1. Please pray for the long-suffering people of Iraq.

2. Critically Injured Monsey Victim Is a Beloved Scholar Who Collected for the Poor

3. This is a horrifying picture: Abortion Was the Leading Cause of Death Worldwide in 2019, Killing 42 Million People

I think even the most ardent pro-lifer can become immune to the reality of the misery sometimes. What more can we each do to build a civilization of love and eradicate this evil?

4. ‘That’s my baby:’ Families asking for prayers, support during 82nd Airborne Division deployment to Baghdad

5. This is something from Curtis Sliwa on defending Jews in New York

6. 90,000 Jews Gather to Pray and Defy a Wave of Hate (New York Times)

7. To Defeat the Islamic Fascism of Iran and Turkey, We Must Delegitimize the Ideology

8. The Future of the Pro-Life Democrat

9. Here in NY, not remotely a Pro-Life Democrat: Cuomo revives push for gestational surrogacy legalization

If you pray, please pray for his conversion. A miracle, but we should boldly ask for them more often!

10. The Foster Care Crisis: The Church’s Next Mission Field

11. 4 lessons we learned from Cornel West and Robert George

12. You Need to Make a ‘When I Die’ File—Before It’s Too Late

Also, planning your funeral Mass. It’s the kind of thing to talk about before it’s too late. Spiritual testaments, too. All too often we don’t let people truly know what is deepest in our hearts, what wisdom we picked up along the way. Share some stories and insights that might be consolations for the grieving. More about memento mori here.

13. Mysterious, Abandoned Indonesian Church Shaped like a Giant Chicken

14. Graffiti Artists Take Icons From The Church To The Street

15. Something we need more of: works of mercy, spiritual and corporal