Planned Parenthood of Illinois Closes Four Centers . . . That Don’t Offer Abortions

    Planned Parenthood of Illinois plans to close four of its facilities, but only locations that do not provide abortions. The abortion giant blamed an “uncertain patient care landscape,” according to WTTW. The news outlet also reported that Planned Parenthood has...
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Pastoral Reflection for Lent 2025

  On the first Sunday in Lent this year, many churches will read St. Luke’s account of our Lord’s forty days’ temptations in the wilderness, which is preceded by a genealogy of Jesus (Lk. 3:23-38). St. Matthew’s Gospel has a genealogy too (Mt. 1:1-17), proceeding from...
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Pro-life Integrity

    Persuasive people are logical, passionate—and credible. And undergirding credibility is the virtue of integrity. If prolifers want to win people over to the pro-life cause, we should be in the habit of building and repairing our own integrity. A lack of integrity...
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Makers of Men

    You may have heard that President Trump recently pardoned several prolifers who were arrested and jailed for peacefully praying/protesting at abortion clinics. Kayleigh McEnany of Fox News interviewed three of them: Paulette Harlow (who was accompanied on set by her...
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The Church’s Countercultural Mary

    Women in leadership roles are to some degree immune from public criticism. Often, those who find female leaders lacking tend to restrict their observations to private communication. Afraid of being labeled “sexist,” they pretty much silence their concerns. Sure,...
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New Jersey Governor Stockpiles Abortion Drugs in Case Trump Restricts Them

    The governor of New Jersey has made the killing of preborn babies in his state a priority by announcing a stockpile of abortion drugs. Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy has already signed legislation making abortion legal in the state through all nine months of pregnancy....
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Thomas More Society Petitions Trump Administration to Pardon Activists Convicted under FACE Act

    As President Donald Trump begins his second term, the Thomas More Society has an urgent suggestion for one of his first acts: pardon peaceful pro-lifers convicted under the FACE Act. “These peaceful pro-life Americans mistreated by Biden include grandparents,...
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When a Monk Dies

    In my last reflection here, I argued against euthanasia and physician assisted suicide—medically available options in an increasing number of countries, and states in the U.S. But as with many other unethical practices, simply making the case for their wrongness is...
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Iowa House Speaker Promotes Focus on ‘Alternatives’ over Further Protections for the Preborn

  Iowa’s House speaker is suffering from a bad case of either/or syndrome. He recently suggested that helping women choose life should come ahead of legal protections for preborn babies in the Hawkeye State, rather than supporting both types of legislation with equal focu...
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“May I interrupt you?” “Go right ahead.”

  Someone once remarked that life is a series of interruptions. That certainly is the case for the pastor of a parish in the city that never sleeps! Yet this description of day-to-day life really applies to just about everyone. We all have tasks to accomplish each day. We...
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