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Singing the O Antiphons
By Judie Brown I don’t know about you, but every time we arrive at the week before Christmas and begin reading or singing the O Antiphons, I am left with two thoughts. The first is: I love these short prayers, but the second is, why now? This year I decided to do some research and find out. My childhood recollection is that we used to have a prayer as part of the Mass each day called the...
Philadelphia 1787
“For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.”
Aborting Honesty with Factoids
Norman Mailer, the author to whom the creation of the word factoid is credited, explained that factoids are “facts which have no existence before appearing in a magazine or newspaper, creations which are not so much lies as a product to manipulate emotion in the Silent Majority.”
The White Man’s New Burden: Abortion and Population Control
If I asked you who understood a country’s needs better, its residents and leaders or some foreign technocrat who had never been there, you might think that it was a trick question.
Peel Back the Facade of Compassion
People who pretend otherwise must rely on sophistry and public ignorance about the reality of prenatal life to make abortion seem acceptable.
Notre Dame’s Fixation on Dissent
Every time I see a headline that contains the words “Notre Dame” I wince. I remember that awful experience two years ago involving President Obama, an honorary degree and a commencement address.
32 Infant Deaths Since 2000
Cribs with a side rail that moves up and down so parents can lift children from them more easily [have been] banned under legislation aimed at reducing infant deaths.