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The Wheel of Life
By Judie Brown Some years ago when American Life League was in its infancy, we came upon a concept devoted to explaining our work. We used the example of a wheel, describing the spokes in that wheel as the many different activities that comprised our movement. We noted the pregnancy care effort, the lobbying effort, the political action committee effort, the education programs, and the youth...
A Call to Holiness
By Judie Brown In a recent homily, Cardinal Robert Sarah told parishioners, Adoration of God will never disappoint us. It was the patient and silent adoration of Saint Anne that allowed Mary, the mother of the Savior—the most beautiful, pure and holy of all...
Of Angels and Beasts
By Judie Brown In his Catechesis on the Angels, Saint John Paul II taught: The Church confesses her faith in the guardian angels, venerating them in the liturgy with an appropriate feast and recommending recourse to their protection by frequent...
When Alive Is Dead
By Judie Brown There has been an ongoing debate about when a person is really, truly dead for as long as I have been involved in defending life. This is so for a panoply of reasons, best summed up by Professor Robert Spaemann, who wrote, “Scrutinizing the existence of...
As a Matter of Fact
By Judie Brown In April of last year, family law attorney Carrie Patterson told a court, “As embryos have a potential for human life, they are given special respect.” Ten months later, Fairfax Circuit Court judge Dontaè L. Bugg wrote in an opinion letter, “It is...
Totally Squirrelly!
By Judie Brown Last year we wrote about Peanut the squirrel and the public outcry that ensued when this animal was euthanized. Thinking the story had run its course, we moved on. But we really discounted the furor that continues to be ginned up over this little...
Unspoken Truth
By Judie Brown Copious articles, speeches, memes, and snippets have been written about abortion. In fact, it is safe to say that nobody knows exactly how many insights have been shared over the years. But given this fact, it is sometimes difficult to find anyone...