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In most fields of endeavor, modern life in The West is poisoned by bullying and fear. Sometimes sporting people can still rise above that.

The White House press secretary said on Tuesday that President Biden “respectfully disagrees” with Catholic bishops on federally-funded fetal tissue research. At Tuesday’s White House press briefing, EWTN News Nightly’s Owen Jensen asked press secretary Jen Psaki about the Biden administration’s recent decision to remove restrictions on federally-funded fetal tissue research. “As you well know, the administration just lifted the ban on researchers using fetal tissue from elective abortions,” Jensen said. He cited a statement of the U.S. bishops’ conference that the decision to lift the ban and allow for taxpayer-funded research with aborted fetal tissue was “deeply offensive.” “Look,...

Targeted attack suspectedRUMBEK, South Sudan (ChurchMilitant.com) - Catholic clerics are among those implicated in the shooting of a South Sudanese bishop-elect. Three Catholic clerics were among 12 suspects arrested Monday in conjunction with the April 26 shooting of Bishop-Elect Christian Carlassare in South Sudan's Rumbek diocese. The other nine suspects arrested in what's believed to be a targeted attack are "prominent lay personalities" in the diocese. An inside source told ACI Africa (ACI) that a cell phone found at the crime scene linked the suspects to the shooting. "When the two men shot the bishop-elect, one of them dropped down...

What can one say about Montebello High School? While rallying against tougher immigration laws, student protesters lowered the American flag, raised the Mexican flag, then flew the Stars and Stripes upside down beneath it. A protest can be chaotic and unpredictable. These students rushed out of class, their adrenaline pumping. Emotions ran high -- some were rallying against laws that directly affect their mothers and fathers. Even so, why did they use their protest to make a statement about America versus Mexico? Among Mexicans championing immigrant rights, why is there a faction that insists on denigrating the United States? Why...