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A Thread for Weaving Joy - The Most Reverend Charles J. Chaput, O.F.M. Cap.

Every child with Down syndrome, every adult with special needs; in fact, every unwanted unborn child, every person who is poor, weak, abandoned or homeless - each one of these persons is an icon of God's face and a vessel of his love.

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Getting It Right 'The Morning After' - Father Tadeusz Pacholczyk, Ph.D.

The "morning-after" pill, also known as "Plan B," is often provided in hospital emergency rooms to women who have been sexually assaulted. Read more...

The End of Charity - Theodore Dalrymple

That judgments in the past were harsh or unfeeling is, alas, the case. But that is a reason for refining our judgment, not for refraining from exercising it at all. Read more...

The New Singleness - Maggie Gallagher

In the cover story in a recent Atlantic magazine, Kate Bolick declares her liberation from marriage: "It's time to embrace new ideas about romance and family - and to acknowledge the end of 'traditional' marriage as society’s highest ideal." Read more...

A Child - Anthony Esolen

Everywhere outside of Christianity, wrote Hans Urs von Balthasar, the child is automatically the first to be sacrificed. Only for Christians is the adult the imperfect child. Read more...

Values Inequality - W. Bradford Wilcox

Charles Murray's new book Coming Apart demolishes the idea that the white working class remains the guardian of core American values like religious faith, hard work and marriage. Read more...

The Humility of Science, the Arrogance of Scientists - Anthony Esolen

I have no intent to demean scientists. I wish merely to see them for what they are, and to see their work for what it is, and to protect the polity from placing too much trust in their unacknowledged priesthood. Read more...

Hard Times Again - Theodore Dalrymple

Under the impact of today's economic crisis Charles Dickens seems timelier than ever. Read more...

Freedom of Conscience - Father George Rutler

Our many fellow Catholics now enchained for the Faith of our Fathers in such places as China, Syria, and Egypt are, as Father Faber's hymn says, "in heart and conscience free." But what happens when a government tries to chain the conscience itself? Read more...

'Remarkable work of grace' in Boston, 10 years on - Father Raymond J. de Souza

Is it over? Yes and no. It was 10 years ago this month that the sexual abuse crisis exploded in the archdiocese of Boston, with reverberations across the world. Read more...

ObamaCare and Religious Freedom - Archbishop Timothy M. Dolan

How about some respect for Catholics and others who object to treating pregnancy as a disease? Read more...

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Rubio brings bill to floor, charging a violation of religious liberties - CNN
Sen. Marco Rubio has introduced the Religious Freedom Restoration Act of 2012, bringing to the Senate the ever growing charge that President Barack Obama and his administration are violating the rights of religious Americans.

Media discover Planned Parenthood is controversial - Get Religion
It's just so interesting to me that when millions of Catholics were read letters from their bishops about the HHS mandate targeting Catholic groups, it took days for a few stories to trickle out.

New York parents shut down Planned Parenthood sex ed for middle schoolers - LifeSiteNews
Planned Parenthood has been kicked out of a New York state school district after a group of parents complained about the group's promotion of oral sex as a form of "abstinence" and class demonstrations on how to put on a condom.

Obama plays his Catholic allies for fools - Washington Post
Whether President Obama has adopted a radical secularism out of conviction, or is cynically appealing to it, the war on religion is now declared.

Dangers seen in Catholic use of Enneagram - Catholic World Report
Writing for Catholic World Report, Anna Abbott reports that Church officials have real concerns about the use of the Enneagram in Catholic retreat centers and other institutions.

Washington senate approves same-sex marriage - AP
In a 28-21 vote, the Washington state senate approved a measure that would legalize same-sex marriage. The bill is expected to pass in the state house and be signed into law by Gov. Christine Gregoire, a Catholic.

Planned Parenthood Defends Obama Against Catholic Criticism - ABC News
Following a barrage of criticism of the Obama administration from the Catholic Church, Planned Parenthood today launched a national TV ad campaign praising newly mandated contraception coverage in health insurance plans, including those offered by religiously affiliated institutions.