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.
The Secretariat on Pro-Life Activities has developed a reflection focusing on hope after abortion. This article, available in both English and Spanish, recalls the search for the lost sheep based on the parable from Luke 15. It reflects on Christ, the Good Shepherd, who always desires to offer us his mercy, no matter what sins we have committed. View here!
We are happy to announce that this reflection will also be available on the free version of the Hallow app in September, led by Bishop James T. Ruggieri of the Diocese of Portland, ME. Please join us in praying that it will offer hope to those who are suffering after an abortion experience.
JULY 26- FEAST OF ST. ANNE AND ST. JOACHIM
St. Anne and St. Joachim became the parents of the Blessed Virgin Mary after a long struggle with infertility. They honored God by forming their daughter in the faith, preparing her heart for the coming of Christ. Ultimately, as the grandparents of Jesus Christ, may they intercede for us all in passing on the faith to both children and grandchildren.
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.
WORD OF LIFE: AUGUST, & SEPTEMBER 2026
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.
This week, Judie examines two threats to life and says that whether we are striving to stop medical aid in dying or murder by abortion, we must adhere to God’s law.
Read Judie’s other commentaries from the past week on our website.
Week in Review
Breaking: Idaho voters face a pro-abortion measure on their voter ballots this fall.
California is suing pro-life organizations for their role in the abortion pill reversal process.
Susan Ciancio wrote about a resource for Catholic parents who want to talk to their children about God’s design for life, love, and sexuality. Read more below!
The pope’s prayer intention for July is for a “respect for human life,” so this is a great time to learn about preborn babies and about the fact that life begins at the fertilization of the egg. Download our booklet to teach your kids about this miracle! ORDER HERE
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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,
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