Transfigurations: News and Views: May 3, 2025

Washington governor signs bill forcing priests to break Seal of Confession Senate Bill 5375 and House Bill 1211 in the state of Washington are “no exemption” bills that remove all protections for what priests hear in Confession when it comes to alleged abuse. Frame said the bill will not compel priests to testify but only to report abuse. However, that is not written in the text of the law.

Furthermore, a priest would presumably have to reveal the name of a person admitting to the abuse in the confessional in order to alert authorities about a child who might allegedly be at risk, as LifeSiteNews previously reported.

Frame previously dismissed religious freedom concerns during a hearing. “I have tried really hard over the last couple of years to find a balance and to strike a careful compromise,” she claimed before saying “sorry” for not being willing to “make a compromise anymore.” She criticized efforts to protect clergy-penitent privilege “in the name of religious freedom.”

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A father battles Canada’s suicide machine...His autistic daughter has been cleared for MAiD Her father couldn’t understand how any doctor could think Marge was qualified to die. “I thought MAiD was for, like, you’re dying anyway. So, we’ll just speed it up because you’re suffering. That’s what I thought it was for”, he tells me. “And I’m thinking, well, how could this be for Marge?” So, the day before her “MAiD provider” was meant to pay a final house visit, when a physician and a nurse would bring the lethal but now routine injection of a sedative, a coma-inducting agent, and a neuromuscular tranquiliser, Wade filed a last-minute court challenge. He claimed that Marge did not have a “grievous and irremediable medical condition”, that her only diagnosed illnesses were mental, not physical, and that her second tie-breaking assessor was not independent....

...More recently, I received another message from Wade. Marge’s third application to die had been approved. Wade waits, angry and terrified, to receive the scheduled appointment of his daughter’s death. It could happen anytime.

It's all about the money...

UK: Assisted dying ‘will kill as many as 4,500 people a year’...Report says legislation could save taxpayer £90m as critics flag dangers of ‘money-saving prejudices’ Cost savings to the NHS could be significant. The report said: “Assuming all assisted deaths occur after two months, reducing the length of life by four months, then it is estimated that 79 per cent of the associated healthcare costs (for months four to one) are no longer required.”

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MS-13 gangbanger illegal aliens accused of stabbing 3 corrections officers in violent Virginia prison attack Three Virginia corrections officers were hospitalized Friday after an alleged coordinated attack by inmates affiliated with the violent MS-13 gang and another known gang, state Department of Corrections officials said in a statement.

The incident took place at approximately 9:45 a.m. at Wallens Ridge State Prison in Wise County. Officials said six inmates were involved in the assault.

Five of them are confirmed members of the MS-13 gang, originally from El Salvador, who were in the U.S. illegally.

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We Don't Need An Executive Order To Bar Illegals From Social Security - We Need A Government That Obeys The Law A nation that can’t tell the difference between a citizen and a foreign intruder isn’t a nation—it’s a playground for parasites.

President Trump’s order may make a splash. It may draw cheers. But let’s not lose sight of the bigger truth: the law is already clear. The Constitution already speaks. The betrayal is not in what’s being signed but in what’s being ignored.

We don’t need more executive orders. We need a government that does its damn job.

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NIH investigates Biden last-minute $89 billion grant to ‘seemingly dormant’ University of California nonprofit “It’s outrageous Biden’s NIH shoved a nearly $90 billion contract out the door just days before President Trump returned to office,” Grassley told the news outlet.

“Even worse, the money would have flowed to an organization that can’t clearly protect itself from adversaries like China,” Sen. Grassley said. “I’m very glad HHS heeded my calls to reverse course and is now re-evaluating its initial proposal. I urge the department to ensure efficient use of taxpayer dollars as it works to defeat cancer and save lives.”

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The Week In Pictures: MS-13 Wing of the Democratic Party Edition

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