Memo to the White House: God became man at conception

Editors, National Catholic Register

Thursday, December 11, 2025

According to the recent presidential message celebrating the Virgin Mary’s own conception without any stain of original sin, “God became man when Mary gave birth to a son, Jesus, who would go on to offer his life on the Cross for the redemption of sins and the salvation of the world” [emphasis added]. The presidential message’s error about who Jesus already was in the womb might have political as well as theological implications. It could be part of the reason why the administration was willing recently to authorize federal funding for IVF procedures, even though these procedures result in the collateral destruction of large numbers of unborn human lives.