The gift of Lilah
It’s nearly 14 years since her precious daughter Lilah Sophie died, but a day doesn’t go by without Andrea Bishop giving thanks that she was part of this world for 20 months.
It’s nearly 14 years since her precious daughter Lilah Sophie died, but a day doesn’t go by without Andrea Bishop giving thanks that she was part of this world for 20 months.
An estimated 4000 people gathered on February 8 to publicly give witness for the life of the unborn at the annual ‘Walk for Life’, now in its sixth year.
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The children that Herod killed in attempting to eliminate the Christ-child are considered martyrs. Their lives were taken in witness to Christ. They are not forgotten but remembered each year in our Masses and prayers on December 28, the feast of the Holy Innocents.
Pro-life groups have had a mixed response to the defeat of a bill to amend the State’s abortion laws on October 16.
Pro-life advocates in Adelaide church communities are being encouraged to create neighbourhood centres to support women experiencing an unexpected pregnancy and who may be contemplating an abortion.
On September 2 supporters of Birthline will gather to celebrate the anniversary of an organisation that for 50 years has been providing a phone counselling service for women facing an unexpected pregnancy. But its future is less certain as donations dwindle and the general community seemingly becomes more accepting of abortion.
United States Catholic bishops have welcomed the Supreme Court ruling on abortion laws and called on Americans to “come together to build a society and economy…where every woman has the support and resources to bring her child into this world with love”.
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