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Seen but Not Heard

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The Billion-Footed Beast and I

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No Empire beyond the Seas

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Federal court affirms: Pro-abortion Equal Rights Amendment never ratified

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Virginia High School Staffers Helped Two Girls Get Secret Abortions, Report Says

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How To Love Your Neighbor as Yourself

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Challenging the Church on Abortion

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Michigan Legislator Sterilizes Herself to Avoid Pregnancy in State Where Abortion Legal Up to Birth

    Michigan state Representative Laurie Pohutsky woke up and decided that something needed to be done. Her home state of Michigan, where the recently passed Proposition 3 enshrined abortion up to birth for any reason and even for minors, suddenly felt unsafe for a...
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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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My Cardinal to the End

  [This article appeared in a slightly shorter form in First Things on May 3, 2010, ten years after the death of Cardinal John O’Connor. It is reprinted here, with the magazine’s permission,  to mark the 25th anniversary of the beloved Cardinal’s passing.] I first got to...
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Pastoral Reflections

An Ordinary Person

  C. S. Lewis, a character in his own story, saw her approaching from afar. She was radiant. Leading her were bright angels, joyous children, and musicians. Multitudes of animals followed after. It was a great procession coming down from the high country. Lewis thought he was...
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