JUDIE BROWN COMMENTARY

The challenge of speaking to America about the horrific nature of abortion became obvious once again when, a few days ago, the Washington Post published an article entitled “A Hard Choice.”

It may not come as much of a surprise to many in our midst, but there is a strange phenomenon occurring in America.

I couldn’t believe the e-mail that I recently received from a pro-life friend living in the Archdiocese of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. She told me about a letter written by a nun to the archdiocese.

When I first read the response of the Planned Parenthood League of Massachusetts to Cardinal Sean O’Malley’s post-election comments about President-elect Obama, I was captivated by their sincere dedication to deception.

When the Catholic University of America’s Tower reported that during a recent address at the university, His Eminence James Francis Cardinal Stafford criticized President-elect Barack Obama as “aggressive

Voting for a pro-abortion politician when a plausible pro-life alternative exists constitutes material cooperation with intrinsic evil

We are now standing in the face of the greatest historical confrontation humanity has gone through. I do not think that wide circles of the American society or wide circles of the Christian community realize this fully.

I have always been fascinated by the manner in which our opponents couch their arguments. This is particularly true in the “field” of reproductive health

A recent Associated Press report tells the reader that “the nation’s Roman Catholic bishops vowed Tuesday to forcefully confront the Obama administration over its support for abortion rights, saying the church [sic] and religious freedom could be under attack in the new presidential administration.”

Recently, I came across an announcement that truly troubled me, not only as a Catholic, but also as a grandmother whose grandchildren will one day be attending college.

It seems that the annual meeting of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops will not be addressing the enforcement of Canon 915, let alone the failure that resulted in 52 percent of Catholics voting for a totally pro-abortion president!

Over the years, the Cardinal Newman Society has become synonymous with credible information that contradicts common misconceptions about what it means to be Catholic in today’s culture.