osv.comOctober 2, 2014
 
Respect Life: Debunking the 'exception clause'
Despite the claim of many advocates, rape, incest and the health of the mother never justify abortion.
  
  
A historic moment
On Oct. 4, New Jersey native Sister Miriam Teresa Demjanovich will be beatified at the Cathedral Basilica of the Sacred Heart in New Jersey -- the first American to be named a 'blessed' in the United States.
  
  
Pontiff on the peripheries
With his recent trip to the small, Muslim-majority country of Albania, Pope Francis continues to put emphasis on bringing a message of love and mercy to those on the margins.
  
  
Healing in Scotland
The Church is positioned to help unite a polarized country after the Scottish referendum to gain independence from the United Kingdom fails.
  
  
Music: Album has Augustinian soul
Singer-songwriter Sam Rocha's album "Late to Love" offers a new spin on spirituality.
  
  
Editorial: A time of grace?
Euthanasia, initially legalized in Belgium for the most difficult of situations, has slipped its way into casual use, and we hardly are surprised.
  
  


"If we are to actively promote a culture that embraces life over death, our first response ... must be to offer our love."
-- Archbishop William E. Lori of Baltimore, in a Sept. 25 column in "The Catholic Review," the archdiocesan newspaper, marking Respect Life Month.
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