"Rejoice to the extent that you share in the sufferings of Christ, so that when His glory is revealed you may also rejoice exultantly" (7th Sunday of Easter, 5/24/20)

• Trump wants churches open, says GOP crafting new coronavirus bill (NY Post, 5/21/20) 

• End New York City's lockdown now! (NY Post, 5/20/20) 

• The Shutdown May Soon Collapse in Pennsylvania Thanks to Local Resistance (Ron Paul Institute, 5/20/20) 

• Faithful, priests celebrate first-time gathering for in-car Masses (Trenton Monitor, 5/20/20) 

• Archdiocese of Philadelphia to Live Stream Mass for the Solemnity of the Ascension of the Lord Live From the Cathedral Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul (Archdiocese of Philadelphia, 5/20/20)

• WHO, UNFPA Use Coronavirus Pandemic to Promote Abortion (National Catholic Register, 5/19/20)

• The Tide Is Turning Back To Biological Definitions Of Gender (The Federalist, 5/19/20) 

• USAID Head to UN Secretary General: Stop Peddling Abortion as COVID-19 Relief (C-Fam, 5/18/20)

• Unless they cease and reverse flirtations with pro abortion and anti family agendas, how could Catholics possibly morally vote for Bob Casey, Brian Fitzpatrick, or Patrick Toomey? (5/10/20)  

"Cells culled from deliberately aborted babies are being used in the production of at least five leading coronavirus vaccine candidates, including front-runners by Moderna Therapeutics, Johnson and Johnson and Oxford University....
By contrast, Sanofi-Pasteur’s COVID-19 vaccine candidate uses insect cells.... [Other] ethical coronavirus vaccine candidates [include]...Inovio; and the John Paul II Medical Research Institute" (National Catholic Register, 5/15/20).
 Demand a COVID-19 Vaccine Free from Abortion (USCCB; Human Life Action; HHS Secretary Alex M. Azar II can be reached at Secretary@HHS.gov or 202-690-7000.)

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

Pa ProLife Federation petition
Pennsylvania Family Institute 

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

Petition on Hormonal Contraceptives: Effects of Hormonal Birth Control (Human Life International, 4/21/20)

Urge U.S. Attorney: END Child Pornography!
 It's High Time to Prosecute Obscene [There's no other kind!] Pornography...

URGE Pres. Trump and AG Barr: Enforce EXISTING Obscenity Laws

"In a report issued on 15 May, the International Society for Civil Liberties and the Rule of Law (Intersociety) said that 620 Nigerian Christians have been killed since the beginning of the year, and mapped a campaign of destruction and arson carried out against churches in the African nation"
(CNA, 5/18/20)
Protect Nigeria's Christians from Persecution.

• Support the Child Welfare Provider Inclusion Act (cf, USCCB) 
• Support S. 2590/HR 4934 The Dignity for Aborted Children Act (Human Life Action)
• Support 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)  
• Support "equitable access to K12 federal funds for Catholic schools, direct funding to families for tuition aid and tax breaks for K12 tuition payments" (USCCB) 
• Strengthen SNAP (USCCB)
• NO to "the Shaheen amendment...[in] the Senate’s State, Foreign Operations and Related Programs (SFOPS) appropriations bill" (Human Life Action). 
• Oppose the Misnamed Equality Act (Human Life Action)  

(Pa Catholic Conference Legislative Review and Voter Voice)

• Act Now: Wolf's budget item to increase funding to Planned Parenthood (Pa Family Council) 
• 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) 
• Support a religious exemption for adoptions (Pa Catholic Conference; Pa Family Council). 
• Support Increase funding for Educational Improvement Tax Credit (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).  
• Please Urge Governor Wolf to Not Divert Federal CARES Act Money From Catholic and Nonpublic Schools (Pa Catholic Conference)

• Support the NJ Pain Capable Unborn child Protection Act, A 1686/ S537 (http://protectviablebabies.com/take-action/)