Catholic Exchange

In Jail for Defending Life

• Life Issues
• Wednesday, May 2nd, 2012
• Liz Preston

Graham Preston, a 56-year-old father from Queensland, Australia, went to jail this week for refusing to pay fines of roughly $8000 that have accumulated after 10 years of non-violently blocking the entrances of four abortion clinics around the state capital,… Read More

How A Run Changed My (Pro)Life

• Clan Donaldson
• Friday, April 27th, 2012
• Cari Donaldson

I really need to rethink my Twitter feed.
Since I’m roughly 90 years old, getting a grasp on the Twitter and figuring out what to do with it has generally proved too much for me.  Right now, my basic philosophy… Read More

A Muslim’s Respect for Life

• Life Issues
• Thursday, April 19th, 2012
• Suzy Ismail

In a world preoccupied with material wealth and convenience, the gift of life is often minimized and sometimes forgotten altogether. Modernity encourages us to view “unwanted” life as a burden that will hold us back. For Muslims, however, just as… Read More

What is the Obsession with College?

• House Unseen
• Monday, April 9th, 2012
• Dwija Borobia

Seriously guys, what is the obsession with college?

“Everyone should have the opportunity to go to college!”
“You can’t get a good job without going to college, ya know.”
“Where are you going to go to college after you graduate?”… Read More

A Balloon Could Save a Life

• House Unseen
• Monday, March 19th, 2012
• Dwija Borobia

The thing about getting to know your parish community is that your parish community knows you.  They pray for you and ask how you’re doing with this-and-that project and come up with ideas for you when you hit sticky spots… Read More

Democracy Alone is Insufficient

• Columnists Fr. Frank Pavone
• Thursday, February 23rd, 2012
• Fr. Frank Pavone

John Adams, our second President, wrote these words: “Democracy never lasts long. It soon wastes, exhausts, and murders itself. There never was a democracy yet that did not commit suicide.”
Other Founding Fathers said the same, because they did not… Read More

A Pro-Life Fight at the UN

• Life Issues
• Tuesday, February 21st, 2012
• Timothy Herrman

NEW YORK-During the past two weeks, a seemingly inconsequential UN oversight committee convened with undeniably consequential results. Tasked with reviewing the applications of hundreds of advocacy groups wishing to gain official status and entry into the United Nations, the committee… Read More

Why Obama’s ‘Accommodation’ is a Joke

• User Submitted
• Wednesday, February 15th, 2012
• John Jimenez

Editor’s Note: A great first public post
 
The past few weeks there has been a lot of news regarding President Obama’s contraception mandate, which required all employers, including the Catholic Church, to provide free contraception, including abortifacient drugs, to… Read More

Mayor Bloomberg: Planned Parenthood’s White Knight

• Columnists Kengor's Corner
• Tuesday, February 7th, 2012
• Dr. Paul Kengor

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This isn’t the place to list every objection I might have to Mayor Bloomberg’s policies, but most notable is his unwavering stance in favor of abortion. Making it worse is that Bloomberg is a high-profile member of the Republican Party, which has become the pro-life party in America.

Komen Caves

• Chuck Colson Columnists
• Tuesday, February 7th, 2012
• Charles Colson

Komen for the Cure’s stunning reversal to fund Planned Parenthood after all, has an important lesson for us all. What you saw last week was a concerted, intentional effort by an ideological minority — the radical pro-abortion forces — not just to make their case in public, but to destroy the opposition.