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The Unjust War
By Judie Brown In 1999 Cardinal John O’Connor wrote, “The traditional ‘just war’ teaching of the Catholic Church has never been intended to promote war but to prevent or impede it. It is not a matter of ‘justifying’ war. It is a matter of spelling out the conditions under which a nation may legitimately go to war, if all peace efforts have failed, and the moral principles which must be observed...
Cultural Darkness
The frantic claims surrounding the Supreme Court’s hearing of the oral arguments in the Dobbs case have really gotten out of control. One article tells the reader that reproductive justice can only be obtained if Americans understand the complexity...
Ignoring Grievous Sins
Last year, Cardinal Raymond Burke said: “I can’t imagine that any Catholic wouldn’t know that abortion is a grievous sin, but if they don’t, once they’ve been told, then they either have to cease to support abortion or accept the fact they are not a Catholic in...
‘Dobbs’ Contradictions and Fictions
Countless words have been written now that the Supreme Court has started hearing arguments in the Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health case. Yet the question remains: Where is the truth? For as we see it, the Mississippi law in question before the court is itself...
Balancing Faith and Science
Pope Benedict XVI’s 2008 prayer at Ground Zero included these words: God of peace, bring your peace to our violent world:peace in the hearts of all men and womenand peace among the nations of the earth.Turn to your way of lovethose whose hearts and mindsare...
Some of Us Are Hellish Creatures
C.S. Lewis once described what it takes to become either a better person or a hellish one. When I think about this, I am convinced that his description suits those who spend their waking moments striving to convince everyone that aborting an innocent child...
A Thanksgiving Prayer
O God, of Whose mercies there is no number, and of Whose goodness the treasure is infinite; we render thanks to Your most gracious majesty for the gifts You have bestowed upon us, evermore beseeching Your clemency, that as You grant the petitions of them that ask You,...