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.
If St. Joan of Arc were alive today, I’m certain
she would be leading a march on the French Parliament in Paris and
demanding that they immediately remove from public office all destroyers
of human life and restore the Eldest Daughter of the Church to her
rightful position as the world’s preeminent Catholic country—and I would
be right behind her.
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Joan would weep bitterly to see that the country
she gave her life to save had so drastically apostatized from the
Catholic faith. Her countrymen’s most recent crime against humanity is
the approval of euthanasia in their land. This heinous measure adds to
the list of rejections of the fundamental laws of God that France has
codified into law recently, particularly
the constitutional protection of abortion, passed last year, and
the approval of same sex marriage in 2013, just to name the worst.
And don’t forget the blasphemous parody of the
Eucharist that France displayed before the world at the Summer Olympics
just two years ago.
In the current situation, on July 14th, the French
National Assembly voted 291-241 to pass a “right to die” bill that
effectively legalizes assisted suicide and euthanasia in the country.
Note that the 14th of July is the infamous “Bastille Day” celebration
which marks the beginning of the satanic French Revolution.
And is if to slap the native population in the
face, the bill allows only French citizens and permanent residents to
kill themselves. This will undoubtedly make room for more immigrants
because, apparently, France doesn’t yet have enough non-Christians to
replace their population.
Euthanasia activists have been pushing French
legislators to legalize the so-called “right to die” legislation for
years, and three separate times the French Senate rejected the measure.
Finally, the activists found a loophole in the law which allows them to
work around the obstinate Senate and pass the law without Senate
approval.
The provisions of the bill are typical deceptive
bait-and-switch tactics that promise “safeguards” against abuses while
setting up a concentration camp-style system within the medical
community that allows people to “shop” for sympathetic medical personnel
who will administer the drugs without conscience or penalty.
Patients must have a “terminal” designation in
order to qualify for euthanasia, but the ambiguous language of the bill
opens the way for people to kill themselves—or be killed—for a whole
host of reasons. The same tactic was used in our own Roe v Wade
fiasco in 1973 and by every abortion promoter worldwide since the
sixties. All they need to do is to pass a law with deceptive language,
and it becomes open season on the weak and the vulnerable.
None of this should be surprising. It is commonly
said that nature abhors a vacuum, but it’s also true that spiritual
nature abhors a vacuum as well. When the spiritual integrity of Christ’s
True Church and religious culture recedes, the vacuum created by the
departure of spiritual authority allows every kind of evil spirit to
enter.
One frightening statistic shows this spiritual vacuum with utmost clarity. In 1960 France had 63,000 Catholic priests. Today there are less than 7,000 active priests
in France and a third of them are foreign-born. At least three dioceses
in France have not ordained a single priest in more than a dozen years
and numerous others that have ordained only three or fewer priests in
more than a decade.
Thankfully, the Bishops’ Conference of France has
been forceful in opposing these euthanasia initiatives over the years,
but it is not clear what canonical penalties they will apply to
complicit Catholic parliamentarians, if any. We hope and pray for a show
of spiritual leadership following this national disgrace.
One bright light, Bishop Marc Aillet of the Diocese of Bayonne, made it clear
ahead of the vote that Catholics would be ineligible to receive
Communion if they voted in favor of the measure. He noted that this is
not just a matter of religious doctrine but touches on the very natural
law that God has given to the world, which applies to all people
regardless of nation or creed. He is not alone in this position and many
faithful French citizens decry this aberration also.
Like their deceptive spiritual counterparts,
however, the destroyers of Catholic culture never sleep. They do
everything in their power to erode the foundations of Christian society,
and they never stop until they get their way. Nothing could be a better
illustration of the culture of death than the way they acted in this
circumstance.
France, and the Western world in general, needs another Joan of Arc to arise and vanquish these great evils.
And here’s another irony. On the day before the
euthanasia vote, the mighty French soccer team got shut out in a 0-2
loss to Spain in the World Cup. It’s hard to see this as anything other
than symbolic of France’s overall degradation as a Catholic country.
But as Joan of Arc would remind us all, the loss of a soccer match is far less costly than the loss of a nation’s soul.
Yours in the Sacred Heart of Jesus and the Immaculate Heart of Mary,
This month, please join Pope Leo in praying for the greater respect for human life. His Holiness prays, "Forgive us, Lord, when we fall into indifference or the culture of discard, when we fail to see in others a being worthy of love. Give us a new heart, always ready to choose life, and generous hands that protect it through concrete actions. Make your Church a living witness of the Gospel of life, an open home where every life is celebrated, where no one feels unwanted, and where dignity is always honored and protected."
The Committee on Pro-Life Activities has developed an educational “one-pager” entitled “What are Abortion Pills?” to explain the associated harms and risks. This can be shared with clergy, parish leaders, and in websites, social media, and parish bulletins. View here! (en español)
POPE LEO SENDS MESSAGE TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE
Marking the occasion of the 250th anniversary of the founding of the United States of America, Pope Leo XIV has addressed a letter to the American people. His Holiness wrote, "Also among the principles that have guided the development of this country is the God-given dignity of every human life, each person being endowed with an inherent worth that calls for reverence, protection and care. In this spirit, a full understanding of this dignity leads to recognizing the importance of safeguarding human life from its beginning at conception until natural death..."
The August 2026 andSeptember 2026 issues of Word of Life are available in English and Spanish. Word of Life is a monthly resource for dioceses and parishes that includes monthly special features, intercessions, bulletin quotes, and graphics. Previous editions can be found in the archive, and anyone can subscribe to receive Word of Life directly by email.
The National Catholic Bioethics Center's (NCBC) online certification program in health care ethics starts next month! The program educates students in the foundational principles and teachings of the Church’s moral tradition and in their application to challenging contemporary issues in bioethics and health care. The certification program is open to all Catholic professionals, including teachers of religion and science and those involved in the pro-life movement.
NATIONWIDE NFP AWARENESS WEEK: JULY 19-25
National Natural Family Planning Awareness Week provides an opportunity to raise awareness about Catholic teaching on marriage, conjugal love, and responsible parenthood. The USCCB provides materials to assist dioceses in sharing basic information about the methods of NFP and why they support God's design for love and life.
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This week, Judie discusses justice, explaining the Church’s teaching that it is the moral virtue that consists in the constant and firm will for people to give their due to both God and neighbor.
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