Even if something “feels right” in the moment, it can be very wrong for us to do it.

The humanitarian tragedy of hundreds of thousands of embryonic human beings frozen and abandoned in fertility clinics has come to light.

Surrogacy powerfully undermines the dignity of human procreation.

Good parents never drive their children to strip clubs, and neither should any institution entrusted with a protective parental role.

Talking to kids and helping them to become good stewards of the gift of human sexuality bestowed by God is hard work.

A reminder of our obligation to respect the remains of the dead, even in their ashen state.

The rule arose largely as a mechanism for justifying what had previously been considered immoral, even unthinkable, research.

Our later years can powerfully provoke us to come to terms with our destiny and with higher truths.

The Church does not always oppose the “use of contraceptives.” What the Church does always oppose, however, are acts of contraception.

Utilizing animals for legitimate and important medical purposes like organ generation and transplantation should not, broadly speaking, be a cause for alarm.

Early choices leading down the road towards addiction, freely made, can quickly snowball into vice, addiction and a loss of freedom.

The death of a human is a more complex event that has other important realities associated with it.

The parental duty to influence in a positive way a child’s upbringing around sexuality cannot be abdicated or delegated.

This striking insight helps bring into focus the authentic and remarkable mystery we encounter in the joining of husband and wife in marriage.

Kim Davis’ measured actions at the clerk’s office in Kentucky offer a coherent and courageous response to chaotic attempts to undermine marriage and the rule of law.

In the absence of proper informed consent, taking organs or tissues from the corpse would represent a further violation of the integrity of the child’s body and constitute a failure to respect the remains of the dead.

It doesn’t take much reflection to appreciate how the powers of medicine are meant for healing our bodies, not for harming and maiming them.

VSED (voluntarily stopping eating and drinking) can never represent an ordered kind of human choice.

Now is the time to ponder carefully the implications of our rushed reproductive choices.

This remarkable initiative has already saved the lives of many children, and has brought the blessing of motherhood to fruition for many women who recognized the mistake they had made in taking the abortion pill.