APPENDIX B

    [The following is an excerpt from the late Pope Benedict XVI’s General Audience from December 28, 2005. On this Feast of the Holy Innocents, he reflects on the second part of Psalm 139, “The Wonder of My Being” (verses 13-24). © Copyright 2005—Libreria Editrice...
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APPENDIX A: Jonathan Roumie: Pro-life advocacy the “worthiest and noblest cause possible”

This article originally appeared on CNA’s website (www.catholicnewsagency.com) on Jan 20, 2023, and is reprinted with permission. _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Addressing thousands of people assembled on...
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Black Swan in the Pro-Life Personality

  I have organized dozens of pro-life groups, first as an undergraduate, then throughout my career as a high school teacher. And for thirty-plus years, I have been surprised by the number of decent, moral, conscientious students who, though vaguely sympathetic, wouldn’t...
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“Benedict XVI, 95, Who Defended Doctrine, Dies.”  — The New York Times, January 1, 2023

    And so it goes: the gaze of society deflected, as usual, by the modern establishment’s failure—or refusal—to acknowledge what should be called and reckoned with as religious truth. As the Human Life Review’s Jim McFadden used to sigh, verbally, in signing off from...
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