Being Perfect
When Christ said to His disciples, “So be perfect, just as your heavenly Father is perfect,” He was calling on us to be more than what…
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Vultures Market Death
By Judie Brown A vulture is a predator, but the kind of evil vulture we speak of here is the human being who markets death—including…
Seeing the Baby
By Judie Brown Did you hear the one about the expectant mother who saw her baby on the ultrasound machine and chose not to abort…
Family and Theology of the Body
By Susan Ciancio Over the course of 129 general audiences—from September 5, 1979, through November 28, 1984—Pope John Paul II taught about God’s love, our…
Balancing Faith and Science
Pope Benedict XVI’s 2008 prayer at Ground Zero included these words: God of peace, bring your peace to our violent world:peace in the hearts of all men…
Pro-life Basics: Redefining abortion and contraception
What is our response to those who have redefined abortion and contraception as “reproductive rights”? Well, as is the case with most cultural excuses for…
Love as Saint John Paul II Loved
By Susan Ciancio On Friday we celebrate the remarkable life of Karol Wojtyla, the man who would become St. John Paul II. Elected pope in…
10 Quotes from St. John Paul II That Teach Us How to Love
By Susan Ciancio On Friday we celebrate the remarkable life of Karol Wojtyla, the man who would become St. John Paul II. Elected pope in…
If Preborn Babies Had Voices
Recently, an attorney named Thomas Glessner—founder of the National Institute of Family and Life Advocates—wrote regarding the upcoming Supreme Court case on abortion. He stated: “The court need…
Which Medical Ethics For Granny?
Earlier this month, President Joe Biden issued a “Proclamation on World Suicide Prevention Day.” But Biden failed to include assisted suicide in the document. Wesley…
A Celebration of Family
In these times of raging challenges to the family unit, including the most innocent among us—our preborn brothers and sisters—we are called to celebrate the…
Reflections on the Body of Christ from St. John Paul II
#36. Along these same lines, the Catechism of the Catholic Church rightly stipulates that “anyone conscious of a grave sin must receive the sacrament of Reconciliation before…