Author Archive for Dr. Gerard Nadal

Concluding the Fortnight: Now What?
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Concluding the Fortnight: Now What?

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The Holy Hours and prayers have all been said, the letters written to legislators, the blogs have been written, the teach-ins have played themselves out, and the church bells have all been rung. Now What? Where do we go from here, and will our bishops continue to lead us along the way? These are the […]

The Fortnight, The Pill, and the False Dichotomy
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The Fortnight, The Pill, and the False Dichotomy

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On the eve of the Fortnight for Freedom, there are those within the Catholic Church who are denying that the two-week observance has anything to do with the Church’s teaching on contraception and everything to do with upholding the First Amendment guarantee of freedom of religious expression. That’s a false dichotomy and misattribution of the […]

After-birth Abortion and the Ethics Community’s Descent Into Madness (Part I)
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After-birth Abortion and the Ethics Community’s Descent Into Madness (Part I)

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In March of this year an article calling for the normalization of infanticide for any reason was published and created something of a stir. In the fluid dynamics of this election year, the malignancy of the article was quickly overtaken by other events, and it is worthy of a revisit in some detail, especially in […]

Divided Motherhood in the Age of Discovery
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Divided Motherhood in the Age of Discovery

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The twentieth century saw the greatest advances made in science, technology, and medicine that the world has ever known. Building on the conceptual discoveries of the previous three centuries, we have wrought wonders unimagined in every decade of that century, and continue on unabated in this new century and new millennium. If there has been […]

Obama, Same-Sex Marriage, and Bioethical Fallout
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Obama, Same-Sex Marriage, and Bioethical Fallout

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Yesterday President Obama threw his support behind same-sex marriage. Thank God! The mask is off, six months before the election and about a year since he announced that he was willfully violating his Oath of Office by ordering the Justice Department to cease defending the law in court. Specifically, he ordered an end to defending The […]

Sebelius and Paying for Obamacare Through Death and Nonexistence
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Sebelius and Paying for Obamacare Through Death and Nonexistence

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Recently, HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius dropped her guard and gave the American people a good insight into how it is that Obamacare will ultimately stay solvent: The nonexistence of patients who, not being alive, cannot make claims upon the system. From CNSNews.com: During the subcommittee hearing, Rep. Tim Murphy (R-Pa.) said that contraception provided by […]

‘Decrease in Human Beings Will Cover Cost of Contraception Mandate,’ Claims Sebelius
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‘Decrease in Human Beings Will Cover Cost of Contraception Mandate,’ Claims Sebelius

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Yesterday at a Congressional hearing, HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius made two outrageous claims: From CNSNews.com During the subcommittee hearing, Rep. Tim Murphy (R-Pa.) said that contraception provided by insurance companies to people employed by religious organizations under the future form of the rule Sebelius described would not be was not free. “Who pays for it? […]