- "Islamic radicals are slaughtering Christians in Nigeria, and there is no end to their deadly rampage in sight....Our Christian brothers and sisters need our voices. As we stand before the world's leaders, go with us and demand action. Sign Our Petition: Protect Nigeria's Dying Christians (American Center for Law and Justice, 3/11/20 email)
- "As of Tuesday morning, more than 425,000 people have signed an online petition at change.org calling for PornHub to be shut down [link added]. The petition also calls for its executives to be held accountable for alleged complicity in human trafficking" (CNA, 3/10/20).
- "Despite the hair-on-fire reporting of coronavirus news, let's look at some actual numbers, rather than the codswallop from CNN or MSNBC. Statistics from the Centers for Disease Control and the Johns Hopkins Coronavirus Dashboard are illustrative. At the time of this writing, there are 107,352 cases worldwide, 3,646 deaths, and 60,558 recoveries. Fifteen of those deaths occurred in the U.S. The odds of recovering are far higher than the odds of dying....Health and Human Services assistant secretary Admiral Brett Giroir declared, 'The best estimates now of the overall mortality rate for COVID-19 is somewhere between 0.1% and 1%' ....The fatality rate for MERS and SARS was 34.4 and 9.5% respectively. Neither illness generated as much media hysteria as coronavirus....Numbers are inconvenient to the media — particularly the math-challenged like MSNBC's Brian Williams and NY Times editor Mara Gay discussing Bloomberg's campaign spending, being off by a factor of a million. How can we trust these people reporting on coronavirus numbers? ....Take the constant barrage of coronavirus codswallop with a grain of salt, and keep things in perspective" (Brian C Joondeph, M.D., 3/9/20).
- Making Sense of a Crisis in a Post-Christian Era (Human Life International, 3/8/20)
- 3 Critical Calls -SC Heartbeat on Brink of Passage (Faith2Action, 3/5/20)
- STRIKE DOWN the "Abortion on Demand Act" [aka, the deceptively named “Women’s Health Protection Act of 2019”] (Susan B Anthony List)
- URGE Pres. Trump: Enforce EXISTING Obscenity Laws (America Needs Fatima)
- Support the Heartbeat Bill, HR 3985 (cf, LifeSite)
- Give feedback to Senate on Born-Alive Survivors' Protection and Pain Capable Unborn Child Protection Act votes (Human Life Action)
- Support the Life at Conception Act
- Support the Child Welfare Provider Inclusion Act (cf, USCCB)
- Support S. 2590/HR 4934 The Dignity for Aborted Children Act (Human Life Action)
- Oppose the Misnamed Equality Act (Human Life Action)
- Opppose the Misnamed International Violence Against Women Act (cf, C-Fam)
- Oppose the Misnamed Do No Harm Act (cf, American Life League)
- Oppose HJ Res 79, as it is "intended to insert language into the U.S. Constitution that could invalidate any limits whatsoever on abortion, including late abortions, and require government funding of abortion" (cf, NRLC)
- "Reach out to your Senators and ask them to oppose the ERA[HJ Res 79]" (Family Policy Alliance 2/15/20 email).
- Oppose the Misleadingly Named Medicare for All Act (cf., Politico)
- Urge the President and Congress to Maintain the Refugee Resettlement Program (Pa Catholic Conference)
- Support S. 874, the Dream Act of 2019 (USCCB Justice for Immigrants)
- Support S. 2394/HR2529, the New START Nuclear Weapons Treaty (USCCB)
- NO to "the Shaheen amendment...[in] the Senate’s State, Foreign Operations and Related Programs (SFOPS) appropriations bill" (Human Life Action).
- Act Now: Wolf's Budget Sends Taxdollars to Planned Parenthood (Pa Family Council)
- Support the Telemedicine Bill (SB 857) as passed by the Pa House (Pa Catholic Conf)
- Support the Perinatal Hospice Care Act (Pa Catholic Conference)
- Support the "Buyer Beware Act" (SB 60) to fight human trafficking (Pa Catholic Conference)
- Support the Fetal Remains Bill, HB 1890 (Pa Catholic Conference)
- Support the "Heartbeat" Bill (Pa Catholic Conference)
- Support the Down Syndrome Protection Act (Pa Catholic Conference)
- Please ask the governor, Pa Senate and Pa Assembly for a religious exemption for adoptions (Pa Catholic Conference) (See also the Pa Family Council link.)
- Call for Funding Increase for Educational Improvement Tax Credit (EITC) (Pa Catholic Conference)
- Please ask Governor Wolf to SIGN House Bill 800 on the Educational Improvement Tax Credit (EITC) (Pa Catholic Conference)
- Support school choice in the Harrisburg School district (Pa Catholic Conference), and ask for co-sponsorship of Speaker Turzai's bill (Pa Catholic Conference)
- Oppose SB 614, SB 224, and HB 1404 (Pa Family Institute).
- Support the NJ Pain Capable Unborn child Protection Act, A 1686/ S537 (http://protectviablebabies.com/take-action/)
- "Legislation (S2173/A3818) to remove a religious exemption and mandate immunizations for children....this legislation undermines parental rights and should be vigorously opposed" (NJRTL email, 1/10/20).
The Woman at the Well (3rd Sunday of Lent)
St Joseph (March 19)
St Patrick (March 17)
"For her part the Samaritan woman represents the existential unhappiness of those who have not found what they are looking for: She had 'five husbands' and is now living with a man; her coming and going to the well represents a repetitive and resigned life. But everything changes for her that day, on account of her conversation with the Lord Jesus, who shakes her up so much that she leaves the water jar and runs to tell the people of the village: 'Come and see a man who told me all that I ever did. Can this be the Christ' (John 4:28-29)?" (Benedict XVI, 2/24/08)
Free Christian Pastor John Cao
International Concerns
National Concerns
The Commonwealth of Pa
(Pa Catholic Conference Legislative Review and Voter Voice)
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