On June 24, 2022, the Supreme Court of the United States issued a landmark ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, overturning Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey thus returning this issue to the individual states. In response, the bishops of Louisiana issued the following statement: We give thanks to God that
"We need to participate for the common good. Sometimes we hear: a good Catholic is not interested in politics. This is not true: good Catholics immerse themselves in politics by offering the best of themselves so that the leader can govern." - Pope Francis, 9/16/13 On May 18th 2022, catholic leaders from around the area
The USCCB has been working to address services for pregnant moms and how parishes might assist with an initiative called Walking with Moms in Need. Below is an initial assessment LCCB undertook to begin to identify services in each diocese. Parishes can use this as a basic document to identify services that pregnant moms that
The LCCB testified in Senate Judiciary C on May 24th, 2022 to urge the Committee to consider the impacts of removing reasonable training safeguards that will help to protect human life in our communities and promote the common good. The principle of subsidiarity in catholic social teaching was used as the Louisiana Association of Chiefs