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Marriage in the Crosshairs
By Judie Brown German bishops seem to have a misperception about marriage. Or at least it appears that way to us. Cardinal Reinhard Marx, archbishop of Munich and Freising, “has instructed the priests and full-time pastoral staff in the archdiocese to introduce the controversial handout ‘Blessing Gives Strength to Love’ as the basis of pastoral care.” According to the German bishop, this...
Sterile Days
By Judie Brown The era in which we live is not friendly to fertility, to children, or to the aging. It seems that the more control the human species gains over itself, the more it wants. And as the saying goes, nothing good can come from that. The American Society for...
Beelzebul and Newspeak
By Judie Brown According to the Catholic Encyclopedia, Beelzebul is an evil spirit. Matthew 10:25-26 teaches: It is enough for disciple to grow to be like teacher, and slave like master. If they have called the master of the house “Beelzebul,” how much more the...
Courage
By Judie Brown For Catholics, the sacrament of confirmation is a wonderful source of the increase and deepening of the graces we receive at baptism. The Catechism of the Catholic Church teaches that confirmation “unites us more firmly to Christ,” “increases the gifts...
The Miracle of Nine Months
By Judie Brown Today marks the first day on our journey toward the celebration of the birth of Christ, which occurs nine months from today. But there are other momentous events that require nine months, including—and most especially—the gestational age of a preborn...
In Praise of Christian Morality
By Judie Brown We are disgusted by everything Planned Parenthood does, and its most recent effort to shut down its competition drips of wanton decadence. Apparently, the abortion behemoth does not like the competition it is receiving from online, do-it-yourself...
The Poison Within
By Judie Brown There has been a cultural shift in America that defies every aspect of the human nature with which God created us. In fact, we could say that according to many in our midst today, it is they, not God, who choose what is and is not a human person. We can...