Last April, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops organized a petition drive to urge the federal Food and Drug Administration to make sure any COVID-19 vaccine be derived from ethical sources, not involving cell lines originating from fetuses killed by induced abortion. So what has happened since? Some vaccines are in the testing stage already.Continue reading “COVID-19 vaccine progress”
Author Archives: Ellen Kolb
Writer, activist, Granite State walker.
“When you claim Christ you choose exile”
“…when you claim Christ you choose exile, and therefore will be held to a different standard, entirely, than the world’s.” The best thing I can do for my readers today is point them to someone else’s blog. Elizabeth Scalia has written something at Word On Fire to prompt reflection and prayer. It is a timelyContinue reading ““When you claim Christ you choose exile””
Open Book: history, hiking, and vintage JPII
I’m indulging my love of politics and American history not by watching the news non-stop this election season, but by reading Author in Chief: the Untold Story of Our Presidents and the Books They Wrote, by Craig Fehrman. Fehrman shows that there’s more to the presidential genre than campaign biographies and memoirs. He puts eachContinue reading “Open Book: history, hiking, and vintage JPII”
Ellen Kolb 