Roughly 1,200 people served as joyful witnesses to the sanctity of life during the eighth Indiana March for Life on Jan. 22. The date is significant.

The annual Indiana March for Life and associated events will take place on Jan. 22 in Indianapolis. Youths and pro-life advocates from all five of Indiana’s dioceses will participate in the event, which solemnly commemorates the date in 1973 when the U.S. Supreme Court’s Roe v. Wade decision legalized abortion across the country.

The annual Indiana March for Life and associated events will take place on Jan. 22 in Indianapolis. Youths and pro-life advocates from all five of Indiana’s dioceses will participate in the event, which solemnly commemorates the date in 1973 when the U.S. Supreme Court’s Roe v. Wade decision legalized abortion across the country.

What do Birthline, Holy Family Shelter and Catholic Charities’ Senior Companion Program have in common? They are archdiocesan ministries whose mission includes assisting our brothers and sisters in need.

It’s a chilly but sunny morning as Steve Martin slowly paces the sidewalk in front of a Planned Parenthood facility on the northwest side of Indianapolis on Oct. 22. He prays the rosary in silence as he walks, the beads gently tapping his “Pray to End Abortion” sign.

Suicide is a tragically growing phenomenon in the U.S. According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control, the suicide rate in the U.S. increased 35% between 1999 and 2018.

A public funeral service and burial will be held on Oct. 25 for the remains of an infant discovered last month in Brookside Park in Indianapolis. The service will take place at 1 p.m. in Mt. Vernon Chapel at Washington Park East Cemetery, 10612 E. Washington St., in Indianapolis, followed by a graveside burial service in the Baby Garden, in the far northeast corner of the cemetery.

Roy Lee Ward, convicted of the 2001 rape and murder of 15-year-old Stacy Payne in Dale, Ind., was executed by lethal injection at the Indiana State Prison in Michigan City, Ind., on Oct. 10—the 23rd annual “World Day Against the Death Penalty.”

It has been three years since the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision on Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization returned the regulation of abortion law to individual states. And it has been two years since laws went into effect making most abortion illegal in Indiana.

Life Chain peaceful pro-life prayer events took place in communities throughout central and southern Indiana on Oct. 5, Respect Life Sunday. Below are Life Chain photos submitted to The Criterion.

Each year, the archdiocesan Office of Human Life and Dignity seeks nominations for an adult or married couple to receive the Archbishop O’Meara Respect Life Award and a high school student to receive the Our Lady of Guadalupe Pro-Life Youth and their work to uphold the dignity of human life.

It is a primary teaching of the Catholic Church: As beings made in the image and likeness of God, each person has inherent dignity that is to be respected from conception to natural death. But such respect is not always shown.

The archdiocesan annual Respect Life Sunday Mass will take place at SS. Peter and Paul Cathedral, 1347 N. Meridian St., in Indianapolis, at 10 a.m. on Oct. 5.

While Indiana and several other states have strengthened pro-life laws, there is still a great need for prayer to end all abortion and to change the hearts of those associated with the industry.

After a nearly six-year journey, 1st Choice for Women’s new pregnancy care center opened for business on the southwest side of Indianapolis. On Nov. 30, 2019, “a fire forced us from the building where our Gabriel Project and 1st Choice for Women offices were located,” Linda Kile, then-president and executive director of Great Lakes Gabriel Project, said to the crowd gathered for an opening event on June 14.

When it comes to pregnant and parenting mothers seeking help, the assistance most often sought is not surprising. “A lot of the time it’s diapers,” Brie Anne Varick admits with a smile.

Among St. Joseph’s many patronages are families, fathers and expectant mothers. In light of these patronages, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) created an online novena to St. Joseph for those on the path to adoption, available in English and Spanish. The novena begins on March 10 and ends on March 18, the day before the saint’s feast day.

While Indiana and several other states have strengthened pro-life laws, there is still a great need for prayer to end all abortion and to change the hearts of those associated with the industry.

Following the first execution that Indiana has carried out in 15 years, Catholic lawmakers and leaders are taking center stage in seeking a permanent end to the death penalty in the Hoosier state.

On the heels of the Indiana March for Life, the Indiana Catholic Conference (ICC) is taking steps to support pro-life legislation while calling for a halt to the death penalty in the state.