Catholic Bishops of France Call for Prayer and Fasting for the Right to Life as the Country Enters Abortion in the Constitution
Call for Prayer and Fasting on the occasion of the vote by Parliament in Congress on the constitutional revision including abortion in the Constitution. Since the statement was released France's Senate on Wednesday did adopt the bill to enshrine the right to an abortion in the constitution.
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The Presidency of the CEF relays the call for fasting and prayer launched by several Catholic associations on the occasion of the vote by Parliament in Congress on the constitutional revision including abortion in the Constitution.
On this Monday, March 4, 2024, the National Assembly and the Senate meeting in Congress are invited to vote on the modification of our French Constitution to include the guarantee of access to abortion. Our country would have honored itself by instead promoting the rights of women and children. Of all European countries, even Western Europe, France is the only one where the number of abortions is not decreasing and has even increased over the last two years. Many of our parliamentarians, no doubt, will vote for this text with the conviction of affirming an essential right; some, quite a few in fact, will vote for it ashamed and forced.
President and Vice-Presidents of the Conference of Bishops of France (CEF), we gladly relay the call launched by several Catholic movements to fast and prayer.
As Catholics, we will always have to remain servants of the life of each and every one, from conception to death, artisans of respect for every human being which is always a gift given to all others, to support those who choose to keep their child even in difficult situations – and we are looking for new ways to do this – to surround with our respect and our compassion those who have had recourse to abortion. Let us humbly and urgently ask for grace. Above all, let us pray that our fellow citizens will rediscover the taste for life, for giving it, for receiving it, for accompanying it, for having and raising children.
The Presidency of the Conference of Bishops of France
Mgr Éric de Moulins-Beaufort, Archbishop of Reims, President of the CEF
Mgr Vincent Jordy, Archbishop of Tours, Vice-President of the CEF
Mgr Dominique Blanchet, Bishop of Créteil, Vice-President of the CEF
CEF LOGO
The Presidency of the CEF relays the call for fasting and prayer launched by several Catholic associations on the occasion of the vote by Parliament in Congress on the constitutional revision including abortion in the Constitution.
On this Monday, March 4, 2024, the National Assembly and the Senate meeting in Congress are invited to vote on the modification of our French Constitution to include the guarantee of access to abortion. Our country would have honored itself by instead promoting the rights of women and children. Of all European countries, even Western Europe, France is the only one where the number of abortions is not decreasing and has even increased over the last two years. Many of our parliamentarians, no doubt, will vote for this text with the conviction of affirming an essential right; some, quite a few in fact, will vote for it ashamed and forced.
President and Vice-Presidents of the Conference of Bishops of France (CEF), we gladly relay the call launched by several Catholic movements to fast and prayer.
As Catholics, we will always have to remain servants of the life of each and every one, from conception to death, artisans of respect for every human being which is always a gift given to all others, to support those who choose to keep their child even in difficult situations – and we are looking for new ways to do this – to surround with our respect and our compassion those who have had recourse to abortion. Let us humbly and urgently ask for grace. Above all, let us pray that our fellow citizens will rediscover the taste for life, for giving it, for receiving it, for accompanying it, for having and raising children.
The Presidency of the Conference of Bishops of France
Mgr Éric de Moulins-Beaufort, Archbishop of Reims, President of the CEF
Mgr Vincent Jordy, Archbishop of Tours, Vice-President of the CEF
Mgr Dominique Blanchet, Bishop of Créteil, Vice-President of the CEF
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