“These are the ones who have survived the time of great distress; they have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb...."

4/17/16, 4th Sunday of Easter

“These are the ones who have survived the time of great distress; they have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb...."

• Harrisburg Update
• Medical marijuana to be legalized in Pa 

• Washington, DC Update
• Where do candidates for Pa's 8th congressional district stand? 
• Pa Family Council's "Presidential Primary Voter Guide 2016"

• International Concerns 
• "African woman schools UN official on why pushing abortion is 'neo-colonialism'"
• "Friday Fax"

• Catholic Identity
• Marriage Unique for a Reason: April 2016 Newsletter
• "After 40 years of peer-reviewed research, scholars can say with confidence that porn is an industrial product that shapes how we think about gender, sexuality, relationships, intimacy, sexual violence and gender equality — for the worse" (Professor Gail Dines, Washington Post, 4/8/16).

Pope Francis spoke on Tuesday about "velvet-gloved" and "polite" persecutions:"the ones that marginalize you, take your job away if you fail to adapt to laws that 'go against God the Creator....' ....a persecution 'camouflaged by culture, by  modernity, by progress in disguise: It is a persecution I would ironically describe as polite. It’s when someone is persecuted for wanting to manifest the values of the Gospel....It’s the kind of the persecution that deprives one of freedom, and of the possibility of conscientious objection.”