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The Pope and Me
By Judie Brown Saint John Paul II will forever be imprinted in my memory, not only because of the double hitter, as I like to call Veritatis Splendor (The Splendor of Truth) and Evangelium Vitae (The Gospel of Life), but because he was among the most gracious Catholic leaders my husband and I ever had the good fortune to meet. When one considers the innate goodness of a saint, one never expects...
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...
Sin of Permission
By Judie Brown We often suspect that there is a hidden agenda within the confines of language. That’s how the cunning operate. A case in point is John Hickenlooper, the 73-year-old United States senator from Colorado. According to news reports, he is a sponsor of the...
The Bread of Life
By Judie Brown Contemplating the reception of the body and blood of Christ in the Eucharist leads us to thank the Lord for His priests—His representatives known in Church teaching as those who serve in persona Christi. Pope Benedict XVI focused on this truth in a...