Network of Terror – “The Near East, the cradle of Christianity, is now filled with governments and non-state actors overtly hostile to Christians.” Don’t Fall for the Islamic Republic’s Attempt at “Christian-Washing” (Providence)
Smooth Flying, Destination Unknown – “Already we have had an array of first-hundred-days analyses of Pope Leo XIV, as though the first American-born pope could be judged like an American president.” Two Takes on Pope Leo (First Things)
First-Born of All Creation – “Scarce any other passage in the New Testament offers so concise yet complete an expression of the substance of Christian faith as the Christological hymn found in the Letter’s first chapter (Col 1:15-20).” A Eucharistic Way of Life (What We Need Now – Substack)
Rerum Novarum Revisited – “I responded that ‘new things’ in Latin has an extremely negative connotation, and that these words, when translated into English in Leo XIII’s encyclical, are rendered as ‘revolutionary change’.” To Reclaim Our Nature (Brownstone Institute)
Deadly Abortion Pills – “It is easier now than during the first Trump administration for people, including abusers and traffickers, to obtain harmful abortion pills.” Trump’s Trusted Pollster: Even Pro-Aborts Say Mifepristone Is Dangerous and Needs FDA Regulation (The Federalist)
Adventure in Disappointment – “The ‘benefits’ of abandoning marital monogamy, it turns out, are found much more in the telling of the story, not the living.” It’s Time to Push Back Against the Glamorization of Polyamory (Institute for Family Studies)
The Euthanasia Conference – “The country gave its citizens the right to die. Doctors are struggling to keep up with demand.” Canada Is Killing Itself (The Atlantic)
Migrant Rights and Borders – In an address on Thursday, Pope Leo XIV denounced ‘inhuman measures’ and ‘serious crimes’ against migrants, even as he granted that ‘states have the right and duty to protect their borders.’ The Catholic fight over Immigration (Unherd)
Pregnancy Resource Centers – “According to an Associated Press report, hundreds of pro-life centers — which are long known for offering free ultrasounds, baby supplies, and counseling to women in crisis — are adding services such as testing for sexually transmitted diseases, primary care, and prenatal treatment.” Pro-abortion activists worry about crisis pregnancy centers expanding care for mothers (CatholicVote)
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