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December 14, 2019

Deacon Keith Fournier: Pro-Life in the Diaconate (And in the Upcoming Presidential Election in the U.S.)

By Deacon Keith Fournier, Deacon Digest - With a presidential election in the United States soon upon us the allegations of “single-issue politics” are once again being leveled against anyone who condemns procured abortion as immoral and evil. This is happening not only in the public square but within the Church. We find people in the Church again attempting to fold the natural-law crime of procured abortion into a misguided interpretation of Catholic social teaching, which pushes a false moral equivalence between all social justice issues.

December 14, 2019

Pope: Mary as Co-Redemptrix Is ‘Foolishness’, by Rodney Pelletier

By Rodney Pelletier, Church Militant - The pope is calling a proposed dogma that Mary is mediatrix of all grace "foolishness."… During a homily given in Rome on Thursday for the feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe, Pope Francis said the Blessed Virgin Mary "never introduced herself as co-redemptrix," adding, "She never wanted for herself something that was of her Son."… His Thursdsay comments touched on the proposed fifth Marian dogma — subject to ongoing debate by theologians — which describes Mary as advocate for sinners, mediatrix of grace and co-redemptrix.

December 14, 2019

Cardinal: Climate Change Activist Greta Thunberg ‘Great Witness’ to Church Teaching

By Dorothy Cummings McLean, LifeSiteNews - An influential Catholic prelate has praised teen environmental activist Greta Thunberg… Cardinal Peter Turkson, 71, told reporters yesterday that Thunberg is “a great witness to what the Church teaches on the care of the environment and the care of the person.”… “What is her objective? Skipping school for a future, a future that can’t be guaranteed because there is no care for the environment,” he continued.

December 14, 2019

Voters Pulverize Pro-Abortion Parties in UK Election, by Jules Gomes

By Jules Gomes, Church Militant - Britain's tectonic plates shifted Thursday as political parties pushing for the full decriminalization of abortion were pulverized in the biggest defeat ever in recent election history… No prominent pro-life Member of Parliament (MP) in mainland Britain lost their seat, while leading pro-abortion political candidates were defeated by significant majorities, the Society for the Protection of the Unborn Child (SPUC) said in a statement Friday morning… The leftwing Liberal Democrats who ousted Catholic MP Rob Flello for his opposition to abortion and same-sex marriage suffered the worst defeat, with pro-abortion leader Jo Swinson losing her seat in Scotland.