HEROES
Senator Eric Schmitt, R-MO
Near the end of the month, Sen. Eric Schmitt boldly spoke out against Biden-era censorship, which he described as “the Left’s war on the First Amendment” waged through an orchestrated “censorship industrial complex” to suppress disfavored speech.
Schmitt accused officials of using federal agencies and funding NGOs to silence opposing viewpoints online.
As chairman of a Senate Judiciary Subcommittee, he expressed deep concern that an alliance of bureaucrats, academics, and Big Tech companies had established a “second state” operating beyond constitutional limits.
He also criticized the Biden Justice Department for wielding its authority as a “vehicle for lawfare,” targeting concerned parents, pro-life activists, and Catholics.
Schmitt, who previously sued the Biden administration over social-media censorship during his tenure as Missouri’s attorney general, vowed to fight this “vast censorship enterprise” and defend Americans’ free speech rights against such collusion.
All the thousands of Catholics who confronted satanic blasphemy in Kansas
Thousands of Catholics stood up against the satanic ritual held at the Kansas Capitol on March 28. Over 30,000 signed CatholicVote’s petition urging Gov. Laura Kelly, D-KS, to cancel the blasphemous event, while many gathered in person to pray and protest.
Days before the so-called “Black Mass,” Archbishop Joseph Naumann of Kansas City filed an emergency motion to reclaim any consecrated Eucharistic hosts and wine that the satanists might have in their possession and had threatened to desecrate.
“It is the conviction of the Catholic Church, presented in its doctrinal teachings, that the Consecrated Hosts and Wine are in fact the body, blood, soul, and divinity of Jesus Christ, present under the form of bread and wine,” the motion stated.
Also in response to the satanists’ mockery of the Holy Mass, Archbishop Naumann reconsecrated Kansas to Jesus through the Immaculate Heart of Mary during a Mass on the Solemnity of the Annunciation.
Jim Towey of Aging with Dignity
Jim Towey, founder of the nonprofit Aging with Dignity, announced a new initiative called “Assisted Suicide Watch” to educate the public about dignified end-of-life care and push back against the growing “Big Death” industry.
Aging with Dignity monitors pro-death legislative efforts in states like Illinois and Delaware, where lawmakers are considering bills to legalize assisted suicide and euthanasia.
Towey criticized the euthanasia and assisted suicide movement as being built on the lie that “suffering can’t be alleviated and that you are a burden to others.”
Instead of normalizing suicide, Towey advocates for compassionate, life-affirming care that meets both the physical and spiritual needs of the ill.
The bishops standing up to Big Death deserve their own honorable mentions here as well.
Bishop David Malloy of the Diocese of Rockford urged Catholics to reject an Illinois bill aimed at legalizing assisted suicide, calling on the faithful to embrace true compassion for the sick and dying in a March 12 letter to his diocese.
“Every major national organization that represents people with disabilities is opposed to assisted suicide,” Bishop Malloy wrote. “Experience shows that it is especially the poor and those with disabilities who are particularly in jeopardy as they are the most vulnerable to such abuses. There is no way to prevent the vulnerable from being coerced or intimidated to end their lives once this assisted suicide is legal.”
Bishop William E. Koenig of Wilmington took a similarly courageous stand as Delaware legislators prepared to convene in early March to consider an assisted suicide bill. Bishop Koenig led the faithful in praying the Rosary and celebrating Mass in Dover as a spiritual and moral gesture against the proposal less than a mile from Delaware’s state Capitol.
Bishop Thomas Daly, Diocese of Spokane
Bishop Thomas Daly of Spokane has stood strong against a Washington state bill that would violate the sacred seal of Confession.
The controversial proposal aimed to make clergy mandatory reporters of child abuse with no exemption for information revealed in Confession.
After the state Senate approved the measure and sent it to the House, Bishop Daly publicly condemned the bill, emphasizing that the confidentiality of Confession is non-negotiable. “I want to assure you that your shepherds, bishop and priests, are committed to keeping the seal of Confession – even to the point of going to jail,” he said in a statement.
ZEROES
Governor Laura Kelly, D-KS
Democratic Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly, a self-professed Catholic, refused to stop the March 28 satanic ritual at the Kansas State Capitol – a so-called “Black Mass” that directly attacked the Catholic faith.
Despite widespread opposition from Catholics, including over 30,000 who signed CatholicVote’s petition urging her to cancel the satanic worship ritual, Kelly allowed the anti-Catholic spectacle to proceed.
St. Mary’s College, Notre Dame, Indiana
St. Mary’s College in Indiana, a Catholic women’s school, invited former Irish President Mary McAleese to deliver its spring commencement address despite her well-known support for abortion.
McAleese has also advocated for redefining marriage and has called for women’s ordination in the Church.
Critics, including the campus pro-life club, urged St. Mary’s to rescind the invitation, arguing that honoring McAleese sends a “scandalous message” that undermines the university’s Catholic mission.
