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January 2021

January 26, 2021

The Opposite of Killing is Compassion

I have a friend I follow on social media, who is driving across state...

January 24, 2021

My Response to Father Stephen Imbarrato’s Libel

As a rule, I do not suggest that you look at the Patheos Catholic Facebook...

December 2020

December 17, 2020

No, the COVID Vaccines Do Not Contain Dead Children

We need to talk about the COVID vaccine. The big news of the past...

August 2020

August 19, 2020

Save Lives or Punish People? Which is Pro-Life?

I'm going to have to write about abortion again. I don't like writing about abortion,...

July 2020

July 06, 2020

What if we Re-Thought the Pro-Life Movement?

I thought it would make bigger news this weekend, when pro-life icon Abby Johnson...

May 2020

May 23, 2020

The Jig Is Up: A Review of “AKA Jane Roe”

I promised earlier this week that I would watch the documentary, AKA Jane Roe, when...

March 2020

March 26, 2020

First Things and The Pro-Life Movement’s Shocking Double Standard

When I was a teenager, I was homeschooled in a deeply conservative, deeply pro-life homeschool...

January 2020

January 30, 2020

For Those Who Fear That Life and Family are Feminine

Scrolling through social media early this afternoon, I encountered a public conversation that made...

December 2019

December 07, 2019

Eighteen Suggestions for the Rest of Advent

On Friday, I suggested that we all need to be converted, and start living in...

November 2019

November 19, 2019

More on Ecological Sin: Can an Ecological Sin be Mortal?

The first time I learned that our ecological choices can hurt people, I was...

October 2019

October 16, 2019

Diocese of Amarillo: Pavone Not A Priest in Good Standing

Yet again, I thought we were done talking about corruption in the pro-life movement for...

October 10, 2019

Abby Johnson, Rehumanize, and The Ongoing Scandal

I know I said I'd get away from the topic of Abby Johnson's public...

October 04, 2019

The Logic of Fireflies

Rosie tried to tell me about fireflies. She watched a television program all about...

October 03, 2019

Forty Years of Baby Choice: A Timeline

My veteran readers know that I've been expressing concern concern what Father Frank Pavone...

September 2019

September 23, 2019

Frank Pavone Talks Back, and I Have More Questions

I never thought I'd hear from the infamous Frank Pavone. He has me blocked on...

June 2019

June 23, 2019

Here’s What You Can Do To Help Imprisoned Migrants

Today is the Latin Catholic feast of Corpus Christi. A certain percentage of my fans...

June 17, 2019

What White Feminists Get Wrong about Black Women

Shannon Brinkley Portillo: I've seen black women say abortion rights isn't important in our day-to-day...

May 2019

May 19, 2019

Let’s Look at the Latest Abortion Legislation

Pour yourself a stiff drink. Today's post is going to be a long one. And it's...

May 11, 2019

If You’re Going to Preach a Homily On Mother’s Day…

I have a message to any priests out there, or any clerics at all...

May 09, 2019

Ohio Bill Could Kill Women With Ectopic Pregnancies

You have surely heard by now that Georgia passed an extremely strict "heartbeat bill,"...

April 2019

April 08, 2019

What the Pro-Life Movement Has Taught Me This Week

I grew up being told that the Population Bomb was a Liberal lie. I...

March 2019

March 05, 2019

The Church that Seemed Beautiful

We went to a beautiful parish when I was growing up. It was quite...

February 2019

February 06, 2019

Babies, Bombs and the State of the Union

I was trying to watch the State of the Union address. The president declared...

January 2019

January 31, 2019

Is a Do-Not-Resuscitate Killing?

It's been more than eight days since the fiasco at the March for Life. It's...

December 2018

December 10, 2018

A Word on Justice Kavanaugh’s First Pro-life Ruling

So. A couple of months ago now, when just about every rape survivor...

December 05, 2018

No, Pregnancy is Not a Sin

"Thou hast committed fornication; but that was in another country; and besides, the wench...

November 2018

November 05, 2018

One More Word Before You Vote

I need to talk to my fellow Catholics right before they go vote....

November 03, 2018

My Pro-Life Vote This Year

"A Catholic would be guilty of formal cooperation in evil, and so unworthy to present...

October 2018

October 18, 2018

The Two Worst Pro-Life Witnesses This Week

I am more than frustrated with my fellow Catholics just now. First of all,...

August 2018

August 25, 2018

Gentleness Has No Gender

After Rose was born, we were a mess. My abusive disaster birth left me...