Denver Archbishop Samuel Aquila wrote a surprisingly personal pastoral letter marking the 40th anniversary of Roe v. Wade in which he recounts experiences he had with abortion while working as a hospital orderly.
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Chaput: Loyalty to Church Trumps Loyalty to Party
In an interview with the Catholic News Service (CNS), Philadelphia’s Archbishop Charles J. Chaput minced no words when advising Catholic voters that their loyalty must be to God and the Church first when it comes to hot button issues such as abortion.
Two Catholics Face Off in Debate
Commentary by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
For the first time in history, the vice presidential debate involved two Catholic candidates, by the end of the night, the differences between them could not have been more clear.
Crash Victim Refuses Abortion, Gives Birth to Healthy Baby
A woman who was left in a coma after a horrific car accident awoke to find out she was four-weeks pregnant, and when doctors suggested she have an abortion, she refused, giving birth months later to a healthy baby boy.
An Urgent Call… “For Such A Time As This”
Our nation is in the midst of its own “Battle of Lepanto.” Our temporal order – the institutions and enterprises of man, his culture and his society – has been infiltrated by an anti-life, anti-Gospel, anti-Church agenda. The “final confrontation” intimated by Karol Cardinal Wojtyla when he addressed the United States Bishops in 1976 seems to have arrived. From Cairo and the Middle East, to Congress and the Senate, to the attack against the union of one man and one woman in marriage, to the proliferation of the morally reprehensible, to the efforts of Planned Parenthood and sex education in our schools, we see the frontal attack of the “Agenda of the Anti-.“ As Women of Grace® “impregnated with the spirit of the gospel” we must respond. Read the rest…
GOP Platform Enshrines Christian Values
A week before the Republican National Convention begins in Tampa, the party is putting together a platform that is thus far adhering to Christian principles as they relate to marriage, homosexuality, abortion and conscience protections.
Radical Feminism Continues to Miss the Mark
Commentary by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
History is the best teacher, but not everyone is willing to learn from it. This is certainly the case with Terry O’Neill, president of the National Organization of Women (NOW), who recently appeared on CSPAN to offer the same worn-out solutions to the high rate of abortions in the US – universal birth control and comprehensive sex education.
Media Ignores Largest Ever Study Linking Abortion to Mental Illness
Commentary by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
Just days after two major studies found unacceptably high levels of mental illness in the U.S. and Europe, the media have all but ignored a major study published in a prestigious British medical journal which found that abortion is associated with mental health problems.
Vatican Announces WYD as Chance to Confess Abortion and Rejoin Church
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
The Vatican has granted a special concession for World Youth Day (WYD) that will allow youth who have been involved in abortion to be absolved and welcomed back into the Church.
Fr. Robert Barron on Abortion
Fr. Robert Barren‘s recent video commentary about the recently published abortion statistics for New York is excellent and well worth watching. The numbers are sobering, particularly with regard to the disproportionate rates of abortions among the African American community. He highlights how the pro-abortion community is fueling these frightening trends and the need for greater education and support for those who feel they are left without options when faced with a crisis pregnancy. Definitely a must see during this week in which we reflect and pray about the devastating Roe vs. Wade decision.
