Pro-Life

By Father John A. Hardon, S.J. It may seem like a strange title to speak of, “Pro- Life Leadership: The Catholic Way.” What is unusual about this title is that we commonly speak about the pro-life movement, period. We do not distinguish between pro-life leaders in general, and Catholics who are leading others in promoting […]

Bishops, dissenters of Humane Vitae, July 1968, close of the Council By Father John A. Hardon, S.J. Dissenters, as they piously called themselves, dissenters from the Church’s teaching, erroneously used the council to support the idea of bishops being independent of the pope, and the single main reason for the wide spread dissent of bishops […]

By Father John A. Hardon, S.J. Just to remind ourselves that this is a retreat on the pro-life movement. Our present conference is on the sanctity of human life. A gift of Christianity to the world having seen something of the foundations of faith for the pro-life movement. In other words mere reason could not […]

By Father John A. Hardon, S.J. Our present conference is on the sanctity of human life. First, by way of introduction, we have so far seen that the foundations of the pro-life movement are the Christian Faith. Reason can go just so far; it needs the resources of revelation from God and Faith from us. […]

By Father John A. Hardon, S.J. In this, the most homicidal century in human history, the world needs cosmic repentance. Our thanks to Eternal Life, of Bardstown, Ky. for sharing with us this message of hope by our contributing editor, Father Hardon. The future of the pro-life movement throughout the world depends on the Roman Catholic […]

By Father John A. Hardon, S.J. The Twentieth century is the most homicidal in the history of the human race. Its principal claim to this tragic title is the widespread legislation of abortion on a scale and with a violence unknown in all the ages of mankind. Not surprisingly, therefore, the Holy Spirit would provide […]

By Father John A. Hardon, S.J. Tonight we are beginning the Eucharistic Vigil for the sanctity of human life. This vigil is occasioned by the United Nations Conference in Beijing, China, which begins on September 4th and will end on September 15th. The immediate purpose of this vigil, therefore, is to pray that all nations […]

By Father John A. Hardon, S.J. This is our second conference in the Eucharistic Vigil on sanctity of human life. In our first conference we spoke “The Holy Eucharist: the Center of the Pro-life Movement.” Our focus of reflection was on the presence of Jesus Christ, now on earth, in the Holy Eucharist. We saw […]