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News – Page 366 – Brown Pelican Society of Lousiana

August 1, 2025

Fr. Jerry Pokorsky: The Studied Silence of American Catholic Conservatives

By Fr. Jerry Pokorsky, Catholic Culture - Those of us who lived through the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s understand the gradual breakdown of taboos. Playful rock and roll music (“I want to hold your hand”) devolved over the years into drug-crazed acid rock and even rape lyrics (don’t ask). When we heard the lyrics (always a bit difficult to discern), our first response was denial: the words couldn’t mean what we initially thought they meant. Similarly, most conservative American Catholics refuse to acknowledge our immoral actions during war or those of Israel. At least, not yet.

August 1, 2025

Republicans Stop Democrat Amendment to Fund Abortions Overseas, by Steven Ertelt

By Steven Ertelt, LifeNews - House Republicans successfully blocked a Democrat amendment that would have repealed pro-life protections in the Fiscal Year 2026 State and Foreign Operations Appropriations Bill, preserving long-standing policies that prevent U.S. taxpayer funds from supporting abortions overseas... The bill, advanced by the House Appropriations Committee on July 24, maintains robust pro-life safeguards, including the Helms Amendment, which prohibits foreign aid from funding abortions, and the Protecting Life in Global Health Assistance Policy, an expanded version of the Mexico City Policy that bars funding to foreign organizations promoting or performing abortions. ....

August 1, 2025

COP30: A Dalliance Masquerading as a Climate Conference, by Emmy Griffin

By Emmy Griffin, Patriot Post - In the Amazon region of Brazil, venues are getting ready for the world’s elite to congregate. The city of Belém is the closest metropolitan area to COP30, the UN Climate Change Conference, which will be held in November... Earlier this year, it was reported that Brazil had decided to bulldoze acres of the Amazon rainforest in order to create the necessary infrastructure for conference attendees to reach their destination. The irony of a climate conference destroying the rainforest was apparently lost on event planners. ...

August 1, 2025

Saint of the Day for August 1: St. Alphonsus Liguori (Sept. 27, 1696 – Aug. 1, 1787)

By Franciscan Media - Moral theology, Vatican II said, should be more thoroughly nourished by Scripture, and show the nobility of the Christian vocation of the faithful and their obligation to bring forth fruit in charity for the life of the world. Alphonsus, declared patron of moral theologians by Pius XII in 1950, would rejoice in that statement.

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