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Segment 1: The Food that Endures for Eternal Life

In today’s Gospel, Jesus promises us a bread that will endure for Eternal life. But to receive this bread, we must accept the grace of Jesus and faithfully follow Him. We cannot receive the Eucharist if our lives are not fully conformed to the truth of Christ in his church. Marcus has more.

Segment 2: Bioethicists Argue That an Unborn Baby Is Merely a ‘Gestator’s’ Body Part

A recent editorial in the journal The Lancet claims that an unborn, gestating baby is a “part of the gestator’s body” and tries to make definitions about the metaphysical state of the child. Wes Smith joins us with more.

Segment 3: How we forgot the value of Sacrifice

As society has turned from religion, the value of the self has risen. And with these trends comes the loss of sacrifice, as personal fulfillment is the name of the contemporary game. David Bonagura has more.

Segment 4: Big Tech is reinventing reproduction. Will we let it?

This week is National Infertility Awareness Week. And while nothing is as fundamental to the human experience as birth, Silicon Valley and other investors are hoping to change that, to “reinvent reproduction.” And Katelyn Shelton has questions about the whole process. She joins us.



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