Why I Love Being Catholic
I was given the opportunity to participate in Amy Thomas’s “Why I Love Being Catholic” series at Catholic Pilgrim. Amy writes beautifully about the beauty and truth of Catholicism and I am honored to appear on her blog. If you’d like to know...
Rush Not to Judgment: Why I Am Giving Pope Francis the Benefit of the Doubt
When I read the reports of Archbishop Vigano’s accusations concerning Pope Francis late Saturday night, I felt physically sick. I think I have made it pretty clear here and elsewhere that I love Pope Francis. And because I am a faithful and obedient Catholic,...
Hope from the Holy Spirit
Hope is one of the great theological virtues, one of the three things that last. Its opposite is despair, which I have often heard referred to as the one unforgivable sin. The temptation to despair is great right now. Every day brings some new reprehensible...
Twenty-Five Things to Read about the Catholic Sex Abuse Scandal
Gird yourselves with sackcloth And lament, O priests; Wail, O ministers of the altar! Come, spend the night in sackcloth, O ministers of my God . . . ~ Joel 1:13 When I am disturbed about world events, I head to my computer, looking for something to read. I read for...
Sackcloth and Ashes: A Movement of Laypeople Praying for Our Church
In their streets they have girded themselves with sackcloth; On their housetops and in their squares. Everyone is wailing, dissolved in tears. ~ Isaiah 15:13 If you are a Catholic who follows any Catholic pages on Facebook, I’m guessing you have seen this...
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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...
