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February 24, 2018

Founder’s Quote

“Resolve to perform what you ought. Perform without fail what you resolve.” —Benjamin Franklin (1771)

February 17, 2018

Saint of the Day for February 17: Seven Founders of the Servite Order

By Franciscan Media The Story of the Seven Founders of the Servite Order – Can you imagine seven prominent men of Boston or Denver banding together, leaving their […]

February 15, 2018

Is the U.S. Fertility Rate Declining? Some Research Says Yes

By Liberty McArtor, The Stream - According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, the fertility rate is currently at 1.77 births per woman over her lifetime. This is based on the General Fertility Rate (GFR), which measures fertility rates based on the annual number of births. That rate has dropped 3.8 percent since 2015, and 16.4 percent since 2007. In 2007, the fertility rate was 2.12. Developed countries have a replacement rate of about 2.1.

February 12, 2018

Five Paradoxes of the Sexual Revolution, Part I

By Mary Eberstadt, The Catholic Thing - The “revolution” refers to the changes in sexual behavior and mores following the widespread adoption and approval of reliable contraception over a half-century ago. The first accelerant here is the birth control pill, approved by the FDA in 1963, and widely dispersed in the population thereafter. The second accelerant is the legalization of abortion on demand in 1973 via Roe v. Wade

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