I look forward to reading the Catholic News Herald as soon as it arrives in my mailbox, yet when I saw the article “Biden leads nation in mourning its 500,000 COVID-19 deaths” it gave me pause followed by nausea.
The photograph of President Joe Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris and their spouses standing outside the White House, socially distanced and wearing masks, was odd. Why wear masks when they are six feet apart and able to breath fresh air? One would think that for such an important speech to the nation he, at least, would show his face. Then, it all made sense.
Here are the representatives of an administration that is the most abortion-focused we have seen in decades, speaking words about a “heartbreaking milestone” of 500,000 COVID-19 deaths while behind the scenes that administration has initiated strategies that will take the lives of hundreds of thousands of innocent unborn children – without one word of regret.
Biden’s words about “we must resist viewing each life as a statistic or a blur on the news” just don’t ring true when he doesn’t flinch about 3,000-plus scheduled abortion deaths each day. Either all human life is sacred or not. Why not light candles for the millions of human lives lost to abortion? Or are those babies just statistics?
Claudia Geraghty Graham lives in Black Mountain.
Thanks to Father Peter Ascik for his excellent Jan. 29 commentary in the Catholic News Herald, “An example of Catholic integrity in public life.” He has never wavered in witnessing to the culture of life.
President Joe Biden has been in office over a month and he has already demonstrated his pro-abortion extremism. He is nominating only pro-abortion cabinet members and he has the continued support of Planned Parenthood, the nation’s largest abortion provider. With Biden in the White House, the number of elective abortions through the ninth month of pregnancy will increase dramatically. States may even lose the ability to enforce or enact laws protecting mothers and their unborn babies from the brutality of abortion. And because of the Church’s belief in the sanctity of all human life, Catholicism is in grave danger of increased secular attacks.
I am and always have been a one-issue Catholic voter. Because abortion is always “intrinsically evil,” I vote only for pro-life political candidates.
As we face the increased challenges of the “culture of death” in our nation, Catholics must work harder to protect and defend all human life. We must persevere in prayer. We must witness our pro-life beliefs to family and friends. And, yes, at every election, we must vote only for pro-life candidates.
Patricia A. Rodite is a member of St. Matthew Church’s Respect Life Ministry.