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Jerry Novotny OMI
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May 19, 2026

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Vatican warns of political promotion of abortion as an instrument of population control
The Vatican has released a new document titled "Integral Ecology in the Life of the Family" aimed at promoting the care of creation and human life within the family, warning against the advancement of certain ideologies that encourage abortion and sterilization as means to control population growth.

Forming Your Children for Chastity: A Letter to Parents
Fr. Carter Griffin: "We have two very formidable weapons: your parental love, the strongest and most powerful love this side of heaven, and God's grace. Together, those two can take on any army of marketers and IT experts and psychologists."

A Parent's Testimony: Truth and Love
This parent's testimony highlights the importance of truth AND love, choosing your battles, maintaining a strong and loving relationship with your child, the dangers of tech use, and much more!

Southwest Airlines Pays Stewardess $1 Million After Firing Her for Being Pro-Life
Southwest Airlines has paid nearly $1 million to a longtime flight attendant it fired for expressing her pro-life religious beliefs.

The babies we're not having
New data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirms what demographers have been watching with growing alarm: American women are having fewer children than ever before.

Media continues to push 'polyamory' as the next step in the sexual revolution
Those pushing for polyamory say society is the problem, the law is the problem - and it is your job to minimize the legal fallout of their immorality.

11,105,671 Babies Killed in Abortions Since UK Legalized Abortion 58 Years Ago
The number of abortions in England and Wales has reached a record high.

U.S. fertility rate falls to record lows as births continue to decline
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently revealed that America's fertility rate has fallen to its lowest point in recorded history as fewer women have children and millions postpone pregnancy.

US saw more than 1.12 million abortions in 2025, but actual figures likely higher
New data estimates show the number of abortions in the U.S. remained stable in 2025, totaling some 1.126 million, with apparent declines in out-of-state travel for abortions offset by increasing access to telehealth abortions.

DIY Abortion Returns: From Back Alleys to Bathrooms
For decades, the most potent image deployed in favor of legalized abortion has been the coat hanger. The message has always been blunt: If abortion is not provided by licensed physicians using sanitized instruments, women will resort to desperate and dangerous methods on their own.

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Why the Catholic Church Opposes 'In Vitro Fertilization'

Since the birth of the first "test-tube baby" in 1978, in vitro fertilization (IVF) has provided hope and a path to parenthood for many couples who cannot conceive naturally. The Catholic Church, however, has consistently rejected IVF - not out of hostility to suffering couples, but because of deeper beliefs about marriage, human life, and the dignity of the human person. The Church opposes IVF largely because the process usually creates multiple embryos in a laboratory. Some are implanted, but others are frozen, discarded, or destroyed. Since the Church views each embryo as a human life, this loss of embryos is considered morally unacceptable. The inherent dignity of a human person deserves full moral and legal respect and protection. The Church teaches that embryos must never be treated merely as a means to an end. Continue reading at Fr. Jerry's Blog...

Ethical Perspectives

New! What is Freedom of Religion?

Mike Johns
We need philosophical arguments to counter the empty voluntarism of our time, and this is a challenge the Church should meet head-on.

New! Fostering Love and Compassion

Susan Ciancio
Kathleen and Ron have been foster parents for most of their 35 years of marriage, and in addition to raising four children of their own, they have now fostered over 200 children. Throughout those years, they have seen atrocities that most people cannot even imagine, but the love and joy they have brought to children and their families is immeasurable.

New! Reject the Lie of Radical Gender Ideology - Use MY "Preferred Pronouns" Instead

Philip Irvin
This is a test. Answer this typical diversity question, "What are your preferred pronouns?" The correct answer is "None." I do not have any pronouns that are based on my preferences. My pronouns are based on biology.

New! Egypt Condemns Christian Apologist to Five Years' Hard Labour for Criticising Islam on YouTube

Rod Lampard
A YouTuber with 100,000 subscribers, Dr Augustinos Samaan now faces five years' hard labour after Egyptian courts convicted him of blasphemy in a secret trial.

New! IVF and Surrogacy: Pandora's Box

Jean Seah
Growing access to IVF and surrogacy raises serious ethical concerns - from exploitation of young women and donor identity risks, to the destruction of millions of embryos.

Luigi Mangione's Apologists Are Undermining the Pursuit of Social Justice

Xavier Symons
What will bring about lasting reform in healthcare is not violent political protest but a revolution at the heart of healthcare whereby we rediscover its connection to the common good.

Some Dutch pharmacists refusing to supply euthanasia drugs

Michael Cook
Although euthanasia is legal in the Netherlands, some Dutch pharmacists are refusing to supply the lethal drugs needed to carry it out.

"We have a right to know our parents"

Xavier Symons
There are calls for a change in birth certificate regulations after a woman conceived by sperm donation had her adopted father erased as parent.

Ethics Committees: Are "Death Panels" Already Here?

Nancy Valko
Government tends to revolve around issues such as regulations, taxes, and spending for various programs. Medical ethics, on the other hand, is about caring for a patient's health and well-being. It is not surprising then that when government economics and medical ethics collide in something as momentous as health-care reform, there is bound to be trouble. In the case of the recent US health-care-reform proposals, one of the most contentious issues has been the specter of "death panels" - government committees that have the power to decide whether we live or die. I am no alarmist but especially as a nurse, I do believe there is cause for serious concern about the push for euthanasia "rights", whether or not some form of health-care reform eventually passes.

Condom Controversy

John B. Shea
Father Michael Stogre S.J., in an article on AIDS in The Catholic Register, May 22, 2005, stated that "Currently, when a spouse has AIDS - the use of condoms to prevent transmission of the virus is more and more being seen not as a contraceptive measure, but as a justifiable medical intervention."

Holland's Tax Code Punishes Families, Stay-at-home Moms

Steven Mosher
The Netherlands often prides itself on equality and tolerance, yet, written into the Dutch tax code are profound inequalities that place significantly heavier tax burdens on families with a stay-at-home parent.

He Remembered ...

Dot McGinnis
Hannah was a woman with a broken spirit. But, this year, something different happened that would change the course of history forever.

"Love is the drug", from the Best Of Julian Savulescu

Michael Cook
Two Oxford bioethicists have proposed a novel solution to the scourge of 50% divorce rates - use love drugs to keep the flame of love alive.

What Secular Humanism Misses

Terence Sweeney
The term "humanist" is disputed because what it means to be a human is itself disputed. But much of the world has forgotten this dispute. It defaults to secular humanism, which doesn't look beyond the self; it is a self-referential philosophy of life. The heart of Catholic humanism, by contrast, is knowing that human beings can only be understood in relation to God.

The Other Battle in Europe
Abortion Attacks, Pro-Lifers Defend the Innocen

Steven Mosher
In Europe, events can happen quickly. We now have a war in Ukraine that a month ago we didn't expect. But not even a European war will stop abortion boosters from continuing their own perpetual war to expand the abortion agenda.