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FanucciPicture your favorite place to sit. A cozy recliner near the TV, a reading spot on your couch or your usual chair at the kitchen table. Remember how your body sinks into that space without a second thought. After a long day, there’s nothing better than settling in where we feel most at home.

Now picture the place where you usually sit at Mass. You might have a regular pew, a certain side of the church you love or the same exact seat every Sunday. Why do you pick this spot?

Change the culture, not just the law

020626 MFL viewpointsLately I’ve been thinking about gifts, and the meaning of them, because of the March for Life and its 2026 theme: “Life is a gift.”

For over a decade, I’ve written about the March for Life, which calls itself the “largest annual human rights demonstration in the world.”