Exploring Moral Courage and the Responsibility to Protect Life in Fiction and Beyond
by Nathanial John When Courage Is Not Loud We are often conditioned to think of courage as something explosive—battles won, villains defeated, lives saved in the final moments. Yet, some of the bravest decisions in human history are quiet. They happen in isolation, in secrecy, and often without applause. Moral courage is not the kind…
Lots of Activities Around March for Life 2026
Lauren Handy Day of Horror and Hope: Unity Brunch at the Capitol “we are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny.” –Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. This quote resonated deeply within me as I looked out across the room. After 8 months of coalition-building, the Day of Horror…
Mother in a Condition and Baby Inside
by Ms. Boomer-ang When a pregnant woman has or develops certain medical conditions or suffers certain injuries, conventional attitudes too often dictate either she or the baby must die. Actually, treatments that spare the life of both the mother and the child exist, and these approaches should be pursued more frequently. In addition, when treatment…
Abortion and Rape: What Does the Research Say?
by Sarah Terzo This article originally appeared on Sarah Terzo’s Substack. You can read more of her articles here. Sarah is a member of the Board of Directors of the Consistent Life Network. Rape is a horrific crime and a terrible act of injustice. A person who is sexually violated suffers a lifelong trauma….
Reflections on Hanukkah
by Rachel MacNair For several years now, during the eight days of Hanukkah, I have a hanukkiah (like a menorah, only eight branches instead of six because it’s eight days). I do the ceremony of lighting one candle the first night, two the second night, and so on. I’m a Christian rather than a Jew,…
PITS and Operation Southern Spear
by Christy Yao Pellicioni As I was sitting down to write on this very subject, I got an alert on my phone from CNN saying four more people were killed by the US striking vessels allegedly carrying drugs. I went to open the news outlet’s main website on my computer, and that news story did…
Making an Activist of the Witch of the West in “Wicked for Good”
by Rachel MacNair This movie is the second part of the story; I reviewed the first part in Making a Real Person of the Witch of the West. The point that excited me most was reflected in that title. The famous 1939 movie The Wizard of Oz is a clear literary illustration of how war…
The Concept of Viability Is Not Really Viable
by Fr. Jim Hewes YouTube has many videos in which “viability” is a major aspect of debates on abortion morality and legality. I have seen such videos as Lila Rose debating Dr. Mary Ann Frank, Trent Horn debating Professor Cecilia Charbaird, Kristan Hawkins presenting on college campuses, etc. Why is this? For 50 years,…