As an undergraduate at Villanova University, the future Pope Leo XIV was associated with Villanovans for Life — a pro-life student organization — and was among students from the group who attended the annual March for Life in Washington, D.C.
An impressive 86 percent of Americans “have a favorable to extremely favorable view of adoption,” according to the Charlotte Lozier Institute. Still, the yearly ratio of abortions to adoptions approaches 50 to 1, indicating that much more education is needed to help pregnant women see adoption as a viable option.
In the United States, the Catholic Church observes October as Respect Life Month. As Catholics, we are called to preserve all human life, especially those lives that are most vulnerable. Please continue to pray that all human life will be respected from conception until natural death.
