The National Right to Life Committee "has faced criticism in the past for allegedly putting the priorities of the Republican establishment ahead of the pro-life cause"

• 8/25/19, 21st Sunday in Ordinary Time

• 8/21/19, Feast of Our Lady of Knock
• Apparition Chapel, 2018 

• The Catholic Church's Struggle on Orthodoxy (Bucks County Courier Times, 8/20/19)

• "As Tennessee lawmakers debate their latest proposal to end abortion in the state, America’s most prominent 'pro-life' lobbying group is condemning the measure as 'irrational' and 'foolish'.... NRLC [The National Right to Life Committee] has faced criticism in the past for allegedly putting the priorities of the Republican establishment ahead of the pro-life cause" (LifeSiteNews, 8/19/19).

• How the Rise in Unreligious Americans affects Sex and Marriage: Comparative Evidence from New Survey Data (Mark Regnerus, 8/19/19) 

• Iraqi Christians Still Need Our Support (Catholic Exchange, 8/19/19)
  "about 250,000 remain in Iraq, down from 1.5 million in 2003....For the moment, they are safe, but Sunni Muslims and Iran-backed militias have designs on their land and property....Chaldean Archbishop Bashar Warda of Erbil, Kurdistan stressed that 'Christianity in Iraq is perilously close to extinction'"

p://www.un.orgraphic/map/profile

• In case you didn’t know, the Vatican Library has been digitized and is online (Aletia, 8/17/19)

http://cultureoflifeafrica.com/resources.html

• "the United Kingdom’s Court of Protection ordered a mentally disabled pregnant woman to abort her unborn child....neither the pregnant woman nor her mother wants the baby aborted. Her mother, a retired midwife, said that abortion is against her religious and cultural beliefs. She is a Catholic member of the Nigerian Igbo community....I weep for the broken heart of my fellow Nigerian Catholic woman whose unborn grandbaby has been sentenced to death under the guise of protection and care" (First Things, 6/23/19)

National Concerns

• Submit Your Official Comment to Say: Pro-Life Health Workers Must Not Be Forced to Assist With Abortions (Susan B Anthony List)
• Oppose the Misleadingly named Do No Harm Act (cf, American Life League)
• Oppose the Misnamed Equality Act (Human Life Action)
• Support the Heartbeat Bill, HR 3985 (cf, LifeSite)
• Support the Child Welfare Provider Inclusion Act (cf, USCCB)
• Born-Alive Legislation Deserves a Vote in the People's House (USCCB) 
• Contact your U.S. senators and representatives today and ask them to support the LIFT for Charities Act! (USCCB)
• Support the Equal Campus Access Act, HR3243/S1168 (USCCB)

Commonwealth of Pa

(Pa Catholic Conference Legislative Review and Voter Voice)

• Please contact your Rep, Senator, and the Governor to ask for a religious exemption for Catholic adoptions (Pa Catholic Conf)
• (See also the Pa Family Council link.)
• Call for Funding Increase for Educational Improvement Tax Credit (EITC) (Pa Catholic Conference) 

The Garden State

• Support the NJ Born Alive Survivors Protection Act A5287/S3905 (NJRTL)
• Vote No on A5508/ S3804 (NJ Catholic Conf)
• Protect Viable [New Jersey] Babies in the Womb (http://protectviablebabies.com/take-action/)

On the right side of the home page, you will find links to email Church leadership about "Catholic" health care, Bucks country representation in DC, Bucks County representation in Harrisburg, Central NJ representation in DC and Central NJ in Trenton.