| THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 14 |
| ILLINOIS’ ABORTION PUSH Planned Parenthood is pushing lawmakers in Illinois to pass sweeping abortion legislation that would compel private insurers to pay for abortions, repeal the partial-birth abortion ban, and allow minor girls to obtain an abortion without parental consent. READ |
| VERMONT AND ABORTION Liberal Vermont is the latest state where lawmakers are pushing legislation to codify Roe v. Wade into state law. READ |
| SENATE RULES CHANGE The Senate Rules Committee voted on party lines for a proposal to reduce the length of debate over most judicial and executive branch nominations. Senate Republicans are now looking to see if several Democrats will help them get to 60 votes to back a compromise proposal to speed up nominations. But if no compromise occurs, Republicans are likely to go "nuclear" and force a rules change with a simple majority vote. READ |
| SUPPORT FOR ‘MEDICARE FOR ALL’ DROPS The elimination of private health insurance causes half of Americans to rethink their support for "Medicare for All." Back in July, 62% of adults said that support for "Medicare for All" would make them more willing to support a candidate. But now, support for the plan has fallen to 50%. READ |
| TRUTH ABOUT TAXES The media would have you believe that taxes haven’t gone down for American families because tax refund amounts are lower this year so far. But the average family of four saw their taxes fall by $2,917. READ |
| RUSSIA INVESTIGATION Judge rules Paul Manafort lied to the investigators for special counsel Robert Mueller. READ |
| SEXUAL ABUSE As the Vatican prepares for a summit on sexual abuse, Patrick Reilly notes that Catholic colleges have been celebrating sexual abuse and perversion for 20 years through the promotion of a vulgar play. READ |
| PROGRESSIVE HATE Esquire magazine profiled a white middle-class teenager growing up in a blue-collar town. Sounds fairly innocuous, but a social media mob went crazy. A writer for the Huffington Post wrote: "this reporter and many people on Twitter were confused as to why the magazine chose to profile a white boy in lieu of, say, any other American teenager." READ |
| DIOCESE EXONERATES COVINGTON BOYS The Diocese of Covington determined that the students didn’t instigate the viral confrontation at the Lincoln Memorial. READ |
| PRO-LIFE YOUTH St. Patrick’s Cathedral: Hundreds of young Catholics protest New York abortion law. READ |
| SOON-TO-BE ST. JOHN HENRY NEWMAN Pope Francis to canonize Blessed John Henry Newman and also declares Cardinal Mindszenty "Venerable." READ |
| SAINT OF THE DAY Often missionaries face the difficulties of language and culture. Saints Cyril and Methodius were no exceptions. But they faced the difficulties by writing the foreign language in a new alphabet and translating the liturgy for the local people. READ |
| DAILY READINGS "Blessed are those who fear the Lord!" (Ps 128:1) READ |
| BEAUTY Watch and marvel as this artist meticulously restores a 150-year-old beautiful painting of Our Lady.” SHARE |
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Joshua Mercer is a co-founder of CatholicVote.org, where he serves as Political Director. Mercer previously served as Washington Correspondent for the National Catholic Register and Chairman for Students for Life of America. He lives in Michigan with his wife and six children. Related Posts |
