Weekly Briefing

The Other Battle in Europe

 In Europe, events can happen quickly. We now have a war in Ukraine that a month ago we didn’t expect. But not even a European war will stop abortion boosters from continuing their own perpetual war to expand the abortion agenda.   Less than a

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Abortion And The Demise of Legitimate Political Authority

 Some fifty years ago, in his groundbreaking study,  Twilight of Authority,  sociologist Robert Nisbet observed a disturbing trend in American culture. As respect for authority had declined among the population, he wrote, members of that population became increasingly willing to accept and even applaud an increasingly

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Religious Freedom on Trial in Finland

On February 14, a court in Finland heard arguments in one of the most significant cases regarding human rights and religious freedom in recent years.  Member of Parliament and medical doctor Päivi Räsänen and Bishop-Elect and Dean Juhana Pohjola have been charged by Finland’s Prosecutor

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Marching for Life in our Nation’s Capital

 When last year’s March for Life was canceled on account of Covid, the disappointment on the campus of Ave Maria University was palpable.  So, this year, as the date of the March approached, the students signed up in droves to participate. The interest far

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