All life is sacred, for every human person is created in the image and likeness of God. This foundational teaching of our Church is at the heart of our commitment to defend and advocate for every human life from the moment of conception to natural death. We are called upon to pursue this commitment using all available means including prayer, education, pastoral care, and public policy advocacy. Our Family and Respect Life Office is entrusted with the critical task of guiding and supporting all these efforts in the Diocese of Fall River. For it is imperative that all work together -ministries and parishes, clergy and lay faithful- to foster a culture of life, that is, a society that upholds the dignity of every human being, born and unborn, young and old, sick or healthy, especially the most vulnerable among us.+ Bishop Edgar M. da Cunha, S.D.V.
Each October the Church in the United States
celebrates Respect Life Month, and the first Sunday of October is
observed as Respect Life Sunday. As Catholics, we are called to
cherish, defend, and protect those who are most vulnerable, from the beginning
of life to its end, and at every point in between. During the month of October,
the Church asks us to reflect more deeply on the dignity of every human life.
