These pro-life advocates encourage a respect for the sacredness and dignity of life from conception to natural death.

Contact: Cindy at cindy@rvhouston.org

Child Sex Trafficking

Angel Studios’ Sound of Freedom recounts Tim Ballard’s, a former DHS agent, successful rescue of trafficked children. It gives a glimpse into the very real and close world of human trafficking, specifically child sex trafficking. To better understand why you should be informed, listen to the interviews. Hear from the actors themselves why this is important. Listen to Tim Ballard’s Senate Judicial hearing testimony on human smuggling.

This is not a problem on the other side of the world.  Houston is one of the largest hubs for human trafficking.

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Abortion

• https://www.optionsforpregnancy.com/
• https://www.mychoicenetwork.org/
• https://resources.care-net.org/find-a-pregnancy-center/
• https://www.standingwithyou.org/

The U.S. bishops reaffirmed that:

“the threat of abortion remains our preeminent priority because it directly attacks life itself, because it takes place within the sanctuary of the family, and because of the number of lives destroyed.”

While we noted not to “dismiss or ignore other serious threats to human life and dignity such as racism, the environmental crisis, poverty, and the death penalty,” we renewed our commitment to protect the most fundamental of all human rights – the right to live.   

This past January, I shared with Pope Francis that the Bishops of the United States had been criticized by some for identifying the protection of the unborn as a pre-eminent priority.  The Holy Father expressed his support for our efforts observing that if we fail to protect life, no other rights matter.  Pope Francis also said that abortion is not primarily a Catholic or even a religious issue, it is first and foremost a human rights issue. 

Most Reverend Joseph F. Naumann
Chairman, USCCB Committee on Pro-Life Activities
September 24, 2020

updated 7-17-2023/jwk