"Freedom is the power, rooted in reason and will, to act or not to act, to do this or that, and so to perform deliberate actions on one's own responsibility. By free will one shapes one's own life. Human freedom is a force for growth and maturity in truth and goodness; it attains its perfection when directed toward God, our beatitude." (CCC, 1731)

June 29: Civilize It
13th Sunday in Ordinary Time, 6/28/2020
(signed homily)
June 28: Central African Republic
June 27: Catholic Schools
June 26: Border Wall Dispute in the Diocese of Brownsville
June 25: Adoption and Foster Care
June 24: Religious Minorities in China
June 23: Respect for Houses of Worship
June 22: Freedom to Serve in Health Care

June 21: 12th Sunday in Ordinary Time

• Nativity of St John the Baptist (6/24/2020)

• St. Thomas More and St. John Fisher (6/22/2020)

• Wildwood Days [on Titan] (6/20/2020)

• On the Way to Cape...[Canaveral] (6/20/20)

• Pope Francis declares Catholic sister killed in Satanic ritual a martyr (CNA, 6/19/2020) 

• St. Junipero Serra Statue to Be Removed From California City (Daily Signal, 6/19/2020) 

• No Word on McCarrick Report as Second Anniversary of His Removal Passes Quietly (National Catholic Register, 6/19/2020) 

• Why are Christians leaving Palestinian territories? (CNA, 6/19/2020) 

• Constant fireworks frazzle nerves in U.S. city that never sleeps (Reuters, 6/19/2020) 

• Is Genocide Happening in Nigeria, as the World Turns a Blind Eye? (Religion Unplugged, 6/15/2020)

 "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


Protest Planned Parenthood's duplicitous receipt of coronavirus monies.

"Send your email thanking President Donald Trump for restoring the due process of law for all students, specifically those who are falsely accused" (AFA).

Right now, urge your governor to honor the First Amendment and defend your God-given right to worship by keeping churches essential in your state. 

"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.
Save Christian Teen Leah Sharibu.

Free Christian Pastor Cao.

• Protect the Religious Freedom Restoration Act (USCCB)
• Support the Child Welfare Provider Inclusion Act (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)  
• ''We urge the Senate to pass another  COVID-19 Relief Package, which:
  1) Automatically extends work authorization and visa renewal deadlines for refugees and immigrants who are providing economic and recovery assistance to our country (particularly DACA recipients, TPS holders and essential workers);
  2) Provides COVID-19 testing and treatment for all, including immigrant communities; ensure that emergency Medicaid covers testing and treatment;
  3) Ensures that tax-paying immigrant and refugee populations are eligible for stimulus payments, including individuals who file taxes with an ITIN;
  4) Halts the implementation of the new public charge rules during the COVID-19 crisis;
  5) Appropriates $642 million in supplemental funding for the Office of Refugee Resettlement for refugees living in the United States''(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)

• NJRTL PAC endorsed/recommended candidates for July 7 primary.
• Support the NJ Pain Capable Unborn Child Protection Act, A1696 /S538 (http://protectviablebabies.com/take-action/) 

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"308,000,000 estimated deaths [in the U.S.] since Roe V Wade and Doe v Bolton" (pfli.org)

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