In the streets of Laredo, Texas, Congressman Henry Cuellar is fighting for his political life. Today, he faces a runoff election in the Democratic primary. Cuellar is the last of a once substantial gang of pro-life Democrats. As I
wrote
in March, Cuellar is hardly a pro-life darling. In 2015, Cuellar voted for the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act, which would have established a national twenty-week ban on abortions. That same year, however, he voted against the Defund Planned Parenthood Act. His lifetime rating from the National Right to Life Committee is only 28 percent, and he has never been a regular at the March for Life. Yet because the Democratic party requires total commitment to abortion extremism, abortion advocates are now
actively gunning
for Cuellar. A man of humble farm-worker origins, some now call him the “King of Laredo.” His crown is in jeopardy, but he has not been completely abandoned by his party.
POPE FRANCIS TO CONFER NEW LAY MINISTRIES FOR FIRST TIME IN ST. PETER’S BASILICA
The Vatican has announced that Pope Francis will confer the ministries of catechist, lector, and acolyte upon lay men and
