This past week churches around our nation marked Sanctity of Human Life Sunday. We were otherwise engaged in celebrating the life of our parish and so we will mark the day this coming Sunday. Nevertheless, whatever day a church chooses to speak up for the cause of life, the question always emerges - why does it matter? That is the question that I intend to address this coming Sunday. In the meantime though I commend to the reader this excellent article. It is actually the transcript of an address given by the late Richard John Neuhaus to the 2008 National Right to Life gathering. It is well worth reading.