Fifteen Things That Caught My Eye Today: Sudan, Hong Kong, Dobbs, & More

1. BBC News: Sudan coup: Military dissolves civilian government and arrests leaders Large numbers of protesters are on the streets of the capital...

Interview with an American Exorcist — Join Me with Monsignor Stephen Rossetti

I don’t mean to interrupt your lighthearted celebration of Halloween, but when I see demons and other dark decorations, I do find myself in...

Are We Going to Act in Time for Those Persecuted by China?

This afternoon, you are invited to join the Anglosphere Society, Knights of Columbus, the Hudson Institute, and National Review Institute in...

15 Things That Caught My Eye: The Life behind Abortion; Muslims & Religious Liberty; & More

1. Meet Baby Olivia  2. In the Dobbs case, we’re defending the right of the people to engage in a healthy political discourse about how we as...

Another Nine Boxes: When ‘Medical Waste’ Is a Mirror on the Soul of a Nation

Around 1 p.m. today, I went to pray a Rosary across the street from Planned Parenthood in Manhattan. I try to do that daily when I am in New York. For...

There Is Debate about Vaccine Mandates. Can We Actually Have the Debate?

I just had my first experience of being banned by YouTube. I had recorded a short video talking about the case of Dr. Aaron Kheriaty, who the...

Martha Sepúlveda’s Life Is Worth Living

Did you hear about the woman, Martha Sepúlveda, who was set to be the first person to be killed by euthanasia in Colombia? She had canceled her...

Jesus Present in Midtown Manhattan

The actress Patricia Heaton often retweets good news and good deeds with the words “More of this please.” That was my reaction to a Eucharistic...

21 Things That Caught My Eye Today: Seminarians Attacked in Nigeria; Planned Parenthood Deception; & More

1. Vatican News : Bandits attack Seminary in Kaduna, abduct 3 seminarians Six seminarians sustained various degrees of injuries during the...

A Good Father Is Such a Gift — Even When Time Is Short

Today is my father’s birthday. It’s been a long time since I could celebrate it with him with a gift. I vaguely remember wanting to make a cake...

Foster Children in Philadelphia Get Relief from Cruelty; Abortion Doulas; and More

1. Philadelphia Catholic Foster Care Agency Can Once Again Help Children After Settlement with City Finally! Thank you, Becket Fund! 2. Heidi...

Always Look for the Graces

There’s a beautiful exhibit open through this coming Sunday, October 3, at the Sheen Center for Thought & Culture in lower Manhattan. It’s called...

The Pro-Life Movement Loves Women and Children — Let’s Show Them This Like Never Before

Pro-lifers need to step up our game. Not only do we need to step up our game, we need to reach out our hearts to people who don’t agree with us on...

Walking with Moms in Texas: An Encounter with the Human Coalition

The controversial Texas law is an unprecedented opportunity for the pro-life movement to show what it is all about: loving women and their children....

Fifteen Things That Caught My Eye Today: September 11th, 20 Years Later

1. Peggy Noonan: A Day of Grief and Human Glory I want to mention something that happened in this small space, this column, that I’d never...

It’s a Shame When a Catholic University Grad Grows Up to Adamantly Defend Legal Abortion – and Expansion

Terry McAuliffe, the former governor of Virginia and current candidate for the same job, visited an abortion clinic as a campaign stop today. Xan and...

September 11, 20 Years Later

I can’t quite wrap my mind and heart around the anniversary. Parts of the day and days around that Tuesday morning seem so vivid; others blurry, but...

Twenty Five Things that Caught My Eye Today: An Afghani Christian’s Plea, Mexico Legalizes Abortion & More

1.  An Afghani Christian pleads for help:  He says the Taliban executed his father. And his brother. Now, they are hunting for him. “Please do...

Let Us Soften Our Hearts toward One Another

Mona Charen’s words should be read and be a rallying cry: It would be far healthier for our society if citizens were asked to debate and decide...

Fifteen Things that Caught My Eye Today: An Afghan Orphan Has a Home, Down Syndrome Bigotry & More

1. BBC News : Amid violent reprisals, Afghans fear the Taliban’s ‘amnesty’ was empty And a former Afghan special forces soldier still...

Fifteen Things That Caught My Eye: Afghan Evacuees, Veterans’ Suicide Hotline, Death of Music in Afghanistan

1.   Scenes from the first United flight of evacuees:https://t.co/dgMdnuWZFm pic.twitter.com/LWHYML8t7O — Elaine Godfrey (@elainejgodfrey)...

Commit to Actually Helping Pregnant Women in Texas and Beyond

It was ghoulish to read about Texas abortion clinics working through 11:59 last night to get as many babies aborted before the new heartbeat bill went...

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The Opposite of Wisdom on Display in Response to Texas Abortion Law

I pretty much retired from media outrage a long time ago — it’s better for everyone’s health. And it’s been a long time since we pretended Dan...

21 Things That Caught My Eye Today: Ida, Afghanistan, Children & More

1.   Really good that levees in #NewOrleans held but still tremendous damage and feared loss of life in #Louisiana, especially in the hardest hit...

Twenty Things That Caught My Eye Today: Olympic Abortion Pressure, Christian Refugees in Lebanon, Lebanon & More

1. Olympians are speaking out about abortion pressure:  “I literally don’t know another female track athlete who hasn’t had an abortion,”...

15 Child Welfare Things That Caught My Eye: Some Good Family News for Black Children & More

1. Unheralded Good News: Share of Black Children Being Raised by 2 Parents Rising

20 Things that Caught My Eye: Life After Abortion, the Brutality of China’s Treatment of the Uyghurs & More

1.  Uyghur survivor of China’s detention camps testifies to their brutality This system of rape was commonplace, as the police “were always...

25 Things That Caught My Eye Today: Cuba, Social Justice, the Hyde Amendment & More

1. Sara Carter: Bay of Pigs Veteran says Cuban people ‘would rather die than continue’ https://t.co/t8lIfN77jh — Sara A. Carter (@SaraCarterDC)...

Super Bowl Champion Benjamin Watson and His Wife, Kirsten, Fight for the Vulnerable Unborn, Women and the Healing of America

Once upon a time, I went to a dinner at Rush Limbaugh’s house. (The 20th anniversary of his radio show, as I recall.) Half the room were football...

Father Fidelis Mochinski Does What Good Men Do: Defend Women and Children

At one point at the Brooklyn prayer rally that was being protested today, a chant broke out with the f-word about priests. Again, sometimes I...

How Long Will Sidewalk Counseling Be Legal in America?

Sometimes I wonder. The police actually tried to shut down a single girl from offering help to women going into Planned Parenthood in Brooklyn today....

Baby Found in Dumpster in Ohio

Parts of a body of an aborted baby were found recently in a dumpster outside a clinic in Ohio. I talked to the man this morning who found the baby. He...

It Took the NYPD for Catholics to Pray outside Brooklyn’s Planned Parenthood

“God loves abortion.” “Jesus doesn’t like you.” “Thank God for abortion.” Those are some of the chants and signs a group of a little...

NYC, Are You Pro-Choice or Pro-Abortion?

Grateful to have this in the New York Daily News today.

NYC, are you pro-choice or pro-abortion?

Thanks....On Saturday, a group of 60 or so people of all ages stood across the street from Planned Parenthood on Bleecker and Mott St. in Soho to...

Can You Join a Pro-Life Prayer Witness that Will Be Under Attack Tomorrow?

Tomorrow at 8 a.m., I will be in Brooklyn, which is a rarity for me. But I owe some friends some moral support. It’s a monthly Witness for Life...

20 Things That Caught My Eye Today: Fighting Down Syndrome Abortions, the Cruel Grief of Miscarriage in Our Culture & More

1. “The fundamental human right, the presupposition of every other right, is the right to life itself. This is true of life from the moment of...

Fifteen Things that Caught My Eye Today: Ministering in Miami, Courage, Humility & More

1. Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi presents Pope Francis with a painting in leather of Leonardo Da Vinci's Last Supper. Al-Kadhimi told the...

We All Need Some Patriotic Grace

Did you read the exquisite column — “How Two Great Friends Overcame Politics” — from Peggy Noonan in the Wall Street Journal on how Thomas...

Twenty Things that Caught My Eye Today: Religious Freedom, Religious Hostility, and Hope

1. Ex-HHS official Severino predicts decade of religious liberty wins following Fulton ruling — Coverage of the event the National Review Institute...

20 Things That Caught My Eye Today: Little Miracles of Life, Foster Children & More (June 30, 2021)

1. When Richard Hutchison was born, there wasn’t much hope he’d survive. Richard was born five months premature, and weighed 11.9 ounces. No one...

21 Things That Caught My Eye Today: Tragedy at Surfside, Caring for Actual Women’s Health & More

1. An explosion inside a Catholic church in the Democratic Republic of Congo has left at least two people “seriously injured,” according to the...

Twenty Things that Caught My Eye Today: A Win for Vulnerable Children,

1. Sergey Aksyonov, governor of occupied Crimea, is inspecting the flooded city of Kerch with his bodyguards swimming behind

Ten Quick Reactions to Today’s Fulton Victory for Children in Philadelphia

1. Toni Simms-Busch: The Supreme Court just ruled that adoptive families like mine are worth protecting. 2. From the Becket Fund for Religious...

Fulton Was Heard the Morning After Election Day: Meet the Lawyer Who Argued It While America Was Looking Elsewhere

I talked with the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty‘s Lori Windham shortly after the argument. You can listen to our conversation here:

The Supreme Court’s Unanimous Fulton Ruling Is a Victory for Children

I keep thinking of Cecilia Paul. She was one of the foster mothers who poured her heart out to vulnerable children in Philadelphia. She died over the...

Twenty Things That Caught My Eye Today: Abortion & F. Scott Fitzgerald & More

1. Jeanne Mancini:  Relaxing FDA Restrictions on Abortion Pills Was a Mistake 2. Kelsey Bolar: After Competing Against Transgender Athletes, Mom...

20 Things that Caught My Eye: Bypassing Parents to Abuse Children Medically, the Future of Roe, an Auschwitz Liberator Dies & More

1. Abigail Shrier in City Journal :  At first, Ahmed (I have changed names in this essay to protect the identities of minor children) assumed...

20 Things That Caught My Eye Today: Empowering Unexpectedly Pregnant Women, the Turks in Iraq, the Dangers of Individualism & More

1. 2. USCIRF Condemns Turkish Bombing of Christian Village in Iraq 3. New Arizona laws pave way for photo IDs for foster, homeless youth 4....