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Prosecute or Absolve?
By Judie Brown In Matthew 9:12-13 Jesus set the tone for His mercy, which is coveted by anyone who understands the meaning of offending God. When the Pharisees saw Christ dining with tax collectors and sinners and asked why He was doing so, Christ said, “Those who are well do not need a physician, but the sick do. Go and learn the meaning of the words, ‘I desire mercy, not sacrifice.’” This...
Death and Catholic Church Teaching
Since 1968, vital organs, necessary for life, have been removed from patients for transplantation. Since then, this has been morally justified by the claim that the donor is “brain dead” or has suffered “cardiac death.”
Light and Dark: What a Difference a Few Inches Makes!
[In January] the world was shocked to hear about the “House of Horrors” discovered at a Philadelphia abortion clinic, where a former doctor [was] accused of murdering one patient and seven infants.
25 Years of Love and Life at the Pope Paul VI Institute
“Suffering is part of saying ‘yes’ to the Lord,” Sue Hilgers said. “We were ignored and ostracized by our community, other doctors and even priests. But our work has been as much of a gift to us as we have hoped it would be to others.”
Joe Scheidler: A Man for All Seasons
It has been said that men of great character are frequently unappreciated until eulogies are read at their funerals.
Planned Parenthood Funding and Catholic Bishops
A different sort of mathematical problem emerges from the title of this piece. What is the common denominator between the nationwide, unified pro-life efforts to defund Planned Parenthood and the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB)? The answer is that no such common denominator exists.
Abby Johnson: A Target Among Her Friends?
Recently a controversy exploded as a result of a comment that Abby Johnson made in which she alluded to the fact that certain exceptions—rape, incest and life of the mother—represented a very small percentage of overall abortions.