Worship & Religion

Reliving American birthday observations over the years

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Reliving American birthday observations over the years

Saturday, July 11, 2026

It was 100 degrees as the sun was setting and a toddler with red curls was running toward the Ferris wheel on the National Mall, part of the national State Fair for America’s 250th birthday. The kid was trying to get my attention – he seemed to like being the center of things.

Real Declaration of Independence, declaration of protecting life

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Real Declaration of Independence, declaration of protecting life

Saturday, June 27, 2026

This July 4 marks the 250th birthday celebration of the United States. It’s also the day we may begin federal taxpayer funding of the abortion-giant Planned Parenthood again.I know, I know. You may be confused. Hasn’t this White House been described as the most-pro-life ever?

The Sacred Heart of Jesus compels our love for every life

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The Sacred Heart of Jesus compels our love for every life

Saturday, June 20, 2026

It’s not every morning that you wake up looking down at Independence Hall. It just happens to be the room you got at the cheaper option on a hotel discount app when swinging by the Constitution Center for the Becket Fund’s annual dinner.

This Independence Day, stand up for the most vulnerable

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This Independence Day, stand up for the most vulnerable

Saturday, June 13, 2026

If you’ve ever seen the clearest and bluest of the Atlantic in the Caribbean, you have a sense of what the weather has been like in Washington, D.C., in recent days. I haven’t been here in a while, but it sure welcomed me back well.

The more we celebrate life, the more it will help end abortion

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The more we celebrate life, the more it will help end abortion

Saturday, June 6, 2026

There’s a fury on the right about the Trump administration’s refusal to roll back Biden-era mail-order abortion-pill dispensing. The Biden change was supposed to be a COVID thing.Anyone who has ever paid any attention to life could have guaranteed you that was not the endgame, however.

We remember Bob Woodson and the message that remains necessary

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We remember Bob Woodson and the message that remains necessary

Saturday, May 30, 2026

Conservative civil rights leader Robert L. Woodson Sr. died in his sleep at 89 on May 19. He wrote “The Triumphs of Joseph: How Today’s Community Healers Are Reviving Our Streets and Neighborhoods,” published in 2007, a book whose message remains timely and necessary.

Well-informed conscience is beautiful to have, don’t waste it

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Well-informed conscience is beautiful to have, don’t waste it

Saturday, May 16, 2026

Mother Teresa famously said, “the greatest destroyer of peace today is abortion,” while standing on a dais with President Bill Clinton and first lady Hillary Clinton in a National Prayer Breakfast Speech in Washington, D.C., in February 1994. It was big news at the time.

Grief is a multifaceted mystery that many people fear, deny, reject

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Grief is a multifaceted mystery that many people fear, deny, reject

Saturday, May 2, 2026

In the wee hours of the morning on April 24, I realized I had missed the anniversary of the death of my dear friend Kate O’Beirne.I’ve been thinking about her a lot lately, as I typically do, but I didn’t do anything special or different to mark the occasion.

‘The Lord shows us how it is important to be happy in all situations’

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‘The Lord shows us how it is important to be happy in all situations’

Saturday, April 25, 2026

I once brought tears to the eyes of the new patriarch of the Chaldean Church. He’s known as Paul III now, but back in 2016 he was an archbishop, formerly of Mosul, in Iraq. He had recently been reassigned to Australia, where many an Iraqi had fled the so-called Islamic State (or “ISIS”) genocide.

‘Life is a gift and is meant to be lived in love for God and his people’

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‘Life is a gift and is meant to be lived in love for God and his people’

Saturday, April 18, 2026

If you don’t know former Nebraska Sen. Ben Sasse, he’s the first to tell you these days that he wasn’t ready for the fight of Washington, in some respects. He wasn’t a politician – honestly, the man is a nerd in the best of ways. He believed in the nobility of public service.