Mr. and Dr. Biden on Inauguration Day
Some of you might remember Kermit Gosnell. As an abortionist serving the cause of bodily self-determination, he went a little beyond the boundaries of a very permissive set of laws and was ultimately convicted of actual positive crimes – including “snipping the spines” of babies born alive. His practice, located with altruistic intention in the Philadelphia ghetto, throve for decades with the help of Democrat city officials and, toward the end, of the zealously pro-abortion Republican governor of Pennsylvania, Tom Ridge. Gosnell’s serving time now. Eternity is waiting in the wings.
What most people don’t realize about Gosnell is that he was a prince amongst abortionists, belying the usual bottom-feeder image, which is typically accurate. Gosnell was a stellar medical student – unlike, say, Willie Parker. Gosnell was also a highly-cultured character – a fine pianist, for example, and a free verse poet of some distinction. I don
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Susanne Smith holds her daughter Mary-Alma as pastor Father John Marconi sprinkles ashes on the baby’s head during Ash Wednesday Mass at Our Lady of the Holy Souls Church in Little Rock, where 34 people attended.
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Susanne Smith holds her daughter Mary-Alma as pastor Father John Marconi sprinkles ashes on the baby’s head during Ash Wednesday Mass at Our Lady of the Holy Souls Church in Little Rock, where 34 people attended.
Snow, extreme cold leave a trail of damage to churches
Beyond cancellations caused by deep snow, the unusual cold of Arkansas’ winter storms damaged several parish and school buildings.
Church leaps into response to severe weather as Lent begins
Julio and Josmery Campo of Houston unload framing lumber for their fireplaces Feb. 16, 2021, as the state of Texas experienced widespread power outages and record-breaking temperatures. (CNS photo/Callaghan O’Hare, Reuters)
By Dennis Sadowski • Catholic News Service • Posted February 19, 2021
CLEVELAND (CNS) Below-zero temperatures, teeth-chattering wind chills and deep snow turned the southern Plains into an Arctic landscape, forcing Catholic Charities agencies to adopt emergency measures to get people to safety.
Rolling power blackouts in Texas and Oklahoma left some families without heat for hours at a time, necessitating the opening of at least one church in the Diocese of Dallas to endangered people.
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Below-zero temperatures, teeth-chattering wind chills and deep snow turned the southern Plains into an Arctic landscape, forcing Catholic Charities agencies to adopt emergency measures to get people to safety.