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Catholic League PR: "Vatican Stiffs Biden"

This press release from the Catholic League just out -

Vatican Stiffs Biden

 

October 28, 2021

 

Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on tomorrow's meeting between the pope and the president:

 

Yesterday, I issued a statement saying the White House is out to milk the meeting between Pope Francis and President Biden. They need to. Biden is in trouble with the bishops at home—he adamantly rejects core Catholic moral teachings—and his administration was banking on posting pictures of the two men grinning and shaking hands. But now the Vatican has thrown a monkey wrench into this opportunistic gambit. The media have been mostly barred from covering the meeting.

 

The Vatican has said that there will be no live coverage of Biden greeting the pope. Nor will the media be allowed to cover the two men sitting down as they begin their conversation. In other words, the optics that the White House was counting on are dead in the water.

 

Usually, the media film an exchange of gifts between the pope and a head of state in the pope's library; a recording of what they say is also provided. Not this time. Only select professionals, chosen by the Vatican,  will be permitted.

 

White House press secretary Jen Psaki knows what this means and is not a happy camper. She chided the Vatican, saying, "We believe in the value of a free press."

 

If the White House valued a free press, why does the president rarely hold a press conference? Why does he habitually duck the press when boarding a helicopter? Why does the vice president run from the press? Why, when they were running for office, did they refuse to do any of the Sunday talk shows? Why did Biden hide in his basement?

 

Kudos to the Vatican. They know when they are being used.

Head of Students for Life of America speaks at Hilary Clinton's alma mater

Here's some text and an embedded video from Kristan Hawkins visit to Wellesley College last week.

I’ve gotten a lot of emails and texts asking how my “The Future is Anti-Abortion” speaking event at Wellesley College (Hillary Clinton’s alma mater) went on Thursday night, so I wanted to send you a brief update.

First of all, I want to thank those of you who chipped in – both financially and with your prayers – to help make this event a reality.

In the days leading up to the event, I wasn’t sure if the event would actually happen.

Hundreds of pro-abortion students and community members tried to pressure the Wellesley administration to cancel me and some even threatened violence.

Students for Life published their threats to administrators and the media to shine a light on the pro-abortion mob’s radicalism and to quell any attempts at disruption or attacks.

And despite an 800-signature petition to school administrators begging them to SHUT DOWN my event because I’m allegedly “ableist, sexist, and transphobic,” Wellesley College allowed me to speak.

The good news is, all this “publicity” actually helped drive more students to attend my speech!

And once pro-abortion students were faced with the reality of the pro-life movement – that organizations like Students for Life support women in crisis daily with love and understanding – their entire worldview was shattered.

When I showed them their own college’s failure to support pregnant and parenting students, many of them agreed with me that it was shameful behavior.

I know with 100% certainty that they walked away knowing that the pro-life movement actually does care about women, which our research shows is the first step in changing hearts on abortion.

That made it all worth it!

I don’t know how many hearts and minds were changed at Wellesley College the other night.

But I DO know that we’ll NEVER change hearts and minds if we don’t take risks – and that includes taking the fight to Planned Parenthood’s “home turf,” college campuses.

After all, if we don’t stand up for our beliefs – even when it’s hard – how will we ever win the battle to end abortion in the United States?

In the coming weeks, I’ll be traveling to at least three more campuses for my “The Future is Anti-Abortion” speaking tour:

• St. Mary’s College (Indiana) – Monday, November 8th
• University of California-Irvine: Wednesday, November 10th
• University of San Diego: Thursday, November 11th

Would you please prayerfully consider making a generous tax-deductible contribution of $250, $100, $50, $25, or at least $10 to help me continue to change hearts and minds through my “The Future is Anti-Abortion” speaking tour?

Thank you for all you do for life.
 
For Life,

Kristan Hawkins
President, Students for Life of America

 

Military Archbishop: Catholic Troops Can Refuse the Shot"

A question of following your conscience. Excerpts below but hit the link for the entire, very revealing article.

Catholic U.S. troops should be allowed to refuse the COVID-19 vaccine based solely on conscientious objection and regardless of whether abortion-related tissue was used in its creation or testing, the archbishop for the military declared in a new statement supporting service members who are seeking religious exemptions.

“No one should be forced to receive a COVID-19 vaccine if it would violate the sanctity of his or her conscience,” said Archbishop for the Military Services Timothy P. Broglio, in a statement released Tuesday.

Broglio previously has supported President Joe Biden’s mandatory vaccination order for U.S. troops, citing the church’s guidance that permits Catholics to receive even vaccines derived from fetal tissue, when no other vaccine option is available. In his new statement, the archbishop said that while he still encourages followers and troops to get vaccinated, some troops have questioned if the church’s permission to get vaccinated outweighed their own conscious objections to it.

“It does not,” Broglio wrote.   

The Archdiocese for the Military Services, created by the church in 1985, claims responsibility for 1.8 million service members and their families at 220 installations. Broglio was appointed by Pope Benedict XVI in 2007. 

In August, Broglio was quoted by Catholic News Agency, a publication of Eternal Word Television Network, supporting the Pentagon’s then-forthcoming vaccine mandates, saying the church, including Pope Francis, “had recognized the morality of the vaccine.” But, the article added, “The archbishop said that while a person could object from the mandatory vaccine due to their personal conscience, ‘even that should be formed by the teaching of the Church.’”

Broglio’s Tuesday letter appears to formalize that exemption.

Beautiful! Coast to Coast Rosary Rally in Rye, NY

The past Sunday. Thanks to Theresa as head organizer, the four priests who attended, along with 100 participants. And a wide variety of ages and ethnicity.  Unlike last year, the blustery rainy weather put everyone in a sheltered area just off the beach.

Many pictures, no need for commentary.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Coast to Coast Rosary Rally; This Sunday in Rye, NY

Good attendance last year - let's have a great attendance this Saturday!