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 … Read more
Author: Simon Archer
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 … Read more
Pro-Life Hero – St Basil the Great
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 … Read more
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 … Read more
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 … Read more
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 … Read more