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Trump’s Nationalism Is Consistent With Catholic Social Doctrine

June 22, 2017 breaking Comments Off on Trump’s Nationalism Is Consistent With Catholic Social Doctrine

Leading American bishops have complained about the “harshness” of Trump’s campaign rhetoric and called for an end to deportation of aliens until the “broken” system can be fixed. Yet, despite this opposition from the Church’s hierarchy, Trump won 52% of the Catholic vote (to Hillary’s 45%), a historic margin for a Republican. How to explain this contradiction? Real simple. The laity get it better than the bishops. Trump’s nationalism is fully consistent with Catholic social doctrine as it has developed in the last 126 years. It is the leaders of the Church who have disregarded key features of that doctrine in order to sign

No More Excuses, It’s Time to Defund Planned Parenthood

June 21, 2017 breaking Comments Off on No More Excuses, It’s Time to Defund Planned Parenthood

As the healthcare bill makes its way through whatever the Senate is doing with it, one provision is absolutely non-negotiable: The bill needs to defund the nation’s largest abortion giant, Planned Parenthood. They committed 328,548 abortions last year, which is equal to one of every three abortions in the country. Just because the Hyde Amendment states that taxpayer monies cannot be used to directly fund abortion, it does not prohibit tax dollars from paying for the costs to keep the abortion facilities up and running, the salaries of staff, or the medical equipment used for abortions. What other government contractor takes hundreds of thousa

Four Cardinals release letter asking to meet Pope about ‘confusion and disorientation’ in Church

June 20, 2017 breaking Comments Off on Four Cardinals release letter asking to meet Pope about ‘confusion and disorientation’ in Church

ROME, June 19, 2017 (LifeSiteNews) — Four Cardinals have publicly released their letter to the Pope from April 25, 2017 unsuccessfully asking him for a private audience to discuss “confusion and disorientation” within the Church after the publication of the Pope’s April 2016 Exhortation Amoris Laetitia. In the letter Cardinals lament the great division in the Church on basic morality as a result of the pope’s exhortation. “And so it is happening — how painful it is to see this! —

U.S. bishops refuse to say whether Amoris Laetitia guarantees Communion for gay couples

June 18, 2017 breaking Comments Off on U.S. bishops refuse to say whether Amoris Laetitia guarantees Communion for gay couples

INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana, June 16, 2017 (LifeSiteNews) – The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) wasn’t interested in commenting on whether Amoris Laetitia means same-sex couples must be given Holy Communion if their “conscience” tells them it’s OK. As LifeSiteNews asked the question at a Thursday press conference, the bishop of Burlington, Vermont, whispered something to the USCCB’s director of public affairs, who then said questions should only relate to topics the bishops discussed that morning. “OK, I – you know, the press conference, the panel has been put together pertaining to topics from today’s news agenda, so I think we really n

Pope, Cardinals discuss plans for ‘healthy’ decentralization of Church authority

June 17, 2017 breaking Comments Off on Pope, Cardinals discuss plans for ‘healthy’ decentralization of Church authority

VATICAN CITY, June 16, 2017 (LifeSiteNews) – Pope Francis’ Council of Cardinals met this week in Rome to talk about decentralizing the Catholic Church’s governance. This was the 20th meeting of the Council of Cardinals, the group of nine Cardinals that Pope Francis has established to work with him on Curial reform. The call for decentralization, or devolution of power, including “genuine doctrinal authority,” had been a demand made at the controversial 2015 Synod by individuals who also reject Catholic teaching on human sexuality.

Convocation of Catholic leaders will be historic event, bishops told

June 16, 2017 breaking Comments Off on Convocation of Catholic leaders will be historic event, bishops told

INDIANAPOLIS (CNS) — During their spring meeting in Indianapolis, U.S. bishops were reminded that the upcoming Convocation of Catholic Leaders — a gathering they began talking about years ago — is right around the corner. It will be a historic event, Bishop Richard J. Malone of Buffalo, New York, chairman of the bishops’ Committee on Laity, Marriage, Family Life and Youth, told the bishops June 15 about the July 1-4 “Convocation of Catholic Leaders: The Joy of the Gospel in America” in Orlando, Florid

ONTARIO DOCTORS FIGHT FOR THEIR MORALS IN COURT

June 15, 2017 breaking Comments Off on ONTARIO DOCTORS FIGHT FOR THEIR MORALS IN COURT

TORONTO (ChurchMilitant.com) – Ontario doctors, who refuse to refer patients for services involving abortion, contraception and assisted suicide, are now pleading their case before the Ontario Superior Court of Justice. On June 8, the lawyer representing the doctors, Albertos Polizogopoulos, handed the three-judge panel a 1,000-page binder full of legal references, precedents and arguments. He then said he wanted “to keep it simple,” affirming the case was about “whether the

Philosopher who backs legal abortion appointed to Vatican pro-life academy

June 14, 2017 breaking Comments Off on Philosopher who backs legal abortion appointed to Vatican pro-life academy

Nigel Biggar has said: ‘It’s not clear that a human foetus is the same kind of thing as an adult’ Pope Francis has appointed 45 new ordinary members of the Pontifical Academy for Life, according to a statement on the Vatican website. They include Nigel Biggar, who has said that he thinks the limit for legal abortion should be 18 weeks. In a dialogue with fellow philosopher Peter Singer in 2011, reported by Standpoint magazine, Biggar said: “I would be inclined to draw the line for abortion at 18 weeks after conception, which is roughly about the earliest time when there is some evidence of brain ac

These Pro-Abortion Republicans May Prevent Defunding Planned Parenthood

June 13, 2017 breaking Comments Off on These Pro-Abortion Republicans May Prevent Defunding Planned Parenthood

A few pro-abortion Republican lawmakers could get in the way of plans to defund the nation’s largest abortion chain, Planned Parenthood. The U.S. House passed a bill in May to defund the abortion group of hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars and repeal and replace Obamacare, but the U.S. Senate has yet to take action. Politico reports a lot could hinge on U.S. Senators Susan Collins of Maine and Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, two Republicans who support the abortion chain. To pass, the bill would need 50 of the 52 votes from Senate Republicans, plus a tie-breaking vote by Vice President Mike Pence, a pro-life Republican. The news outlet speculated that Senate Majority Leader Mitch

Cardinal Sarah: Bishops, priests cannot shy away from ‘hard sayings’ on homosexuality

June 13, 2017 breaking Comments Off on Cardinal Sarah: Bishops, priests cannot shy away from ‘hard sayings’ on homosexuality

June 12, 2017 (LifeSiteNews) — Cardinal Sarah, prefect of the Vatican’s Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments, issues both a stunning admonishment and an impassioned plea to his fellow bishops and priests in his foreward to Why I Don’t Call Myself Gay. He first delivers a strong rebuke calling attention to the fact that the Church teaches “ … things in the Catechism about homosexuality that some members of the clergy choose not to quote, including the clear warning: ‘under no circumstances can [homosexual acts] be approved’ (CCC 2357). The respect and sensitivity to which the Catechism rightly calls us does not give us permission to d