Jeanie Hannaman

September 25, 2020

Texas Bishop: ‘GET OVER IT,’ This Election About Life, True Marriage, Family, Biblical Truth

By Michael W. Chapman, CNS News - Commenting on the upcoming presidential election, Bishop Joseph Strickland, head of the Catholic Diocese of Tyler, Texas, said that all "other issues" depend on a moral, social foundation that supports the sanctity of life, "true marriage," the nuclear family, and sexual morality "based on biblical truth."... Those "moral truths" should guide people in making their decision on Election Day.

September 25, 2020

All the Chips Are on the Table Now, by Patrick J. Buchanan

By Patrick J. Buchanan - Donald Trump had no such reluctance. In 2016, he listed a slew of candidates from among whom he promised to pick his justices. True to his word, Trump elevated federal appellate court judges Neil Gorsuch and Brett Kavanaugh... Since the Kavanaugh confirmation, Judge Amy Coney Barrett has been openly discussed as a potential Trump choice to succeed liberal icon Ginsburg. Why is Biden so reluctant to reveal some highly qualified Black female judges? His refusal suggests that the kind of high court judges that America wants is not the liberals’ issue. It is Trump’s issue.

September 25, 2020

Catholic Bishop Blasts Joe Biden: He Will Force Americans to Fund Abortions

By Micaiah Bilger, LifeNews - Illinois Catholic Bishop Thomas John Paprocki asked voters to consider how Democrat presidential candidate Joe Biden wants to force Americans to fund abortions and keep abortion on demand legal before they vote in November... Paprocki said the US bishops are encouraging Catholics to make the sanctity of human life a “preeminent priority” when they vote.... “As election day in our country approaches in less than two months, people have been asking me if I will provide some guidance as they consider the candidates and ponder their votes."...

September 25, 2020

Sec. of State, Michael R. Pompeo: China’s Catholics and the Church’s Moral Witness

By Michael R. Pompeo, First Things - The human rights situation in China has deteriorated severely under the autocratic rule of Xi Jinping, especially for religious believers. Credible reports have exposed the Chinese Communist Party’s program of forced sterilizations and abortions of Muslims in Xinjiang, its abuse of Catholic priests and laypeople, and its assault on Protestant house churches—all of which are parts of a “Sinicization” campaign to subordinate God to the Party while promoting Xi himself as an ultramundane deity. ...