To the editor:
One of the readings this week (Jeremiah 1:5) said, “Before I formed you in the womb, I knew you.”
Moral decisions on life are not between a woman and her doctors, for doctors are not God.
Category: Opinion
Is it too little, too late?
Just when it looked like state and federal abstinence-based sex education programs were set to lose funding, a new study shows that abstinence-only programs do work.
But is it too little, too late to change minds, hearts, and government programs?
I hope not.
Read it religiously!
As we celebrate February as Catholic Press Month, I would like to comment on the continued importance of Catholic media in today’s world.
With a plethora of communication tools today (printed materials, computers, cell phones, electronic books), we seem to be bombarded by information. How do we sort it all out? How do we separate truth from fiction? What is important for us to know and what is just garbage?
Senate version of health care bill expands taxpayer funding of abortion
To the editor:
The Senate version of Obamacare, despite rhetoric to the contrary,would greatly expand the federal government’s role in abortion coverage and even direct payment for abortions at taxpayer expense.
The House version which includes the Stupak/Pitts language would negate all of the following problems in the Senate version:
Hanging by a thread
We may not always be aware of them, but they are there: people living in poverty. They are hanging on by a thread, barely making ends meet. They are often too proud to reach out for help.
Catholics should not turn their backs on the Truth
To the editor:
Recently a local attorney announced in a Wisconsin State Journal letter to the editor that he had quit the Catholic Church after 22 years because he was dissatisfied about a lack of preaching the Gospel.
Court ruled in Roe vs. Wade like in Dred Scott decision
To the editor:
The anniversary of the Roe vs. Wade decision is approaching. How many Christians realize that the Roe vs. Wade decision in content was a similar and related version of the Dred Scott decision? The Dred Scott decision maintained that members of the “Negroid Race” were no longer human.
The Roe vs. Wade decision in 1973 maintained that the unborn babies of all races suddenly were no longer human. But years after the Dred Scott decision, it was maintained that members of the “Negroid Race” are human.
Pro-life persistence does pay off
Mother Teresa has been quoted as saying, “I do not pray for success; I pray for faithfulness.” Many people in the pro-life movement haven’t seen much success in the past 37 years, but they have continued to be faithful in fighting for the lives of unborn babies.
The January 22, 1973 Supreme Court decision in Roe vs. Wade which legalized abortion set in motion a fierce debate in this country. The court decision has not been overturned, but there are signs of hope as we begin the year 2010.
What are you doing to help ‘high risk’ babies killed by abortion?
To the editor:
Did you know that in this 21st century, with the latest modern medical technology, the majority of pre-born human babies are at “high risk?” At “high risk?” Yes, at “high risk.” It’s not from heart disease, diabetes, or any other treatable medical condition.
Many babies are at the “high risk” of never being born. I know this is hard to believe. Especially to each person who has held a newborn baby. Or who has seen the light in the eyes of the mother and father looking at their child/children.
From baptism to vocations
Several years ago, the United States Catholic Bishops changed the observance of National Vocation Awareness Week from October to the week beginning with the Feast of the Baptism of the Lord. This usually occurs during the second week in January.
I remember wondering why the bishops made this change. Having this week soon after Christmas and close to Catholic Schools Week didn’t seem to make sense to me. (It is also a challenge to prepare special articles and coverage of vocations for the Catholic Herald right after the holidays, but we’ve learned to adjust!)