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It’s Time to Become Pro-Life 3.0

For the last few years, scientists have been warning us that genetically modified children are just over the horizon. Rumors have been flying around that laboratories are already using a revolutionary new gene-editing technique called CRISPR to try to change the genes of human embryos. Advanced gene-editing techniques like CRISPR hold great promise for treating […]

Book Review: <em>Our Lady, Undoer of Knots: A Living Novena</em>

Book Review: Our Lady, Undoer of Knots: A Living Novena

Dec 3 15 • Patrice Fagnant-MacArthur • 0 comments

On October 12, 2013, “Pope Francis revealed to the world his special devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary under the title Our Lady, Undoer of Knots. . . He spoke of Mary as the ‘new Eve’ who unties the knot of Eve’s disobedience.” In May 2014, Marge Fenelon traveled to the Holy Land with the […]

Beware the Devangelization

Dec 2 15 • Nicole DeMille • 0 comments

The accepted dictionary definition of “evangelize” is: 1. To preach the gospel to. 2. To convert to Christianity. 3. To promulgate or promote (a doctrine or idea, for example) enthusiastically. Now, we know that a large part of our job as Catholics is to evangelize, that is, to bring others to Christ. The ways and means are up for discussion, often passionate discussion over the course of our Church’s history. […]

No Excuse for Murder, No Justification for Abortion

Dec 2 15 • Ken Connor • 0 comments

By now most people are aware of the shooting that took place at a Planned Parenthood clinic in Colorado Springs last Friday. Robert Lewis Dear, Jr., killed three people and wounded several more, purportedly in retaliation for the activities documented by the Center for Medical Progress in which Planned Parenthood officials are seen and heard […]

The Grief of Being Unloved

Dec 1 15 • Mark Davis Pickup • 0 comments

English writer and broadcaster Claire Rayner (1931-2010) said: “Only the unloved and unloving escape grief.” That is not entirely true. I will reserve comment about the unloving other than to say if they do not know grief in this world they will certainly know it in the next. The unloved live in grief of the […]

Supreme Court to Rule on the Biggest Abortion Case of the Decade

Dec 1 15 • Jonathan Abbamonte • 0 comments

In what could be the abortion legal battle of the decade, the U.S. Supreme Court decided last month to weigh-in on the Texas abortion regulation law. The case will have far-reaching and long-lasting consequences for women’s health. It will determine whether the unregulated and unaccountable abortion industry will be able to continue business as usual, […]

The Lonely Road of the Church’s “New Minority”

Dec 1 15 • Misty • 17 comments

A religious once said, “Being a missionary is like taking a pearl of inestimable value into a land where the people don’t want it, even as a gift.” The sad truth is that today, everyday faithful Catholics are called to be missionaries in their own churches. Why? Because our fellow parishioners are often as in need of evangelization […]

O Me of Little Faith

Nov 30 15 • Barb Lishko • 1 comment

I guess you never know how little faith you have, until it is tested. Faith never grows, unless it is tested. I have found it to be a vicious lifelong cycle. I think I have faith, it gets tested, and I realize how little faith I have after all. I have been praying for something […]

Poem: “The Gift of Perseverance”

Nov 29 15 • Blessed John Henry Newman • 0 comments

The Gift of Perseverance ONCE, as I brooded o’er my guilty state, A fever seized me, duties to devise, To buy me interest in my Saviour’s eyes; Not that His love I would extenuate, But scourge and penance, masterful self-hate, Or gift of cost, served by an artifice To quell my restless thoughts and envious […]

Thanksgiving, Freedom and Life

Nov 26 15 • Fr. Frank Pavone • 7 comments

A Pythagorean writer once expressed the role of civil authority this way: “The monarch has an irrepressible authority (and is therefore not limited by consent); he is a living law; he is like a god among men.” How different America is. Our Founders came here for freedom, a freedom that recognized that no human being […]

Giving Thanks at Thanksgiving … But Not to God

Nov 25 15 • Dr. Paul Kengor • 0 comments

This is historical fraud, forgery, perjury.

UN Diplomats Fight Back Against LGBT Ideology

Nov 25 15 • Stefano Gennarini, J.D. • 0 comments

A chorus of delegates from around the world protested attempts to make “sexual orientation and gender identity” a protected category in international human rights law at the General Assembly last week. The Africa Group, composed of 54 countries, delivered a forceful statement to Joachim Rücker, the German president of the Human Rights Council, as he […]

Presidents and Thanksgiving

Nov 24 15 • Dr. Gary Scott Smith • 0 comments

America has been abundantly blessed.

Pope Francis in Uganda: Honoring Martyrs, Firing Up the Faith

Nov 24 15 • ACN-USA News • 1 comment

By Claire Creegan NEW YORK—Pope Francis’ scheduled Mass in Uganda in observance of the 50th anniversary of the canonization of the Ugandan Martyrs will help revitalize the faith of one of Africa’s youngest Churches, a local Church official said. In an interview with international Catholic charity Aid to the Church in Need, Msgr. John Baptist Kauta, […]

In Defense Of “Soul Mates”

Nov 24 15 • Mary Pearson • 1 comment

It has been said that: Real love is not all feelings. Real love takes work. Real love requires choosing your beloved on a daily basis. These are all statements that I believe to be true. But, can I let you in on a little secret? I believe in soul mates. And [thankfully], I believe that I […]

The Unborn Down Syndrome Refugee Crisis

Nov 24 15 • Kurt Kondrich • 0 comments

The daily headlines are filled with stories about the refugee crisis spreading across the globe. Tensions are high as governments assess the security risk of admitting groups of these displaced citizens, and the vetting and screening processes for refugees is under intense scrutiny. A refugee is defined as “a person who flees for refuge or […]

Pope Francis, Evangelii Gaudium, The Joy of the Gospel

Front Row With Francis: The Doors of Mercy

Nov 23 15 • Benjamin Baxter • 0 comments

Paris dominated the news cycle last week, thanks to the coordinated terrorist attacks by ISIS. But, if it weren’t for its utility as a political bargaining chip, who a month from now would remember Paris? Soon enough something new would have displaced Paris in our minds. In our active memory, we hold fast to only […]

Cultural Imperialism and the Indian Surrogacy Ban

Nov 23 15 • Christopher White • 0 comments

I can’t help but read many of the articles related to the Indian government’s recent ban on commercial international surrogacy with a certain amount of irony. “The move has dismayed childless couples worldwide,” noted one article in The Telegraph. Others referred to “the panic” caused by the decision. Another noted that this ban would lead […]

Thousands of Syrian Christians are Fleeing ISIS Assault

Nov 23 15 • ACN-USA News • 0 comments

By Oliver Maksan NEW YORK—Thousands of Syrian Christians are fleeing after fierce attacks by ISIS on the town of Sadad and its surroundings, reported Syrian Orthodox Archbishop Selwanos Boutros Alnemeh of Homs. Sadad is some 35 miles south of Homs and 65 miles north east of the Syrian capital of Damascus. The region has been […]

Theology of the Body Revolutionized My Marriage

Nov 23 15 • Kathleen M. Basi • 0 comments

I can’t fully explain it, because it wasn’t what my parents tried to teach me. But this is what I learned as a child: sex is dirty. I knew, in my head, that this wasn’t true, and that sex, in its proper context, was a blessed, holy thing. But even for good Catholic girls who […]

When Is Abortion Not a Sin Against the Creator?

Nov 23 15 • Judie Brown • 0 comments

A recent story in the Washington Post left me agog! I mean really folks, how intentionally pointed and disjointed can a report that is really not a report be? Curious? The Post states that “nearly 2 percent of Texas women say they tried to induce abortion.” The headline is generated by a report entitled “Knowledge, […]

Christ the King: From a Crown of Thorns to a Crown of Life

Nov 22 15 • Karee Santos • 0 comments

As we celebrate the Feast of Christ the King this weekend, it’s worth asking ourselves what kind of kingdom Christ promised us. We know his kingdom is not of this world, and his crown is made of thorns. Will our sacrifices and suffering be worth it? What awaits us after death? The Book of Revelations […]

Poem: “One Gypsy Man”

Nov 21 15 • Michele Marie • 0 comments

One Gypsy Man The heat was so great that I sat down to rest And watched as mankind was put to the test A gypsy approached, barely able to walk He staggered and moaned, unable to talk. Filthy and starving and bronzed by the sun Scarred by the world and by the world shunned- Our eyes met […]

Blessed John Henry Newman and the Conscience

Nov 17 15 • Michael Lane • 0 comments

Moral relativism bothers me for numerous reasons, but the greatest annoyance I have is relativism’s consistent use of illogical reasoning and justification. Besides selfishness, relativism’s only consistent attribute is being illogical. I find this frustrating because several friends buy into relativism lock, stock, and barrel without a second thought. By illogical I should say I […]