Fr. Richard McBrien attacks pro-life bishops in syndicated column
12/20/2004 – In his syndicated column, Fr. Richard McBrien, professor of Theology at the University of Notre-Dame, issued a scathing attack on bishops holding a pro-life position, claiming that they negate the importance of other concerns such as capital punishment, just war, or social justice. McBrien criticism is delivered in a piece entitled “Consistent ethic […]
The Pill and Birth Defects
©2017 Victor R. Claveau, MA “Teratogen” is a term that refers to any drug or other substance with the potential of interfering with the development of a fetus causing birth defects. Teratology (from the Greek, meaning monster, or marvel) is the study of these malformations or serious deviations from the norm. Teratogens are thought to […]
Murder in the First Degree
Murder, as defined in common law countries, is the unlawful killing of another human being with intent (or malice aforethought), and generally this state of mind distinguishes murder from other forms of unlawful homicide (such as manslaughter). As the loss of a human being inflicts enormous grief upon the individuals close to the victim, as […]
Is it a mortal sin to vote for a pro-abortion candidate?
Except in the case in which a voter is faced with all pro-abortion candidates, * a candidate that is pro-abortion disqualifies himself from receiving a Catholic’s vote. This is because being pro-abortion cannot simply be placed alongside the candidate’s other positions on Medicare and unemployment, for example; and this is because abortion is intrinsically evil […]
Excerpts from Politicians and Holy Communion –
Most Reverend Rene Henry Gracida, DD The controversy over denying Holy Communion to pro-abortion politicians has generated a lot of heat and very little light. Sacred Scripture and the Magisterium of the Church have spoken clearly on the subject, but some either do not understand what has been said, or worse, have chosen to ignore […]
Blacks and Abortion.
Victor R. Claveau, MJ Many whites at one time hanged blacks from trees. It was condoned because whites did not see blacks as people. Whites saw their inhuman actions as “racial choice”. Now in America, millions of unborn babies are being killed because they are regarded as fetuses and not persons. This has come to […]
Abortion Reminder
The Catholic Church opposes all forms of abortion procedures whose direct purpose is to destroy a zygote, blastocyst, embryo or fetus, since it holds that “human life must be respected and protected absolutely from the moment of conception. From the first moment of his existence, a human being must be recognized as having the rights […]
Abortion is far more dangerous to a woman’s health than pregnancy.
THE ELLIOT INSTITUTE REPORTS that a study has found that abortion is nearly four times deadlier than childbirth. A recent government funded study in Finland shows that women who abort are approximately four times more likely to die in the following year than women who carry their pregnancies to term. In addition, women who carry […]
Abortion, and Artificial Contraception
Victor R. Claveau, MJ The Catholic Church has long taught that direct abortion or artificial contraception, because they interfere with the life-producing aspect of the marital act. is intrinsically evil. In his encyclical on Human Life, Humanae Vitae, Pope Paul VI rejected these methods of regulating birth: “Therefore We base Our words on the first […]
One Difference Between Good and Evil.
Paul Claudel, the French poet and diplomat of the last century, once described the Christian as “a man who knows what he is doing and where he is going in a world that no longer knows the difference between good and evil, yes and no. He is like a god standing out in a crowd of […]