The American mother miraculously healed of a potentially fatal haemorrhage by the intercession of Cardinal St John Henry Newman has spoken out against attacks on the consciences of children in Western societies.

Melissa Villalobos, a lawyer and mother-of-seven from Chicago, that Western culture is now so coarse that it was more important than ever to protect children from harmful media.

She said that unless Catholics made a determined effort to protect children from falsehoods and vice many children would “grow up without a conscience” and be left open to the manipulations of anti-Christian societies and states.