Weekly Briefing

Welcome Baby 8 Billion

  This November, a baby will emerge from her mother’s womb, draw her first breath, and announce her arrival into the world with a tiny cry. While this is the usual protocol for childbirth, one thing, in particular, will mark this child as unique. This

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Family Planning Programs Are Not Always What They Seem

Four months ago, the world was stunned by the U.S. Supreme Court’s landmark decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization. The decision overturned Roe vs. Wade, the 1973 ruling that had effectively legalized the horrific procedure of abortion throughout the land. The Dobbs decision

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What Killed Masculinity?

For the past twenty years, David Brooks has been The New York Times’ lone columnist daring to be occasionally conservative.    His most recent piece, “The Crisis of Men and Boys,” gropes for causes of the withering away of masculinity in American life.  Statistics abound. Girls

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Chileans Resoundingly Reject Radical Constitution

  For years, the Population Research Institute has documented the evils hidden within the concept of “gender” in countries around the world. On Sunday, September 4, citizens of Chile faced a decision that would affirm or deny the “gender ideology” as never before. At stake

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Finally: A Homily Against Contraception

  I had an extraordinary experience a few weeks ago while attending Mass at Sacred Heart Parish in Winchester, Virginia.  No, it wasn’t a mystical experience, but it struck me with almost the force of one.  For the first time in 31 years as a Catholic, I

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A President, a Congress, and a Pro-Life Nation

  Guatemala is a small Central American country with deep Christian roots, so the protection of life runs deep in its culture. However, for decades the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has imposed radical “reproductive health” and “family planning” programs on Guatemala to

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Welcome Baby 8 Billion

  This November, a baby will emerge from her mother’s womb, draw her first breath, and announce her arrival into the world with a tiny

Read More »

What Killed Masculinity?

For the past twenty years, David Brooks has been The New York Times’ lone columnist daring to be occasionally conservative.    His most recent piece, “The

Read More »