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March 14, 2024

Opinion: Cardinal McElroy Claims Pope’s Climate Vision Not Getting Enough Attention from US Bishops, by Christopher White, National Catholic Reporter

By Christopher White, National Catholic Reporter - Pope Francis’ call for the world to address the coming consequences of global climate change has not garnered enough attention at the U.S. Catholic bishops’ conference, said a leading American cardinal... In an exclusive interview with National Catholic Reporter in late February, San Diego Cardinal Robert McElroy said the pope’s environmental vision “has not gotten the attention of the conference that it should get, and that the pope is calling us to get.”

March 14, 2024

68 Cities are Now “Sanctuary Cities for the Unborn” That Protect Babies From Abortion, by Susan Berry Ph.D.

By Susan Berry Ph.D., LifeNews - The founder of the Texas-based initiative that urges cities and counties to become “sanctuaries for the unborn” says that while the unborn are protected from abortion in Texas, “it doesn’t mean that the work is finished.”... Mark Lee Dickson, founder of the Sanctuary Cities for the Unborn Initiative and a director with Right To Life of East Texas, told CatholicVote that one of his key focuses is on closing up two significant “loopholes”: abortion trafficking and the treatment of the bodies of aborted babies as “waste.”

March 14, 2024

Thinking About Holy Thursday, by Michael Pakaluk

By Michael Pakaluk, The Catholic Thing - As Laetare Sunday recedes, Catholics become more focused on approaching Passion Week. I like to encourage Catholics to embrace their faith as true by thinking about it – because only what is definite is true. So in preparation for Holy Thursday, I’d like to contemplate in advance with you four fascinating questions which Saint Thomas considers about the Last Supper. (ST III, 81)... First, he raises the question most of us have thought about, whether Judas received the sacred mysteries, or did Judas depart before these were distributed?

March 14, 2024

The Bloody History of Mifepristone, by Anthony Campagna, PharmD

By Anthony Campagna, PharmD, Crisis Magazine - This month marks a critical juncture in the ongoing fight against abortion in the United States. As Walgreens and CVS begin dispensing mifepristone (Mifeprex ®) in many of their retail pharmacy locations—and before the Supreme Court considers reinstating restrictions on the same—we must pause to consider mifepristone’s brutal history and raise awareness of rapidly changing laws and politics governing its use. We must also underscore the need to pray for an end to its bloody reign.