In response to attacks on Catholic churches and schools, as well as attacks on the property of other faith groups, the USCCB is joining an interfaith coalition in asking Congress to increase the funding for security at religious nonprofits. For more information, you can click here.
The FDA recently approved Sanofi Pasteur’s request to switch from using an aborted fetal cell line (MRC-5) to using an ethical animal cell line to produce its polio combination vaccines Pentacel and Quadracel. For more information you can click here.
The federal government has resumed federal executions for the first time in 17 years. As Pope Francis has made clear, the death penalty is inadmissible as an affront to the Gospel and the dignity of human life. For more infromation, you can click here.
There is absolutely no reason why a vaccine for COVID-19 should be connected to abortion. But that is exactly what may happen in the coming months.
Among the dozens of vaccines currently in development, some are being produced using old cell lines that were created from the cells of aborted babies.
There is NO NEED to further exploit the bodies of aborted children.
Other cell lines or processes that do not involve cells from abortions are available!
In fact, they are regularly used for producing vaccines and are being used by some drug companies to develop a COVID-19 vaccine.
The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) along with leaders of many healthcare, bioethics, and pro-life organizations, is urging the Trump Administration to make sure that vaccines for COVID-19 are developed ethically and are free from any connection to the exploitation of abortion.
For more information, click here.
Among the dozens of vaccines currently in development, some are being produced using old cell lines that were created from the cells of aborted babies.
There is NO NEED to further exploit the bodies of aborted children.
Other cell lines or processes that do not involve cells from abortions are available!
In fact, they are regularly used for producing vaccines and are being used by some drug companies to develop a COVID-19 vaccine.
The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) along with leaders of many healthcare, bioethics, and pro-life organizations, is urging the Trump Administration to make sure that vaccines for COVID-19 are developed ethically and are free from any connection to the exploitation of abortion.
For more information, click here.
The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops Website provides different ways to take action and be proactive in matters related to life issues. It takes less than a minute to enter your information and to sign up for action alerts. Once your information gets saved, it will take less than 10 seconds to make your voice herd and to take action. Let us remember our Holy Father 's words "Among our tasks as witnesses to the love of Christ is that of giving a voice to the cry of the poor." and be the voice that will stand up for Truth, Life and Justice.
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- Go to the USCCB Action Center to view current action alerts and sign up for future action alerts so that you can contact your elected representatives to express your concerns and opinions on upcoming legislation. (Disclaimer from USCCB website: When you go to the USCCB Action Center, this link is provided solely for the user's convenience. By providing this link, the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops assumes no responsibility for, nor does it necessarily endorse, the website, its content, or sponsoring organizations.)
- For action alerts related to migration and refugee issues, please visit the USCCB Justice for Immigrants campaign.
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- Join the U.S. Bishops' Call to Prayer for Life, Marriage, and Religious Liberty.
- Pray - Pray for elected officials and those affected by their work.
- New York State Catholic Conference - The Catholic Action Network (CAN), an arm of the New York State Catholic Conference, gives us all a larger voice in the halls of government. Through our email and social media alerts, CAN reaches tens of thousands of Catholics like you to provide educational updates on the important issues being debated and to provide you with the tools to simplify the process of contacting your elected officials. The Action Center can be accessed here.