So…are they afraid people might actually decide that life is, after all, you know, a good thing? From Reuters: U.S. women’s groups are urging television broadcaster CBS not to air an ad during next month’s Super Bowl football championship final because they say it has a strident anti-abortion rights message. The plans to air the…

My father-in-law in suburban Maryland suggested it the other night.  You know: it makes sense.    “I’ve never been,” he said, ” but I’d do it if it weren’t so damn cold.” I explained that it’s done in January because it’s the anniversary of the Supreme Court decision. “So?,” he said. “What difference does that…

God of perfect peace, Violence and cruelty can have no part with you. May those who are at peace with one another hold fast to the good will that unites them; may those who are enemies forget their hatred and be healed. We ask this through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, Who lives and…

With another anniversary of Roe v. Wade come more questions about what can be done to stop abortion. This provocative essay by Sr. Bernadette M. Reiss, fsp asks questions some of us may not have considered: How can the presentation of the Church’s teaching be balanced so that women would be more likely to come…

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