2021-09-30 - EWTN News Nightly | Thursday, September 30, 2021

On "EWTN News Nightly" tonight: President Joe Biden’s society-altering Build Back Better proposal, with its eye-popping $3.5 trillion price tag, appears to be stalled. The other one trillion dollar bipartisan infrastructure framework is also an uncertainty. While Congress deals with pressing economic issues, the topic of abortion is also sharing center stage on Capitol Hill. 3 Democratic lawmakers shared their abortion experiences before a House panel, but pro-life lawmakers also spoke up to defend the unborn. Professor of Political Science at Grove City College, Dr. Paul Kengor, called Speaker Nancy Pelosi's theology on free will and abortion, faulty. He wrote in the National Catholic Register, "Of course, God has given us free will but explicitly not to be used in this way..." Dr. Kengor talks more about that. And, Americans are split about proposed federal workplace mandates for COVID-19 vaccines and testing. An Associated Press-NORC poll indicates an overall 51% approval. President of the National Catholic Bioethics Center, Joseph Meaney, joins to share his thoughts on forcing people to get the vaccine. Finally this evening, the Congregation of the Passion of Jesus Christ gathered in Rome last week for an international meeting on "the wisdom of the cross in a pluralistic world." The Superior General of the Passionist Order, Fr. Joachim Rego, joins to tell us about the International Theological Congress. Don't miss out on the latest news and analysis from a Catholic perspective. Get EWTN News Nightly delivered to your email: https://ewtn.com/enn