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August 23, 2019

President Trump Was Right: Planned Parenthood is a $2 Billion Abortion Biz That Doesn’t Need Our Money, by Brad Mattes

By Brad Mattes, LifeNews - This week, Planned Parenthood (PP) forfeited $60 million in Title X tax funding instead of getting out of the abortion business. That was their share of a total $286 hundred million earmarked for family planning services… Title X dollars are fungible when it comes to abortion. For example, PP abortion facilities use it as a slush fund, spending the money on advertising, staffing, utilities, rent, office supplies or computers. These assets are used to facilitate both family planning services and abortion. The Protect Life Rule draws a bright line between family planning and the abortion industry by excluding entities that refer for or provide abortion.

August 22, 2019

Cardinal Pell is Innocent. Those Who Persecute Him Are Not, by Michael Warren Davis

By Michael Warren Davis, Crisis Magazine - How is it that so many institutions—all of them designed specifically to safeguard individual rights and ensuring due process—could fail simultaneously, and so disastrously? The answer is anti-clericalism, plain and simple… The corrupt, the decadent, and the depraved have always hated Christ’s holy priesthood. That was true in the case of St. Telemachus, the 5th century hermit who threw himself between two gladiators—and was promptly stoned to death by the crowd. It’s still true today in the case of Cardinal Pell: long the most outspoken defender of the unborn in Australia, and who has long suffered ridicule for his efforts to protect families by repealing Australia’s no-fault divorce laws.

August 22, 2019

Socialism is Theft — Why Are Candidates Espousing It? by Jerry Newcombe

By Jerry Newcombe, D.Min., The Stream - Socialism is a form of governmental theft. The government has no money of its own. It simply forcibly takes from Citizen A and gives to Citizen B. But, of course, the one who benefits the most from this socialistic scheme is Citizen C, the government bureaucrat who administers the welfare state… The Bible teaches us to help the needy. That is all voluntary. That is the church’s job. When the government gets involved in the “charity business,” it is not only wasteful, it undermines the family, human dignity, and self-reliance.

August 22, 2019

Fr. Mike Schmitz: Why Catholics Use Scripture and Tradition (Video)

Fr. Mike Schmitz, Ascension Press - Fr. Mike explains how the Catholic Church has made all of God’s gifts more accessible to humanity through the ages. Scripture, the Magisterium, and Tradition are not opposing authorities battling for power. They are three pillars that support and inform each other—making God all the more present to us.