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New York bishops say gender-neutral language law 'mocks the foundation of the family'
Under the new law, "mother" would be replaced with "gestating parent," and "father" would become "non-gestating parent."

Image vs. Truth: Bodily Confusion in a Virtual World
From Evie Estes with Ruah Woods Institute: "The Church does not teach that our bodies are perfect in their present state or that appearances are irrelevant. It teaches something deeper: our bodies have dignity because they are animated by a spiritual soul & our sexual identity is part of this unity."

Pope to grandparents and elderly: God's loving eyes are upon you at all times
The Pope acknowledged that quite a few elderly people share the painful feeling of being forgotten, especially as they experience loneliness or sometimes being reduced to a bed number or illness.

How Can Anyone Defend Transgender Sports After This?!
Allowing boys to compete in girls sports isn't just wrong--a new lawsuit reveals that it can make girls vulnerable to sexual assault, even alleged vaginal penetration. Yes, according to a verified complaint filed in a federal court Tuesday, a young man who claimed to identify as female not only competed against a teenage girl in girls' wrestling, but also digitally penetrated her vagina, causing lasting pain." How can anyone defend transgender sports policies after this?

What Parents Need to Know About AI Deepfakes and Teen Safety
AI-generated deepfakes are no longer a future concern--they're already impacting schools, friendships, and the lives of young people. This article explores how deepfake technology is being used, why teens are particularly vulnerable, and what parents can do to help navigate a rapidly changing digital landscape. Deepfake abuse is becoming increasingly accessible and widespread, creating new risks for youth online.

Meet The Man Urging Mothers Not To Abort 'Inconvenient' Babies Like Him
Ryan Bomberger was conceived in rape, yet his mother chose life. While serving in the military, Bomberger?s mother, Sharon, was raped and refused an abortion. Instead, she put her son up for adoption, ?a decision,? Bomberger said, ?that has caused beautiful generational reverberations.?

Most Women 'Blindsided' by Abortion Drug Side Effects: Study
These days, it's hard to go a few weeks without bumping into another horrifying story about a man drugging his pregnant girlfriend, wife, or daughter with the abortion drug. But as disturbing as those headlines have been, coercion doesn't always take the form of an angry man. Sometimes, it's a misleading abortion doctor or the impatient Planned Parenthood worker who refuses to tell the truth about mifepristone or a woman's options.

1,126,760 Babies Killed in Abortions in 2025 as Mail-Order Abortions Skyrocket
The Society of Family Planning estimates that 1,126,760 abortions took place in calendar year 2025. This represents a 1.6 percent increase from 2024.

"My Voice, My Choice" and the Silence Beneath It
The Church reminds the modern world that voice itself is a gift, received before it is exercised. Perhaps the most urgent question is not whose voice will prevail, but whether we still remember the One who spoke us into being.

Pope Leo Blasts Abortion: "Every Human Life Must be Safeguarded From Conception"
The Pope told Spanish lawmakers that ?every human life must be recognized and safeguarded from conception to its natural end, in every circumstance of its existence.?

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Editorial

Who Decides When A Life Is Valuable?

Worthy? Who decides? When hospitals, media, and policy accept ending or withholding life for the vulnerable, I see how we begin to treat some people as less than fully human - problems to manage rather than neighbors to love. In this article I ask who judges a life's value and move from institutions to the everyday moments where dignity is made or denied: a hurried bedside conversation, a refused invitation, a steady presence. Drawing on my Catholic faith, Scripture, and stories of the elderly, disabled, and marginalized, I examine how assumptions about usefulness erode worth and offer practical compassion - listening, shared meals, sacramental care - that restores dignity and says, "You matter." Continue reading at Fr. Jerry's Blog...

Ethical Perspectives

New! Imperfect Pro-Life Lawmaking in Post-Dobbs America

Stephen G. Gilles
By re-energizing a state's pro-life base and attracting enough swing voters to tip the scales, the movement can make real, even if "imperfect," progress toward ending elective abortion in America.

New! Against False Technological Necessity

Emily Hancock
AI can shift how we communicate with one another, what work looks like for many roles, how relationships unfold, and how we order our lives. Much of our reaction to these projects reflects the understanding that this technology has the power to reshape the way humanity marches into the future, and not always in a way that serves the greater good.

New! Magnifica Humanitas: On Safeguarding the Human Person in the Time of Artificial Intelligence

Bill Muehlenberg
Pope Leo XIV's first encyclical confronts the promises and perils of artificial intelligence, urging humanity to defend human dignity in an increasingly dehumanised age.

New! Nietzsche, Jesus, and the Task of Being Human

Gregory E. Ganssle
Both Jesus and Nietzsche announce in the same sort of bold terms their own visions of life and death; prosperity and adversity. They set before us two paths to consider: one leading toward the flourishing life and one leading toward death. One toward liberation and one into oppression. Which path will we choose?

New! Canada's Euthanasia Regime: Efficiency and Death vs. True Compassion and Dignity

Shenan J. Boquet
Euthanasia is a false solution to the drama of suffering, a solution that is not worthy of man. The real answer cannot be, in fact, to give death, as 'gentle' as this may be, but to testify to the love that helps us to face pain and agony in a humane way.

The Immediate Product of Human Cloning is a Human Being
Claims to the contrary are scientifically wrong

Dianne N. Irving
Science tells us that the immediate product of human cloning is an already existing, unique, individual, human being - the single cell human embryo - regardless of whether it is implanted or not. It is not a potential or possible human being or human embryo, nor is it a pre-embryo. It is a human being.

Sex, Death and Ethics

Margaret Somerville
How do we go about deciding what is ethical and what is not? Does the context change the ethics? Is what is ethical different for adults and teenagers? What are the ethics of assisting someone to do something?

Bridging the Gap between Transgenderism and Transhumanism

Brian Clowes
We are being conditioned by force and by media propaganda to accept the idea that transgenderism is here to stay. One of the ways the "trans" rights movement does this is to attempt to show us that we are helpless to stop it by intruding into every facet of our lives and threatening to punish us severely if we do not submit.

The Scandal within Catholic Relief Services

Judie Brown
A Catholic organization must be exactly that. It must stand for Catholic values and teachings and never waver one iota from them. Today's commentary addresses one such Catholic organization that does not follow Church teachings. Therefore, we must ask ourselves how it can rightfully call itself Catholic.

Pray, Trust, Act, and Hope: An Easter Letter

Michael Stokes Paulsen
My prayer for all of you - for all of us - is that God would not only intervene dramatically to kill this virus, but also that, in the course of doing so, God might strengthen us in our faith and trust, and in our understanding of our ultimate dependence on Him for all of life.

The complexities of consent to sexual intimacy

Margaret Somerville
In Canada and the US high profile media stars have been pilloried over allegations of sexual assault.

Another reason why cloning probably won't work

Michael Cook
The popular supposition is that cloning will produce an exact physical duplicate of the person cloned.

Vatican Official Clarifies His Position Regarding Vaccine Statements to CNS

Debi Vinnedge
Msgr Jacques Suaudeau of the Pontifical Academy for the Family has clarified what was meant by the recent Vatican statement, completely contradicting the July 26, 2005 CNS article, Vatican says refusing vaccines must be weighed against health threats.

What Did Judge Kavanaugh Really Say?

Judie Brown
We have watched with amazement as those who support abortion knock down intelligent discussion of questions regarding judicial nominee Brett Kavanaugh and his opinions. If it looked like a circus to you, then you were watching what I was watching.

No Disposable Peopl
Warden Burl Cain and the Dignity of Prisoners

Eric Metaxas
It's easy to forget that every human being is made in God's image -- even those behind bars.