1. Patriarch Younan of Syria says he would like the West to stop being accomplices to the genocide of his people.
2. She was kidnapped by BokoHaram and escaped. This is her dream.
3. Robert P. George and Ramesh: Why We Shouldn’t Punish Mothers for Abortion
4. In case you missed Michael New on new abortion numbers.
5. ACLU vs. Catholic hospitals.
6. Hadley Arkeswants Trump to look to Eisenhower.
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Terrific. I especially liked the letters about the need for an independent candidate to save Narnia & Middle-earth. https://t.co/P9aqzNCTKQ
— Bill Kristol (@BillKristol) May 12, 2016
8. This is made all the more emphatic by the dateline:
The truth is, there is a gap between those who think Trump is fit to be president and those who don’t. It is unbridgeable. (Sayonara, GOP.)
— Jay Nordlinger (@jaynordlinger) May 12, 2016
9. If you heard a news nugget about the pope and women deacons, here’s a good summary. And a funny tweet:
Just a head’s up, when the Vatican says they’re going to “study” a matter it’s like when your parents told you they’d “think about it.”
— Chad Pecknold (@ccpecknold) May 12, 2016
10. The Wall Street Journal is hiring a religion reporter based out of Beverly Hills.
PLUS: I’m very much looking forward to Mary Eberstadt’s upcoming book, and notice Rod Dreher appears to be reading it.
The video of yesterday’s National Review Institute/Heritage event on ISIS genocide.
Ten Things that Caught My Eye Today (May 12, 2016)