“Abortion Pills Can Now Be Offered at Retail Pharmacies, F.D.A. Says,” read the New York Times headline. Just like that. This is life after Roe v. Wade, writes Kathryn Jean Lopez in her latest column: “Now with the end of Roe, the
On Saturday evening, news broke that Frank Pavone, the head of Priests for Life, had been laicized by the Vatican for “blasphemous communications on social media” as well as “persistent disobedience” to his diocesan bishop. In a new essay, Kathryn Jean Lopez
For the solemnity of the Immaculate Conception this year, Catholics for Choice sent out an email with the subject line: “Mary had a choice. So, should we all.” Columnist Kathryn Jean Lopez writes how “there are people of good will who believe
Kathryn Jean Lopez writes about a recent Eucharistic procession she participated in on the feast of Christ the King, and how it was an opportunity for conversion for those who witnessed it: “For the feast of Christ the King this year, the
Kathryn Jean Lopez reflects on the recent midterm elections and what they reveal about the state of our nation: “No candidate is perfect, but increasingly in recent years, Republicans seem to be attracted to, well, bullies. I understand the instinct in a
“There must be laughter in hell,” writes Kathryn Jean Lopez in an essay for Our Sunday Visitor. “This kind of laughter is devoid, of course, of joy. It mimics and perverts the kind of life-giving laughter you might hear among friends and
Columnist Kathryn Jean Lopez looks back with disgust over the conversation that took place after Nancy Pelosi’s husband, Paul, was attacked in his home last weekend: “People advancing conspiracy theories — publicly, for all the world to see, with their names attached.
Kathryn Jean Lopez writes: “It wasn’t all that long ago in contemporary American political history when conservatives were shocked that leading feminists excused Bill Clinton’s abuse of power with an intern while president of the United States as ‘one free grope.’ Of
Kathryn Jean Lopez reflects on welcoming children at Mass, especially those who are fussy. She cautions against the glares that many may throw at the family of a fussy child: “Think before your glare. There might just be a miracle before you.
“What we are doing now, as a society, is deeply unworthy of us.” The late Congressman Henry Hyde pointed this out in a speech in 1987. He was talking about abortion in America. He talked about a time — “and that day,