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On March 25th, many people of faith will commemorate the Feast of the Annunciation, when the angel Gabriel told the Virgin Mary that she was to become the mother of Christ. This year, that date also marks the 25th anniversary of St. John Paul II’s papal document Evangelium Vitae\u00a0<\/em>(Living the Gospel of Life). On that day,\u00a0the United States Council of Catholic Bishops (USCCB)’s Pro-Life Secretariat will roll-out a new initiative called “Walking with Moms in Need: A Year of Service<\/a>,” to encourage churches and communities to come alongside local pregnant and parenting women in need.<\/p>\n

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Live Action News spoke to Kat Talalas, Assistant Director for Pro-Life Communications in the USCCB’s Pro-Life Secretariat, about her goals and hopes for the program.<\/p>\n

The goal of Walking with Moms in Need is twofold. Talalas said that the USCCB seeks to support churches at the local level, recognizing that “parishes are the experts in their communities” when it comes to knowing what partnerships and resources for pregnant and parenting women exist locally. “Pregnancy centers are doing fantastic work locally, and we encourage parishes to partner with them,” Talalas told Live Action News. “We are not trying to turn parishes into pregnancy centers, but to support local pregnancy centers where they exist Pregnancy centers are on the front lines and are indispensable in this effort.” Secondly, the program will serve as a reminder that the Gospel of Life, the term John Paul II coined for the proclamation that Christ’s birth “reveals the full meaning of every human birth<\/a>” and makes clear the attitude of joy which should accompany “every child born into the world<\/a>,” is\u00a0the\u00a0<\/em>Gospel. Talalas reiterated, “The Gospel of Life is<\/em> the Gospel.”\u00a0The pro-life message is not an add-on or political sideshow, but is at the very heart of the Gospel message.<\/p>\n