The Respect Life Office of the Diocese of Rockford was established to fulfill the objectives of the Pastoral Plan for Pro-Life Activities of the National Conference of Catholic Bishops. The office is under the direction of the Bishop of Rockford, the Secretariat for Pro-Life Activities of National Conference of Catholic Bishops and the Catholic Conference of Illinois. The Office is administered by a Diocesan Director appointed by and responsible to the Bishop. Click Here For Full Mission Statement

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The Most Rev. Thomas G. Doran, Bishop of Rockford

It is abundantly clear that we must step up our efforts to prevent the actual or threatened assaults on the dignity of each human life from fertilization to natural death...

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John Paul II

In the proclamation of this Gospel [of Life], we must not fear hostility or unpopularity, and we must refuse any compromise or ambiguity which might conform us to the world’s way of thinking (cf. Rom 12:2)...

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