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  The prolife movement has rightly focused on protecting life before birth and has saved countless people in the process. The next essential step is to advocate for the dignity and quality of life of those same individuals after birth. Unfortunately, our advocacy for them in... Read More →

This September marked my 28th Gotcha Day. Normally it is a time for cake, family dinners, and retelling the story of how, when I was 18 months old, I joined my family through adoption. But this year felt different. My husband and I are living as digital nomads on the East Coast,... Read More →

  “Without truth there must be a dissolution of society. As it is there is so little truth, that we are almost afraid to trust our ears; but how should we be, if falsehood were multiplied ten times?” —Samuel Johnson quoted in Boswell’s Life of Johnson   In the Oxford... Read More →

As I write, news outlets are reporting what AP calls “the first reported use of [Chinese] artificial intelligence to direct a hacking campaign in a largely automated fashion.” On the euthanasia/suicide front, a Canadian reports losing two grandmothers to Medical Assistance in... Read More →

  Like you, I’ve heard my share of sophomoric pro-choice jibes. “If only prolifers were concerned about children after they’re born!” Or, “If you were really prolife you’d be protesting the death penalty!” You, the reader, likely know many prolifers who labor diligently on... Read More →

  New York should spend $65 million on upgrading abortion facilities, according to Governor Kathy Hochul. The Democratic governor’s proposed budget includes millions of dollars to support “abortion access” through a variety of funds. This includes “an additional $5 million... Read More →

  The Nazis produced powerful propaganda. Among their many propaganda products was “Dasein ohne Leben,” which is German for “Existence without Life.” The original film and its copies were lost at the end of World War II.  What follows is the transcript of a ten-minute... Read More →

  This article is a reprint from the Bulletin of the Institute for Theological Encounter with Science and Technology (ITEST), Vol. 39, No.1 (2008), p.5-7. For more about ITEST, see https://www.faithscience.org. __________________________________________________________ I do... Read More →

The modern hospice movement is one of the great humanitarian advances of the last hundred years. The story began shortly after World War II, when a young, devout, Anglican medical social worker named Cecily Saunders befriended a Jewish émigré named David Tasma. Tasma had escaped... Read More →

  Your Eminences and Excellencies, my brother priests, consecrated men and women, dear brothers and sisters in Christ. It is a deep honor and privilege to celebrate this Vigil Mass here at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, on this “National... Read More →