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Infinite Dignity
By Judie Brown The Vatican’s Declaration on Human Dignity states: “This dignity of every human being can be understood as ‘infinite’ (dignitas infinita), as Pope St. John Paul II affirmed in a meeting for people living with various limitations or disabilities. He said this to show how human dignity transcends all outward appearances and specific aspects of people’s lives.” Every human...
Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen
By Judie Brown When I read the news reports about why the beatification of Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen had been put on hold, it disturbed me more than words can say. The nuanced announcements were many, but the one that sums it up best is this: “It has now been...
Silent Pulpits Kill Souls
By Judie Brown Monsignor Charles Pope recently wrote a comprehensive article on the failure of American Catholic Church leadership to teach the truth about what is required for any Catholic to worthily receive the body and blood of Christ in the Eucharist. What he...
Babies by the Numbers
By Judie Brown According to reports, the abortion rate in the United States continues to decline. In its article on this subject, the Guttmacher Institute—the research arm of Planned Parenthood—says in its summary: “The decline in abortions appears to be related to...
The Long March to Imposed Death
By Judie Brown By voice vote, the Palliative Care Health Education and Training Act passed the House of Representatives. We will never know who voted for or against this bad bill because nobody had his/her vote recorded. This is a cowardly thing, but genuinely...
Let Us Go Rejoicing
By Judie Brown The responsorial psalm this past Sunday garnered this response from the congregation: “Let us go rejoicing to the house of the Lord!” What a marvelous exclamation of joy and exultation from the children of God who realize that thanksgiving is an...
Choosing Order or Chaos
By Judie Brown The opportunity to create order out of chaos exists for everyone. But some folks like to play the odds by calling a thing what it is not in order to deceive the unsuspecting. That is creating chaos on purpose. For example, news of the Ohio so-called...