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Arm Your Kids Against Trans Culture | Dr. Miriam Grossman

By Living a Culture of Life Podcast / August 22, 2024 /

Since 2010, cases of gender dysphoria have skyrocketed 5000% percent. Many of these individuals are teens, particularly teen girls. Instead of examining and treating underlying factors (such as anxiety, autism, or ADHD), professionals immediately prescribe “gender-affirming care.” This “care” includes social transition, puberty blockers, and life-changing, mutilating surgeries. Once kids are on the conveyer belt…

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Who Is My Sister in Need?

By Fr. Shenan J. Boquet / August 19, 2024 /

Over and over again in the Gospels, when Christ is asked by His followers what they must do in order to be saved, He gives them a straight-forward response: First of all, love God. And then, love your neighbor.  As He so often makes clear, love of one’s neighbor is not some abstract, feel-good emotion.…

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Is Right to Life a State or Federal Issue?

By Living a Culture of Life Podcast / August 16, 2024 /

Should abortion be a state or federal issue? That’s the big question in America right now. One political platform wants to enshrine abortion in federal law. The other says it’s a state issue. So, what’s the truth? Should pro-lifers fight to ban abortion at a federal level? Or should this be handled state by state?…

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How Abortion Degrades Men

By Fr. Shenan J. Boquet / August 12, 2024 /

“Guilty? Yes, no matter what the motive, love of ease, or desire to save from suffering the unborn innocent, the woman is awfully guilty who commits the deed. It will burden her conscience in life, it will burden her soul in death; but oh! Thrice guilty is he who, for selfish gratification, heedless of her…

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Far-Reaching Consequences of New Title IX Changes

By Living a Culture of Life Podcast / August 8, 2024 /

Last week, the Biden Administration’s rewrite of Title IX went into effect. The newest changes redefine “sex” to mean “gender identity.” Most conversations surrounding the changes to Title IX focus on women’s bathrooms, locker rooms, and sports teams. This is a huge issue. However, the Title IX rewrite also puts Catholic hospitals at risk. It…

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Shouldn’t We Have Rape Abortion Exceptions to Help Victims?

By Brian Clowes, PhD and Marisa Cantu / August 7, 2024 /

Some people disclaim their natural heritage. I always name my origin. It didn’t hold me back and neither has my color. I was born in poverty. My father raped my mother when she was 12. Now they’ve named a park for me in Chester, Pennsylvania. Renowned Gospel Singer Ethel Waters1 Since Roe vs. Wade was…

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When Does Human Life Begin?

By Brian Clowes, PhD and Marisa Cantu / August 7, 2024 /
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The abortion issue is very complex, possessing many dimensions: personal, legislative, judicial, religious and scientific. There is, however, one central debate around which every other point revolves – the status of the unborn child. Is it human? Is it alive? And, most importantly, is it a person? Science: When Does Life Begin? Pro-abortion activists will…

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Words and Actions Matter: Abortion in the 2024 Election

By Fr. Shenan J. Boquet / August 5, 2024 /

Every four years, representatives of each of the main U.S. political parties meet to formulate and approve an official party platform.  These platforms outline a comprehensive political vision, including specific legislative and executive proposals, that each party commits itself to putting into action. And for decades now, the difference between the platforms of the Republican…

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What Does Scripture Say About Contraception and Abortion?

By Living a Culture of Life Podcast / August 1, 2024 /

The Catholic Church has always held that contraception is wrong. And up until the 1930s, all Protestant denominations agreed. But what does the Bible actually say about birth control? While birth control may not be explicitly mentioned in Scripture, the Bible lays out God’s plan for marriage very clearly. By understanding this plan, we can…

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The Erasure of the Elderly and Its Horrible Consequences

By Fr. Shenan J. Boquet / July 29, 2024 /

Where the elderly are not honored, there is no future for the young. … A society where the elderly are discarded carries within it the virus of death. Pope Francis, St. Peter’s Square, March 4, 2015 Four years ago, Pope Francis announced the first-ever “World Day for Grandparents and the Elderly.”  The decision to celebrate…

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