As the Wisconsin Supreme Court considers its decision on a case that would determine the legality of abortion in the state, the faithful were invited to make March 1 a day of prayer, fasting, and vigil for the unborn.
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Standing up to the abortion culture
In recent years, the abortion culture in our country has increasingly radicalized its goals, actions, messaging, and tone. In past decades, pro-abortion politicians would mouth the “safe, legal, and rare” mantra, although we knew that conviction was never the true belief of Planned Parenthood or the abortion lobby.
Mass of Hope and Healing on October 29
Bishop Donald J. Hying of Madison will celebrate a Mass of Hope and Healing on Sunday, Oct. 29, at 1 p.m. at Immaculate Heart of Mary Church, 5101 Schofield St., Monona.
40 Days for Life underway in Madison
On September 27, 40 Days for Life started its next campaign outside the Planned Parenthood facility on the east side of Madison.
Pro-life community galvanizes in support of women and children
The pro-life community in Wisconsin, and in particular that in the Madison area, is a closely bound group of individuals and organizations always willing and ready to protect, and speak up for, unborn children and walk hand-in-hand with women in crisis pregnancies.
Diocese of Madison statement regarding Planned Parenthood’s resumption of abortions in Wisconsin
Bishop Donald Hying joins the bishops of Wisconsin in decrying Planned Parenthood’s plan to resume abortions, after a Dane County judge’s decision to allow a suit, challenging Wisconsin’s abortion laws, to continue in early July.
Wisconsin Catholic Conference statement on Planned Parenthood resuming abortion
The Wisconsin Catholic Conference (WCC), the public policy voice of Wisconsin’s bishops, expresses its deep sadness and dismay that Planned Parenthood plans to resume abortions in Wisconsin.
Wisconsin Catholic Conference urges legislators to oppose abortion expansion
The Wisconsin Catholic Conference strongly urges legislators to oppose LRB-2151/1, legislation that would create an exception in Wisconsin’s statute permitting children conceived in rape and incest to be killed and expand abortion access in cases of fetal abnormality or risk to the mother.
Life is a ‘masterpiece’
In a reflection on Psalm 139, Pope Benedict XVI wrote, “In the second part of the Psalm, God turns his loving gaze upon the human being, whose full and complete beginning is reflected upon. He is still an unformed substance in his mother’s womb: the Hebrew term used has been understood by several biblical experts as referring to an embryo, described in that term as a small, oval, curled-up reality, but on which God has already turned his benevolent and loving eyes . . .”
Time to stand up: The Fall 2022 40 Days for Life Campaign
Do we still need to stand up for unborn babies in Madison and throughout Wisconsin?