{"id":9521,"date":"2015-01-22T10:01:00","date_gmt":"2015-01-22T10:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.catholicnewsagency.com\/news\/cardinal-no-pro-life-victory-without-reaching-the-marginalized-82005\/"},"modified":"2015-01-22T10:01:00","modified_gmt":"2015-01-22T10:01:00","slug":"cardinal-no-pro-life-victory-without-reaching-the-marginalized","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicnews\/2015\/01\/cardinal-no-pro-life-victory-without-reaching-the-marginalized\/","title":{"rendered":"Cardinal: No pro-life victory without reaching the marginalized"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

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Washington D.C., Jan 22, 2015 \/ 03:01 am (CNA\/EWTN News<\/a>).- For the pro-life movement to truly succeed, it must fight not only abortion, but also the broader \u201cthrowaway culture\u201d wherever life is being discarded, said Cardinal Sean O\u2019Malley of Boston at a national pro-life Mass. \u00a0<\/p>\n

\t\u201cWhat must characterize the pro-life movement is a special love for the poor, the marginalized, the suffering, and especially human life that is in danger of being discarded,\u201d Cardinal O\u2019Malley said in his Jan. 21 homily at the Opening Mass of the National Prayer Vigil for Life.<\/p>\n

\tThe cardinal addressed an overflow crowd at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, D.C., the largest church in North America. More than 11,000 people were estimated to be in attendance.<\/p>\n

\tCardinal O\u2019Malley, who heads the U.S. bishops\u2019 pro-life committee, was chief celebrant at the Mass. Five additional cardinals, 44 bishops, and 343 priests concelebrated the Mass, according to a basilica spokesperson. Some 100 deacons and 530 seminarians also assisted.<\/p>\n

\tWednesday evening\u2019s Mass kicked off an all-night prayer vigil at the basilica, which ends with a closing Mass Thursday morning. The prayer vigil precedes the annual March for Life, which marks the anniversary of the 1973 Roe v. Wade Supreme Court decision that led to nationwide legal abortion. The march routinely draws hundreds of thousands from across the country to pray and witness in the heart of Washington, D.C.<\/p>\n

\tDrawing from the Gospel of the day, the story of the Rich Young Man, Cardinal O\u2019Malley cited Pope Francis to explain how one must not only keep the commandments but also love the poor.<\/p>\n

\tIn the Gospel story, the young man asked Jesus what he must do to inherit eternal life. He \u201cwent away sad\u201d when Jesus instructed him to go beyond following the commandments by giving all his possessions to the poor and following Christ.<\/p>\n

\t\u201cThe Rich Young Man proudly proclaims that he had observed the commandments from his youth,\u201d but he found it \u201ctoo much\u201d when Jesus commanded him to also give everything he owned to the poor, Cardinal O\u2019Malley noted.<\/p>\n

\t\u201cThe rich young man thought it was either\/or, but Jesus is telling us it is both\/and. We follow the commandments, we are pro-life and we help the poor,\u201d the cardinal stressed.<\/p>\n

\t\u201cPart of the Gospel of Life has to be about loving and helping the poor,\u201d he said. \u201cIndeed, reducing poverty will also reduce the number of abortions. Poor and low income women account for more than half of the abortions performed each year in our country.\u201d<\/p>\n

\tHe cited Pope Francis\u2019 warning of today\u2019s \u201cglobalization of indifference\u201d and \u201cthrowaway culture\u201d to further explain how the evils of abortion and indifference to the poor are connected, not separate.<\/p>\n

\t\u201cHuman beings are themselves considered consumer goods to be used and then discarded. We have a throw away culture that is now spreading,\u201d the cardinal stated, adding that indifference to such evil \u201cis our greatest enemy.\u201d<\/p>\n

\t\u201cThe pro-life movement in the Catholic Church is about overcoming that indifference,\u201d he continued: \u201cindifference to the suffering of a woman in a difficult pregnancy, indifference to the voiceless child who is destined to be part of the statistic of a million killed in the womb each year, indifferent to the poverty and suffering of so many.\u201d<\/p>\n

\tThe \u201cantidote\u201d to the \u201cthrowaway culture,\u201d he continued, is found in receiving God\u2019s love and giving that love to others.<\/p>\n

\t\u201cThe confused young man went away sad because he did not realize how much the Lord loved him. Had he even suspected, I am sure he would have given the money away gladly, but in his insecurity and fear, he leaves. He goes away sad.\u201d<\/p>\n

\t\u201cWe must learn to look on people with love,\u201d Cardinal O\u2019Malley added. \u201cAn attitude of judgmental self-righteousness is not going to change people\u2019s attitudes and save babies. We need to be the field hospital, not Judge Judy.\u201d<\/p>\n

\tHearkening back to the Civil Rights marches of the 1960s that helped fight the injustice of racism, the cardinal called on pro-lifers to be the \u201cdefense attorney for the innocent unborn\u201d and fight the evil of abortion.<\/p>\n

\t\u201cWe shall overcome,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

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