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underscores escalating threats in nations like Burkina Faso and Nicaragua Photo: Divergente

Analysis Opinion•Pro Life

UN Committee Challenges Selective Abortion Policies, Sparking Debate on Disability Rights

The Netherlands faced particular scrutiny for reportedly allowing healthcare providers to recommend termination based on the presence of Down syndrome. Similar concerns were expressed in previous assessments of Sweden and Turkey, where the committee observed an approach it labeled “extinction-minded” regarding certain intellectual disabilities.

Analysis Opinion

Ecclesiology today: the crisis of Christianity and what we need now

In a homily delivered in 1959 a young Fr. Joseph Ratzinger described the first Christmas day as the “winter solstice of world history.” Christ is something more than another moral teacher or celebrity philanthropist and his Church—including the priesthood, the Petrine Office, and the episcopacy—is a sacred institution, not another multinational welfare agency.

Analysis Opinion•Gender Ideology•Young People

How ‘Rare’ Are Sex-Trait Modification Surgeries on Children?

According to a new study by the medical advocacy group Do No Harm, 5,747 sex-change surgeries were performed on children in the U.S. between 2019 and 2023. Given that there are about 12.5 million children between the ages of 15 and 17—the ages of minors who receive these surgeries—the annual rate of surgeries to remove and modify sex traits and organs on children works out to be 9.2 per 100,000.