by Faith Central & Steve Welsh
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“… we have grave concerns about the confirmation process which is being grossly distorted by efforts to subject judicial nominees to a litmus test of support for Roe [v. Wade], as though nominees who oppose the purposeful taking of innocent human life are somehow unfit for judicial office in the United States. By any measure, support for Roe is an impoverished standard for assessing judicial ability. For forty-five years, Roe has sparked more informed criticism and public resistance than any other court decision of the late 20th century …. * * * There is no doubt that the Catholic Church stands out for its commitment to the right to life from conception until natural death. … [with] profound consequences not only for abortion, but for many other areas of life, including the death penalty, the application of scientific research to human subjects, the right to adequate health care, and the role of the state in promoting the common good. Our civil society will be all the poorer if Senators, as a matter of practice, reject well-qualified judicial nominees whose consciences have been formed in this ethic. …”
“… ‘By any measure,’ the Cardinal says, ‘support for Roe is an impoverished standard for assessing judicial ability. …”
“Some 100,000 Irish pro-life advocates took to the streets across the country on Saturday to oppose legalizing abortion in the Republic of Ireland. …”
“… Archbishop Sheen identifies three characteristics of the diabolic … examining the story of the Gerasene demoniac … Love of Nudity … Violence … Division (split personalities, disjointed minds) … these three characteristics of the diabolic are alive and flourishing in the modern world …. * * * 1. Love of Nudity … Pornography … The overall sexualization of our culture … the utter confusion that celebrates homosexual activity. … as a result of this celebration of darkness and confusion, the even more deeply confused notion of ‘transgenderism’ has taken root. * * * 2. Violence … turn[ing] violence into a form of entertainment. … violent retribution into fun and death [as] a ‘solution.’ * * * … the culture of death. … Violence begins in the womb as the innocent are attacked as we defend ‘choice’ and ‘rights.’ … * * * 3. Division – Satan loves to divide. Archbishop Sheen says that the word ‘diabolic’ comes from two Greek words, dia and ballein, meaning ‘to tear apart.’ Most literally, dia means ‘through’ or ‘between’ and ballein means ‘to throw or to cast.’ * * * Our families are broken. * * * Inwardly, we struggle with many divisive drives … drawn to what is good, true, and beautiful and yet at the same time to what is base, false, and evil. …”
“The House voted Thursday to allow states to choose not to fund #PlannedParenthood and other #abortion providers with federal dollars, repealing an #Obama administration rule from December. …”
“On Monday, President Donald Trump reinstated the Mexico City Policy, an international pro-life regulation …. The executive order was signed January 23, one day after the anniversary of the far-reaching Roe v. Wade decision …. Originally instituted by President Ronald Reagan in 1984, the Mexico City Policy states that foreign non-governmental organizations may not receive federal funding if they perform or promote abortion[] as a method of family planning. …”
“… Pro-life leaders have welcomed the overall finding of a smaller #abortion rate, although they raised some questions about the accuracy of the report. …”
“The Vatican has invited Dr. Paul Ehrlich, the undisputed father of the modern, pro-abortion population control movement to present a paper at an upcoming Vatican-run conference. … The Stanford biologist champions sex-selective abortion as well as mass forced sterilization as legitimate methods to curb population growth. Ehrlich has also openly defended forced abortion for population control, writing that ‘compulsory population-control laws, even including laws requiring compulsory abortion, could be sustained under the existing Constitution if the population crisis became sufficiently severe to endanger the society.’ …”
“… the real work of applying our #Catholic #faith to building a culture of life happens between our trips to the voting booth. …”