WEDNESDAY, MAY 2 |
ANTI-CATHOLICISM? Sen. Tammy Baldwin, D-WI, is blocking judicial nominee Gordon Giampietro over “grave reservations about his qualifications.” LGBT groups are attacking Giampietro for his religious opposition to redefining marriage. The Republican senator from Wisconsin pushed back at his Democratic colleague. “Her initial opposition, I hate to say it but let’s say it plainly, I fear is because he’s a person of faith. On top of it, now she’s smearing a really good man,” said Sen. Ron Johnson, R-WI. READ |
ADOPTION FREEDOM Catholic bishops and other religious leaders called for national legislation to prevent government from discriminating against religious child-welfare providers. “Keeping kids first involves protecting the birth mother’s choice to place the child with the family she feels is best,” the faith leaders wrote in a letter to House Ways and Means Chairman Kevin Brady. READ |
DEFUND PP More than 150 members of Congress and 40 senators are calling on Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar to restrict Title X funding to organizations who don’t perform abortions. READ |
SOCIAL MEDIA FAIRNESS Conservative groups urge fairer social media policies after repeated censoring and blacklisting of conservative organizations on platforms like Twitter, YouTube, and Google. READ |
MEDIA HOST IS VERY PRO-LIFE There are two reasons why Tucker Carlson hates abortion. READ |
NO SAFE SPACES Do you live in Southern California? Know someone who does? Join CatholicVote and Ben Shapiro, America’s rockstar conservative commentator. This won’t be your father’s typical political event. We promise. For details on the May 17 event in Orange County, CA. READ |
ONLINE MOB A high school student posted a picture of herself in a prom dress. A completely normal thing to do after prom, right? A social justice warrior didn’t think so. He attacked her because the dress was Asian and she is not. To which a whole online mob joined in with thousands of vicious comments. To her credit, the student didn’t back down. READ |
POPE PRAYS FOR PEACE Pope Francis visited the Shrine of Our Lady of Divine Love near Rome to pray for peace in Syria. READ |
“SPIRITUAL NOT RELIGIOUS” A Catholic convert is pushing back at the “spiritual but not religious” phenomenon and is encouraging people to embrace a life of religious abundance. READ |
SAINT OF THE DAY St. Athanasius, Bishop of Alexandria and a great defender of the orthodox faith, throughout his life opposed the Arian heresy. By denying the Godhead of the Word the Arians turned Christ into a mere man, only higher in grace than others in the eyes of God. St. Athanasius took part in the Council of Nicea in 325 and until the end remained a champion of the faith as it was defined by the Council. READ |
DAILY MASS READINGS “Let us go rejoicing to the house of the Lord.” (Ps 122:1) READ |
TRUTH What is the Catholic Church’s teaching on the size of government? Joe Carter of Acton trumpeted to his blog readers CatholicVote’s video on the principle of subsidiarity. What do you think of the video? WATCH |