Pro-Life Papal Ally is Named Philadelphia Archbishop

PHILADELPHIA, July 15, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – With the retirement of staunch pro-life Cardinal Anthony Bevilacqua, 80, the longtime archbishop of the prestigious See of Philadelphia, the Vatican has named papal ally Justin F. Rigali, 68, currently archbishop of St. Louis, to replace Bevilacqua.  Before returning to the U.S., California-born Rigali spent much of his career inside the Vatican as the pope’s “right hand man.” In St. Louis, he led pro-life marches and was a vociferous defender of life from conception to natural death.  https://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20030715/ts_nm/pope_usa_philadephia_dc_1   For Rigali’s pro-life credentials:  https://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2003/jan/03012104.html https://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2000/jul/00071702.html   For an example of Bevilacqua’s defence of the unborn:  https://www.usccb.org/prolife/issues/abortion/unfpa703.pdf