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July 2019

July 02, 2019

The condition of migrants is a pro-life issue, Fr. Pavone.

On Twitter, Fr. Frank Pavone---who, to my knowledge, has neither repented nor been disciplined...

May 2019

May 16, 2019

It’s Not Your Body, AOC

I have made no secret of my admiration for Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. That said, I...

May 12, 2019

Everything You Need to Know About Ben Shapiro, in One Tweet

Ben Shapiro, as you will have heard, was "destroyed" in an interview with...

October 2018

October 21, 2018

What Ratzinger and the CDF Really Said About Voting for Pro-Choice Candidates.

It's not what you may have heard. Death Site News is promoting the words of...

October 20, 2018

Don’t Call Abortion a Holocaust, Says Pope Benedict XVI

On Facebook there's a funny little guy who runs around interrogating people on whether they...

August 2018

August 05, 2018

Fr. Pavone Advocates Ends-Justifies-Means Heresy

Pavone, who spends a great deal of time congratulating himself, does not specify what...

April 2018

April 11, 2018

Pope Francis Contradicts B16 and JP2 on Abortion? Fake (Site) News!

I tell you again: Give no credence to Fake Site News. Never give them credence,...

October 2017

October 25, 2017

An Answer to Patrick Tomlinson, Who Asks a Question That Supposedly Confounds Pro-Lifers

What is this stumper of a question? you ask. Here it is: Would you save...

September 2017

September 16, 2017

Fake Site News Falsely Accuses New Pro Life Movement of “Liberal Boilerplate”

Contrary to the insistence of Fake Site News, the goals of the New Pro Life...

April 2017

April 24, 2017

Dissenting Catholic Dick Durbin Tells Dems Not to Dissent From Party on Abortion

The hypocrisy of Sen. Dick Durbin knows no bounds. He is a Catholic who publicly...

November 2016

November 14, 2016

Where is the Baby Now? Fr. Frank Pavone’s Words are Inconsistent.

Fr. Frank Pavone can't seem to keep his story straight. Here---and I have removed from...

November 11, 2016

How Long Has Fr. Frank Pavone Had that Fetus?

Mary Pezzulo posts the following observation from a reader. This is in reference to Fr....

November 10, 2016

But Will Fr. Frank Pavone Take Instruction From His Bishop?

In a poorly-veiled swipe at this blog, Fr. Frank Pavone of Priests for Life (video...

November 08, 2016

The Evil of Abortion Does Not Justify Fr. Frank Pavone

Abortion is an evil. Period. Abortionists murder. Society must outlaw it. End stop. But Fr....

November 07, 2016

After Sick Political Stunt, Fr. Pavone’s Faculties Should Be Suspended

As you might have read from Mary Pezzulo, Mark Shea, or Matthew Tyson, Fr. Frank...

September 2016

September 07, 2016

Yes, Virginia, Catholics Can Say Abortion Should Be Legal

Or that is what Fr. Matt Malone, S.J., claims, in an article at America. It...

August 2016

August 16, 2016

In Election, Protecting Conscience as Important as Ending Abortion

In reference to my post yesterday, a reader writes (with my emphases): In my opinion,...

August 15, 2016

Here’s Your Chance to Convince Me to Vote Trump

If you can convince me that Donald Trump will be better than Hillary Clinton on...

July 2016

July 23, 2016

Vote Republican to Stop Abortion! And Other Myths

Trump supporters overnumerous for mention promise, with prognostication and crystal-ball certainty, that a vote for...

September 2015

September 14, 2015

The Year of Mercy Confounds New York Times Columnist. Pope Francis Derangement Syndrome Vol. XIII.

"You cannot conceive, nor can I,” Graham Greene writes in Brighton Rock, “of the appalling...

September 03, 2015

Greg Toppo of USA Today Says Pope’s Beliefs Just Like Those of Dissenting Catholics. Pope Francis Derangement Syndrome Vol. XII.

Greg Toppo, is USA Today's “national K-12 education writer. He’s interested in tech & how...

January 2015

January 30, 2015

Aborted Ethics and Wrongful Liabilities: What Hath the Court Wrought?

You will have heard, I take it, of a recent “wrongful birth” lawsuit. It was...

February 2014

February 01, 2014

Rolling Stoned on Pope Francis, Part II

Of Pope Francis, Mr. Binelli has this to say: “His recognizable humanity comes off as...

October 2013

October 17, 2013

Dear World, Let This Dead Baby in a Bag and Her Teen Mother Be a Lesson to You

I am writing this in a white heat, and I do not intend to change...

April 2013

April 14, 2013

Associated Press Weeps for Gosnell’s Staff

In this classic example of High Tragedy, Ms. Maryclaire Dale of the Associated Press tells...

April 14, 2013

On Kermit Gosnell and Facing Human Evil

There seems to be a suggestion that authorities did not want to look into Mr....