DOJ suing 29 states plus DC for failure to hand over voter rolls; Minnesota lawmakers file articles of impeachment against Walz, Ellison; American ambassador to Holy See: US immigration law ‘not rooted in hate or xenophobia’; Notre Dame: Pro-abortion professor withdraws as institute director; Another TX man charged after allegedly murdering his unborn baby with abortion pill; American pro-lifer shedding light on doctor-assisted suicide in Canada and US; Spiritual advisor gives counsel on how to attain inner peace; Catholics celebrate saint who said, ‘Do not be afraid to love God too much’; and more
Justice Department Sues Five Additional States for Failure to Produce Voter Rolls
Today, the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division announced it has filed federal lawsuits against five states — Utah, Oklahoma, Kentucky, West Virginia, and New Jersey — for failure to produce their full voter registration lists upon request. This brings the Justice Department’s nationwide total to 29 states and the District of Columbia.
“Accurate, well-maintained voter rolls are a requisite for the election integrity that the American people deserve,” said Attorney General Pamela Bondi. “This latest series of litigation underscores that This Department of Justice is fulfilling its duty to ensure transparency, voter roll maintenance, and secure elections across the country.”
“The Justice Department will continue to fulfill its oversight role dutifully, neutrally, and transparently wherever Americans vote in federal elections,” said Assistant Attorney General Harmeet K. Dhillon of the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division. “Many state election officials, however, are choosing to fight us in court rather than show their work. We will not be deterred, regardless of party affiliation, from carrying out critical election integrity legal duties.”
Read more at US Department of Justice
AAG announcing the lawsuit
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Social media still digesting Trump’s historic SOTU
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Wife blesses husband’s dog tags with holy water prior to Venezuela mission
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The Power of Holy Water
‘I know by frequent experience that there is nothing which puts the devils to flight like holy water.’ -St. Teresa of Avila
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Minnesota lawmakers file articles of impeachment against Walz and Ellison
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Illegal alien with Minnesota CDL driving wrong way on major highway
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News about US bishops ‘refugee resettlement work’
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In wide-ranging interview, US Ambassador to the Holy See explains principles behind US immigration policy
In a lengthy two-part interview with Crux, Ambassador Brian Burch emphasized that U.S. immigration policy is not rooted in hate or xenophobia, but in moral principles tied to a nation’s duty to protect its citizens.
The U.S. Ambassador to the Holy See spoke for more than an hour with Crux Senior Correspondent Elise Ann Allen in Rome. In the first part of the conversation, Ambassador Burch addressed several contentious issues related to the Trump administration’s policies, ranging from immigration to ongoing global conflicts.
Regarding immigration, Burch explained to Crux that “the important thing here is this is not a set of evil policies rooted in hate or xenophobia. That is a false claim that has never been true.”
Read more at Catholic Vote; read more at Crux
Goya founder weighs in on US bishops involvement with refugee resettlement programs
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Notre Dame: Pro-abortion professor withdraws as institute director
An outspoken abortion advocate will not assume the directorship of an academic institute at the University of Notre Dame, following widespread condemnation of the appointment by students, university donors, and bishops.
Susan Ostermann, a researcher and professor at the University of Notre Dame’s Keough School of Global Affairs, had been announced as the incoming director of the Liu Institute for Asia and Asian Studies within the Keough School, and was due to assume the role in July.
However, in an email to faculty Feb. 26, the dean of the Keough School informed said that Ostermann had “decided not to move forward as director” of the institute, following widespread criticism of her appointment.
Announcing her decision not to go forward in the role, Dean Mary Gallagher praised Ostermann as a “respected scholar of South Asian politics and regulatory governance whose research and teaching reflect the intellectual rigor and interdisciplinary excellence at the heart of both the Liu Institute and the Keough School of Global Affairs.”
Read more at The Pillar
Bp. Rhoades statement on pro-abort’s declining Notre Dame appointment
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Ostermann’s withdrawal represents ‘phantom win’ for ‘Catholic’ Notre Dame
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Another TX Man Charged After Allegedly Murdering His Unborn Baby With Abortion Pill
Texas man is facing an aggravated assault charge after he allegedly slipped the mother of his child an abortion pill that led to the death of his unborn baby.
Law enforcement in Montgomery County, Texas launched an investigation into the death of stillborn infant Presley Mae after the mother reportedly suffered a “suspicious” miscarriage at a hospital in The Woodlands. Interviews with Presley Mae’s mother revealed that she believed the father of the baby, identified as 25-year-old Jon Rueben Gabriel Demeter, secretly fed her an abortion drug to cause her baby’s premature death.
Read more at The Federalist
Man in Ireland sentenced for threatening to beat girlfriend unless she took abortion pill
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American pro-lifer shedding light on doctor-assisted suicide in Canada and US
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Nigerian diocese reports increase in administering of Sacraments despite persecution by Boko Haram
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Murders, kidnappings, threats: a bloody February for Christians amid Syria’s ‘chaos’
The latest victim is a 47-year-old teacher and mother of three, shot to the head in the Wadi al-Nasara region. Activists and NGOs warn of targeted attacks and disturbing disappearances under the influence of Islamic extremism. With the start of Ramadan, shops and restaurants have been attacked for selling alcohol. In Homs, at least 10 Alawites have been killed.
Attacks and violence against Christians in Syria and across the Middle East are rising. A new murder has been blamed on an Islamist group, that of Iman Matanius Jrousi (pictured), a 47-year-old mother of three, originally from the town of Ain al-Rahib, in the Wadi al-Nasara region.
The Christian teacher died on Monday evening, from bullets fired by a terrorist group attacking the Akrama neighbourhood in Homs, where she had moved for work.
This is a new violent episode in the “new” Syria of President Ahmed al-Sharaa and the Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) militia against a member of a religious minority, amid growing security threats and repeated attacks on civilians.
As the long trail of blood continues to flow, from the war years under dictator Bashar al-Assad to the struggles the country still faces to rebuild itself, more than 80 per cent of Syria’s Christians have been forced to flee, as former apostolic nuncio, Cardinal Mario Zenari, recently told AsiaNews.
Read more as Asia News
Steps to inner peace
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Today is the Feast Day of St. Gabriel of Our Lady of Sorrows
“Love God very much and do not be afraid to love Him too much.” – St Gabriel of Our Lady of Sorrows
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