The Rev. William Graham speaks on "The Failure of the Pro-life movement" at upcoming faculty colloquium

Release Date: 09/25/12

DULUTH, MN -  The Rev. William Graham, Ph.D., director of the Braegelman Program in Catholic Studies at The College of St. Scholastica, will speak about "The Failure of the Pro-life Movement" at 3:40 p.m. Friday, Sept. 28, in Room 4119 of Tower Hall on campus. Admission is free and open to the public

He is the first featured speaker in a faculty colloquium monthly lecture series developed by the College's School of Arts and Letters to highlight diverse faculty research projects. The presentation will include a 40-minute lecture followed by 20 minutes of questions and answers. Colloquium audiences typically include a mixture of students, faculty and community members.

During his presentation Graham, a priest of the Catholic Diocese of Duluth, will discuss how the pro-life movement has inspired much opposition toward the Catholic Church in the United States.

He refers to the "Catechism of the Catholic Church," which states: "Human life is sacred because from its beginning it involves the creative action of God and it remains for ever in a special relationship with the Creator, who is its sole end. God alone is the Lord of life from its beginning until its end: no one can under any circumstance claim for himself the right directly to destroy an innocent human being."

Graham concludes, "What is simple with regard to Catholic teaching about the sanctity of life is not at all simple when we seek to translate that noble and immutable principle into the political life of a complex and diverse nation."   

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