- Memorial of St Monica: "...God chose the foolish of the world to shame the wise...” (8/27/16)
- Whatever happened to the much heralded "JP II Generation of Priests" and the TOB? (8/23/16)
- Are Our Elected Officials in D.C. and Harrisburg Representing Us? (8/23/16).
- The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops is urging "YES" to the Conscience Protection Act of 2016 (S304), the Child Welfare Provider Inclusion Act (HR1299/S667), the First Amendment Defense Act (HR2802/S1598), the Russell Amendment, the Sentencing Reform Act (HR3713), the Corrections and Recidivism Reduction Act (HR759) and the Second Chance Reauthorization Act (HR3406), while urging "NO" to "the Separation Wall in the Cremisan Valley." Click to Email Pa's Congressional Delegation, asking for support of positions backed by the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops.
- Various pro life and pro marriage/family concerns raised by the Pa Catholic Conference, the Pa Pro Life Federation and Pa Family.org can be summarized as: YES to HB1623, HB1948/ SB888; NO to Planned Parenthood, SB 1350 (repealing Act 122 of 2011), repealing Act 13 of 2013, HB1336, HB1510/SB 974/SB 1306/SB1307/SB 1316, HB 1947, HB 162, and doctor prescribed suicide.). Click to Email the governor, as well as all of Bucks County's representatives and senators in Harrisburg, on these pro life and pro marriage / family concerns.
- Pope’s critique of ‘gender theory’ emboldens bishops to speak out (Crux, 8/22/16)
- "Sex change regret may come years later when you understand the surgery did not make you a female or change your DNA gender/sex....In my view, the transgender activists are so busy lobbying for new laws of protection that they ignore the 31% suicide rate....The doctor who originated the radical irreversible treatment in the 1960s, John Money, became best known for his fraudulent research, pedophilia activism and a long-held belief that gender was a learned behavior and not innate at birth....no conclusive 'objective' research at any time in the last 40 years has demonstrated changing genders is an effective treatment for all gender disorders and suicide among this population remains a problem" (Walt Hayer, Things I've learned, undated).
- Dear Archbishop Chaput: Trump is Clearly Better than Hillary (Catholic Vote, 8/22/16)
- Call to Prayer (USCCB, 8/19/16)
- Friday Fax (C-Fam, 8/18/16)
- "The effect of certain pills in certain circumstances can be abortifacient. A person who is seriously living according to his or her Christian beliefs has the moral obligation to inform herself fully about all the effects of these medicinal products in order to take responsible decisions in favour of life. In case of scientific doubt on how these medicinal products work, the decision must always be in favour of the protection of life. The conscience of health-care professionals, who have objections to prescribe or to sell these medicinal products because of scientific doubts about their effects, must be respected...." (Cherishing Life - Pastoral Letter Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary)
- With regard to picking Supreme Court justices, "first look to state supreme court justices....While there may be potentially excellent candidates among...other legal positions, their track records are just harder to read than that of a state supreme justice from the right state" (Picking a Justice Who Can Resist the Lure of the Liberal Side, Public Discourse, 8/12/16)
- 2015 Annual Report (U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom, 8/10/16)
- The Vatican is Determined to End World Hunger by 2030 (Rome Reports, 8/9/16)
Coalition to End Sexual Exploitation Summit: Sept 29 - Oct 1 (National Center on Sexual Exploitation)
- Action Center (National Center on Sexual Exploitation)
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