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Pro-Life

December 18, 2025

A Pro-Life Christmas, by Michael Pakaluk

By Michael Pakaluk, The Catholic Thing - Let’s start with the “O Antiphons.”  They began yesterday.  There are seven of them, and they end on December 23. Then, with Christmas Eve and Christmas, they make nine – a novena – which is a period of expectation, the same in number as the months of pregnancy... So, the lead up to Christmas is like a leading up to birth... It’s fine and all to discourse about the O Antiphons, but to hear them in situ, it is necessary to go to Mass for those seven days, or to pray Vespers.  If the first, and we receive Holy Communion, we repeatedly express our hope of receiving the Lord by, well, receiving the Lord.
December 18, 2025

When Parenthood Becomes a Purchase, by Greg Maresca

By Greg Maresca, The American Spectator - (recently a) discerning headline ran in the Wall Street Journal: “The Chinese Billionaires Having Dozens of U.S.-Born Babies Via Surrogate.” Chinese billionaires are using surrogacy laws in the U.S. to construct family dynasties, while raising significant ethical, legal, and national security concerns in the process... The most prolific case that highlighted this growing and largely unregulated surrogacy marketplace was that of Xu Bo, a billionaire Chinese video game mogul who has fathered over 100 children... Yes, you read that right.
December 18, 2025

Fr. Shenan J. Boquet: Beyond Choice: The Brutality of Late-Term Abortion

Fr. Shenan J. Boquet, Human Life International - Why Canada Is an Outlier on Late-Term Abortion Laws... When, very occasionally, the topic of abortion comes up, the almost uniformly pro-abortion media is effective at throwing sand in the eyes of their readers. They will dutifully quote pro-abortion propaganda claiming that while it is “technically” true that Canada has no abortion law, no late-term abortions actually occur in Canada. ...
December 18, 2025

Vatican Nativity Scene Sends a Strong Pro-Life Message for Christmas, by Angeline Tan

By Angeline Tan, Live Action News - Vatican Nativity scene sends a strong pro-life message for Christmas The Vatican's Nativity scene for Christmas this year is being applauded for its pro-life message... The Vatican puts a different Nativity scene on display each year for Christmas... (the Nativity) Titled "Nacimiento Gaudium," or "Joyful Birth," this year's Nativity was created by a Costa Rican artist with the help of pro-life prayer ministry 40 Days for Life... The scene will display more than 25,000 ribbons instead of straw; each represents a baby saved through the prayers and witness of 40 Days for Life.

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