INTRODUCTION: Spring 2025

As I write, news accounts of the pope’s early-morning death on April 21 still ricochet around the internet. This bit from the Wall Street Journal: “Pope Francis, who sought to refocus the Catholic Church on promoting social and economic justice rather than traditional moral...
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APPENDIX B: Media “Gaslighting” and the Popes

[Margaret Hickey, a freelance columnist, writes for the Irish Dominican publication, Alive, and reviews for the Irish monthly magazine Position Papers. The following was originally posted April 29, 2025, on the Human Life Review’s website.] ___________________________________...
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APPENDIX A: Mothers Who Keep Their Fatal Pregnancies Turn To Faith: “Who am I to kill this baby?”

[Julia Duin is a longtime investigative journalist and author. The following article was published on Religion Unplugged (www.religionunplugged.com) on October 24, 2024, and is reprinted with the author’s permission.] __________________ When Mariella Aitana Guerrero was born on a...
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JD Vance, Maria Theresa, and Catholic Rule

I Recently, I attended the Catholic Prayer Breakfast in Washington, DC, and was struck by the enthusiasm in certain quarters for what the guest speaker— Vice President JD Vance—might portend for improved relations between the American Church and the American State. Of course, in...
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