The topic of abortion is present in the media, and as a result, we may be confronted with some heated conversations in our day-to-day life.
So, how do we respectfully engage someone in pro-life conversations?
There are four key points that Fr. Michael Niemczak breaks down for us in this video.
And why should we care? Because we should be concerned with saving babies AND converting hearts.
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She studied Spanish and International Relations during her undergraduate studies at the University of Kentucky and combine this with her graduate degree in Communications from the Pontifical University of the Holy Cross and experience in business, she is perfectly poised to take over the world one day.
Although she currently has no real ambitions of world domination she has had the opportunity to expand her international connections through her correspondent work in Rome and collaboration with the Holy See for a video on St. Peter’s Basilica for the Year of Mercy.
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