Culture War

Are Human Embryos Human Beings?

By Robert P. George, National Review, March 18, 2024 Whether human embryos are human beings is a question resolved by human embryology and developrnental biology. Among the constants in hurnan history is this: When people want to justify killing, enslaving, or otherwise abusing a class... read more

Update: NY archdiocese arts center cancels ‘kinky’ sex workshops

The Pillar, February 28, 2024   Update, 2/28, 12pm: Subsequent to the publication of this report, the Archdiocese of New York told The Pillar that the “Improv for Kinky People” workshops had been canceled before The Pillar’s report was published. “The group... read more

Texas Judge Authorizes Killing Disabled Unborn Baby in Medically Unnecessary Abortion

By Kim Schwartz, LifeNews, December 7, 2023 A Texas judge deemed Thursday that a Houston doctor can ignore clear medical standards in state law to abort an unborn child. The Center for Reproductive Rights brought a lawsuit Tuesday on behalf of Dr. Damla Karsan and Kate Cox, a Dallas... read more

Catholics must not be afraid to speak out against the Pill

By Portia Berry-Kilby, Catholic Herald (UK)m November 21, 2023 As of next month women will be able to get the contraceptive pill for free from pharmacies in England without a GP’s approval. The Health and Social Care Secretary, Victoria Atkins, claims that this change will mean... read more

13,241 People Were Euthanized in Canada in 2022, Setting New Record

By Alex Schadenberg, LifeNews.com, October 25, 2023 Health Canada recently released the Fourth Annual Report on Medical Assistance in Dying (2022). The data is gathered from the reports submitted by the medical or nurse practitioners who carried out the death. There is no... read more

On Crossing the Rubicon

By Francis X. Maier, The Catholic Thing, April 27, 2023 John Courtney Murray, the Jesuit scholar, was a key player in the 20th-century development of positive Catholic attitudes toward religious freedom and American democracy.  He saw clearly that the United States is a... read more

The Rage of Feral Children

The rise of contraception led to the phenomenon of "feral children" - young people left alone with no one to guide them. By Austin Ruse, Crisis Magazine, February 3, 2023 No father. No Father. No patria. No father. No Church. No country. These gaping absences have produced a rage... read more

Dublin’s appalling new ‘St Patrick’s Festival’ bears no resemblance to the feast day’s origins

By Dubhaltach O Reachtnin, Catholic Herald, February 13, 2023 Hot on the heels of rebranding Christmas festivities in Dublin as “winter holidays” and co-opting St Brigid’s day on behalf of a mythical Celtic goddess, Dublin City Council, along with the Irish Government, launched... read more

AP tells reporters to call crisis pregnancy centers ‘anti-abortion centers’

By Peter Pinedo, Catholic News Agency, February 6, 2023 The Associated Press (AP) issued new guidelines advising reporters not to use the terms “crisis pregnancy center” or “pregnancy resource center” but to instead refer to centers that offer pro-life counseling and support as... read more

“C’mon, Ring Those Bells!”

By John M. Grondelski, Crisis, Over at Crux, John Allen reports on the Italian “battle of the bells.” He notes the new norms issued by the bishop of Savona-Noli to address what is apparently an ongoing controversy over the ringing of church bells. Opponents criticize their “acoustic... read more

The Culture of Death is alive as Hell

As long as the leaders and disciples of the abortion industry/religion are fighting like hell for hell, there is a real battle taking place. By Carl E. Olson, Catholic World Report, July 15, 2022, Kate Brown, governor of Oregon, where I’ve lived since 1991, was upset when news leaked in... read more

Abortion’s Bed of Lies