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News – Page 417 – Brown Pelican Society of Lousiana

February 15, 2025

Don’t Overcomplicate Marriage! by Todd Aglialoro

By Todd Aglialoro, Catholic Answers - This has been National Marriage Week, and of course (Feb. 14th) is St. Valentine’s. A double reason, then, to honor one of the primordial forces of human nature: the inner drive of man and woman to seek out and cling to one another in a permanent, exclusive embrace, for their mutual aid and the bearing and raising of children... This force, however, once as constant as gravity and as powerful as the sun, seems to be… slipping.

February 15, 2025

The USCCB Should Reject Federal Funds, by Kevin D. Roberts

By Kevin D. Roberts, First Things - Some in the USCCB may disagree with my suggestion. That’s to be expected. Billions of federal dollars have provided a powerful incentive to ignore the Church’s nuanced teaching on immigration. Many Catholics today believe that refusing to receive federal funds to resettle and support more immigrants is an offense to their human dignity and a failure of our charity... It is not. The Church served the poor and the downtrodden for thousands of years before we were on the American taxpayer’s dime, and we can serve them even better for the next thousand years if we get off the federal government’s payroll. ....

February 15, 2025

Schools That Mandate COVID-19 Vaccine Run Risk of Losing Federal Funds Under Trump Decree, by Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell

By Elizabeth Troutman, The Daily Signal - President Donald Trump signed an executive order Friday to defund schools with COVID-19 vaccination mandates... The directive comes one day after the confirmation of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who has raised questions about the safety and efficacy of the vaccine... The executive order also applies to education service agencies, and state and local education agencies, Breitbart first reported. This action is in line with Trump’s campaign promise to “not allow schools to impose COVID mandates.”

February 15, 2025

Pro-Life Advocacy Groups Optimistic After RFK Jr. Confirmed as Health Secretary, by Moira Gleason

By Moira Gleason, Daily Signal - Pro-life advocacy groups are saying they see Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as a man who changed his mind. The newly confirmed secretary of health and human services has apparently shifted to align with President Donald Trump’s pro-life agenda during his Senate confirmation hearings after openly supporting abortion policies for most of his public life... “During the election, only one presidential candidate—RFK Jr.—said that he had changed his mind to be more pro-life after learning more” ...

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