NPR has a report from inside a clinic making a three-parent baby. In a clinic on a side street in Kiev, the capital of Ukraine, doctors are doing something that, as far as is publicly known, is... Read more
It’s a humid day here in Connecticut, warmer than expected. Weeks of frequent rain have left everything green and overgrown. Natural beauty is hard to compete with. Growing up in a working class... Read more
When I was seven or eight years old, my mother told me the story about a mother who while pregnant became ill with cancer. The woman had to make a very difficult decision: receive treatment and... Read more
It’s a poor argument that contraception is bad because it will lead to the objectification of women, because women were already objectified - in marriage, and the expectations of childbearing. Read more
St. Ephrem the Syrian imagines a conversation between Satan and the “sinful woman” of Luke 7:37-50. She throws off the yoke of Satan—and leaves the devil in tears! Satan said to the sinful woman, “I... Read more
The papal commission has been mulling this question for almost two years. No decision seems imminent — but you never know. Christopher Altieri in The Catholic Herald looks at four scenarios:... Read more
