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A Dystopian Nightmare: Chemical Abortion Pills Enable Abusers

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It's Always Nice to Get a Letter

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Seen but Not Heard

BLOG: Peter Pavia

The Billion-Footed Beast and I

Pastoral Reflections: Fr. David Poecking

No Empire beyond the Seas

NEWSworthy: Matt Lamb

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

NEWSworthy: Matt Lamb

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

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BLOG: Brian Caulfield

How To Love Your Neighbor as Yourself

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Challenging the Church on Abortion

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Thoughts on Baby Thaddeus

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Victory Over Violence

  Long before anyone was recognizing Sexual Assault Awareness Month, activists and survivors had been fighting for justice. In fact, the first testimonies of sexual violence to be a part of a U.S. trial were from five black women who in 1866 survived the Memphis riots and...
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Abortion Pills and the Supreme Court

    A version of the following was originally posted March 27, 2024, on the blog of Edward Mechmann “Stepping Out of the Boat.” It is reprinted with permission.  _________________________________________________________________ The Supreme Court has now heard oral arguments...
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GEN C (clusters of cells)

  The Greatest Generation (b. 1901 to 1927) earned its name for fighting WWII. The Silent Generation (b. 1928 to 1945)—aka the Traditionalist Generation—produced the “Silent Majority,” who refrained from publicly expressing their thoughts on “sex, religion, and politics.”...
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Into the Silence

    There is something about the deep darkness of a cave that brings a hush over everyone who enters. Last week, in our ongoing effort to explore our new home in the Southwest, we visited Carlsbad Caverns National Park. Seeing the Caverns had been on my husband’s wish...
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