Editorials

Over the last few decades, the news media has gone through numerous changes in the way it presents the news. None of us knows how the news media will evolve in future years in disseminating the news, but according to Pope Francis, it will have no future if reporters and the public cannot distinguish between facts and fiction.

Who doesn’t like to go to a concert to hear and see their favorite singers and musicians? Most of us enjoy going to concerts, no matter what our age or taste in music. But when these musicians and singers use their platforms as stars to take a side on a moral issue that results in the killing of an innocent child in the womb, it is time for us to draw a line in the sand and not support them.

The Department of Labor is considering a new rule that would allow federal contractors who identify as religious to hire employees based on faith and religious practice. The new policy would expand an executive order by President Lyndon Johnson protecting the rights of religious employers with federal government contracts to hire from within their religious group.

A memorial Mass for Maryknoll Father Vincent R. Capodanno, U.S. Navy Chaplain, will be celebrated Sept. 4 in the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, Washington, D.C. on the 52nd anniversary of his death on a battlefield in Vietnam. We highlight this yearly memorial Mass because it gives us the opportunity to reflect on the heroic life of this priest. His story is one that should never be forgotten.

For their work for championing the pro-life cause above all in their lives, three people — Cheryl Holley, Marian Desrosiers and Chuck Donovan — were honored Aug. 5 at the 2019 People of Life awards for their contributions.