Media Appearances
Publications
CMF Fall 2025 Newsletter
Taking Back Health Care for the Culture of Life The Fall 2025 edition of the Christ Medicus Foundation Newsletter is out! This Fall’s newsletter features what health care in America could/should look like, highlights CMF's actions and successes in the last year, and...
A Pro-Life Vision for American Health Care
There is broad bipartisan agreement that the health-care system in the United States is broken. Our country just endured the longest government shutdown ever, and it was largely over health care. … the pro-life movement has a historic opportunity to save millions of unborn lives, protect the dignity of countless mothers, and uplift the health of millions by building a pro-life American health-care system.
What does the Catholic Church say about gender ideology?
Questions addressed include:
One major theme of Catholic social doctrine is human dignity. How does gender ideology threaten human dignity?
What has the Catholic Church taught on gender ideology? Has the Church’s position been adequately expressed in documents such as the 2024 declaration, Dignitas Infinita, of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith? What more needs to be done or said?
Some people argue that the Church should accept sex-change operations because of the increased risk of suicide for those who are denied sex-transition procedures? What is your perspective as a sociologist?
Louis Brown on EWTN’s “Conversations with Consequences” – Supreme Court Wins and the Dobbs Anniversary
Louis Brown of Christ Medicus Foundation discusses the recent Supreme Court decision in U.S. v. Skrmetti which that was a huge victory for protecting minors from unethical and harmful transgender procedures and also the pro-life movement since the Dobbs decision....
Louis Brown and CMF featured in National Review Profile – June 2025
National Review recently profiled Louis Brown and the Christ Medicus Foundation’s vision for the future of the pro-life movement, emphasizing a community-based, holistic approach that supports mothers and families beyond legal debates. Read the full article here. Read...
Christ Medicus Statement on Case for FDA Investigation into Abortion Pill
Recently Louis Brown and the Christ Medicus Foundation was highlighted in an article by Catholic Vote about a joint statement by pro-life organizations calling for an FDA investigation into the abortion pill. Read the article here:...
Video
Podcast: Daniel Gallagher tackles Fratelli Tutti’s challenging passages
In this episode of "The Social Doctrine of the Church," Michael Vacca and Robert Fastiggi interview Prof. Daniel Gallagher about Pope Francis' encyclical Fratelli Tutti. They don't shy away from the controversial statements on private property, the death penalty and...
Podcast: Catholic Social Doctrine from a Latin American perspective
In this episode of "The Social Doctrine of the Church," Michael Vacca and Robert Fastiggi interview Diego Passadore on Catholic Social Doctrine from a Latin American perspective. Questions they address include: 1. How did Vatican...
Podcast: Two Towers and a Minaret – Migration from a Catholic Perspective
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7wL6jPG76Bg In this episode of The Social Doctrine of the Church, Michael Vacca and Robert Fastiggi interview Msgr. Piotr Mazurkiewicz on Catholic Doctrine, Solidarity, and the International Community (October 31, 2025). Questions...
Podcast: How does NFP relate to the social doctrine of the Church?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PNZHg6y01MQ In this episode of The Social Doctrine of the Church, Michael Vacca and Robert Fastiggi talk with Theresa Notare, Assistant Director, NFP Program Secretariat of Laity, Marriage, Family Life and Youth I United States...
Podcast: Author Neal Flesher uncovers how the economy relies on financial slavery
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9H0rhzXJ6OY In this episode of Catholic Social Teaching, Robert Fastiggi and Michael Vacca interivew Neal Flesher on his book, Modern Chains: The Invisible Shackles of Economic Slavery. Modern Chains examines a truth we have been...
Podcast: Dr. Benson dives into the Church’s teaching on subsidiarity
In this episode The Social Doctrine of the Church, Michael Vacca and Robert Fastiggi interview Iain Benson on subsidiarity. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s1pojFYcK3A
Audio
Podcast: Daniel Gallagher tackles Fratelli Tutti’s challenging passages
In this episode of "The Social Doctrine of the Church," Michael Vacca and Robert Fastiggi interview Prof. Daniel Gallagher about Pope Francis' encyclical Fratelli Tutti. They don't shy away from the controversial statements on private property, the death penalty and...
What does the Catholic Church say about gender ideology?
Questions addressed include:
One major theme of Catholic social doctrine is human dignity. How does gender ideology threaten human dignity?
What has the Catholic Church taught on gender ideology? Has the Church’s position been adequately expressed in documents such as the 2024 declaration, Dignitas Infinita, of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith? What more needs to be done or said?
Some people argue that the Church should accept sex-change operations because of the increased risk of suicide for those who are denied sex-transition procedures? What is your perspective as a sociologist?
Louis Brown on EWTN’s “Conversations with Consequences” – Supreme Court Wins and the Dobbs Anniversary
Louis Brown of Christ Medicus Foundation discusses the recent Supreme Court decision in U.S. v. Skrmetti which that was a huge victory for protecting minors from unethical and harmful transgender procedures and also the pro-life movement since the Dobbs decision....
Louis Brown on EWTN Radio discussing the One Big Beautiful Bill – July 2025
Louis Brown of Christ Medicus joins and discusses the Big Beautiful Bill and defunding Planned Parenthood. Dr. Nathanael Blake talks about Stanford Medicine halting sex change surgeries for minors. Watch the Episode here:...
Michael Vacca featured on The Speaker Salon Podcast
Michael Arthur Vacca, M. Theol., JD, BA from CMF CURO was featured on The Speaker Salon podcast, which aired June 27th, 2024, in a discussion about Organ Harvesting and the "Dead Donor Rule". Listen to the episode here:...
Defending Life and Dignity on College Campuses | Louis Brown on the Drew Mariani Show
October 10, 2022 CMF Executive Director Louis Brown spoke on Relevant Radio's Drew Mariani Show defending life and dignity on college campuses. Many leaders on college campuses and elected officials are engaging in scare-mongering of late. They are claiming that, in...
Press Releases
Press Release: Seven Catholic Dioceses Join HOPE to Help Employees Flourish
Christ Medicus Foundation Announces its HOPE Program for Employee Health, Healing, and Flourishing FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: December 8, 2025 CONTACT: Kathy Dempsey for Christ Medicus Foundation Troy, Michigan – On the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception and during...
Press Release: Catholic Health Care Leadership Alliance Files Amicus Briefs Supporting Conscience Rights and Presidential Executive Orders Combating Gender Ideology
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: August 12, 2025 CONTACT: Kathy Dempsey for Christ Medicus Foundation CURO “Just as much of Europe has greatly restricted gender transition interventions on minors, many in the United States choose to ignore both common sense and science and...
Press Release: Congress – Defund Planned Parenthood & Protect Care for the Truly Vulnerable in Reconciliation
Statement by Louis Brown, Jr., Esq, Executive Director of the Christ Medicus Foundation FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: June 26, 2025 CONTACT: Kathy Dempsey for Christ Medicus Foundation CURO H.R. 1, the One Big Beautiful Bill, represents an important opportunity for a...
Press Release: Supreme Court Acts Justly by Upholding Tennessee’s Prohibitions on Transgender Procedures for Minors
Statement by Louis Brown, Jr., Esq, Executive Director of the Christ Medicus Foundation FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: June 18, 2025 CONTACT: Kathy Dempsey for Christ Medicus Foundation CURO The United States Supreme Court’s decision upholding the constitutionality of...
Press Release: CMF Applauds HHS Review of Procedures & Other Interventions for Youth with Gender Dysphoria
Statement by Louis Brown, Jr., Esq, Executive Director of the Christ Medicus Foundation FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: May 2, 2025 CONTACT: Kathy Dempsey for Christ Medicus Foundation CURO In yesterday’s release of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS)...
Press Release: New Study Reports that Mifepristone Abortions are Dangerous
Statement by Louis Brown, Jr., Esq, Executive Director of the Christ Medicus Foundation FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: May 1, 2025 CONTACT: Kathy Dempsey for Christ Medicus Foundation CURO A new comprehensive study released on Monday conclusively shows that chemical abortions...