Bishop Hying Column

Among hundreds of students gathered at Franciscan Health Dyer, Our Lady of Grace eighth-graders (left to right) Carter Wedryk, Matthew Ball, Carolina Ruiz and Jimena Nazario each plant a cross in the ground to represent an unborn child lost to abortion, as part of the Respect Life Prayer Service on Oct. 2. According to hospital officials, the annual event aims to "celebrate all life with an emphasis on individual life and to draw attention to the lives lost to abortion." (Anthony D. Alonzo photo)
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Among hundreds of students gathered at Franciscan Health Dyer, Our Lady of Grace eighth-graders (left to right) Carter Wedryk, Matthew Ball, Carolina Ruiz and Jimena Nazario each plant a cross in the ground to represent an unborn child lost to abortion, as part of the Respect Life Prayer Service on Oct. 2. According to hospital officials, the annual event aims to "celebrate all life with an emphasis on individual life and to draw attention to the lives lost to abortion." (Anthony D. Alonzo photo)
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Among hundreds of students gathered at Franciscan Health Dyer, Our Lady of Grace eighth-graders (left to right) Carter Wedryk, Matthew Ball, Carolina Ruiz and Jimena Nazario each plant a cross in the ground to represent an unborn child lost to abortion, as part of the Respect Life Prayer Service on Oct. 2. According to hospital officials, the annual event aims to "celebrate all life with an emphasis on individual life and to draw attention to the lives lost to abortion." (Anthony D. Alonzo photo)
COLUMN: Choking in the deadly grasp of sin, Jesus in breaks, wraps us in his net of grace and mercy