Does a Catholic Have to Be Pro-Life?

In this episode, Dr. David Hajduk gives his take on whether you can call yourself "Catholic" and be "pro-choice." He makes clear what being "pro-choice" means and what being "Catholic" means, as well as what sort of choices, beliefs, and activities might make a person no longer in communion with the Catholic Church.

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⏰ Timecodes ⏰

00:00 Intro

01:28 Can a person be both Catholic and Pro-choice

02:30 What is Abortion?

03:45 The Catholic Churches opinions & teachings about abortion

05:28 Excommunicated from the Catholic Church

06:33 How can excommunication be lifted?

06:57 Abortion in Politics

10:38 Ave Maria Mutual Fund Ad

12:13 More on the Teachings of the Church about Abortion

13:36 St. Pope John Paul II - Evangelium Vitae

15:35 Rejecting the Churches Teachings about Abortion

16:33 Possibility of schism on those who oppose the Churches teachings on abortion

16:56 St. Pope John Paul II's Apostolic Letters

17:47 Pope Benedict XVI comments on the teachings

19:26 Are the excommunicated still Catholics?

20:51 Final Thoughts