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Protecting the Unborn – The Inner Life – January 22, 2026

Patrick Conleyby Patrick Conley

Fr. Dave Heney joins Patrick to discussProtecting the Unborn

  • What is the Church’s teaching on the sanctity of life?
  • What is at the core of the reason people get abortion?

(18:34) Break 1

  • Teresa – I just wanted to say that I’m trying to start a walking with moms with need at my parish in Ohio, so we can do what Father was talking about. Help through pregnancy centers and walk with them on their journey before the baby is born and after.
  • (23:23) Richard – I lead a 40 days for life campaign in the Midwest. Prayer is most important, but we’re also dealing with Satan in this evil. I think it needs to be approached from that reality.
  • (28:00) Craig – We just have celebrated Christmas, but it’s not the first and biggest feast we should be celebrating. We should be celebrating the incarnation and then the resurrection. It all begins at conception. That’s when God became present on Earth.
  • Jane – I belong a group called Holy Innocents. We raise funds for various pro-life organizations. Just wanted to talk about that.

(38:05) Break 2

  • (39:59) Connie – I’m in OCIA and joining the church in a couple months. Something that slowed me down was encountering those who claim to be Catholic, but support abortion. What do you say to ‘pro-choice Catholics?’
  • (43:53) Norma – I am a counselor at a pregnancy center. Want to say thanks for all who can help those centers.
  • How can we speak about protecting the unborn with truth and compassion?

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Patrick Conley

Patrick Conley

Patrick Conley was born, raised, and baptized in Wisconsin in a Protestant tradition. After meeting his wife, Kendra, through an Evangelical ministry at the University of Minnesota, they entered the Catholic Church in 2010. They listened to Relevant Radio, specifically The Inner Life, while preparing to enter the Church. Conley now holds a degree in theology from Oxford University and has served the Church in both academic theology and grassroots pastoral ministry. Conley teaches religion classes in a Catholic elementary school, serves as his parish Director of Religious Education, and is in formation for the permanent diaconate. He also hosts Practicing Catholic on Relevant Radio, exclusive to the Minneapolis area’s airwaves, and is a traveling presenter for the Catherine of Siena Institute apostolate. He lives in rural Wisconsin with his wife and their bulldogs, Georgie and Bingley.