Topsy-Turvydom
May 6, 2021
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The topsy-turvydom that G.K. Chesterton loved to illuminate rears its darkly comic head from time to time in fascinating ways: the western world is refusing to reproduce (except in the Mormon strongholds of Utah and Idaho).
The pope has taken special notice of the demographic decline and will address it head-on at an event in Italy, a nation whose reproductive rate is falling about as fast as anywhere in the world.
Another exception to the western reproductive refusal is the expansion of research on living embryonic human beings.
At the same time, some top minds are asking, “Should we prevent animals from harming other animals?” in a burgeoning wild animal welfare movement.
Some people are having a hard time giving up lockdown.
Some others are having a hard time with staying in lockdown.
Constantine finds his finger 500 years later.
A priest turns a sudden terminal illness into a teachable moment for seminarians.
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