Editorials

In addition to the hundreds of thousands from around the country who will trek to Washington, D.C., for the annual March for Life, on Jan. 24, thousands will attend similar events in major cities like Los Angeles, Chicago, Denver and here in New Jersey in Trenton. Before the March for Life in Los Angeles, the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels will host a requiem Mass for the millions of unborn who have been aborted since Roe vs. Wade in 1973.

A federal rule change once again allows faith-based adoption agencies to receive federal funding without being required to place children with same-sex couples. Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF), a religious freedom legal group, welcomed the move.

Earlier last year, legislators in Kentucky passed “The Ultra­sound Informed Consent Act.” It requires abortion doctors to present and describe an ultrasound image of an unborn child to a mother seeking an abortion, along with having to play audio of the baby’s heartbeat. Then-Gov. Matt Bevin (R) signed the bill into law.

Another new year is less than a week away. For most of us these last few days of the year are times when we reflect on what we accomplished (or not) in 2019 and what positive changes we would like to make in our lives in 2020. We look at Jan. 1, 2020 as a new beginning and as a time for a fresh start in our lives. However, when we look back on the year that is in our rear-view mirror, we find that some problems we vowed to fix in 2019 still remain with us.

Christmas is less than a week away. With celebration of the Birth of Our Savior so close, it is important that Catholics and all Christians take time out from our hectic holiday planning and focus on the real reason for the season. It is amazing how society has secularized the great feast of Jesus Christ’s birth.