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November 10, 2023

Pro-Life Advocate Mark Houck Sues Joe Biden for $4.3 Million for Bogus FBI Raid on His Family, by Steven Ertelt

By Steven Ertelt, LifeNews - Pro-life activist Mark Houck is suing Joe Biden and his Department of Justice over the bogus FBI raid on his family home and the politicized prosecution against him for merely protesting abortion... The Biden administration continues targeting pro-life Americans for peacefully protesting abortion, contending they are breaking a law that makes it illegal to block access to abortion businesses. In Houck’s case, he won a massive pro-life victory in federal court when a jury dismissed the trumped up charges against him.

November 10, 2023

Saint of the Day for November 10: St. Leo the Great

By Franciscan Media - With apparent strong conviction of the importance of the Bishop of Rome in the Church, and of the Church as the ongoing sign of Christ’s presence in the world, Leo the Great displayed endless dedication as pope. Elected in 440, he worked tirelessly as “Peter’s successor,” guiding his fellow bishops as “equals in the episcopacy and infirmities.”

November 10, 2023

What Does Catholic Just-War Doctrine Say About Israel and Hamas? by Joan Frawley Desmond

By Joan Frawley Desmond, EWTN News - The Oct. 7 atrocities committed against Israeli citizens by Hamas militants provoked an intense retaliatory military operation inside the densely populated Palestinian territory of Gaza... In the context of this devastating Israel-Hamas war — which as of early November has resulted in the deaths of more than 1,400 Israelis and upwards of 10,000 Palestinians, according to the Hamas-run Ministry of Health — the Register asked three leading Catholic analysts to weigh in regarding the application of Church teachings regarding war and conflict.

November 9, 2023

The Gift of a Father: How Love Leads to Vocations, by Dr. R. Jared Staudt

By Dr. R. Jared Staudt, Catholic World Report - We find the crisis of fatherhood at the base of a vocational crisis both for religious vocations and marriage. Too often, young people do not imagine life to be a gift they have been entrusted and which, in turn, is meant to be given for others. They are not experiencing the reality of this gift from a father. Self-sufficiency plagues the fatherless, creating an illusion of autonomy that masks deeper needs of communion and dependence. Unmoored youth try to find happiness by focusing on the self, which only leads to misery. Fatherlessness essentially constitutes societal suicide, stemming from an identity crisis and lack of purpose.