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June 19, 2018

Catholic Bishops Confuse the Faithful on Immigration and Abortion

By Christopher Manon, Ph.D., The Stream - When America’s Catholic bishops met in Fort Lauderdale last week, their confab quickly turned into a political rally. Their target? President Donald Trump and his Attorney General, Jeff Sessions. The issue? Illegal immigration... For years, our bishops have ardently supported amnesty for illegal aliens. In doing so they have often depicted their critics in language that is curiously lacking in two vital virtues — prudence and charity... Countless American bishops refuse to apply Canon 915 to those who persevere in the manifest grave sin of supporting of murder of the unborn... Consider the ten pro-abortion Catholics who are running for the U.S. Senate this fall. All of them are heartily endorsed by NARAL. How many of them were even mentioned by the Fort Lauderdale Bishops? None.

June 19, 2018

Mike Huckabee: Where’s the Outrage Over Permanently Separating Families in Abortions?

By Micaiah Bilger, LifeNews - Political commentator Mike Huckabee addressed the latest immigration outrage Sunday by asking why there is not similar anger about the permanent separation of families through abortion... “I don’t like immigrant children being temporarily separated from parents, but where is outrage over PERMANENT separation of a child and mother when the baby is ripped apart in the mother’s womb by knives of abortionists?”

June 19, 2018

Fact Checking 4 Claims About Detaining Children at the Border

By Fred Lucas, Daily Signal - The Trump administration is taking heat from Democrats and Republicans for separating parents and children after they illegally crossed the southern border… Over the six weeks from April 19 through May 31, federal officials separated about 2,000 children from their families at the U.S.-Mexican border, the Associated Press reported last week… (Yesterday) Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen said: “This is a very serious issue that has resulted after years and years of Congress not taking action.”…

June 19, 2018

Bringing God on Your Family Vacation

By Dr. Gregory Popcak, Catholic Exchange - Religious people often experience wonder in prayer and worship as we encounter God breaking through the noise of daily life and drawing us up into his arms. But even secular experiences of wonder, like staring into the Grand Canyon, being sprayed by the mist of Niagara Falls, or even something as simple as catching fireflies on a hot summer night, are doorways to an encounter with God.