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Politics

August 30, 2024

Made, Not Begotten: Why We Said “No!” to In Vitro Fertilization, by Nathanael Blake

By Nathanael Blake, Catholic World Report - We should not expect much courage from politicians, but Christians are called to bear witness to the truth, regardless of what opinion polls show. And the truth is that IVF is wrong... When my wife and I said “No” to in vitro fertilization, we assumed that we were rejecting our last hope of bearing children. Our years of infertility were unexplained and unresolved, despite the best efforts of the Catholic Ob/Gyn practice we had been going to. They had been thorough, and the physician who offered us a second opinion had nothing to add—except pushing us to try IVF.
August 29, 2024

Cultural Influence, Political Decline, by Dan Hitchens

By Dan Hitchens, First Things - First Things readers will already know, from Kenneth L. Woodward’s demolition job in the May issue, just how scant is the evidence for a Christian-nationalist fifth column. But what’s also striking about this ongoing panic is that it ignores the terrain where Christianity actually is advancing. As religion loses its political influence, it has gained in intellectual and cultural salience. If you are alarmed that Christianity is “taking over,” you should look everywhere except the ballot box.
August 29, 2024

Pro-Lifers Pouting About Trump Are Losing The Fight Against Deceptive Ballot Measures, by Jordan Boyd

By Jordan Boyd, The Federalist - Pretending that pitting the most pro-life president against the most abortion-crazed one is suddenly an unprecedented moral dilemma for pro-lifers committed to advancing the core mission of saving every unborn baby from in-utero slaughter is not just disingenuous. It verges on a malicious attempt to distract voters from the ballot measure battles that, if left unchecked, will determine without pushback that abortion through all nine months of pregnancy is the new American standard.
August 29, 2024

Politics Before Faith: JD Vance Follows Kennedy and Cuomo, by David G. Bonagura, Jr. 

By David G. Bonagura, Jr., Catholic World Report - Since his nomination as vice-president, Vance has yet to make an attempt to defend human life and oppose abortion in this manner... Will Senator Vance address, in writing and at length, his understanding of the role of the Catholic politician on the undercard of a presidential candidate who, in order to win votes, is openly supporting immoral practices that Catholics oppose?... Because, right now, Vance sounds an awful lot like the Catholic Democrats of old—compromising his faith for the sake of political gain.

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