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Cardinal John O’Connor, Pro-Life Leader

Richard M. Doerflinger

Historians have called George Washington “the indispensable man” in the founding of our nation. When reflecting on the Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision, which reversed that Court’s decision to impose...

Culture of Death: The Assault on Medical Ethics in America

Richard M. Doerflinger

At a recent conference on the ethics of withdrawing nourishment and fluids from mentally incompetent patients, I was approached by an acquaintance who is close to retirement age. “Richard,”...