ALEXANDRIA , Va. – U.S. Senator Sam Brownback received an endorsement today from Bobby Schindler, the brother of the late Terri Schiavo. Schiavo died nearly two years ago from starvation and dehydration after a court mandated the removal of her feeding tube, sparking a nationwide bipartisan effort to save her life. “My family will never forget Sam Brownback’s valiant efforts … Read More
Sean Hannity and Contraception
I am happy to report that I have returned safely from another relaxing and reflective retreat. These retreats always serve to reinforce my love for and faith in the Catholic Church and all of her rich moral truths. Which is why I take issue with Sean Hannity’s recent interview with Fr. Euteneuer about his criticism of Sean’s stance on artificial … Read More
“How Can There Be Too Many Children?”
“That is like saying there are too many flowers” (Mother Teresa). Nowadays the use of contraception is quite accepted and even encouraged and couples frequently aren’t encouraged to ever actually have children. And when they do, it seems that it is frowned upon for them to have more than one or two. Even in the Catholic Church, over 90% of … Read More
Child Born Despite Mother’s Best Efforts
You just can’t get good help these days. Jennifer Raper is suing Planned Parenthood and two other doctors for a failed abortion “causing the plaintiff to remain pregnant.” The “abortion” was performed in April of 2004 and a subsequent doctor visit in July failed to detect the un-terminated pregnancy causing her to give birth to a healthy baby girl in … Read More
What’s Going on in Missouri
The pro-life news sites constantly news have updates about pro-life laws in all of the states. I don’t normally comment on them just because there are too many to keep up with – I have a hard enough time keeping track of what’s going on in my own state. If they’re anything like Missouri, each state could have at least … Read More
Calling All Catholics
Kathryn Jean Lopez has an article on Townhall.com about the recent resignation of the MSM’s favorite “Catholic” darling, Frances Kissling as head of Catholics For Free Choice. For those of you who don’t know, though the name pretty well speaks for itself, CFFC is a group claiming to be Catholic and openly rejecting Catholic Church teaching on the sanctity of … Read More
More on Giuliani
Here is a great analysis by Fr. Martin Fox of a recent Weekly Standard (a “conservative” publication) article promoting Giuliani entitled Lets Make a Deal… It is all part of the fever that infects more and more folks as elections near: the sense that winning the next election is so supremely important that more and more must be thrown overboard … Read More
Giuliani in His Own Words
I must admit that I am a little concerned about the poll numbers for the election so far, though I realize the election is still over a year away. I shudder at the thought of two very clearly pro-choice candidates. Thankfully, The Intellectual Conservative has a few words of encouragement: To the best of my knowledge: – No pro-abortion candidate … Read More
“Common Sense is Dying”
Social conservatives see “Two Americas.” Unlike the two Americas that John Edwards saw in 2004, these two Americas are divided morally. Wendy Wright, president of Concerned Women for America says that we have one side that “says other human beings should be used for your own sexual pleasure, and if someone else is a burden to you, if they are … Read More
Life Giving Love
This is an amazing story about a woman who chose the life of her unborn child over her own. Jennifer Carlisle was diagnosed with ovarian cancer in 2005 when she was 2 months pregnant with her fourth child. Doctors told her that she would surely die if she did not abort the child, but she and her husband refused. Gabriel … Read More