Pro-life rally draws hundreds amid ‘staggering’ abortion statistics
Women of all ages were among the more than 500 who participated in a June 5 March for Life in West Chester sponsored by the Chester County Pro-Life Coalition. (Gina Christian)
By Gina Christian • Posted June 9, 2021
Hundreds gathered this past weekend in West Chester to rally for an end to legalized abortion and to “give witness to the sacredness of every human life.”
Sponsored by the Chester County Pro-Life Coalition (CCPLC), the Chester County March for Life on June 25 drew some 500 participants, most of whom first gathered at St. Agnes Church for a liturgy at which Philadelphia Auxiliary Bishop John McIntyre presided, joined by several concelebrants. A concurrent prayer service for Protestant march attendees was also held at a nearby church.
Decades of marriage honored at wedding anniversary Mass
A married couple faces each other during a blessing at the May 1 wedding anniversary Mass celebrated by Archbishop Nelson Pérez at the Cathedral Basilica of SS. Peter and Paul. (Sarah Webb)
By Gina Christian • Posted May 5, 2021
Some 120 married couples marked their milestone wedding anniversaries during a May 1 vigil Mass celebrated by Archbishop Nelson Pérez at the Cathedral Basilica of SS. Peter and Paul.
The annual liturgy has been a tradition for at least 30 years, said Steven Bozza, director of the archdiocesan Office for Life and Family, which sponsored the gathering.
Steven Bozza
By Steven Bozza • Posted January 22, 2021
The following commentary was written by ethicist Steven Bozza, director of the archdiocesan Office for Life and Family, in response to a Nov. 20, 2020 Philadelphia Inquirer opinion piece by Seneca Joyner of the Women’s Medical Fund, in which Joyner advocated the creation of “a world where anyone can have abortions for any reason at any time.”
In her recent opinion piece, “Stop relying on SCOTUS and Roe to protect abortion rights,” Seneca Joyner of the Women’s Medical Fund takes hyperbole to the extreme by labeling current abortions restrictions as “inhumane” and “brutal.”
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By Gina Christian • Posted January 14, 2021
A new legal decision against a proposed safe injection site in Philadelphia is being welcomed by several area faithful.
On Tuesday, the Third Circuit Court of Appeals ruled the nonprofit Safehouse would violate the federal “crack house” statute (part of the 1986 Anti-Drug Abuse Act) by opening a facility for supervised intravenous consumption of illegal drugs.
“It is a correct statement by the court,” said bioethicist Steven Bozza, director of the archdiocesan Office for Life and Family.
“Thank God for this victory,” said Father Douglas McKay, founder and chaplain of Our House Ministries, a Catholic-based recovery outreach in the Grays Ferry section of the city. “We shouldn’t be going in the direction of safe injection sites. It’s a form of euthanasia.”