"they shall be the first to go into exile, and their wanton revelry shall be done away with"

• "A federal judge in Michigan has ruled that faith-based adoption organizations that contract with the state can refuse to place children with same-sex couples until their lawsuit against the state is fully litigated....The ACLU, a leading left-leaning legal advocacy group, sued the state in 2017 over a 2015 Republican-backed law that protected child-placement agencies from having to violate their religious convictions by being forced to place children with same-sex couples. The ACLU’s 2017 lawsuit alleged that same-sex couples were turned away by Catholic Charities and Bethany Christian Services" (Christian Post, 9/27/19). 

• Supreme Court to Tackle Anti-Catholic Blaine Amendment (ChurchMilitant.com, 9/26/19) 

• Christian girls are being kidnapped and forced to convert, Pakistan Archbishop warns (Catholic Herald, 9/26/19) 

• "In September 1219, Saint Francis of Assisi boldly crossed the battle line of the Fifth Crusade to preach the Gospel of Christ to the Sultan of Egypt....As the West keeps colliding with an increasingly militant Islam in the present day, there is much to learn from this encounter. While in no way objecting to nations protecting their citizens through the use of military force if necessary, I believe Francis teaches us that the most effective 'Crusade' is one that seeks conversion not military defeat. This is achieved by being the best representation of ourselves as disciples of the Prince of Peace....If the object of the Crusades was to gain possession of the Holy Places, then 800 years later we see Francis’ 'Crusade' to be the one that has born the most fruit....The origins of the Franciscan Custody of the Holy Land today lies in Francis’ pilgrimage to the holy places" (Catholic World Report, 9/26/19). 

• Free to Serve (USCCB Office of Religious Liberty, 9/25/19) 

• "Much like the figures showing attendance at Sunday Masses...two other key indicators of vitality in the local church also are in steep decline....there were 37,855 infant baptisms in 1961 in the 310 parishes of the archdiocese....In 2018, the latest year available, 7,937 babies were baptized in 214 parishes — a 79% decline....In 1961, 9,017 couples married in archdiocesan parishes. By 2018, the number had fallen to 2,814, or a 69% decline" (CatholicPhilly.com, 9/24/19)
• "if priests are not regularly championing the goodness and the indissolubility of marriage, the Church and her members suffer as a result" (National Catholic Register, 9/23/19)  
• Mass Attendance and Compromised Moral Witness? (9/21/19)

• 3 Homosexual Myths and How to Respond to Them (National Catholic Register, 9/24/19)

• Islamist extremists are exterminating Christians in northern Burkina Faso (Aletia, 9/24/19)

• FBI: Three El Paso Catholic Churches were targeted by arson (Catholic News Agency, 9/23/19)

• Catholic Identity College Guide 2019 (National Catholic Register, 9/21/19)

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)

• Please urge the President, your Senator and Congressman to Maintain the Refugee Resettlement Program (Pa Catholic Conference)

Commonwealth of Pa

(Pa Catholic Conference Legislative Review and Voter Voice)

• Please Urge Your Senator and Representative to Co-Sponsor the "Heartbeat" Anti-Abortion Bill (Pa Catholic Conference) 

• Please contact your Rep, Senator, and the Governor to ask for a religious exemption for Catholic adoptions (Pa Catholic Conference) (See also the Pa Family Council link.)

• Call for Funding Increase for Educational Improvement Tax Credit (EITC) (Pa Catholic Conference) 

• Ask Your Representative to Co-Sponsor Speaker Turzai's Bill to Help Harrisburg Public School Student (Pa Catholic Conference)

• "the U.S. Department of Homeland Security defines human trafficking as a form of modern-day slavery that involves the use of force, fraud or coercion to obtain some type of labor or commercial sex act. It is estimated to be a $100-billion global industry that can be found everywhere, including Pennsylvania....the vast majority of people involved in prostitution are the victims of human trafficking....Pennsylvania needs harsher punishments to discourage human traffickers and their customers. That’s why the Pennsylvania Catholic Conference supports SB 60 and HB 12" (Daily Item, 9/24/19)

The Garden State

• Support the NJ Born Alive Survivors Protection Act A5287/S3905 (NJRTL)

• Vote No on S4103/ A5802 (NJRTL)

• Oppose NJ S3804/A5508 and S3813/A5510 (NJ Catholic Conference)

• Support the NJ Pain Capable Unborn child Protection Act, A 1686/S537 (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.