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December 4, 2024

Fr. Jerry Pokorsky: Safeguarding the Republican Right-to-Life Agenda

By Fr. Jerry Pokorsky, Catholic Culture - Unexpectedly, Donald Trump was the most effective pro-life US President since the 1973 abortion-on-demand Supreme Court decision, Roe v. Wade. During his 2016 campaign, candidate Trump promised to appoint originalists to the Supreme Court. Former Senator Rick Santorum—Catholic, pro-life, and nudged out of the Republican presidential primary—withheld his endorsement of candidate Trump in 2016 until he, Trump, specifically listed potential originalist jurists for nomination to the Supreme Court. Trump complied and received Santorum’s endorsement.

December 4, 2024

Today is #GivingTuesday for The Brown Pelican Society of Louisiana

Dear Brown Pelican Patrons: On this #GivingTuesday I wish to thank each of you for your prayerful support of The Brown Pelican Society of Louisiana and assure you that we keep all of you and your families in our prayers daily and promise to continue to do so as prayer partners... 6 Days a Week The Brown Pelican Society offers you the most current news and commentary on the following subjects: The Catholic Church, the Sanctity of Life, Politics on a State, National and Global scale. We strive to bring you the best resources available while seeking the truth in all things... Please consider making a monthly or annual tax-deductible donation to The Brown Pelican Society of Louisiana a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization.

December 4, 2024

Daily Scripture Readings and Meditations: This Is the Lord – We Have Waited for Him

Author Don Schwager, Servants of the Word - Matthew 15:29-37 - 29 And Jesus went on from there and passed along the Sea of Galilee. And he went up on the mountain, and sat down there. 30 And great crowds came to him, bringing with them the lame, the maimed, the blind, the dumb, and many others, and they put them at his feet, and he healed them, 31 so that the throng wondered, when they saw the dumb speaking, the maimed whole, the lame walking, and the blind seeing; ....

December 4, 2024

Is Bishop Strickland’s Appeal a Dead Letter or a Call to Action? by William Kilpatrick

By William Kilpatrick, The Stream - A few weeks ago, Bishop Joseph Strickland sent an open letter to the USCCB as the group met in Baltimore for its fall plenary assembly... Granted, I may have missed an objection here or there, but Strickland’s charges are so grave and so sweeping that one would expect not just a few objections, but a whole boatload of them... he refers to the bishops as “silent shepherds, unwilling to risk speaking up in the face of evil and destructive forces that threaten the Church.” He suggests, in addition, that their actions are reminiscent of Judas’s betrayal of Christ. ...