When Legates in California’s Orange County tell the story of how Dr. Robert Schuller’s Crystal Cathedral became their diocesan cathedral, they use superlatives like “miracle” and “astounding.”

Not a day goes by that I don’t thank Our Lord and his Blessed Mother for the gift of being a U.S. citizen. The freedoms we enjoy and the abundance we have been blessed with are gifts that cost our forebears much blood and treasure.

There are so many reasons for pro-lifers to celebrate: Abortion rates are dropping every year, more people than ever are calling themselves pro-life, and ultrasound technology has put to rest the old lie that an unborn child is nothing more than a “clump of cells.”