“The Most Pro-Life President in History?” When Donald Trump first announced his candidacy for the Republican presidential nomination in 2015, there were few pro-life leaders who were excited about the thought of a President Donald Trump. Most knew Trump as a life-long “pro-choice” New York liberal, a flamboyant and sometimes-cutthroat [...]
In a few days, hundreds of thousands of pro-life Americans will converge on Washington, San Francisco, and other cities across the country to march in support of the right to life of the unborn. The theme of this year’s March for Life in Washington is “Life Empowers: Pro-Life is Pro-Woman.” [...]
What happened to a Catholic parish in Ireland over the Christmas holidays is a distressing example of the growing intolerance towards, and vilification of, even the mildest expressions of religious doctrine that go against the spirit of the age. Unfortunately, it also appears to be another example of the growing [...]
Less than a decade ago, President Barack Obama was opposed to same-sex “marriage.” So was just about everybody else. Legislatures and pluralities of people in state after state voted in favor of marriage amendments that defined marriage as the union of a man and a woman. I can vividly remember [...]
“To evangelize means: to show this path – to teach the art of living ... This is why we are in need of a new evangelization – if the art of living remains an unknown, nothing else works. But this art is not the object of a science – this [...]
Christmas’ Gift and the Dignity of the Human Person “When people begin to ignore human dignity, it will not be long before they begin to ignore human rights.” – G.K. Chesterton Among G.K. Chesterton’s many brilliant aphorisms is the following: “There is a law written in the darkest of the [...]
Confronting the Scourge The Catechism of the Catholic Church advocates what I would consider basic common sense when it urges civil authorities to stop the proliferation of porn. Pornography, says the Catechism, is a “grave offense” that “does grave injury to the dignity of its participants (actors, vendors, the public), [...]
Chick-fil-A has Caved, and Here’s Why that Matters As you’ve probably heard by now, Chick-fil-A recently announced that they would no longer donate to The Salvation Army and the Fellowship of Christian Athletes (FCA). And, like me, you’re probably asking yourself: what was Chick-fil-A thinking? Photo cropped: original by [...]
If there is anything we have learned these past two decades, it is that pro-life activists ignore what goes on at the United Nations (UN) at their peril. This message was driven home yet again at the ICPD25 Summit, held in Nairobi from Nov. 12-14. African pro-life activists say they [...]
In chapter one of the first book of the Bible, we find a remarkable, even revolutionary statement – indeed, a series of such statements. At the end of each day, after God has put the finishing touches on one more part of His creation, He pauses to survey His handiwork. [...]
