The Tenth Anniversary of Terri Schiavo’s Death Penalty
By Mark Mostert
In Florida, persons condemned to death have a choice of how their death sentence will be carried out.
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March 2015
Basketball, Contraception, and Our Nation’s Future
By Jim Sedlak
March Madness! It’s that time of year again when college basketball teams are vying for the national title and almost everyone gets involved.
The Secular ‘Twilight Zone’
By Rey Flores
Cue Twilight Zone music and pan into Rod Serling smoking a cigarette.
American Life League Calls on Bishop Bootkoski to Clarify Church Teaching and Teacher’s Status
American Life League vice president, Jim Sedlak, issued the following statement in regard to a New Jersey Catholic schoolteacher who was placed on leave and the bishop’s defense of that action.
Parents the Primary Educators of Their Children
By Dr. Thomas Ward
It is a challenge to our families to replace today’s dominant culture of death with all its attacks on human normality: on life, love, sexuality, marriage, family, and indeed Christianity itself.
To Serve and Protect: A Dad’s Reflections
By Kurt Kondrich
Can I hold my daughter please? My wife Margie delivered our daughter Chloe on May 16, 2003, and I knew there was something wrong in the doctor’s look and voice.
Do Catholic Leaders Believe in Sin Anymore?
By Jim Sedlak
If Catholic leaders do still believe in sin, many sure don’t act like it.
CRS and Catholic Teaching: Why the Dichotomy?
By Michael Hichborn
In 2008, noted theologian Germain Grisez wrote an article entitled “The Church Betrayed?” In this article, Grisez discusses the troubling nature of a Catholic Relief Services memo regarding the dissemination of information on condom use through its HIV/AIDS programs overseas.
Satan’s Party
By Jim Sedlak
You may have missed it. Tuesday, March 10, 2015, was a day of celebration among certain segments of the American population.
A Child Is Never a Burden
Though fear and worry may dominate a parent’s emotions upon finding out that a child may have Down syndrome, or another genetic abnormality, the birth and sight of their sweet baby allows them to see what a true miracle is each and every child. Today’s commentary shows the unconditional love of a parent through three different people and it reminds us that a child is never a burden.
Why Today’s Eugenics Is Wrong
By Christopher M. Reilly
If you have ever heard the word “eugenics,” you probably know that it is a heinous act. And in the 21st century, we’re supposed to be more sophisticated and better behaved than the Nazis or the 18th and 19th century Americans who plotted massive exterminations of the “undesirable” population.
Contraception and Cancer
By Nicole King
The News Story – Why you’re still paying for birth control even though it’s “free” now
Susie Poppick writes for TIME this week about her near-miss at having to fork over a $50 copay for her birth control.