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There are more than eight billion people in our world. It would seem, based on the overwhelming evidence, that any notion that life is hateful and that no more human beings ought to be born has been thoroughly rejected. Births are obviously not a rare event. Human beings, on... Read More →

  It has become common in the three years since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade for prolifers to describe the Dobbs decision as a milestone in a longer journey, and in that same time frame it has become clear that we need a better roadmap. The prolife movement spent... Read More →

  Catholic social teaching provides a compelling and coherent account of the dignity of the human person. More than a collection of moral teachings pertaining to political, economic, and social life, Catholic social teaching provides a robust framework by which the defense... Read More →

  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 →

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 →

[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 →

[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 →