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In the wake of France becoming the first country in the world to enshrine the “right” to abortion into its constitution, the French Catholic bishops and the Pontifical Academy for Life (PAV) have both responded<\/a> by reaffirming the right to life for all preborn children and calling on the faithful to respond with fasting and prayer.<\/p>\n

On Monday, the French Bishops\u2019 Conference issued its statement<\/a> in response to the parliamentary action which made the killing of preborn children a constitutional right.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs Catholics, we must continue to serve life from conception to death, to be artisans of respect for every human being, which is always a gift given to all others, and to support those who choose to keep their child even in difficult circumstances,\u201d the statement said. “Let us humbly and urgently ask for grace. Above all, let us pray that our fellow citizens will rediscover the taste for life, for giving it, for receiving it, for accompanying it, for having and raising children.”<\/p>\n

The bishops also noted<\/a> that they “gladly relay the call made by several Catholic movements to fast and prayer\u201d in response to the measure.<\/p>\n

In addition to the Bishops’ Conference, the PAV also expressed regret that no measures were taken to help women who actually want to continue their pregnancies. Based in the Vatican<\/a>, the PAV is “dedicated to promoting the Church’s consistent life ethic.”<\/p>\n

\u201cThe particular life situations and difficult and dramatic contexts of our time must be addressed with the tools of a legal civilization that looks first of all to the protection of the weakest and most vulnerable,\u201d it said<\/a>. \u201cProtection of life, ought to be humanity\u2019s ‘first objective,’ and is something that can only develop in a world voice of conflict and with the fields of science, technology, and industry serving both the human person and brotherhood.\u201d<\/p>\n

The PAV also cited a declaration made<\/a> by Pope Francis during a general audience on March 25, 2020.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe defense of life is not an ideology; it is a reality, a human reality that involves all Christians, precisely because they are Christian and because they are human,” the Pope said.<\/p>\n

The DOJ put a pro-life grandmother in jail for protesting the killing of preborn children. Please take 30-seconds to TELL CONGRESS: STOP THE DOJ FROM TARGETING PRO-LIFE AMERICANS.<\/i><\/b><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In the wake of France becoming the first country in the world to enshrine the “right” to abortion into its constitution, the French Catholic bishops and the Pontifical Academy for Life (PAV) have both responded by reaffirming the right to life for all preborn children and calling on the faithful to respond with fasting and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":607,"featured_media":214830,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false},"categories":[5,3473],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\nCatholic Church responds as France declares abortion a constitutional right<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\""Let us pray that our fellow citizens will rediscover the taste for life, for giving it, for receiving it... for having and raising children."\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" 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