EWTN Pro-Life Weekly

Our midterm election preview continues with the pro-life ballot initiative in Missouri. Plus, reaction after Planned Parenthood returns to southwest Missouri after a two-decade absence.

Reaction from the GOP gubernatorial primary in Kansas that pitted a pro-abortion candidate against one endorsed by President Trump and Kansans for Life.

Preview of the gubernatorial race in Kansas; next week's Republican primary pits a pro-abortion candidate against a pro-lifer with endorsements from President Trump and Kansans for Life.

A report from Rome as Pope Leo XIV delivers a message of hope and encouragement ahead of the World Day of Grandparents and the Elderly this weekend.

A closer look at the life and legacy of Senator Lindsey Graham, who spent years in the House and later the Senate fighting for the unborn.

A former Prime Minister and leading candidate in the French presidential election is pushing to legalize surrogacy. We discuss how the Church and pro-lifers are responding.

Ahead of July 4th, we look at some of the major Church figures with ties to the United States, including St. Damien of Molokai and St. Elizabeth Ann Seton.

A young woman helping single Catholics find a spouse discusses dating apps, and the connection between smartphone culture and dropping fertility rates.

A new study suggests the drop in fertility rates in the U.S. is in part related to the rise of smartphone culture. Catholic social scientists are among those who believe it is not a coincidence that smartphones became widespread in 2007, just before the fertility rate plunged. Catholic author Tim Carney and University of Virginia professor Brad Wilcox examine the study’s accuracy and the ways Pope Leo XIV and Catholic schools can help reverse the trend. Plus a closer look at the miracle “baby born twice” to Catholic parents in Florida; Oregon holds its annual rally for the unborn, which dates from before Roe v Wade; and a one-time champion pentathlete in Italy dives deeper into his faith, and being an advocate for the disabled, following a near-fatal accident.

A “Men’s Special” aimed at young men, fathers and grandfathers includes a look at a Catholic school in Illinois whose graduates leave with zero college debt and ready to enter the workforce having learned a trade. San Damiano College for the Trades balances craftsmanship with a Great Books curriculum, all amid a faith-based environment. San Damiano President Kent Lasnoski says the school is providing an alternative to “useless [college] degrees” and mountains of student debt. Plus Gates Garcia, host of the “We the People” podcast, explains why he says the American Dream is not dead; Adm. Brian Christine from HHS says his background as a medical doctor, mostly treating men, will impact his work in advancing men’s health agendas without compromising those in place for women; and a look at faith-based initiatives for grandfathers.