A Catholic View of the Value of Human Life
Christ poses the question, “What does it profit a man, if he gains the whole world and forfeits his soul?” (Matthew 16:26) The answer is not difficult to ascertain. It profits him nothing. The question is stated in such a way as to contrast quantity with quality and indicate that no amount of possessions a […]
The Supreme Court’s long-awaited decision on abortion almost certainly is a done deal. The justices and their clerks know the result, but they aren’t letting on, while the rest of us won’t find out for another five months. That is not to say the outcome is now unalterable, since Supreme Court decisions aren’t final until […]
American poets, short story writers, and novelists over the years have enjoyed a certain freedom of expression that has allowed them to call a spade a spade. In general, they provide more reliable moral insights than what we can expect these days from politicians and media celebrities, who are restricted by political correctness. T. S. […]
As we celebrate Pope St. John Paul II’s birthday on May 18, the lessons from his papal magisterium continue to ripen with time. Perhaps most pressing these days are those lessons from his tireless defense for life. It has been over 25 years since the release of John Paul’s great encyclical on life, Evangelium Vitae […]
Resurrexit Sicut Dixit The Easter Antiphon, Regina Coeli, states that Christ “has risen, as He said.” This phrase is remarkable. It is one thing, however astounding, to maintain that Christ arose from the dead. But it is another thing to add that Christ rose just as “He said” He would. Lazarus, for instance, did not […]
The first thing every person of faith must do is fall on our knees and beg God’s forgiveness for allowing the slaughter of 62 million innocent victims, and then to ask His help in stopping this bloodshed. Archbishop Naumann reminded us that in God, all things are possible.
“Without this contemplative spirit, the liturgy will remain an occasion for hateful divisions and ideological confrontations instead of being the place of our unity and of our communion in the Lord.” Robert Cardinal Sarah, The Power of Silence, “Holy Father, keep them in your name that you have given me, so that they may be […]
Editor’s note: These past few weeks have been harrowing. After months of stasis amidst a strange and ongoing pandemic, mass protests broke out in most major U.S. cities. Initially the protesters were seeking justice following the killing of George Floyd by a policeman, but soon riots broke out and much of the country was in flames. In […]
Physical science can tell us only about the bare fact of things. The “why” of things comes from the God Who orders all facts. Believe in God, and you live the truth; deny God, and you have to come up with lies. All that we are is because there is a God — a Three-in-One […]
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