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Under the new law, "mother" would be replaced with "gestating parent," and "father" would become "non-gestating parent." Image vs. Truth: Bodily Confusion in a Virtual World
From Evie Estes with Ruah Woods Institute: "The Church does not teach that our bodies are perfect in their present state or that appearances are irrelevant. It teaches something deeper: our bodies have dignity because they are animated by a spiritual soul & our sexual identity is part of this unity." Pope to grandparents and elderly: God's loving eyes are upon you at all times
The Pope acknowledged that quite a few elderly people share the painful feeling of being forgotten, especially as they experience loneliness or sometimes being reduced to a bed number or illness. How Can Anyone Defend Transgender Sports After This?!
Allowing boys to compete in girls sports isn't just wrong--a new lawsuit reveals that it can make girls vulnerable to sexual assault, even alleged vaginal penetration. Yes, according to a verified complaint filed in a federal court Tuesday, a young man who claimed to identify as female not only competed against a teenage girl in girls' wrestling, but also digitally penetrated her vagina, causing lasting pain." How can anyone defend transgender sports policies after this? What Parents Need to Know About AI Deepfakes and Teen Safety
AI-generated deepfakes are no longer a future concern--they're already impacting schools, friendships, and the lives of young people. This article explores how deepfake technology is being used, why teens are particularly vulnerable, and what parents can do to help navigate a rapidly changing digital landscape. Deepfake abuse is becoming increasingly accessible and widespread, creating new risks for youth online. Meet The Man Urging Mothers Not To Abort 'Inconvenient' Babies Like Him
Ryan Bomberger was conceived in rape, yet his mother chose life. While serving in the military, Bomberger?s mother, Sharon, was raped and refused an abortion. Instead, she put her son up for adoption, ?a decision,? Bomberger said, ?that has caused beautiful generational reverberations.? Most Women 'Blindsided' by Abortion Drug Side Effects: Study
These days, it's hard to go a few weeks without bumping into another horrifying story about a man drugging his pregnant girlfriend, wife, or daughter with the abortion drug. But as disturbing as those headlines have been, coercion doesn't always take the form of an angry man. Sometimes, it's a misleading abortion doctor or the impatient Planned Parenthood worker who refuses to tell the truth about mifepristone or a woman's options. 1,126,760 Babies Killed in Abortions in 2025 as Mail-Order Abortions Skyrocket
The Society of Family Planning estimates that 1,126,760 abortions took place in calendar year 2025. This represents a 1.6 percent increase from 2024. "My Voice, My Choice" and the Silence Beneath It
The Church reminds the modern world that voice itself is a gift, received before it is exercised. Perhaps the most urgent question is not whose voice will prevail, but whether we still remember the One who spoke us into being. Pope Leo Blasts Abortion: "Every Human Life Must be Safeguarded From Conception"
The Pope told Spanish lawmakers that ?every human life must be recognized and safeguarded from conception to its natural end, in every circumstance of its existence.? More Headlines…
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Worthy? Who decides? When hospitals, media, and policy accept ending or withholding life for the vulnerable, I see how we begin to treat some people as less than fully human - problems to manage rather than neighbors to love. In this article I ask who judges a life's value and move from institutions to the everyday moments where dignity is made or denied: a hurried bedside conversation, a refused invitation, a steady presence. Drawing on my Catholic faith, Scripture, and stories of the elderly, disabled, and marginalized, I examine how assumptions about usefulness erode worth and offer practical compassion - listening, shared meals, sacramental care - that restores dignity and says, "You matter."
Continue reading at Fr. Jerry's Blog... Ethical Perspectives Stephen G. Gilles
By re-energizing a state's pro-life base and attracting enough swing voters to tip the scales, the movement can make real, even if "imperfect," progress toward ending elective abortion in America. Emily Hancock
AI can shift how we communicate with one another, what work looks like for many roles, how relationships unfold, and how we order our lives. Much of our reaction to these projects reflects the understanding that this technology has the power to reshape the way humanity marches into the future, and not always in a way that serves the greater good. Bill Muehlenberg
Pope Leo XIV's first encyclical confronts the promises and perils of artificial intelligence, urging humanity to defend human dignity in an increasingly dehumanised age. Gregory E. Ganssle
Both Jesus and Nietzsche announce in the same sort of bold terms their own visions of life and death; prosperity and adversity. They set before us two paths to consider: one leading toward the flourishing life and one leading toward death. One toward liberation and one into oppression. Which path will we choose? Shenan J. Boquet
Euthanasia is a false solution to the drama of suffering, a solution that is not worthy of man. The real answer cannot be, in fact, to give death, as 'gentle' as this may be, but to testify to the love that helps us to face pain and agony in a humane way.
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Women's Heightened Vulnerability During a Crisis Pregnancy The Post-Abortion Review
Abortion advocates speak proudly of "freedom to choose," conjuring up images of women freely and autonomously making decisions that are "right" for them. But research into abortion decision making presents a far different picture. Nathaniel Peters
When Christianity enters a society, it provides an understanding of inherent and equal human dignity that lifts up those whom that society has considered unworthy. But what happens when Christianity recedes? Christian human dignity is not founded on maximizing fairness or autonomy, but on the fact that all human beings are made free and in the image of God. If it becomes detached from that principle, then human dignity no longer makes sense. Douglas McManaman
While doing graduate work in Theology at the University of Montreal during the late 80s, I recall being suddenly struck by the ironies with which modern thought is replete. I discovered quickly enough that contemporary philosophy that was then used to undermine much of traditional Catholic theology could just as easily be employed to elucidate and defend it. Contradiction soon became a kind of beacon, allowing me to distinguish the true liberal from the false, neo-Hegelian liberalism that characterizes much of what passes for liberal thought today. Phoenix Contes
"There is a time for war," says the preacher in Ecclesiastes, "and a time for peace." Let the present time point toward the time of perfect and ultimate peace, when the swords of nations shall be beaten into plowshares. Pilar Calva
The patient's suffering is often the foundation upon which euthanasia and assisted suicide are justified or even obliged. But suffering today, more than ever, is "curable" with adequate means of pain relief and palliative care, and with adequate human and spiritual assistance. Michael Cook
"Bioethics is a field that is always evolving because it exists in relation to newly emerging moral questions in society," says Stanford bioethicist Laura Roberts. "The field itself struggles — we are always trying to make sense of things and to understand and resolve complex issues in ways that rely on more than mere intuition." Ron Panzer
What can we learn from history? Those who create policy in government need to be people of integrity, who value the lives of the people and honor the divine and the natural moral law. When they are not, each of us must still choose to honor God by how we live, wherever we serve in society - or choose to go along with terrible evil that harms or even kills others. Each of us is responsible for our own choices. With peer pressure comes the opportunity to show what kind of individual we choose to be. Judie Brown
Nobody needs to reimagine human rights. Rather, we must defend the innocent human person from his biological beginning until his death. This is what God expects; this is precisely what infuriates Screwtape and his minions. Michael Cook
Daunting ethical problems lie ahead. The test will be used extensively to abort children who have a genetic "problem". Douglas McManaman
Separation of Church and state means just what it says. No secular prince can rightly usurp ecclesiastical office, as we saw happen in 16th century England. But separation of Church and state has somehow come to mean "separation of state and religion". This, however, was not originally the case. The feast of Christ the King is precisely the reason why, for the Catholic, religion and politics are not and never will be separate. Articles of faith exceed the grasp of reason and thus cannot be imposed. However, the principles of practical wisdom and civil rights issues like abortion, euthanasia, embryonic stem cell research, etc., are not properly speaking matters of faith, but matters of the natural moral law that require nothing but reason in order to be understood.
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