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Patience and the Art of Dying

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The March for Life and the Meaning of Life

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Leo and the Label “Prolife”

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

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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

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Judge Rejects Colorado’s Abortion Pill Reversal Ban

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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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South Dakota’s Pro-Abortion Amendment: An Analysis

    South Dakota is the latest focus of the juggernaut trying to use initiative-and-referendum to pass a state constitutional amendment legalizing abortion-on-demand.  Like Arizona, pro-abortion forces in South Dakota are aiming to put the amendment on the November 2024...
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Vice President Kamala Harris Launching Pro-Abortion Tour on College Campuses

  The Biden White House continues its unflagging commitment to abortion by announcing September 7 that Vice President Kamala Harris will be undertaking a “Fight for Our Freedoms College Tour” to advance “abortion rights” this fall.  The preliminary lineup includes stops at...
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If Babies Could Vote

  For the first time in my life a presidential campaign has come and gone without substantive discussion about the moral fabric of America. Roe v. Wade was an abhorrent Supreme Court decision, but it did have one positive aspect—it loomed in the background of national...
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A Lesson in Christian Charity

    One of the nicest surprises I received as a young priest came from a parishioner I had visited in the hospital. A few days after she returned home, she and her husband stopped by the rectory with a gift for me—a brand-new piece of luggage. I was very touched by her...
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