What to Cancel
Guest CommentaryBy Fr. Jim Chern Last week, two newspapers from completely opposite coasts – literally and figuratively – both published opinion pieces on what is called “Cancel Culture.” “Cancel culture” is when businesses or individuals find themselves experiencing boycotts for having said or done something deemed to be questionable. And it seems to be growing more […]
Pro-Life This Week – March 26, 2021
Pro-Life This WeekWeek in Review – New Teen Pregnancy/Abortion Data; John Paul II and “Brain Death” The Guttmacher Institute, a research arm of the pro-abortion community, released a report this month called Pregnancies, Births and Abortions in the United States, 1973–2017: National and State Trends by Age. Pro-lifers are aware of the declining annual number of abortions in […]
Canceling Matrimony
Judie Brown CommentaryBy Judie Brown Mary Kizior writes: The sanctity of marriage is under attack in our society. Your children have grown up in a culture in which marriage and family are portrayed as unimportant. Many students today will already know the pain of divorce—either in their own family or in the family of a friend. As Saint […]
Planned Parenthood to Receive Millions from COVID Bill
Guest CommentaryBy Jim Sedlak The US Congress passed, and the president signed into law, the latest “COVID Relief Bill” last week. Officially known as the “American Rescue Plan Act of 2021” (H.R.1319), the $1.9 trillion spending bill is full of expenditures that have nothing to do with the COVID virus or its aftereffects. Section 2605 of […]
‘Evangelium Vitae’ Course Teaches How to Build a Culture of Life
Guest CommentaryBy Susan Ciancio Evangelium Vitae, or The Gospel of Life, is St. John Paul II’s encyclical on the sanctity of all human life. Written in 1995, this beautiful and loving encyclical addresses our relationship with God, how to build a culture of life, and the importance of seeing dignity in every person—born or preborn, old […]
Aborted Baby Cells and Your Conscience
Judie Brown CommentaryBy Judie Brown In the age of Biden and the recent confirmation of avid pro-abortion politician Xavier Becerra, it is certainly appropriate to ask whether or not Americans will continue to enjoy freedom of conscience. We already had concerns when the Biden administration offered its support of the radical Equality Act, which is set to […]