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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 Catholic teaching on the subject of contraception. Many theologians and others argued at the time that the teaching was not infallible...
How to Convert A Nation Despite Our Human Frailty
Recently, a powerful letter from a grassroots Catholic pro-lifer, Gregory Gollnick, came to my personal attention. I reviewed what he opined in his letter and asked for his permission to share it in this commentary.
National Right to Life Committee: The Wayward Weigh In
The problematic nature of pandering to politicians with half-measures while announcing to pro-life troops that a victory has been achieved is not a new malady.
The Case Of The Missing Moral Authority
These past few days of haggling and heckling over H.R. 3962, the Pelosi version of Obama-style “health care reform,” have left me with a rather sick feeling.
Picking Pockets in the Pew: The CCHD Scandal
On November 22, in Catholic churches around the country, ushers will pass collection baskets for the Catholic Campaign for Human Development (CCHD).
Damning Practices Expose Total Eradication Of Ethics
Once upon a time, there were professionals in the medical, scientific, research, legal and education fields who examined questions and practices based on a standard ethical framework, which is explained by Professor Dianne Irving in her article “Which Medical Ethics for the 21st Century?”
Scientific Fraud: Ruminations On Duplicity And Its Consequences
Over the past nearly 16 years, I have learned an awful lot about certain subjects that were never high on my hit parade before getting involved in the pro-life movement.