On March 8, 2017, the Government of Canada announced $650 million over three years to further "sexual and reproductive health and rights,” including abortion, in countries around the world.
Bishop Donald Crosy, the president of the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops has written the following letter of concern to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau about this decision: http://www.cccb.ca/site/images/stories/pdf/Letter_to_Prime_Minister_Trudeau_-_EN_10_March_2017.pdf
As we reflect on the words of our Holy Father, Pope Francis, it is clear that such policies are a threat to the Call to Family Life :
“It is not ‘progressive’ to try to resolve problems by eliminating a human life…”
— Pope Francis’ Apostolic Exhortation Evangelii Gaudium #213-214
