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| Note from the Managing Editor |
At Mass this past Sunday, our priest repeated, "This country needs prayers now more than ever." He paused, then added: "There are still Catholics who support abortion."
It was so refreshing to hear such a statement uttered so simply, with some of the innocent shock we should all feel that it is true.
William Wilberforce's "Abolition Speech" is especially heartening to read as we think of the contined work before us:When I reflect…that however averse any gentleman may now be, yet we shall all be of one opinion in the end…I take courage, I determine to forget all my other fears, and I march forward with a firmer step in the full assurance that my cause will bear me out. Regardless of the "policy" and the "consequences," he was determined to "never rest until [he] had effected…abolition."
Let us not rest, then. Let us continue to pray, to educate, to effect change where we can (even if we don't think we can). Otherwise what we have all just celebrated in Canada and the U.S. on July 1st and July 4th is a sham, if we are denying freedom — denying the very life — of those innocent, helpless children in the womb.
God bless you all this week. - Meaghen Gonzalez
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"Good philosophy must exist, if for no other reason because bad philosophy needs to be answered." - C.S. Lewis
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| The Ponderings of an Immaculate Heart |
| Fr. Gabriel of St. Mary Magdalen, Divine Intimacy |
| To have even a slight understanding of Mary's prayer, we must try to penetrate the sanctuary of her intimate union with God. |
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| Celebrating Abnormal Behavior |
| Anthony Esolen, Crisis Magazine |
| "To celebrate an abnormal behavior makes things worse, not better, for those inclined to engage in it." |
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| The German bishops lead the way—out the church door |
| Catholic Culture |
| Undeterred by their own manifest pastoral failure, the Catholic bishops of Germany persist in their confidence that they know how to lead the universal Church to a brighter future—down their "Synodal Path." |
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| Catholic Cop: How to Defend Your Church |
| OnePeter5 |
| Now more than ever, I believe it to be of absolute necessity for churches to be prepared for the probable disruptions of Holy Mass, along with the security of our priests and families. |
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| A Plan to Defund Planned Parenthood |
| Crisis Magazine |
| Now that Roe has been overturned, pro-life Catholics need to move quickly from celebration to reconciliation and a genuine attempt at collaboration with those who truly want to help women in crisis pregnancies. |
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| It Was Never About Just Hearts and Minds |
| Catholic Answers |
| When it comes to the most basic right of a child to remain living, we sometimes hear that "laws don't work" and we must only "change hearts." Not so—not so at all. |
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| Roe's End: It Took Everybody |
| National Review |
| The winning coalition includes tireless activists, pro-life politicians, anti-Roe jurists, and Donald Trump. |
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| The End of Roe Is Just the Beginning |
| NY Times |
| By any reasonable political science theory, any normal supposition about how power works in our republic, this day should not have come. |
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| Mutilating Our Bodies |
| First Things |
| There are many memorable moments in Matt Walsh's provocative new documentary What is a Woman? |
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