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The lecture drew strong objections from students and faculty due to the speaker’s outspoken advocacy of abortion, LGBTQ lifestyles, and other sexual depravity.EMMITTSBURG, Maryland (LifeSiteNews) – Mount St. Mary’s University has canceled a lecture scheduled to be given by a self-proclaimed pro-abortion witch after students objected to the event. The university’s Department of Sociology, Criminal Justice, and Human Services, and the group Alpha Kappa Delta, an honor society of sociology, had scheduled a lecture by Dr. Simone Kolysh on her recently published book, Everyday Violence: The Public Harassment of Women and LGBTQ People. The lecture was originally set for Wednesday,...

EMMITSBURG, Md. — Police have arrested two men they say vandalized the Grotto of Lourdes at Mount St. Mary’s University. Police estimated the damage at about $1,500. The Frederick County Sheriff’s Office said in a news release that Timothy A. Hines, 20, of Silver Spring, Md.; and Jesse R. Huston, 20, of Derwood, Md., were arrested early Sunday. Both are charged with malicious destruction of property over $500, malicious destruction of property under $500, trespassing and defacing religious property, police said. Police said the men entered the Grotto of Lourdes and allegedly damaged a large cross and several glass jars...

U.S. Reps Loretta and Linda Sanchez to Spread Anti-Life, Anti-Women Message at Commencement Ceremonies Washington, DC - "Mount St. Mary's College may think 'diversity' is a wonderful thing," said American Life League president Judie Brown. "But when it comes to defending the preborn, the Catholic Church demands a zero-tolerance embrace of a single truth. So I find it appalling that even a nominally Catholic school has chosen the pro-abortion Sanchez sisters to address its graduates." Rep. Loretta Sanchez (D-Calif.), and her sibling, freshman Rep. Linda Sanchez (D-Calif.), militant supporters of abortion on demand, are scheduled to speak at Mount St....

Please let the campus and the so-called 'supportive' Cardinal know what a travesty it is to allow them to speak at a Catholic school. Baccalaureate Speakers             U.S. Rep. Linda Sánchez, D-Lakewood             Linda Sánchez was sworn in as a representative of the 39th Congressional District this January, joining her sister, Rep. Loretta Sánchez, in Congress. Linda and Loretta are the first women of any relation to ever serve together in Congress. Linda, a Democrat, represents residents of several south Los Angeles County communities, including Lakewood, Paramount, Long Beach, and Cerritos. She was recently appointed to the Government Reform and...