Pope Francis Says Pro-Abortion Politicians Cannot Receive Communion

May 9, 2013 By

Pope Francis has made a lot of waves since being elected Pope of the Catholic Church. Thankfully, they are good waves as the newest Pope seeks to serve in humility. His latest wave comes as he issues a letter to all Catholic Cardinals and Bishops stating that those people, particularly politicians and world leaders, that are pro-abortion and pro-euthanasia are not eligible for communion. This is sure to upset the likes of Joe Biden and Nancy Pelosi who claim to be practicing Catholics while supporting abortion. Part of Pope Francis’ letter states:

“[people] cannot receive Holy Communion and at the same time act with deeds or words against the commandments, particularly when abortion, euthanasia, and other grave crimes against life and family are encouraged. This responsibility weighs particularly over legislators, heads of governments, and health professionals. These are the guidelines we need for this time in history.” We hope the Pope continues to be staunchly pro-life and condemn the violence of abortion and any practice that does not convey the sanctity of human life. Click here for original article.

About Nathan Cherry

Nathan Cherry is the chief editor and blogger for the Engage Family Minute blog, the official blog of the FPCWV. He serves also as the Regional Development Coordinator as a liaison to the pastor's of West Virginia. He is a pro-life, pro-traditional marriage, pro-religious freedom conservative. He is also a husband, father, pastor, author, musician, and follower of Jesus Christ.

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Members of Congress Demand End to Military Briefing on “Religious Extremists”

April 23, 2013 By

A military briefing that calls Catholics, Evangelical Christians, and Jews “religious extremists” in the same breath with Muslims and Al-Qaida is coming under fire from members of Congress. As one report noted: “Members of Congress have expressed astonishment that the U.S. Army Reserve would use a training brief that slams Catholics, evangelical Christians and others and are demanding the practice come to a halt – now. ‘Our nation needs to have an honest conversation about religious extremism and what we can do to avoid religious violence. However, labeling these major world religions as extremists is wrong and hurtful.’”

While it is sad that our military would use such material to smear Christians, Jews, and Catholics, it isn’t all that surprising. President Obama has put many people in places of leadership and, as the most anti-Christian (and religious freedom) president in U.S. history, it should come as no surprise that these people also oppose people of faith. While they make excuses for Islamic bombers and send money and military weaponry to the Muslim Brotherhood, they call American Christians “religious extremists.” Welcome to Obama’s America. Click here for original article.

About Nathan Cherry

Nathan Cherry is the chief editor and blogger for the Engage Family Minute blog, the official blog of the FPCWV. He serves also as the Regional Development Coordinator as a liaison to the pastor's of West Virginia. He is a pro-life, pro-traditional marriage, pro-religious freedom conservative. He is also a husband, father, pastor, author, musician, and follower of Jesus Christ.

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Students Want Campus Pastor Removed for Homosexual View

April 10, 2013 By

Students at George Washington University are trying to have a Catholic priest removed from his position at the school over his religious view that homosexuality is wrong. This is just another in a long list of examples of people of faith being publicly persecuted for their religious views. The ironic part is that no one seems to have a problem with Muslims holding the very same view of homosexuality as a sin, but somehow it is horrendous for Christians to hold this view. Selective moral outrage? I think so. A recent article reports on this incident:

“But I will state the obvious, that the motive of the persecution is truly not about gay rights, nor is it about the right of people who have same-sex attraction to be treated as human beings possessing human dignity. It is about destroying the Church. The agitators are unable to silence their own conscience, so they seek to silence the“meddlesome priest” who brings them the truth of Christ. And when I say that, I’m thinking of this quote from the student leading the assault on Father Greg, who, after Father Greg told him that his homosexual behavior would prevent him from having a priestly vocation, became a priest in a schismatic sect: ‘[Father Shaffer] is making me choose between the church and my sexuality, but my sexuality isn’t making me choose between it and the church.’ That tells you to whom, or rather what, the student bows.” Click here for original article.

About Nathan Cherry

Nathan Cherry is the chief editor and blogger for the Engage Family Minute blog, the official blog of the FPCWV. He serves also as the Regional Development Coordinator as a liaison to the pastor's of West Virginia. He is a pro-life, pro-traditional marriage, pro-religious freedom conservative. He is also a husband, father, pastor, author, musician, and follower of Jesus Christ.

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Obama Has No Clue What Religious Freedom Is

December 27, 2012 By

Newtown speech ObamaI suppose some people get all warm and fuzzy when President Obama starts talking about prayers and faith at memorial services. Not me, I get irritated. Don’t get me wrong, it’s not that I don’t believe we should all be praying daily, or that faith is not essential for life; because I certainly do. It’s that the rest of the time, when he’s not in front of cameras, Obama is perhaps the greatest enemy of religious freedom this country has known in recent history.

Just one example is the HHS mandate the Obama administration decided to force upon everyone. Obama and his advisors decided that forcing people to fund abortion, pay for contraception, sterilization, and abortifacients against their sincerely held religious beliefs and convictions was, no big deal. After all, violating the tenets of one’s faith is just part of the price paid for living in America, right?

Then, when businesses and companies sought exemptions on religious grounds from the HHS mandate, the Obama administration denied them. Companies like Tyndale House Publishers – the world’s largest printer of Bibles – were told it is not “religious enough” to be given an exemption. Others, like Hercules Industries, Hobby Lobby, Domino’s, Wheaton College, Belmont Abby College, and numerous Catholic organizations all sued the Obama administration on religious grounds.

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About Nathan Cherry

Nathan Cherry is the chief editor and blogger for the Engage Family Minute blog, the official blog of the FPCWV. He serves also as the Regional Development Coordinator as a liaison to the pastor's of West Virginia. He is a pro-life, pro-traditional marriage, pro-religious freedom conservative. He is also a husband, father, pastor, author, musician, and follower of Jesus Christ.

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Domino’s Pizza Sues Obama Administration Over HHS Mandate

December 18, 2012 By

Religions Clause Blog: “Yesterday yet another lawsuit was filed by a closely-held business raising religious objections to the mandate under the Affordable Care Act that requires most health insurance policies to include contraceptive coverage.  The suit was filed by Domino’s Farms Corp. and its sole stockholder, Domino’s Pizza founder Thomas Monaghan, alleging that the mandate violates plaintiffs’ rights under the 1st and 14th Amendments, RFRA and the Administrative Procedure Act.  The complaint (full text) in Domino’s Farms Corp. v. Sebelius, (ED MI, filed 12/14/2012) sets out Monaghan’s strong Catholic beliefs and his involvement with Catholic organizations, and alleges that he and  Domino’s Farms ‘share a common mission of conducting their business operations with integrity and  in compliance with the teachings, mission, and values of the Catholic Church.’ The complaint elaborates: Based on the teachings of the Catholic Church, and  their deeply held  religious beliefs, Plaintiffs do not believe that contraception,  sterilization,  or abortion are properly understood  to constitute medicine, health care, or a means of providing for the well being of persons.   Indeed,  Plaintiffs believe these procedures involve gravely immoral practices, specifically the intentional destruction of innocent human life.” Click here for original article.

About Nathan Cherry

Nathan Cherry is the chief editor and blogger for the Engage Family Minute blog, the official blog of the FPCWV. He serves also as the Regional Development Coordinator as a liaison to the pastor's of West Virginia. He is a pro-life, pro-traditional marriage, pro-religious freedom conservative. He is also a husband, father, pastor, author, musician, and follower of Jesus Christ.

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A Model Adoption Bill for West Virginia?

December 15, 2012 By

baby with a bowCitizenLink has an encouraging tidbit today. Michigan has been making a lot of news these last couple weeks with all the demonstrations around their state capital by union-types who believe that they should be able to take from workers to finance their liberal agenda with impunity.  Unfortunately, for them at least, the state legislature is in more conservative hands and while that is good for the Right to Work efforts, it is not what I want to write about today.

Michigan is also about to demonstrate to the rest of the country just what it takes to ensure the continued ability of faith-based family advocacy and adoption agencies to aid the state in placing children who need a stable, healthy living environment in appropriate, traditional family settings without being forced into participating in adoption of children into the harmful environment of homosexual households.

Yes,Michigan H.B.  5763/5764 provides a specific amendment to the existing Michigan code that will state (when passed):

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About Tom Stark

Tom Stark began writing for the Engage Family Minute blog in February 2012. As a small business owner Tom is passionate about the intersection of faith and politics in the life of Christians and the community around him. Having been touched by both the abortion issue and the issue of homosexuality in his own family, Tom is passionate about defending the lives of the unborn and upholding Biblical Truth. Tom also writes for www.westvirginiaconservative.com

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Obama Tells Muslims That Religious Freedom is Sacred

August 15, 2012 By

by Nathan A. Cherry, 08/15/2012

There is no shortage of irony here as the Obama Administration has leveled the most attacks against religious freedom in American history. Obama has been labeled the most anti-religious freedom, anti-Bible president in history. So for Obama to tell a group of Muslims eating at the White House that he plans to defend religious freedom is little more than rhetorical farce not worth paying attention to. To further emphasize the irony CNSNews.com points out: “President Barack Obama—whose administration is being sued by multiple Catholic dioceses, universities, charities and family-owned businesses for violating their First Amendment right to the free exercise of religion—told a group of Muslims dining at the White House on Friday that freedom of religion is “foremost” among the God-given rights of man and that he intends to defend it both within the United States and abroad.” I guess he is not doing a very good job of defending religious freedom in the U.S. Click here for original article.

About Nathan Cherry

Nathan Cherry is the chief editor and blogger for the Engage Family Minute blog, the official blog of the FPCWV. He serves also as the Regional Development Coordinator as a liaison to the pastor's of West Virginia. He is a pro-life, pro-traditional marriage, pro-religious freedom conservative. He is also a husband, father, pastor, author, musician, and follower of Jesus Christ.

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Engaging Weekend: Sex Education Victory, Catholic Family Beats Obama, Transgender Marriage Coming Soon

July 30, 2012 By

 

 

 

 

by Nathan A. Cherry, 07/30/2012

Engaging Weekend is a round-up of headlines you might have missed over the weekend, but that you should take a moment to read.

Thank Rep. Rehberg for Principled Leadership in Teen Sexual Health Policy

A bill inserted into the House of Representatives spending bill for the upcoming year makes huge changes to sex education spending. President Obama had reduced abstinence education to a mere $5 million while giving explicit sex education $100 million. The new budget reduces Obama’s destructive education plans to $20 million while bolstering responsible abstinence education to the same amount of $20 million. A news source says the bill “cuts funding for President Obama’s sex education program, which typically promotes the contraceptive-based, explicit ‘safe-sex’ messages for youth. It replaced much of the outdated, failed ‘safe-sex’ message with the Sexual Risk Avoidance (SRA) Abstinence Education approach.” Click here to read original article.

Catholic Family Beats Obama in Abortion Pill Mandate

Last week I told you a little about a Colorado family that was told by the Obama administration to choose their faith or their family owned and operated business. The Newland family owns Hercules Industries and operates the heating and air conditioning unit manufacturing company as a faith based business. In keeping with their faith the Newlands do not offer contraception, sterilization, or abortifacients in their health insurance plans. Now the Obama administration is seeking to force them to offer things that are contrary to their faith or run the risk of going out of business. But a victory was won when a judge issued an injunction which allows the Newlands to continue their business without complying to the HHS insurance mandate. Click here for original article.

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About Nathan Cherry

Nathan Cherry is the chief editor and blogger for the Engage Family Minute blog, the official blog of the FPCWV. He serves also as the Regional Development Coordinator as a liaison to the pastor's of West Virginia. He is a pro-life, pro-traditional marriage, pro-religious freedom conservative. He is also a husband, father, pastor, author, musician, and follower of Jesus Christ.

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Government Tells Family Business to Stop Being Catholic

July 26, 2012 By

by Nathan A. Cherry, 07/26/2012

We are bound to hear more stories like this one. A family owned and operated business in Colorado is facing-off with the Obama administration over insurance. Like most Americans with religious convictions the Newland family does not provide sterilization, artificial contraception or abortifacients in keeping with the tenets of their faith. Now they face a decision that many others are facing – to violate their conscience and religious convictions or comply with the government. One report shared: “What we are seeing from the Obama administration today — in its attack on religious liberty — is simply evil. When government seeks to compel individuals to act against their consciences and to engage in activities that, if willfully done, would imperil their immortal souls, there is no other word for it. The Newland family owns and operates Hercules Industries, a Colorado-based corporation that manufactures heating, ventilation and air-conditioning equipment. The Newlands believe the morality the Catholic faith teaches them must animate their lives not only within the walls of the churches they attend, but literally everywhere else, as well — in the way they deal with their families, their neighbors and, yes, their business. The Newlands sued to protect their free exercise of religion in this regard because Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius issued a regulation, under the Obamacare law, that requires virtually all health care plans to cover — without cost-sharing — sterilizations, artificial contraception and abortifacients.” This is not just a bad health-care bill, this is bad policy that seeks to violate the FIrst Amendment rights of millions of Americans. Click here for the original article.

About Nathan Cherry

Nathan Cherry is the chief editor and blogger for the Engage Family Minute blog, the official blog of the FPCWV. He serves also as the Regional Development Coordinator as a liaison to the pastor's of West Virginia. He is a pro-life, pro-traditional marriage, pro-religious freedom conservative. He is also a husband, father, pastor, author, musician, and follower of Jesus Christ.

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Catholic Archbishop Wonders If Marriage View Will Land Him In Jail

July 26, 2012 By

by Nathan A. Cherry, 07/26/2012

Catholic Archbishop-elect Philip Tartaglia recently said that he can imagine possibly going to jail for simply voicing support for traditional marriage. In an interview he said: “I am deeply concerned that today, defending the traditional meaning of marriage is almost considered ‘hate speech’ and branded intolerant. Such a response is undemocratic, closes debate and is highly manipulative…I could see myself going to jail possibly at some point over the next 15 years—if God spares me—if I speak out.” He went on to ask some very pointed questions that should cause every person holding to the traditional view of marriage out of a religious conviction concern: “Will society continue to afford the Catholic Church and other religious bodies the oxygen and the vital space to be themselves and to express themselves in the public square, or will my Church be forced to conform to a publicly acceptable form of religiosity, a kind of patriotic Church? Or worse, will we be driven to the margins of society, and perhaps denied the legal right to carry out our mission and to express our faith in public?” Click here for original article.

About Nathan Cherry

Nathan Cherry is the chief editor and blogger for the Engage Family Minute blog, the official blog of the FPCWV. He serves also as the Regional Development Coordinator as a liaison to the pastor's of West Virginia. He is a pro-life, pro-traditional marriage, pro-religious freedom conservative. He is also a husband, father, pastor, author, musician, and follower of Jesus Christ.

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