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Infinite Dignity
By Judie Brown The Vatican’s Declaration on Human Dignity states: “This dignity of every human being can be understood as ‘infinite’ (dignitas infinita), as Pope St. John Paul II affirmed in a meeting for people living with various limitations or disabilities. He said this to show how human dignity transcends all outward appearances and specific aspects of people’s lives.” Every human...
Hope, Politics, and Human Dignity
By Judie Brown In the age of pro-abortion Catholics in public life, confused Catholics in private life, silent bishops, and a government apparently hell-bent on avoiding recognition of the personhood of the preborn child, it is easy to become overwhelmed and even...
Denying the Real Presence
By Judie Brown A college freshman recently wrote: “Abortion is a medical procedure, not a deprivation of life,” and the world yawned. A priest found the body of Christ on the floor of a Church. This desecration of the sacred host earned a brief mention at the...
Bodies, Sins, and Mercy
By Judie Brown Nearly 20 years ago, Archbishop John Myers wrote a pastoral letter in which he reminded his flock of the basics upon which our fight to end the slaughter of the innocents is based, saying that “most people would be horrified by a proposal to kill...
Cardinal Wilton Gregory’s Travesty
By Judie Brown Wilton Gregory, of the Archdiocese of Washington, DC, was recently hailed by the media for becoming America’s first black Catholic cardinal. His elevation to the post of cardinal came as a shock to many of us, but then again, we are living in strange...
Systemic Hatred
By Judie Brown Pundits use the word systemic to apply to nearly anything that, in their view, affects our national consciousness. Their most recent favorite phrase is systemic racism. But how much of a national problem is this really? Might systemic racism only exist...
Trump, Biden, and Love!
By Judie Brown Cursing the darkness or waiting for someone else to take up the cause, especially if that someone is a politician like Trump or Biden, is never a good idea. The plight of the innocent preborn, elderly, and others whose lives are at risk every day rests...