2013-10-06 18:21:12

US parishes celebrate Respect Life Sunday


(Vatican Radio) The first Sunday of October has been designated Respect Life Sunday in the United States, beginning a year-long educational and prayer campaign on the dignity of human life from conception to natural death.

The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) has called on parishes throughout the US to preach this Sunday about the importance of respecting human life.

Among the initiatives which the USCCB is encouraging throughout the year include a novena for life and a day of prayer and penance for the unborn to mark the anniversary of the Supreme Court decision to legalize abortion.

Respect for Life Sunday was established by the USCCB as “a means to have an annual remembrance of the need to respect human life,” explains Joseph Meaney, director of international coordination for Human Life International.

“It is very important to realize,” he told Vatican Radio, “that we are all called to do something, in our own little way, in our own little corner of the world, to make it a better place, and that we can really save human lives simply by being joyful witnesses to life.”

Listen to Ann Schneible’s full interview with Joseph Meaney: RealAudioMP3







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