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Respect for life is not based upon the fact that we worship life, but is instead based on the fact that we know and worship the Creator of life,...

For too long, Americans have looked to the President to solve all of our country's social and moral problems. In particular, many Christians have...

One of Fr. Richard John Neuhaus' most important legacies will be the way he brought together orthodox believers in order to begin to seek common...

When the Lord spoke to Jeremiah, he said, “Before I made you, I knew you.” Fascinating, isn’t it? “Before I made you,” God said, “I knew you.”

It will be difficult for President Obama to balance his pledge to the poor with his words about energy and climate. Rising energy prices and rising...

History will judge whether George W. Bush was a great president. But given how he has personally conducted himself in the midst of much personal...

An estimated 200,000 pro-lifers marched in Washington, D.C. Thursday, marking the 36th anniversary of the Roe v. Wade decision that legalized...

Today, those who endorse Roe are holding celebrations, while those who condemn it are holding protest rallies. Yet, like so many other issues,...

Our children’s baby books all begin with the inky little footprints taken in the nursery shortly after they were born. Baby books these days begin...

Obama's inaugural address, like that of previous presidents, drew heavily on what scholars deem America's civil religion: the transcendent ideals...

Is the pro-life movement destined to splinter? Possibly—unless some significant steps are taken soon to reconcile the approaches of older and...

As Barack Obama prepares to take the oath of office and become the 44th President of the United States, Christians should be thinking about how to...

The ceremony is a perfect example of why the separation of church and state is an elite fiction that bears little resemblance to how democracy...

Christian thinking about involvement in human government was not born (or born again!) with the latest elections or with the founding of the Moral...

The Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday celebrates the life and legacy of a man who brought hope and healing to America. We commemorate as well the...