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How about we Catholic Americans dedicate the New Year to fostering life: America has a strong tradition of respect for the individual, for human dignity and human rights. I gladly acknowledged this during my previous visit to the United States in 1987, and I would like to repeat today the hope I expressed on that [...]
This post is written from an expressly Roman Catholic perspective, with an intended audience of other Roman Catholics. If you are not Catholic, you are more than welcome to read it, but please do not be surprised that it makes assumptions and appeals to authority that have no meaning for you. My goal in this [...]
I believe we have crossed a line in this country, and almost nobody noticed. Presidential candidate Barack Obama has been charged by some with supporting infanticide. The charge is serious, and many have reacted with disgust that anyone would make it. Many are offended, not by Obama’s actions, but by those who call attention to [...]
I never met Dean Barnett. He was part of a community of bloggers I read and came to know from an outside perspective. He died yesterday, of cystic fibrosis, and is already missed. Living 41 years, Mr. Barnett beat the odds for cystic fibrosis patients. By all accounts, and his writing supports this, he did [...]
If you google “downs abortion percentage,” you will find references to studies documenting that babies like Trig, with Downs syndrome, are aborted at a rate of 85-93 per cent. I think all children — like Trig or not — deserve legal protection. A good number of people, including one political party and especially its current [...]
