When Cardinal George Pell received an award for his pro-life work, he encouraged fellow defenders of life to work at awakening wonder and awe among their contemporaries.
The archbishop of Sydney, Australia, received the first annual "Mysterium Vitae" (Mystery of Life) Grand Prix award granted by the Archdiocese of Seoul. The award included a prize of more than $104,000, which Cardinal Pell said will go to fund pro-life initiatives.
At an acceptance speech Jan. 17, Cardinal Pell reviewed some of the main attacks against life in all of its stages, ranging from abortion and euthanasia, to the destruction of embryos for research and cloning. But, he said, "We should remember that people are often moved more by their heartstrings than by their heads."
Read the text of Cardinal Pell's talk.
• Compelled By Faith | An Interview with George Cardinal Pell (Ignatius Insight, March 2005)
• The Journalist and the Controversial Cardinal | An Interview with Tess Livingstone (Ignatius Insight, March 2005)
Burning the midnight oil, eh? ;-)
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The A.M. Oil!
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