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March 27, 2026
By Steven Ertelt, LifeNews - Päivi Räsänen, a Christian lawmaker and MP from Finland was convicted Thursday of a hate crime for a 2004 church pamphlet citing biblical teaching on human sexuality... The conviction came even as the nation’s Supreme Court unanimously cleared her of charges for quoting the same Scripture on social media... Räsänen... with the Christian Democrats since 1995 and a former interior minister who is solidly pro-life, and Lutheran Bishop Juhana Pohjola were found guilty in a 3-2 split decision under the “war crimes and crimes against humanity” section of Finland’s criminal code.
March 27, 2026
By Elise Winland, Zeale - In a party-line vote, an amendment to require photo identification (ID) for voting in federal elections failed to clear a key procedural hurdle in the Senate March 26, falling short of the 60 votes needed to proceed... The amendment, offered by Sen. Jon Husted, R-Ohio, to the broader Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) America Act, failed in a 53-47 cloture vote. It would have required voters to present a valid government-issued photo ID such as a driver’s license, state ID card, U.S. passport, military ID, or tribal ID when casting ballots in person, and to provide a copy of such ID when voting by mail.
March 27, 2026
By Joseph Pronechen, National Catholic Register - Five years ago, Tim and Emily Malloy resolved to accept their pastor’s challenge to families to pray at least a decade of the Rosary every night during Lent. They’d say the decade with their four young children before bedtime, then finish the other four decades themselves later.... “The fruit that this practice bore was extraordinary,” said Emily, a frequent Register contributor who is floral and food editor of the faith-centered lifestyle website Theology of the Home. So much so, the Mississippi couple decided to continue the prayer practice beyond Lent
March 27, 2026
By Phil Lawler, Catholic Culture - When is the last time you were at Mass—in an ordinary parish, not a monastery or retreat center—for a regularly scheduled parish Mass, not connected with any special event—and noticed that the congregation was predominantly male? I don’t think it had ever happened to me before last night... where we attended Mass for the feast of the Annunciation because we are traveling. There were more men and boys than women and girls; if you counted the altar boys it wasn’t close.
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