As a Catholic pro-life leader, I am frequently overwhelmed by the macabre nature of the news I read, especially when for one reason or another, we at American Life League become part of that news.

When abortion-rights advocates even consider the question of whether mothers who have had an abortion experience a negative after-effect, there’s bound to be a rumble or two.

You may recall the incredibly insightful encyclical issued by Pope John Paul II on March 25, 1995: Evangelium Vitae (The Gospel of Life).

Call it a hunch, but those of us at American Life League who have been studying pharmaceutical giant Merck’s marketing plan for Gardasil, commonly known on television by its “one less” mantra, have been suspicious for some time.

It seems to me that I write more often these days about members of the Catholic hierarchy who are, in one way or another, presiding over the decaying structure once synonymous with the Catholic Church’s perceived power.

Late last week, a Houston, Texas teenager indicted in the death of her newborn baby was remanded to state custody until her case comes to trial. Due to the fact that she is a minor her name has been withheld, but that is not really the crux of this report.