A Child Is a Gift From God: When the World Rejects the Divine
National Catholic Register reports on a commentary by Donald DeMarco lamenting the modern rejection of children as gifts from God, citing declining birth rates and rising abortion rates in North America. The article contrasts contemporary fear of children with Sacred Scripture’s portrayal of children as blessings, models of humility, and sources of joy. It invokes St. John Henry Newman’s reflections on childlike virtues and laments humanity’s loss of innocence and spiritual vision. Yet this otherwise orthodox-sounding piece is fatally compromised by its uncritical appeal to a manifest heretic—Newman—and its silence on the conciliar revolution that has normalized the very evils it deplores.




