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Proclamation On National Sanctity Of Human Life Day, 2021

January 29, 2021 Featured Today Comments Off on Proclamation On National Sanctity Of Human Life Day, 2021

(Editor’s Note: President Donald J. Trump on January 17, 2021 once more declared January 22 as National Sanctity of Human Life Day. The declaration is one of his last acts as President of the United States.) + + Every human life is a gift to the world. Whether born or unborn, young or old, healthy or sick, every person is made in the holy image of God. The Almighty Creator gives unique talents, beautiful dreams, and a great purpose to every person. On National Sanctity of Human Life Day, we celebrate the wonder of human existence and renew our resolve to build a culture of life where every person of every age is protected, valued, and cherished.This month, we mark…Continue Reading

Say It Ain’t So, Joe . . . Pro-Life Hero Joseph Scheidler Dies At 93

January 28, 2021 Featured Today Comments Off on Say It Ain’t So, Joe . . . Pro-Life Hero Joseph Scheidler Dies At 93

By REY FLORES (Editor’s Note: Dexter Duggan is also writing a commentary on Joe Scheidler’s life and legacy. Duggan’s article will appear in next week’s issue.) + + After having spent his life saving countless lives from the scourge of abortion, our dear friend Joe Scheidler was called home for eternity. It is difficult to begin writing about a man like Joe Scheidler because there is so much to say, but not enough words to say it. I guess I could start by sharing my own personal experiences with this great legend of a man.In and around 2000, I was introduced to Joe for the very first time at one of the many prayer vigils he and the Pro-Life Action…Continue Reading

Bishop Stika Unimpressed… Fr. James Martin Connects Catholic Leaders To Capitol Riots

January 27, 2021 Featured Today Comments Off on Bishop Stika Unimpressed… Fr. James Martin Connects Catholic Leaders To Capitol Riots

(CNA) — Bishop Richard Stika of Nashville voiced skepticism of Fr. James Martin’s recent essay claiming that Catholic leaders’ criticism of President-elect Joe Biden’s stance on abortion helped contribute to the conditions for the January 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol.Martin’s essay, “How Catholic Leaders Helped Give Rise to Violence at the U.S. Capitol,” ran January 12 at the website of the U.S. Jesuits’ America magazine, where Martin is editor-at-large.Martin collected various bishops’ and priests’ comments critical of Biden’s stand on abortion and questioning whether a Catholic could vote for him. Though these criticisms ranged from respectful to inflammatory, Martin argued that their criticism “does not adequately reflect church teaching” and sent the message that the election was “an almost…Continue Reading

U.S. Recognizes China’s Treatment Of Uyghurs As “Genocide”

January 26, 2021 Featured Today Comments Off on U.S. Recognizes China’s Treatment Of Uyghurs As “Genocide”

WASHINGTON, D.C. (CNA) — The United States has declared that the Chinese government’s actions against the Uyghur population amount to genocide and crimes against humanity.“I have determined that the People’s Republic of China is committing genocide and crimes against humanity in Xinjiang, China, targeting Uyghur Muslims and members of other ethnic and religious minority groups,” Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said in a tweet posted shortly after noon on January 19.“These acts are an affront to the Chinese people and to civilized nations everywhere,” said Pompeo, on his last full day as secretary of state. “The People’s Republic of China and the CCP must be held to account.”The Chinese government admitted in October 2018 that “re-education camps” for members of…Continue Reading

Scholars Attest…. Becerra Has Shown “Hostility To Nonprofit Institutions”

January 25, 2021 Featured Today Comments Off on Scholars Attest…. Becerra Has Shown “Hostility To Nonprofit Institutions”

(CNA) — Conservative scholars argue that Xavier Becerra, Joe Biden’s pick for HHS secretary, has a history of “hostility to nonprofit institutions and the donors who support them,” particularly religious nonprofits.In a January 13 opinion piece for the Wall Street Journal, James Piereson and Naomi Schaefer Riley wrote that Becerra, currently serving as California’s attorney general, has a history of supporting initiatives aiming to “use the tax code to redirect charitable giving toward causes [he] finds worthwhile.”Notably, they say, Becerra has taken steps to attempt to force organizations such as pro-life pregnancy centers and religious foster-care agencies to violate their principles.“Religious organizations run many of America’s hospitals, nursing homes, senior centers, foster and adoption agencies, after-school programs and hospices. Mr.…Continue Reading

Loose Thinking And Lost Logic

January 24, 2021 Featured Today Comments Off on Loose Thinking And Lost Logic

By DONALD DeMARCO Loose thinking occurs when more is attributed to a subject than what the subject contains. For example, the U.S. Constitution does not include any provision for justifying abortion or same-sex marriage. You cannot extract a liter of water from a bottle that contains only a pint.Barack Obama offered us an excellent example of loose thinking when he defended the legalization of same-sex marriage by stating that it is about time that someone can marry the person he loves.Marriage contains marital love, but not all forms of love. Love is far more inclusive than marriage. We can love our parents, siblings, children, and married friends, but we cannot marry them. Marriage demands love, but love does not demand…Continue Reading

Now, The Left Owns It All

January 23, 2021 Featured Today Comments Off on Now, The Left Owns It All

By PATRICK J. BUCHANAN (Editor’s Note: This column by Patrick J. Buchanan was dated January 19.) + + That mob that split off from the Donald Trump rally of January 6 to invade the Capitol has proven a godsend to the left.The death of a Capitol cop has enabled the left — which spent the summer after George Floyd’s death trashing “racist cops” and shouting, “Defund the Police!” — to posture as fighting allies of the men in blue.Liberals who implored us to understand the grievances of the rioters, looters, and arsonists last summer have become sudden converts to the church of law and order.Elites who had condoned the smashing of statues and monuments to Columbus, Washington, Jefferson, and Jackson…Continue Reading

U.S. Supreme Court . . . Declines To Take Case Concerning Pittsburgh’s Censorship Zone Law

January 22, 2021 Featured Today Comments Off on U.S. Supreme Court . . . Declines To Take Case Concerning Pittsburgh’s Censorship Zone Law

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Supreme Court declined Monday, January 11 to weigh in on a Pittsburgh, Pa., censorship-zone law similar to a Massachusetts law the High Court struck down in 2014. Alliance Defending Freedom attorneys, who represent five sidewalk counselors challenging the law, asked the court to take the case, and a diverse array of groups, 17 states, and 97 members of Congress filed friend-of-the-court briefs in support.The law at issue in Bruni v. City of Pittsburgh prohibits speech and advocacy — including prayer — in painted zones outside medical facility entrances. The city chose to paint and enforce such censorship zones on the sidewalk outside only two facilities in the entire metropolitan area — Pittsburgh’s two abortion facilities…Continue Reading

In The U.S. Senate… Pro-Lifers Will Have To Fight Hidden Abortion Funding Battles

January 21, 2021 Featured Today Comments Off on In The U.S. Senate… Pro-Lifers Will Have To Fight Hidden Abortion Funding Battles

By MATT HADRO WASHINGTON, D.C. (CNA) — With Democrats winning the U.S. Senate races in Georgia, the political landscape for pro-lifers is now clear — they will be defending on multiple fronts against an emboldened abortion lobby.With Democrats holding 50 Senate seats plus Vice President-elect Kamala Harris’ tiebreaking vote, they have the slimmest of majorities in the Senate. While 60 votes are normally needed to pass legislation with the filibuster intact, a simple Senate majority can approve judicial nominees and pass certain budget bills.As Democrats already hold the House and White House, it is at this Senate bottleneck where pro-lifers still have the best hope of fending off pro-abortion policies.They will need Democrats to work with, and one new power…Continue Reading

Here’s A Start… Christians Need A Way Through The Coming Years

January 20, 2021 Featured Today Comments Off on Here’s A Start… Christians Need A Way Through The Coming Years

By DANIELLE ZUCCARO (LifeSiteNews) — What is the Christian response to the wasteland we find ourselves in? The situation in the U.S. right now is indeed a wasteland and a republic of chaos. With the compass not set on God, any government, company, family is bound to end up this way.Now we find ourselves in this situation — the unfathomable has happened. Our country has been handed over to evil forces, and evil seems to reign. (It seemed to reign on Good Friday, too.)I keep thinking about all the unborn babies who won’t see the light of day and the Christians who will be persecuted because Christianity is not welcome here anymore. But lest we become downcast and depressed about…Continue Reading