In the news....

• "Wolf Hall: Tudor History through an Anti-Historical, Anti-Catholic Lens" (Public Discourse, 4/9/15)

• Dietrich Boenhoeffer: A Lutheran Minister for Catholics?

• Payback from the Corbett camp?

• "Don't call Patricia Jannuzzi's reinstatement a victory"(Catholic Culture, 4/14/15)

• "Catholic college gives up nearly $1 million in federal grants to maintain Christian identity" (LifeSiteNews.com, 4/14/15)

• "I wonder...if the so-called gender theory is not also an expression of a frustration and of a resignation, which aims to cancel the sexual difference....The removal of the difference, in fact, is the problem, not the solution...The matrimonial and family bond is something serious, and it is for everyone, not only for believers. I would like to exhort the intellectuals not to abandon this topic, as if it had become secondary for the commitment in favor of a freer and more just society" (Pope Francis, 4/15/15).

• We need to let Christ's Resurrection transform us, to stand up for the Truth in the public square!

 

As per the USCCB*, the Pa Catholic Conference, and/or the Archdiocese, 

• End Roe v. Wade and Doe v. Bolton, as the law of the land: https://www.votervoice.net/NCHLA/Campaigns/37904/Respond

• Rescind RHNDA and HRAA: http://cqrcengage.com/catholicbishops/app/write-a-letter?0&engagementId=87013

• Support the No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act (S 946): http://cqrcengage.com/catholicbishops/app/write-a-letter?1&engagementId=42752

• Support the Health Care Conscience Rights Act (HR 940): https://www.votervoice.net/NCHLA/Campaigns/30688/Respond

• Support the Abortion Non-Discrimination Act: https://www.votervoice.net/PACC/Campaigns/37647/Respond

• Support the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act (HR 36):  https://www.votervoice.net/NCHLA/Campaigns/38155/Respond

• Support the Child Welfare Provider Inclusion Act of 2015 (HR 1299/S 667; The Family Research Council has an action link: https://www.votervoice.net/FRCA/campaigns/39176/respond)

• Support "just and compassionate immigration reform":  http://www.capwiz.com/justiceforimmigrants/issues/alert/?alertid=14503781&type=CO
  (Oppose use of family detention: http://capwiz.com/justiceforimmigrants/issues/alert/?alertid=63454631&queueid=%5bcapwiz:queue_id
  Support “a path to citizenship and to oppose repealing or undoing laws that protect vulnerable children, families and refugees”: http://www.votervoice.net/groups/pacc/Advocacy/?SiteID=-1&IssueID=33031).

• Support the State Marriage Defense Act of 2015 (HR 824, S 435): http://cqrcengage.com/catholicbishops/app/make-a-call?2&engagementId=81348

• Support the March for Marriage: http://phillycatholiclife.org/marchformarriage/

As per the Pa Catholic Conference and/or the Archdiocese,

• Support equal education funding: https://www.votervoice.net/PACC/Campaigns/36012/Respond

• Support HB 752: https://www.votervoice.net/PACC/Campaigns/39294/Respond

• Oppose the death penalty (Thank the governor for the death penalty moratorium.): http://www.votervoice.net/groups/pacc/Advocacy/?SiteID=-1&IssueID=29560

• Oppose HB 300 / SB 300 (As the Pa Catholic Conference explains, “In other states, this law has shuttered Catholic adoption agencies and trampled religious liberty….Simply put, this legislation is intolerant and prejudiced against people of faith."): https://www.votervoice.net/PACC/Campaigns/33451/Respond

• Oppose the nomination of Pedro Cortes: "Please call and email your state Senators with this message, 'I urge you to vote against the appointment of Pedro Cortes to serve as Pennsylvania Secretary of State. He failed to stop abortionist Kermit Gosnell by failing to shut down his dangerous abortion operation.'"
  sgreenleaf@pasen.gov
  cmcilhinney@pasen.gov
  bmensch@pasen.gov
  rtomlinson@pasen.gov

*In addition to "ALERTS CENTRAL" the USCCB notes that "Action alerts forpro-life issues can also be found through our partner organization, the National Committee for the Human Life Amendment" and "Action alerts for issues related to immigration reform can be found through the USCCB-led Catholic coalition,Justice for Immigrants."