-xvi_enc_20090629_caritas-in-veritate.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Caritas in Veritate, 28<\/a><\/h5><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_25  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span>\"In attacking human life in its very first stages, it is also <strong>an aggression against society itself<\/strong>.\" <a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vatican.va\/content\/benedict-xvi\/en\/speeches\/2005\/december\/documents\/hf_ben_xvi_spe_20051203_family-america-latina.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Pope Benedict XVI, 5)<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span>\"The acceptance of life <strong>strengthens moral fiber<\/strong> and makes people capable of mutual help.\" <a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/caritas-in-veritate\/#28\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Caritas in Veritate, 28)<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>\"The fundamental human right, <strong>the presupposition of every other right<\/strong>, is the right to life itself.\" <a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vatican.va\/content\/benedict-xvi\/en\/speeches\/2007\/september\/documents\/hf_ben-xvi_spe_20070907_hofburg-wien.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Pope Benedict XVI)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\"<span>I wish to stress that <strong>respect for life<\/strong> from its conception until natural death <strong>is the essential issue<\/strong> in the modern social question.<\/span>\" <span><a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vatican.va\/content\/john-paul-ii\/en\/speeches\/1998\/may\/documents\/hf_jp-ii_spe_19980522_movimento-vida.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Pope St. John Paul II)<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_toggle et_pb_toggle_4 hover-btn-border read-more bullets-module et_pb_toggle_item  et_pb_toggle_close\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"et_pb_toggle_title\">Read More<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_toggle_content clearfix\"><p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\"The<strong> first right of<\/strong> the human person is his <strong>life<\/strong>\u2026this one is <strong>fundamental<\/strong> - the condition of all the others.\" <span><a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vatican.va\/roman_curia\/congregations\/cfaith\/documents\/rc_con_cfaith_doc_19741118_declaration-abortion_en.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Declaration on Procured Abortion, 11)<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\"Children truly are the family's greatest treasure and most precious good. Consequently, everyone must be helped to become aware of the <strong>intrinsic evil<\/strong> <strong>of the crime of abortion<\/strong>.\" <a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vatican.va\/content\/benedict-xvi\/en\/speeches\/2005\/december\/documents\/hf_ben_xvi_spe_20051203_family-america-latina.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Pope Benedict XVI, 5)<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_section et_pb_section_10 mosaic_width  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_section_regular et_block_section\" >\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_14 et_animated  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_4_4 et_pb_column et_pb_column_19  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_divider et_pb_divider_3 et_pb_divider_position_center et_pb_space\"><div class=\"et_pb_divider_internal\"><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div id=\"mychoice\" class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_section et_pb_section_11 mosaic_width et_pb_with_background  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_section_regular et_block_section\" >\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_15 et_animated  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_4_4 et_pb_column et_pb_column_20  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_26  et_pb_text_align_center et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h4><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">What About: It's My Choice<\/span><\/h4><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_27  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h5><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #ffffff;\">\u201c<strong>So great is the value of a human life<\/strong>, and so inalienable the right to life of an innocent child growing in the mother\u2019s womb, that <strong>no alleged right<\/strong> to one\u2019s own body <strong>can justify a decision to terminate that life<\/strong>, which is an end in itself and which can never be considered the <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #ffffff;\">\u2018<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #ffffff;\">property<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #ffffff;\">\u2019 <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #ffffff;\">of another human being.\u201d<\/span><\/h5>\n<h5><a class=\"alternate-link init\" href=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/amoris-laetitia\/#83\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Pope Francis, 83<\/span><\/a><\/h5><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_section et_pb_section_12 mosaic_width et_animated et_pb_with_background  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_section_regular et_block_section\" >\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_16 mosaic_width et_animated et_pb_equal_columns  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_4_4 et_pb_column et_pb_column_21 ds-vertical-align  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_28  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h5><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201c<strong>Life<\/strong>, especially human life, <strong>belongs to God<\/strong>; whoever attacks human life attacks God\u2019s very self.\u201d<\/span><\/h5>\n<h5><a class=\"alternate-link init\" href=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/evangelium-vitae\/#9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Evangelium Vitae, 9<\/a><\/h5><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_29 bullets-module  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><ul style=\"padding-top: 0; padding-bottom: 0;\">\n<li>\u201cThe <strong>tragedy of abortion<\/strong> is experienced by some with a superficial awareness, as if not realizing the extreme harm that such an act entails.\u201d <a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vatican.va\/content\/francesco\/en\/speeches\/2014\/april\/documents\/papa-francesco_20140411_movim-per-la-vita.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Pope Francis)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cIt pains me to say this. In the last century the entire world was scandalized over what the Nazis were doing to maintain the purity of the race. <strong>Today we do the same thing<\/strong>, but with white gloves.\u201d <a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vatican.va\/content\/francesco\/en\/speeches\/2018\/june\/documents\/papa-francesco_20180616_forum-associazioni-familiari.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Pope Francis)<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>\u201cChoices once unanimously considered criminal and rejected by the common moral sense are <strong>gradually becoming socially acceptable<\/strong>.\u201d <a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/evangelium-vitae\/#4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Evangelium Vitae, 4)<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_toggle et_pb_toggle_5 hover-btn-border read-more bullets-module et_pb_toggle_item  et_pb_toggle_close\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"et_pb_toggle_title\">Read More<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_toggle_content clearfix\"><p>\"A new cultural climate is developing and taking hold, which gives crimes against life a new and - if possible - even <strong>more sinister character<\/strong>\". <a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/evangelium-vitae\/#4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Evangelium Vitae, 4)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\"It is a problem which exists at the cultural, social and political level, where it reveals its more sinister and disturbing aspect in the tendency, ever more widely shared, to <strong>interpret the above crimes against life as legitimate expressions of individual freedom<\/strong>, to be acknowledged and protected as actual rights.\" <a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/evangelium-vitae\/#18\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Evangelium Vitae, 18)<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_30  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h5><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201c<span><strong>Pregnancy<\/strong> is a <strong>difficult but wonderful time<\/strong>.<\/span><span>\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span>A mother joins with God to bring forth the miracle of a new life<\/span>\u201d.<\/span><\/h5>\n<h5><a class=\"alternate-link init\" href=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/amoris-laetitia\/#168\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Pope Francis, 168<\/a><\/h5><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_section et_pb_section_13 mosaic_width et_animated et_pb_with_background  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_section_regular et_block_section\" >\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_17 et_pb_row_fullwidth et_pb_gutters2  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_1_2 et_pb_column et_pb_column_22  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_image et_pb_image_5\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap \"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/A-pro-choice-protester-holds-up-a-sign-during-a-march.-The-argument-negates-the-personhood-and-distinction-of-the-human-in-the-womb.jpg\" alt=\"A protester holds up a sign during a march. Abortion advocates argue that the child in the womb is not a person, a separate body, or human rights.\" title=\"A pro-choice protester holds up a sign during a march. The argument negates the personhood and distinction of the human in the womb\" \/><\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_31  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #eb7425;\">The Safeguarding of Human Life Has Precedence Over The Exercise Of Individual Freedom (Choice)<\/span><\/h2><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_32  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h5><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201c<strong>Abortion\u2026cannot be a human right<\/strong> \u2013 it is the very opposite.\u201d<\/span><\/h5>\n<h5><a class=\"alternate-link init\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vatican.va\/content\/benedict-xvi\/en\/speeches\/2007\/september\/documents\/hf_ben-xvi_spe_20070907_hofburg-wien.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Pope Benedict XVI<\/a><\/h5><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_33  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p>\"[B]road sectors of public opinion justify certain <strong>crimes against life in the name of the rights<\/strong> of individual freedom\". <em><a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/evangelium-vitae\/#4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Evangelium Vitae, 4)<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>\"[O]ne <strong>can never claim freedom of opinion as a pretext for attacking<\/strong> the rights of others, most especially the right to <strong>life<\/strong>.\" <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vatican.va\/roman_curia\/congregations\/cfaith\/documents\/rc_con_cfaith_doc_19741118_declaration-abortion_en.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" class=\"alternate-link\">(Declaration on Procured Abortion, 2)\u200b<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\"<strong>The legal toleration of abortion\u2026can in no way claim to be based on respect for the conscience of others<\/strong>, precisely because society has the right and the duty to protect itself against the abuses which can occur in the name of conscience and under the pretext of freedom.\" <em><a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/evangelium-vitae\/#71\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Evangelium Vitae, 71)<\/a><\/em><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_toggle et_pb_toggle_6 hover-btn-border read-more bullets-module et_pb_toggle_item  et_pb_toggle_close\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"et_pb_toggle_title\">Read More<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_toggle_content clearfix\"><p>\"Recourse to the <strong>conscience<\/strong> of each individual\u2026<strong>cannot be sufficient<\/strong> for ensuring respect for personal rights and public order.\" <a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vatican.va\/roman_curia\/congregations\/cfaith\/documents\/rc_con_cfaith_doc_19870222_respect-for-human-life_en.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Instruction on Respect for Human Life, III)<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_1_2 et_pb_column et_pb_column_23  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_image et_pb_image_6\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"463\" src=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/A-pregnant-woman-holds-up-an-ultrasound-picture-of-her-unborn-baby.jpg\" alt=\"Abortion cannot be justified because the unborn child is a separate and unique person, not the same as the mother.\" title=\"A pregnant woman holds up an ultrasound picture of her unborn baby\" srcset=\"https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/A-pregnant-woman-holds-up-an-ultrasound-picture-of-her-unborn-baby.jpg 720w, https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/A-pregnant-woman-holds-up-an-ultrasound-picture-of-her-unborn-baby-480x309.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) 720px, 100vw\" class=\"wp-image-46943\" \/><\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_34  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #eb7425;\">The Child in The Womb Is Not the Mother's Body but is a Separate Person: My Freedom Should Not Be Exercised Ignoring the Rights of Other Humans<\/span><\/h2><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_35  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h5><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cA <strong>widespread<\/strong> and <strong>insensitive mentality<\/strong> has led to the loss of the proper personal and social sensitivity to welcome new life.\u201d<\/span><\/h5>\n<h5><a class=\"alternate-link init\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vatican.va\/content\/francesco\/en\/letters\/2015\/documents\/papa-francesco_20150901_lettera-indulgenza-giubileo-misericordia.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Pope Francis<\/a><\/h5><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_36  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p>\"The <strong>inalienable rights of the person must be recognized<\/strong> and respected by civil society and the political authority.\"\u00a0<em><a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vatican.va\/archive\/ENG0015\/__P7Z.HTM\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(CCC, 2273)<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>\"[C]an one exempt women, any more than men, from what nature demands of them\u2026<strong>all publicly recognized freedom is always limited<\/strong> by the certain rights of others.\" <em><a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vatican.va\/roman_curia\/congregations\/cfaith\/documents\/rc_con_cfaith_doc_19741118_declaration-abortion_en.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Declaration on Procured Abortion, 15)<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>\"One of the <strong>serious problems of our time<\/strong> is clearly the changed relationship with respect to life.\" <em><a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vatican.va\/content\/francesco\/en\/letters\/2015\/documents\/papa-francesco_20150901_lettera-indulgenza-giubileo-misericordia.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Pope Francis)<\/a><\/em><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div id=\"whataboutthemother\" class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_section et_pb_section_14 mosaic_width  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_section_regular et_block_section\" >\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_18 et_pb_row_fullwidth et_pb_equal_columns  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_3_5 et_pb_column et_pb_column_24 ds-vertical-align  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_37 bullets-module  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h4><span style=\"color: #054368;\">What About the Life and Health of Child and Mother?<\/span><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"color: #054368;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #054368;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\"<strong>[N]either the life of the mother nor that of the child can be subjected to an act of direct suppression<\/strong>. In the one case as in the other, there can be but one obligation: to make every effort to save the lives of both, of the mother and the child.\" <em><a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vatican.va\/archive\/aas\/documents\/AAS-43-1951-ocr.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Pope Pius XII)<\/a><\/em><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #054368;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\"We do not deny\u2026very great difficulties. <strong>It may be a serious question of health, sometimes of life or death, for the mother<\/strong>; it may be the burden represented by an additional child, especially if there are good reasons to fear that the child will be abnormal or retarded\u2026We proclaim only that none of these reasons can ever objectively confer the right to dispose of another's life\". <a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vatican.va\/roman_curia\/congregations\/cfaith\/documents\/rc_con_cfaith_doc_19741118_declaration-abortion_en.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Declaration on Procured Abortion, 14)<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #054368;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\"<strong>[A]ll direct abortion, even for therapeutic reasons, are to be absolutely excluded<\/strong> as lawful\". <em><a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/humanae-vitae\/#12\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Humanae Vitae, 12)<\/a><\/em><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #054368;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\"[A]ny directive or program of the civil and health authorities or of scientific organizations which in any way were to favor a link between prenatal diagnosis and abortion, or which were to go as far as directly to induce expectant mothers to submit to prenatal diagnosis planned for the purpose of eliminating fetuses which are affected by malformations or which are carriers of hereditary illness, is to be condemned as a violation of the unborn child's right to life and as an abuse of the prior rights and duties of the spouses.\" <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vatican.va\/roman_curia\/congregations\/cfaith\/documents\/rc_con_cfaith_doc_19870222_respect-for-human-life_en.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" class=\"alternate-link\">(Instruction on Respect for Human Life, 2)<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_toggle et_pb_toggle_7 hover-btn-border read-more bullets-module et_pb_toggle_item  et_pb_toggle_close\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"et_pb_toggle_title\">Read More<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_toggle_content clearfix\"><p>\"Prenatal diagnosis is\u2026gravely opposed to the moral law when this is done with the thought of possibly inducing an abortion\u2026<strong>a diagnosis must not be<\/strong> the equivalent of a <strong>death<\/strong> <strong>sentence<\/strong>.\" <em><a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vatican.va\/archive\/ENG0015\/__P7Z.HTM\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(CCC, 2274)<\/a><\/em><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_2_5 et_pb_column et_pb_column_25 ds-vertical-align  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_image et_pb_image_7\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap \"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/A-pregnant-woman-consults-with-her-obstetrician-about-her-health-and-babys-health.jpg\" alt=\"Pregnancy is hard. Sometimes complications arise for both lives at stake. All healthcare must be oriented toward saving both lives. But neither life can be disposed of.\" title=\"A pregnant woman consults with her obstetrician about her health and baby&#039;s health\" \/><\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_19 et_pb_row_fullwidth et_pb_equal_columns  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_2_5 et_pb_column et_pb_column_26 ds-vertical-align  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_image et_pb_image_8\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap \"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/A-pregnant-woman-consults-with-her-obstetrician-about-her-health-and-babys-health.jpg\" alt=\"Pregnancy is hard. Sometimes complications arise for both lives at stake. All healthcare must be oriented toward saving both lives. But neither life can be disposed of.\" title=\"A pregnant woman consults with her obstetrician about her health and baby&#039;s health\" \/><\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_3_5 et_pb_column et_pb_column_27 ds-vertical-align  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_38 bullets-module  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h4><span style=\"color: #054368;\">What About the Life and Health of Child and Mother?<\/span><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"color: #054368;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #054368;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\"<strong>[N]either the life of the mother nor that of the child can be subjected to an act of direct suppression<\/strong>. In the one case as in the other, there can be but one obligation: to make every effort to save the lives of both, of the mother and the child.\" <em><a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vatican.va\/archive\/aas\/documents\/AAS-43-1951-ocr.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Pope Pius XII)<\/a><\/em><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #054368;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\"We do not deny\u2026very great difficulties. <strong>It may be a serious question of health, sometimes of life or death, for the mother<\/strong>; it may be the burden represented by an additional child, especially if there are good reasons to fear that the child will be abnormal or retarded\u2026We proclaim only that none of these reasons can ever objectively confer the right to dispose of another's life\". <a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vatican.va\/roman_curia\/congregations\/cfaith\/documents\/rc_con_cfaith_doc_19741118_declaration-abortion_en.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Declaration on Procured Abortion, 14)<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #054368;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\"<strong>[A]ll direct abortion, even for therapeutic reasons, are to be absolutely excluded<\/strong> as lawful\". <em><a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/humanae-vitae\/#12\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Humanae Vitae, 12)<\/a><\/em><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #054368;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\"[A]ny directive or program of the civil and health authorities or of scientific organizations which in any way were to favor a link between prenatal diagnosis and abortion, or which were to go as far as directly to induce expectant mothers to submit to prenatal diagnosis planned for the purpose of eliminating fetuses which are affected by malformations or which are carriers of hereditary illness, is to be condemned as a violation of the unborn child's right to life and as an abuse of the prior rights and duties of the spouses.\" <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vatican.va\/roman_curia\/congregations\/cfaith\/documents\/rc_con_cfaith_doc_19870222_respect-for-human-life_en.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" class=\"alternate-link\">(Instruction on Respect for Human Life, 2)<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_toggle et_pb_toggle_8 hover-btn-border read-more bullets-module et_pb_toggle_item  et_pb_toggle_close\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"et_pb_toggle_title\">Read More<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_toggle_content clearfix\"><p>\"Prenatal diagnosis is\u2026gravely opposed to the moral law when this is done with the thought of possibly inducing an abortion\u2026<strong>a diagnosis must not be<\/strong> the equivalent of a <strong>death<\/strong> <strong>sentence<\/strong>.\" <em><a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vatican.va\/archive\/ENG0015\/__P7Z.HTM\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(CCC, 2274)<\/a><\/em><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_section et_pb_section_15 mosaic_width  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_section_regular et_block_section\" >\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_20 et_animated  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_4_4 et_pb_column et_pb_column_28  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_39  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h5><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201c<span><strong>Expectant mothers<\/strong> need to ask God for the wisdom fully to know their children and to accept them as they are.<\/span><span> <\/span><span>Some parents feel that their child is not coming at the best time.<\/span><span> <\/span><span>They <strong>should ask the Lord to heal and strengthen them<\/strong> to accept their child fully and wholeheartedly.<\/span><span> <\/span><span>It is <strong>important for that child to feel wanted<\/strong>.<\/span><span>\u00a0<\/span><span>He or she is not an accessory or a solution to some personal need.<\/span><span>\u00a0<\/span><span>A child is a human being of immense worth<\/span>\u201d.<\/span><\/h5>\n<h5><a class=\"alternate-link init\" href=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/amoris-laetitia\/#170\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Pope Francis, 170<\/a><\/h5><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_section et_pb_section_16 mosaic_width  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_section_regular et_block_section\" >\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_21 et_animated  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_4_4 et_pb_column et_pb_column_29  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_divider et_pb_divider_4 et_pb_divider_position_center et_pb_space\"><div class=\"et_pb_divider_internal\"><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div id=\"whataboutmercy\" class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_section et_pb_section_17 mosaic_width et_pb_with_background  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_section_regular et_block_section\" >\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_22 et_animated  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_4_4 et_pb_column et_pb_column_30  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_40  et_pb_text_align_center et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h4><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">God's Infinite Mercy<\/span><\/h4><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_41  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h5><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #ffffff\">\u201cIt is up to us\u2026to give voice to God and<strong> to show the face of his mercy<\/strong>\u2026always have the blanket of mercy at hand.\u201d<\/span><\/h5>\n<h5><a class=\"alternate-link init\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vatican.va\/content\/francesco\/en\/speeches\/2022\/april\/documents\/20220425-missionari-divina-misericordia.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff\">Pope Francis<\/a><\/h5><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_section et_pb_section_18 mosaic_width et_animated et_pb_with_background  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_section_regular et_block_section\" >\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_23 mosaic_width et_animated et_pb_equal_columns  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_2_5 et_pb_column et_pb_column_31 ds-vertical-align  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_image et_pb_image_9\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"864\" height=\"648\" src=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/A-woman-pushes-her-baby-in-a-stroller-through-a-park.jpg\" alt=\"The Church is committed to accompanying women through their journey as women and mothers, especially when they lack support from men, family, and others.\" title=\"A woman pushes her baby in a stroller through a park\" srcset=\"https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/A-woman-pushes-her-baby-in-a-stroller-through-a-park.jpg 864w, https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/A-woman-pushes-her-baby-in-a-stroller-through-a-park-480x360.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) 864px, 100vw\" class=\"wp-image-46956\" \/><\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_3_5 et_pb_column et_pb_column_32 ds-vertical-align  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_42 bullets-module  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h4><span style=\"color: #054368;\">What About Helping Women and Families?<\/span><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"color: #054368;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #054368;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201c<strong>The Church's pastoral concern will [extend to]<\/strong> those families in particular which are in difficult or irregular situations.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/h5>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #054368;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> <em><a class=\"alternate-link init\" href=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/familiaris-consortio\/#65\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Familiaris Consortio, 65<\/a><\/em><\/span><\/span><\/h5>\n<p><span style=\"color: #054368;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\"I would also like to mention the situation of <strong>families living in dire poverty and great limitations<\/strong>\u2026In such difficult situations of need, the Church must\u2026show them God\u2019s mercy.\" <strong><a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/amoris-laetitia\/#49\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Pope Francis, 49)<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #054368;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\"The Church's pastoral <strong>action\u2026must follow the family<\/strong>, accompanying it step by step\". <em><a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/familiaris-consortio\/#65\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Familiaris Consortio,\u00a065)<\/a><\/em><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #054368;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\"Whatever the cause, <strong>single parents must receive encouragement and support<\/strong> from other families in the Christian community, and from the parish\u2019s pastoral outreach.\" <a href=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/amoris-laetitia\/#252\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" class=\"alternate-link\">(Pope Francis, 252)<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #054368;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\"[W]here concrete support is offered, despite problems and influences which are sometimes critical, <strong>women<\/strong> are able to make the sense of love, life and motherhood <strong>triumph<\/strong> within them.\" <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vatican.va\/content\/john-paul-ii\/en\/speeches\/1998\/may\/documents\/hf_jp-ii_spe_19980522_movimento-vida.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" class=\"alternate-link\">(Pope St. John Paul II, 2)<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #054368;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\"<span>With great affection I urge all future mothers: <strong>keep happy and let nothing rob you of the interior joy of motherhood<\/strong>\u2026Don\u2019t let fears, worries, other people\u2019s comments or problems lessen your joy at being God\u2019s means of bringing a new life to the world\u2026Try to experience this serene excitement amid all your many concerns, and ask the Lord to preserve your joy, so that you can pass it on to your child.<\/span>\" <a href=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/amoris-laetitia\/#171\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" class=\"alternate-link\">(Pope Francis, 171)<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_toggle et_pb_toggle_9 hover-btn-border read-more bullets-module et_pb_toggle_item  et_pb_toggle_close\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"et_pb_toggle_title\">Read More<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_toggle_content clearfix\"><p><span>\"In recent years, <strong>there has been great dedication<\/strong>\u2026to meet the needs and difficulties of families.\" <a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vatican.va\/content\/benedict-xvi\/en\/speeches\/2008\/may\/documents\/hf_ben-xvi_spe_20080512_movimento-vita.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Pope Benedict XVI)<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\"It must be emphasized once more that <strong>the pastoral intervention of the Church<\/strong> in support of the family <strong>is a matter of urgency<\/strong>.\" <a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/familiaris-consortio\/#65\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Familiaris Consortio, 65)<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\"The Church, our mother, is committed to <strong>supporting with all her strength the good and generous presence of fathers<\/strong> in families\" <a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vatican.va\/content\/francesco\/en\/audiences\/2015\/documents\/papa-francesco_20150204_udienza-generale.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Pope Francis)<\/a><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_section et_pb_section_19 mosaic_width  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_section_regular et_block_section\" >\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_24 et_animated  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_4_4 et_pb_column et_pb_column_33  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_43  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h5><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201c<strong>Every effort should be made<\/strong> to <strong>strengthen<\/strong> and develop <strong>pastoral care<\/strong> for the family, which should be treated as a real matter of priority\u201d<\/span><\/h5>\n<h5><a class=\"alternate-link init\" href=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/familiaris-consortio\/#65\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Familiaris Consortio, 65<\/a><\/h5><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_section et_pb_section_20 mosaic_width et_animated et_pb_with_background  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_section_regular et_block_section\" >\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_25 bullets-module  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_4_4 et_pb_column et_pb_column_34  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_44 mosaic_width   et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h4><span style=\"color: #054368;\">What About Women Who Have Had Abortions?<\/span><\/h4>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul style=\"padding-top: 0; padding-bottom: 0;\">\n<li>\u201cFormal cooperation in an abortion constitutes a grave offense. The Church attaches the canonical penalty of excommunication to this crime against human life\u201d. However, \u201cthe Church does not thereby intend to restrict the scope of mercy.\u201d <a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vatican.va\/archive\/ENG0015\/__P7Z.HTM\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(CCC, 2272)<\/a><\/li>\n<li>\u201c<span>I would now like to say a special word <strong>to women who have had an abortion<\/strong>.\u00a0The Church is aware of the many factors which may have influenced your decision, and she does not doubt that in many cases it was a painful and even shattering decision. The wound in your heart may not yet have healed. Certainly, what happened was and remains terribly wrong. But <strong>do not give in to discouragement and do not lose hope<\/strong>. Try rather to understand what happened and face it honestly. If you have not already done so, give yourselves over with humility and trust to repentance. The Father of mercies is ready to give you his forgiveness and his peace in the Sacrament of Reconciliation. To the same Father and his\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"m_6858435075812934774GramE\">mercy<\/span><span>\u00a0you can with sure hope entrust your child. With the friendly and expert help and advice of other people, and as a result of your own painful experience, you can be among the most eloquent defenders of everyone\u2019s right to life<\/span>\u201d. <a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/evangelium-vitae\/#99\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Evangelium Vitae, 99)<\/a><\/li>\n<li>\u201c<span>It will likewise be necessary\u2026to provide [for] women who having unfortunately already had an abortion are now experiencing the full moral and existential tragedy of it. <strong>Many dioceses and volunteer organizations offer psychological and spiritual support<\/strong> for full human recovery. The solidarity of the Christian community cannot dispense with this type of co- responsibility.<\/span>\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vatican.va\/content\/benedict-xvi\/en\/speeches\/2011\/february\/documents\/hf_ben-xvi_spe_20110226_accademia-vita.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" class=\"alternate-link\">(Pope Benedict XVI)<\/a><\/li>\n<li>\u201c<span>[E]ven when man rejects the truth and goodness that the Creator proposes to him, God does not abandon him but\u2026continues to see him and to speak to him so that he will recognize his error and open himself to divine Mercy which can heal any wound.<\/span>\u201d <a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vatican.va\/content\/benedict-xvi\/en\/speeches\/2011\/february\/documents\/hf_ben-xvi_spe_20110226_accademia-vita.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Pope Benedict XVI)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_toggle et_pb_toggle_10 hover-btn-border read-more bullets-module et_pb_toggle_item  et_pb_toggle_close\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"et_pb_toggle_title\">Read More<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_toggle_content clearfix\"><p>\"<strong>Decisions<\/strong> that go against life sometimes <strong>arise from difficult or even tragic situations of profound suffering, loneliness, a total lack of economic prospects, depression and anxiety about the future<\/strong>. Such circumstances can mitigate even to a notable degree subjective responsibility and the consequent culpability of those who make these choices which in themselves are evil.\" <a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/evangelium-vitae\/#18\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Evangelium Vitae, 18)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span><strong>The Church\u2019s intention<\/strong> in pointing out abortion as a grave sin <strong>is not punishment<\/strong>. \"Rather, she makes clear the gravity of the crime committed, the irreparable harm done to the innocent who is put to death, as well as to the parents and the whole of society.\"\u00a0<a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vatican.va\/archive\/ENG0015\/__P7Z.HTM\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(CCC, 2272)<\/a><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_26 bullets-module  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_4_4 et_pb_column et_pb_column_35  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_45  et_pb_text_align_center et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h2><span style=\"color: #eb7425;\">Resources:<\/span><\/h2><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_button_module_wrapper et_pb_button_1_wrapper et_pb_button_alignment_center et_pb_module \">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"et_pb_button et_d4_element et_pb_button_1 hover-btn-border et_hover_enabled et_pb_bg_layout_light et_block_module\" href=\"https:\/\/www.viscenter.org\/\" data-icon=\"5\">The Vis Center by the Sisters of Life<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_section et_pb_section_21 mosaic_width et_animated et_pb_with_background  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_section_regular et_block_section\" >\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_27 mosaic_width et_animated et_pb_equal_columns  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_3_5 et_pb_column et_pb_column_36 ds-vertical-align  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_46  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h4><span style=\"color: #054368;\">Dorothy Day<\/span><\/h4><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_47  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p>Perhaps the best example of <strong>God\u2019s infinite mercy<\/strong> is the Mass celebrated by Timothy Cardinal Dolan, Archbishop of New York at New York\u2019s St. Patrick\u2019s Cathedral on December 8, 2021, the feast of the Immaculate Conception. The Mass was in celebration for Dorothy Day\u2019s cause for canonization advancing to Rome\u2019s Congregation for the Causes of Saints.<\/p>\n<p>Dorothy Day, who had an abortion, is being proposed for sainthood!<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_toggle et_pb_toggle_11 hover-btn-border read-more bullets-module et_pb_toggle_item  et_pb_toggle_close\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"et_pb_toggle_title\">Read More<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_toggle_content clearfix\"><p><span><strong>The Church\u2019s intention<\/strong> in pointing out abortion as a grave sin <strong>is not punishment<\/strong>. \"Rather, she makes clear the gravity of the crime committed, the irreparable harm done to the innocent who is put to death, as well as to the parents and the whole of society.\"\u00a0<a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vatican.va\/archive\/ENG0015\/__P7Z.HTM\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(CCC, 2272)<\/a><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_2_5 et_pb_column et_pb_column_37 ds-vertical-align  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_image et_pb_image_10\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap \"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Dorothy-Day-Bob-Fitch-Photo-Archive-Stanford-Libraries.jpg\" alt=\"Catholic Worker, New York City 1973. Dorothy Day morning mass and prayers\" title=\"Dorothy Day - Bob Fitch Photo Archive, Stanford Libraries\" \/><\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_48  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p><em> Bob Fitch Photography archive | \u00a9 Stanford University Libraries<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_28 mosaic_width et_animated et_pb_equal_columns  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_2_5 et_pb_column et_pb_column_38 ds-vertical-align  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_image et_pb_image_11\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap \"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Dorothy-Day-Bob-Fitch-Photo-Archive-Stanford-Libraries.jpg\" alt=\"Catholic Worker, New York City 1973. Dorothy Day morning mass and prayers\" title=\"Dorothy Day - Bob Fitch Photo Archive, Stanford Libraries\" \/><\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_49  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p><em> Bob Fitch Photography archive | \u00a9 Stanford University Libraries<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_3_5 et_pb_column et_pb_column_39 ds-vertical-align  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_50  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h4><span style=\"color: #054368;\">Dorothy Day<\/span><\/h4><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_51  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p>Perhaps the best example of <strong>God\u2019s infinite mercy<\/strong> is the Mass celebrated by Timothy Cardinal Dolan, Archbishop of New York at New York\u2019s St. Patrick\u2019s Cathedral on December 8, 2021, the feast of the Immaculate Conception. The Mass was in celebration for Dorothy Day\u2019s cause for canonization advancing to Rome\u2019s Congregation for the Causes of Saints.<\/p>\n<p>Dorothy Day, who had an abortion, is being proposed for sainthood!<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_toggle et_pb_toggle_12 hover-btn-border read-more bullets-module et_pb_toggle_item  et_pb_toggle_close\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"et_pb_toggle_title\">Read More<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_toggle_content clearfix\"><p><span><strong>The Church\u2019s intention<\/strong> in pointing out abortion as a grave sin <strong>is not punishment<\/strong>. \"Rather, she makes clear the gravity of the crime committed, the irreparable harm done to the innocent who is put to death, as well as to the parents and the whole of society.\"\u00a0<a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vatican.va\/archive\/ENG0015\/__P7Z.HTM\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(CCC, 2272)<\/a><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_section et_pb_section_22 mosaic_width  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_section_regular et_block_section\" >\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_29 et_animated  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_4_4 et_pb_column et_pb_column_40  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_divider et_pb_divider_5 et_pb_divider_position_center et_pb_space\"><div class=\"et_pb_divider_internal\"><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div id=\"thescience\" class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_section et_pb_section_23 mosaic_width et_pb_with_background  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_section_regular et_block_section\" >\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_30 et_animated  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_4_4 et_pb_column et_pb_column_41  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_52  et_pb_text_align_center et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h4><span style=\"color: #eb7425;\">A Prohibition Both Ancient and Secular<\/span><\/h4><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_31 et_animated  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_4_4 et_pb_column et_pb_column_42  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_53  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h5><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cSometimes we hear people say, \u2018You Catholics do not accept abortion; it\u2019s a problem with your faith\u2019. No, <strong>the problem is pre-religious. Faith has nothing to do with it.<\/strong>\u201d<\/span><\/h5>\n<h5><a class=\"alternate-link init\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vatican.va\/content\/francesco\/en\/speeches\/2019\/may\/documents\/papa-francesco_20190525_yes-to-life.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Pope Francis<\/a><\/h5><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_54  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h5><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cIn Western civilization <strong>this protection<\/strong> of the unborn child <strong>begins very early<\/strong>\u201d.<\/span><\/h5>\n<h5><a class=\"alternate-link init\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vatican.va\/content\/paul-vi\/it\/speeches\/1972\/december\/documents\/hf_p-vi_spe_19721209_giuristi-cattolici.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Pope St. Paul VI<\/a><\/h5><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_section et_pb_section_24 mosaic_width  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_section_regular et_block_section\" >\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_32 et_animated  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_4_4 et_pb_column et_pb_column_43  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_55  et_pb_text_align_center et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h2><span style=\"color: #eb7425;\">Ancient<\/span><\/h2><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_56  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h5><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cI will not give to a woman an abortive remedy.\u201d<\/span><\/h5>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(Hippocratic Oath, CA fifth \/third centuries BC)<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div id=\"reasonandscience\" class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_section et_pb_section_25 mosaic_width et_animated et_pb_with_background  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_section_regular et_block_section\" >\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_33 et_pb_row_fullwidth et_pb_gutters2  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_1_2 et_pb_column et_pb_column_44  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_image et_pb_image_12\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap \"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/An-unborn-baby-still-in-the-womb-as-seen-by-a-4D-ultrasound.-Modern-science-and-technology-have-shown-the-humanity-of-every-person-in-the-womb.jpg\" alt=\"Abortion holds even less weight in the age of reason and modern science where the evidence for human life, from the beginning, is incontrovertible.\" title=\"An unborn baby still in the womb as seen by a 4D ultrasound. Modern science and technology have shown the humanity of every person in the womb\" \/><\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_57  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Reason<\/span><\/h2><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_58  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">\"From the time that the ovum is fertilized, a new life is begun\u2026<strong>It would never be made human if it were not human already.<\/strong>\"\u00a0<em><a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vatican.va\/roman_curia\/congregations\/cfaith\/documents\/rc_con_cfaith_doc_19741118_declaration-abortion_en.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Declaration on Procured Abortion, 12)<\/a><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">\"[E]very person sincerely open to truth and goodness can, <strong>by the light of reason\u2026come to recognize in the natural law<\/strong> written in the heart the sacred value of human life from its very beginning\".<span>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/evangelium-vitae\/#2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" class=\"alternate-link\"><em>(Evangelium Vitae, 2)<\/em>\u200b<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><span>\"Respect for human life is <strong>not just a Christian obligation<\/strong>. <strong>Human reason is sufficient<\/strong> to impose it on the basis of the analysis of what a human person is and should be.\" <a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vatican.va\/roman_curia\/congregations\/cfaith\/documents\/rc_con_cfaith_doc_19741118_declaration-abortion_en.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Declaration on Procured Abortion, 8)<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_toggle et_pb_toggle_13 hover-btn-border read-more bullets-module et_pb_toggle_item  et_pb_toggle_close\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"et_pb_toggle_title\">Read More<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_toggle_content clearfix\"><p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">\"This doctrine is <strong>based upon the natural law<\/strong>\". <a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/evangelium-vitae\/#62\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Evangelium Vitae, 62)<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">\"The commandment '<strong>You shall not kill<\/strong>'\u2026 is binding on every individual human being\u2026It can be recognized by everyone through the light of reason\". <a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/evangelium-vitae\/#77\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Evangelium Vitae, 77)<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">\"The <strong>principles<\/strong> [the Church] gives <strong>are of universal application<\/strong>, for they take human nature into account\u2026They also take into account the principal characteristics of contemporary society and are thus acceptable to all.\" <em><a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/mater-et-magistra\/#220\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Mater et Magistra, 220)<\/a><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">\"[T]he <strong>conclusions of science<\/strong> regarding the human embryo provide a valuable indication for discerning by the use of reason a personal presence at the moment of this first appearance of a human life: how could a human individual not be a human person?\" <a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vatican.va\/roman_curia\/congregations\/cfaith\/documents\/rc_con_cfaith_doc_19870222_respect-for-human-life_en.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Instruction on Respect for Human Life, I, 1)<\/a><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_1_2 et_pb_column et_pb_column_45  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_image et_pb_image_13\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.freepik.com\/vectors\/fetal\" target=\"_blank\"><span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap \"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Stages-of-human-development-in-the-womb-designed-by-brgfx.jpg\" alt=\"Abortion is refuted by modern science that show the stages of life from conception until birth. Graphic created by &quot;brgfx&quot;\" title=\"Stages human embryonic development\" \/><\/span><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_59  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Science<\/span><\/h2><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_60  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">\"<strong>Scientifically it\u2019s a human life<\/strong>. The textbooks teach us that.\" <a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.catholicnewsagency.com\/news\/248994\/full-text-pope-francis-in-flight-press-conference-from-slovakia\" style=\"color: #ffffff;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Pope Francis)<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">\"To this perpetual evidence <strong>modern genetic science brings valuable confirmation<\/strong>. It has demonstrated that, from the first instant, the program is fixed as to what this living being will be: a man, this individual-man with his characteristic aspects already well determined. Right from fertilization is begun the adventure of a human life\". <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vatican.va\/roman_curia\/congregations\/cfaith\/documents\/rc_con_cfaith_doc_19741118_declaration-abortion_en.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" class=\"alternate-link\"><em>(Declaration on Procured Abortion, 13)<\/em>\u200b<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">\"This teaching remains valid and is further confirmed, if confirmation were needed, by <strong>recent findings of human biological science<\/strong> which recognize that in the zygote resulting from fertilization the biological identity of a new human individual is already constituted\". <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vatican.va\/roman_curia\/congregations\/cfaith\/documents\/rc_con_cfaith_doc_19870222_respect-for-human-life_en.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" class=\"alternate-link\"><em>(Instruction on Respect for Human Life, I, 1)<\/em>\u200b<\/a><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div id=\"consistent\" class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_section et_pb_section_26 mosaic_width et_pb_with_background  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_section_regular et_block_section\" >\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_34 et_animated  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_4_4 et_pb_column et_pb_column_46  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_61  et_pb_text_align_center et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h4><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Consistent Church Teaching<\/span><\/h4><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div id=\"profound-crisis\" class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_section et_pb_section_27 mosaic_width et_animated et_pb_with_background  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_section_regular et_block_section\" >\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_35 et_pb_row_fullwidth et_pb_gutters2  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_1_3 et_pb_column et_pb_column_47  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_image et_pb_image_14 landscape\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap \"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/tp-Adams_Creation_Sistine_Chapel_ceiling_by_Michelangelo_JBU33-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"If the institution of the family is weakened then society is weakened. \" title=\"Adams_Creation_Sistine_Chapel_ceiling_by_Michelangelo\" \/><\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_62  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">The Old Testament<\/h2><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_63  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h5><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Genesis \u201c<strong>places man at the summit of God's creative activity<\/strong>, as <strong>its crown<\/strong>. Everything in creation is ordered to man and everything is subject to him\u201d.<\/span><\/h5>\n<h5><a class=\"alternate-link init\" href=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/evangelium-vitae\/#34\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Evangelium Vitae, 34<\/a><\/h5><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_64  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p>\"Let us make <strong>man in our image<\/strong>, after our likeness.\" (Genesis 1:26)<\/p>\n<p>\"Before I formed you <strong>in the womb I knew you<\/strong>, and before you were born, I consecrated you.\" (Jeremiah 1:5)<\/p>\n<p>\"Your hands shaped me and made me\u2026<strong>You gave me life<\/strong>.\" (Job 10:8, 12)<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_toggle et_pb_toggle_14 hover-btn-border read-more bullets-module et_pb_toggle_item  et_pb_toggle_close\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"et_pb_toggle_title\">Read More<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_toggle_content clearfix\"><p style=\"text-align: left;\">\"From my mother\u2019s womb you have been my God.\" (Psalm 22:10)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\"You watched me as I was being formed\". (Psalm 139:15)<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_1_3 et_pb_column et_pb_column_48  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_image et_pb_image_15 landscape position-top\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap \"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Synaxis_of_the_Twelve_Apostles_by_Constantinople_master_early_14th_c._Pushkin_museum.jpg\" alt=\"The Catholic Church&#039;s teachings stretch all the way back to Christ, the Apostles, and their successors in the early Church.\" title=\"Synaxis_of_the_Twelve_Apostles_by_Constantinople_master_(early_14th_c.,_Pushkin_museum)\" \/><\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_65  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">The Early Church<\/h2><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_66  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h5><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201c<strong>Since the first century<\/strong> the Church has affirmed the moral evil of every procured abortion.\u201d<\/span><\/h5>\n<h5><a class=\"alternate-link init\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vatican.va\/archive\/ENG0015\/__P7Z.HTM\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">CCC, 2271<\/a><\/h5><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_67  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p>\"You <strong>shall not kill the embryo by abortion<\/strong>\". <a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.romans45.org\/didache.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Didache, 2:2 - First Century)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\"<strong>Thou shalt not murder<\/strong> a child by abortion\". <a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.earlychristianwritings.com\/text\/barnabas-lightfoot.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Epistle of Barnabas, 19:5 - Ca. 70 \u2013 132 AD)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\"Christians now are so far from homicide, that with them <strong>it is utterly unlawful to make away a child in the womb<\/strong>\u2026for to kill a child before it is born is to commit murder\". <a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tertullian.org\/articles\/reeve_apology.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Apology of Tertullian, 31 Ca. 197 AD)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Christians<\/strong> \"beget children; but they <strong>do not destroy their offspring<\/strong>\". <a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/files.romanroadsstatic.com\/materials\/romans\/early-christianity\/DiognetusV1-0.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Epistle to Diognetus, 5 \u2013 Ca. Second\/Third Century AD)<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_toggle et_pb_toggle_15 hover-btn-border read-more bullets-module et_pb_toggle_item  et_pb_toggle_close\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"et_pb_toggle_title\">Read More<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_toggle_content clearfix\"><p style=\"text-align: left;\">\"For we Christians <strong>look upon him as a man, who is one in embryo<\/strong>; for he is in being, like the fruit in blossom, and in a little time would have been a perfect man, had nature met with no disturbance.\" <a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tertullian.org\/articles\/reeve_apology.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Apology of Tertullian, 32 Ca. 197 AD)<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_1_3 et_pb_column et_pb_column_49  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_image et_pb_image_16 landscape position-top\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap \"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/St-Thomas-Aquinas-poplar-tempera-Demidoff-Altarpiece-e1655905455971.jpg\" alt=\"St. Thomas Aquinas, called the &quot;Angelic&quot; Doctor for his masterful work on theology, and his ability to overcome the arguments of objectors.\" title=\"St. Thomas Aquinas poplar tempera Demidoff altarpiece\" \/><\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_68  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">The Middle Ages<\/h2><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_69  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h5><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cIt is true that in the Middle Ages, when the opinion was generally held that the spiritual soul was not present until after the first few weeks\u2026But i<strong>t was never denied<\/strong> at that time <strong>that procured abortion<\/strong>, even during the first days, <strong>was objectively grave fault<\/strong>.\u201d<\/span><\/h5>\n<h5><a class=\"alternate-link init\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vatican.va\/roman_curia\/congregations\/cfaith\/documents\/rc_con_cfaith_doc_19741118_declaration-abortion_en.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Declaration on Procured Abortion, 7<\/a><\/h5><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div id=\"modernteachingabortion\" class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_section et_pb_section_28 mosaic_width  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_section_regular et_block_section\" >\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_36 et_animated  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_4_4 et_pb_column et_pb_column_50  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_70  et_pb_text_align_center et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h4><span style=\"color: #eb7425;\">Modern Teaching on Abortion<\/span><\/h4><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_71  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h5><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cYou well know how <strong>the Church has always condemned abortion<\/strong>, so that the teachings of our Predecessor of Venerable memory Pius XII (Speech\u00a0of October 29, 1951) and of the Second Vatican Council (Gaudium et Spes, 27 and 51) have done nothing but confirm his <strong>ever unchanged and immutable<\/strong> moral doctrine.\u201d<\/span><\/h5>\n<h5><a class=\"alternate-link init\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vatican.va\/content\/paul-vi\/it\/speeches\/1972\/december\/documents\/hf_p-vi_spe_19721209_giuristi-cattolici.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Pope St. Paul VI<\/a><\/h5><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_section et_pb_section_29 mosaic_width et_animated et_pb_with_background  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_section_regular et_block_section\" >\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_37 mosaic_width et_animated et_pb_equal_columns  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_2_5 et_pb_column et_pb_column_51 ds-vertical-align  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_image et_pb_image_17\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap \"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Pope_Francis_grid-crop.jpg\" alt=\"The Holy trinity is the model; the love between Father, Son, and Holy Spirit\" title=\"Pope_Francis_grid-crop\" \/><\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_3_5 et_pb_column et_pb_column_52 ds-vertical-align  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_72  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h4><span style=\"color: #054368;\">In the Last 100 Years<\/span><\/h4><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_73  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p>It is a \"<strong>very grave crime<\/strong>\u2026<strong>the taking of the life of the offspring<\/strong> hidden in the mother's womb\". <a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vatican.va\/content\/pius-xi\/en\/encyclicals\/documents\/hf_p-xi_enc_19301231_casti-connubii.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Pope Pius XI, 63)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\"Every human being, even the child in the womb, <strong>has the right to life immediately from God<\/strong>, not from parents, nor from any society or human authority.\" <em><a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vatican.va\/content\/pius-xii\/it\/speeches\/1951\/documents\/hf_p-xii_spe_19511029_ostetriche.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Pope Pius XII)<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>\"First consideration must obviously be given to those values which concern man's dignity generally, and the <strong>immense worth<\/strong> of each individual human life.\"<em> <a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/mater-et-magistra\/#192.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" style=\"color: #054368;\">(Pope St. John XXIII, 192)<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>\"[B]y the authority which Christ conferred upon Peter and his Successors, in communion with the Bishops\u2026<strong>I declare that direct abortion\u2026always constitutes a grave moral disorder<\/strong>\".\u00a0<em><a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/evangelium-vitae\/#62\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Pope St. John Paul II, 62)<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>\"[E]veryone must be helped to <strong>become aware of the intrinsic evil<\/strong> of the crime of abortion.\"<em> <span><a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vatican.va\/content\/benedict-xvi\/en\/speeches\/2005\/december\/documents\/hf_ben_xvi_spe_20051203_family-america-latina.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Pope Benedict XVI, 5)<\/a><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p>\"<strong>Let<\/strong> <strong>the<\/strong> <strong>abortion<\/strong> and killing of innocent lives <strong>end<\/strong>.\"<em> <span><a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vatican.va\/content\/francesco\/en\/homilies\/2020\/documents\/papa-francesco_20200411_omelia-vegliapasquale.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Pope Francis)<\/a><\/span><\/em><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_section et_pb_section_30 mosaic_width  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_section_regular et_block_section\" >\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_38 et_animated  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_4_4 et_pb_column et_pb_column_53  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_divider et_pb_divider_6 et_pb_divider_position_center et_pb_space\"><div class=\"et_pb_divider_internal\"><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div id=\"uptothestate\" class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_section et_pb_section_31 mosaic_width et_pb_with_background  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_section_regular et_block_section\" >\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_39 et_animated  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_4_4 et_pb_column et_pb_column_54  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_74  et_pb_text_align_center et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h4><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Isn't It Up to the State to Decide? NO!<\/span><\/h4>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_75  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h5><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">\u201cAbortion and euthanasia are\u2026crimes which <strong>no human law<\/strong> can claim to <strong>legitimize<\/strong>.\u201d<\/span><\/h5>\n<h5><a class=\"alternate-link init\" href=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/evangelium-vitae\/#73\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Evangelium Vitae, 73<\/span><\/a><\/h5><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_section et_pb_section_32 mosaic_width  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_section_regular et_block_section\" >\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_40 et_pb_row_fullwidth et_pb_equal_columns  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_3_5 et_pb_column et_pb_column_55 ds-vertical-align  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_76 bullets-module  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h4><span style=\"color: #054368;\">The State Does Not Have the Power<\/span><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"color: #054368;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u201c<strong>[N]o law<\/strong> whatsoever <strong>can ever make licit an act which is intrinsically illicit<\/strong>, since it is contrary to the Law of God which is written in every human heart, knowable by reason itself\u201d. <a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/evangelium-vitae\/#62\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Evangelium Vitae, 62)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Human life<\/strong> \"<strong>does not belong<\/strong> to society, nor does it belong <strong>to public authority<\/strong> in any form to recognize this right for some and not for others\". <em><a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vatican.va\/roman_curia\/congregations\/cfaith\/documents\/rc_con_cfaith_doc_19741118_declaration-abortion_en.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Declaration on Procured Abortion, 11)<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>\"The <strong>inalienable right to life of every innocent human individual<\/strong> is a constitutive element of a civil society and its legislation\u2026from the moment of conception\".<em> <a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vatican.va\/archive\/ENG0015\/__P7Z.HTM\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(CCC, 2273)<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>\"[W]e must accept that there are certain limits\u2014limits\u2026which no one, whether as a private individual or as a public authority, can lawfully exceed.\" <em><a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/humanae-vitae\/#17\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Humanae Vitae, 17)<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>\"Human law can abstain from punishment, but it<strong> cannot declare to be right what would be opposed to the natural law<\/strong>, for this opposition suffices to give the assurance that a law is not a law at all.\" <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vatican.va\/roman_curia\/congregations\/cfaith\/documents\/rc_con_cfaith_doc_19741118_declaration-abortion_en.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" class=\"alternate-link\">(Declaration on Procured Abortion, 21)<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_toggle et_pb_toggle_16 hover-btn-border read-more bullets-module et_pb_toggle_item  et_pb_toggle_close\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"et_pb_toggle_title\">Read More<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_toggle_content clearfix\"><p>\"Since it must be treated from conception as a person, <strong>the embryo must be defended in its integrity<\/strong>, cared for, and healed, as far as possible, like any other human being.\"\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.vatican.va\/archive\/ENG0015\/__P7Z.HTM\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" class=\"alternate-link\">(CCC, 2274)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\"[C]areful consideration should be given to the danger of this power passing into the hands of <strong>those public authorities who care little<\/strong> for the precepts of the moral law.\" <a href=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/humanae-vitae\/#17\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" class=\"alternate-link\">(Humanae Vitae, 17)<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_2_5 et_pb_column et_pb_column_56 ds-vertical-align  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_image et_pb_image_18\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap \"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/The-United-States-Capitol-building-and-dome-lit-up-behind-caution-tape-at-night.jpg\" alt=\"No law, no government, can claim that the evil of abortion is justified, or make the unlawful lawful.\" title=\"The United States Capitol building and dome, lit up, behind caution tape, at night\" \/><\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_41 et_pb_row_fullwidth et_pb_equal_columns  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_2_5 et_pb_column et_pb_column_57 ds-vertical-align  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_image et_pb_image_19\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap \"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/The-United-States-Capitol-building-and-dome-lit-up-behind-caution-tape-at-night.jpg\" alt=\"No law, no government, can claim that the evil of abortion is justified, or make the unlawful lawful.\" title=\"The United States Capitol building and dome, lit up, behind caution tape, at night\" \/><\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_3_5 et_pb_column et_pb_column_58 ds-vertical-align  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_77 bullets-module  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h4><span style=\"color: #054368;\">The State Does Not Have the Power<\/span><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"color: #054368;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u201c<strong>[N]o law<\/strong> whatsoever <strong>can ever make licit an act which is intrinsically illicit<\/strong>, since it is contrary to the Law of God which is written in every human heart, knowable by reason itself\u201d. <a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/evangelium-vitae\/#62\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Evangelium Vitae, 62)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Human life<\/strong> \"<strong>does not belong<\/strong> to society, nor does it belong <strong>to public authority<\/strong> in any form to recognize this right for some and not for others\". <em><a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vatican.va\/roman_curia\/congregations\/cfaith\/documents\/rc_con_cfaith_doc_19741118_declaration-abortion_en.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Declaration on Procured Abortion, 11)<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>\"The <strong>inalienable right to life of every innocent human individual<\/strong> is a constitutive element of a civil society and its legislation\u2026from the moment of conception\".<em> <a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vatican.va\/archive\/ENG0015\/__P7Z.HTM\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(CCC, 2273)<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>\"[W]e must accept that there are certain limits\u2014limits\u2026which no one, whether as a private individual or as a public authority, can lawfully exceed.\" <em><a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/humanae-vitae\/#17\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Humanae Vitae, 17)<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>\"Human law can abstain from punishment, but it<strong> cannot declare to be right what would be opposed to the natural law<\/strong>, for this opposition suffices to give the assurance that a law is not a law at all.\" <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vatican.va\/roman_curia\/congregations\/cfaith\/documents\/rc_con_cfaith_doc_19741118_declaration-abortion_en.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" class=\"alternate-link\">(Declaration on Procured Abortion, 21)<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_toggle et_pb_toggle_17 hover-btn-border read-more bullets-module et_pb_toggle_item  et_pb_toggle_close\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"et_pb_toggle_title\">Read More<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_toggle_content clearfix\"><p>\"Since it must be treated from conception as a person, <strong>the embryo must be defended in its integrity<\/strong>, cared for, and healed, as far as possible, like any other human being.\"\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.vatican.va\/archive\/ENG0015\/__P7Z.HTM\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" class=\"alternate-link\">(CCC, 2274)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\"[C]areful consideration should be given to the danger of this power passing into the hands of <strong>those public authorities who care little<\/strong> for the precepts of the moral law.\" <a href=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/humanae-vitae\/#17\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" class=\"alternate-link\">(Humanae Vitae, 17)<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_section et_pb_section_33 mosaic_width  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_section_regular et_block_section\" >\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_42 et_animated  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_4_4 et_pb_column et_pb_column_59  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_78  et_pb_text_align_center et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h4><span style=\"color: #eb7425;\">But Does the Church Call for Legal Punishments?<\/span><\/h4><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_79  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h5><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThe <strong>law must provide appropriate penal sanctions<\/strong> for every deliberate violation of the child's rights.\u201d<\/span><\/h5>\n<h5><a class=\"alternate-link init\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vatican.va\/archive\/ENG0015\/__P7Z.HTM\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">CCC, 2273<\/a><\/h5><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_section et_pb_section_34 mosaic_width et_animated et_pb_with_background  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_section_regular et_block_section\" >\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_43 mosaic_width et_animated et_pb_equal_columns  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_2_5 et_pb_column et_pb_column_60 ds-vertical-align  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_image et_pb_image_20\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap \"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Planned-Parenthood-logo-office-and-facility.jpg\" alt=\"Not only must the law defend human life and prohibit abortion, but it must punish those who continue to commit this heinous crime.\" title=\"Planned Parenthood logo, office, and facility\" \/><\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_3_5 et_pb_column et_pb_column_61 ds-vertical-align  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_80  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h4><span style=\"color: #054368;\">Yes<\/span><\/h4><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_81  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p>\u201cThe law cannot tolerate \u2014 indeed <strong>it must expressly forbid<\/strong> \u2014 that human beings, even at the embryonic stage, should be\u2026destroyed\u201d. <a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vatican.va\/roman_curia\/congregations\/cfaith\/documents\/rc_con_cfaith_doc_19870222_respect-for-human-life_en.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Instruction on Respect for Human Life, III, a)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe fact that legislation in many countries\u2026has determined not to punish these practices against life, and even to make them altogether legal, is both <strong>a disturbing symptom and a significant cause of grave moral decline<\/strong>.\u201d <em><a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/evangelium-vitae\/#4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Evangelium Vitae, 4)<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u201c[T]he moment a positive law deprives a category of human beings of the protection which civil legislation must accord them, <strong>the State is denying the equality of all before the law<\/strong>.\u201d <a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vatican.va\/roman_curia\/congregations\/cfaith\/documents\/rc_con_cfaith_doc_19870222_respect-for-human-life_en.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Instruction on Respect for Human Life, III, a)<\/a><em><\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u201c<span>It is not right to 'do away with' a human being, however small,\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"m_986125579678960761GramE\">in order to<\/span><span> solve a problem. It is like hiring a hit man to solve a problem.\u201d<\/span> <a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vatican.va\/content\/francesco\/en\/audiences\/2018\/documents\/papa-francesco_20181010_udienza-generale.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Pope Francis)<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div id=\"catholicpoliticians\" class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_section et_pb_section_35 mosaic_width  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_section_regular et_block_section\" >\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_44 et_pb_row_fullwidth et_pb_equal_columns  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_3_5 et_pb_column et_pb_column_62 ds-vertical-align  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_82 bullets-module  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h4><span style=\"color: #054368;\">What About Catholic Politicians\u2019 \u201cPrivately Against\u2026\u201d?<\/span><\/h4><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_83  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h5><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cHow long will you straddle the issue?\u201d (1 Kings 18:21)<\/span><\/h5><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_84 bullets-module  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p>\"Catholic politicians and legislators, conscious of their grave responsibility before society, <strong>must feel particularly bound<\/strong>\u2026<strong>to introduce and support laws<\/strong> inspired by values grounded in human nature.\" <em><a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vatican.va\/content\/benedict-xvi\/en\/apost_exhortations\/documents\/hf_ben-xvi_exh_20070222_sacramentum-caritatis.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Sacramentum Caritatis, 231)<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>\"A person is credible if there is harmony between what he or she believes and lives. Many Christians only say they believe, but they live something else\u2026And this is hypocrisy.\" <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vatican.va\/content\/francesco\/en\/audiences\/2023\/documents\/20230322-udienza-generale.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" class=\"alternate-link\">(Pope Francis)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\"Politicians and legislators\u2026as servants of the common good, are<strong> duty bound to defend<\/strong> the fundamental <strong>right to life<\/strong>\". <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vatican.va\/content\/benedict-xvi\/en\/speeches\/2005\/december\/documents\/hf_ben_xvi_spe_20051203_family-america-latina.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" class=\"alternate-link\">(Pope Benedict XVI)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\"Politicians must commit themselves, through their interventions upon public opinion, <strong>to securing in society the widest possible consensus<\/strong> on such essential points and to consolidating this consensus wherever it risks being weakened or is in danger of collapse.\" <em><a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vatican.va\/roman_curia\/congregations\/cfaith\/documents\/rc_con_cfaith_doc_19870222_respect-for-human-life_en.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Instruction on Respect for Human Life, III,a)<\/a><\/em><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_toggle et_pb_toggle_18 hover-btn-border read-more bullets-module et_pb_toggle_item  et_pb_toggle_close\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"et_pb_toggle_title\">Read More<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_toggle_content clearfix\"><p>\"Those who hold the reins of government should not forget that it is the duty of public authority by appropriate laws and sanctions to <strong>defend the lives of the innocent<\/strong>\u2026in the first place infants hidden in the mother's womb.\" <em><a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vatican.va\/content\/pius-xi\/en\/encyclicals\/documents\/hf_p-xi_enc_19301231_casti-connubii.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Pope Pius XI, 67)<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>\"It is part of <strong>the duty of the public authority<\/strong> to ensure that the civil law is regulated according to the fundamental norms of the moral law in matters concerning human rights, human life.\" <em><a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vatican.va\/roman_curia\/congregations\/cfaith\/documents\/rc_con_cfaith_doc_19870222_respect-for-human-life_en.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Instruction on Respect for Human Life, III,a)<\/a><\/em><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_2_5 et_pb_column et_pb_column_63 ds-vertical-align  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_image et_pb_image_21\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap \"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/United-States-congressmen-and-women-gathered-in-the-Hall-of-Representatives-to-deliberate.jpg\" alt=\"Politicians, especially Catholic ones, cannot act one way in private and another in public. They are duty bound to uphold the sanctity of life in private and in the laws they propose and support. \" title=\"United States congressmen and women gathered in the Hall of Representatives to deliberate\" \/><\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_45 et_pb_row_fullwidth et_pb_equal_columns  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_2_5 et_pb_column et_pb_column_64 ds-vertical-align  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_image et_pb_image_22\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap \"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/United-States-congressmen-and-women-gathered-in-the-Hall-of-Representatives-to-deliberate.jpg\" alt=\"Politicians, especially Catholic ones, cannot act one way in private and another in public. They are duty bound to uphold the sanctity of life in private and in the laws they propose and support. \" title=\"United States congressmen and women gathered in the Hall of Representatives to deliberate\" \/><\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_3_5 et_pb_column et_pb_column_65 ds-vertical-align  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_85 bullets-module  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h4><span style=\"color: #054368;\">What About Catholic Politicians\u2019 \u201cPrivately Against\u2026\u201d?<\/span><\/h4><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_86  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h5><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cHow long will you straddle the issue?\u201d (1 Kings 18:21)<\/span><\/h5><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_87 bullets-module  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p>\"Catholic politicians and legislators, conscious of their grave responsibility before society, <strong>must feel particularly bound<\/strong>\u2026<strong>to introduce and support laws<\/strong> inspired by values grounded in human nature.\" <em><a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vatican.va\/content\/benedict-xvi\/en\/apost_exhortations\/documents\/hf_ben-xvi_exh_20070222_sacramentum-caritatis.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Sacramentum Caritatis, 231)<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>\"A person is credible if there is harmony between what he or she believes and lives. Many Christians only say they believe, but they live something else\u2026And this is hypocrisy.\" <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vatican.va\/content\/francesco\/en\/audiences\/2023\/documents\/20230322-udienza-generale.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" class=\"alternate-link\">(Pope Francis)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\"Politicians and legislators\u2026as servants of the common good, are<strong> duty bound to defend<\/strong> the fundamental <strong>right to life<\/strong>\". <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vatican.va\/content\/benedict-xvi\/en\/speeches\/2005\/december\/documents\/hf_ben_xvi_spe_20051203_family-america-latina.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" class=\"alternate-link\">(Pope Benedict XVI)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\"Politicians must commit themselves, through their interventions upon public opinion, <strong>to securing in society the widest possible consensus<\/strong> on such essential points and to consolidating this consensus wherever it risks being weakened or is in danger of collapse.\" <em><a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vatican.va\/roman_curia\/congregations\/cfaith\/documents\/rc_con_cfaith_doc_19870222_respect-for-human-life_en.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Instruction on Respect for Human Life, III,a)<\/a><\/em><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_toggle et_pb_toggle_19 hover-btn-border read-more bullets-module et_pb_toggle_item  et_pb_toggle_close\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"et_pb_toggle_title\">Read More<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_toggle_content clearfix\"><p>\"Those who hold the reins of government should not forget that it is the duty of public authority by appropriate laws and sanctions to <strong>defend the lives of the innocent<\/strong>\u2026in the first place infants hidden in the mother's womb.\" <em><a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vatican.va\/content\/pius-xi\/en\/encyclicals\/documents\/hf_p-xi_enc_19301231_casti-connubii.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Pope Pius XI, 67)<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>\"It is part of <strong>the duty of the public authority<\/strong> to ensure that the civil law is regulated according to the fundamental norms of the moral law in matters concerning human rights, human life.\" <em><a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vatican.va\/roman_curia\/congregations\/cfaith\/documents\/rc_con_cfaith_doc_19870222_respect-for-human-life_en.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Instruction on Respect for Human Life, III,a)<\/a><\/em><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div id=\"religiousjudgment\" class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_section et_pb_section_36 mosaic_width  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_section_regular et_block_section\" >\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_46 et_animated  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_4_4 et_pb_column et_pb_column_66  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_88  et_pb_text_align_center et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h4><span style=\"color: #eb7425;\">Doesn't Prohibiting Abortion Impose a Religious Judgment on a Political Question?<\/span><\/h4><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_89  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h5><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThe life of each is equally sacred, and <strong>no one has the power<\/strong>, not even the public authority, <strong>to destroy it<\/strong>.\u201d<\/span><\/h5>\n<h5><a class=\"alternate-link init\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vatican.va\/content\/pius-xi\/en\/encyclicals\/documents\/hf_p-xi_enc_19301231_casti-connubii.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Pope Pius XI, 64<\/a><\/h5><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_section et_pb_section_37 mosaic_width et_animated et_pb_with_background  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_section_regular et_block_section\" >\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_47 et_pb_row_fullwidth et_pb_gutters2  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_1_2 et_pb_column et_pb_column_67  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_image et_pb_image_23 landscape\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap \"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/A-low-angle-photo-of-the-Supreme-Court-building-in-Washington-D.C.jpg\" alt=\"The law must prioritize, promote, and defend human life. Human law doesn&#039;t decide the value of human life. Abortion cannot be supported under the law.\" title=\"A low angle photo of the Supreme Court building in Washington D.C\" \/><\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_90  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">The Law<\/h2><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_91  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p>\"The <strong>inalienable rights<\/strong> of the person <strong>must be recognized and respected<\/strong> by civil society and the political authority.\"\u00a0<em><a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vatican.va\/archive\/ENG0015\/__P7Z.HTM\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(CCC, 2273)<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>\"The human being must be respected - as a person - <strong>from the very first instant of his existence<\/strong>.\"\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.vatican.va\/roman_curia\/congregations\/cfaith\/documents\/rc_con_cfaith_doc_19870222_respect-for-human-life_en.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" class=\"alternate-link\"><em>(Instruction on Respect for Human Life In Its Origin, I,1)<\/em>\u200b<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\"These <strong>human rights [do not] depend on<\/strong> nor do they represent a concession made by society and the state; they belong to human nature and are inherent in the person.\"\u00a0<em><a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vatican.va\/archive\/ENG0015\/__P7Z.HTM\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(CCC, 2273)<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>\"The law is not obliged to sanction everything, but i<strong>t cannot act contrary to a law which is deeper<\/strong> and more majestic than any human law\". <em><a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vatican.va\/roman_curia\/congregations\/cfaith\/documents\/rc_con_cfaith_doc_19741118_declaration-abortion_en.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Declaration on Procured Abortion, 21)<\/a><\/em><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_toggle et_pb_toggle_20 hover-btn-border read-more bullets-module et_pb_toggle_item  et_pb_toggle_close\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"et_pb_toggle_title\">Read More<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_toggle_content clearfix\"><p>\"The <strong>intervention<\/strong> of the public authority must be <strong>inspired by the rational principles<\/strong> which regulate the relationships between civil law and moral law. The <strong>task of the civil law<\/strong> is to ensure the common good of people through the recognition of and the defense of fundamental rights and through the <strong>promotion of peace and of public morality<\/strong>.\" <a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vatican.va\/roman_curia\/congregations\/cfaith\/documents\/rc_con_cfaith_doc_19870222_respect-for-human-life_en.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Instruction on Respect for Human Life, III)<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_1_2 et_pb_column et_pb_column_68  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_image et_pb_image_24 landscape\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1152\" src=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/House-Speaker-Nancy-Pelosi-D-Calif.-speaks-during-a-news-conference-on-Capitol-Hill-about-the-womens-health-protection-act.jpg\" alt=\"Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi, the President, all lawmakers and enforcers cannot support grave offenses against life, like abortion.\" title=\"House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill about the women&#039;s health protection act\" srcset=\"https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/House-Speaker-Nancy-Pelosi-D-Calif.-speaks-during-a-news-conference-on-Capitol-Hill-about-the-womens-health-protection-act.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/House-Speaker-Nancy-Pelosi-D-Calif.-speaks-during-a-news-conference-on-Capitol-Hill-about-the-womens-health-protection-act-1280x720.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/House-Speaker-Nancy-Pelosi-D-Calif.-speaks-during-a-news-conference-on-Capitol-Hill-about-the-womens-health-protection-act-980x551.jpg 980w, https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/House-Speaker-Nancy-Pelosi-D-Calif.-speaks-during-a-news-conference-on-Capitol-Hill-about-the-womens-health-protection-act-480x270.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) and (max-width: 1280px) 1280px, (min-width: 1281px) 2048px, 100vw\" class=\"wp-image-57846\" \/><\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_92  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">The Legislator<\/h2><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_93  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p>It is \"<strong>never licit\u2026take part in a propaganda campaign in favor of such a law<\/strong> or vote for it\".\u00a0<em><a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/evangelium-vitae\/#73\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Evangelium Vitae, 73)<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>\"I appeal to political leaders <strong>not to allow children to be considered as a form of illness<\/strong>, nor to abolish in practice your legal system\u2019s acknowledgment that abortion is wrong. I say this out of a concern for humanity.\"\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.vatican.va\/content\/benedict-xvi\/en\/speeches\/2007\/september\/documents\/hf_ben-xvi_spe_20070907_hofburg-wien.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" class=\"alternate-link\"><em>(Pope Benedict XVI)<\/em>\u200b<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\"<strong>[N]o one can ever renounce this responsibility<\/strong>, especially when he or she has a legislative or decision-making mandate\".\u00a0<em><a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/evangelium-vitae\/#90\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Evangelium Vitae, 90)<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>\"<span>[T]hose who are not in the community cannot take Communion\u2026they are out of the community, excommunicated, they are 'excommunicated'\". <\/span><a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.catholicnewsagency.com\/news\/248994\/full-text-pope-francis-in-flight-press-conference-from-slovakia\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Pope Francis)<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_toggle et_pb_toggle_21 hover-btn-border read-more bullets-module et_pb_toggle_item  et_pb_toggle_close\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"et_pb_toggle_title\">Read More<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_toggle_content clearfix\"><p>\"And if the public magistrates not only do not defend them, but by their laws and ordinances betray them to death at the hands of doctors or of others, <strong>let them remember that God is the Judge and Avenger of innocent blood<\/strong> which cried from earth to Heaven.\" <a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vatican.va\/content\/pius-xi\/en\/encyclicals\/documents\/hf_p-xi_enc_19301231_casti-connubii.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Pope Pius XI, 67)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\"It is\u2026<strong>inadmissible that doctors or nurses should find themselves obliged<\/strong> to cooperate closely in abortions and have to choose between the law of God and their professional situation.\" <a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vatican.va\/roman_curia\/congregations\/cfaith\/documents\/rc_con_cfaith_doc_19741118_declaration-abortion_en.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Declaration on Procured Abortion, 22)<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_section et_pb_section_38 mosaic_width  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_section_regular et_block_section\" >\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_48 et_animated  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_4_4 et_pb_column et_pb_column_69  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_divider et_pb_divider_7 et_pb_divider_position_center et_pb_space\"><div class=\"et_pb_divider_internal\"><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div id=\"abortionconsequences\" class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_section et_pb_section_39 mosaic_width et_pb_with_background  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_section_regular et_block_section\" >\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_49 et_animated  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_4_4 et_pb_column et_pb_column_70  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_94  et_pb_text_align_center et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h4><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">The Consequences of an Abortion Culture<\/span><\/h4><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_50 et_animated  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_1_2 et_pb_column et_pb_column_71  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_95  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h5 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #ffffff;\">\u201c<strong>[T]he moral order has no existence except in God<\/strong>; cut off from God it must necessarily disintegrate.\u201d<\/span><\/h5>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em><a class=\"alternate-link init\" href=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/mater-et-magistra\/#208\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Mater et Magistra, 208<\/span><\/a><\/em><\/span><\/h5><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_1_2 et_pb_column et_pb_column_72  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_96  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h5 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201c<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To claim the right to abortion, infanticide and euthanasia, and to recognize that right in law\u2026<strong>This is a death of true freedom<\/strong>\u201d.<\/span><\/span><\/h5>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em><a class=\"alternate-link init\" href=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/evangelium-vitae\/#20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Evangelium Vitae, 20<\/span><\/a><\/em><\/span><\/h5><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div id=\"profound-crisis\" class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_section et_pb_section_40 mosaic_width et_animated et_pb_with_background  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_section_regular et_block_section\" >\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_51 et_pb_row_fullwidth et_pb_gutters2  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_1_3 et_pb_column et_pb_column_73  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_image et_pb_image_25\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap \"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Pro-choice-protesters-rally-and-march-to-urge-government-to-maintain-and-expand-abortion-access.jpg\" alt=\"A society that sanctions an intrinsic evil like abortion is a broken society.\" title=\"Pro-choice protesters rally and march to urge government to maintain and expand abortion access\" \/><\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_97  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">Society<\/h2><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_98  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h5><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cOnce <strong>the human being declares independence from reality<\/strong> and behaves with absolute dominion, the very foundations of our life begin to crumble\u201d.<\/span><\/h5>\n<h5><a class=\"alternate-link init\" href=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/laudato-si\/#117\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Laudato Si', 117<\/a><\/h5><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_99  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p>\"<span>There is <strong>no future for a society <\/strong>that is incapable of duly appreciating the wealth represented by a newborn child and of valuing a woman's vocation to motherhood.<\/span>\" <a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vatican.va\/content\/john-paul-ii\/en\/speeches\/1998\/may\/documents\/hf_jp-ii_spe_19980522_movimento-vida.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">(Pope St. John Paul II)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\"These attacks\u2026represent <strong>a direct threat<\/strong> <strong>to<\/strong> the entire culture of <strong>human rights<\/strong>.\" <a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/humanae-vitae\/#18\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">(Humanae Vitae, 18)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\"When a <strong>society moves towards the denial or suppression of life<\/strong>, it ends up no longer finding the necessary motivation and energy to strive for man's true good.\" <a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/caritas-in-veritate\/#28\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">(Caritas in Veritate, 28)<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_toggle et_pb_toggle_22 hover-btn-border read-more bullets-module et_pb_toggle_item  et_pb_toggle_close\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"et_pb_toggle_title\">Read More<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_toggle_content clearfix\"><p style=\"text-align: left;\">\"When freedom, out of a desire to emancipate itself from all forms of tradition and authority, <strong>shuts out even the most obvious evidence of an objective and universal truth<\/strong>\u2026a serious distortion of life in society\" results. <a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/evangelium-vitae\/#19\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">(Evangelium Vitae, 19 - 20)<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">When \"any reference to common values and to a truth absolutely binding on everyone is lost\u2026At that point, everything is negotiable, everything is <strong>open to bargaining: even the first of the fundamental rights<\/strong>, the right to life.\" <a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/evangelium-vitae\/#20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">(Evangelium Vitae, 20)<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_1_3 et_pb_column et_pb_column_74  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_image et_pb_image_26\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap \"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/US-capitol-police-stand-guard-outside-the-Supreme-Court.-Attributed-to-Lorie-Shaull.-Not-an-endorsement.jpg\" alt=\"The state cannot dispose of human life. Further it cannot divorce its power from God and make legal that which is unlawful under deeper laws, such as abortion.\" title=\"US capitol police stand guard outside the Supreme Court. Attributed to Lorie Shaull. Not an endorsement\" \/><\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_100  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">Government\/State<\/h2><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_101  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h5><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThose who violate His laws not only offend the divine majesty and degrade themselves and humanity, they also <strong>sap the vitality of the political community<\/strong>\u201d.<\/span><\/h5>\n<h5><a class=\"alternate-link init\" href=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/mater-et-magistra\/#194\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mater et Magistra, 194<\/a><\/h5><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_102  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p>\"When the state does not place its power at the service of\u2026in particular of the more vulnerable, <strong>the very foundations of a state based on law are undermined<\/strong>\". <a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vatican.va\/archive\/ENG0015\/__P7Z.HTM\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(CCC, 2273)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\"When this happens... the disintegration of the State itself has already begun.\" <a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/evangelium-vitae\/#20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Evangelium Vitae, 20)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\"It is a threat capable, in the end, of <strong>jeopardizing the very meaning of democratic coexistence<\/strong>\". <a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/humanae-vitae\/#18\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">(Humanae Vitae, 18)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>When \"the original and inalienable right to life is questioned or denied\u2026democracy, contradicting its own principles, effectively <strong>moves<\/strong> <strong>towards<\/strong> a form of <strong>totalitarianism<\/strong>.\" <a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/evangelium-vitae\/#20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Evangelium Vitae, 20)<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_toggle et_pb_toggle_23 hover-btn-border read-more bullets-module et_pb_toggle_item  et_pb_toggle_close\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"et_pb_toggle_title\">Read More<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_toggle_content clearfix\"><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When the state \"arrogates to itself <strong>the right to dispose of the life of the weakest<\/strong> and most defenseless members\u2026<strong>the democratic ideal\u2026is betrayed<\/strong> in its very foundations.\" <\/span><a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/evangelium-vitae\/#20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Evangelium Vitae, 20)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\"The most perniciously typical aspect of the modern era consists in the <strong>absurd attempt<\/strong> to reconstruct a solid and fruitful temporal order <strong>divorced from God<\/strong>, who is, in fact, the only foundation on which it can endure.\" <a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/mater-et-magistra\/#217\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Mater et Magistra, 217)<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_1_3 et_pb_column et_pb_column_75  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_image et_pb_image_27\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap \"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/A-young-woman-stands-with-a-globe-in-her-hand-like-a-basketball-symbolizing-her-control-and-comfort.jpg\" alt=\"Separated from God, we try to control all reality and end up perverting it. \" title=\"A young woman stands with a globe in her hand like a basketball symbolizing her control and comfort\" \/><\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_103  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">Individual\/Humanity<\/h2><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_104  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h5><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201c[W]hen <strong>the sense of God is lost<\/strong>, the sense of man is also threatened and poisoned\u201d.<\/span><\/h5>\n<h5><a class=\"alternate-link init\" href=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/evangelium-vitae\/#22\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Evangelium Vitae, 22<\/a><\/h5><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_105  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p>\"[I]n his striving to master and transform the world around him he is in danger of <strong>forgetting and of destroying himself<\/strong>.\" <a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/mater-et-magistra\/#242\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Mater et Magistra, 242)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\"[T]he <strong>systematic violation of the moral law<\/strong>, especially in the serious matter of respect for human life and its dignity, produces a kind of progressive darkening of the capacity to discern God's living and saving presence\". <a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/evangelium-vitae\/#21\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Evangelium Vitae, 21)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\"<strong>Separated from God a man is but a monster<\/strong>, in himself and toward others; for the right ordering of human society presupposes the right ordering of man's conscience with God\". <a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/mater-et-magistra\/#215\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Mater et Magistra, 215)<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_section et_pb_section_41 mosaic_width  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_section_regular et_block_section\" >\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_52 et_animated  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_4_4 et_pb_column et_pb_column_76  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_divider et_pb_divider_8 et_pb_divider_position_center et_pb_space\"><div class=\"et_pb_divider_internal\"><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div id=\"whywearehere\" class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_section et_pb_section_42 mosaic_width et_pb_with_background  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_section_regular et_block_section\" >\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_53 et_animated  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_4_4 et_pb_column et_pb_column_77  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_106  et_pb_text_align_center et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h4><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Why Are We in this State of Affairs?<\/span><\/h4>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_107  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h5><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cMany different factors have to be taken into account.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/h5>\n<h5><a class=\"alternate-link init\" href=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/evangelium-vitae\/#11\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Evangelium Vitae, 11<\/span><\/a><\/h5><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_section et_pb_section_43 mosaic_width et_animated et_pb_with_background  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_section_regular et_block_section\" >\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_54 et_pb_row_fullwidth et_pb_gutters2  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_1_3 et_pb_column et_pb_column_78  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_image et_pb_image_28 landscape\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap \"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/man-blindfolded-1278620-1.jpg\" alt=\"Much of modernity is self-imposed blindness. Its effect on social issues, like abortion, is deep, as it removes God and His works from the equation.\" title=\"man-blindfold-darkness-woods-trees-lost-secular-unbelief-blind-alone\" \/><\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_108  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">Modernity's Loss of the Sense of God<\/h2><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_109  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h5><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThe <strong>most fundamental modern error<\/strong> is that of imagining that man's natural sense of <strong>religion is nothing more than the outcome of feeling or fantasy<\/strong>\u201d.<\/span><\/h5>\n<h5><a class=\"alternate-link init\" href=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/mater-et-magistra\/#214\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mater et Magistra, 214<\/a><\/h5><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_110  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p>\"[T]he heart of the tragedy being experienced by modern man [is] the <strong>eclipse of the sense of God and of man<\/strong>\". <a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/evangelium-vitae\/#21\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Evangelium Vitae, 21)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\"<strong>[I]deologies do not take account of the whole man<\/strong>, nor even of his most important part\u2026they fail to take account of that deep-rooted sense of religion which exists in all men everywhere, and which nothing, neither violence nor cunning, can eradicate.\" <a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/mater-et-magistra\/#213\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Mater et Magistra, 213)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\"There is, alas, a <strong>spirit of hedonism<\/strong> abroad today which beguiles men into thinking that life is nothing more than the quest for pleasure and the satisfaction of human passions. <strong>This attitude is disastrous<\/strong>. Its evil effects on soul and body are undeniable.\" <a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/mater-et-magistra\/#235\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Mater et Magistra, 235)<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_toggle et_pb_toggle_24 hover-btn-border read-more bullets-module et_pb_toggle_item  et_pb_toggle_close\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"et_pb_toggle_title\">Read More<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_toggle_content clearfix\"><p>The \"very need for religion reveals a man for what he is: <strong>a being created by God<\/strong> and tending always toward God.\" <a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/mater-et-magistra\/#214\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Mater et Magistra, 214)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\"<strong>[C]ontraception and abortion are often closely connected<\/strong>\u2026such practices are <strong>rooted in a hedonistic mentality<\/strong> unwilling to accept responsibility in matters of sexuality, and they imply a self-centered concept of freedom\u2026The life which could result from a sexual encounter thus becomes an enemy to be avoided at all costs, and abortion becomes the only possible decisive response to failed contraception.\" <a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/evangelium-vitae\/#13\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">(Evangelium Vitae, 13)<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_1_3 et_pb_column et_pb_column_79  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_image et_pb_image_29 landscape\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap \"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Protestors-raise-their-fists-together-as-a-symbol..jpg\" alt=\"Secularism negates its own demands for freedom, life, and prosperity. Without Truth and God, none of these can be had.\" title=\"Protestors raise their fists together as a symbol.\" \/><\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_111  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">Radical Secularism<\/h2><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_112  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h5><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201c[T]here is the profound crisis of culture, which <strong>generates skepticism<\/strong> <strong>in<\/strong> relation to <strong>the<\/strong> <strong>very foundations<\/strong> of knowledge and ethics\u201d.<\/span><\/h5>\n<h5><a class=\"alternate-link init\" href=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/evangelium-vitae\/#11\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Evangelium Vitae, 11<\/a><\/h5><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_113  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p>\"There are some indeed who go so far as to <strong>deny the existence of a moral order<\/strong> which is transcendent, absolute, universal and equally binding upon all.\" <a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/mater-et-magistra\/#205\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Mater et Magistra, 205)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\"There is an even more profound aspect which needs to be emphasized: <strong>freedom negates and destroys itself<\/strong> and becomes a factor leading to the destruction of others, when it no longer recognizes and respects its essential link with the truth.\" <a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/evangelium-vitae\/#19\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Evangelium Vitae, 19)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\"At the root of these negative phenomena there frequently lies a <strong>corruption of<\/strong> <strong>the idea and the experience of<\/strong> <strong>freedom<\/strong>, conceived\u2026as an autonomous power of self-affirmation, often against others, for one's own selfish well-being.\" <a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/familiaris-consortio\/#6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Familiaris Consortio, 6)<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_toggle et_pb_toggle_25 hover-btn-border read-more bullets-module et_pb_toggle_item  et_pb_toggle_close\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"et_pb_toggle_title\">Read More<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_toggle_content clearfix\"><p>\"Such a situation makes it increasingly <strong>difficult to grasp clearly the meaning<\/strong> of what <strong>man<\/strong> is, the meaning of his rights and his duties.\" <a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/evangelium-vitae\/#11\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">(Evangelium Vitae, 11)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\"<strong>[M]ass media<\/strong> <strong>are often implicated<\/strong>\u2026by lending credit to that culture which presents recourse to... abortion\u2026as a mark of progress and a victory of freedom, while depicting as enemies of freedom and progress those positions which are unreservedly pro-life.\" <a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/evangelium-vitae\/#17\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">(Evangelium Vitae, 17)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\"[A]n overall assessment of a cultural and moral nature, beginning with the mentality which <strong>carries the concept of subjectivity to an extreme<\/strong> and even distorts it\". <a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/evangelium-vitae\/#19\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">(Evangelium Vitae, 19)<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_1_3 et_pb_column et_pb_column_80  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_image et_pb_image_30 landscape\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap \"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/A-protester-holds-up-a-sign-during-a-march-and-protest-over-the-abortion-issue-and-other-social-issues.jpg\" alt=\"Those in favor of abortion oftentimes face other evils in their lives and bring their painful experiences to the issue.\" title=\"A protester holds up a sign during a march and protest over the abortion issue, and other social issues\" \/><\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_114  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">Structures of Sin<\/h2><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_115  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h5><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201c[T]here are all kinds of existential and interpersonal difficulties, made worse by the complexity of a society in which <strong>individuals, couples and families are often left alone<\/strong> with their problems.\u201d<\/span><\/h5>\n<h5><a class=\"alternate-link init\" href=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/evangelium-vitae\/#11\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Evangelium Vitae, 11<\/a><\/h5><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_116  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p>\"There are situations of acute poverty, anxiety or frustration in which the struggle to make ends meet, the presence of unbearable pain, or instances of violence\u2026make <strong>the choice to defend and promote life<\/strong> so demanding as sometimes to reach the point of heroism.\" <a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/evangelium-vitae\/#11\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Evangelium Vitae, 11)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\"[A] notion of freedom which <strong>exalts the isolated individual in an absolute way<\/strong>, and gives no place to solidarity, to openness to others and service of them.\" <a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/evangelium-vitae\/#19\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Evangelium Vitae, 19)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\"[W]e are confronted by an even larger reality, which can be described as a veritable structure of sin\u2026characterized by the emergence of a culture which denies solidarity and in many cases takes the form of <strong>a veritable 'culture of death'<\/strong>\". <a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/evangelium-vitae\/#12\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Evangelium Vitae, 12)<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_section et_pb_section_44 mosaic_width et_pb_with_background  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_section_regular et_block_section\" >\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_55  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_4_4 et_pb_column et_pb_column_81  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_divider et_pb_divider_9 et_pb_divider_position_center et_pb_space\"><div class=\"et_pb_divider_internal\"><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div id=\"whatcanido\" class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_section et_pb_section_45 mosaic_width et_pb_with_background  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_section_regular et_block_section\" >\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_56 et_animated  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_4_4 et_pb_column et_pb_column_82  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_117  et_pb_text_align_center et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h4><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">What Can I Do?<\/span><\/h4><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_118  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h5><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #ffffff;\">\u201cAnyone who is Christian has a duty to bear witness to the Gospel: to <strong>protect life courageously<\/strong> and lovingly in all its phases.\u201d<\/span><\/h5>\n<h5><a class=\"alternate-link init\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vatican.va\/content\/francesco\/en\/speeches\/2014\/april\/documents\/papa-francesco_20140411_movim-per-la-vita.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Pope Francis<\/a><\/h5><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_section et_pb_section_46 mosaic_width et_animated et_pb_with_background  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_section_regular et_block_section\" >\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_57 et_pb_row_fullwidth et_pb_gutters2  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_1_2 et_pb_column et_pb_column_83  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_image et_pb_image_31\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap \"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/A-young-couple-sits-together-on-a-bench-and-hold-hands-while-talking.jpg\" alt=\"The responsibility is on all of us, especially men, not just women. Abortion is defeated by unconditional love, strong marriages, family life, and relying on God.\" title=\"A young couple sits together on a bench and hold hands while talking\" \/><\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_119  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">What MUST I Do?<\/h2><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_120  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h5><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cLife must be <strong>protected<\/strong> <strong>with the utmost care<\/strong> from the moment of conception\u201d.<\/span><\/h5>\n<h5><a class=\"alternate-link init\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vatican.va\/archive\/hist_councils\/ii_vatican_council\/documents\/vat-ii_const_19651207_gaudium-et-spes_en.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Gaudium et Spes, 51<\/a><\/h5><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_121  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p>\u201cI ask for a firm commitment to respect for the dignity of human life from conception to natural death, so that each person may cherish his or her own life and all may look with hope to the future\u201d. <em><a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vatican.va\/content\/francesco\/en\/messages\/peace\/documents\/20241208-messaggio-58giornatamondiale-pace2025.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Pope Francis, 11)<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>\"It becomes necessary, therefore, on the part of all, to <strong>recover an awareness of the primacy of moral values<\/strong>, which are the values of the human person as such.\" <a href=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/familiaris-consortio\/#8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" class=\"alternate-link\">(Familiaris Consortio, 8)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\"[T]hey must also <strong>bring their professional activity into conformity with the Church's social teaching<\/strong>. Their attitude must be one of loyal trust and filial obedience to ecclesiastical authority.\" <em><a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/mater-et-magistra\/#241\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Mater et Magistra, 241)<\/a><\/em><em><\/em><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_toggle et_pb_toggle_26 hover-btn-border read-more bullets-module et_pb_toggle_item  et_pb_toggle_close\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"et_pb_toggle_title\">Read More<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_toggle_content clearfix\"><p>\"We earnestly beg Our sons, immersed though they be in the business of this world, <strong>not to allow their consciences to sleep<\/strong>; not to lose sight of the true hierarchy of values.\" <em><a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/mater-et-magistra\/#245\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Mater et Magistra, 245)<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>\"<span>Every sacrifice and every hardship will be compensated by <strong>the smile of the many children<\/strong> <strong>who<\/strong>, <strong>thanks to you, can enjoy the priceless gift of life<\/strong>. I warmly encourage you to make every effort so that everyone's right to life will be recognized and an authentic democracy, inspired by the values of the civilization of love, will be built.<\/span>\" <a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vatican.va\/content\/john-paul-ii\/en\/speeches\/1998\/may\/documents\/hf_jp-ii_spe_19980522_movimento-vida.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">(Pope St. John Paul II)<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_1_2 et_pb_column et_pb_column_84  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_image et_pb_image_32\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap \"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/A-young-woman-sits-in-deep-thought-at-the-end-of-the-day.jpg\" alt=\"Abortion is not the only option. We are obliged to support each other in our needs, follow Truth, and protect life, never destroy it.\" title=\"A young woman sits in deep thought at the end of the day\" \/><\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_122  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">What NOT to Do?<\/h2><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_123  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h5 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201c<\/span><strong>Do nothing to compromise religion and morality.<\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201d<\/span><\/h5>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/mater-et-magistra\/#239\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" class=\"alternate-link init\">Mater et Magistra, 239\u200b<\/a><\/h5>\n<p>Regarding<strong> abortion laws, \"There is no obligation in conscience to obey<\/strong> such laws; instead, there is a grave and clear obligation to oppose them by conscientious objection.\" <em><a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/evangelium-vitae\/#73\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Evangelium Vitae, 73)<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>\"To <strong>refuse to take part in committing an injustice<\/strong> is not only a moral duty; it is also a basic human right.\" <em><a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/evangelium-vitae\/#73\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Evangelium Vitae, 73)<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>\"Christians, like all people of good will, are called upon under grave obligation of conscience not to cooperate formally in practices which, even if permitted by civil legislation, are contrary to God's law. Indeed, from the moral standpoint, it is never licit to cooperate formally in evil.\"<em> <a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/evangelium-vitae\/#73\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Evangelium Vitae, 73)<\/a><\/em><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_section et_pb_section_47 mosaic_width et_animated et_pb_with_background  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_section_regular et_block_section\" >\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_58 et_pb_row_fullwidth et_pb_gutters2  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_1_3 et_pb_column et_pb_column_85  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_image et_pb_image_33\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap \"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/A-father-holds-his-new-baby-in-his-arms-for-the-first-time-in-the-hospital-after-the-delivery.jpg\" alt=\"We need to make our love for life real. Abortion will end when men choose life. When men take responsibility. Men must be there for women and children.\" title=\"A father holds his new baby in his arms for the first time in the hospital after the delivery\" \/><\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_124  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">It's Practical<\/h2><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_125  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h5><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThe challenge is to <strong>make the Church\u2019s 'yes' to Life concrete<\/strong> and effective. The struggle will be long, and it needs each one of you.\u201d<\/span><\/h5>\n<h5><a class=\"alternate-link init\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vatican.va\/content\/john-paul-ii\/en\/homilies\/1993\/documents\/hf_jp-ii_hom_19930815_gmg-denver.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Pope St. John Paul II<\/a><\/h5><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_126  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p>\"Place your intelligence, your talents, your enthusiasm, your compassion and your fortitude <strong>at the service of life<\/strong>!\" <a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vatican.va\/content\/john-paul-ii\/en\/homilies\/1993\/documents\/hf_jp-ii_hom_19930815_gmg-denver.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Pope St. John Paul II)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\"It is not enough merely to formulate a social doctrine. It <strong>must be translated into reality<\/strong>.\" <a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/mater-et-magistra\/#226\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Mater et Magistra, 226)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\"[T]he Christian conception of life demands of all\u2026<strong>a spirit of moderation and sacrifice<\/strong>.\" <a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/mater-et-magistra\/#234\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Mater et Magistra, 234)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\"[T]he laity can do much to help this diffusion of Catholic social doctrine by studying it themselves and putting it into practice, and by zealously striving to make others understand it.\" <a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/mater-et-magistra\/#224\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Mater et Magistra, 224)<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_toggle et_pb_toggle_27 hover-btn-border read-more bullets-module et_pb_toggle_item  et_pb_toggle_close\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"et_pb_toggle_title\">Read More<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_toggle_content clearfix\"><p>\"[W]e must exhort all those who are able to do so to <strong>lighten the burdens<\/strong> still crushing so many men and women, families and children, who are placed in situations to which, in human terms, there is no solution.\" <a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vatican.va\/roman_curia\/congregations\/cfaith\/documents\/rc_con_cfaith_doc_19741118_declaration-abortion_en.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">(Declaration on Procured Abortion, 24)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The laity \"should be convinced that the best way of demonstrating the truth and efficacy of this teaching is to show that i<strong>t can provide the solution to present-day difficulties<\/strong>. They will thus win those people who are opposed to it through ignorance of it. Who knows, but a ray of its light may one day enter their minds.\" <a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/mater-et-magistra\/#225\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Mater et Magistra, 225)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\"They must remember, too, that if in the transaction of their temporal affairs they take no account of those social principles which the Church teaches, and which We now confirm, then <strong>they fail in their obligations<\/strong> and <strong>may easily violate the rights of others<\/strong>. They may even go so far as to bring discredit on the Church's teaching, lending substance to the opinion that, in spite of its intrinsic value, it is in fact powerless to direct men's lives.\" <a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/mater-et-magistra\/#241\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Mater et Magistra, 241)<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_1_3 et_pb_column et_pb_column_86  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_image et_pb_image_34\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap \"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/A-young-woman-prays-the-rosary.jpg\" alt=\"Abortion must be combatted through prayer. Charity, joy, and a Christian attitude to the suffering and lonely must guide us.\" title=\"A young woman prays the rosary\" \/><\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_127  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">It's Spiritual<\/h2><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_128  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h5><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cRealize then the <strong>supreme importance<\/strong> of spiritual and moral values\u201d.<\/span><\/h5>\n<h5><a class=\"alternate-link init\" href=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/mater-et-magistra\/#210\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mater et Magistra, 210<\/a><\/h5><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_129  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p>\"A Christian's outlook <strong>cannot be limited to the horizon of life in this world<\/strong>. He knows that during the present life another one is being prepared, one of such importance that it is in its light that judgments must be made.\" <a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vatican.va\/roman_curia\/congregations\/cfaith\/documents\/rc_con_cfaith_doc_19741118_declaration-abortion_en.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Declaration on Procured Abortion, 25)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\"Catholics\u2026should show themselves <strong>animated by a spirit of understanding and unselfishness<\/strong>, ready to cooperate loyally\". <a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/mater-et-magistra\/#239\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Mater et Magistra, 239)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\"The great task is\u2026<strong>recapturing the ultimate meaning of life<\/strong> and its fundamental values. Only an awareness of the primacy of these values enables man\u2026to bring about the true advancement of the human person in his or her whole truth, in his or her freedom and dignity.\" <a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/familiaris-consortio\/#8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Familiaris Consortio, 8)<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_toggle et_pb_toggle_28 hover-btn-border read-more bullets-module et_pb_toggle_item  et_pb_toggle_close\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"et_pb_toggle_title\">Read More<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_toggle_content clearfix\"><p>Man demands \"<strong>a moral and religious order<\/strong>; and it is this order\u2026which has the greatest validity in the solution of problems relating to his life as an individual and as a member of society\". <a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/mater-et-magistra\/#208\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">(Mater et Magistra, 208)<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_1_3 et_pb_column et_pb_column_87  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_image et_pb_image_35\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap \"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/A-young-student-holds-up-a-pro-life-sign-during-a-march-in-Washington-D.C..jpg\" alt=\"Two parents smile for photos with their son who has down-syndrome\" title=\"A young student holds up a pro-life sign during a march in Washington D.C.\" \/><\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_130  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">It's Political<\/h2><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_131  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h5><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cEven in the most difficult circumstances <strong>human freedom<\/strong> is <strong>capable of extraordinary acts of sacrifice and solidarity<\/strong> to welcome the life of a new human being.\u201d<\/span><\/h5>\n<h5><a class=\"alternate-link init\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vatican.va\/content\/benedict-xvi\/it\/speeches\/2008\/april\/documents\/hf_ben-xvi_spe_20080405_istituto-gpii.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Pope Benedict XVI<\/a><\/h5><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_132  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p>\"It is above all necessary to <strong>combat its [abortions] causes<\/strong>. This includes political action\". <a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vatican.va\/roman_curia\/congregations\/cfaith\/documents\/rc_con_cfaith_doc_19741118_declaration-abortion_en.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Declaration on Procured Abortion, 26)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>We \"need to do everything possible to make\u2026countries once again <strong>open to welcoming children<\/strong>. <strong>Encourage young married couples to establish new families<\/strong> and to become mothers and fathers!\" <a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/evangelium-vitae\/#19\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Evangelium Vitae, 19)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\"Heroism is sometimes called for in order to remain faithful to the requirements of the divine law\". <a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vatican.va\/roman_curia\/congregations\/cfaith\/documents\/rc_con_cfaith_doc_19741118_declaration-abortion_en.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Declaration on Procured Abortion, 24)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\"Never tire of supporting the growth of the birth rate\u2026by raising awareness in institutions and in public opinion of the importance of giving life to policies and structures more <strong>open to the gift of children<\/strong>.\" <a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vatican.va\/content\/francesco\/en\/speeches\/2018\/june\/documents\/papa-francesco_20180616_forum-associazioni-familiari.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Pope Francis)<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_toggle et_pb_toggle_29 hover-btn-border read-more bullets-module et_pb_toggle_item  et_pb_toggle_close\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"et_pb_toggle_title\">Read More<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_toggle_content clearfix\"><p>\"[I]t is necessary at the same time to influence morality and to <strong>do everything possible to help<\/strong> families, mothers and children.\" <a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vatican.va\/roman_curia\/congregations\/cfaith\/documents\/rc_con_cfaith_doc_19741118_declaration-abortion_en.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">(Declaration on Procured Abortion, 26)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\"[E]veryone is invited to act in the area of responsibility proper to each and\u2026to <strong>recognize as a neighbor even the littlest<\/strong> among the children\". <a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vatican.va\/roman_curia\/congregations\/cfaith\/documents\/rc_con_cfaith_doc_19870222_respect-for-human-life_en.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">(Instruction on Respect for Human Life, Conclusion)<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_section et_pb_section_48 mosaic_width  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_section_regular et_block_section\" >\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_59 et_animated  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_4_4 et_pb_column et_pb_column_88  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_divider et_pb_divider_10 et_pb_divider_position_center et_pb_space\"><div class=\"et_pb_divider_internal\"><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_section et_pb_section_49 mosaic_width et_animated et_pb_with_background  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_section_regular et_block_section\" >\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_60 et_pb_row_fullwidth et_animated  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_4_4 et_pb_column et_pb_column_89  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_133 et_animated  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h4>FAQs<\/h4><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_toggle et_pb_toggle_30 bullets-module et_animated et_pb_toggle_item  et_pb_toggle_close\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"et_pb_toggle_title\">Q: Has Pope Francis been clear on the Church&#039;s position?<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_toggle_content clearfix\"><p>A: Absolutely! \u201c<strong>Abortion is never the answer<\/strong>\u201d <a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vatican.va\/content\/francesco\/en\/speeches\/2019\/may\/documents\/papa-francesco_20190525_yes-to-life.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Pope Francis<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\"Since everything is interrelated, <strong>concern for the protection of nature<\/strong> is also <strong>incompatible<\/strong> <strong>with<\/strong> the justification of <strong>abortion<\/strong>.\" <a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/laudato-si\/#120\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Laudato Si', 120)<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\"It pains me to say this. In the last century the entire world was scandalized over <strong>what the Nazis were doing<\/strong> to maintain the purity of the race. <strong>Today we do the same thing<\/strong>, but with white gloves.\" <a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vatican.va\/content\/francesco\/en\/speeches\/2018\/june\/documents\/papa-francesco_20180616_forum-associazioni-familiari.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Pope Francis)<\/a><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_toggle et_pb_toggle_31 bullets-module et_animated et_pb_toggle_item  et_pb_toggle_close\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"et_pb_toggle_title\">Q: What About Catholic Politicians Voting for More Restrictive Laws?<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_toggle_content clearfix\"><p>A: \"A particular problem of conscience can arise in cases where a legislative vote would be decisive for the passage of a more restrictive law, aimed at limiting the number of authorized abortions, in place of a more permissive law already passed or ready to be voted on\u2026In a case like the one\u2026<strong>when it is not possible to overturn or completely abrogate a pro-abortion law<\/strong>, <strong>an elected official\u2026could licitly support proposals aimed at limiting the harm done<\/strong> by such a law and at lessening its negative consequences at the level of general opinion and public morality.\" <em><a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/evangelium-vitae\/#73\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Evangelium Vitae, 73)<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>\"This <strong>does not in fact represent an illicit cooperation<\/strong> with an unjust law, but rather a legitimate and proper attempt to limit its evil aspects.\" <em><a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/evangelium-vitae\/#73\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Evangelium Vitae, 73)<\/a><\/em><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div id=\"prayer\" class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_section et_pb_section_50 mosaic_width et_animated et_pb_with_background  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_section_regular et_block_section\" >\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_61 et_pb_row_fullwidth et_animated  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_4_4 et_pb_column et_pb_column_90  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_134 et_animated  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h4>Prayer for Life<\/h4><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_135 mosaic_width   et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p>Reawaken in us respect for every unborn life, make us capable of seeing in the fruit of the maternal womb the miraculous work of the Creator, open our hearts to generously welcoming every child that comes into life.<\/p>\n<p>Bless all families, sanctify the union of spouses, render fruitful their love.<\/p>\n<p>Accompany the choices of legislative assemblies with the light of your Spirit, so that peoples and nations may recognize and respect the sacred nature of life, of every human life.<\/p>\n<p>Guide the work of scientists and doctors, so that all progress contributes to the integral well-being of the person, and no one endures suppression or injustice.<\/p>\n<p>Give creative charity to administrators and economists, so they may realize and promote sufficient conditions so that young families can serenely embrace the birth of new children.<\/p>\n<p>Console the married couples who suffer because they are unable to have children and, in Your goodness, provide for them.<\/p>\n<p>Teach us all to care for orphaned or abandoned children, so they may experience the warmth of your Charity, the consolation of your divine Heart.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vatican.va\/content\/benedict-xvi\/it\/prayers\/documents\/hf_ben-xvi_20101127_vita-nascente.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Pope Benedict XVI)<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_section et_pb_section_51 mosaic_width et_animated et_pb_with_background  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_section_regular et_block_section\" >\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_62 et_pb_row_fullwidth et_animated  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_4_4 et_pb_column et_pb_column_91  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_136 mosaic_width et_animated  et_pb_text_align_center et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h1 style=\"text-align: center;\">Catholic Social Teaching and Other Issues<\/h1><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_section et_pb_section_52  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_section_regular et_block_section\" >\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_63 et_pb_row_fullwidth et_pb_gutters1  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode 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class=\"et_pb_slide_image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2160\" height=\"2160\" src=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/gender-theory-2.png\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/gender-theory-2.png 2160w, https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/gender-theory-2-1280x1280.png 1280w, https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/gender-theory-2-980x980.png 980w, https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/gender-theory-2-480x480.png 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) and (max-width: 1280px) 1280px, (min-width: 1281px) 2160px, 100vw\" class=\"wp-image-47948\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_slide_description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"et_pb_slide_title\"><a href=\"\/male-female-transgenderism\/\">Transgenderism<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"et_pb_slide_content\"><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We are facing a\u00a0<em><strong>crisis<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0<strong>in human sexuality<\/strong>\u00a0caused by a representation of human anthropology that cancels out differences between men and women.<\/p>\n<p><strong>CLICK<\/strong> to read more.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_slide et_pb_slide_1 et_clickable  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_pb_bg_layout_dark et_pb_slide_with_image et_pb_media_alignment_center\" data-slide-id=\"et_pb_slide_1\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_container clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_slider_container_inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_slide_image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Abortion.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_slide_description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"et_pb_slide_title\"><a href=\"\/abortion\/\">Abortion<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"et_pb_slide_content\"><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">One of the most divisive issues during the past 50 years! <strong>Why is the Church so one-sided<\/strong> (and must always be so)?<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>CLICK<\/strong> to read more.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_slide et_pb_slide_2 et_clickable  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_pb_bg_layout_dark et_pb_slide_with_image et_pb_media_alignment_center\" data-slide-id=\"et_pb_slide_2\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_container clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_slider_container_inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_slide_image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Racism.jpg\" alt=\"Racism is contrary to Christ and the teachings of the Gospel\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_slide_description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"et_pb_slide_title\"><a href=\"\/racism-in-the-united-states\/\">Racism in the United States<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"et_pb_slide_content\"><p style=\"text-align: center;\">The belief humanity can be divided into separate and <strong>exclusive biological entities with some races innately superior<\/strong> to others. This leads to personal and societal prejudice, discrimination, or antagonism directed against other people because they are of a different race or ethnicity. What does Catholic social teaching have to say about <strong>such an insidious \u201cism\u201d<\/strong>? <strong>CLICK <\/strong>to read more.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_with_border et_d4_element et_pb_slide et_pb_slide_3 et_clickable  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_pb_bg_layout_dark et_pb_slide_with_image et_pb_media_alignment_center\" data-slide-id=\"et_pb_slide_3\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_container clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_slider_container_inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_slide_image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/CAPP-Socialism-Icon-1.png\" alt=\"The Church has consistently spoken out against socialism in all its forms, most recently, democratic socialism\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_slide_description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"et_pb_slide_title\"><a href=\"\/socialism\/\">Democratic Socialism<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"et_pb_slide_content\"><p style=\"text-align: center;\">Candidates for President of the United States and many in congress espouse this as <strong>an alternative model for our country<\/strong>. <strong>What, exactly, is it?<\/strong> What does the Catholic Church say?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>CLICK<\/strong> to read more.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_slide et_pb_slide_4 et_clickable  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_pb_bg_layout_dark et_pb_slide_with_image et_pb_media_alignment_center\" data-slide-id=\"et_pb_slide_4\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_container clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_slider_container_inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_slide_image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Climate-Change.jpg\" alt=\"Climate Change is a real issue and must be met with dialog, faith, and science, ordered toward the common good.\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_slide_description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"et_pb_slide_title\"><a href=\"\/climate-change\/\">Climate Change<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"et_pb_slide_content\"><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">One political party committed the US to the Paris Agreement and proposes <strong>a \u201cGreen New Deal\u201d<\/strong>. Another party withdrew from the Paris Agreement and <strong>inimically opposes<\/strong> the other\u2019s proposal. What does Catholic social teaching say?<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>CLICK<\/strong> to read more.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_slide et_pb_slide_5 et_clickable  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_pb_bg_layout_dark et_pb_slide_with_image et_pb_media_alignment_center\" data-slide-id=\"et_pb_slide_5\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_container clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_slider_container_inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_slide_image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/icon-10-1.png\" alt=\"Climate Change is a real issue and must be met with dialog, faith, and science, ordered toward the common good.\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_slide_description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"et_pb_slide_title\"><a href=\"\/immigration-overview\/\">Immigration<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"et_pb_slide_content\"><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Church recognizes the rights of nations to govern and protect themselves in the interests of the Common Good <em><strong>and <\/strong><\/em>\u201c\u2026the right of all men to migrate\u00a0to other countries and to seek conditions worthy of human life for themselves and for their families.\u201d\u00a0<a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vatican.va\/archive\/hist_councils\/ii_vatican_council\/documents\/vat-ii_const_19651207_gaudium-et-spes_en.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Gaudium et Spes)<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>CLICK<\/strong> to read more.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_slide et_pb_slide_6 et_clickable  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_pb_bg_layout_dark et_pb_slide_with_image et_pb_media_alignment_center\" data-slide-id=\"et_pb_slide_6\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_container clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_slider_container_inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_slide_image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/National-health.jpg\" alt=\"national health care\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_slide_description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"et_pb_slide_title\"><a href=\"\/universal-healthcare\/\">Universal Healthcare<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"et_pb_slide_content\"><p style=\"text-align: center;\">US health care is, in many ways, <strong>the envy of the world<\/strong>. Would <strong>universal<\/strong>, <strong>or<\/strong> <strong>national, healthcare<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>improve it?<\/strong> See how Catholic social teaching can inform the discussion!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>CLICK<\/strong> to read more.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_slide et_pb_slide_7 et_clickable  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_pb_bg_layout_dark et_pb_slide_with_image et_pb_media_alignment_center\" data-slide-id=\"et_pb_slide_7\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_container clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_slider_container_inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_slide_image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/icon-8-1.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_slide_description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"et_pb_slide_title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/2024\/12\/euthanasia\/\">Euthanasia<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"et_pb_slide_content\"><p>Without a Christian perspective, the world often seeks to avoid suffering at all costs and strives to make death as painless as possible. It is then that \u201c<strong>[w]e must accompany people towards death, but not provoke death<\/strong>\u00a0or facilitate any form of suicide.\u201d\u00a0<a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vatican.va\/content\/francesco\/en\/audiences\/2022\/documents\/20220209-udienza-generale.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Pope Francis)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>CLICK<\/strong> to read more.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_button_wrapper\"><a class=\"et_pb_button et_pb_more_button\" href=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/2024\/12\/euthanasia\/\">Click Here<\/a><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_slide et_pb_slide_8 et_clickable  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_pb_bg_layout_dark et_pb_slide_with_image et_pb_media_alignment_center\" data-slide-id=\"et_pb_slide_8\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_container clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_slider_container_inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_slide_image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/The-family.jpg\" alt=\"The Family is the answer to the poisons destroying our society.\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_slide_description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"et_pb_slide_title\"><a href=\"\/the-family\/\">The Family<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"et_pb_slide_content\"><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>The answer<\/strong> to the dangers to our society.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u201cThe<strong>\u00a0<b>future of humanity<\/b>\u00a0passes <\/strong>by way of the family.\u201d<strong>\u00a0<\/strong><a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.vatican.va\/content\/john-paul-ii\/en\/apost_exhortations\/documents\/hf_jp-ii_exh_19811122_familiaris-consortio.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Pope St. John Paul II, 86)\u200b<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>CLICK<\/strong> to read more.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_slide et_pb_slide_9 et_clickable  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_pb_bg_layout_dark et_pb_slide_with_image et_pb_media_alignment_center\" data-slide-id=\"et_pb_slide_9\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_container clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_slider_container_inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_slide_image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Marriage.jpg\" alt=\"marriage\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_slide_description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"et_pb_slide_title\"><a href=\"\/the-family\/\">Marriage<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"et_pb_slide_content\"><p style=\"text-align: center;\">The<strong> foundation of the family.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>\"[T]ranscends the feelings <\/strong>and momentary needs of the couple\u201d. It is born \u201cfrom the<strong> depth of the obligation\u00a0<\/strong>assumed by the spouses\".<strong><i> <a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.vatican.va\/content\/francesco\/en\/apost_exhortations\/documents\/papa-francesco_esortazione-ap_20131124_evangelii-gaudium.html\" rel=\"noopener\">(Pope Francis, 66)<\/a> <\/i><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>CLICK <\/strong>to read more.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_slide et_pb_slide_10 et_clickable  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_pb_bg_layout_dark et_pb_slide_with_image et_pb_media_alignment_center\" data-slide-id=\"et_pb_slide_10\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_container clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_slider_container_inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_slide_image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1080\" height=\"1080\" src=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/AI-icon.png\" alt=\"Climate Change is a real issue and must be met with dialog, faith, and science, ordered toward the common good.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/AI-icon.png 1080w, https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/AI-icon-980x980.png 980w, https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/AI-icon-480x480.png 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) 1080px, 100vw\" class=\"wp-image-57654\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_slide_description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"et_pb_slide_title\"><a href=\"\/category\/all-articles\/artificial-intelligence\/\">Artificial Intelligence<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"et_pb_slide_content\"><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How do we ensure that digital systems, like AI, remain ordered to the human person, to authentic work, to truth, and to the common good?<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>CLICK<\/strong> to read more.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_slide et_pb_slide_11 et_clickable  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_pb_bg_layout_dark et_pb_slide_with_image et_pb_media_alignment_center\" data-slide-id=\"et_pb_slide_11\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_container clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_slider_container_inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_slide_image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/icon-7.png\" alt=\"Climate Change is a real issue and must be met with dialog, faith, and science, ordered toward the common good.\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_slide_description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"et_pb_slide_title\"><a href=\"\/dignity-of-work\/\">Dignity of Work<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"et_pb_slide_content\"><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\"We were\u00a0<strong>created<\/strong>\u00a0with a vocation<strong>\u00a0to work<\/strong>.\"<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>CLICK<\/strong> to read more.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_slide et_pb_slide_12 et_clickable  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_pb_bg_layout_dark et_pb_slide_with_image et_pb_media_alignment_center\" data-slide-id=\"et_pb_slide_12\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_container clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_slider_container_inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_slide_image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1080\" height=\"1080\" src=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Gun-control-icon-1_v1_r3.png\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Gun-control-icon-1_v1_r3.png 1080w, https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Gun-control-icon-1_v1_r3-980x980.png 980w, https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Gun-control-icon-1_v1_r3-480x480.png 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) 1080px, 100vw\" class=\"wp-image-53069\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_slide_description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"et_pb_slide_title\"><a href=\"\/gun-control-pros-and-cons-and-self-defense\/\">Gun Control<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"et_pb_slide_content\"><p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: center;\"><strong>It is one of the most divisive and painful issues in the United States.<\/strong>\u00a0Gun ownership is an issue where there is legitimate diversity of opinion. How does the Church reconcile self-defense with the sacredness of human life?<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: center;\"><strong>CLICK<\/strong> to read more.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_slide et_pb_slide_13 et_clickable  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_pb_bg_layout_dark et_pb_slide_with_image et_pb_media_alignment_center\" data-slide-id=\"et_pb_slide_13\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_container clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_slider_container_inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_slide_image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1080\" height=\"1080\" src=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Overpopulation-icon-Draft-4.png\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Overpopulation-icon-Draft-4.png 1080w, https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Overpopulation-icon-Draft-4-980x980.png 980w, https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Overpopulation-icon-Draft-4-480x480.png 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) 1080px, 100vw\" class=\"wp-image-56825\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_slide_description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"et_pb_slide_title\"><a href=\"\/overpopulation\/\">Overpopulation<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"et_pb_slide_content\"><p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: center;\">From the Church\u2019s perspective, <strong>the problem was never people themselves. <\/strong>The real question is not how many people the Earth can hold, but how we understand the human person.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: center;\"><strong>CLICK<\/strong> to read more.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_slide et_pb_slide_14 et_clickable  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_pb_bg_layout_dark et_pb_slide_with_image et_pb_media_alignment_center\" data-slide-id=\"et_pb_slide_14\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_container clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_slider_container_inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_slide_image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/CAPP-Prison-Icon.png\" alt=\"Climate Change is a real issue and must be met with dialog, faith, and science, ordered toward the common good.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/CAPP-Prison-Icon.png 500w, https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/CAPP-Prison-Icon-480x480.png 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) 500px, 100vw\" class=\"wp-image-52440\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_slide_description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"et_pb_slide_title\"><a href=\"\/the-death-penalty\/\">The Death Penalty<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"et_pb_slide_content\"><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Church's historical teaching, the changes Pope Francis made, and what the Church teaches now.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>CLICK<\/strong> to read more.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_with_border et_d4_element et_pb_slide et_pb_slide_15 et_clickable  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_pb_bg_layout_dark et_pb_slide_with_image et_pb_media_alignment_center\" data-slide-id=\"et_pb_slide_15\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_container clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_slider_container_inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_slide_image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Covid.jpg\" alt=\"Covid-19 is tearing families, communities, and nations apart. Catholic social teaching can guide us through it.\" data-et-multi-view=\"{&quot;schema&quot;:{&quot;attrs&quot;:{&quot;desktop&quot;:{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/capp-usa.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2021\\\/02\\\/Covid.jpg&quot;,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;Covid-19 is tearing families, communities, and nations apart. Catholic social teaching can guide us through it.&quot;},&quot;phone&quot;:{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/capp-usa.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2021\\\/01\\\/CAPP_CrisisInfog-2004_Icons_medical-supplie.png&quot;}},&quot;target&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;hover_selector&quot;:&quot;&quot;},&quot;slug&quot;:&quot;et_pb_slide&quot;}\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_slide_description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"et_pb_slide_title\"><a href=\"\/covid19\/\">COVID-19<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"et_pb_slide_content\"><p style=\"text-align: center;\">The <strong>Crisis and<\/strong> <strong>the Cure<\/strong>: How does Catholic social teaching evaluate governments\u2019 response?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>CLICK<\/strong> to read more.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_slide et_pb_slide_16 et_clickable  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_pb_bg_layout_dark et_pb_slide_with_image et_pb_media_alignment_center\" data-slide-id=\"et_pb_slide_16\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_container clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_slider_container_inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_slide_image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/The-Common-Good.png\" alt=\"The Family is the answer to the poisons destroying our society.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/The-Common-Good.png 720w, https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/The-Common-Good-480x480.png 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) 720px, 100vw\" class=\"wp-image-49168\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_slide_description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"et_pb_slide_title\"><a href=\"\/the-common-good\/\">The Common Good<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"et_pb_slide_content\"><p style=\"text-align: center;\">The Common Good is\u00a0<strong>not<\/strong> a principle, but an aspirational <strong>result<\/strong>: \u201cthe sum total of social conditions which allow people, either as groups or as individuals, to reach their fulfillment more fully and more easily\u201d.\u00a0<a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vatican.va\/archive\/ENG0015\/__P6K.HTM\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Catechism of the Catholic Church, 1906)<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>CLICK<\/strong> to read more.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_slide et_pb_slide_17 et_clickable  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_pb_bg_layout_dark et_pb_slide_with_image et_pb_media_alignment_center\" data-slide-id=\"et_pb_slide_17\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_container clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_slider_container_inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_slide_image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Our-Physical-Environment.jpg\" alt=\"God has called us to be stewards of this world, our physical environment and common home.\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_slide_description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"et_pb_slide_title\"><a href=\"\/physical-environment\/\">Physical Environment<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"et_pb_slide_content\"><p>This is <strong>about more than<\/strong> <strong>\u2018just\u2019 protecting<\/strong> the environment. There are profound spiritual dimensions involved.<\/p>\n<p><strong>CLICK<\/strong> to read more.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_slide et_pb_slide_18 et_clickable  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_pb_bg_layout_dark et_pb_slide_with_image et_pb_media_alignment_center\" data-slide-id=\"et_pb_slide_18\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_container clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_slider_container_inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_slide_image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Integral-Ecology.jpg\" alt=\"Physical and human environments are linked and only integral ecology can care or them both.\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_slide_description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"et_pb_slide_title\"><a href=\"\/integral-ecology\/\">Integral Ecology<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"et_pb_slide_content\"><p>The <strong>solution to all<\/strong> our environmental problems!<\/p>\n<p><strong>CLICK<\/strong> to read more.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_slide et_pb_slide_19 et_clickable  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_pb_bg_layout_dark et_pb_slide_with_image et_pb_media_alignment_center\" data-slide-id=\"et_pb_slide_19\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_container clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_slider_container_inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_slide_image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Human-environment.jpg\" alt=\"How many talk about the serious destruction of our human environment where we grow, live, and work?\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_slide_description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"et_pb_slide_title\"><a href=\"\/human-environment\/\">Human Environment<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"et_pb_slide_content\"><p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u201c[W]e must also mention <strong>the more serious destruction<\/strong> of the human environment, something which is by no means receiving the attention it deserves.\u201d\u00a0<a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.vatican.va\/content\/john-paul-ii\/en\/encyclicals\/documents\/hf_jp-ii_enc_01051991_centesimus-annus.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Pope St. John Paul II, 38)<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>CLICK<\/strong> to read more.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_slide et_pb_slide_20 et_clickable  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_pb_bg_layout_dark et_pb_slide_with_image et_pb_media_alignment_center\" data-slide-id=\"et_pb_slide_20\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_container clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_slider_container_inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_slide_image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Danger-societi.jpg\" alt=\"The Church has identified four dangers to society, pathologies, eating away at our culture.\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_slide_description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"et_pb_slide_title\"><a href=\"\/pathologies-overview\/\">The Four Dangers to Society<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"et_pb_slide_content\"><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Church identifies the major \u2018risks and problems\u2019 eating away at our cultural, economic and political systems. <strong>What are they?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>CLICK<\/strong> to read more.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_slide et_pb_slide_21 et_clickable  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_pb_bg_layout_dark et_pb_slide_with_image et_pb_media_alignment_center\" data-slide-id=\"et_pb_slide_21\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_container clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_slider_container_inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_slide_image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Consumerism.jpg\" alt=\"Consumerism is a terrible affliction of the developed world and an affront to human dignity.\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_slide_description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"et_pb_slide_title\"><a href=\"\/consumerism\/\">Consumerism<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"et_pb_slide_content\"><p>Having and wanting <strong>a lot of \u2018stuff\u2019 is at the heart of several of society\u2019s ills<\/strong>. Which ones? Why does this limit our freedom?<\/p>\n<p><strong>CLICK<\/strong> to read more.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_slide et_pb_slide_22 et_clickable  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_pb_bg_layout_dark et_pb_slide_with_image et_pb_media_alignment_center\" data-slide-id=\"et_pb_slide_22\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_container clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_slider_container_inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_slide_image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Environmental-Degradation.jpg\" alt=\"Our environments, both our physical and human (moral), are in peril, in more ways than you likely realize\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_slide_description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"et_pb_slide_title\"><a href=\"\/environmental-degradation\/\">Environmental Degradation<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"et_pb_slide_content\"><p style=\"text-align: center;\">Yes! The environment is in danger. But, <strong>it is actually worse<\/strong> (and, more complicated) <strong>than you think<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>CLICK<\/strong> to read more.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_slide et_pb_slide_23 et_clickable  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_pb_bg_layout_dark et_pb_slide_with_image et_pb_media_alignment_center\" data-slide-id=\"et_pb_slide_23\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_container clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_slider_container_inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_slide_image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Alienation.jpg\" alt=\"alienation\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_slide_description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"et_pb_slide_title\"><a href=\"\/alienation\/\">Alienation<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"et_pb_slide_content\"><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Society and individuals are alienated! We are \u201cmarked by <strong>a \u2018globalization of indifference\u2019<\/strong> that makes us\u2026closed in on ourselves.\u201d\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.vatican.va\/content\/francesco\/en\/messages\/peace\/documents\/papa-francesco_20131208_messaggio-xlvii-giornata-mondiale-pace-2014.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span class=\"alternate-link\"><em>(Pope Francis, 1)<\/em><\/span><\/a> \u00a0The consequences are devastating!<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>CLICK<\/strong> to read more.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_slide et_pb_slide_24  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_pb_bg_layout_dark et_pb_slide_with_image et_pb_media_alignment_center\" data-slide-id=\"et_pb_slide_24\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_container clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_slider_container_inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_slide_image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Radical-Secularism.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_slide_description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"et_pb_slide_title\">Radical Secularism<\/h2><div class=\"et_pb_slide_content\"><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>[COMING SOON]<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>\u201cThe greatest challenge of our time\u201d!<\/strong>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.vatican.va\/content\/benedict-xvi\/en\/speeches\/2006\/april\/documents\/hf_ben-xvi_spe_20060406_xxi-wyd.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span class=\"alternate-link\" style=\"color: #eb7425;\"><em>(Pope Benedict XVI, 3)<\/em><\/span>\u200b<\/a>\u00a0<span><strong>Why?<\/strong> Radical secularism holds that there is no such thing as an objective truth. But, \u201cWithout truth, without trust and love for what is true...social action ends up serving private interests and the logic of power.\u201d<\/span>\u00a0<a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"http:\/\/w2.vatican.va\/content\/benedict-xvi\/en\/encyclicals\/documents\/hf_ben-xvi_enc_20090629_caritas-in-veritate.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>(Pope Benedict XVI, 5)<\/em>\u200b<\/a>\u00a0Sound familiar?<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_slide et_pb_slide_25 et_clickable  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_pb_bg_layout_dark et_pb_slide_with_image et_pb_media_alignment_center\" data-slide-id=\"et_pb_slide_25\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_container clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_slider_container_inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_slide_image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/CAPP-Politics-Icon-v2.png\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/CAPP-Politics-Icon-v2.png 500w, https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/CAPP-Politics-Icon-v2-480x480.png 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) 500px, 100vw\" class=\"wp-image-52428\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_slide_description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"et_pb_slide_title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/catholic-social-teaching-voting\/\">How to Vote<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"et_pb_slide_content\"><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Participation in politics is a Christian obligation: <\/strong>\u201cWe, Christians, cannot \u2018play Pilate\u2019 and wash our hands\u2026We must participate in politics because politics is one of the highest forms of charity\u201d. <a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vatican.va\/content\/francesco\/en\/speeches\/2013\/june\/documents\/papa-francesco_20130607_scuole-gesuiti.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>(Pope Francis)<\/em>\u200b<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>CLICK <\/strong>to read more.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_1_5 et_pb_column et_pb_column_94  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column et_pb_column_empty\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_section et_pb_section_53 mosaic_width et_animated et_pb_with_background  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_section_regular et_block_section\" >\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_64  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_4_4 et_pb_column et_pb_column_95  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_137 mosaic_width  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h4>Why These Issues Matter<\/h4><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_138 mosaic_width  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h5>Catholic social teaching informs our consciences and requires action from us, the lay faithful. \u201cWorking for a just distribution of the fruits of the earth and human labor is not mere philanthropy. <strong>It is a moral obligation.<\/strong><br \/>\nFor Christians, the responsibility is even greater: <strong>it is a commandment.<\/strong>\u201d<\/h5>\n<h5><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_139 mosaic_width  et_pb_text_align_center et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><a class=\"alternate-link init\" href=\"http:\/\/w2.vatican.va\/content\/francesco\/en\/speeches\/2015\/july\/documents\/papa-francesco_20150709_bolivia-movimenti-popolari.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Pope Francis<\/a><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_divider et_pb_divider_11 et_pb_divider_position_bottom et_pb_space\"><div class=\"et_pb_divider_internal\"><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_section et_pb_section_54  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_section_regular et_block_section\" >\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_65 et_pb_row_fullwidth et_pb_gutters1  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_1_5 et_pb_column et_pb_column_96  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_column et_pb_column_empty\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_3_5 et_pb_column et_pb_column_97  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_slider et_pb_slider_1 three-principles et_animated et_pb_slider_fullwidth_off et_pb_slider_show_image\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_slides\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_slide et_pb_slide_26 et_clickable  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_pb_bg_layout_dark et_pb_slide_with_image et_pb_media_alignment_center et-pb-active-slide\" data-slide-id=\"et_pb_slide_26\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_container clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_slider_container_inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_slide_image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/3-Key-principle-icons-resized.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_slide_description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"et_pb_slide_title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/catholic-social-teaching-principles\/\">Three Key Principles<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"et_pb_slide_content\"><p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: center;\">Catholic social teaching is built on three foundational principles -<strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong>Human Dignity<\/strong>,\u00a0<strong>Solidarity\u00a0<\/strong>and\u00a0<strong>Subsidiarity.\u00a0<em>Human Dignity<\/em><\/strong>, embodied in a correct understanding of the human person, is the greatest. The others flow from it. Good governments and good economic systems find ways of fostering the three principles: \u201cThe State must contribute to the achievement of these goals both directly and indirectly. Indirectly and according to the<em>\u00a0principle of <strong>subsidiarity<\/strong>,\u00a0<\/em>by creating favorable conditions for the free exercise of economic activity, which will lead to abundant opportunities for employment and sources of wealth. Directly and according to the\u00a0<em>principle of <strong>solidarity<\/strong>,\u00a0<\/em>by defending the weakest\u201d <em><span style=\"color: #003366;\"><a class=\"alternate-link\" style=\"color: #054368;\" href=\"http:\/\/w2.vatican.va\/content\/john-paul-ii\/en\/encyclicals\/documents\/hf_jp-ii_enc_01051991_centesimus-annus.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Pope St. John Paul II, 15)<\/a><\/span><\/em><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_slide et_pb_slide_27 et_clickable  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_pb_bg_layout_dark et_pb_slide_with_image et_pb_media_alignment_center\" data-slide-id=\"et_pb_slide_27\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_container clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_slider_container_inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_slide_image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/human-dignity-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_slide_description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"et_pb_slide_title\">Human Dignity<\/h2><div class=\"et_pb_slide_content\"><p style=\"text-align: center;\">This means a correct understanding of the human person and of each person\u2019s unique value. All Catholic social teaching flows from this: the inherent dignity of every person that comes from being made in God\u2019s image. This is \u201cthe basis not only of the unity of the human family but also of our inviolable <strong>human dignity<\/strong>\u201d (Pope Benedict XVI) and it is in this beginning that human rights are grounded.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_slide et_pb_slide_28 et_clickable  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_pb_bg_layout_dark et_pb_slide_with_image et_pb_media_alignment_center\" data-slide-id=\"et_pb_slide_28\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_container clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_slider_container_inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_slide_image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/solidarity-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_slide_description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"et_pb_slide_title\">Solidarity<\/h2><div class=\"et_pb_slide_content\"><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Solidarity<\/strong> is not \u201ca feeling of vague compassion or shallow distress at the misfortunes of others. It is a firm and persevering determination to commit oneself to the common good\u201d <span style=\"color: #eb7425;\"><em><a class=\"alternate-link\" style=\"color: #eb7425;\" href=\"http:\/\/w2.vatican.va\/content\/john-paul-ii\/en\/encyclicals\/documents\/hf_jp-ii_enc_30121987_sollicitudo-rei-socialis.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Pope St. John Paul II, 38)<\/a><\/em><\/span>. Love of God and love of neighbor are, in fact, linked and form one, single commandment. \u201cWe cannot believe in God the Father without seeing a brother or sister in every person, and we cannot follow Jesus without giving our lives for those for whom he died on the cross.\u201d<span class=\"alternate-link\" style=\"color: #eb7425;\"><em><a style=\"color: #eb7425;\" href=\"https:\/\/m.vatican.va\/content\/francesco\/en\/speeches\/2015\/july\/documents\/papa-francesco_20150708_bolivia-benvenuto.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> (Pope Francis)<\/a><\/em><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_slide et_pb_slide_29 et_clickable  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_pb_bg_layout_dark et_pb_slide_with_image et_pb_media_alignment_center\" data-slide-id=\"et_pb_slide_29\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_container clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_slider_container_inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_slide_image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/subsidiarity-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_slide_description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"et_pb_slide_title\">Subsidiarity<\/h2><div class=\"et_pb_slide_content\"><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Subsidiarity<\/strong> identifies how decisions in society need to be taken at the lowest competent level. \u201cIt is a fundamental principle of social philosophy, fixed and unchangeable, that one should not withdraw from individuals and commit to the community what they can accomplish by their own enterprise and industry. 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