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February 20, 2020

Democrats Slam Mike Bloomberg Over His Treatment of Women, He Told Pregnant Employee “Kill It”, by Steven Ertelt

By Steven Ertelt, LifeNews - During the Democrat presidential debate last night, Democrats slammed former mayor Mike Bloomberg over his treatment of women. The billionaire has come under fire for telling his pregnant employee to “kill it” after she disclosed her pregnancy, according to a lawsuit she filed… The allegations emerged following a 1997 lawsuit which accused Bloomberg of numerous inappropriate behaviors in the workplace. His comments have now re-surfaced for further public scrutiny following his candidature for the Democratic presidential nomination.

February 20, 2020

Abortionist Training — Who’s Paying for That?

By Charlie Butts, OneNewsNow - One of the nation's leading pro-life Christian activist organizations finds it "shocking" that taxpayers are paying for abortion training… The abortion industry has struggled for years with not having enough doctors available to terminate preborn children. Cheryl Sullenger of Operation Rescue tells OneNewsNow that is why the Bixby Center for Global Reproductive Health in San Francisco was set up… "There was, in the opinion of these people, a need to train new abortionists in order to keep these abortion clinics open and to promote this ideology that was the basis for this group," Sullenger relays. "That ideology is really population control."

February 20, 2020

London to Malta Via Rome: Following the Money in Vatican Financial Scandals, by Ed Condon

By Ed Condon, CNA - On Feb. 18, Vatican officials raided the home and office of Msgr. Alberto Perlasca, the chief prosecutor at the Church’s highest ecclesiastical court… Vatican police seized documents and computers for an ongoing investigation into financial misconduct at the Secretariat, the curia’s most influential department… The raid on Perlasca’s home is the most recent in a steady flow of stories about questionable Vatican finances, involving a London property development, shell companies, tax havens, opaque investment funds, and shuttered banks in Italy and Switzerland.

February 20, 2020

uCatholic: What Did The Saints Give Up For Lent?

By uCatholic - It’s that time of year when all Catholics start to think about what they will give up for Lent. Many will choose chocolate or social media or alcohol. For those who really desire to grow in holiness over the forty days of prayer, fasting, and almsgiving, it is beneficial to look to the saints for inspiration… Here’s what some of the most beloved saints did during Lent.