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January 4, 2020

Our Real Existential Crisis: Extinction, by Patrick Buchanan

By Patrick Buchanan, American Conservative - For many First World countries, there are more compelling concerns. High among them is population decline, and, if birth rates do not rise, the near-extinction of many Western peoples by this century’s end… Consider. The number of births in Japan fell in 2019 to a level unseen since 1874, around 900,000. But there were 1.4 million deaths for a net loss of 512,000 Japanese. An even larger loss in Japan’s population is expected this year… “The Death of the West is not a prediction of what is going to happen. It is a depiction of what is happening now. First World nations are dying…”…

January 4, 2020

Catholics Join Calls to End Police Brutality in Hong Kong

UCANews reporter, Hong Kong - Leading Catholics have joined a call from politicians and other top civic figures from 18 countries in urging the Hong Kong government to halt police brutality against anti-government protesters… In an open letter to Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam, they urged her to establish an independent inquiry into police use of force against the protesters, warning they would seek the setting up of an independent international probe if she did not.

January 4, 2020

Texas Values: Austin Schools Deceiving Parents Again, by Bob Kellogg, Billy Davis

By Bob Kellogg, Billy Davis, OneNewsNow - Texas state law forbids public schools from working with abortion providers such as Planned Parenthood to present explicit sex-ed curriculum, but Austin Independent School District cooperated with Canadian-based Alberta Health Services – and yet claimed it did no such thing… According to Texas Values, the conservative group presented an open records request after Austin schools told the media that Alberta’s sex-ed lessons were obtained online for free, hence there were no agreement with the abortion provider nor any “legal concerns” about violating the state law.

January 4, 2020

This Year England Will Be Rededicated to Our Lady. We’ll Need It, by Simon Caldwell

By Simon Caldwell, Catholic Herald - Irrespective of such a hostile cultural context, the Catholic Church in England and Wales is continuing to focus its efforts on evangelisation. Collectively the bishops are offering two major initiatives to further this work – the Year of the Word, to which 2020 has been dedicated, and the rededication of England as the Dowry of Mary (pictured: Our Lady of Walsingham)… The rededication will be offered by every Catholic church in the country on March 29 with a dedicated service to take place in every cathedral on that date.