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January 21, 2021

Biden Will Sign Multiple Climate Change Orders on Wednesday, Reversing Trump Policies, by Andrew Trunsky

By Andrew Trunsky, The Stream, Daily Caller - President Joe Biden is expected to sign multiple executive orders aimed at combating climate change on his first day in office... The orders, which block construction of the Keystone XL pipeline, rejoin the Paris Climate Accords and temporarily halt oil and gas leasing in Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, would directly reverse policies implemented by former President Donald Trump... Biden’s move to kill the $8 billion pipeline, which would have carried hundreds of thousands of barrels of crude oil from western Canada to oil refineries in the Midwest and Gulf Coast ....

January 21, 2021

Why John Paul II Proclaimed Thomas More Patron of Politicians, by Philip Kosloski

By Philip Kosloski, Aleteia - In the year 2000, John Paul II wrote a special apostolic letter proclaiming “St. Thomas More, Patron of Statesmen and Politicians.” In it, he gave several reasons why he believed Thomas More deserved this special title... There are many reasons for proclaiming Thomas More Patron of statesmen and people in public life. Among these is the need felt by the world of politics and public administration for credible role models able to indicate the path of truth at a time in history when difficult challenges and crucial responsibilities are increasing.

January 21, 2021

Msgr. Charles Pope: A Concern for a Vague Translation in the Lectionary and a Missed Moment for Teaching

By Msgr. Charles Pope - For the record the Greek text is Φεύγετε τὴν πορνείαν (Pheugete ten porneian) which is accurately and easily translated: Flee fornication (sexual immorality). It is a powerful admonition in the Greek, and just about every other English version of the Bible, except the Revised New American Bible (RNAB). I checked twenty other translations, and they all say “Flee fornication” or “Flee sexual immorality.”... It is a clarion call to chastity that is so necessary to hear in this sex saturated culture?

January 21, 2021

Freedom of Speech Slipping Away, by Star Parker

By Star Parker, Guest Columnist, OneNewsNow - As the new Biden-Harris administration assumes power, the most basic American freedom of speech and expression is under unprecedented threat... For the first time ever, I am concerned about my freedom to do my work, to run a policy institute addressing issues of culture, race and poverty from a conservative perspective... Technology -- the internet -- which was largely nonexistent just 25 years ago, now plays a huge role in our lives as a tool of communication.