The Witherspoon Institute: Public Discourse - "Little Murders" by Archbishop Charles J. Chaput

The Witherspoon Institute on its website "Public Discourse - Ethics, Law and the Common Good" features an excellent address given by Archbishop Charles J. Chaput of Denver. Here is just a bit of what His Excellency had to say:

The abortion conflict has never simply been about repealing Roe v. Wade. And the many pro-lifers I know live a much deeper kind of discipleship than ''single issue'' politics. But they do understand that the cornerstone of Catholic social teaching is protecting human life from conception to natural death. They do understand that every other human right depends on the right to life. They did not and do not and will not give up - and they won't be lied to.

So I think that people who claim that the abortion struggle is ''lost'' as a matter of law, or that supporting an outspoken defender of legal abortion is somehow ''prolife,'' are not just wrong; they're betraying the witness of every person who continues the work of defending the unborn child. And I hope they know how to explain that, because someday they'll be required to.

This speech is a must read...