Kansas abortion vote: Pro-life amendment fails, in first post-Roe vote
by Katie Yoder Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Aug 2, 2022 / 21:19 pm Kansas citizens rejected a pro-life amendment — known as the “Value Them Both” amendment — during their state’s primary election Tuesday. The referendum represented the first major statewide vote on abortion following the overturning of Roe v. Wade. The amendment …
Ectopic pregnancies, miscarriage: Abortion ‘never necessary,’ these doctors say
by Katie Yoder Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Aug 3, 2022 / 04:00 am Abortion — a procedure with the sole or primary intent and purpose of ending human life in the womb — is never medically necessary, according to medical experts. Three doctors spoke with CNA about the necessity of abortion, …
Vin Scully, legendary baseball announcer and committed Catholic, dies at 94
by Jonah McKeown St. Louis, Mo., Aug 3, 2022 / 14:38 pm Vin Scully, who called Los Angeles Dodgers baseball games for more than two-thirds of a century, died Tuesday at his home at the age of 94. A gifted orator and storyteller who was dubbed a “poet-philosopher of baseball,” …
August 4: St. John Vianney
On August 4, the Church celebrates the feast day of St. John Vianney, patron of priests. John Vianney, also known as the Holy Curé de Ars, was born May 8, 1786 in Dardilly, near Lyon, France to a family of farmers. He was ordained a priest in 1815 and became …
Knowledge, Procreation & the Primordial Sacrament
This article is part of an ongoing series on Pope St. John Paul II’s Theology of the Body (TOB). In recent articles, we reflected on the logic of gift and the spousal meaning of the body. Our very existence is a gift from God that He lovingly gives us at …
Kansas pro-lifers counter misinformation on Value Them Both amendment
By Carl Bunderson Topeka, Kan., Aug 1, 2022 / 14:16 pm Rosie the Riveter, apparently, doesn’t want Kansas voters to approve the Value Them Both amendment. Her iconic image representing American working women adorns a billboard along Interstate 435 in Kansas City, beside the words “VOTE NO” in large letters. …
To Be Barely Touched By Jesus
I’m always reflective at 3:00 a.m. Recently up at that early hour because the baby wasn’t sleeping, I wasn’t with the baby. The baby was with my wife, nursing fitfully. I was downstairs in the recliner, trying to sleep, having just stormed out of the bedroom because, of all things, …
Eucharistic Adoration: A Refuge from the World
“And when I am lifted up from the earth, I will draw everyone to myself” (Jn. 12:32). Our Lord is lifted up multiple times during His Paschal Mystery: He is raised up on the cross, He is lifted up when He rises from the dead and He is lifted up …
