Reflections on life, meaning and purpose

Trump on abortion: ‘It’s up to the states to do the right thing’

Former President Donald Trump arrives for a rally on April 2, 2024, in Green Bay, Wisconsin. / Credit: Scott Olson/Getty Images Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Apr 8, 2024 / 12:50 pm (CNA). Former President Donald Trump, the presumptive presidential Republican nominee for 2024, announced his abortion policy in a Monday Truth Social video in which he […]

Dignitas Infinita and gender ideology

Editor’s note: This is the first of several CWR essays that will analyze various aspects of the just released document Dignitas Infinita. ———– I will leave it up to the actual philosophers and theologians to […]

Happiness does not come from chasing pleasure or power, pope says

Pursuing the path of pleasure and power does not lead to happiness, Pope Francis said. “It is a road that at first sight seems pleasurable, but which does not satiate the heart. It is not in this way that one ‘has life,’” the pope said April 7 before leading the midday recitation of the “Regina […]

Trump says abortion should be left to states, disappointing pro-life advocates

Former President Donald Trump, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, issued a video statement April 8 arguing abortion should be left to individual states to legislate and declining to back federal restrictions sought by pro-life activists. In a video posted to his social media platform Truth Social, Trump took credit for the Supreme Court’s 2022 decision […]