In today’s On the Square , James D. Conley is also interested in moral courage:
Increasingly, Catholics are told that if they cannot conform to secular morality, they should leave the secular sphere. That Catholic hospitals must compromise, or be exiled. But we cannot abandon our flocks. Like the Irish of St. Plunkett’s time, the unborn need the loving protection of the Church.
Read the rest here . There’s a breakdown of the Protection of Life During Pregnancy Act from the Irish Catholic Bishops’ Conference here .
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