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From Anti-Human Trafficking Hero to Senate Hopeful

From Anti-Human Trafficking Hero to Senate Hopeful

By Church Militant • September 19, 2023 •

The real-life inspiration behind the hit film 'Sound of Freedom' is thinking about running for U.S. Senate. Tim Ballard, the man behind the movie and founder of Operation Underground Railroad, is considering the bid on the heels of a recent announcement by Sen. Mitt Romney, R-Utah, indicating that the incumbent will not seek reelection. Read more

Michigan AG Seeking to Lock Up Trump Supporters

Michigan AG Seeking to Lock Up Trump Supporters

By Nicholas Wylie • September 19, 2023 •

A Michigan man is seeking the dismissal of the state attorney general's trumped-up charges of forgery and conspiracy surrounding the 2020 presidential election. Clifford Frost Jr.'s legal team filed a motion for summary disposition on Thursday, requesting that the eight charges brought against him by Michigan's pro-Marxist attorney general, Dana Nessel, be dropped. Read more

Tone-Deaf US Bishops Call to Celebrate National Migration Week

Tone-Deaf US Bishops Call to Celebrate National Migration Week

By Martina Moyski • September 18, 2023 •

The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops is calling for a celebration of mass migration and open borders amid an unprecedented deluge of illegal migrants passing into and throughout the country. The USCCB announced the celebration of National Migration Week, scheduled this year from Sept. 18 to 24. The annual event, intended to bring attention to the plight of migrants in the United States and around the world, culminates with World Day of Migrants and Refugees, established by the Holy See over 100 years ago. Read more

Nevada Babies in Mortal Danger

Nevada Babies in Mortal Danger

By William Mahoney, Ph.D. • September 15, 2023 •

Pro-abortion zealots in Nevada want to add a question about abortion access to the state's 2024 ballot. The coalition of pro-abortion enthusiasts, which consists of Planned Parenthood, NARAL Pro-Choice Nevada and the ACLU of Nevada, filed a petition with the secretary of state's office to secure a ballot question on enshrining abortion in Nevada's Constitution.  Read more

Being a Priest-Victim for Souls

Being a Priest-Victim for Souls

By Church Militant • September 14, 2023 •

On June 1, Church Militant published an article titled "Priest With Brain Tumor Requests Prayers From Abp. Fulton Sheen," about New Orleans priest Fr. Jeffrey Montz. Recebtly diagnosed with a brain tumor, he was asking that people pray for his healing through the intercession of Abp. Sheen in the hope that a miracle would be granted to advance his stalled cause for canonization. Church Militant reached out to Fr. Montz for an update on his condition, and he provided the following. Read more

CA Governor Claims Conservatives Push Misinformation

CA Governor Claims Conservatives Push Misinformation

By Nicholas Wylie • September 14, 2023 •

California's Democrat governor is blaming conservatives for pushing misinformation, while his state continues to decimate parental rights. In a Tuesday interview with Politico's California bureau chief, Christopher Cadelago, Gov. Gavin Newsom, a self-identified Catholic, claimed many on the Right focus too heavily on trans issues and need to have more "grace and humility."  Read more

US Bishops Still Shilling Biden Admin’s Borderless Beliefs

US Bishops Still Shilling Biden Admin’s Borderless Beliefs

By William Mahoney, Ph.D. • September 14, 2023 •

While many Americans this week were remembering the 9/11 attacks against their country, the U.S. bishops' conference was attacking Republican attempts to secure the southern border and praising the Biden administration for asking Congress to spend billions of taxpayer dollars in line with the conference's shared beliefs on open borders. In a letter to Congress dated Sept. 11, 2023, the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) expressed its mostly positive views on the Biden administration's Aug. 10, 2023, request for emergency supplemental funding in fiscal year 2024 and several items in the administration's subsequent continuing resolution anomalies request for the same period.  Read more

Archbishop Supports Governor’s Radical Attempt to Ban Guns

Archbishop Supports Governor’s Radical Attempt to Ban Guns

By Nicholas Wylie • September 14, 2023 •

A Catholic prelate in New Mexico is praising the state's radical Democrat governor for attempting to ban firearms. Santa Fe's Abp. John Wester is supporting Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham, a self-identifying Catholic, after her recent executive order banning individuals from carrying guns publicly in Bernalillo County for 30 days. Read more

Michigan Catholics Win Battle for Religious Freedom

Michigan Catholics Win Battle for Religious Freedom

By Martina Moyski • September 12, 2023 •

A Catholic group in Michigan is celebrating a big win for religious freedom after a lengthy battle with a local township. On Sept. 11, the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in favor of Catholic Healthcare International (CHI), allowing the group to post religious displays, including the Stations of the Cross, on its property. The religious group controls the 40-acre wooded parcel in Genoa Township in Southeast Michigan that was originally gifted to them by the diocese of Lansing. Read more

Parishioner Money to Pay Off Victims

Parishioner Money to Pay Off Victims

By Nicholas Wylie • September 12, 2023 •

New Orleans Catholics are expressing worries about sex abuse payouts in the archdiocese. Parishioners are concerned their money may be used to help pay for the clergy's sins after Archbishop Gregory Aymond hinted in a recent letter that schools and parishes may have to help shoulder the burden of bankruptcy costs. Read more

Gay Priest to Conflate ‘Racial Justice and LGBTQ Inclusion’

Gay Priest to Conflate ‘Racial Justice and LGBTQ Inclusion’

By William Mahoney, Ph.D. • September 11, 2023 •

At a Catholic college, a progressive and openly gay priest is set to give a talk on racial justice and LGBT inclusion.  On Tuesday evening, Fr. Bryan Massingale is scheduled to deliver a talk titled "The Threat of White Christian Nationalism" at the College of St. Benedict in St. Joseph, Minnesota.  Read more

How to Honor the Babies Ruthlessly Murdered via Abortion

How to Honor the Babies Ruthlessly Murdered via Abortion

By Nicholas Wylie • September 8, 2023 •

Pro-lifers from across the United States are gathering to honor the innocent children slain through abortion. Individuals met at over 200 locations around the country on Saturday for the 2023 National Day of Remembrance for Aborted Children.  Read more

Former New Orleans Priest Indicted for Rape

Former New Orleans Priest Indicted for Rape

By Nicholas Wylie • September 7, 2023 •

A former New Orleans priest is being indicted on four charges, including raping a teenage boy. Father Lawrence Hecker was indicted Thursday by Louisiana state prosecutors in New Orleans on charges of aggravated rape, aggravated kidnapping, one count of aggravated crime against nature and one count of theft. Read more

Spiritual Shake-Up in the Seattle Archdiocese

Spiritual Shake-Up in the Seattle Archdiocese

By William Mahoney, Ph.D. • September 6, 2023 •

The Archdiocese of Seattle is requesting every pastor of a parish tender his resignation in what appears to be a seismic shift of spiritual leadership and a consolidation of collapse. In an email dated Aug. 27, the archdiocese's vicar for clergy, Rev. Gary Zender, informed pastors they would be required to resign formally next year as part of the archdiocese's consolidation process called Partners in the Gospel. Read more

Liturgy Being Used to Pound Climate Madness

Liturgy Being Used to Pound Climate Madness

By Nicholas Wylie • September 5, 2023 •

An Indiana bishop is using the liturgy to push environmental politics on Catholics. Wednesday, Gary's bishop, Robert McClory, will celebrate a so-called Green Mass at St. Ann of the Dunes in Beverly Shores in honor of the so-called Season of Creation. Read more