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+JMJ+ Bishop Seitz is the only reason I have for keeping an open mind toward Annunciation House. … But even Bishop Seitz misses the mark on why AG Paxton is pursuing this action. It was not an attack against "people who migrate." It is a reaction to Biden's open and unregulated border poli...

+JMJ+ […] I can't tell from here. I don't know any more than wosbald does … […] Bp. Seitz knows a lot. He also says a lot. Like, for example , "The attack on Annunciation House represents an escalation in Texas' efforts in recent years to militarize the border and to enact legislation criminali...

+JMJ+ Not sure whether the TX-AG Ken Paxton's increasingly unvarnished Anti-Catholicism belongs in "Liberal (or Western) Democracy Under Pressure" or here. But to keep the Annunciation House drama in one place, this choice excerpt from Ken's latest legal filing (referenced above ), at leas...

+JMJ+ Source: Crux Link: cruxnow DOT com/church-in-uk-and-ireland/2024/05/march-for-life-takes-place-in-ireland-amid-soaring-abortion-rates March for Life takes place in Ireland amid ‘soaring’ abortion rates ⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯ LEICESTER, ...

+JMJ+ Source: National Catholic Reporter / OSV News Link: ncronline DOT org/news/texas-attorney-general-revives-attempt-shut-down-catholic-nonprofit-serving-migrants Texas attorney general revives attempt to shut down Catholic nonprofit serving migrants ⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯...

+JMJ+ Source: Crux Link: cruxnow DOT com/church-in-the-usa/2024/05/bishops-say-new-u-s-regulations-advance-an-ideological-view-of-sex Bishops say new U.S. regulations ‘advance an ideological view of sex’ ⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯ NEW YORK — Whil...

+JMJ+ … [T]here comes a point though, if you can't catch the bad guy alone because he's pretty smart, when one must charge into the crowd, arms swinging and guns blazing, to stop the bad guy[.] It's always good to be righteous. Given careful consideration, it's not always the best course though. Int...

+JMJ+ … [T]here comes a point though, if you can't catch the bad guy alone because he's pretty smart, when one must charge into the crowd, arms swinging and guns blazing, to stop the bad guy[.] It's always good to be righteous. Given careful consideration, it's not always the best course though. Int...

+JMJ+ Source: Diocese of Des Moines Link: dmdiocese DOT org/news/iowa-catholic-bishops-address-new-law-affecting-immigrants Iowa Catholic bishops address new law affecting immigrants [Press Release] ⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯ The following is a s...

+JMJ+ Palestine is not a "terrorist regime". It is the homeland of an Indigenous People. Support for Palestinians does not necessarily equate to Support for Hamas, just as Support for Israel's Right to Self-Defense does not necessarily equate to Support for "Gazatrocities". Talk ...