Colorado bishops call for penance, prayer, in response to Planned Parenthood organ-harvesting
August 06, 2015
The Catholic bishops of Colorado have asked the faithful to observe a day of penance and prayer as a response to the revelations of the harvesting of organs from aborted children.
“We call on all people of good will in Colorado and beyond to pray that those involved in research and medicine will fix their sights on recognizing the sacredness of life and refrain from putting human life at the service of science,” the bishops said, in a statement released by the Colorado Catholic Conference. They set August 28 as a special day of prayer and penance.
The call for prayer was a response to undercover videos released by the Center for Medical Progress. One such video focused on Planned Parenthood of the Rockies, located in Denver.
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Posted by: Chestertonian -
Aug. 06, 2015 11:58 PM ET USA
All this outrage and the many requests for prayer and action are great, but we pro-lifers have been aware of this activity for DECADES, and pleading for help. Where has the Church been all this time?! One cannot help but picture ostriches with heads in sand, or modern day doubting Thomases. Better late than never, but . . . It's as if the evil of the 55 million murders themselves just weren't enough to rouse them to action.