Pope Francis called for the protection of life at New Year’s Day Mass on Wednesday, offering a seemingly anti-abortion message. “Let us entrust this new year to Mary, Mother of God,”

Pope Francis started the new year with a powerful call for the defense of life, emphasizing the Catholic Church's stance against abortion. During a New Year's Day Mass at St. Peter's Basilica, he urged for a "firm commitment" to honor human life from conception to natural death.

Pope Francis ushered in the New Year with a renewed appeal for the faithful to reject abortion, calling for a “firm commitment” to protect and respect life from conception to natural death. Francis, 88,

"May we learn to care for every child born of a woman, above all by protecting, like Mary, the precious gift of life: life in the womb, the lives of children, the lives of the suffering, the poor, the elderly,

Pope Francis started the New Year with a potent message advocating for the protection of life at all stages, from conception to natural death. During a New Year's Day Mass, he emphasized respecting human dignity and denounced abortion as 'homicidal,