LifeSite news notes – November 2, 2017

A list of key pro-life and pro-family news and views.

• Controversial Jesuit Fr. James Martin claims Fr. Thomas Weinandy’s letter of concern to the Pope makes him just as guilty of “dissent” as liberal theologians who oppose the Church’s traditional teaching. (Twitter) See LifeSite coverage of Fr. Weinandy’s letter here, and see here for a response to the claim that criticizing Pope Francis is “dissent.”
• In the ongoing Hollywood sex scandal, Dustin Hoffman has now apologized for sexually assaulting a 17-year-old woman on set in 1985. (TheBlaze)
• The Catholic Church in Goa, India is asking Catholics to shun plastic during the month of November. (The Hindu)
• British Cardinal Vincent Nichols has affirmed that papal infallibility does not mean the Pope is free from “every error of judgment.” (Catholic Herald)
• Religious leaders in Canada are opposing Justin Trudeau’s attempt to remove a Criminal Code provision against disrupting religious services. (National Post)
• Two new studies has found that donors are more likely to want to support a charity helping dogs in need rather than adult humans. (New York Post)
• Cosmopolitan magazine is now profiling incest. (Cosmopolitan)
• A study has found that nearly half of millenials say they would rather live under socialism than capitalism. (The Federalist)
• As Laura Ingraham launches a new show on Fox News, one columnist is upset over her overt commitment to the Catholic faith, and in particular that she has worn a cross on the air. (Catholic League)