[Pastor Chris Butler] It’s Time for a New Way Forward on Abortion
By building infrastructure to support families, we remove the crushing burdens of unplanned pregnancy – thus making abortion unnecessary and unthinkable.
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How Will the Russian Invasion of Ukraine Affect Religious Freedom?
In 1946, at the point of Soviet NKVD guns, 216 priests of the Ukrainian Greco-Catholic Church annulled the Union of Brest-Livotsk which had brought them into communion with Rome; according to the Soviet authorities, this action ended the Ukrainian Greco-Catholic Church as an entity within the Soviet Union. Following this event, later known as the…
The Death Penalty Is an Assault on Human Dignity
There is an abiding presence in Christian thought of the power of baptism. For one, most believe it “indelibly” marks the person baptized. St. Augustine, for example, defends this understanding in his Against the Letter of Parmenian, arguing against re-baptism. A more contemporary reflection on this thought underlies the drama of Graham Greene’s novel, The…
Martin Luther King Is More Relevant Than Ever
If Martin Luther King hadn’t achieved a kind of secular sainthood by his death, I doubt he would be near-universally acclaimed the way he is today. James Cobb writes: “According to an early 1968 Harris Poll, [MLK] died with a public disapproval rating of nearly 75% . . . The basis for today’s approval rating…
The Pro-Life Movement We Need
But God set me apart from the time I was born. He showed me his grace by appointing me. – Galatians 1:15 * The term “pro-life” can elicit so many emotional responses. The few words carry so much weight and connotation. Some associate “pro-life” with just pro-birth, abandoning families once a child is born. Others…
“Wars and Rumors of Wars”: A Conversation With David Koyzis About the Ukraine-Russia Conflict
[David Koyzis is a Global Scholar with Global Scholars Canada and has a PhD in government and international studies from the University of Notre Dame. He’s the author of Political Visions and Illusions and We Answer to Another: Authority, Office, and the Image of God. The following transcript has been edited for space and clarity.] * The American Commons:…
Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine: 8 Criteria by Which to Evaluate Its Injustice
These eight criteria, honed and refined over thousands of years by ethicists, military leaders, and politicians, interlock with one another such that a violation of any one criterion effectively rules as “unjust” the military strike under consideration.
It Is Needlessly Difficult to Find Healthcare Coverage for Natural Family Planning
When considering universal health care, religious liberty, and informed consent, the topic of family planning is one which I have seen come up in practice, and which is affected by government policy. Many couples of Catholic faith as well as non-Catholic faith (for a variety of reasons) are interested in alternatives to artificial contraception; many…
We Need to Reclaim the Language of Economics
“What would a family centric, more agrarian, and widely property distributed economics look like?”
Let’s Talk About That “Gender Ideology Curriculum” You Keep Hearing About
The new curriculum is problematic, but there’s no need to panic.