When a priest in Virginia learnt about a young couple planning to abort their unborn baby who had been diagnosed with Down syndrome, he offered a deal: Deliver the child and he would find an adoptive family. But Father Thomas Vander Woude had to act fast. The mother was nearly six months pregnant and she Read more
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Bishops respond to protests over Irish abortion law
Friday, November 23rd, 2012
While protesters in Ireland and India rally against the Irish abortion law following the death of a Hindu woman who was refused an abortion, Ireland’s Catholic bishops have affirmed that the Catholic Church “has never taught that the life of a child in the womb should be preferred to that of a mother”. The protests Read more