Archbishop Joseph Kurtz spoke to his fellow bishops this week, challenging them, "If you had seen Roe v. Wade coming three years out, what would you have done differently?" He likened our current state in the defense of marriage as similar to 1970 to the abortion issue. (Roe v. Wade, which legalized abortion for all nine months of pregnancy, was handed down on Jan. 22, 1973).
Archbishop Kurtz has chaired the Ad Hoc Committee for the Defense of Marriage, which was just raised to a subcommittee of the USCCB Committee on Laity, Marriage, Family Life and Youth. Check out the great work they are doing. One of my fellow JPII Institute graduates is hard at work finding new ways for the subcommittee to defend the good of marriage. Visit the site often for new resources.
The question remains a challenge just as much to us at to Archbishop Kurtz's brother bishops: "If you had seen Roe v. Wade coming three years out, what would you have done differently?" How will you defend life and love in the institution of marriage?
Emily,
ReplyDeleteThanks for the shout out for the Bishops' Defense of Marriage committee! I was privileged to be present for Archbishop Kurtz's amazing speech...as well as the sneak-preview for the Bishops of the Committee's second video, "Made for Life" - I'll keep you posted as it is finalized for distribution!
p.s. I love your blog! I'm going to earmark it for consistent reference =)
-Bethany