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June 24, 2022, was an important day in our nation’s history. On that day the United States Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade....

WASHINGTON (Catholic News Service) — In a 6-3 decision June 24, the U.S. Supreme Court overturned its nearly 50-year-old decision in Roe v. Wade that legalized abortion in this country.

The Catholic Church has been clear and consistent in teaching that abortion is a grave moral evil. The Second Vatican Council decreed that abortion is an “unspeakable crime.” The Catechism of the Catholic Church insists that “human life must be respected and protected absolutely from the moment of conception...Direct abortion is gravely contrary to the moral law.” In recent years, all of the popes have spoken clearly in condemning abortion. Pope Francis has said, simply and powerfully, “Abortion is murder.”

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (CNS) — With Ada’s first pregnancy, she didn’t have the support, she didn’t know the resources available to her. She often ran out of diapers and clothes and had trouble finding people to talk to about it. Her OB-GYN suggested that she reach out to St. Gabriel’s Call, a ministry of the Diocese of Providence dedicated to easing a mother’s worries by providing families with diapers, toiletries, cribs, baby carriers and many other items.

PROVIDENCE, R.I.— Most Rev. Thomas J. Tobin, Bishop of Providence, announced a commitment to double the assistance provided to pregnant and new mothers as well as their children through the Saint Gabriel’s Call ministry.

TODAY, Tues., May 31 - Stand with us at anytime from 3 to 6 p.m. at the RI Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on taxpayer-funded abortion-on-demand, at the Rhode Island State House, Room 313. Please wear blue.

Tell the members of the General Assembly you don't want to foot the bill for someone else’s abortion. Currently pending House bill 7442 and Senate bill 2549 propose using your tax dollars to fund abortions for state workers and people on Medicaid. Click for contact information...

Novena honoring the Feast of the Visitation - click below to sign up!

THIS THURS., MAY 19 - RI House Finance Hearing on Tax Funded Abortion! *Say NO to Taxpayer-Funded Abortion-on-Demand!*

What is the choice? Is it to kill or not to kill an innocent, defenseless human being? A majority of elected RI representatives and senators have already passed a radical New York pro-abortion law which forces the state to deny legal protection to unborn children throughout all nine months. The 2019 law codified and expanded abortion rights in Rhode Island, making it easier for women to obtain late-term abortions for virtually any reason. To add insult to injury, these same anti-life politicians now intend to force taxpayers to fund the killing of the unborn, treating them as disposable objects.

With the joys of Ecclesiastes in mind, which tells us that to everything there is a season, and a time for every purpose under heaven, St. Clare Parish, on May 4, hosted the first annual evening of “A Toast to Life & Liberty!”, an event conceived and organized by Maria Parker, former coordinator of the diocesan Office of Life & Family.

Faithful Invited to Fast and Pray the Rosary on Friday, May 13 in Midst of Tensions Over Leaked Draft Supreme Court Opinion

Statement of Bishop Tobin on the Supreme Court and Roe v Wade

Many women and men have walked down the same path as you and have experienced the mercy, compassion and healing power of Jesus through a Rachel’s Vineyard Retreat. A Rachel’s Vineyard Retreat is an opportunity for any woman, man, couple, grandparent or sibling struggling with the emotional or spiritual pain of abortion. The weekend provides the time and space to enter the grieving process, to identify effects of the abortion, and to release deep feelings of anger, shame or guilt. Click for more.

*TWO ACTION ALERTS* - These two issues to be heard by the RI House Judiciary this Thurs., April 7 : (1) Multiple Pro-Life Measures to Protect Preborn Babies and (2) Assisted Suicide. Please click to support LIFE and take Action NOW! Thank you!

The Rhode Island Senate Committee on Health & Human Services is considering a deplorable bill (2022 -- S2080) today, Thursday, March 17 (St. Patrick's Day), that would impose on the Little Sisters of the Poor in Pawtucket, and other objecting Rhode Island employers, the federal Obamacare abortifacient and contraceptive that has been litigated over the past ten years all the way to the Supreme Court. Please take action now!

The Lenten Campaign will begin on Ash Wednesday, March 2....

Join Bishop Tobin March 2 at the 12:05 p.m. Holy Mass in the Cathedral of Saints Peter and Paul, Providence Following is our "40 Days for Life" Ash Wednesday Lenten Procession at 12:45 p.m. from the Cathedral (weather permitting). Click for more.

On Monday, February 28, the Senate will vote on the Women’s Health Protection Act, H.R. 3755. This deceptively-named, extreme bill would impose abortion on demand nationwide at any stage of pregnancy through federal statute. Click for more and to take action!

The Missionary Image of Our Lady of Guadalupe is visiting the Diocese of Providence from today until Feb. 6 - revised schedule here!