New York City, N.Y., Jan 18, 2016 / 10:21 am
Cardinal Timothy Dolan has marked the upcoming anniversary of Roe v. Wade with a reflection encouraging the pro-life movement to remember the importance of mercy and to see the opportunity to reach those who do not identify as pro-life.
The Archbishop of New York said the pro-life cause backs "an essential moral vision that lifts up every human person."
"Genuine progress must be progress for all, beginning with those most vulnerable who cannot speak for themselves," he said in a Jan. 14 message. "May God bless our efforts to uphold human life!"
The cardinal cited Pope Francis' apostolic exhortation Evangelii gaudium. There, the Pope said the defense of the unborn is "closely linked to the defense of each and every other human right … It is not 'progressive' to try to resolve problems by eliminating a human life."