Notice: Function _load_textdomain_just_in_time was called incorrectly. Translation loading for the mfn-opts domain was triggered too early. This is usually an indicator for some code in the plugin or theme running too early. Translations should be loaded at the init action or later. Please see Debugging in WordPress for more information. (This message was added in version 6.7.0.) in /nas/content/live/brownpelican/wp-includes/functions.php on line 6114
Rep. Chris Smith Releases Statement on Election of Pope Leo XIV, by Grace Porto – Brown Pelican Society of Lousiana

Rep. Chris Smith Releases Statement on Election of Pope Leo XIV, by Grace Porto

Catholic Vote: Noted Italian Catholic Priest, Himself a Victim, Pleads With Cardinals: End Sexual Abuse

A Lion in the Chair of Peter: Will Pope Leo XIV Heal, Resist, or Appease? by Gavin Ashenden

Rep. Chris Smith, R-N.J. United States Congress. Wikimedia Commons

By Grace Porto, Catholic Vote, May 9, 2025

CV NEWS FEED // Rep. Chris Smith, R-N.J., issued a statement upon the May 8 election of Pope Leo XIV, expressing prayers and gratitude for the American pope’s staunch dedication to the right to life.

“Catholics — and people of good will around the world — look to the papacy for moral leadership and clarity,” Rep. Smith wrote in an emailed press release, “and we are encouraged by Pope Leo’s call for peace, his example of faith and humility and his focus on charity and upholding the dignity of the vulnerable and the poor.”

Rep. Smith then noted that while still a cardinal, Pope Leo XIV in a homily earlier this year called for the protection of human life at all stages.

“God’s mercy calls us to protect every life,” then-Cardinal Robert Prevost said, “especially those society overlooks — the child yet to be born and the elderly nearing their journey’s end — because each bears Christ’s face.”

Rep. Smith commented, “By underscoring the protection of the right to life as first among the many humanitarian responsibilities of the Church, the Pope strongly reinforces our collective responsibility to care for unborn children and their mothers.”

Rep. Smith concluded with promises of prayers for the Holy Father and the Church.

Continue reading >>>>>>>>>>>