Kevin Burke, LSW February 21st marks the eleven year anniversary of the death of Dr Bernard Nathanson, an obstetrician who was directly responsible for 75,000 abortions before becoming a leading pro-life advocate and a convert to the Catholic faith. What is lesser known, is that Nathanson was the father of two aborted children, and experienced a difficult relationship with his own father.  This painful father/son relationship, together with his personal abortion loss, played a key role in the legalization, and…

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By Kevin Burke, LSW and Theresa Burke, Ph.D. February 18th marks the five year anniversary of the death of Norma McCorvey, the woman known as the “Jane Roe” in the 1973 Supreme Court decision, Roe V Wade that legalized abortion in the U.S. In May 2020 news reports questioned Norma’s later conversion to the prolife movement.  A number of prominent prolife advocates who knew Norma for many years challenged these reports. But there is a lesser known story that reveals…

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By Kevin Burke, LSW On February 11, 1858, a poor, sickly French peasant girl, Bernadette Soubirous, experienced her first apparition of the Blessed Virgin Mary. A miraculous spring emerged from the site of the apparitions, and reports of the healing powers of the waters soon spread.  In 1862 Church authorities confirmed the authenticity of the apparitions. During the apparition of March 25, Mary identified herself with the words, “I am the Immaculate Conception.”  The mysterious dogma of the Immaculate Conception,…

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