There are situations of acute poverty, anxiety or frustration in which the struggle to make ends meet, the presence of unbearable pain, or instances of violence, especially against women, make the choice to defend and promote life so demanding as sometimes to reach the point of heroism.
Casus identidem peculiaris inopiae anxietatis vel desperationis incidunt, ubi de exsistentia labor, dolor ferme intolerabilis redditus, violationes acceptae, praesertim feminas adficientes, faciunt ut consilia de protegenda ac promovenda vita aliquid flagitent nonnumquam quod virtutem quandam prae se ferat heroicam.vatican.va vatican.va