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April 22, 2020

Justice Clarence Thomas: Roe v. Wade Ruling Allowing Abortion on Demand Was an “Incorrect Decision”, by Steven Ertelt

By Steven Ertelt, LifeNews - Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas has once again gone on record stating that the Roe v. Wade ruling from 1973 that allowed virtually unlimited abortions should be overturned… As LifeNews reported, Justice Brett Kavanaugh and conservatives on the Supreme Court appear to have set up the legal rationale for someday overturning the roe v. Wade case from 1973 that allowed virtually unlimited abortions throughout pregnancy.

April 21, 2020

Msgr. Charles Pope: Turn From Your Sins and Return to the Lord — This is the Kairos of Confession

By Msgr. Charles Pope, EWTN News - You and I, though we face judgment one day, are now living in a time of grace and mercy. During our time in this world, God extends every necessary grace to save us. God showers us with sanctifying and actual graces, instructs us with his word; heals us with his sacraments; gives us Mary and the saints to inspire us and pray for us; and instructs us through the sacred teachings of the Church… And all of this points to the kairos of the sacrament of confession. Kairos is a Greek word for a special or particularly opportune moment; something which is fitting or apt for a particular time.

April 21, 2020

A Trump Judge Tips the Balance, but Things Stay the Same, by Hadley Arkes

By Hadley Arkes, The Catholic Thing - In times of contagion and war, unelected judges have been rightly timid about challenging the decisions made by figures in elective office, who bear a more direct responsibility to the people whose lives are in danger. And so I began my last column as I noted that the issue of abortion could have a dramatic effect in disrupting that convention long settled in our law, as it has upended other parts of our law.

April 21, 2020

Capitol Hill Parish Takes Adoration to the Streets for Divine Mercy Sunday, by Christine Rousselle

By Christine Rousselle, CNA - Catholics around the world marked Divine Mercy Sunday at home, as public liturgies remain cancelled in many dioceses due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. But one parish in Washington, D.C., found a way to bring the Lord to people even amidst the citywide stay-at-home order… Msgr. Charles Pope, pastor of Holy Comforter-St. Cyprian Catholic Church on Capitol Hill, has been organizing a daily Rosary walk during the quarantine, together with six religious sisters of the Servants of the Lord the Virgin of Matará who live nearby, and the three seminarians who live at the parish.