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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.

Protecting the Sibling
Stephanie Winn (LMFT) discusses the impact of trans-identification on families and siblings. She writes, "When one child in a family transitions -- especially an older child who has influence, charisma, or the mystique of rebellion -- parents naturally worry about the other children. Will the younger sibling follow?...Not every younger sibling is equally vulnerable. Understanding the risk and protective factors helps you calibrate your response."

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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! Thoughts on Romantic Love, Sexuality and Matrimony

Douglas McManaman
In romantic love, the one who has fallen in love sees the beloved as God sees the beloved. But this can only happen if God gives the one who is in love (the lover) a sharing in the way He sees the beloved. And so, this is a grace; it is an illumination. And that is why in the experience of falling in love, the one in love is very much preoccupied with the beloved, thinks of the beloved a great deal more than he or she otherwise would.

New! Embryo Personhood

Judie Brown
The simple fact that every human being has a similar beginning as a single cell fertilized egg seems to be more than some people can comprehend. This came into stark focus when we read Professor Risa Cromer's article entitled "Embryo Personhood's IVF Problem: What the Data Reveals."

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

Philip Irvin
What if we replace traditional pronouns with biological chromosome labels XY and XX? A strategy to push back against transgender ideology and reclaim gender as biologically determined.

New! The Bard for the Dance Between the Sexes

Adeline A. Allen
Marriage and family are among the basic goods of the good life, of flourishing, of delights. Shakespeare is cheering us on. May we take heart and enter the dance.

New! Healthy Sex Education for Catholic Families: How Do I Teach My Child about Sex and Chastity?

Susan Ciancio
Awkward. Embarrassing. Uncomfortable. Any or all of these words are likely to describe the way that parents feel when they think about teaching kids about sex. But acknowledging and overcoming these feelings - one of the more difficult parts of Catholic parenthood - is incredibly necessary if we are to raise children who see themselves as gifts to others and who then go out into the world to live as gifts.

Sri Lanka: Extinct legal system caused security crisis resulting in Easter Sunday carnage

Asia Human Rights
According to Sri Lankan Army Commander Mahesh Senanayake, the present security crisis facing the country was a result of the failures of many government institutions.

Some Quebec doctors resisting drive for euthanasia

Xavier Symons
There is a growing push for greater rights for Down syndrome people - in particular that they be fully protected from forced sterilisation. A landmark ruling by a UK court may have brought this goal one step closer.

Sc. documentation, abortion kills living human beings/persons

Dianne N. Irving
Since Roe was recently overturned by the Supreme Court I have received a flood of questions re abortion and requests for the accurate facts of human embryology that people can use to refute pro-abortionists. Best I can do is provide the following list of my resources copied at the end. Hope it is helpful.

The Challenge of ‘Stare Decisis’

John B. Shea
When a court makes a decision, it establishes a precedent which is used by subsequent courts in their deliberations. In so doing, they are applying the legal doctrine of ‘stare decisis’, which is one of the most important doctrines in Western law. ‘Stare Decisis’ means “to stand by decided cases, to uphold precedence, to maintain former adjudications,” and is applied extensively in the law courts today.

Man and Woman, Marriage and the Family (Part III)

Ron Panzer
Man and woman as husband and wife are not only to help and encourage each other (Genesis 2:18), they help and encourage their child, ... for many of life's experiences can be difficult. The family is the place where comfort, love and faith are expressed to encourage each other to recover from disappointments, to get up and begin anew. A father or mother's hug, kiss, and smile help the child know they are loved, though he may have fallen down or failed to accomplish what he was trying to do. The family is where home is, where the child as well as the mother and father feel safe, loved and supported in their life. Husband and wife each seek in their own way to nurture the flame of love given to them by God, humbly serving each other, and striving to bring happiness to each other within the home (Philippians 2:1-12).

Planned Parenthood's Latest Twist

Judie Brown
When it comes to the actions of Planned Parenthood, we must all be aware and informed. And it is our responsibility to make others aware as well. We cannot sit idly by and wonder what's happening if we choose to ignore the evidence presented to us daily by those who understand.

It's Always Pruning Season

Proclaim Sermons
Using metaphorical language, Jesus describes himself as the true vine and God as the vine dresser. And he insists that his followers stay connected to the vine so they can produce good fruit. What this requires is pruning away whatever gets in the way of that vital task.

An Application of an Ethics of Virtue to the Issue of Abortion

Janet E. Smith
Much ethical theory has recognized that the very importance of the attempt to live an ethical life lies in the fact that in acting the individual forms herself or himself either for the better or for the worse. That is, each and every human act, each act stemming from the deliberate choice of the human agent determines the type of human being an individual is, or in other words, the kind of moral character which an individual has. Then, in turn, the moral character which one has influences what decisions one makes. For those who share this perspective, one of the foremost questions to be asked by the moral agent in determining the rightness or wrongness of an act is: What kind of person will I become if I do this act?

Scientists grow primate embryos for 20 days

Xavier Symons
Two separate research teams in China have grown primate embryos in vitro for 20 days, in a development that has reignited debate over the 14-day limit on human embryo experimentation.

Hard Work -- But Whose? (Ordinary Time 18)

Proclaim Sermons
They say you can't judge a book by its cover, so you certainly shouldn't judge a painting by its frame, right? But what if we're talking about the story that frames a parable? In that case, we'd better take a close look at this guy who wants Jesus to settle the will in his favor before exploring what's sometimes called "The Parable of the Rich Fool."