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Welcome to Wednesday. NCR's editorial says that Judge Amy Coney Barrett should be
rejected from the Supreme Court bench.
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Editorial: Barrett's moral relativism is cause for rejection from the bench [[link removed]]
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"The United States Senate should reject the nomination of Judge Amy Coney Barrett
to the Supreme Court," NCR states in our editorial posted today.
Four years ago, when Justice Antonin Scalia died in February, nine months before
the general election, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell refused to hold hearings
for the nomination of Judge Merrick Garland. Yet, this year, after the death of
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg less than nine weeks before Election Day, McConnell
has rammed through this nomination.
"The hypocrisy is rank," we write, "and it is impossible to see how rushing this
nomination will be good for our democracy. The enmity caused by the Republicans'
shameful double standard will not soon dissipate, not when lifetime appointments
are at stake."
Although Barrett is not responsible for the decision, she has allowed herself to
become part of the process.
"Her willingness to become a collaborator, complete with the required adoring look
at the president at the super-spreader event at which she was nominated, is not
enough to justify a negative vote, but it set the table," we write.
"What disqualifies Barrett is the extreme moral relativism she displayed in her
confirmation hearing. Not so long ago, moral relativism was the war cry of cultural
conservatives, at least since then-Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger enounced the 'dictatorship
of relativism' at the last Mass before the cardinals entered the conclave of 2005
from which Ratzinger emerged as Pope Benedict XVI."
Read the rest of our editorial here [[link removed]].
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More headlines

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ICYMI: Social Service Sr. Simone Campbell tenders her resignation as head of Network
[[link removed]].
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Former Congressman Tim Roemer, who identifies as pro-life, lines out why he is voting
for Joe Biden [[link removed]]
in the upcoming election.
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Pope Francis has received a long list of guests from Germany in recent weeks [[link removed]],
more than from any other country, which is remarkable especially considering restrictions
on visits caused by the ongoing pandemic.

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Taking part in his first public engagement with other religious leaders since the
beginning of the pandemic, Pope Francis appeared at an interreligious prayer service
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wearing a white mask.
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Final thoughts
NCR Executive Editor Heidi Schlumpf has joined Season 7 of "The Francis Effect"
podcast with co-hosts Franciscan Fr. Dan Horan (columnist for NCR's "Faith Seeking
Understanding [[link removed]]")
and David Dault, executive producer and host of "Things Not Seen: Conversations
about Culture and Faith." Listen to the latest episode here [[link removed]]
and catch up on all of the episodes for this season here [[link removed]].
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Until Thursday,
Stephanie Yeagle
NCR Production/Online Editor
[email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]
Twitter: @ncrSLY [[link removed]]
P.S. There is still time for you to support NCR's work by becoming an NCR Forward
member during our Fall Member Drive, happening now [[link removed]].
For just $5 a month, you can get a ton of benefits, such as special events, member
polls, question and answer sessions and more. You can find out how to join here
[[link removed]].
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