This is the first in a series of articles about “pro-life heroes”. Their outstanding example will show us how heroic obedience to the Gospel can result in a single a man or woman having a major impact on the society…
Author: Simon Archer
Pro-Life Hero – St. Teresa of Calcutta
This is the third in a series of articles about “pro-life heroes”. Their outstanding example shows us how heroic obedience to the Gospel can result in a single person transforming the society and culture around them. Their lives are foundation…
The pornography habit can be defeated with fortitude and the help of Christ the King
Obsession with pornography is profoundly harmful but it can be overcome with courage, determination and the help of God. The evidence of the damage done by pornography is overwhelming – to a person’s brain, to a person’s marriage, to a…
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With A Father’s Heart (Patris Corde)
No article on Christian fatherhood would be complete without looking at the preeminent example of human fatherhood, St Joseph, even if he was not the natural father of Our Lord. All four Gospels speak of Jesus as “the son of…
Dignitas Infinita: Insightful Quotes
Dignitas Infinita – on Human Dignity – is the most recent declaration promulgated by the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith (DDF). The document’s opening paragraph begins by stating “every human person possesses an infinite dignity, inalienably grounded in…
Pro-Life Hero – St. Vincent de Paul
This is the second in a series of articles about “pro-life heroes”. Their outstanding example will show us how heroic obedience to the Gospel can result in a single a man or woman having a major impact on the society…
The importance of marriage for a healthy society
What is so special about marriage, and why does it matter? The short answer is that healthy marriages equal healthy families. Healthy families lead to healthy societies, which in turn leads to human flourishment. All of which is what God…
Life is God’s Gift
“I came that they may have life .,..” [Jn 10:10] When Saint John-Paul II coined the phrase “culture of death”[i] he was talking about how enculturated and embedded attacks against human life have become in our human societies. He was…
Is human life sacrosanct?
Let me start with a basic idea: If we believe that all human life is God-given, we should also believe that it is precious, sacred, inviolable. Any reduction in or setting aside of this truth, and therefore any thought of…
Never a truer word …
It is said that the first casualty of war is truth. The war in the Ukraine provides ample evidence of this, with very different representations of what has happened and is happening by each side, and by many other interested…