DEACON FOR LIFE

Were there to be no support in the whole history of ethical and moral thought, were there no acknowledged confirmation from medical science, were the history of legal opinion to the contrary, we would still have to conclude on the basis of God's Holy Word that the unborn child is a person in the sight of God. He is protected by the sanctity of life graciously given to each individual by the Creator, Who alone places His image upon man and grants them any right to life which they have.

Monday, September 17, 2012

A Campaign for the adoption of abandoned children

AMERICA/BOLIVIA -

La Paz (Agenzia Fides) - About 5 000 abandoned children live in reception centers of the Departmental Service for Social Management (Sedeges) of the Government of Cochabamba, many waiting to be adopted. In this regard, the Unidad de Atención y Protección of Sedeges, along with local and national institutions, have launched the campaign: Por mi derecho a tener familia (I have a right to have a family), with the aim of promoting the adoption of boys, girls and adolescents in situations of abandonment. This campaign aims to raise awareness and mobilize society on the importance of the problem of orphaned children living in situations of abandonment, so that they have a family too.

(AP) (Agenzia Fides 17/09/2012)