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Temperance and Killing Babies
By Judie Brown The Catechism of the Catholic Church tells us that the virtue of temperance “moderates the attraction of pleasures and provides balance in the use of created goods.” Without it, tragedy cannot be averted, as we will illustrate here. For example, one Texan is disgusted with abortion and abortion pills, which caused the death of his preborn child. Marcus Silva filed a wrongful death...
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It’s a Jungle Out There!
By Judie Brown The title of the theme song for Monk—a television series that aired from 2002 through 2009—seems to be an appropriate title for this column as well. You see, current headlines are anything but civilized. The theme suggests inhumanity toward people of...
Religion and Abortion Rights
By Judie Brown Some years ago a friend exclaimed to me that she realized the huge difference between religion and actual faith in God. She had discovered that some folks say they are religious but have no actual faith in the Lord. I agreed, and this week I found a...
Save Dogs, Put Down People
By Judie Brown The Oregon scene these days puts a new veneer on the killing machine we recognize as assisted suicide. The state’s lawmakers are considering a legislative proposal that would remove the residency requirement from the state’s Death with Dignity Act. Some...
Radical Inclusion Rejects Sorrow for Sin
By Judie Brown Perhaps the headline didn’t catch your eye, but it did mine. It reads “Cardinal McElroy on ‘Radical Inclusion’ for L.G.B.T. People, Women and Others in the Church.” The Jesuit magazine America published the piece that states, in part, “It is a demonic...
Transhumanism Is What?
By Judie Brown Before the reader takes issue with my title, let’s make it clear that the words reflect the exact question I asked the first time a colleague said that word to me. Transhumanism, I said, cannot possibly be a word. But of course, it is, and it’s a...
Infallible Truths and Deadly Pills
By Judie Brown Many years ago when American Life League’s spiritual director Fr. Denis O’Brien, MM, was still living, he wrote an important paper addressing the infallibility of Pope Paul VI’s encyclical letter Humanae Vitae. This is the encyclical that addresses...