New Adventures with the Lord

  Our parish grammar school held the 8th grade graduation ceremony last week in our church. This is the regular practice at St. Joseph of Yorkville School. Rather than use the school auditorium, diplomas are conferred in the house of God to highlight the Catholic nature of...
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Colleges Must Hand Out Abortion Drugs To Students Under New Colorado Law

  All universities in Colorado with a student health center will be required to hand out dangerous abortion drugs to college students or help them obtain them from an outside source under a new law. House Bill 26-1335, signed by Democratic Governor Jared Polis on May 28,...
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More Than a Clump of Cells

    I beg the indulgence of my prolife readers as I navigate some twists of Christian theology to make a point about our shared affirmation of the personhood of the child in the womb. All Christians observe some form of celebration of “the Lord’s Supper,” what looks...
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YouTuber and Wife Face Backlash For Aborting Down Syndrome Baby

  Popular YouTuber Jesse Ridgeway announced last week that he and his wife decided to abort their unborn baby with Down syndrome. “This week, my wife and I made the very difficult decision to terminate the pregnancy due to Trisomy 21. The choice was not made lightly,” he...
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Activist Judges Are Blocking Pro-Life Laws

    While the Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization Supreme Court decision stopped activist federal judges from blocking pro-life laws, it could not stop state judges from doing the same. In many states, pro-life leaders and legislators are passing protections...
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Enduring Courage

    Across southwestern Kansas back in the mid-1960s, several rock bands played the small towns’ school gyms and National Guard Armories. Their names make you smile: The Blue Things, The Fabulous Flippers, King Midas and the Mufflers, The Rising Suns, The Sensational...
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ABOUT THIS ISSUE (Winter 2026)

We begin our 52nd year of publishing with timely and important articles from our two new editors, Mary Rose Somarriba and Christopher M. Reilly. In “DIY Abortion Returns: From Back Alleys to Bathrooms,” Somarriba makes the chilling case that the easy availability of “medication...
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APPENDIX A: Parish-based Initiative by the USCCB Connects Mothers with Key Resources

[The following first appeared in Catholic World Report on November 10, 2025, and is reprinted with permission] ______________________________________________________________________________ Walking with Moms in Need is a nationwide, parish-based initiative by the United States...
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An Interview with Prof. Miguel Pastorino

Uruguay recently became the first country in Latin America to legalize euthanasia. Its General Assembly, the national legislature, approved legislation in October 2025 to allow euthanizing persons over 18 with a chronic, irreversible, and incurable disease that causes “unbearable...
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The Innate Dependence of all Humanity

My book The Dignity of Dependence: A Feminist Manifesto is comprised of a set of words, each of which I was counseled against using, whether it be dignity, dependence, feminist, or manifesto, though at least manifesto is a warning about the other three. I’d like to begin...
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