Pro-Life News

Cardinal Blase Cupich of Chicago is facing mounting criticism from two prominent American bishops. Senator Dick Durbin, a long-serving Illinois Democrat with a record of supporting abortion legislation, is to receive a "Lifetime Achievement Award" from the Archdiocese of Chicago. The award, due to be presented at the annual Keep Hope Alive fundraiser for the archdiocese's immigration ministry, is intended to recognise Durbin's decades of advocacy for migrants. The senator, who is Catholic, has been one of the principal sponsors of immigration reform in the U.S. Congress. Yet the choice has provoked a strong reaction because of Durbin's longstanding support for abortion. Read more...