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Evangelium Vitae After Thirty Years, by Richard A. Spinello  – Brown Pelican Society of Lousiana

Evangelium Vitae After Thirty Years, by Richard A. Spinello 

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Pope John Paul II walks down a gravel path in an undated photo by Vatican photographer Arturo Mari. The Polish pontiff will be canonized April 27 with Blessed John XXIII. (CNS photo/L'Osservatore Romano) (March 20, 2014).

By Richard A. Spinello, Catholic World Report, March 23, 2025 

Richard A. Spinello is Professor of Management Practice at Boston College and a member of the adjunct faculty at St. John’s Seminary in Boston. His most recent book is Four Catholic Philosophers: Rejoicing in the Truth (Jacques Maritain, Edith Stein, Dietrich von Hildebrand, Karol Wojtyła). He has also written numerous books on ethics and the work of St. John Paul II, including The Splendor of Marriage: St. John Paul II’s Vision of Love, Marriage, Family, and the Culture of Life.

 

John Paul II’s encyclical should serve as a constant reminder that there is no room for ambiguity, equivocation, or proportionate reasoning when it comes to the defense of human life and the need to treat all human beings.

March 25, 2025, the Solemnity of the Annunciation, marks the 30th anniversary of St. Pope John Paul II’s great encyclical Evangelium Vitae (The Gospel of Life).

This prophetic work, one of several encyclicals that focus on the key theme of anthropology, has lost none of its intellectual vigor or deep wisdom. The Pope sought to blunt the rapid growth of the abortion culture that obscures the truth about the sanctity of human life and the dignity of all human beings. It is a culture hostile to God and the order of creation because it presumes that a baby in the womb is a mere possession that can be disposed of for pragmatic reasons.

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