America’s Demographic Collapse: The Fruit of a Culture of Death
The article from EWTN News portal (April 9, 2026) reports that U.S. births declined by 1% in 2025, according to provisional CDC data, with the general fertility rate dropping to 53.1 births per 1,000 women aged 15–44 — a 23% decline since its 2007 peak. Teenage births reached a historic low, falling 7% to 11.7 per 1,000. The article quotes analysts from The Heritage Foundation and the Population Research Institute attributing the decline to abortion (Planned Parenthood reported a record 434,450 abortions in 2023-2024), economic pressures, “girl-boss feminism,” and reduced illegal immigration. The piece frames these statistics as evidence of a “culture of death” threatening America’s demographic future. Yet the article’s own framing reveals the impotence of a Catholic commentary that diagnoses the disease while refusing to name its deepest spiritual cause: the systematic apostasy of the conciliar sect and the abandonment of the Social Reign of Christ the King.



