Scorsese’s The Saints: Some Go Marching In, While Others March Off
Martin Scorsese’s “The Saints” is an uneven treatment of great Saints, alternating from spiritually edifying to factually inaccurate and even disrespectful.
On Abortion, Trump and Biden Both Got It Wrong
During the recent debate, on the issue of legalized abortion, and in particular the Roe v. Wade decision itself, both Biden and Trump got it wrong.
Pro-lifers Off to Federal Prison: Enduring the Abortion Distortion
Pro-lifers face a justice system that inherently denies the very existence of the unborn.
From Satan to the Sanction: What’s Wrong with Fiducia Supplicans
The idea that blessings may be given without requiring anything from those upon whom the blessings are bestowed is the epitome of what Dietrich Bonhoeffer characterized as “cheap grace.”
Understanding Pope Francis’ Response to Same-Sex Union Blessings
Should the Church allow same-sex unions to be blessed it would be an empty mercy—a mercy that cannot save because it is a “mercy” divorced from the truth of Christ.
Pro-lifers on Trial and the Denial of Reality
For the first time ever pro-lifers were accused of employing prayers and hymns as weapons against women seeking abortions. Apparently one need not shoot an abortionist or torch a clinic to be justly accused of violence.
FACEing Injustice
Nine pro-lifers are each facing up to 11 years in prison under the FACE Act, and a fellow pro-lifer has turned and is providing testimony against them.
Criminals for the Gospel of Life
What does it mean for pro-lifers to be in jail? In this Culture of Death—in the morally upside-down world, jailed pro-lifers have placed themselves on the side of an unwanted, outcast people.
Catchers in the Rye: Lessons, Tears, and Triumphs of Talking Women Out of Abortion
I have been engaged in every sort of pro-life activism for over forty years, including participation in pro-life rescues and going to jail. But it is sidewalk counseling that forms the backbone of pro-life activism.
Life Lost in Michigan: The Sad Saga of Proposal 3
Proposal 3 is an amendment to the Michigan State Constitution that enshrines a right to abortion—among a whole boatload of other reproductive “rights.”
Roe Overturned: The Joy, the Sorrow, and What Else Needs to Be Overturned
Roe is not just a legal opinion, nor is it simply a political issue. Roe v. Wade is a philosophy. Roe is over, but the philosophy of Roe is still here. And it is the philosophy of Roe that also needs to be culturally overturned.
Nancy Pelosi and the Gospel of Matthew: The Audacity of Pro-Abortion Rhetoric
Nancy Pelosi wraps her support of abortion in the mantle of the Gospel of Matthew. She stated that the parable of Chapter 25 was “the agenda of the Church and is rejected by many who side with them on terminating a pregnancy.”
The Matter of Life: A Valuable, If Uneven, Primer on Abortion
The culture wars may well be reflected with the release of the pro-life documentary “The Matter of Life.” Rotten Tomatoes posts a 100 percent audience approval of the film—while Facebook banned the film’s posting of paid ads.
Pope Francis and the Scrapping of the Just War Doctrine
Pope Francis, in just a few words, tossed Catholic Just War Teaching into the doctrinal trash bin where it may be keeping company with Francis’ 2018 revision of the Catholic teaching on capital punishment.
The USCCB Eucharist Document Is Out, but the Scandal Is Still Here
One month after the election of Joseph Biden I met personally with the Archbishop of Detroit, Allen Vigneron. I knew that he had been appointed to head a working committee of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB)—a committee formed to address how the bishops would deal with a Catholic president who advocates legalized … Read more
Is Joe Biden a “Good Catholic?”
One of the most bizarre and troubling episodes in the history of the Catholic Church occurred Friday, October 29, 2021—and considering that the Church has endured heresies on the Person of Christ, the era of the anti-popes, and the Protestant Reformation, that’s saying something. I am referring to the pastoral consequences of President Biden’s visit … Read more
Cutting Throats, Burning at the Stake, and Excommunication: The Pope and Eucharistic Incoherency
“No Place for Politics in Biden Communion Flap” “Pope Says Bishops Should be Pastors, Not Politicians” “Pope Warns Clergy Against Allowing Political Preferences to Enter Holy Communion Equation” “Vatican Warns U.S. Bishops About Denying Communion” On Wednesday, September 15th, Pope Francis finally weighed in on the issue of denying the Eucharist to Catholic politicians who … Read more
Aborted Baby Found in the Trash, and a Last Work of Mercy
On Monday, June 7, 2021, a human body was discovered in a black plastic garbage bag buried deep inside a trash container located in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio. The foot had been severed from the left leg, the left leg severed from the lower torso, the right hand severed from the right arm—and the rest of … Read more
Transgenderism and the End of the Sacramental Order
“The Incarnation is the hinge of salvation” and “Iconoclasm as a denial of the Incarnation is the summation of all heresies.” The first quotation is from the second-century apologist Tertullian and the latter was penned by Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI. These two statements can well be applied to our present cultural crisis; namely, the rise … Read more
Risking Arrest to Defend the Unborn
“Love your neighbor as yourself.” “Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.” “Rescue those being dragged to death, and from those tottering to execution withdraw not.” “If we believe abortion is murder, we should act like it.” Not so very long ago, tens of thousands of pro-lifers, inspired by the above statements, … Read more