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Majority of US Catholics now support same-sex ‘marriage’ and abortion, Pew research finds– www.lifesitenews.com

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Majority of US Catholics now support same-sex ‘marriage’ and abortion, Pew research finds– www.lifesitenews.com
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(Corpus Christi for Unity and Peace) — The U.S. Catholic Church stands at a crossroads, marked by an aging flock, a growing immigrant presence, and a devastating erosion of faith and morals.

The Pew Religious Landscape Study (RLS) for Catholics from 2007, 2014, and 2023-24 offers a sobering glimpse into this crisis for traditional Catholics rooted in the Magisterium’s truths: for every 100 Catholics entering, 800 Catholics leave, prayer is declining, belief in God is plummeting, and a super majority supports issues deemed morally evil by the Church – demographically propped up by immigrants yet spiritually adrift.

While the sharp declines from 2007 to 2014 have slowed by 2023-24, the downward trend persists, demanding urgent reflection.

President Trump Invites Faith Leaders From Across America To White House For Prayer– wltreport.com

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President Trump Invites Faith Leaders From Across America To White House For Prayer– wltreport.com
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President Donald Trump has been seen by many Americans as a respite from the supposedly devout Joe Biden’s apparent assault on the faith community.

This week, a group of faith leaders from across the nation gathered at the White House to participate in a prayer on behalf of the Trump administration.

As the Washington Examiner reported:

The White House invited multiple faith leaders from across the nation to visit the Oval Office on Wednesday, where they were given the chance to pray for President Donald Trump and his leadership.

The Trump administration uploaded a photo on X of the leaders visiting the president, gathered around Trump as he sat at his desk. William Wolfe, the executive director of the Center for Baptist Leadership, was among the attendees who prayed for the president.

Half Of US Churches Experiencing Post-Pandemic Attendance Growth – Religion Unplugged

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Half Of US Churches Experiencing Post-Pandemic Attendance Growth – Religion Unplugged
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Half of U.S. Protestant pastors say their churches are growing but some warning signs remain about their congregational future.

U.S. Protestant churches are almost evenly split between those that have grown within the past two years and those that are plateaued or declining, according to an Exponential study by Lifeway Research.

Around half of the congregations (52%) increased their worship service attendance by at least 4% in the past two years. The other 48% of churches have either remained within plus or minus 4% since 2022 (33%) or declined by at least 4% (15%).

“Clearly, the last two years of attendance growth was aided by people returning to regular attendance after being away since the start of the pandemic,” said Scott McConnell, executive director of Lifeway Research. “Most pastors wish they had returned earlier, but their attendance is a source of optimism, though future growth will need to come from brand new contacts.”

Nicaraguan dictatorship tightens monitoring of Catholic priests – Catholic News Agency

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Nicaraguan dictatorship tightens monitoring of Catholic priests – Catholic News Agency
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The dictatorship of Daniel Ortega and his “co-president” and wife, Rosario Murillo, in Nicaragua continues to persecute the Catholic Church and other Christian communities. The regime is now keeping Catholic priests under surveillance, checking their cellphones, and demanding weekly reports on their activities in addition to restricting their freedom of movement.

The Nicaraguan newspaper Mosaico CSI reported that “for the priests who remain in Nicaragua, homilies must be entirely theological. They cannot speak on topics related to the Church’s social doctrine or social criticism.”

Supreme Court won’t stop Louisiana’s first nitrogen gas execution for Buddhist inmate’s religious rights – Courthouse News Service

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Supreme Court won’t stop Louisiana’s first nitrogen gas execution for Buddhist inmate’s religious rights – Courthouse News Service
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Louisiana can move forward with its first nitrogen gas execution, a divided Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday, clearing the way for the state to end its 15-year execution pause.

In an apparent 5-4 decision, the justices refused to block Jessie Hoffman’s nitrogen hypoxia execution scheduled for Tuesday evening. Justices Sonia Sotomayor and Elena Kagan, both Barack Obama appointees, and Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, a Joe Biden appointee, would have granted the application.

Justice Neil Gorsuch, a Donald Trump appointee, dissented, stating that the court disregarded whether Hoffman’s religious rights would be violated by his method of execution.

Trump Urged to Designate Nigeria as a ‘Concern’ for Christian Persecution – Decision Magazine

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Trump Urged to Designate Nigeria as a ‘Concern’ for Christian Persecution – Decision Magazine
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he House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Africa passed a resolution urging President Donald Trump to designate Nigeria as a Country of Particular Concern (CPC).

U.S. Rep. Chris Smith of New Jersey, chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Africa, presented House Resolution 220, which expresses “the need to designate Nigeria a Country of Particular Concern,” during a committee hearing on the matter March 12. A CPC is a country designated on a special watch list of countries where citizens face “systematic, ongoing, egregious violations of religious freedom.”

In the hearing, Smith explained the history of Nigeria’s inclusion and removal in the CPC.

“In December 2020, President Trump designated Nigeria a Country of Particular Concern only to be reversed without justification by Secretary Blinken in November of 2021,” Smith said. “Religious leaders in Nigeria were outraged by Secretary Blinken’s decision.” He referred to Bishop Stephen Dami Mamza, who challenged Nigeria’s removal and stated that Christian persecution is “more intense than ever.”

Nina Shea, senior fellow and director of the Center for Religious Freedom at the Hudson Institute, described the terror group responsible for most of the persecution in Nigeria.

‘It’s still moving’: Police investigate teen who buried baby in backyard after taking abortion pill– www.lifesitenews.com

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Pope Francis shows intent to stay in office by signing off on three-year reform plan– timesofindia.indiatimes.com

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Pope Francis shows intent to stay in office by signing off on three-year reform plan– timesofindia.indiatimes.com
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Pope Francis has approved a three-year extension to the Catholic Church’s reform process, showing his determination to continue leading despite spending a month in hospital battling pneumonia.
The Vatican announced that the 88-year-old pontiff signed off on the decision from Rome’s Gemelli hospital, where he has been receiving treatment since February 14.
“On 11 March, the Holy Father definitively approved the start of a process of accompaniment and evaluation of the implementation phase by the General Secretariat of the Synod,” the Vatican said.

Department of Veterans Affairs Ends Transgender and Intersex Care Directives – Mother Jones– www.motherjones.com

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Department of Veterans Affairs Ends Transgender and Intersex Care Directives – Mother Jones– www.motherjones.com
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On Monday, citing Donald Trump’s “Defending Women” executive order, the federal Department of Veterans Affairs announced that it would “phase out treatment for gender dysphoria” by discontinuing hormone replacement therapy for patients not already in treatment.

The agency provides health care and benefits for about nine million veterans, tens of thousands of whom—by the VA’s estimate—identify as trans. Its press release says that the agency’s LGBTQ+ veteran care coordinators, who run its LGBTQ Health Program, would not be affected by the changes. But Pete Hegseth, Trump’s secretary of defense, has been vocal about his ire toward the LGBTQ community and his support for cutting VA health care.

Although the VA has never provided gender-affirming surgeries, it has been able to provide letters in support of veterans seeking them. That’s now on the chopping block.

“It’s infuriating,” a medical professional with the agency, speaking on condition of anonymity, told Mother Jones. “To be honest, I don’t understand how it’s allowed—how are they able to tell providers what they can and cannot treat?”

The announcement follows reporting in the Advocate on a Veterans Health Administration memo with similar provisions circulated on March 14, which rescinded the agency’s 2018 directive establishing health care standards for transgender and intersex veterans. In response to subsequent coverage by National Public Radio, VA press secretary Peter Kasperowicz told NPR that there had been no policy change—but by Saturday night, the agency officially published the memo, which showed otherwise.

Pro-life lawyers claim Poland’s new abortion center breaks federal law– www.lifesitenews.com

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Pro-life lawyers claim Poland’s new abortion center breaks federal law– www.lifesitenews.com
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Executive Summary

  • On March 8, activists from the Abortion Dream Team opened the AboTak “abortion clinic” near the Polish Parliament, where Polish law is now set to be openly violated.
  • Women seeking abortions at the “clinic” are expected to receive assistance in obtaining illegal abortions – acts that constitute crimes under Polish law (Article 152 § 2 of the Penal Code).
  • The Ordo Iuris Institute has reported the clinic’s creators to the District Prosecutor’s Office in Warsaw for potentially committing a crime.
  • The report names Justyna Wydrzyńska, an abortion activist, as one of the suspects. She is currently on trial in the Warsaw-Praga District Court for a similar offense.
  • Ordo Iuris has also submitted a request to the Warsaw Police Department, seeking information on the extent of police protection offered to the illegal facility.

Judge’s Husband Promotes Lawfare Against Homeschoolers– thefederalist.com

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Judge’s Husband Promotes Lawfare Against Homeschoolers– thefederalist.com
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For too long education experts have failed Wisconsin students. Too often the political left focuses on advancing a progressive narrative instead of simply teaching the basics. Recently, Wisconsin Gov. (and former education superintendent) Tony Evers proposed replacing mothers with “inseminated persons” in state law. Now, Dane County Judge Susan Crawford is running for a seat on the Wisconsin Supreme Court. Throughout her career she has proudly advanced progressive causes. So it should come as no surprise that her husband, Shawn F. Peters, wrote a controversial book on homeschooling recommending the removal of parents’ right to homeschool their children in Wisconsin by using novel litigation tactics.

Wisconsin voters deserve to know whether Judge Crawford supports her husband’s extreme views on homeschooling. Should any litigation come before her that advances her husband’s extreme legal claims, will she be able to objectively consider the arguments? According to Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction statistics, “home-based” education continues to grow in popularity. While only 966 students were homeschooled during the 1984-85 academic year (0.10 percent), during the 2023-24 academic year almost 30,000 students (3.04 percent) benefited from a homeschool environment.

YouTube Discriminates Against Christian Channel– www.lifenews.com

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YouTube Discriminates Against Christian Channel– www.lifenews.com
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Is YouTube discriminating against Christians?

Brendan Carr, chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, is raising the alarm about evidence suggesting the tech giant—which has a long history of censorship—has unfairly treated a Christian family TV station.

“[I]n the case of YouTube TV, concerns have been raised alleging that your company has a policy (secret or otherwise) that discriminates against faith-based programming,”?Carr wrote March 7 to Sundar Pichai, CEO of Alphabet, and Neal Mohan, CEO of YouTube.  (Alphabet owns Google, which owns YouTube.)

Carr says Great American Media, which is helmed by former Hallmark Channel leader Bill Abbott, drew his attention to YouTube TV’s refusal to host the network. Great American Media, which also includes TV star and outspoken Christian Candace Cameron Bure as chief creative officer, focuses on a range of faith-based and family-friendly content.

“A Is for Abortion.” High School Pushes Leftist Agenda on Women’s History Month– www.lifenews.com

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“A Is for Abortion.” High School Pushes Leftist Agenda on Women’s History Month– www.lifenews.com
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America’s public high schools are strange places to find displays of the alphabet. Perhaps with plummeting standardized test scores and a substantial increase in English-as-a-second-language students in sanctuary districts, high school educators feel the need to review kindergarten basics. In Fairfax County, Virginia’s West Springfield High School, located just 17 miles from the White House, school administrators and teachers have decorated the history hallway this month with a special, leftist rendition of the alphabet.

The display, titled “The ABCs to ME,” is decorated with the school’s colors: a blue background lined with an orange border. Featured in the display is a sign that reads, “A is for Abortion” with an image of a coat hanger with a positive pregnancy test.

 

This is an Unborn Baby at 22 Weeks. Its Legal to Kill Him in Most States– www.lifenews.com

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This is an Unborn Baby at 22 Weeks. Its Legal to Kill Him in Most States– www.lifenews.com
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Any story about media coverage of abortion in the United States is ultimately an act of frustration. Name the last time a media representative, particularly in the cable universe, showed a baby delivered at 22 weeks of gestation. Or the last time they noted the recent data that nearly 36% of babies born at 22 weeks will survive and 82% will do so at 25 weeks (reports of even better save rates are emerging). How many media outlets share information and stories about the growing range of conditions that are amenable to treatment and can be cured inside the womb, illustrating the separate personhood and “patienthood” of these little ones? Images and accounts like these should be commonplace today, but on 24-hour-a-day networks like CNN and MSNBC they are nowhere to be seen.

Pope Francis appears headed to recovery after all

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Pope Francis shows remarkable recovery, may leave hospital soon: Vatican – The News International
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Pope Francis has shown a remarkable recovery from pneumonia, the Vatican announced on Monday, saying that his health has significantly improved and he could be discharged in the coming days as his condition continues to stabilise.

The 88-year-old leader of the world’s Catholics was admitted to Rome’s Gemelli hospital on 14 February with bronchitis, which became pneumonia in both lungs.

The Argentine suffered a series of breathing crises that sparked worldwide concern for his life, most recently on 3 March.

But after a week of steady improvements, the Holy See said on Monday evening that his prognosis was no longer considered “reserved”, or uncertain.

“The clinical conditions of the Holy Father continue to be stable,” it said in a statement.

FCC Wants to Know if YouTube Hates Jesus

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FCC Chairman Sends Letter To Google CEO Over Network’s Complaint That YouTube TV “Discriminates” Against Faith-Based Programming – DEADLINE
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FCC Chairman Brendan Carr sent a letter to the CEOs of Alphabet and Google, calling out the refusal of YouTube TV to carry a network, Great American Family, as a potential case of discrimination against faith-based programming.

In his letter to Sundar Pichai and Neal Mohan, which he posted on X, Carr wrote that he has received a complaint from Great American Media in which they claim that YouTube TV “deliberately marginalizes faith-based and family-friendly content.” He noted that the network is carried on cable and streaming services including Comcast, Cox, Hulu, FuboTV and DirecTV stream.

Unborn Child Murder Advocates “Celebrate” Their Unborn Child Murderers

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Abortion Activists Celebrate People Who Kill Babies With “Abortion Provider Appreciation Day”– www.lifenews.com
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Today is the day leftists celebrate baby killers.

Today is “Abortion Provider Appreciation Day,” a day the Abortion Care Network claims Americans should celebrate “all of the courageous, compassionate people who provide abortion care.”

The pro-abortion network specifically recommends that supporters celebrate abortionists “through love notes, art, acts of kindness and support, messages of affirmation, a giant love-fest Tweetstorm, and more.”

Established in 1996 this day is framed by its supporters as a celebration of courage and compassion. They laud abortion providers as heroes who ensure “reproductive freedom” and access to what they call healthcare. But from a pro-life perspective, this commemoration is a tragic mischaracterization, one that glosses over the fundamental reality of what abortion entails: the deliberate ending of innocent human lives.

Trans singer who performed at Sanders rally slammed over ‘pure evil’ and ‘anti-Christian’ lyrics – New York Post

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Trans singer who performed at Sanders rally slammed over ‘pure evil’ and ‘anti-Christian’ lyrics – New York Post
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A transgender rocker has been blasted as “pure evil” for opening a Bernie Sanders rally with a song asking if God has “a big fat d–k.”

Laura Jane Grace, the singer and guitarist of punk band Against Me!, proudly shared footage of her solo performance opening for the far-left Senator in Kenosha, Wisconsin on Friday night — singing a new song called “Your God (God’s D–k).”

In it, she sings: “Does your god have a big fat d–k? Cause it feels like he’s f–king me.”

Syria’s new government vows to investigate mass killings | World News– news.sky.com

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Syria’s new government vows to investigate mass killings | World News– news.sky.com
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Syria’s new government has formed a committee to investigate reported mass revenge killings of a minority group – after the United Nations human rights chief called for “swift actions”.

Violent clashes, which a war monitoring group said had already killed 1,311 people, have continued for a fourth day in deposed president Bashar al Assad‘s coastal heartland.

Volker Turk, the UN high commissioner for human rights, said in a statement: “The caretaker authorities’ announcements of their intention to respect the law must be followed by swift actions to protect Syrians, including by taking all necessary measures to prevent any violations and abuses and achieve accountability when these occur.”

Alawite Genocide in Syria as Local Journalist Says ‘Only Israel Stands by Us’ – The Jewish Press – JewishPress.com

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Alawite Genocide in Syria as Local Journalist Says ‘Only Israel Stands by Us’ – The Jewish Press – JewishPress.com
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The conflict in Syria took a gruesome turn as reports emerged on Sunday of a large-scale massacre of Alawites in northern Syria. Witnesses and analysts describe an ongoing campaign of ethnic cleansing, with the Alawite minority being targeted in what some are calling a genocide.

Islamists aligned with Syria’s interim government massacred hundreds of ethnic Alawites after members of that minority attacked security forces loyal to the interim government in the Latakia province. The Assad family, which ruled Syria from 1971-2024 are Alawites, an ethnic minority who make up 12% of Syria’s population. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported that at least 745 unarmed Alawite civilians have been killed, along with 150 armed Alawites and 125 members of the newly established Syrian regime.

Syria announces the end of a military operation against Assad-linked gunmen in a coastal region – WTOP

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Syria announces the end of a military operation against Assad-linked gunmen in a coastal region – WTOP
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Syria’s interim government signed a deal Monday with the Kurdish-led authority that controls the country’s northeast, including a ceasefire and the merging of the main U.S.-backed force there into the Syrian army.

The deal is a major breakthrough that would bring most of Syria under the control of the government, which is led by the Islamist group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham that led the ouster of President Bashar Assad in December.

The deal was signed by interim President Ahmad al-Sharaa and Mazloum Abdi, the commander of the U.S.-backed, Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces.

The deal to be implemented by the end of the year would bring all border crossings with Iraq and Turkey, airports and oil fields in the northeast under the central government’s control. Prisons where about

Kremlin Says It Seeks Unity for Syria Amid Rising Violence and Unrest– www.themoscowtimes.com

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Kremlin Says It Seeks Unity for Syria Amid Rising Violence and Unrest– www.themoscowtimes.com
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Russia is in contact with other countries regarding the recent wave of violence in Syria and wants the war-torn country to remain “united,” the Kremlin said Tuesday.

Days of unrest in Syria’s Alawite heartland have posed the most serious threat to the country’s stability since President Bashar al-Assad’s fall in December.

“We are ready and in contact with other countries on the Syrian issue,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters, adding that Moscow “wants to see Syria united, prosperous and friendly.”

Assad fled to Russia after being ousted by rebel groups following more than 13 years of civil war. Moscow had been his key military and political backer, helping to turn the tide of the conflict in his favor when it first intervened.