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Scroll to view all articles Opting Out of Mother's Day CLICK HERE TO READ By John Grondelski: Though it may be known for showers, a tempest broke out in late April on social media over emails that leading retailers (including DoorDash, Kay Jewelers, Hallmark, and Levi’s) sent to customers offering them the opportunity to “opt out” of potentially “triggering” Mother’s Day mailings. ... So, tempest in a teapot . . . or cultural storm worth taking notice of? Googling “Mother’s Day cancellation” convinced me it was the latter. Always a Helper (Special access to the full-length article in Human Life Review) CLICK HERE TO READ By Brian Caulfield: It had never been done before in New York. A Catholic bishop of one of America’s largest dioceses processed through the streets, surrounded by a thousand or more of the faithful, praying the rosary over a loudspeaker as he headed for an abortion clinic on a mid-June morning in 1990. ... The priest at [the bishop's] side, who organized the event, was Msgr. Philip J. Reilly, at that time rector of the diocese’s high school seminary, Cathedral Preparatory. A soft-spoken, grey-haired priest with a magnetic smile and shining eyes seemingly set on heaven, he had recently formed the Helpers of God’s Precious Infants to conduct prayer vigils and sidewalk counseling outside abortion clinics. In Praise of Things Breaking Down CLICK HERE TO READ By Diane Moriarty: When it comes to complicated machinery, sometimes you just have to bite the bullet and let the thing break down altogether in order to figure out what’s wrong. Perhaps the complicated machinery of government and social systems have something to learn from this. For instance, consider the widely accepted “moral justification” for abortion ... Thy Will Be Done CLICK HERE TO READ By Fr. Gerald E. Murray: The expression “he has the patience of a saint” is fitting praise for someone who puts up with difficulty, displaying noteworthy calm and grace when most of us succumb to exasperation and anger. In the way they live their lives, saintly people teach us that it is possible to rise above our proclivity to express impatience when things do not go our way. It's Abortion, Stupid! CLICK HERE TO READ By Brian Caulfield: Our politics now is a scorched-earth battle permitting of little compromise due to the abortion extremism of one side; it has crippled our national conversation, sown distrust between parties from Capitol Hill down to the small towns across America, and encouraged the search for “savior” candidates who will not just win elections but wipe out their opponents. For a subscription to the Human Life Review, the intellectual backbone of the pro-life movement, CLICK HERE. Sign up to receive the newsletter New Issue Online!

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