Pastoral Letter: Respect Life Month
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Send to friendDear Brothers and Sisters in Christ,
Pope Benedict XVI calls us to respect life as Christ did with these wise words: “Every child … brings us God’s smile and invites us to recognize that life is His gift, a gift to be welcomed with love and preserved with care always and at every moment.”
These words of our Holy Father, chosen as the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ theme for Respect Life Month in 2009, remind us of the deep importance of respecting all human life. This call to see our Lord in each human face is our responsibility as seekers of justice, as defenders of equal rights and as Catholics. It is a call that is increasingly challenging as our society continues to fail to recognize the rights and dignity of the unborn and those at the end of life, and the true gift that is fertility and chaste married love. Additionally troubling are the recent developments in the debate over federal health care reform, as it seems likely that the proposed plans will include greater access to abortion and disrespect for the care of the dying, all funded by the American taxpayers.
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