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Heavenly Father,
in these trying times
when the spirit of the age
threatens Christian values,
give our bishop holiness of life
and wisdom to direct and guide our diocesan
family so that we may grow in your love.
We ask this through Christ our Lord.

Amen.

The Left tries to portray opposition to abortion and infanticide as some kind of peculiar Catholic tenet, implying that non-Catholics should be fine with Death.

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It is those who are before the Father and walk with him in their daily lives that will wage this war against evil. The Left has no spiritual life and seeks to atone for their darkness with Leftist causes against their fellow man.

I do not think Catholic bishops are very influential in changing hearts and minds on the abortion front.

We do a disservice to the pro-Life message by couching it as a religious message. It is not. It is a human message. This is evident in that very young children, who have no idea what a bishop is or what religious doctrine is, have an intrinsic aversion to the idea of abortion.

But just as important are the bishops' deep ties to officials in both political parties, an increasingly rare attribute of interest groups in Washington, where the bishops conference's staff is headquartered.

Well, this explains a lot.

“which alleged the ban would roll back abortion access for many women by keeping coverage for the procedure out of federally subsidized healthcare plans.”

You can’t roll back something that you don’t have now.