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| FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 21 |
| KAVANAUGH ACCUSER LISTS DEMANDS The legal team for Christine Ford has said that their client would be willing to testify next Thursday, but only if the Senate Judiciary Committee agrees to several demands, including allowing her to testify after Brett Kavanaugh. Another condition: only members of the committee — no lawyers can question her. (Earlier in the week, Sen. Mazie Hirono noted that there were no GOP women on the Judiciary Committee, so Republicans announced their intention to include female attorneys during the interview of Ford.) READ |
| TRUMP ON KAVANAUGH President Trump said that Christine Ford should be able to speak about her allegation, but that the Senate Judiciary Committee shouldn’t allow further delays. “Let her have her say and let’s see how it all works out. But I don’t think you can delay it any longer. They’ve delayed it a week already.” READ |
| DEM: WE’LL INVESTIGATE KAVANAUGH Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-RI, said that if Brett Kavanaugh is confirmed and Democrats retake the Senate, they’ll launch an investigation into the allegations against the judge. “If they were to ram this guy through, as soon as Democrats get gavels, we’re going to want to get to the bottom of this,” said Sen. Whitehouse. READ |
| IRELAND’S PRO-LIFE PLANK REPEALED The removal of the pro-life Eighth Amendment to the Irish Constitution became official this week as President Michael Higgins signed the country’s 36th Amendment into law. READ |
| POPE BENEDICT XVI ON HIS RESIGNATION A German newspaper published two letters from Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI in which he acknowledges that he is aware of the pain his resignation caused. READ |
| YOUTH SYNOD The upcoming Church synod on the youth should explore in-depth Catholicism, and not involve LGBT lobbying, said author Daniel Mattson. “I think the Church needs to do a much better job in reaching out to those who identify as LGBT. As one who used to see myself as a gay man, I’ve come to realize how empty the promises of the LGBT movement are.” READ |
| NYC BISHOP APPOINTS A JUDGE Cardinal Dolan of New York appointed Judge Barbara Jones to undertake “an exhaustive study of our policies, procedures, and protocols on how we deal with any accusation that comes to us about an alleged abuse of a young person by a priest, deacon, or a bishop.” READ |
| SAINT QUOTE “To be a servant of Christ is to be truly free.” -Saint Agatha |
| SAINT OF THE DAY Saint Matthew was a Jew who worked for the Romans as a tax collector. His fellow Jews considered him a traitor, and resented him. The Pharisees viewed him, and all tax collectors, as a sinner. So it was a real shock to hear that Jesus called such a man to be one of his followers. But that’s the kind of thing that Jesus did. READ |
| DAILY READINGS “Their message goes out through all the earth.” (Ps 19:5) READ |
| JOHN WAYNE AND VIRGIN MARY Photograph of John Wayne and son, Patrick, in Cong, Ireland, in 1951 during filming of ‘The Quiet Man.’” |