In this issue of Every Day Catholic, main article authors Jim and Susan Vogt explore what it means to embrace the consistent ethic of life. Frank Frost spotlights the movie Dead Man Walking and offers insights for reflection and discussion in the “Movie Moments” column. Lisa K. Gigliotti, J.D., a Michigan woman who struggles with debilitating illnesses and fights to defend life through her profession as an attorney, shares her witness in “Putting Shoes on the Gospel.” Jeanne Hunt explores how a community lives its passion for all life—womb to tomb—in “Passing on the Faith” and invites us to pray for the courage to choose all life in the Prayer. The issue is rounded out with a quote from Pope John Paul II's encyclical The Gospel of Life, and with questions for reflection and discussion.

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