TUESDAY, MAY 29 |
IRELAND VOTES DOWN PRO-LIFE PLANK The final vote wasn’t even close. Two-thirds of Irish citizens voted to remove the pro-life 8th amendment from their constitution. “On Friday, the Irish people climbed Calvary backwards, in the name of progress,” said John Waters. READ |
REACTION IN IRELAND Pro-life activists in Ireland are exhausted and saddened by Friday’s vote. For pro-lifers: “The resistance begins now.” READ |
DEMS ATTACK RELIGIOUS LIBERTY If Democrats win control of the government, you can expect legislative attacks on religious liberty to be pursued energetically, says Wesley Smith. He cites a bill called the “Do No Harm Act.” Authored by Rep. Joe Kennedy, III, D-MA, this legislation would gut major protections found in the 1993 Religious Freedom Restoration Act. The bill already has 120 Democratic co-sponsors. READ |
FIRING FEDERAL EMPLOYEES President Trump signed an executive order making it a little easier to fire federal workers for poor performance and misconduct. Currently the process to terminate an employee takes between six months and a year — even longer if it’s appealed. READ |
EVEN “CONSERVATIVES” ACCEPT HOMOSEXUALITY Guy Benson is a conservative talk radio personality and a writer at Townhall. When he posted a photo of himself proposing to another man, he received dozens and dozens of likes and congratulations, many of whom were prominent conservatives like Bret Baier and Jonah Goldberg. And new polling suggests that two-thirds of Americans now support same-sex “marriage.” READ |
FAITH & SCIENCE A group highlighting the harmony between faith and science is experiencing major growth. READ |
MEMORIAL DAY “We’re forgetting how to observe Memorial Day,” writes John Horvat II. “The pace of modern life has quickened to where we do not have time to meditate on the past. The emphasis is upon the intemperance of the present, in which people want things instantly and effortlessly.” READ |
QUOTE OF THE DAY “Abortion is the Antichrist’s demonic parody of the Eucharist. That’s why it uses the same holy words, “This is my body,” with the blasphemous opposite meaning.” Dr. Peter Kreeft |
CLOSING THE CATHEDRAL The Archdiocese of Utrecht in The Netherlands is closing its cathedral. The parish council has asked the archdiocese to allow the sale of the ancient church. READ |
POPE MOVIE TO CANNES A movie about Pope Francis called “Beyond the Sun” is heading to the Cannes Film Festival. READ |
SAINT OF THE DAY Saint Madeleine Sophie Barat lived in France during the French Revolution. Concerned about the education of children, especially girls, and feeling a call to the religious life, she founded the Society of the Sacred Heart. The sisters worked for the education of the poor and ran boarding schools for the well-to-do. READ |
DAILY MASS READINGS “The Lord has made known his salvation.” (Ps 98:1) READ |
INTERESTING Did you know? The reason why Chief Sitting Bull wore a crucifix. READ |