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+JMJ+ NOTE: In the penultimate sentence quoted, the bishop refers not to "the challenge of something which is totally up to the prudential judgement of the host nation", but rather to the challenge of the nonnegotiable demands made by the Gospel. :think: Honest question: Can you state this...

+JMJ+ Source: America Link: americamagazine DOT org/politics-society/2024/05/16/cardinal-pizzaballa-gaza-catholic-church-holy-family-247952 Cardinal Pizzaballa visits Catholic parish in Gaza for first time since outbreak of war ⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯...

+JMJ+ Title: The Future of Immigration in the 2024 Elections [Symposium, Video: 5 hr, 45 min] Source: Baker Institute Link: bakerinstitute DOT org/event/future-immigration-2024-elections The Money-Quotes: • Bp. Mark Seitz speaking at Rice University's Baker Institute for Public Policy: Texas, it mus...

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+JMJ+ […] As Bp. Seitz and AG Paxton are both honorable men, I await the revelation of some real facts so I can discern why they disagree. […] Let's try Occam's Razor: Again, the bishop explains , "[Bp Seitz] further argued that the law [TX SB4, signed by Gov. Greg Abbott in Dec '23] threatens ...

+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 ⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯...