On his recent apostolic journey to the United States, Pope Francis conveyed to the American people the importance of living a consistent ethic of life. For example, the Holy Father touched on this important dimension of Catholic social teaching in his address to Congress, where he reminded its members to “protect and defend human life at every stage of its development.” The following day at the United Nations, Pope Francis called all member nations to a “respect for the sacredness of every human life, of every man and every woman, the poor, the elderly, children, the infirm, the unborn, the unemployed, the abandoned, those considered disposable because they are only considered part of a statistic.”
Catholic social teaching includes consistent ethic of life