Politics

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

Donald Trump and the Inviolable Cause of Life

By Kathryn Jean Lopez, National Review - At the same time, we who call ourselves “pro-life” simply must consider what “pro-life” means in more complete and enduring ways than the midterm elections. It means telling the truth about abortion’s inhumanity — to all involved. But it also means inundating people with love. It’s out of love of life — a mother and child — and wanting to help families flourish that we are pro-life. And so, among other things, what more are we doing to help orphans?

June 18, 2018

Novena for North Korea Sheds Light on Issues Beyond Denuclearization

By Courtney Grogan, CNA - Following two historic summits involving North Korean Chairman Kim Jong Un, South Korea’s bishops are calling on Catholics to pray a novena for nine specific intentions for the Korean peninsula June 17 - 25... The novena culminates on June 25, the annual “Day of Prayer for the Reconciliation and Unity of the Korean People.”.. This novena is by no means a new endeavor for the Korean bishops, who have been leading Catholics in prayer for the reconciliation and unity of the divided Korean peninsula for decades.

June 18, 2018

New Human Rights Council Session Begins With Possibility of US Pull Out

By Patrick Goodenough, CNSNews - U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Nikki Haley said on the day of the five anti-Israel votes… “The United States continues to evaluate our membership in the Human Rights Council…Our patience is not unlimited.”… Since the council’s creation 12 years ago, it has held just 28 special sessions. Of those, Israel has been targeted more than any other country – eight times (28.5 percent of the total)… Meanwhile human rights abuses in North Korea, Iran, Venezuela, Cuba, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Russia, China and elsewhere have received no special session attention.