Richard Doerflinger has served the church in the United States through his work in the U.S. bishops’ Secretariat for Pro-Life Activities for nearly four decades. I have long admired the fact that this layperson has helped provide the bishops with a sound and credible voice, that he helped them speak so effectively on the abortion issue, and that he was so clearly attentive to making sure the church’s concern for human life reached well beyond that single issue.
Doerflinger retires this week. Here’s my Q&A with him as he steps away, just posted by OSV Newsweekly.