What’s Said and What’s True

  Readers of the New Testament are familiar with one way Jesus and later Paul explained to their listeners and readers the difference between what evildoers argue and what is true: “It is written.” For example, when Satan asked Jesus to turn stones into bread (chapter four...
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Always a Helper

  It had never been done before in New York. A Catholic bishop of one of America’s largest dioceses processed through the streets, surrounded by a thousand or more of the faithful, praying the rosary over a loudspeaker as he headed for an abortion clinic on a mid-June...
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A Confession for Life versus the Scandal of Division

    There are hundreds, if not thousands, of Christian denominations in the United States. This division of the Christian community is a scandal. Just days before Jesus was executed on a Roman cross, He prayed for His disciples: “I ask not only on behalf of these, but...
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Crisis Pregnancy Centers Suffer Record Attacks

  The photos are apocalyptic: Pictures of charred office spaces, glass scattered in great sheets on the sidewalk; jeering slogans spray-painted on the exterior walls; and windows filled with circular cracks that, spiderweb-like, stretch from one sill to another. This was the...
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Introduction Winter 2023

  Unlike the public at large, Review readers are likely aware of the months-long violent response to the Dobbs decision. Still, Julia Duin’s “Crisis Pregnancy Centers Suffer Record Attacks” may hold surprises. It did for me. I didn’t know, for instance, that in July the home...
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Legal Issues on Chemical Abortions

  This article was originally posted by Edward Mechmann’s blog Stepping Out of the Boat on March 10, 2023 ____________________________________________________________________________________ In January 2023, the FDA announced a new policy that permits a woman to obtain...
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HHS weighs declaring access to abortion a “public health emergency’

  In response to the overturn of Roe v. Wade, the Department of Health and Human Services is weighing the possibility of declaring  a “public health emergency” more evidence of a concerted effort by the Biden administration to expand abortion access nationwide. “There are...
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Lent: A Time for Humility and Honesty

    The sacred season of Lent, when we join in spirit with Jesus in his forty days of fasting in the desert, is upon us. We are called to contemplate the misery our sins, but more importantly, our hope in the One who died for all mankind. The reality of our sinfulness...
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Rihanna’s Super Bowl pregnancy announcement is an unexpected pro-life moment

      When Rihanna performed at the Super Bowl halftime show this week, she shocked the world by revealing a baby bump. While her performance itself may not have been altogether family-friendly, Rihanna has recently surprised onlookers by being an advocate for...
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The Path to Salvation

    The pro-life movement is ultimately about extending the protection of the law to unborn babies; those of all faiths, or none, contribute meaningfully to that humanitarian cause. But for Christians, our pro-life witness must be subsumed into Our Lord’s healing work...
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