JUDIE BROWN COMMENTARY

Ever since the famous Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger memo was issued in 2003, debates have raged among well-meaning Catholics regarding precisely what the cardinal (now Pope Benedict XVI) meant by “proportionate reasons”.

The Death with Dignity measure would allow terminally ill adult patients considered mentally competent to request and administer lethal medication prescribed by a physician.

When scientists go to work on a project, one has to assume there is going to be either a good result or a failed attempt.

It has often been said that when a truth is simple enough for even a four-year-old child to understand, most adults will probably not comprehend it. The older we get, the more inclined we are to discuss even the most important matters in a nuanced way, sometimes to the point of obfuscating the actual facts. Such is the case with abortion.

Two recent news reports make it perfectly clear that scientific research into alleged treatments and cures for diseases is either guess work or sadly lacking in conclusive evidence. Either way, let the buyer beware.

What happens in a culture of death when the focus of attention becomes the value of an individual human being? As we have seen in much of the recent news reports, we need not move beyond our own borders to discover the answer. Let’s see why this is so.

A few days ago Pope Benedict XVI, in another of his inspired talks, told Italian pro-lifers, “Continue along the path and do not be afraid, so that the smile of life may triumph on the lips of all children and their mothers.”

Headlines can make us nuts sometimes; the particular headline I noticed today was nearly impossible to comprehend. Let me explain why before I tell you a bit about what I have subsequently learned.

When I read the special news report by John–Henry Westin on Kansas Catholic Archbishop Joseph Naumann I said a silent prayer of thanks to God!

Recently, on my EWTN Pro-Life Forum an Avon lady wrote in about her serious concerns regarding the alliance Avon had with a certain feminist organization.

After the gruesome find in the Dumpster behind abortionist Alberto Hodari’s Woman Care facility in Livonia, Michigan, one might wonder if anything more heinous would ever be found.

Mother’s Day is a wonderful time to honor our mothers who have done so much for us. Our mothers carried us in their wombs for nine months, brought us into this world, raised us and helped to form us into who we are today.