JUDIE BROWN COMMENTARY

These are vexing times. We have seen the president nominate for a position on the Supreme Court a woman whose record is not just unclear but practically unknown.

We all know that the Catholic Church is consistently attacked as being stuck in the dark ages because the Church refuses to recommend the use of condoms in preventing the spread of AIDS.

There has been a great deal of debate for some months over the question of whether Senator Bill Frist is or is not pro-life.

National Review senior editor Ramesh Ponnuru talks about recent “bad news” for pro-lifers, claiming that polls show an downsurge in the number of Americans who define themselves as pro-life.

I was shocked to read that the most recent efforts of the European euthanasia forces are wrapped in the name “Dignitas.”

It was heartening for us to read the most recent statements coming from the Vatican, focused on the great gift God has given Catholic people in the reality of who is present in the Sacrament of Holy Eucharist.

In a Zenit news report, we read: “Archbishop Levada suggested that the synod, in its small-group discussions, debate the problem of Catholics ‘who do not understand why it might be a sin to support a political candidate who is openly in favor of abortion or other serious acts against life.'”

We have seen articles exposing Miers as someone “conservative” and as someone “liberal.”

A recent report identifies Virginia House of Delegates member Mithcell Van Yahres as pro-abortion and Catholic.

What a blessing it is to read a bishop’s statement that Catholics cannot be both Catholic and pro-abortion. What is even better is reading his words about the actual reality of sin.

How is that when the director of the FDA resigns, it takes President Bush less than a nanosecond to place Dr. Andrew C.