Spirit & Life Blog

Our vulnerability forms the basis for an ethics of care, especially in the medical field, which is expressed in concern, dedication, shared participation and responsibility towards the women and men entrusted to us for material and spiritual assistance in their hour of need. ― Samaritanus bonus, §1 In July of 2020, the Vatican’s Congregation for the…

For God and before God, the human being is always unique and unrepeatable, somebody thought of and chosen from eternity, someone called and identified by his own name.”   ― Pope St. John Paul II, 1978  Sometimes it’s difficult to remember that we now live in a post-Roe America. For nearly 50 years, pro-lifers gave everything…

The 2022 midterm elections in the U.S. are shaping up to be the most important elections on the bioethical issues concerning the dignity of human life in living memory, specifically preborn life. This is hardly surprising, given the Supreme Court’s decision earlier this year to reverse Roe v. Wade. So long as Roe was the…

Conservative activists and politicians are demanding answers after an early-morning raid conducted by FBI agents on the home of Mark Houck, a pro-life activist, sidewalk counselor, and father of seven children. Houck is the co-founder and president of The King’s Men, a Catholic ministry that promotes virtue among young men, focusing in particular on fighting…

Conservative activists are warning that the Biden administration has introduced radical rule changes to Title IX and the Affordable Care Act that would eradicate sex differentiation, normalize abortion, and undermine the conscience rights of health care workers.  Title IX is a 1972 federal civil rights law that bans discrimination in schools or other education programs…

According to reports, the U.S. Senate is likely to vote within weeks on the deceptively titled “Respect for Marriage Act.” This radical bill already passed the U.S. House in July, with the help of 47 Republicans. Now, however, it needs to pass the Senate, where its fate is more uncertain. However, I am concerned that…

It is painful to note that under the pretext of guaranteeing presumed subjective rights, a growing number of legal systems in our world seem to be moving away from their inalienable duty to protect human life at every one of its phases. ― Pope Francis In a huge victory, the Chilean people have overwhelmingly rejected…

Imagine for a moment that there was a serial killer who over the space of decades murdered hundreds of victims without being caught. Imagine that he mutilated and maimed many others. Imagine, too, that his mind was so twisted that he took photos of his victims, and even kept their bodies or body parts preserved…

Intentional euthanasia, whatever its forms or motives, is murder. ― Catechism of the Catholic Church, no. 2324 In the face of the terrible suffering that can be caused by illnesses or depression, a truly human response should be to care, not to kill. ― Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops, Submission to the Expert Panel on…

Two contrasting stories from the past few weeks illustrate the stakes of the battle that is being waged right now over the issue of gender dysphoria, and in particular its huge impact on a generation of vulnerable children. One story is deeply disturbing, showing the perverse lengths to which certain ideologues and “medical experts” are…