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Jerry Novotny OMI
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May 21, 2026

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Vatican warns of political promotion of abortion as an instrument of population control
The Vatican has released a new document titled "Integral Ecology in the Life of the Family" aimed at promoting the care of creation and human life within the family, warning against the advancement of certain ideologies that encourage abortion and sterilization as means to control population growth.

Forming Your Children for Chastity: A Letter to Parents
Fr. Carter Griffin: "We have two very formidable weapons: your parental love, the strongest and most powerful love this side of heaven, and God's grace. Together, those two can take on any army of marketers and IT experts and psychologists."

A Parent's Testimony: Truth and Love
This parent's testimony highlights the importance of truth AND love, choosing your battles, maintaining a strong and loving relationship with your child, the dangers of tech use, and much more!

Southwest Airlines Pays Stewardess $1 Million After Firing Her for Being Pro-Life
Southwest Airlines has paid nearly $1 million to a longtime flight attendant it fired for expressing her pro-life religious beliefs.

The babies we're not having
New data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirms what demographers have been watching with growing alarm: American women are having fewer children than ever before.

Media continues to push 'polyamory' as the next step in the sexual revolution
Those pushing for polyamory say society is the problem, the law is the problem - and it is your job to minimize the legal fallout of their immorality.

11,105,671 Babies Killed in Abortions Since UK Legalized Abortion 58 Years Ago
The number of abortions in England and Wales has reached a record high.

U.S. fertility rate falls to record lows as births continue to decline
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently revealed that America's fertility rate has fallen to its lowest point in recorded history as fewer women have children and millions postpone pregnancy.

US saw more than 1.12 million abortions in 2025, but actual figures likely higher
New data estimates show the number of abortions in the U.S. remained stable in 2025, totaling some 1.126 million, with apparent declines in out-of-state travel for abortions offset by increasing access to telehealth abortions.

DIY Abortion Returns: From Back Alleys to Bathrooms
For decades, the most potent image deployed in favor of legalized abortion has been the coat hanger. The message has always been blunt: If abortion is not provided by licensed physicians using sanitized instruments, women will resort to desperate and dangerous methods on their own.

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Editorial

Why the Catholic Church Opposes 'In Vitro Fertilization'

Since the birth of the first "test-tube baby" in 1978, in vitro fertilization (IVF) has provided hope and a path to parenthood for many couples who cannot conceive naturally. The Catholic Church, however, has consistently rejected IVF - not out of hostility to suffering couples, but because of deeper beliefs about marriage, human life, and the dignity of the human person. The Church opposes IVF largely because the process usually creates multiple embryos in a laboratory. Some are implanted, but others are frozen, discarded, or destroyed. Since the Church views each embryo as a human life, this loss of embryos is considered morally unacceptable. The inherent dignity of a human person deserves full moral and legal respect and protection. The Church teaches that embryos must never be treated merely as a means to an end. Continue reading at Fr. Jerry's Blog...

Ethical Perspectives

New! What is Freedom of Religion?

Mike Johns
We need philosophical arguments to counter the empty voluntarism of our time, and this is a challenge the Church should meet head-on.

New! Fostering Love and Compassion

Susan Ciancio
Kathleen and Ron have been foster parents for most of their 35 years of marriage, and in addition to raising four children of their own, they have now fostered over 200 children. Throughout those years, they have seen atrocities that most people cannot even imagine, but the love and joy they have brought to children and their families is immeasurable.

New! Reject the Lie of Radical Gender Ideology - Use MY "Preferred Pronouns" Instead

Philip Irvin
This is a test. Answer this typical diversity question, "What are your preferred pronouns?" The correct answer is "None." I do not have any pronouns that are based on my preferences. My pronouns are based on biology.

New! Egypt Condemns Christian Apologist to Five Years' Hard Labour for Criticising Islam on YouTube

Rod Lampard
A YouTuber with 100,000 subscribers, Dr Augustinos Samaan now faces five years' hard labour after Egyptian courts convicted him of blasphemy in a secret trial.

New! IVF and Surrogacy: Pandora's Box

Jean Seah
Growing access to IVF and surrogacy raises serious ethical concerns - from exploitation of young women and donor identity risks, to the destruction of millions of embryos.

Digital technology: creating anxious children

Margaret Hickey
Over the last number of decades, family life has collapsed in the West. Novel, reality-denying notions of what constitutes family, that set adult choices over children's needs, must surely contribute in no small measure to the social withdrawal and alienation of the young. Also, the impact of social media on parents' own lives and the way it can engross their attention inevitably impacts the quality of the time they give their children.

Reducing rape with an eraser

Judith Reisman
Recently, in pornography's link to rape, I exposed some of the phony stats used by a very passionate law professor, Glenn Reynolds, who wants more pornography - ummm - to reduce rape.

The Role of Women in Building a Culture of Life

Charles J. Chaput
Denver's Archbishop Charles Chaput frequently speaks out in defense of the Church's teaching on life and family issues when many others choose to remain silent. Here the outspoken bishop talks about women's role in the Culture of Life.

The sun has set on dreary, childless feminism. But family-friendly feminism is dawning

Louis T. March
Today a more vibrant, forward-looking strain of feminism is emerging, exquisitely captured in the brand new book, Hannah's Children: The Women Quietly Defying the Birth Dearth, which is highly recommended by pro-family advocates.

Mary Magdalene, her true story

Carolyn Moynihan
Beloved disciple. Apostle of apostles. But wife of Jesus?

Canada's euthanasia law under fire after euthanasia of depressed patient

Xavier Symons
Serious concerns have been raised about the implementation of Canada's Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD) legislation after a 61-year-old depressed but otherwise healthy man was euthanised in the province of British Columbia.

The Beatitudes: A Concise Summary

Douglas McManaman
Synopsis: The beatitudes are the basic outline, the interior contours of a new spirit. Jesus, the new Moses, writes these not on tablets of stone, but on the human heart changed and elevated by grace.

To Live or Not to Live: Our New Found Fear of Living and the Use of Living Wills

E. Christian Brugger
Here I want only to say that although signing a living will (or a POLST form) is not in itself evil, nevertheless, it is a bad idea. Because in the absence of a living will or similar type of document, health care workers are required to administer reasonable medical treatment in light of a patient's presenting condition, the only reason to complete a living will is to prevent medical workers from intervening to sustain life (i.e., to refuse treatment).

Neither Reformation nor Enlightenment: The Seeds of Religious Freedom Within Islam - Part II

Daniel Philpott
Contrary to what one often hears in Western media, Islam needs neither a Reformation nor an Enlightenment. Islam must - and can - find resources from within its tradition to defend the full human right to religious freedom. The second in a two-part series.

Babies Are Not Biohazards

Judie Brown
Anyone with common sense realizes that no baby is hazardous to the environment. In fact, one of them may well grow up to save our planet by working to preserve God's design rather than following the folly of man.