Pope Benedict on first worldwide vigil for nascent life

At the beginning of Advent - we know many Churches in the Hudson Valley joined in this worldwide event.

"The embryo in the maternal womb" is not "a pile of organic material," but a "new living being, dynamic and wonderfully ordered, a new and unique individual of the human species," "so it was for Jesus in Mary's womb, so was for each of us in our mother's womb."