Politics

September 29, 2018

The Farce of the Kavanaugh Hearings

By John Zmirak, The Stream - Like much of America, I suspended all other business to watch the Ford/Kavanaugh hearings on TV. And I agree with every other American on the one issue that unites us: They were terrible... Whomever you think is telling the truth. Whichever party you cleave to. Whatever you think the Senate should do. This was a three-ring circus, without the elephants, where the clowns were all creepy and the acrobats fell from the trapeze, to crash on the floor and die.

September 29, 2018

LifeNews: Court Upholds Louisiana Law That Could Close Shoddy Abortion Clinics

By Micaiah Bilger, LifeNews - A federal appeals court upheld a Louisiana law Wednesday that requires abortion facilities to meet basic health and safety standards… A panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit said there is “no evidence” that the law will burden women’s access to abortion, rejecting abortion activists’ claim… The 2014 law requires abortion providers to have hospital admitting privileges in case patients experience emergency complications. Soon after it became law, the Louisiana abortion facility Hope Medical Group for Women and the Center for Reproductive Rights challenged it in court.

September 28, 2018

How the China Deal Betrays the Second Vatican Council

By Matthew Schmitz, Catholic Herald - Last week, the Vatican signed a concordat with a totalitarian regime. The Chinese government, which has harassed and tortured millions of Christians, will now have a role in selecting Catholic bishops. The agreement is provisional and the details are vague, but that much is clear... Whatever one makes of the deal, it inarguably constitutes a break with the Church’s support of religious freedom as expressed in the Second Vatican Council.

September 28, 2018

Governors’ Elections Pose Moral Dilemma for Catholic Voters

By Christine Rousselle, Catholic News Agency - Catholics living in a state where both of the major party’s gubernatorial candidates oppose key Church teachings have difficult choices to make on Election Day, a theologian told CNA... The Catechism of the Catholic Church is clear that “the inalienable right to life of every innocent human individual is a constitutive element of a civil society and its legislation.” Issues such as abortion and assisted suicide are, therefore, of special concern to Catholics in deciding who they want to shape a state’s laws.