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Imagine…a virus stalking through the modern State
On a virus of a different sort, no less mortally lethal and considerably more morally so: About the fate of post-Christian Western cultures G. K. Chesterton cannot be thought overly optimistic. But in one small way – having to do … Continue reading
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Unplanned
Archeologists in Peru have discovered 227 bodies of children sacrificed by the pre-Columbian Chimu culture to appease the gods of wet weather – the El Niño. “Wherever you dig, there’s another one,” the chief archeologist Feren Castillo said. We … Continue reading
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Tagged abortion, civil rights, Harriet Beecher Stowe, human sacrifice, Martin Luther King, slavery
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Feeding the gods
One of the great values of what John Paul II called the Splendor of Truth is that it shatters even the most impervious ideological barriers erected to hide it. A recent archeological find in Mexico City detailed in Science magazine … Continue reading
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Roe v. Wade: The Tragedy of Our Age
January is the month in which we remember the 1973 United State Supreme Court’s decision in Roe v. Wade. This weekend there are marches around the country by those who believe that court ruling was a tragedy. Significantly, the promoters … Continue reading
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Kairos, Courage, Love
In his Trojan Horse in the City of God, Dietrich von Hildebrand wrote of the way a particular historical situation compels Christians to speak a perennial truth with special forcefulness. The Greek term for such moments is kairos, what von … Continue reading
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A Harvard Law Professor’s view…
IN a previous post, ‘Numbers’, reflecting on the deathworks in the era of post Roe v Wade abortion in the United States I wrote that our hope in such circumstances lies outside the machinations of our legal and political systems. … Continue reading
Numbers
Approximately, thirty million – that is the number. This is the number of voters between the ages of 18 and 43 that would be deprived of their right to vote in the upcoming US presidential election. They are not felons, … Continue reading
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Dialogue
Let’s be honest: Crusaders for doctor-assisted suicide and gay rights are not interested in dialogue. Secular progressives demand unconditional surrender. ‘Dialogue’ has become one of their many tactics for neutralizing opposition. “In my years as a theology professor, as a … Continue reading
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Chains
Amnesty International now has the distinction of being the first (of many) to run a pro-abortion ad aimed directly (though it’s never mentioned) at the Catholic Church, pleading for its elimination from Irish life. This is a sign of the … Continue reading
Americans, This Is Sparta
“Recently proposed legislation to punish people who kill babies who are still alive following botched abortions passed the House, but not with the support one would imagine. While every single Republican voted to criminalize the intentional murder of a breathing … Continue reading
