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  The readings for the third Sunday of Advent in the Catholic lectionary include this passage from the Letter of James: “Do not complain, brothers and sisters, about one another, that you may not be judged. Behold, the Judge is standing before the gates.” (5:7-10)  This must be... Read More →

  Carbondale, Illinois, a rural town near the Missouri border, has become an abortion hub for women in nearby states, and at least one city employee saw that as a potential “economic opportunity.” Abortion facilities in Carbondale killed 11,000 innocent preborn babies last... Read More →

  Idaho’s law protecting preborn babies from abortions does not turn women into “slaves” or violate their religious liberty, a federal judge affirmed recently. The Satanic Temple brought a lawsuit against the state’s pro-life law based on farfetched legal theories that it... Read More →

[Wesley J. Smith is a senior fellow at the Discovery Institute’s Center on Human Exceptionalism and a consultant to the Patients Rights Council. The following appeared on National Review online on July 23, 2025 (www.national review.com). Copyright 2025 by National Review.... Read More →

  As the debate over chemical abortion and its accessibility rages on, a new poll is showing that most American voters support stronger restrictions on the dangerous drugs. A recent poll by McLaughlin & Associates discovered that 70% of American voters support... Read More →

[John M. Grondelski (Ph.D., Fordham) is former associate dean of the School of Theology, Seton Hall University, South Orange, New Jersey. He is especially interested in moral theology and the thought of John Paul II. The following appeared on July 18, 2025, in the National... Read More →

  [Kathryn Jean Lopez is religion editor of National Review. Her following interview with Anne Conlon, then managing editor of the Human Life Review and editor of The Debate Since Roe, was posted on NRO (www.nationalreview.com) on January 20, 2012.] On January 23, opponents... Read More →

  In the book of Leviticus, God calls on the Israelites to accept thoroughly, and follow willingly, the Divine blueprint for living given to Moses on Mt. Sinai (26:3 – 27:34). The Almighty commands the nation of Israel to embrace this new way of life so that they may... Read More →

  Is the abortion drug mifepristone truly “as safe as Tylenol”? A new report from the Ethics and Public Policy Center is disputing the claim. Data from the report reveals the real world failure rate of mifepristone is at least 5.26% — double the rate from U.S. clinical... Read More →

  C. S. Lewis, a character in his own story, saw her approaching from afar. She was radiant. Leading her were bright angels, joyous children, and musicians. Multitudes of animals followed after. It was a great procession coming down from the high country. Lewis thought he was... Read More →