Post-Roe ‘Confusion’ Helped Defeat Kansas Pro-Life Amendment

Carl Bunderson/CNA Pro-life student canvassers from Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America visit voters in Olathe, Kansas, July 28, 2022. With over 95% of ballots counted as of Wednesday afternoon, Kansas voters defeated the Value Them Both amendment by about 59% to 41% in the Aug. 2 referendum.

Archie Battersbee’s Legal Fight for Life at ‘The End,’ Says Mother

Carl Court Hollie Dance (C-L) and Paul Battersbee (C-R), the mother and father of Archie Battersbee, speak to the media as they leave the Royal Courts of Justice after winning an appeal for his case to be heard again, on June 29, 2022 in London, England. On Tuesday, Archie’s parents lost their appeal to the […]

Day 216: The Suffering Servant (2022)

Fr. Mike marvels at the beauty of Isaiah 53, which reveals that Jesus is the Lord’s suffering servant and also zeroes in on Ezekiel 15, which reminds us that without God we are like a useless vine that bears no fruit. Today we read Isaiah 53-54, Ezekiel 14-15, and Proverbs 12:25-28. For the complete reading […]

Handing Them Stones: indigenous indoctrination in Catholic schools

While many Catholics were distressed to see pagan rituals being performed at Australia’s Plenary Assembly, most are unaware of the proliferation of indigenous spirituality within the Catholic school system.  Australian dioceses are quietly using formal programs to indoctrinate young children in the ways of indigenous spirituality, while simultaneously destroying their Christian faith.

Archie Battersbee’s legal fight for life at “the end,” says mother

European Court. / Elvira Koneva / Shutterstock. Washington D.C., Aug 3, 2022 / 19:00 pm (CNA). The mother of 12-year-old Archie Battersbee said that the family is “at the end” of their efforts to keep their son on life support after the European Court of Appeals (ECHR) refused to intervene in the UK case. The […]

Elizabeth Warren, woke totalitarian…

The subject-line on the email was, shall we say, striking: “Crone swoops with talons toward younger women with babies.” The predatory beldame in question was Senator Elizabeth Warren and my cyber-correspondent was drawing my attention to this Tweet from @SenWarren: “With Roe gone, it’s more important than ever to crack down on so-called ‘crisis pregnancy […]