Spirit & Life Blog
“For while gentle silence enveloped all things, and night in its swift course was now half gone, thy all-powerful word leaped from heaven, from the royal throne.” Wisdom 18:14 “In the beginning was the Word,” begins the Gospel of John. The “Word,” of course, was the Son, Jesus Christ. Unsurprisingly, the passage above from the…
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One of the most troubling trends in recent years has been the rapid growth of so-called “medical abortions.” These are abortions that are committed not with surgical instruments, but rather by means of two abortion drugs, which are often taken by mothers at home, far from medical supervision. The two drugs involved in a medical…
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A few years ago, Henry Kissinger gave an interview to the Wall Street Journal about China. Kissinger, who passed away on November 29, famously served as the Secretary of State under President Richard Nixon, and as national security advisor to President Gerald Ford. Among many other things, Kissinger is known for advocating a policy of…
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Like many Catholic leaders, I have been paying close attention to the ongoing Synod on Synodality at the Vatican, which recently wrapped up a series of meetings involving hundreds of bishops, theologians and other religious and lay advisors. And like many Catholic leaders, I have done so with considerable and growing trepidation. Thus, it was…
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Pro-life experts are raising the alarm about two major international treaties, which they say could be used to force the United States and many other nations to recognize abortion-on-demand as late as 40 weeks. The first of these documents is a proposed “pandemic treaty,” which is being championed by the stridently pro-abortion World Health Organization.…
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There is something about the transgender movement that has struck many people as fundamentally cultish. Here’s what Wikipedia has to say about cults: “Specific factors in cult behavior are said to include manipulative and authoritarian mind control over members, communal and totalistic organization, aggressive proselytizing, systematic programs of indoctrination, and perpetuation in middle-class communities.” One…
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Last Tuesday, Ohio voters voted 57 to 43 percent to add a “right” to abortion to the state Constitution. What this means is that in Ohio abortion is now permitted without restriction up to the point of viability. Tragically, the passage of this amendment makes it all but certain that Ohio’s 6-week abortion ban—signed into…
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The confluence of the age of social media, and the meteoric rise of transgender ideology, has produced a wave of deeply distressing images and video content. One need not look far on social media sites like TikTok or Instagram to find young transgender “influencers” documenting their “gender transition” journeys. At other times, it is so-called…
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So long as abortion activists can keep the public discussion of abortion restricted to their chosen language and talking points, they are safe. Who, after all, could disagree with such things as a woman’s “right to choose” or oppose her “reproductive rights”? These sanitized, positive-sounding slogans are the secret weapon in the pro-abortion activists’ arsenal.…
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“The ease with which children gain access to pornographic images on the Internet resembles a rape of the consciences of these minors. I think that the psychological and spiritual consequences of this invasion of pornography for a whole generation of children and young people have not yet been measured. Doctors are beginning to sound the…
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