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By Phil Lawler, Catholic Culture, Mar 05, 2026
Phil Lawler has been a Catholic journalist for more than 30 years. He has edited several Catholic magazines and written eight books. Founder of Catholic World News, he is the news director and lead analyst at CatholicCulture.org. See full bio.
Sometimes a conversation takes a permanent spot in one’s memory. About forty years ago, over lunch with a dedicated pro-life activist, I asked whether he thought the leaders of the local Catholic diocese took the problem of abortion seriously.
“Oh, they take it seriously,” he answered. “They issue strong statements against abortion all the time.” However he continued:
But they don’t treat the question with much urgency. Not as much urgency as they’d show if, say, the rectory of a parish burned down. Not even as much as if a house down the street from the parish burned down. …
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