Pro-life movement needs new approach, driven by all the faithful, dicastery says

10VATICANCITY(CNS)—TheDicasteryforLaity,theFamilyandLifehaspublishedapastoralframeworktohelpdiocesesbeginasynodalprocessforstrengtheningandpromotingthepastoralcareofhumanlife. TheaimistohelpallCatholicsdefend,safeguardandpromoteallhumanlifeworldwideandindifferentculturalcontextsatatimethatis“markedbyextremelyseriousviolationsofhumandignity,”thedicasterysaidinastatementMarch24,theeveofthe30thanniversaryofSt.JohnPaulII’sencyclical,“EvangeliumVitae”(“TheGospelofLife”). Titled,“Lifeisalwaysagood.InitiatingProcessesforaPastoralCareofHumanLife,”the40-pageframeworkseekstoreaffirmSt.JohnPaul’swordsasrepeatedlyemphasizedbyPopeFrancisandto“drawtheattentionofallpeopleofgoodwillwhowishtobeattheserviceofcommunitiestoeffectivelydefendandpromoteeveryhumanperson’slife,”CardinalKevinJ.Farrell,dicasteryprefect,wroteinitspreface. Manycountriesareafflictedbywarsandallsortsofviolence,“especiallyagainst