"For behold, some are last who will be first, and some are first who will be last” (Luke 13: 30).

Twenty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time (8/21/16)

"For behold, some are last who will be first, and some are first who will be last” (Luke 13: 30).

• Call to Prayer (USCCB, 8/19/16)

• Friday Fax (C-Fam, 8/18/16) 

• Flooded Louisiana pro-life pregnancy centers plead for help (LifeSiteNews, 8/18/16)

• "....In our modern world, your faith may be tested by those who doubt you, and it may be tested by those who hate you.  For Jensen, the message of World Youth Day is that for Catholics, the response should be the same.  'We are much stronger when we're merciful,' she said"  (Cynthia Allen, Philadelphia Inquirer, 8/17/16).

• Pope Supports Youth Initiative to Stop Mediterranean From Being ‘Sea of Death’ (Zenit, 8/16/16)

• Interview From Aleppo: ‘A Dark City’ (Zenit, 8/16/16)

• During Angelus, Pope Decries Massacre in Congo (Zenit, 8/15/16)

• "The effect of certain pills in certain circumstances can be abortifacient. A person who is seriously living according to his or her Christian beliefs has the moral obligation to inform herself fully about all the effects of these medicinal products in order to take responsible decisions in favour of life. In case of scientific doubt on how these medicinal products work, the decision must always be in favour of the protection of life. The conscience of health-care professionals, who have objections to prescribe or to sell these medicinal products because of scientific doubts about their effects, must be respected...." (Cherishing Life - Pastoral Letter Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary) 

• Mike Pence: ‘I’m pro-life’ and ‘I don’t apologize for it’ (LiveActionNews, 8/15/16)

• Hillary Clinton uses Zika to demand more Planned Parenthood funding (LiveActionNews, 8/12/16)

• With regard to picking Supreme Court justices, "first look to state supreme court justices....While there may be potentially excellent candidates among...other legal positions, their track records are just harder to read than that of a state supreme justice from the right state" (Picking a Justice Who Can Resist the Lure of the Liberal Side, Public Discourse, 8/12/16)

• 2015 Annual Report (U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom, 8/10/16) 

• The Vatican is Determined to End World Hunger by 2030 (Rome Reports, 8/9/16) 

• 12 Ideas For Pro-Family Legislation (Former Congresswoman Rebecca Hamilton, National Catholic Register, 8/9/16)

• "In Europe, in America, in Latin America, in Africa, in some countries of Asia, there are ideological colonizations. And one of these – I say it clearly with name and surname ' is gender!....We must think about what Pope Benedict said: [']It’s the time of the sin against God the Creator!'" (Pope’s Dialogue With Polish Bishops, 8/4/16)

• "You fell to the ground after the first stab; you tried to push your attacker with your feet, and you said, 'Go away, Satan.' Again you said, 'Begone, Satan.'  In this you expressed your faith in humanity, created good, but gripped by the devil" (Archbishop Dominique Lebrun at the funeral Mass of Father Jacques Hamel, 8/2/16).

• President Obama’s Sex-Driven War on Science (Notre Dame Law Professor Gerard V. Bradley, 8/2/16)

• Marriage: Unique for a Reason (USCCB, August 2016)

Coalition to End Sexual Exploitation Summit: Sept 29 - Oct 1 (National Center on Sexual Exploitation)

• Action Center (National Center on Sexual Exploitation)

 

Sexuality, Integrity, and the University: Oct 28, 29 (Love and Fidelity Network, Princeton, NJ)

 

Federal Concerns of the USCCB

 

State Concerns, re: the sanctity of human life and marriage/family