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Trusting God through Infertility

By Susan Ciancio / December 11, 2019 /

What are good and faithful Catholics supposed to do when they encounter the anguish or despair in life that comes from an inability to do something they desperately want and that seems so natural—like having children? How should we apply our ability to trust to a situation like this? Proverbs 3:5 tells us: “Trust in…

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Facing Life’s Challenges as a Single Catholic Mother

By Susan Ciancio / January 8, 2020 /

I’ve thought of the famous “Footprints in the Sand” poem often over the last several years. Just the idea that God would say to me, “My precious child, I love you and I would never leave you. During your times of suffering, when you could see only one set of footprints, it was then that I…

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Can a Pro-Lifer Be a Feminist?

By Brian Clowes, PhD / May 6, 2020 /
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I still believe in feminism, perhaps more than ever before. But there was a rosy day of innocence when I believed in feminists. ~ Dr. Phoebe Spinrad.1 What exactly is “feminism?” The Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary defines it as “organized activity on behalf of women’s rights and interests.” So our question becomes: do pro-lifers really have…

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Human Suffering Does Have a Purpose

By Brian Clowes, PhD / May 8, 2020 /
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In this you rejoice, though now for a little while you may have to suffer various trials, so that the genuineness of your faith, more precious than gold which though perishable is tested by fire, may redound to praise and glory and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ. ― 1 Peter 1:6‑7   The Mystery…

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Aren’t Homosexuals “Born That Way”?

By Brian Clowes, PhD / May 14, 2020 /
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The most powerful weapon in the homosexual special rights arsenal is the victim status.  A close second is the allegation that homosexuals are “born that way.”  If scientists can show that homosexuality is a genetic trait, then homosexuals may have a legitimate claim to being protected as a minority class under federal and state civil…

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Should Aborting Women be Punished?

By Brian Clowes, PhD / May 15, 2020 /
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The greatest propaganda weapon anti-life activists use is the victim status. Pro-abortionists are especially accomplished at employing this tactic. Before Roe v. Wade, they tugged on people’s heartstrings by claiming that 5,000 to 10,000 suffering women died of complications due to illegal abortions, a number that its inventor, reformed abortionist Dr. Bernard Nathanson, later admitted…

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Profile: The Girls Scouts of America

By Brian Clowes, PhD / May 19, 2020 /
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Almost everyone has had little girls in uniform appear on their porches selling Girl Scout cookies (with watchful mothers standing nearby).  Just about everyone loves Girl Scout cookies.  In fact, one of our neighbors back in Oregon had a sign on his door saying “NO SOLICITING — unless you have Thin Mints.”  My wife Kathy…

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What are Historical Jewish Teachings on Abortion?

By Brian Clowes, PhD / May 20, 2020 /
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Like modern Christians, Jews take a variety of stands on abortion, primarily because the Jewish faith has suffered the same catastrophic ethical schism that has splintered the Christian church.  Denominations representing most of Judaism’s adherents have rejected the inspired Word of God.  They are following their faith with less intensity, and they are decreasing in…

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Why Are Late Abortions Performed?

By Brian Clowes, PhD / May 29, 2020 /
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As experts have known for years, unborn children begin to feel pain as early as eight weeks after fertilization, and definitely no later than 14 weeks.  In fact, University of Arkansas Professor Kanwaljeet Anand, the world’s leading authority on fetal pain, says that preborn children probably feel pain much more acutely than adults.  Their nervous…

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Church Teachings on Euthanasia

By Brian Clowes, PhD / June 2, 2020 /
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Once any human being becomes worthless or expendable, all are reduced from an absolute to a relative value and no two human beings would be of equal worth, thus demolishing the very foundation of moral order….By devaluing life ― the life of the unborn, the elderly, the comatose patient, the handicapped ― we are, quite…

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