What’s a Catholic Voter to Do?
This is an edited version of a column I wrote in the fall of 2004. At the time I was extremely disturbed by the vitriol surrounding the Presidential campaign, particularly that directed by Catholics toward other Catholics, presuming to assert that there was only one...
The Exception that Proves the Rule
In the wake of Todd Akin’s stupid (really, I could think of a fancier word but I think that one covers it) remarks about rape and abortion, and then VP-hopeful Paul Ryan’s follow-up distancing himself from Akin and downplaying his own oft-stated...Because Truth Matters
Let’s get this straight from the very beginning. I’m not planning to vote for Rick Santorum. I disagree profoundly with most of his positions. So the defense that follows has nothing to do with my personal political leanings. It has to do instead with...
Christians Who AREN'T
I’m updating and reposting this today because four years later a U.S. Senator felt it was appropriate, whether joking or not, to “pray” this prayer for our President at the Faith and Freedom conference held on June 9, 2016.So I’m taking my son...
Martin Luther King and Abortion
This was, I believe, my last column for the East Tennessee Catholic, published right around this time in 2010. Since this is the time of year for participating in Martin Luther King parades and Marches for Life, it seems like a good day to share it with you. Our...
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"Suffering and sorrow are a part of life in this fallen world.![]()
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But while we are waiting for this redemption, how do we handle this experience of sorrow?"
You Need to Read these 5 Remedies for Sorrow from St. Thomas Aquinas
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"Our pleas on behalf of the unborn have fallen on deaf ears. While we are still very much their advocates, our tactics need to change. We need to build bridges with women and prochoice advocates who fear a world without abortion. We need to change the discussion. We need to start by asking a new question.![]()
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The real question we need to be asking is the question that is missing from the abortion debate: is abortion good for women?"
The One Question Missing from the Abortion Debate
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The debate over the value of fetal human life is gridlocked. Here's what we need to be asking instead.
"[I]t’s also possible that the default to abortion as the solution to an unplanned pregnancy actually discourages other adaptations that would make American life friendlier to women. As Erika Bachiochi wrote recently in National Review, if our society assumes that “abortion is what enables women to participate in the workplace,” then corporations may prefer the abortion default to more substantial accommodations like flexible work schedules and better pay for part-time jobs — relying on the logic of abortion rights, in other words, as a reason not to adapt to the realities of childbearing and motherhood."
Opinion | The Case Against Abortion
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Making the argument that lies behind the constitutional debate.
“This moment should serve as a turning point in our dialogue about the place an unborn child holds in our nation, about our responsibility to listen to women and support them through pregnancies and after the birth of their children, and about the need to refocus our national priorities to support families, particularly those in need.”![]()
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Even though Roe is gone, we still have an obligation to support the dignity of the unborn and their families, especially women and girls who need help raising their children. We all share in this responsibility. I join in David French’s call: “The answer from pro-life America should be clear and resounding—the commitment to life carries with it a commitment to love, to care for the most vulnerable members of society, both mother and child.”
Human dignity and holes in the seamless garment
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It wasn’t until adulthood that I began to discover the breadth of Catholic social doctrine, a rich body of teaching that I’d somehow never been introduced to in all my years as a practicing Cathol...
First of several posts in which I plan to FINALLY tell you all about the Vita Institute I attended in June.
Vita Institute Recap | Life in Every Limb
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I promised to tell you more about the Vita Institute, and this post will be a start. I planned to write everything up as soon as I came home, but as I came down with COVID almost as soon as I returned...
