So, there ARE some public celebrations of Mass in the Archdiocese of Philly!

• Another Pharmaceutical Company - Johnson and Johnson Using Aborted Fetal Cells to Develop Covid-19 Vaccine (Children of God for Life, 3/31/20) 

• Coronavirus in Philly: Catholics Still Find Public Mass, Even Communion (Philadelphia, 3/30/20) 

• Answering the coronavirus: exponential American innovation (NY Post, 3/30/20)
  Good news, re: testing! 

• Much-hyped Moderna mRNA-1273 Covid-19 Vaccine Uses Aborted Fetal Cells – Sanofi Pasteur’s Version Does Not (Children of God for Life, 3/25/20)

   

The Upper Room Gethsemane  St Peter in Gallicantu (at the cock crow) Field of Blood   Via Dolorosa The Holy Sepulchre

Urge U.S. Attorney: Investigate Porn Industry! 

Abortion is not essential.
Planned Parenthood Must Comply with Public Health Directives

To allow resumption of public Masses and access to the Sacraments, please ask Archbishop Perez (absp.nperez@archphila.org) and/ or Bishop O'Connell (doconn@dioceseoftrenton.org) to consider the following:

1) That priests be afforded the time to celebrate more Masses with small groups of people, by temporarily discontinuing homilies.  This would let Masses be reverent and speedier than that to which we are accustommed.
2) That he provide dispensations to fulfill the "Sunday obligation" on other days of the week, further ensuring Masses with under 10 people.
3) That he allow drive up Masses in large parking lots where the faithful could remain in their vehicles.
4) That he provide dispensations to allow penitents to confess telephonically or by video.  

Ban transgender drugs and surgeries for minors

Free Christian Pastor John Cao

International Concerns

• Protect Nigeria's Christians from Persecution.

National Concerns 

• 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).

The Commonwealth of Pa

(Pa Catholic Conference Legislative Review and Voter Voice)

• 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).

Pa ProLife Federation petition

Pennsylvania Family Institute Sign the open letter to Governor Wolf: Stop elective abortions during COVID-19 pandemic

The Garden State

• 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).