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As the debate over abortion rages, with the Supreme Court poised to possibly overturn Roe v. Wade, the 1973 pro-abortion ruling, I find myself wondering: How can anybody claim that God is in favor of abortion? Or how can they claim that the issue is important, but not really that important?
As we begin to pray and imagine what a world could look like without violent mass-shootings one of the things that the Church has to decide is: Are we willing to give up our own agendas so we can create space to pour into tween boys?
Imagine how the average person would have responded if they were placed in Martin’s situation. How many of us would have simply thrown in the towel when faced with a career-ending illness? Too often, we are quick to give up when we are met with difficulty and trials. Let us remember that even if we are suffering, we are commanded to work hard for the Lord.
It was heartbreaking to witness little boys and girls paraded before the adoring in-studio audience, with their parents crying together with joy and relief. “This is Jane. Jane used to be John. But Jane is now a girl. She is 8.”
Now over a hundred days and counting, Putin’s appalling invasion of Ukraine is still not a war, only a “special military operation” — complete with troops, tanks, bombs, missiles … and many thousands dead! In the West, everybody knows it’s a war. But in Russia...
One would hope that the cancel culture crowd would get the message it's not welcome, but nearly 100 U.K. universities have opened their doors to teaching the benefits of canceling people and organizations.
In an age of rage, we must understand that machines and technologies are not sinners, but the humans who use them are. We must ask and answer the question the great psycho-therapist Karl Menninger dared to pose in the 1970s: Whatever became of sin?
Whatever the questions, no poll can accurately tell us how many faithful people God has in America or anywhere. But Barna does remind us that the Church’s teaching office must always strive harder. And we all are called to know and witness to Him better.
But at the end of the day, the devil didn’t make Donald Trump sabotage his own campaign. The prince of demons simply gave him enough rope to hang himself.
All of this leads me to ask the European Parliament: Who asked you for your opinion? Who appointed you the judge of America? And who put you in charge of the decisions of our individual states?
