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On Rape, Prolifers should Show Humility and Heroics

PASTORAL REFLECTIONS: Rev. Victor Lee Austin

Patience and the Art of Dying

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The March for Life and the Meaning of Life

PASTORAL REFLECTIONS: Fr. David Poecking

Leo and the Label “Prolife”

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New York Governor Wants $65 Million For Abortionists, Planned Parenthood

BLOG: Denise Noe

Tim: The Oldenburg Boy Who Wasn’t Meant To Be

PASTORAL REFLECTIONS: Rev. Paul T. Stallsworth

Dasein ohne Leben (or “Existence without Life”): A Nazi Film Argues for Killing the Weakest

NEWSworthy: Jacqueline O'Hara

Judge Rejects Colorado’s Abortion Pill Reversal Ban

BLOG: Jason Morgan

The Goodness of Life, Even Unto Death

PASTORAL REFLECTIONS: Fr. Robert A. Brungs

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Homily for the 2026 National Prayer Vigil for Life

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Walgreens and CVS Will Soon Hand out Abortion Drugs

Biden thanked the pharmacies for making it easier for women to get abortion drugs.
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Alabama, Frozen Embryos, and the Law

A few states, like New York, still cling to the old common law “born alive” rule that you can’t be a victim of a crime or tort unless you’ve been born alive. But because of our inheritance laws, that unborn child can be a plaintiff for the wrongful death of her father – even...
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Over the Counter Counterintuitive

  I am an apartment dweller in New York City. My building endured a long and strange chapter during which the landlord sent up so much heat that even with the radiator turned off tenants had to keep the windows open in a blizzard. Some of us ran air conditioners all winter....
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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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