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  • Republican congressional leaders to join pro-abortion Biden for pre-inauguration Mass

    01/19/2021 7:37:09 PM PST · by ebb tide · 27 replies
    LifeSite News ^ | January 19, 2021 | Calvin Freiburger
    Republican congressional leaders to join pro-abortion Biden for pre-inauguration MassWASHINGTON, D.C., January 19, 2021 (LifeSiteNews) — Republican congressional minority leaders Mitch McConnell and Kevin McCarthy will be joining incoming Democrat President Joe Biden and their Democrat counterparts Chuck Schumer and Nancy Pelosi for a Catholic Mass, despite Biden’s (and Pelosi’s) longstanding rejection of key Catholic teachings. While McConnell and McCarthy are Baptists, Schumer is Jewish.All four leaders have accepted invitations to join Biden at the Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle in Washington, D.C., The Hill reports, ahead of Biden’s inauguration as the 46th President of the United States. Outgoing...
  • Report: Joe Biden Set to Promptly Reverse Pro-Life Policies

    01/19/2021 6:45:12 PM PST · by marshmallow · 43 replies
    Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jan 19, 2021 / 11:00 am MT (CNA).- President-elect Joe Biden is expected to promptly roll back pro-life policies the Trump administration put in place, NBC News reported on Monday. Biden, who will become the second Roman Catholic president when he is sworn in to office on Jan. 20, is believed to be seeking to repeal the Trump administration’s Protect Life Rule and the expanded Mexico City Policy. The Protect Life Rule prevents organizations which perform or refer for abortions from receiving Title X family planning funds. It effectively stripped Planned Parenthood of approximately $60 million annually...
  • [Catholic Caucus] Catholic Conscience and the COVID-19 Vaccine

    01/19/2021 4:57:12 PM PST · by ebb tide · 3 replies
    Crisis Magazine ^ | January 19, 2021 | AnnaMaria Cardinalli
    [Catholic Caucus] Catholic Conscience and the COVID-19 VaccineOn Thursday, Vatican News confirmed that both Pope Emeritus Benedict and Pope Francis have received the currently available COVID-19 vaccines, themselves providing an example, ostensibly, for the Church as a whole. In the world’s eyes, I suspect this spells the end of any claim a Catholic might otherwise make for religious exemption to required reception of the current vaccines. If abortion-tainted vaccines are mandated, either formally or by informal social incentives such as the widely-proposed possibility that the COVID-19 vaccine be a prerequisite for travel, conscientious Catholics could not say, “but my Church...
  • Pastor Robert Jeffress: Church must 'be prepared' for increasing 'persecution' under Biden

    01/19/2021 8:23:47 AM PST · by SeekAndFind · 10 replies
    Christian Post ^ | 01/19/2021 | Leah MarieAnn Klett
    Dallas megachurch pastor Robert Jeffress issued a warning to his congregation Sunday, arguing that there might be “increasing persecution” during the Biden administration. He urged Christians to “be prepared” for a possible “restrain on our ability” to teach God’s word “without consequence.” In a sermon delivered ahead of President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration ceremony Wednesday, the senior pastor of First Baptist Dallas told congregants that the New Testament book of Matthew speaks of how, in the last days, “savage times will come as people cast off all moral restraint and society begins to disintegrate.” “Doesn't that describe the time we're living...
  • Why a Biden presidency could be good for the Church

    01/19/2021 8:17:41 AM PST · by SeekAndFind · 47 replies
    Christian Post ^ | 01/19/2021 | Michael Brown
    (Please note: I wrote this on December 11, 2020, during a one-week prayer retreat alone in Texas, but I have waited to release the article until now. With the storming of the Capitol on January 6th and the loss of Republican power in the Senate on January 5th, every line that follows is now underscored.)Like many of you reading this article, I voted for Donald Trump, which means I voted against Joe Biden. I have also written articles calling out the radical nature of the Democratic platform, drawing attention to Biden’s extreme, “transgender rights” position, and pointing to his continued...
  • Medicine and Morality Unite

    01/18/2021 8:19:34 PM PST · by ebb tide · 2 replies
    Church Militant ^ | January 18, 2021 | Martina Moyski
    Medicine and Morality UniteCatholics push for ethical COVID vaccineCORALVILLE, Iowa (ChurchMilitant.com) - A Catholic medical research institute is re-upping its campaign to help fund the development of an ethical COVID vaccine.John Paul II Medical Research Institute (JPIIMRI) is campaigning for donations again this year in order to address the urgency — both medical and moral — of the COVID crisis. According to a promotional video for the "Campaign for Cures," JPIIMRI is dedicated to creating a definitive platform for COVID-19 and emerging coronavirus.Such a platform involves creating "a potent vaccine made from a human cell line which closely resembles what...
  • Ministerial Exception Applies To Title IX Hostile Work Environment Claims

    01/18/2021 5:38:23 PM PST · by marshmallow · 1 replies
    Religion Clause ^ | 1/9/21 | Howard Friedman
    In Koenke v. Saint Joseph's University, (ED PA, Jan. 8, 2021), a woman employed by a Catholic university sued under Title IX claiming sexual orientation discrimination. The court held that the Supreme Court's Bostock decision should be read to apply to sexual orientation discrimination under Title IX as well as under Title VII. All the parties agreed that plaintiff's position as Assistant Director for Music and Worship was a "ministerial" position for purposes of the ministerial exception. However plaintiff claimed that the ministerial exception does not apply to non-tangible employment discrimination claims such as hostile work environment. The court disagreed,...
  • [Catholic Caucus] Schneider On Vaccines: "This Is Cannibalism”

    01/17/2021 7:08:54 PM PST · by ebb tide · 35 replies
    Gloria TV ^ | January 17, 2021 | Gloria TV
    [Catholic Caucus] Schneider On Vaccines: "This Is Cannibalism”"How can you collaborate with such a heinous crime?" - Bishop Athanasius Schneider answered to a nurse who asked what she should do as her job forces her to administer Covid-19 vaccinations produced with cell lines harvested from aborted children.Schneider told LiveFatima.io (January 14, video below) “not to do it in any case, this is impossible." He considers the material cooperation with these vaccines “evil” and a “monstrous crime,” especially in the current context of a daily increasing abortion industry and foetal technology.“This is cannibalism,” he said stressing that one child was cruelly...
  • Episcopal Diocese of North Dakota Flips on Same-Sex Marriage

    01/17/2021 6:11:59 PM PST · by marshmallow · 32 replies
    Juicy Ecumenism ^ | 1/12/21 | Jeffrey Walton
    Another Episcopal Church diocese appears poised to enact same-sex marriage rites following the announcement of a change in leadership. The Episcopal Diocese of North Dakota will be led by retired Bishop of Vermont Thomas Ely, a long-standing advocate of same-sex marriage rites. Ely will serve first as Assisting Bishop and, following an expected vote of approval by the diocesan convention on February 6, as Provisional Bishop according to a January 2 announcement made by the diocesan standing committee. Ely will be the only nominee on the ballot. Provisional Bishops are customarily retired diocesan bishops that serve in a transitional capacity...
  • Spiritual advisor to Barack Obama and George W. Bush sentenced to 6 years for multi-million dollar China bonds fraud

    01/17/2021 9:46:43 AM PST · by outofsalt · 32 replies
    Insider (via MSN) ^ | 011-/17/2021 | Naina Bhardwaj
    "The spiritual advisor for both Barack Obama and George W. Bush during their time as President has been sentenced to six years for his role in a multi-million dollar investment fraud scheme."
  • Biden’s Lying Catholic Apologists

    01/16/2021 9:55:50 PM PST · by ebb tide · 52 replies
    American Spectator ^ | January 16, 2021 | George Neumayr
    Biden’s Lying Catholic ApologistsThey are trying to use the Capitol Hill mayhem to silence his critics.The recent condemnations of “reckless rhetoric” come mainly from liberals who engage in it. They froth at the mouth over the mayhem on Capitol Hill, making wild charges about “those responsible for it.” They spread the blame far and wide in the hopes of silencing and discrediting their political opponents.Joe Biden’s religious apologists have joined in this opportunism, using it to settle scores against Christian supporters of Trump. These religious liberals have poured scorn on the government of Donald Trump for four years, often indulging...
  • Breaking: March for Life 2021 Goes Virtual

    01/16/2021 5:50:43 PM PST · by marshmallow · 15 replies
    Catholic News Agency ^ | 1/15/21 | Kate Scanlon
    Washington D.C., Jan 15, 2021 / 01:01 pm MT (CNA).- The 2021 March for Life will take place virtually, organizers announced Friday. The March for Life Education and Defense Fund, the organization behind the annual March for Life in Washington, D.C., said the decision was made due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and the risk of unrest in the nation’s capital. This year’s march, now virtual, will take place Jan. 29. In a Jan. 15 statement announcing the decision, Jeanne Mancini, the president of the March for Life, said, “The protection of all of those who participate in the annual...
  • Texas Ends Medicaid Funds to Planned Parenthood

    01/15/2021 6:05:54 PM PST · by marshmallow · 15 replies
    Catholic News Agency ^ | 1/13/21 | Kevin J. Jones
    Denver Newsroom, Jan 13, 2021 / 04:01 pm MT (CNA).- Texas will no longer provide Medicaid funds to abortion providers such as Planned Parenthood, with the last funds ending in February. “We are grateful that Texas has finally taken the steps to fully remove abortion providers from all state Medicaid funding,” Jennifer Allmon, executive director of the Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops, told CNA Jan. 12. “The legislature has acted responsibly to remove funding from the state budget and the recent actions of (the Texas Health and Human Services Commission) to complete the defunding are welcomed by the Catholic Bishops...
  • Can we separate the good that Christian Apologist Ravi Zacharias did from his sin?

    01/13/2021 7:50:18 AM PST · by SeekAndFind · 23 replies
    Christian Post ^ | 01/13/2021 | John Stonestreet
    Two days before Christmas, Ravi Zacharias International Ministries confirmed that its founder had engaged in sexual misconduct over the course of many years. Ravi, a highly regarded speaker, author, and apologist, died a few months ago. In its initial “interim” report RZIM leadership not only confirmed the allegations but promised a full and thorough final report. Like so many others, I’m devastated. Ravi was not only a significant personal influence for me, he was a great friend of this ministry for years. In fact, he was a guest on one of the last radio broadcasts I co-hosted with Chuck Colson....
  • Romans 13 and revolution: Does St. Paul's Admonition to Submit to Government mean that the Signers of the Declaration of Independence were going against the Word of God?

    01/13/2021 7:35:39 AM PST · by SeekAndFind · 23 replies
    Christian Post ^ | 01/13/2021 | Wallace B. Henley
    Author's note: The contemporary situation is perhaps the first time since the Civil War that talk of literal revolution is getting serious. It has been intensifying for the last four years. In 2018 I reflected on Romans 13. I Include some of those thoughts in the current column. America in this desperate hour does not need bloody, anarchic chaos from left or right, but a constitutional, biblically grounded revolution.Chaos kills the patient it claims to heal.America’s founders, steeped in biblical knowledge and principles, and fresh from the chaos of the Revolutionary War, sought revolution that would be carried out with...
  • Canadian Hospice to Be Shuttered for Refusing Euthanasia

    01/12/2021 6:55:34 PM PST · by marshmallow · 4 replies
    National Review ^ | 1/8/21 | Wesley J. Smith
    I have written here before about Delta Hospice in British Columbia, which has been under unremitting pressure by the government of the province — including a funding cutoff — only because it refuses to participate in euthanasia. It is now being forced to lay off clinical workers and faces eviction. From the press release: The board of DHS deeply regrets being compelled to take this action. Tragically, as the video and the attached background document make clear, we have been left no other choice due to the Fraser Health Authority canceling our service agreement and 35-year lease. Fraser Health is...
  • Abortion in Argentina and Francis

    01/12/2021 3:36:24 PM PST · by ebb tide · 5 replies
    Church Militant ^ | January 12, 2021 | Martin Barillas
    Abortion in Argentina and FrancisComplicit silenceBUENOS AIRES (ChurchMilitant.com) - Just hours after the Feast of the Holy Innocents, the Argentine Congress approved one of the broadest abortion measures in the world.The new law in Pope Francis' native land establishes infanticide ("voluntary pregnancy interruption") as a right at any time during the first 14 weeks of growth, but largely allows the practice throughout all nine months of pregnancy if the "comprehensive health of the gestating person" is at stake. Abortion is thus allowed for girls as young as 14 — without parental consent. Health professionals, furthermore, who refuse to conduct abortions...
  • Phony Synodality. It’s Just Francis In Charge, His Own Way

    01/11/2021 8:43:55 PM PST · by ebb tide · 5 replies
    L'Espresso ^ | January 11, 2021 | Sandro Magister
    Phony Synodality. It’s Just Francis In Charge, His Own WayThat Pope Francis exercises “absolute and unbridled power, arbitrary in the truest sense of the word,” is what now emerges both from an inventory of his acts as monarch of the little Vatican state - as in the previous post from Settimo Cielo - and from a political analysis of his exercise of power, as in the editorial by the historian Ernesto Galli della Loggia in the “Corriere della Sera” of last December 20.But in addition to the head of state there is also and above all Francis the pastor. Who...
  • Corrupt Minds - 2 Timothy 3:6-9 – January 10th, 2021

    01/10/2021 8:22:37 PM PST · by \/\/ayne · 5 replies
    Calvary Chapel Kaneohe ^ | January 10th, 2021 | JD Farag
    Pastor JD talks about how to identify and be on guard against those with evil motives and corrupt minds.
  • New Dublin archbishop favors women deacons, blessing of rings for gay couples

    01/10/2021 1:37:37 PM PST · by ebb tide · 10 replies
    LifeSite News ^ | January 8, 2021 | Michael Haynes
    New Dublin archbishop favors women deacons, blessing of rings for gay couplesDUBLIN, Ireland, January 8, 2021 (LifeSiteNews) — The new archbishop of Dublin, Ireland, Dermot Farrell, has come out in favor of female deacons and blessing rings for homosexual couples, while simultaneously attacking traditional Catholics.Pope Francis’s new appointee as archbishop of Dublin, Farrell, was most recently the bishop of Ossory in the south of Ireland, after having being moved to that post by the Pope in January 2018. Farrell is also the finance secretary for the Irish Bishops Conference.In an interview given to the Irish Times (the full text of...