Welcome to the Weekend Roundup! – News & Views – 7/2/22

• As Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade, Catholics react with joy, anger, trepidation

Although the U.S. Catholic bishops are solidly against abortion, a recent AP poll found that 64 percent of U.S. Catholic laypersons agreed that abortion should be legal in most or all cases.

• Pro-abortion graffiti on Catholic church
• Vandalism of Catholic churches continues after Dobbs decision

Angry pro-abortion supporters are targeting Catholic churches after the overturning of Roe vs. Wade because Catholics are stereotyped as being anti-abortion despite polls which show the majority support the genocide. We note that of the five Supreme Court justices who voted to overturn Roe, four are Roman Catholic: Samuel Alito, Amy Coney Barrett, Brent Kavanaugh, and Clarence Thomas. Neil Gorsuch was raised a Catholic, but now identifies as Episcopalian. False-gospel religious moralists need the Gospel as much as radical pro-abortionists.

• Pope advises Catholic mothers to stop ironing their son’s shirts and push them to get married

At least the pope isn’t advising mothers to push their sons to be priests.

• Presbyterian Church in America (PCA) votes to leave National Association of Evangelicals

The National Association of Evangelicals has been heading down the path of the social justice gospel. I don’t blame the PCA for leaving. For a list of denominations that belong to the NAE, see here.

• Supreme Court says Maine can’t bar parents from using state funds to send kids to religious schools

On one hand, I’m glad parents can use vouchers for private schools. On the other hand, I don’t like public tax dollars going to Catholic schools.

• Transgender Women Banned from International Swimming Events: They Have a ‘Performance Advantage,’ Organization Rules

Are feminists pleased or angry that “transgender women” have been banned from competing in women’s swimming events? I imagine this ban will be overturned via lawsuit very soon.

• Liturgical Confusion: Chicago Catholics Flummoxed by Inconsistent Liturgy Policy

This interesting article from a conservative Catholic source focuses on the squabbling between conservative and progressive Catholics over the liturgical rubrics of the mass. The Roman Catholic mass is anti-Biblical from start to finish.

• Nancy Pelosi receives Jesus wafer at the Vatican

Catholic archbishop of San Francisco, Salvatore Cordileone, made headlines on May 20 when he banned House Speaker and abortion-supporter, Nancy Pelosi, from receiving the Jesus wafer in her home diocese, yet Pelosi received a personal greeting and “blessing” from pope Francis before receiving the Jesus wafer at a papal mass when she visited the Vatican this past Wednesday. Pelosi is clearly “using” the pope for political purposes just as Francis is using her. Cordileone and Francis are clearly not on the same page of their false gospel.

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Tom’s retirement countdown: 17 more weekends to go!