Culture of Death

Suicide Contagion

Recent studies suggest that in places where assisted suicide is legal, both assisted suicides and unassisted suicides increase. Continue Reading »

19 May 2022

Dobbs Hysteria and Russian Disinformation

by George Weigel

Distorting the things of God for political purposes is yet another tactic in the creation of an alternative reality, as both Patriarch Kirill and an Episcopal priest have demonstrated. Continue Reading »

18 May 2022

The Toll of Unbelief

by Brendan W. Case

On a single weekend in June 2021, seven people died of drug overdoses in Rochester, New York. On that Saturday morning, three adults were found dead on a front porch on a quiet, residential street. Inside the house were six orphaned children. Lab tests showed that the lethal agent was heroin laced . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Dec 2021

An Open Letter to the Students of Archbishop Riordan High School

by Salvatore J. Cordileone

The archbishop of San Francisco addresses a group of Catholic high school students on the necessity of fighting the culture of death. Continue Reading »

19 Nov 2021

On John Paul II’s 75th Anniversary

by George Weigel

John Paul II became the most politically consequential pope since the High Middle Ages by being a witness to Christ and to the truths about our humanity. Continue Reading »

3 Nov 2021

Moral Courage and the Many Cultures of Death

by George Weigel

Colonel Ryszard Kukliński took a courageous stand against communism’s culture of death, knowing that freedom is never cost-free. Continue Reading »

4 Aug 2021

Abortion and the Eucharist

by R. R. Reno

We need to recognize political realities while working against today’s abortion regime.
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17 May 2021

True Crime Junkies

by Liel Leibovitz

Are you bored? In need of distraction? Hungry for a morsel of entertainment? Let’s review pop culture’s offerings. Over at the smorgasbord of TV now available on every streaming service and device, there’s A Wilderness of Errors, a documentary series about Jeffrey MacDonald, the army . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Jan 2021