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December 15, 2023

America’s Rent-A-Womb Industry Lures An Alarming Number Of Chinese Nationals, by Emma Waters

By Emma Waters, The Federalist - China not only owns a disproportionate amount of American debt, but a new report reveals it also rents a disproportionate number of American wombs... In July, researchers using data from the Society for Assisted Reproductive Technology Clinic Outcome Reporting System found that Chinese nationals make up the largest percentage of foreign surrogacy contracts in the United States. ....

December 15, 2023

St. John of the Cross: A Dark Night is a Glad Night, by Martina Moyski, Church Militant, December 14, 2023

By Martina Moyski, Church Militant - The life of St. John of the Cross can be seen as an embodiment of the words of Jesus recorded in St. Mark's gospel: "Whoever wishes to come after me must deny himself, take up his cross, and follow me."... The saint was born Juan de Yepes in 1542 in Spain, near the town of Ávila, into a poor family descended from Jewish converts to Catholicism. But the saint later chose the name John of the Cross in keeping with Mark's Scripture and his desire to become one with Jesus and his suffering.

December 15, 2023

‘A Lightning Bolt’ — Visa Rule Change Upends Placements for Foreign-Born Priests, by Joan Frawley Desmond

By Joan Frawley Desmond, EWTN News - Only nine months ago, Fr. Edgardo Rodriguez, a Salvadoran priest beloved in his California parish, was on a clear path to securing permanent residency in the US... He expected to live out his vocation in the Archdiocese of San Francisco... Instead, to the shock of Fr. Rodriguez, his parish community and the archdiocese, the priest was notified by U.S. immigration authorities last April that he would have to return to his home country for one year and apply for reentry, restarting the entire process ...

December 15, 2023

The Media Complains Abortion Bans are Saving Babies, But I’m Glad They’re Alive, by Kelsey Hazzard

By Kelsey Hazzard, LifeNews - Recently published research shows that anti-abortion laws that went into effect after Dobbs are preventing abortions, saving the lives of approximately 32,000 babies per year. (To understand how this squares with other research suggesting a rise in abortions, see this article.)... The researchers reached this conclusion by examining birth rates in states with and without pro-life protections. This is a commonly accepted method for assessing the impact of pro-life legislation. For instance, it is how we know that over 2.5 million Americans are alive today thanks to the Hyde Amendment.