tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-374885602023-11-16T07:41:46.855-06:00Non Tasarmi, Fratello!“Wherever the Catholic sun doth shine,
There’s always laughter and good red wine.
At least I’ve always found it so.
Benedicamus Domino!”
Hillaire Bellocjopehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16699245388849039321noreply@blogger.comBlogger2722125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37488560.post-1092962510425440872021-04-07T13:17:00.003-05:002021-04-07T13:17:45.555-05:00Soon-To-Be Bishop Ryan<p> <b><i><a href="https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/priest-calls-cops-on-pregnant-mom-for-not-wearing-mask-at-mass"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 18px;">DALLAS, Texas, March 31, 2021 (</span><u style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 18px;">LifeSiteNews</u></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 18px;"><a href="https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/priest-calls-cops-on-pregnant-mom-for-not-wearing-mask-at-mass">)</a> — After the local parish priest called the cops, a pregnant mother was threatened with a trespassing charge for attending Mass without wearing a mask.</span></i></b></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px 0px 20px;"><b><i>In a recent interview, Deirdre Hairston told Catholic commentator Dr. Taylor Marshall that she had been at Sunday Mass at Holy Trinity Catholic church in Dallas with her husband and one-year-old baby when she was approached by the pastor, Fr. Milton Ryan. She said Ryan told her that if she didn’t put on a mask, he would call the police and have her arrested.</i></b></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px 0px 20px;"><b></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcf_Be27HCI2SsvQ4KZrE0KqtrAY304J3I2ny8cgPKxxBUEdodchJ84nawincxQqneyVeLcfrbX78gMEkwdFpFiwL_OtUqw7w6UKhvgx6zhwZ1C-JRguibcYPSIGaDUH_MvarS/s474/Deidra+Hairston.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="262" data-original-width="474" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcf_Be27HCI2SsvQ4KZrE0KqtrAY304J3I2ny8cgPKxxBUEdodchJ84nawincxQqneyVeLcfrbX78gMEkwdFpFiwL_OtUqw7w6UKhvgx6zhwZ1C-JRguibcYPSIGaDUH_MvarS/s320/Deidra+Hairston.jpg" width="320" /></a></b></div><b><br /><i><br /></i></b><p></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px 0px 20px;"><b><i>The pastor made good with his threat. After returning from Holy Communion with her baby in her arms, Hairston saw three police officers at the back of the church, where she and her husband had been socially distanced from the rest of the congregation. Having not yet consumed the Host, Hairston knelt down upon returning to her seat, only to be told at once to get up.</i></b></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px 0px 20px;"><b><i>Hairston’s husband recorded a woman police officer saying to the young mother, “Ma’am, I’m going to put you in handcuffs if you don’t stand up.”</i></b></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px 0px 20px;"><b><i>“Our own government is more lenient [about masks] at this point than our church,” Hairston told Taylor Marshall, “and that’s a problem.”</i></b></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px 0px 20px;"><b><i>“You’re more likely to be treated with Christian charity and grace at a Taco Bell than you are at church, unfortunately.”</i></b></p><p align="left" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px 0px 20px;"><b><i>The young mother also said that Catholics need to “wake up” about the situation in their churches.</i></b></p><p align="left" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px 0px 20px;"><b><i>She said, “People need to wake up to realize that this is … the state of our church right here, right now, and we need to stand up. The church belongs to us; we are the laity. That priest — the church does not belong to him. We can’t allow these things to happen.”</i></b></p>jopehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16699245388849039321noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37488560.post-62469950919368452872021-04-04T11:03:00.025-05:002021-04-04T11:12:15.036-05:00OUT NAZI! I Wish This Guy Was a Catholic Bishop<p><span style="font-size: x-small;"> <span style="background-color: #f2f2f2; color: #222222; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, Cambria, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;"><b><i><a href="https://thepostmillennial.com/calgary-police-told-to-get-out">Seven police officers entered a Good Friday church service in Calgary, Alberta with the intent of shutting it down. Pastor Artur Pawlowski would not have it.</a></i></b></span></span></p><section data-v-321c24c2="" style="background-color: #f2f2f2; border: 0px solid rgb(226, 232, 240); box-sizing: border-box; color: #121314; font-family: Rubik, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; width: 740px;"><p style="border: 0px solid rgb(226, 232, 240); box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; display: inline-block; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, Cambria, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; line-height: 2rem; margin-bottom: 1.3rem; margin-top: 0px; width: 740px; word-break: break-word;"><b><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">The officers stand masked and ready to enforce the closure of the </span></i></b></p></section><section data-v-321c24c2="" style="background-color: #f2f2f2; border: 0px solid rgb(226, 232, 240); box-sizing: border-box; color: #121314; font-family: Rubik, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; width: 740px;"><p style="border: 0px solid rgb(226, 232, 240); box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; display: inline-block; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, Cambria, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; line-height: 2rem; margin-bottom: 1.3rem; margin-top: 0px; width: 740px; word-break: break-word;"><b><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">worship service during the highest holy days on the Christian calendar.</span></i></b></p></section><section data-v-321c24c2="" style="background-color: #f2f2f2; border: 0px solid rgb(226, 232, 240); box-sizing: border-box; color: #121314; font-family: Rubik, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; width: 740px;"><p style="border: 0px solid rgb(226, 232, 240); box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; display: inline-block; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, Cambria, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; line-height: 2rem; margin-bottom: 1.3rem; margin-top: 0px; width: 740px; word-break: break-word;"><b><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">In response to their entry, Pastor Artur Pawlowski says </span></i></b></p></section><section data-v-321c24c2="" style="background-color: #f2f2f2; border: 0px solid rgb(226, 232, 240); box-sizing: border-box; color: #121314; font-family: Rubik, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; width: 740px;"><p style="border: 0px solid rgb(226, 232, 240); box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; display: inline-block; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, Cambria, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; line-height: 2rem; margin-bottom: 1.3rem; margin-top: 0px; width: 740px; word-break: break-word;"><b><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">"Please get out, get out of this property immediately get out."</span></i></b></p></section><section data-v-321c24c2="" style="background-color: #f2f2f2; border: 0px solid rgb(226, 232, 240); box-sizing: border-box; color: #121314; font-family: Rubik, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; width: 740px;"><p style="border: 0px solid rgb(226, 232, 240); box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; display: inline-block; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, Cambria, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; line-height: 2rem; margin-bottom: 1.3rem; margin-top: 0px; width: 740px; word-break: break-word;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b><i>Pawlowski, pastor at evangelical church The Cave of Adullam, </i></b></span></p></section><section data-v-321c24c2="" style="background-color: #f2f2f2; border: 0px solid rgb(226, 232, 240); box-sizing: border-box; color: #121314; font-family: Rubik, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; width: 740px;"><p style="border: 0px solid rgb(226, 232, 240); box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; display: inline-block; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, Cambria, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; line-height: 2rem; margin-bottom: 1.3rem; margin-top: 0px; width: 740px; word-break: break-word;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b><i>says again "Get out of this property immediately. Out! </i></b></span></p></section><section data-v-321c24c2="" style="background-color: #f2f2f2; border: 0px solid rgb(226, 232, 240); box-sizing: border-box; color: #121314; font-family: Rubik, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; width: 740px;"><p style="border: 0px solid rgb(226, 232, 240); box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; display: inline-block; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, Cambria, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; line-height: 2rem; margin-bottom: 1.3rem; margin-top: 0px; width: 740px; word-break: break-word;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b><i>I don't want—out of this property immediately! I don't want to</i></b></span></p></section><section data-v-321c24c2="" style="background-color: #f2f2f2; border: 0px solid rgb(226, 232, 240); box-sizing: border-box; color: #121314; font-family: Rubik, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; width: 740px;"><p style="border: 0px solid rgb(226, 232, 240); box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; display: inline-block; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, Cambria, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; line-height: 2rem; margin-bottom: 1.3rem; margin-top: 0px; width: 740px; word-break: break-word;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b><i> hear a word. Out! Out of this property immediately until you come </i></b></span></p></section><section data-v-321c24c2="" style="background-color: #f2f2f2; border: 0px solid rgb(226, 232, 240); box-sizing: border-box; color: #121314; font-family: Rubik, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; width: 740px;"><p style="border: 0px solid rgb(226, 232, 240); box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; display: inline-block; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, Cambria, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; line-height: 2rem; margin-bottom: 1.3rem; margin-top: 0px; width: 740px; word-break: break-word;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b><i>back with a warrant."</i></b></span></p></section><section data-v-321c24c2="" style="background-color: #f2f2f2; border: 0px solid rgb(226, 232, 240); box-sizing: border-box; width: 740px;"><section data-v-321c24c2="" style="border: 0px solid rgb(226, 232, 240); box-sizing: border-box; color: #121314; font-family: Rubik, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; width: 740px;"><p style="border: 0px solid rgb(226, 232, 240); box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; display: inline-block; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, Cambria, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; line-height: 2rem; margin-bottom: 1.3rem; margin-top: 0px; width: 740px; word-break: break-word;"><b><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">Out! Immediately go out!" He says. "And don't come back.</span></i></b></p></section><section data-v-321c24c2="" style="border: 0px solid rgb(226, 232, 240); box-sizing: border-box; color: #121314; font-family: Rubik, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; width: 740px;"><p style="border: 0px solid rgb(226, 232, 240); box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; display: inline-block; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, Cambria, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; line-height: 2rem; margin-bottom: 1.3rem; margin-top: 0px; width: 740px; word-break: break-word;"><b><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">I don't want to talk to you. Not another word. Out of this property."</span></i></b></p></section><section data-v-321c24c2="" style="border: 0px solid rgb(226, 232, 240); box-sizing: border-box; color: #121314; font-family: Rubik, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; width: 740px;"><p style="border: 0px solid rgb(226, 232, 240); box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; display: inline-block; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, Cambria, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; line-height: 2rem; margin-bottom: 1.3rem; margin-top: 0px; width: 740px; word-break: break-word;"><b><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">"Gestapo is not allowed here!" He yells at the officers.</span></i></b></p></section><section data-v-321c24c2="" style="border: 0px solid rgb(226, 232, 240); box-sizing: border-box; color: #121314; font-family: Rubik, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; width: 740px;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><p style="border: 0px solid rgb(226, 232, 240); box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; display: inline-block; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, Cambria, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; line-height: 2rem; margin-bottom: 1.3rem; margin-top: 0px; width: 740px; word-break: break-word;"><b><i> "Immediately get out!" The officers continue to try to make their p</i></b></p><b style="color: #222222; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, Cambria, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;"><i>oint that the service needs to be shut down to comply with </i></b></span></section><section data-v-321c24c2="" style="border: 0px solid rgb(226, 232, 240); box-sizing: border-box; color: #121314; font-family: Rubik, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; width: 740px;"><p style="border: 0px solid rgb(226, 232, 240); box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; display: inline-block; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, Cambria, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; line-height: 2rem; margin-bottom: 1.3rem; margin-top: 0px; width: 740px; word-break: break-word;"><b><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">provincial health orders.</span></i></b></p></section><section data-v-321c24c2="" style="border: 0px solid rgb(226, 232, 240); box-sizing: border-box; color: #121314; font-family: Rubik, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; width: 740px;"><p style="border: 0px solid rgb(226, 232, 240); box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; display: inline-block; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, Cambria, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; line-height: 2rem; margin-bottom: 1.3rem; margin-top: 0px; width: 740px; word-break: break-word;"><b><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">The officers move for the exit, while the lead officer continues to </span></i></b></p></section><section data-v-321c24c2="" style="border: 0px solid rgb(226, 232, 240); box-sizing: border-box; color: #121314; font-family: Rubik, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; width: 740px;"><p style="border: 0px solid rgb(226, 232, 240); box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; display: inline-block; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, Cambria, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; line-height: 2rem; margin-bottom: 1.3rem; margin-top: 0px; width: 740px; word-break: break-word;"><b><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">try to be heard.</span></i></b></p></section><section data-v-321c24c2="" style="border: 0px solid rgb(226, 232, 240); box-sizing: border-box; width: 740px;"><section data-v-321c24c2="" style="border: 0px solid rgb(226, 232, 240); box-sizing: border-box; color: #121314; font-family: Rubik, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; width: 740px;"><p style="border: 0px solid rgb(226, 232, 240); box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; display: inline-block; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, Cambria, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; line-height: 2rem; margin-bottom: 1.3rem; margin-top: 0px; width: 740px; word-break: break-word;"><b><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">Pastor Pawlowski says "The Gestapo is not allowed here!" </span></i></b></p></section><section data-v-321c24c2="" style="border: 0px solid rgb(226, 232, 240); box-sizing: border-box; color: #121314; font-family: Rubik, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; width: 740px;"><p style="border: 0px solid rgb(226, 232, 240); box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; display: inline-block; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, Cambria, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; line-height: 2rem; margin-bottom: 1.3rem; margin-top: 0px; width: 740px; word-break: break-word;"><b><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">The officers stand around the front entry way of the church.</span></i></b></p></section><section data-v-321c24c2="" style="border: 0px solid rgb(226, 232, 240); box-sizing: border-box; color: #121314; font-family: Rubik, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; width: 740px;"><p style="border: 0px solid rgb(226, 232, 240); box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; display: inline-block; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, Cambria, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; line-height: 2rem; margin-bottom: 1.3rem; margin-top: 0px; width: 740px; word-break: break-word;"><b><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">Finally the officers consent to leave as Pawlowski shouts "Out, Nazi,"</span></i></b></p></section><section data-v-321c24c2="" style="border: 0px solid rgb(226, 232, 240); box-sizing: border-box; color: #121314; font-family: Rubik, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; width: 740px;"><p style="border: 0px solid rgb(226, 232, 240); box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; display: inline-block; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, Cambria, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; line-height: 2rem; margin-bottom: 1.3rem; margin-top: 0px; width: 740px; word-break: break-word;"><b><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"> and they depart. "Nazis are not welcome here. Out. </span></i></b></p></section><section data-v-321c24c2="" style="border: 0px solid rgb(226, 232, 240); box-sizing: border-box; color: #121314; font-family: Rubik, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; width: 740px;"><p style="border: 0px solid rgb(226, 232, 240); box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; display: inline-block; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, Cambria, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; line-height: 2rem; margin-bottom: 1.3rem; margin-top: 0px; width: 740px; word-break: break-word;"><b><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">And don't come back without a warrant. Do not come back without a </span></i></b></p></section><section data-v-321c24c2="" style="border: 0px solid rgb(226, 232, 240); box-sizing: border-box; color: #121314; font-family: Rubik, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; width: 740px;"><p style="border: 0px solid rgb(226, 232, 240); box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; display: inline-block; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, Cambria, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; line-height: 2rem; margin-bottom: 1.3rem; margin-top: 0px; width: 740px; word-break: break-word;"><b><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">warrant, you understand that? You are not welcome here."</span></i></b></p></section><section data-v-321c24c2="" style="border: 0px solid rgb(226, 232, 240); box-sizing: border-box; color: #121314; font-family: Rubik, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; width: 740px;"><p style="border: 0px solid rgb(226, 232, 240); box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; display: inline-block; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, Cambria, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; line-height: 2rem; margin-bottom: 1.3rem; margin-top: 0px; width: 740px; word-break: break-word;"><b><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">"Nazis are not welcome here. Gestapo is not welcome here. </span></i></b></p></section><section data-v-321c24c2="" style="border: 0px solid rgb(226, 232, 240); box-sizing: border-box; color: #121314; font-family: Rubik, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; width: 740px;"><p style="border: 0px solid rgb(226, 232, 240); box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; display: inline-block; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, Cambria, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; line-height: 2rem; margin-bottom: 1.3rem; margin-top: 0px; width: 740px; word-break: break-word;"><b><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">Do not come back, you Nazi psychopaths."</span></i></b></p></section><section data-v-321c24c2="" style="border: 0px solid rgb(226, 232, 240); box-sizing: border-box; width: 740px;"><p style="border: 0px solid rgb(226, 232, 240); box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; line-height: 2rem; margin-bottom: 1.3rem; margin-top: 0px; width: 740px; word-break: break-word;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, Cambria, Times New Roman, Times, serif; font-size: x-small;"><b><i>https://rumble.com/vfcqwx-out-immediately-pastor-shuts-down-attempt-to-end-church-service.html</i></b></span></p></section></section></section>jopehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16699245388849039321noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37488560.post-40490499059646542572021-04-04T10:58:00.002-05:002021-04-04T10:58:15.311-05:00I Wonder if Besides the Posting, They Pouted and Held Their Breath?<p><b><i><a href="https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2021/04/03/uk-police-bust-good-friday-church-service-threaten-fine-worshippers/" style="outline-width: 0px !important; user-select: auto !important;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: large;">Footage</span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #111111; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 22px;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #111111; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 22px;">widely shared on social media shows London police interrupting a Good Friday service at a Polish church in London and threatening Christians with fines unless they dispersed.</span></a></i></b></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #111111; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0.75em 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><b><i>Metropolitan Police Service officers had interrupted Friday evening’s Liturgy of the Lord’s Passion service at Christ the King Polish Roman Catholic Church in Balham, Wandsworth, for being “unlawful” under current coronavirus lockdown restrictions.</i></b></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #111111; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0.75em 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><b><i>In footage reported by Sky News, one officer, standing at the front of the church, is heard saying: “You are not allowed to meet inside with this many people under law.</i></b></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #111111; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0.75em 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><b><i>“At this moment in time, you need to go home. Failure to comply with this direction to leave and go to your home address ultimately could lead you to be fined £200 or, if you fail to give you details, to being arrested.”</i></b></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #111111; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0.75em 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><b><i>“It’s Good Friday and I appreciate you would like to worship, but it is unlawful,” the officer said.</i></b></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #111111; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0.75em 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><b><i>Police in Wandsworth later confirmed they had investigated the place of worship in response to a “report” of people lining up outside the church.</i></b></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #111111; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0.75em 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><b><i>“Officers attended and found a large number of people inside the church. Some people were not wearing masks and those present were clearly not socially distanced,” the police statement said.</i></b></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #111111; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0.75em 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><b><i><br /></i></b></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #111111; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0.75em 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><b></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihQZgIhnVdTYeaE66Yebk_NDHMm7p_RnCzsmPp9htEJVH6mX6rnYVu1_ITocTGlYkZZu7vezap4Nc_bK2dTuM2fQzhPGZ1iTZYVjcU9AyHgo_i4U_aaxJB216zgkePbqtQVasz/s750/UK+Bobbies.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="450" data-original-width="750" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihQZgIhnVdTYeaE66Yebk_NDHMm7p_RnCzsmPp9htEJVH6mX6rnYVu1_ITocTGlYkZZu7vezap4Nc_bK2dTuM2fQzhPGZ1iTZYVjcU9AyHgo_i4U_aaxJB216zgkePbqtQVasz/s320/UK+Bobbies.jpg" width="320" /></a></b></div><b><br /><i><br /></i></b><p></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #111111; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0.75em 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></p><p style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0.75em 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #6aa84f;">How did the Church respond? They posted something on their website:</span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #111111; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0.75em 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #111111; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0.75em 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><b><i>The church said all government requirements had been met during the service and criticised the police for having “brutally exceeded their powers by issuing their warrant for no good reason”.</i></b></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #111111; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0.75em 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><b><i>In a statement on its website, the church <a class="x5l" href="https://www.parafia-balham.co.uk/ogloszenia/komunikat-w-sprawie-przerwanej-liturgii-meki-panskiej-02-04-2021/" rel="noopener external" style="color: #00749e; font-family: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">said</a>: “We were not allowed to finish the celebration. The policemen found our liturgical assembly illegal, ordering everyone to leave our Temple immediately on pain of a £200 fine for each parishioner present or even arrest. The faithful obeyed this order without objection.</i></b></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #111111; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0.75em 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><b><i>“We believe, however, that the police brutally exceeded their powers by issuing their warrant for no good reason, as all government requirements were met.”</i></b></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #111111; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0.75em 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><b><i>“We regret that the rights of the faithful have been wronged on such an important Day for every believer and that our worship had been profaned. We informed the superiors of the Polish Catholic Mission in England and Wales about this incident. We asked the police authorities to explain the incident, and we are waiting for their response,” church administrators said.</i></b></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #111111; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0.75em 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><b><i>They added that all other scheduled Easter services would go ahead, and asked parishioners “to pray that such situations will not be repeated”.</i></b></p>jopehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16699245388849039321noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37488560.post-67927074048992840972021-04-04T10:44:00.006-05:002021-04-04T10:45:52.418-05:00A Bishop Who Has a Hard Time Defining "Sin"<p><b><i> <a href="https://www.thecatholicthing.org/2021/03/24/a-bishop-who-must-decide/"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Merriweather, serif; font-size: 15px;">The recent</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Merriweather, serif; font-size: 15px;"> </span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #920000; font-family: Merriweather, serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Responsum</span><span style="background: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #920000; font-family: Merriweather, serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span></a><span style="background: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #920000; font-family: Merriweather, serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="https://www.thecatholicthing.org/2021/03/24/a-bishop-who-must-decide/">of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith,</a> restating the Church’s teaching on the sinful nature of homosexual acts, and thus the impossibility of an ordained minister of the Church legitimately conferring a blessing upon the union of two homosexuals, should have evoked expressions of gratitude from all the bishops of the Church. Many face continuous pressure from various quarters to abandon the Church’s doctrine and practice concerning homosexuality. Instead, a number of bishops, primarily in Western Europe but also in America, have strongly criticized and indicated their disagreement, and even disgust, with the</span><span style="background: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #920000; font-family: Merriweather, serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #920000; font-family: Merriweather, serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Responsum</span><span style="background: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #920000; font-family: Merriweather, serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;">.</span></i></b></p><p><b><i></i></b></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2BPJf_GUObOMn-iTU4PIexrXk_xin_Gf0DgOvZC8tjLOkbjJnxfrC9IxXqu4Taz5Igv3rxycvZ0ejfKJ4b_HjB4gFAJd5F2wSd7APihlsQ-g2k5IkUsdmz2FUtdL0-cNea4mQ/s750/joBishop+Bonny.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="375" data-original-width="750" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2BPJf_GUObOMn-iTU4PIexrXk_xin_Gf0DgOvZC8tjLOkbjJnxfrC9IxXqu4Taz5Igv3rxycvZ0ejfKJ4b_HjB4gFAJd5F2wSd7APihlsQ-g2k5IkUsdmz2FUtdL0-cNea4mQ/s320/joBishop+Bonny.jpeg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bishop Bonny</td></tr></tbody></table><b><i><br /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Merriweather, serif; font-size: 15px;"><br /></span></i></b><p></p><p style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Merriweather, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px 0px 1em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-indent: 40px; vertical-align: baseline;"><b><i>Perhaps the most vehement public rejection was issued by the Bishop of Antwerp, Johan Bonny. In the Flemish-language <span style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">De Standaard</span> (cited in English <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/belgian-bishop-lashes-out-at-vatican-over-gay-unions-decree/2021/03/17/b1ede51e-8715-11eb-be4a-24b89f616f2c_story.html" rel="noopener" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #920000; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">here</a> and <a href="https://www.brusselstimes.com/news/art-culture/160334/antwerp-bishop-ashamed-by-churchs-position-on-homosexuality/" rel="noopener" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #920000; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">here</a>) he wrote:</i></b></p><ul style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Merriweather, serif; font-size: 16px; list-style: square; margin: 0px 0px 10px 20px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><li style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><blockquote style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 17.5px; margin: 15px 0px 15px 40px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; quotes: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><p style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22.5px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><b><i>“I feel ashamed for my Church. I mainly feel intellectual and moral incomprehension.”</i></b></p></blockquote></li><li style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><blockquote style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 17.5px; margin: 15px 0px 15px 40px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; quotes: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><p style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22.5px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><b><i>“I want to apologize to all for whom this is painful and incomprehensible.”</i></b></p></blockquote></li><li style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><blockquote style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 17.5px; margin: 15px 0px 15px 40px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; quotes: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><p style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22.5px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><b><i>“Intellectually, this does not even reach the level of high school. These kind[s] of arguments, the logic, you see right through it. These days, you don’t convince anyone that way.”</i></b></p></blockquote></li><li style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><blockquote style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 17.5px; margin: 15px 0px 15px 40px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; quotes: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><p style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22.5px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><b><i>“Sin is one of the most difficult theological and moral categories to define, and one of the last to pin on people and their way of living."</i></b></p></blockquote></li></ul>jopehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16699245388849039321noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37488560.post-44736346446248610342021-04-04T10:40:00.003-05:002021-04-04T10:40:28.915-05:00He'd Make a Decent Unitarian...He's Got the Logic Skills<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhozHk44IuD4-pmorL7x2Q2VF4qHt1BsmJFP1dIdeDpSiDJP7A35pSlbiQ1_iRlQ_BJgw9bixnSruLcqgp9I8vxHh8MpiiQQEp1MOyZ7DSVIyvtJATKXnjS3Lyg70T8nLNTO3NO/s1280/blessing+palms.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1280" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhozHk44IuD4-pmorL7x2Q2VF4qHt1BsmJFP1dIdeDpSiDJP7A35pSlbiQ1_iRlQ_BJgw9bixnSruLcqgp9I8vxHh8MpiiQQEp1MOyZ7DSVIyvtJATKXnjS3Lyg70T8nLNTO3NO/s320/blessing+palms.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p></p><p><b><i><span class="noticia_byline" style="font-family: "Open Sans", Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;"><a href="https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/catholic-diocese-priests-omission-of-palm-blessing-in-protest-over-vatican-ruling-reprehensible">Rome Newsroom, Mar 31, 2021 / 07:00 am MT (CNA</a>)</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Open Sans", Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;">.- A Catholic diocese in Italy has described a priest’s refusal to bless palms on Sunday because of the Vatican’s rejection of blessings for same-sex unions as “reprehensible.”</span></i></b></p><p style="background-color: white; font-family: "Open Sans", Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; margin: 5px 0px 15px; padding: 0px;"><b><i>The Diocese of Spezia-Sarzana-Brugnato said that the matter was being addressed according to Church norms.</i></b></p><p style="background-color: white; font-family: "Open Sans", Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; margin: 5px 0px 15px; padding: 0px;"><b><i>Fr. Giulio Mignani, a priest in the north-western Italian diocese, made headlines after he refused to bless palm branches at a Palm Sunday Mass in protest of the Vatican’s document clarifying that the Catholic Church does not have the power to bless same-sex unions.</i></b></p><p style="background-color: white; font-family: "Open Sans", Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; margin: 5px 0px 15px; padding: 0px;"><b><i>The document, a “responsum ad dubium,” was issued with Pope Francis’ approval by the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (CDF) on March 15. The CDF explained its reasoning in a note and accompanying commentary.</i></b></p><p style="background-color: white; font-family: "Open Sans", Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; margin: 5px 0px 15px; padding: 0px;"><b><i>The 50-year-old Mignani, pastor of Santa Caterina Parish in Bonassola, said during his homily March 28, “if I can’t bless same-sex couples, then I won’t bless palms and olive branches either,” according to local newspaper La Nazione.</i></b></p>jopehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16699245388849039321noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37488560.post-67416350344567639872021-03-09T11:27:00.007-06:002021-03-09T11:27:57.512-06:00Open the Borders!<p> <b><i><span class="noticia_byline" style="font-family: "Open Sans", Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;">Oaxaca, Mexico, Mar 8, 2021 / 11:41 am MT (CNA)</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Open Sans", Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;">.- A group of feminists taking part in a women’s rights march in Oaxaca City on Sunday attacked Ss. Cosmas and Damian parish, as well as other buildings, both public and private.</span></i></b></p><p style="background-color: white; font-family: "Open Sans", Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; margin: 5px 0px 15px; padding: 0px;"></p><p style="background-color: white; font-family: "Open Sans", Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; margin: 5px 0px 15px; padding: 0px;"><b><i>As part of the protests organized in Mexico for International Women's Day, masked women armed with stout sticks broke open the outer doors of Ss. Cosmas and Damian March 7, smashed the windows of the inner doors, gained entry and stormed inside to tag the interior with graffiti, destroy glass cases, windows, pews, and a confessional.</i></b></p><p style="background-color: white; font-family: "Open Sans", Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; margin: 5px 0px 15px; padding: 0px;"><b></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUr_QYJQ9eH8Cgm6l3xapPyrnXSjsdkk30tjrc2q1UlDZzhr3rysgAMAgsbzlrt1PHg4JmI02l8XHcBfLFLO1ZRWrVGUcNeCXP1P4H1uQhXxD5s_m3GWj0fNApaiKoMlp5s6hZ/s640/mexico+vandals.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="360" data-original-width="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUr_QYJQ9eH8Cgm6l3xapPyrnXSjsdkk30tjrc2q1UlDZzhr3rysgAMAgsbzlrt1PHg4JmI02l8XHcBfLFLO1ZRWrVGUcNeCXP1P4H1uQhXxD5s_m3GWj0fNApaiKoMlp5s6hZ/s320/mexico+vandals.jpg" width="320" /></a></b></div><b><br /><i><br /></i></b><p></p><p style="background-color: white; font-family: "Open Sans", Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; margin: 5px 0px 15px; padding: 0px;"><b><i>A statue of Saint Jude was also destroyed, and one of the pews was damaged and thrown out onto the street.</i></b></p><p style="background-color: white; font-family: "Open Sans", Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; margin: 5px 0px 15px; padding: 0px;"><b><i>As they passed through the city, they also damaged the Oaxaca Cathedral, the state Ministry of Health, and other private and public buildings.</i></b></p><p style="background-color: white; font-family: "Open Sans", Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; margin: 5px 0px 15px; padding: 0px;"><b><i>According to the Mexican news agency Quadratín, the women were protesting commonplace sexual harassment, rapes, killings, and disappeared women, and called for "an end to femicide and transfemicide."</i></b></p>jopehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16699245388849039321noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37488560.post-17323491054249950412021-03-07T10:29:00.005-06:002021-03-07T10:29:26.872-06:00American Soon-to-Be Saint, Father Kapaun<p><b><i> <span class="noticia_byline" style="background-color: white; font-family: "Open Sans", Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;"><a href="https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/medal-of-honor-chaplain-fr-emil-kapauns-body-identified-as-sainthood-inquiry-continues-46493">Denver Newsroom, Mar 5, 2021 / 05:27 pm MT</a> (CNA)</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Open Sans", Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;">.- Department of Defense investigators have identified the remains of U.S. Army chaplain and Servant of God Fr. Emil Kapaun among the unknown Korean War soldiers buried in a Hawaiian cemetery, much to the surprise and joy of the priest’s relatives and devotees in his home state of Kansas.</span></i></b></p><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Open Sans", Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8o7Wr1GqbFYif6VvJ16vrqe7jjAn-cxjpq9L6H5ZwWMpwn1Hcxqc9tSyifSCDAPHkeOvZLafYncXnLCsjeaABqcv_ybKSRmU7NPM-JWFHsbMpxzm3osg2H39MCiqqE4kfGtug/s760/Fr_Kapaun_pipe_Courtesy_of_the_Diocese_of_Wichita_CNA.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="507" data-original-width="760" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8o7Wr1GqbFYif6VvJ16vrqe7jjAn-cxjpq9L6H5ZwWMpwn1Hcxqc9tSyifSCDAPHkeOvZLafYncXnLCsjeaABqcv_ybKSRmU7NPM-JWFHsbMpxzm3osg2H39MCiqqE4kfGtug/s320/Fr_Kapaun_pipe_Courtesy_of_the_Diocese_of_Wichita_CNA.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /></span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: "Open Sans", Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;" /><b><i><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Open Sans", Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;">The priest had been a chaplain during the Second World War and became known for his service in the Korean War with the U.S. Army's Eighth Cavalry regiment. After he was taken prisoner, he served and ministered to other soldiers in a prison camp, where he died May 23, 1951.</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: "Open Sans", Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Open Sans", Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;"> </span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: "Open Sans", Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Open Sans", Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;">The U.S. Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency has determined that the priest’s remains were among unidentified soldiers buried at the National Cemetery of the Pacific in Hawaii, the Wichita diocese said March 4. Many soldiers’ remains had been moved there from North Korea in the 1950s and again in the 1990s.</span></i></b><div><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Open Sans", Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span></div><div><b><i><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Open Sans", Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Open Sans", Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;">In 1993, Kapaun was named a “Servant of God,” the first step on the way to being declared a saint. To be declared “venerable” is the second step in the canonization process. A key meeting regarding his case had been scheduled at the Congregation for the Causes of Saints in March 2020, but that meeting was postponed due to the arrival of the coronavirus pandemic in Italy.</span></i></b></div><div><span style="font-family: Open Sans, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 18px;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span></span><div><b><i><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Open Sans", Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;">Kapaun was born in Pilsen, Kansas in 1916. He came of age during the Great Depression. He was ordained a priest in 1940 and began ministry as a parish priest in his hometown.</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: "Open Sans", Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Open Sans", Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;"> </span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: "Open Sans", Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Open Sans", Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;">During World War II Kapaun would offer the sacraments at the nearby Harrington Army Air Field until he became a full-time army chaplain in 1944. He was stationed in India and Burma for the duration of the war. There, he ministered to soldiers and served his unit with a selfless attitude.</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: "Open Sans", Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Open Sans", Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;"> </span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: "Open Sans", Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Open Sans", Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;">He also gained a reputation for courage. After Kapaun’s jeep had been damaged, he would often ride his bicycle to meet soldiers even at the front lines. He would follow the sound of gunshots to find them.</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: "Open Sans", Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Open Sans", Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;"> </span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: "Open Sans", Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Open Sans", Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;">After World War II ended, Kapaun studied history and education at the Catholic University of America. He returned home for a brief time as pastor of his boyhood parish and served at several other parishes. In 1948, the United States issued a call for military chaplains to return to service. Kapaun responded. He was then sent to Texas, Washington, and Japan before deployment to Korea.</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: "Open Sans", Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Open Sans", Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;"> </span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: "Open Sans", Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Open Sans", Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;">During the Battle of Unsan in November 1950, Kapaun worked tirelessly to comfort the suffering and retrieve the wounded from the battlefield. One of the soldiers he retrieved was a wounded Chinese soldier, who helped him negotiate a surrender after he was surrounded by enemy troops. Kapaun was taken captive as a prisoner of war.</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: "Open Sans", Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Open Sans", Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;"> </span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: "Open Sans", Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Open Sans", Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;">Even then, he helped others. Kapaun carried a wounded American prisoner who could not walk some 30 miles to a prison camp, though the soldier weighed 20 pounds more than the priest. The man could have been killed by enemy soldiers if he could not keep up with the march.</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: "Open Sans", Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Open Sans", Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;"> </span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: "Open Sans", Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Open Sans", Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;">The priest was taken to prison camp number five in Pyoktong, a bombed-out village that served as a detainment center. The soldiers at the camp were severely mistreated and suffered from malnourishment, dysentery, and a lack of warm clothing to counter an extremely cold winter. Kapaun would do all he could for the soldiers. He would wash their soiled clothes, retrieve fresh water, and attend to their wounds.</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: "Open Sans", Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Open Sans", Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;"> </span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: "Open Sans", Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Open Sans", Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;">The priest helped his fellow prisoners solve problems and keep up morale. He would stay up at night to write letters home on behalf of wounded soldiers. Many returned prisoners of war said his efforts helped them to survive in a harsh winter. For those who did not survive, the priest helped to bury their corpses.</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: "Open Sans", Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Open Sans", Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;"> </span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: "Open Sans", Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Open Sans", Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;">Fr. Kapaun would celebrate the sacraments for his fellow prisoners, hear their confessions, and say Mass. On Easter Sunday 1951, about two months before his death, he held a sunrise service for prisoners.</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: "Open Sans", Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Open Sans", Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;"> </span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: "Open Sans", Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Open Sans", Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;">When he developed pneumonia and a blood clot in his leg, the chaplain was denied medical treatment, which led to his death.</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: "Open Sans", Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Open Sans", Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;"> </span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: "Open Sans", Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Open Sans", Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;">For his bravery at Unsan, Kapaun was posthumously bestowed the Congressional Medal of Honor in a 2013 ceremony under President Barack Obama. The medal is the United States’ highest military award for bravery.</span></i></b></div></div>jopehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16699245388849039321noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37488560.post-48623722248419440142021-03-06T07:47:00.001-06:002021-03-06T07:49:45.325-06:00Typos Can Be Funny<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0ozpMm_FcQThvav3uurwCxd5gIEZ9rEcCZV1GvnqtKxioNzv3t3x8KybMD53Os6C9rUtQnddh873v8nl3UtbISgnNGukUwHH8gsL8XsF2c_vag1KYO-H04b-T6k5WDaAqHW2G/s600/rabbit.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="543" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0ozpMm_FcQThvav3uurwCxd5gIEZ9rEcCZV1GvnqtKxioNzv3t3x8KybMD53Os6C9rUtQnddh873v8nl3UtbISgnNGukUwHH8gsL8XsF2c_vag1KYO-H04b-T6k5WDaAqHW2G/w363-h400/rabbit.jpeg" width="363" /></a></div><br /><p></p>jopehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16699245388849039321noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37488560.post-88968612252331152992021-02-26T12:33:00.006-06:002021-02-26T15:00:20.239-06:00Lutheran, Baptist, Catholic...What's the Difference?<p> <b><i><span class="noticia_byline" style="font-family: "Open Sans", Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;">CNA Staff, Feb 26, 2021 / 04:00 am MT (<a href="https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/" style="color: #006699; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_self">CNA</a>)</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Open Sans", Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;">.- The president of the German Catholic bishops’ conference said on Thursday that he would continue to give Holy Communion to Protestants who ask for it.</span></i></b></p><p style="background-color: white; font-family: "Open Sans", Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; margin: 5px 0px 15px; padding: 0px;"><b><i>Bishop Georg Bätzing told journalists at a press conference on Feb. 25 that it was necessary to respect the “personal decision of conscience” of those seeking to receive Communion.</i></b></p><p style="background-color: white; font-family: "Open Sans", Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; margin: 5px 0px 15px; padding: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="background-color: white; font-family: "Open Sans", Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; margin: 5px 0px 15px; padding: 0px;"><b><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaBqh44iwBueen9nyBvKyqPO1cW0adVbo2t4fX7Z033R5-QnHX5NsWqcXrbA74Pqf8X6JMul1Tc8lUrAiIzp6Om_Ws6EfbMlt_1arGy9MkqbTUolGbQsL8dtY_3O4g_l4WZZGo/s300/clown.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="213" data-original-width="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaBqh44iwBueen9nyBvKyqPO1cW0adVbo2t4fX7Z033R5-QnHX5NsWqcXrbA74Pqf8X6JMul1Tc8lUrAiIzp6Om_Ws6EfbMlt_1arGy9MkqbTUolGbQsL8dtY_3O4g_l4WZZGo/s0/clown.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bishop Batzing</td></tr></tbody></table><br /></b><b><i>CNA Deutsch, CNA’s German-language news partner, reported that Bätzing was responding to a question about a controversial proposal for a “Eucharistic meal fellowship” between Catholics and Protestants.</i></b></p><p style="background-color: white; font-family: "Open Sans", Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; margin: 5px 0px 15px; padding: 0px;"><b><i>The proposal was made by the Ecumenical Study Group of Protestant and Catholic Theologians (known by its German initials, ÖAK) in a 2019 document entitled “Together at the Lord’s Table.”</i></b></p><p style="background-color: white; font-family: "Open Sans", Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; margin: 5px 0px 15px; padding: 0px;"><b><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9_o06vdjWzd93Lmx-FldM2cUeAqJPYgMnWmRQHeKnSvLOpzoygCl3qpZ-PSz8ZD9f-jhN1-p4BqyTMZ_TJy67cQRRF9HyEKjymHQkYguSjm5mJ3HyF4NJ437NQLk4SR01GXHX/s474/clown+car.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="316" data-original-width="474" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9_o06vdjWzd93Lmx-FldM2cUeAqJPYgMnWmRQHeKnSvLOpzoygCl3qpZ-PSz8ZD9f-jhN1-p4BqyTMZ_TJy67cQRRF9HyEKjymHQkYguSjm5mJ3HyF4NJ437NQLk4SR01GXHX/s320/clown+car.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">OAK arrives for another meeting</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><i><br /></i></b></p><p style="background-color: white; font-family: "Open Sans", Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; margin: 5px 0px 15px; padding: 0px;"></p><p style="background-color: white; font-family: "Open Sans", Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; margin: 5px 0px 15px; padding: 0px;"><b><i>The ÖAK adopted the text under the co-chairmanship of Bätzing and the retired Lutheran Bishop Martin Hein. </i></b></p><p style="background-color: white; font-family: "Open Sans", Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; margin: 5px 0px 15px; padding: 0px;"><b><i>Asked how he would respond if a Protestant came to him seeking the Eucharist, he told reporters: “I have no problems with it and I see myself in line with papal documents.”</i></b></p><p style="background-color: white; font-family: "Open Sans", Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; margin: 5px 0px 15px; padding: 0px;"><b><i>The 59-year-old bishop added that this was already a “practice” in Germany “every Sunday” and that priests in his Diocese of Limburg would not face negative consequences if a case were reported to him.</i></b></p><p style="background-color: white; font-family: "Open Sans", Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; margin: 5px 0px 15px; padding: 0px;"><b><i>He underlined that one should not “simply invite everyone.” But while a general invitation to receive the Eucharist was not permitted, he said it was important to show “respect for the personal decision of conscience of the individual” seeking Communion.</i></b></p><p style="background-color: white; font-family: "Open Sans", Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; margin: 5px 0px 15px; padding: 0px;"><b><i>“I do not deny Holy Communion to a Protestant if he asks for it,” he said.</i></b></p><p style="background-color: white; font-family: "Open Sans", Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; margin: 5px 0px 15px; padding: 0px;"><b><i>The ÖAK was established in 1946 to strengthen ecumenical ties. It is independent of both the German Catholic bishops’ conference and the Evangelical Church in Germany (EKD), an organization representing 20 Protestant groups. But the ÖAK informs both bodies about its deliberations.</i></b></p><p style="background-color: white; font-family: "Open Sans", Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; margin: 5px 0px 15px; padding: 0px;"><b><i>The ÖAK document raised concerns at the Vatican, prompting an intervention by the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (CDF) in September 2020.</i></b></p><p style="background-color: white; font-family: "Open Sans", Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; margin: 5px 0px 15px; padding: 0px;"><b><i>In a four-page critique and letter to Bätzing, the doctrinal congregation emphasized that significant differences in understanding of the Eucharist and ministry remained between Protestants and Catholics.</i></b></p><p style="background-color: white; font-family: "Open Sans", Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; margin: 5px 0px 15px; padding: 0px;"></p><p style="background-color: white; font-family: "Open Sans", Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; margin: 5px 0px 15px; padding: 0px;"><b><i>“The doctrinal differences are still so important that they currently rule out reciprocal participation in the Lord’s Supper and the Eucharist,” it said.</i></b></p><p style="background-color: white; font-family: "Open Sans", Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; margin: 5px 0px 15px; padding: 0px;"><b><i>“The document cannot therefore serve as a guide for an individual decision of conscience about approaching the Eucharist.” </i></b></p>jopehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16699245388849039321noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37488560.post-52939736838041158802021-02-25T11:46:00.005-06:002021-02-25T15:09:36.785-06:00Devoted Catholic Joe Biden's SHHS Nominee<p><b><i> <a href="https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/at-hearing-becerra-wont-name-single-abortion-restriction-he-favors"><span class="noticia_byline" style="font-family: "Open Sans", Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;">Washington D.C., Feb 24, 2021 / 03:28 pm MT (<span style="color: #006699;">CNA</span>)</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Open Sans", Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;">.- President Joe Biden’s nominee for Secretary of Health and Human Services declined at a hearing Wednesday to state if he would support any theoretical type of restriction on abortion. </span></a></i></b></p><p style="background-color: white; font-family: "Open Sans", Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; margin: 5px 0px 15px; padding: 0px;"><b><i>Sen. Steve Daines (R-MT) questioned California’s Attorney General Xavier Becerra during his confirmation hearing with the Senate Committee on Finance. Daines said he had “serious concerns” with Becerra’s “radical views” on abortion, and noted that many Montanans, as well as national pro-life groups, had voiced their opposition to their nomination.</i></b></p><p style="background-color: white; font-family: "Open Sans", Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; margin: 5px 0px 15px; padding: 0px;"><b><i>In an effort to give Becerra a chance to “push back” against this view, Daines asked him if he could “name one abortion restriction that you might support.” <br /></i></b></p><p style="background-color: white; font-family: "Open Sans", Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; margin: 5px 0px 15px; padding: 0px;"></p><p style="background-color: white; font-family: "Open Sans", Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; margin: 5px 0px 15px; padding: 0px;"><b><i>“I have tried to make sure that I am abiding by the law, because whether it’s a particular restriction, or whether it’s the whole idea of abortion, whether we agree or not, we have to come to some conclusion,” said Becerra.</i></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8P3i3hyphenhyphensLE1Di2FPAbB4bKk-mlxBU0T8G2m6MG654bQqnnmxyN1hK3GA3vuZLiusTx0URStRfYCOAihGwssnheFi2r3rMtH9rU0f_M4SdJ9fsP25wJzs-GRVC8thKaYSaLTni/s760/Xavier_Becerra.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="507" data-original-width="760" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8P3i3hyphenhyphensLE1Di2FPAbB4bKk-mlxBU0T8G2m6MG654bQqnnmxyN1hK3GA3vuZLiusTx0URStRfYCOAihGwssnheFi2r3rMtH9rU0f_M4SdJ9fsP25wJzs-GRVC8thKaYSaLTni/s320/Xavier_Becerra.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p style="background-color: white; font-family: "Open Sans", Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; margin: 5px 0px 15px; padding: 0px;"><br /></p><p><b><i><span class="noticia_byline" style="font-family: "Open Sans", Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;">Washington D.C., Feb 24, 2021 / 02:24 pm MT (<a href="https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/" style="color: #006699; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_self">CNA</a>)</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Open Sans", Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;">.- On Wednesday, President Biden’s health secretary nominee explained his support of coercive contraceptive and abortion coverage mandates against Catholic nuns, claiming he had never “sued any nuns.”</span></i></b></p><p style="background-color: white; font-family: "Open Sans", Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; margin: 5px 0px 15px; padding: 0px;"><b><i>“I have never sued any nuns. I have taken on the federal government, but I have never sued any affiliation of nuns,” said Xavier Becerra—currently California’s attorney general—before members of the Senate Finance Committee on Wednesday, at his confirmation hearing to be the next health secretary.</i></b></p><p style="background-color: white; font-family: "Open Sans", Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; margin: 5px 0px 15px; padding: 0px;"><b><i>While Becerra has not directly filed lawsuits against Catholic nuns in his time as California attorney general, two different orders of Catholic nuns have claimed religious freedom violations by government mandates that he supported in his official capacity.</i></b></p><p style="background-color: white; font-family: "Open Sans", Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; margin: 5px 0px 15px; padding: 0px;"><b><i>In 2017, Becerra sued the Trump administration over its religious and moral exemptions granted to groups affected by the HHS contraceptive mandate. These objecting groups included the Little Sisters of the Poor, who fought the mandate for years in court.</i></b></p>jopehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16699245388849039321noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37488560.post-21963444575418406192021-02-25T11:23:00.002-06:002021-02-25T11:23:56.975-06:00Joe Biden is a "Devote Catholic". And I am the Queen of Romania<p> <b><i><a href="https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/biden-signs-executive-order-allowing-the-u-s-to-fund-global-abortions/" style="outline-width: 0px !important; user-select: auto !important;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 1.125rem;">President Biden</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 1.125rem;"> </span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-style: initial; font-size: 1.125rem; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; transition-duration: 0.2s; transition-property: color;">signed</span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 1.125rem;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 1.125rem;">an executive order Thursday afternoon reversing the Mexico City policy, permitting U.S. aid money once again to fund groups that provide or promote abortion around the globe.</span></span></a></i></b></p><p style="border: 0px; color: #2d2d2d; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 1.125rem; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 1.8125rem; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><b><i>The policy was first put in place by President Ronald Reagan in an effort to ensure that taxpayers were not required to indirectly fund abortion procedures performed in other countries. The policy has been undone via executive order by every subsequent Democratic administration and reinstated by each Republican one.</i></b></p><p style="border: 0px; color: #2d2d2d; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 1.125rem; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 1.8125rem; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><b><i>The Trump administration expanded the policy to include not only family planning funds distributed by the State Department and the U.S. Agency for International Development but also all foreign-health assistance provided by government agencies, including the Office of the U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator, and the Defense Department. That expanded policy, “Protecting Life in Global Health Assistance,” increased the amount of U.S. funding covered by the abortion prohibition from about $600 million to nearly $9 billion.</i></b></p><p style="border: 0px; color: #2d2d2d; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 1.125rem; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 1.8125rem; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><b><i>Abortion advocates and interest groups in the U.S. oppose the Mexico City policy; Planned Parenthood, for instance, has labeled it a “global gag rule.” During the presidential primary, the Biden campaign promised that his administration would undo the policy and permit U.S. aid money to fund abortions.</i></b><span style="font-size: 1.125rem;"> </span></p><p style="border: 0px; color: #2d2d2d; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 1.125rem; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 1.8125rem; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEholHdBfho96ccQGH3_pQzbOdjv84IGloyEU393beCdmEg8L-cT38b_bHmRH01gJrW9stDDfeiNpYlQD-I205jDg0bCswm9X6NR4z4AHNu5ikv44CDv4iBC9SmXsolgiO0Oh0xP/s1440/joe-biden-ice-cream-rtr-img.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="907" data-original-width="1440" height="202" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEholHdBfho96ccQGH3_pQzbOdjv84IGloyEU393beCdmEg8L-cT38b_bHmRH01gJrW9stDDfeiNpYlQD-I205jDg0bCswm9X6NR4z4AHNu5ikv44CDv4iBC9SmXsolgiO0Oh0xP/w320-h202/joe-biden-ice-cream-rtr-img.jpg" title="Noted Theologian, Joe Biden" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Noted Theologian Joe Biden</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-size: 1.125rem;"><br /></span><p></p><p style="border: 0px; color: #2d2d2d; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 1.125rem; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 1.8125rem; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><b><i>But according to public-opinion polls, mo<span style="font-size: 1.125rem;">st Americans don’t want the U.S. to fund abortions in other countries. A</span><span style="font-size: 1.125rem;"> </span><a href="https://www.nationalreview.com/2021/01/new-poll-most-americans-support-abortion-restrictions/" style="border: 0px; color: #e92131; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1.125rem; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; transition: color 0.2s ease 0s; vertical-align: baseline;">new poll</a><span style="font-size: 1.125rem;"> </span><span style="font-size: 1.125rem;">out yesterday from Marist and the Knights of Columbus found that more than three-quarters of Americans oppose using U.S. aid money to fund abortions overseas. The same survey shows that voters in Biden’s own party disagree with him on this issue: A slight majority of Democrats said they do not want the U.S. funding global abortions, and nearly two-thirds of self-described pro-choice Americans agreed. Eighty-five percent of independent voters, meanwhile, said they oppose U.S. funding of overseas abortions.</span></i></b></p><p style="border: 0px; color: #2d2d2d; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 1.125rem; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 1.8125rem; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><b><i>“These pro-abortion executive orders from President Biden shock the conscience,” Senator Ben Sasse (R., Neb.) said in a statement shortly after Biden signed today’s executive orders. “Our government shouldn’t be funding abortions at home, let alone overseas. Unity is important at times like these, but waging a culture war is only going to deepen divides and hurt innocent victims. Human dignity matters — President Biden should rethink this move.”</i></b></p><p style="border: 0px; color: #2d2d2d; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 1.125rem; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 1.8125rem; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><b><i>Senator Steve Daines (R., Mont.), who founded and chairs the Senate Pro-Life Caucus, said in a statement that Biden’s pro-abortion orders show “a complete lack of respect for the sanctity of human life.”</i></b></p><p style="border: 0px; color: #2d2d2d; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 1.125rem; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 1.8125rem; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><b><i>“These actions will enrich Planned Parenthood and the abortion industry at the taxpayers’ expense, while endangering the most vulnerable,” Daines added. “The United States should not be promoting a radical abortion agenda throughout the world, we should be leading the fight to protect the unborn and all life.”</i></b></p><p style="border: 0px; color: #2d2d2d; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 1.125rem; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 1.8125rem; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><b><i>House minority leader Kevin McCarthy (R., Calif.) also criticized Biden’s move. “Killing unborn children isn’t health care, and violating the rights of conscience of millions of Americans by using taxpayer money to help promote abortions isn’t freedom of choice,” McCarthy said in part of his statement. “The Biden Administration’s so-called ‘unity’ agenda continues to fail the American people. These one-sided orders are another move by the current administration to appease the liberal activists and neglect the most basic moral and fundamental principles of our nation’s founding.”</i></b></p>jopehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16699245388849039321noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37488560.post-68984732918384591722021-02-22T15:14:00.000-06:002021-02-22T15:14:20.812-06:00I KNEW IT!<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEEkG4OVlbxSbMc82i-MeqXxy0ncr1LDTG_tVioA-THo6muAP8tp8CrjshSv4F9GcAStEVqw7DfT45tOyJ5Ig1Jsf4KiNki6db9VjEaUmpcmukpQT47JEENbAFRCDQbWPKHGni/s1920/Chick+Fil+A.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEEkG4OVlbxSbMc82i-MeqXxy0ncr1LDTG_tVioA-THo6muAP8tp8CrjshSv4F9GcAStEVqw7DfT45tOyJ5Ig1Jsf4KiNki6db9VjEaUmpcmukpQT47JEENbAFRCDQbWPKHGni/s320/Chick+Fil+A.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #2b2b2b; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;"><b><i><a href="https://babylonbee.com/news/coronavirus-passes-over-houses-with-cfa-sauce">U.S.—The CDC is suggesting lots of weird ways to avoid contracting coronavirus, such as "washing your hands" and "not licking doorknobs." </a>These methods sound kind of sciencey, so we were immediately suspicious of them.</i></b></span></p><div class="mid-article-container" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #2b2b2b; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;"></div><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #2b2b2b; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.7; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;"><b><i>Sure enough, it seems the best way to avoid getting infected is supernatural: many have found that if you paint Chick-fil-A sauce on your doorposts, the virus will pass right over you and your household.</i></b></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #2b2b2b; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.7; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;"><b><i>Research seems to indicate that the Angel of Coronavirus passes through each town and city every night and looks for the telltale sign that you are one of God's elect, Chick-fil-A sauce. Those with the correct sign of being one of God's people are passed over, while those without the sign are visited and immediately infected.</i></b></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #2b2b2b; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.7; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;"><b><i>"We have no explanation," said one so-called "scientist." "This must be some kind of miracle from God." The scientist said that they tried other substances, such as liberal tears, hand sanitizer, and essential oils, but only Chick-fil-A sauce proved 100% effective at staving off the Angel of Coronavirus.</i></b></p>jopehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16699245388849039321noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37488560.post-83570865985097918792021-02-09T11:42:00.005-06:002021-02-09T11:42:29.349-06:00Islamic Outreach, Part CXVIII<p> From an <a href="http://stjoespsr.blogspot.com/2013/03/pope-francis-spoke-to-diplomatic-corps.html">earlier post</a> on this blog:</p><p><br /><i>Pope Francis spoke to the diplomatic corps and amongst other things, said, "<b>Hence it is important to intensify dialogue among the various religions, and I am thinking particularly of dialogue with Islam</b>."</i><br /><br /><b>MEANWHILE...</b></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2oo8bdBQ9_W0f2bYvHKx0HaM_bAf5rUdPI9Dlq-XB4dwdhBN_MAf54gXDUeO167Re9co57NrlYiwHRDf6HaLMNwhior9mKgtywud-xddfIGjtkJvKWWuZfHBEBHwMy9QSgm7P/s760/GloriaNarvaez4an%25CC%2583osSecuestro_CEC_070221.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="422" data-original-width="760" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2oo8bdBQ9_W0f2bYvHKx0HaM_bAf5rUdPI9Dlq-XB4dwdhBN_MAf54gXDUeO167Re9co57NrlYiwHRDf6HaLMNwhior9mKgtywud-xddfIGjtkJvKWWuZfHBEBHwMy9QSgm7P/s320/GloriaNarvaez4an%25CC%2583osSecuestro_CEC_070221.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><b><br /></b><p></p><p style="background-color: white; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><i><span class="noticia_byline"><a href="https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/bishops-pray-for-colombian-nun-kidnapped-four-years-ago">Bogotá, Colombia, Feb 8, 2021 / 08:54 pm MT (<span style="color: #006699;">CNA</span>)</a></span>.- The president of the Department of Missions at the Colombian Bishops’ Conference marked the fourth anniversary of the kidnapping of Sister Gloria Cecilia Narváez by requesting continued prayers for her.</i></b></span></p><p style="background-color: white; font-size: 18px; margin: 5px 0px 15px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><i> Bishop Francisco Múnera recalled that February 7 marked the fourth anniversary of the nun’s kidnapping in Mali. Authorities have determined that the kidnapping was carried out by the <span style="color: #6aa84f;">Support Front for Islam and Muslims </span>(SGIM), a Mali-based branch of Al Qaeda.</i></b></span></p><p style="background-color: white; font-size: 18px; margin: 5px 0px 15px; padding: 0px;"></p><p style="background-color: white; font-size: 18px; margin: 5px 0px 15px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><i>“The Church continues to pray for her health and her release,” said Munera, who is the bishop of San Vicente del Caguán.</i></b></span></p><p style="background-color: white; font-size: 18px; margin: 5px 0px 15px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><i>Sister Noemí Quesada, former Superior General of the Congregation of the Franciscan Sisters of Mary Immaculate, to which Sister Gloria Cecilia belongs, noted that efforts to free her have been unsuccessful.</i></b></span></p><p><i><b> </b></i></p>jopehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16699245388849039321noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37488560.post-51286499543586794942021-02-08T14:34:00.002-06:002021-02-08T14:34:59.265-06:00Noted Theologians<p><b><span style="font-family: arial;">I guess noted Theologians Nancy Pelosi and Dick Durbin (CINOs) voted "NO". </span></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNlIC30XAyUdHM3ETUqTR5z8HONSAnXD7KtmANQyLEQbQ114KaktIGFQ87j94VQ6vhXCr35oGjHh5jkbY6UADOHZcoejqaJ_2U0DuFfxtWozvaV_wOvNFMbSLXvpIlIBCBKUgQ/s300/peosi.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="193" data-original-width="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNlIC30XAyUdHM3ETUqTR5z8HONSAnXD7KtmANQyLEQbQ114KaktIGFQ87j94VQ6vhXCr35oGjHh5jkbY6UADOHZcoejqaJ_2U0DuFfxtWozvaV_wOvNFMbSLXvpIlIBCBKUgQ/s0/peosi.jpg" /></a></div><br /><p><b style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><i><span class="noticia_byline" face=""Open Sans", Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">W<a href="https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/born-alive-amendment-fails-again-in-the-senate-91307">ashington D.C., Feb 5, 2021 / 08:05 am MT (<span style="color: #006699;">CNA</span>)</a></span><span face=""Open Sans", Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: white;">.- On Thursday evening, the Senate rejected a measure requiring care for babies who survive abortion attempts.</span></i></b></p><p style="background-color: white; font-family: "Open Sans", Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 5px 0px 15px; padding: 0px;"><b><i><br />As part of consideration of a budget resolution on Thursday, Sen. Ben Sasse (R-Neb.) tried to insert an amendment based on his Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act. The legislation requires that babies born alive during botched abortions receive the same standard of care that other newborns of the same gestational age would.</i></b></p><p style="background-color: white; font-family: "Open Sans", Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 5px 0px 15px; padding: 0px;"><b><i>Sasse’s amendment failed to receive the necessary 60 votes to be included in the budget resolution, receiving only 52 votes in favor and 48 votes against.</i></b></p><p style="background-color: white; font-family: "Open Sans", Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 5px 0px 15px; padding: 0px;"><b><i>Sens. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) and Bob Casey (D-Penn.) were the only two Democrats who joined Senate Republicans in supporting Sasse’s amendment.</i></b></p>jopehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16699245388849039321noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37488560.post-45182093431775830382021-02-08T13:16:00.004-06:002021-02-08T13:16:56.182-06:00Oh, Brother<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhndChIal_hiiBVv9cmEy0LbUsMHPEoZ0L8UA3TE2p3MMz4_BsluZVd35hbByzFa9fcPGDLhbeO-4Q124I-YSgA9MxqmEetzgK3jKUAikFbN0RYJAaPqnACPuHVbzAo5Mja86Le/s600/Brother.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="551" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhndChIal_hiiBVv9cmEy0LbUsMHPEoZ0L8UA3TE2p3MMz4_BsluZVd35hbByzFa9fcPGDLhbeO-4Q124I-YSgA9MxqmEetzgK3jKUAikFbN0RYJAaPqnACPuHVbzAo5Mja86Le/w368-h400/Brother.png" width="368" /></a></div><br /><p></p>jopehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16699245388849039321noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37488560.post-7369707959717256822021-02-08T13:15:00.003-06:002021-02-08T13:15:50.784-06:00Joe Biden, Practicing Catholic<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbwUoy4KK_4_ETisRZkG6h1nRjd8IJPQQcHYkq4woF3dOfTc0W4TdkV53iWidBZYpJJqCmMUD0Qktk5kFuTvKDEl9fxeMSv3xmUS3DOcvusmgit68XwtMMwpj4wGXvtxiJtQjw/s600/Amy.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="408" data-original-width="600" height="272" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbwUoy4KK_4_ETisRZkG6h1nRjd8IJPQQcHYkq4woF3dOfTc0W4TdkV53iWidBZYpJJqCmMUD0Qktk5kFuTvKDEl9fxeMSv3xmUS3DOcvusmgit68XwtMMwpj4wGXvtxiJtQjw/w400-h272/Amy.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p></p>jopehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16699245388849039321noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37488560.post-74801206382018484542021-02-08T13:14:00.004-06:002021-02-08T13:14:38.007-06:00The Catholic Thing<p> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Merriweather, serif; font-size: 15px;"><b><i><a href="https://www.thecatholicthing.org">The American bishops drew a crucial distinction in a statement on President Biden’s Inauguration Day between things on which they can cooperate and “dialogue” with the new administration and those on which they cannot. </a>Those distinctions were absolutely necessary to avoid the impression – amounting to grave scandal – that they had no problem with a self-proclaimed “Catholic” taking steps to further abortion, homosexuality, or transgenderism, all of which have been criticized by Pope Francis as a kind of “ideological colonization” in the developing world, but also in developed nations.</i></b></span></p><p style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Merriweather, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px 0px 1em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-indent: 40px; vertical-align: baseline;"><b><i>So far, however, almost no one has paid attention to potential dangers in the other half of the bishops’ Inauguration Day statement, those issues on which the Biden administration is supposedly “good” – immigration, environment, racism, etc. – as if other approaches to dealing with these matters than the usual progressive pieties are “bad.”</i></b></p><p style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Merriweather, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px 0px 1em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-indent: 40px; vertical-align: baseline;"><b></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGvs5UWqtonyyFAuMoT0L2Xpx5jpCpifWlLCPmGeanZsFJ-_Q5l4OS7HMXXiygnuGLfli5xA1wIeb0k8q9vx7RXGpYeo7F-wi7ChSX74RiMClHcyxYkEXW-gdR1hbqa2IzurGc/s660/biden-gregory-660x350.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="350" data-original-width="660" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGvs5UWqtonyyFAuMoT0L2Xpx5jpCpifWlLCPmGeanZsFJ-_Q5l4OS7HMXXiygnuGLfli5xA1wIeb0k8q9vx7RXGpYeo7F-wi7ChSX74RiMClHcyxYkEXW-gdR1hbqa2IzurGc/s320/biden-gregory-660x350.png" width="320" /></a></b></div><b><br /><i><br /></i></b><p></p><p style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Merriweather, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px 0px 1em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-indent: 40px; vertical-align: baseline;"><b><i>The bishops need to pay careful attention to what they and the administration mean – and even the wisdom of entering into various controversies – when they “dialogue” about social problems in this highly polarized period. For example, they just commended Biden for promoting “racial equity” in housing and prisons. Equity sounds like good-old American equality. But in the current lexicon of Critical Race Theory and Critical Legal Theory, “equity” means something far different, and far closer to the ideological extremism of Black Lives Matter than Liberty and Justice for All.</i></b></p><p style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Merriweather, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px 0px 1em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-indent: 40px; vertical-align: baseline;"><b><i>In fact, racial “equity” is in multiple ways the antithesis of “equality.” That the bishops do not seem to be aware of this shift in meaning – or may even have advisers who are deliberately advancing this novel notion of justice, which President Biden was already pushing in his Inaugural Address – bodes ill for how they are going to enter into truthful “dialogue.”</i></b></p><p style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Merriweather, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px 0px 1em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-indent: 40px; vertical-align: baseline;"><b><i>To put this in a somewhat simplified form, according to “racial equity” wherever a <span style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">group</span> – defined by “race” – is “over-represented” or “underrepresented” in some sector, it must mean that there’s some concealed injustice because equality of opportunity has not produced “equity” in outcomes.</i></b></p><p style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Merriweather, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px 0px 1em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-indent: 40px; vertical-align: baseline;"><b><i>The slightest reflection, however, shows that this is a crude way to evaluate the complexities present in a whole society.</i></b></p><p style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Merriweather, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px 0px 1em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-indent: 40px; vertical-align: baseline;"><b><i>To take a relatively neutral example, 70 percent of the players in the Superbowl last night (and the NFL generally) are black, even though black people make up only 13 percent of the population. (Should Colin Kaepernick apologize to the NFL, since football is one of the most “progressive” sports?)</i></b></p>jopehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16699245388849039321noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37488560.post-28098481650933220942021-02-04T13:29:00.000-06:002021-02-04T13:29:01.698-06:00When Salvation is a Phone Call Away<p><b><i> <span style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 17px; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://www.crisismagazine.com/2021/when-salvation-is-a-phone-call-away"><span style="margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px;">It is not likely that anyone will have heard of Heywood Broun</span>,</a> but he was a once very well known, well-connected newspaper columnist. His take on the world was fairly cynical, especially on the subject of organized religion, which he held in some contempt. But everyone will have heard of Fulton Sheen, the world’s first and most famous televangelist, whose TV ratings nearly equaled those of Milton Berle and Frank Sinatra. “If I’m going to be eased off the top by anyone,” said Berle, “it’s better that I lose to the </span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 17px; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px;">One</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 17px; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px;"> for whom Bishop Sheen is speaking.” </span></i></b></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 29px; margin: 0px 0px 26px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px;"><span style="margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px;"><b><i>In addition to dozens of books, retreats and, of course, countless TV shows, Sheen had a reputation as a convert maker, among whose conquests included high-profile people such as playwright Clare Booth Luce, industrialist Henry Ford II, and violinist and composer Fritz Kreisler. But perhaps the hardest nut to crack was Heywood Broun, in whom one would be hard pressed to find anything remotely religious. One day, Sheen simply called him up and said he wanted to meet with him. “About what?” demanded Broun, in his usual gruff manner. “Your soul,” Sheen replied.</i></b></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 29px; margin: 0px 0px 26px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px;"><b><i><span style="margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px;">A meeting was arranged and, strange to say, within minutes Broun had unburdened his entire life, revealing the deepest, darkest secret of all: “I do not want to die in my sins.” What lent a special urgency to the matter, of course, was the fact that he did not have long to live. So, cutting right to the chase and after a session or two, Sheen received him into the Catholic Church—the </span><span style="margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px;">only</span><span style="margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px;"> “the” Church, as Lenny Bruce, another cynic, would put it years later. Within a few months Broun was dead, and it fell to Father Sheen to preach his Requiem, which took place at Saint Patrick’s Cathedral in December of 1939. Exactly 40 years to the month, by the way, before Sheen would himself would face the same summons.</span></i></b></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 29px; margin: 0px 0px 26px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px;"><b><i>In thinking about Broun’s conversion, it is important that we not lose sight of the fact that Sheen himself felt a great urgency to reach out—to try and win this man’s soul for God. His mission, of course, came directly from Christ, to whom he had given his whole life and priestly service. “If Jesus Christ thirsted for souls,” he asked, “must not a Christian also thirst? If he came to cast fire on the earth, must not a Christian be enkindled?”</i></b></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 29px; margin: 0px 0px 26px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px;">The finale:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSeiE0hmBjUWCUhYfvWiPZCk9WWVX8JaA3SMHJTAqbDaIp-A36jPHn0HBxr0bGKNi4MdH0L5I1jRrokCdOftsTeyxAKqF2xU2mfipkf9uaHpkn-zr_HFfyXtQFzTE55o90mlUt/s660/biden-gregory-660x350.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="350" data-original-width="660" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSeiE0hmBjUWCUhYfvWiPZCk9WWVX8JaA3SMHJTAqbDaIp-A36jPHn0HBxr0bGKNi4MdH0L5I1jRrokCdOftsTeyxAKqF2xU2mfipkf9uaHpkn-zr_HFfyXtQFzTE55o90mlUt/s320/biden-gregory-660x350.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><b><i><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 17px; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px;">Is it too much to ask, therefore, that maybe one or two of them might begin with Joe Biden?</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 17px;"> Besides being their president, he happens also to be their brother in Christ, who stands in peril of losing his soul for his refusal—both obdurate and longstanding—to protect innocent, unborn human life. Does Joe Biden not have a phone number that they might use to call him up? Who knows, perhaps catch him on the fly next time he shows up for Mass?</span></i></b><div><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif;"><span style="font-size: 17px;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span></span><p style="background-color: white; line-height: 29px; margin: 0px 0px 26px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif;"><span style="font-size: 17px;"><b><i>“Mr. President? I need to talk to you. It’s about your soul.”</i></b></span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; line-height: 29px; margin: 0px 0px 26px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 17px;"><b><i>Is that going to happen anytime soon, do you think? The answer is no—which should tell you everything you need to know about the state of the Church in this country; about the level of prophetic leadership in the episcopate.</i></b></span></p><p style="background-color: white; line-height: 29px; margin: 0px 0px 26px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 17px;"><b><i>What would it cost for, say, the Cardinal-Archbishop of Washington, D.C. to make that call? To schedule a meeting in which he, the chief Shepherd—they live in the same neighborhood after all—were to sit down with a member of his flock who has gone astray and try and bring him back to a right relationship with Almighty God? An hour of his day maybe, in order to (as they like to say in social justice circles) speak truth to power? And not just to save his soul, which is irreducibly precious, but to put an end to a scandal that grows graver by the day.</i></b></span></p></div>jopehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16699245388849039321noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37488560.post-5223559889341825132021-01-30T11:50:00.005-06:002021-01-30T11:52:06.454-06:00Tough Question<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilvBuepcsBwODizisoYtYS2fjHmzQuX9EqAoZLKEEI6bt6e9qRZBIjbWKylh47mReQo0Sfhe7r-ib0PyQZx0gtpm6l1SRvRNb_JcHfYbwTAkbgORukUww3aiyVNOH5Q-ubLb0a/s987/Do-You-Reject-Satan.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="576" data-original-width="987" height="234" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilvBuepcsBwODizisoYtYS2fjHmzQuX9EqAoZLKEEI6bt6e9qRZBIjbWKylh47mReQo0Sfhe7r-ib0PyQZx0gtpm6l1SRvRNb_JcHfYbwTAkbgORukUww3aiyVNOH5Q-ubLb0a/w400-h234/Do-You-Reject-Satan.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p></p>jopehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16699245388849039321noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37488560.post-69453238494449087992021-01-30T11:45:00.006-06:002021-01-30T11:45:35.864-06:00A Deal With Devil<p> <span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: SourceSansProRegular, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 21px;"><a href="https://townhall.com/columnists/toddstarnes/2021/01/29/taxpayers-are-funding-international-abortions-and-i-blame-never-trump-evangelicals-n2583927" style="outline-width: 0px !important; user-select: auto !important;"><b><i>The Biden administration announced that American taxpayers will now fund the killing of unborn babies not just in Mexico – but around the world.</i></b></a></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: SourceSansProRegular, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 21px;"><b><i>“It will be our policy to support women’s and girls’ sexual and reproductive health and reproductive rights in the United States, as well as globally,” said Dr. Anthony Fauci during his remarks at the World Health Organization Executive Board Meeting last week.</i></b></span></p><p><b><i><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: SourceSansProRegular, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 21px;">Pro-life advocacy groups were rightfully disgusted by the president's heinous actions.</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: SourceSansProRegular, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 21px;">President Biden’s memo rescinding the so-called “Mexico City policy” on the eve of this year’s March for Life, “is a deeply disturbing move, especially when the president says he wants national unity,” tweeted Jeanne Mancini, president of the March for Life Defense and Education Fund.</span></i></b></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: SourceSansProRegular, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 21px;"><b><i>"President Biden is returning to the pro-abortion policies of Barack Obama and forcing taxpayers back into a partnership with the overseas abortion industry," said Tony Perkins, president of the Family Research Council.</i></b></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaX20xh9tyQ6aB_8IYEZN73kbeEbOXETmCWI4KEAsY6Yb04zHEsYcXReQ_G0bB_j5uhftCFOUp1lK91xVoFi_24qKnedD_eY0MZstwpa1uXv6HALogPzWq7zgX97RLMI4NYj_T/s618/joe-biden-pope-04.webp" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="410" data-original-width="618" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaX20xh9tyQ6aB_8IYEZN73kbeEbOXETmCWI4KEAsY6Yb04zHEsYcXReQ_G0bB_j5uhftCFOUp1lK91xVoFi_24qKnedD_eY0MZstwpa1uXv6HALogPzWq7zgX97RLMI4NYj_T/s320/joe-biden-pope-04.webp" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: SourceSansProRegular, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 21px;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: SourceSansProRegular, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 21px;"><b><i>"The abortion industry is well known for relentlessly pursuing taxpayer dollars -- and will exploit any opportunity to grab US taxpayer money. With this action, President Biden is throwing aside any notion of uniting or 'healing' America's political division and is demonstrating that 'unity' means conformity to the goals and priorities of the Left," Perkins added.</i></b></span></p><p><b><i><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: SourceSansProRegular, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 21px;">I don't blame President Biden. I blame Never Trump Republicans.</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: SourceSansProRegular, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 21px;">I blame "woke" Evangelical Christians including the Southern Baptist Convention’s Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission and</span><span style="color: #bf9000;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: SourceSansProRegular, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 21px;"> liberal Catholics. T</span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: SourceSansProRegular, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 21px;">hey knew what would happen if the Democrats gained power. But the Never Trump Evangelicals were so triggered by the former president's Twitter feed, they made a deal with the Devil.</span></i></b></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: SourceSansProRegular, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 21px;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: SourceSansProRegular, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 21px;"><b><i>The "Orange Man Bad" crowd was willing to sacrifice the lives of unborn babies so long as it meant the political destruction of Donald Trump. </i></b></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: SourceSansProRegular, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 21px;"><b><i>Mission accomplished.</i></b></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: SourceSansProRegular, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 21px;"><b><i>On Sunday, many of those "woke" evangelicals will ask God on bended knee to bless our nation. They ought to be asking for God for His mercy and forgiveness.</i></b></span></p>jopehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16699245388849039321noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37488560.post-10962787809846365532021-01-27T14:49:00.003-06:002021-01-27T14:49:26.150-06:00You Can't Fix Stupid<p> <b><i><span class="noticia_byline" style="font-family: "Open Sans", Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;">Washington D.C., Jan 27, 2021 / 01:30 pm MT (<a href="https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/" style="color: #006699; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_self">CNA</a>)</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Open Sans", Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;">.- In an interview discussing his recent admonition of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone of San Francisco emphasized the need for Catholics to recover the sense of worthiness to receive Holy Communion.</span></i></b></p><p style="background-color: white; font-family: "Open Sans", Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; margin: 5px 0px 15px; padding: 0px;"><b><i>“Catholics no longer understand the idea of worthiness to receive Communion. It’s just seen as a sort of a token gesture of welcome and belonging,” Cordileone told EWTN Pro-Life Weekly in an interview that will air on Thursday night.</i></b></p><p style="background-color: white; font-family: "Open Sans", Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; margin: 5px 0px 15px; padding: 0px;"><b><i>The archbishop was addressing the topic of denial of Holy Communion to someone “for the sake of their soul.” He said that Catholics must first understand the Church’s teaching on the Eucharist in order to grasp the significance of the denial of Holy Communion to a public figure.</i></b></p><p style="background-color: white; font-family: "Open Sans", Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; margin: 5px 0px 15px; padding: 0px;"><b><i>“For that kind of action [denial of Communion] to make sense to a lot of people, we need to reclaim this sense of what it means to receive [Communion],” Cordileone said, pointing to a lack of belief in the Real Presence of the Eucharist among Catholics.</i></b></p><p style="background-color: white; font-family: "Open Sans", Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; margin: 5px 0px 15px; padding: 0px;"><b><i>“What are you really saying when you receive Communion? To me, it goes hand-in-hand with this decline in the belief of the Real Presence of Christ in the Eucharist,” he said.</i></b></p><p style="background-color: white; font-family: "Open Sans", Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; margin: 5px 0px 15px; padding: 0px;"></p><p style="background-color: white; font-family: "Open Sans", Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; margin: 5px 0px 15px; padding: 0px;"><b><i>Archbishop Cordileone was explaining to EWTN his Jan. 21 statement to Speaker Pelosi, a Catholic who hails from the San Francisco archdiocese.</i></b></p><p style="background-color: white; font-family: "Open Sans", Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; margin: 5px 0px 15px; padding: 0px;"><b><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0CGowlAp7gNX4WWnHjhS3tCn9dsFwWsbTNoU2JxvKADt44cGyX9qzqZuQkfEcXkq8iqMTlwI9eFyTYi0LL-vWk5J2Ablaa2-TjycwwpvHbAWCVWWam4jdD5Y2IfI15A26utRC/s600/pelosi.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="566" data-original-width="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0CGowlAp7gNX4WWnHjhS3tCn9dsFwWsbTNoU2JxvKADt44cGyX9qzqZuQkfEcXkq8iqMTlwI9eFyTYi0LL-vWk5J2Ablaa2-TjycwwpvHbAWCVWWam4jdD5Y2IfI15A26utRC/s320/pelosi.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Noted Theologian Nancy Pelosi</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><i><br /></i></b></p><p style="background-color: white; font-family: "Open Sans", Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; margin: 5px 0px 15px; padding: 0px;"><b><i>In that statement, Cordileone had said that “No Catholic in good conscience can favor abortion,” referring to Pelosi’s public support in Congress for legal abortion.</i></b></p><p style="background-color: white; font-family: "Open Sans", Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; margin: 5px 0px 15px; padding: 0px;"><b><i>Pelosi, on a Jan. 18 podcast with former presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, had referred to the issue of abortion as “a woman’s right to choose” and said that Catholics should “love contraception” for reducing the abortion rate.</i></b></p>jopehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16699245388849039321noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37488560.post-58711189165172306982021-01-27T14:41:00.003-06:002021-01-27T14:43:04.191-06:00The John Corapi of 2021<p><b> I loved his blog. But when the Bishop calls you a liar, maybe it IS time to go. And what is this "AS WELL" statement in the article?</b></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKlMMdz0ih7GUyNCM8q5cGqhlVvnLi6e1zKOMm5tm8a-zMzdsDu6D2wueDjzlBXdlOvLroeDRFVxh_Cp2AOeC4X8SBNkP6RZy-Tlb8qETm9kty7pfLAv8921_QKadFQyFw6yty/s1200/Father+Z.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="628" data-original-width="1200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKlMMdz0ih7GUyNCM8q5cGqhlVvnLi6e1zKOMm5tm8a-zMzdsDu6D2wueDjzlBXdlOvLroeDRFVxh_Cp2AOeC4X8SBNkP6RZy-Tlb8qETm9kty7pfLAv8921_QKadFQyFw6yty/s320/Father+Z.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><b><br /></b><p></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 20px;"><b><i>A conservative Madison priest and blogger has left the Madison Catholic Diocese after performing live-streamed exorcisms aimed at rooting out what he, former President Donald Trump and other Trump supporters have falsely claimed was widespread fraud in the Nov. 3 presidential election.</i></b></span></p><div class="lee-article-text" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol"; font-size: 14px;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 1.7em; margin: 0px 0px 20px;"><b><i><span style="color: #222222;">Rev. John Zuhlsdorf also claimed he had permission to conduct the exorcisms from Madison Catholic Diocese Bishop Donald Hying — </span><span style="color: #f1c232;">an assertion Hying has said is false as well. </span><span style="color: #222222;">The exorcisms have since been removed from YouTube. The National Catholic Reporter earlier reported on Zuhlsdorf's departure.</span></i></b></p><div class="lee-article-text" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 1.7em; margin: 0px 0px 20px;"><b><i>In a statement Jan. 14, the diocese said it and Zuhlsdorf had reached "a mutual decision" for Zuhlsdorf to leave.</i></b></p></div><div class="tncms-region hidden-print" id="tncms-region-article_instory_top" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222;"></div><div class="lee-article-text" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 1.7em; margin: 0px 0px 20px;"><b><i>"The Reverend Zuhlsdorf, who is in good canonical standing, will relocate from the Diocese of Madison to pursue other opportunities," the statement said. "The Bishop of Madison is grateful to the Reverend Zuhlsdorf for his faithful support of the diocese’s seminarians and priests, thanks him for his many years of steadfast ministry serving the diocese, and wishes him the best in his future endeavors.”</i></b></p></div></div>jopehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16699245388849039321noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37488560.post-82389671227606961732021-01-25T11:13:00.002-06:002021-01-25T11:18:35.014-06:00Read the Whole Thing (Just click on the link)<p><b><i> <span style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 17px; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://www.crisismagazine.com/2021/one-mass-one-people">In a recent <span style="color: #004ecc;">article</span> for <span style="margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px;">Crisis</span></a></span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 17px; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://www.crisismagazine.com/2021/one-mass-one-people"><span style="margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px;">, Father Dwight Longenecker</span> voiced his frustration with trying to unify his parish in the midst of what seems like national disintegration.</a> </span><span style="color: white; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 17px; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px;">He is right to be concerned, because as the Church goes, so goes the nation (and the world). The odd thing is that the Church had, in her liturgy, a strong and unifying force some 60 years ago. Yet as the Church’s liturgy has splintered—licitly and illicitly—over the last 60 years, so have the people of the Church. I would suggest, as a means of unifying parishes and Churches, the promotion of the Traditional Latin Mass. </span></i></b></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3oecvRduL2NMslzaTgPdA8dVnJHPPRw2cCcjGXiN2U-3XwbETsR5_wqifgd7nyNPpzQU4d9XFBDrsrqeV9cGa-7Ht7I1zM8rRro_Bnq7vV6KHCd1vpkLmsHFBPhBtReHTI8hj/s710/ad+orientem.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="710" data-original-width="474" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3oecvRduL2NMslzaTgPdA8dVnJHPPRw2cCcjGXiN2U-3XwbETsR5_wqifgd7nyNPpzQU4d9XFBDrsrqeV9cGa-7Ht7I1zM8rRro_Bnq7vV6KHCd1vpkLmsHFBPhBtReHTI8hj/s320/ad+orientem.jpg" /></a></div><br /><span style="background-color: #e69138; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 17px; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px;"><br /></span><p></p><p style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 29px; margin: 0px 0px 26px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px;"><b><i><span style="background-color: #e69138; color: white;"><span style="margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px;">Putting aside, if possible, the strict theology between the Traditional Latin Mass and the Ordinary Form (the form currently in widespread usage throughout the Church and which is said in the vernacular language), the change in the form of the Mass has divided us in three ways: by language, by interest, and by “personality.” The Mass in the vernacular automatically splinters a parish into linguistic groups. I am not blaming any group for this; if those whose native language is “A” can have Mass in their language, it is natural—and indeed just—that those whose native language is “B” should have Mass in their own language. And there is the problem; </span><span style="margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px;">their own Mass</span><span style="margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px;">. We have sanctioned, perhaps promoted, division. </span></span></i></b></p>jopehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16699245388849039321noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37488560.post-54740018485062885722021-01-25T10:50:00.006-06:002021-01-25T10:58:26.217-06:00Pope Joebama<p><b><i><a href="https://redstate.com/bonchie/2021/01/24/media-proclaim-biden-most-religiously-observant-president-compare-him-to-the-pope-n315681"> </a><span face="Helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 18px;"><a href="https://redstate.com/bonchie/2021/01/24/media-proclaim-biden-most-religiously-observant-president-compare-him-to-the-pope-n315681">Since Joe Biden’s inauguration, the rhetorical tongue bath he’s received in the press has been a sight to behold.</a> I’m not sure it tops Barack Obama’s first few days on the job, but it’s darn close, and it’s the polar opposite of the treatment Donald Trump was privy to.</span></i></b></p><div class="my-4" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 1.5rem; margin-top: 1.5rem; max-width: 100%;"></div><div class="thm-piano-mop" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px; width: 730px;"></div><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;"><b><i>Even still, this seems a bit excessive, right?</i></b></p><div class="twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; display: flex; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto !important; margin-right: auto !important; margin-top: 10px; margin: 10px auto; max-width: 550px; text-align: center; width: 550px;"><iframe allowfullscreen="true" allowtransparency="true" class="" data-tweet-id="1353105241986789378" frameborder="0" id="twitter-widget-0" scrolling="no" src="https://platform.twitter.com/embed/index.html?dnt=true&embedId=twitter-widget-0&frame=false&hideCard=false&hideThread=false&id=1353105241986789378&lang=en&origin=https%3A%2F%2Fredstate.com%2Fbonchie%2F2021%2F01%2F24%2Fmedia-proclaim-biden-most-religiously-observant-president-compare-him-to-the-pope-n315681&siteScreenName=RedState&theme=light&widgetsVersion=ed20a2b%3A1601588405575&width=550px" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: block; flex-grow: 1; height: 0px; margin: 0px auto; position: absolute; visibility: hidden; width: 0px;" title="Twitter Tweet"></iframe></div><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-dnt="true" data-twitter-extracted-i161159316649478686="true" data-width="550" style="background-color: #f1f1f1; border-left: 5px solid rgb(184, 31, 36); box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; margin: 10px auto; padding: 10.5px 21px; text-align: center;"><p dir="ltr" lang="en" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;"><b><i>President Biden is perhaps the most religiously observant commander in chief in half a century. A different, more liberal Christianity grounds his life and his policies. https://t.co/G27AWibfSe</i></b></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><b><i>— The New York Times (@nytimes) <a href="https://twitter.com/nytimes/status/1353105241986789378?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #b81f24;" target="_blank">January 23, 2021</a></i></b></p></blockquote><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;"></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;"><b><i>Contrary to your typical beltway journalist’s assumptions, simply going to church does not make you religiously observant. An atheist can go sit on a pew every week. So can a dog if they were so inclined. That doesn’t mean they are actually observing the religion they claim to be a part of. Biden is not a Catholic in any real sense of the word. He’s a typical liberal that picks and chooses what he likes like from Christianity is some kind of buffet. The church is more of a social club than fits one’s political sensibilities than it is an organization of infallible truth in God. Biden is free to be that kind of “Christian,” but he’s not free to pretend he’s devout or observant when he’s clearly not.</i></b></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;"><b><i>Further, the baseline assertion by the Times is false anyway. George W. Bush not only went to church, he also held to the actual teachings of Christianity far more devoutly than Joe Biden. By every definition, he was more observant than Biden. Last I checked, his two terms were not over 50 years ago.</i></b></p><div class="my-4" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 1.5rem; margin-top: 1.5rem; max-width: 100%;"></div><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;"><b><i>No matter, Biden is also like the Pope.</i></b></p><div class="twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; display: flex; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto !important; margin-right: auto !important; margin-top: 10px; margin: 10px auto; max-width: 550px; text-align: center; width: 550px;"><iframe allowfullscreen="true" allowtransparency="true" class="" data-tweet-id="1353181310114787331" frameborder="0" id="twitter-widget-1" scrolling="no" src="https://platform.twitter.com/embed/index.html?dnt=true&embedId=twitter-widget-1&frame=false&hideCard=false&hideThread=false&id=1353181310114787331&lang=en&origin=https%3A%2F%2Fredstate.com%2Fbonchie%2F2021%2F01%2F24%2Fmedia-proclaim-biden-most-religiously-observant-president-compare-him-to-the-pope-n315681&siteScreenName=RedState&theme=light&widgetsVersion=ed20a2b%3A1601588405575&width=550px" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: block; flex-grow: 1; height: 0px; margin: 0px auto; position: absolute; visibility: hidden; width: 0px;" title="Twitter Tweet"></iframe></div><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-dnt="true" data-twitter-extracted-i161159316649478686="true" data-width="550" style="background-color: #f1f1f1; border-left: 5px solid rgb(184, 31, 36); box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; margin: 10px auto; padding: 10.5px 21px; text-align: center;"><p dir="ltr" lang="en" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;"><b><i>He’s been President for 3 days and the media has already crowned him the new pope</i></b></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;"><b><i>Absolutely mind blowing <a href="https://t.co/ZrswxL50FM" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #b81f24;" target="_blank">pic.twitter.com/ZrswxL50FM</a></i></b></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><b><i>— The Dank Knight 🦇 (@capeandcowell) <a href="https://twitter.com/capeandcowell/status/1353181310114787331?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #b81f24;" target="_blank">January 24, 2021</a></i></b></p></blockquote><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLcE6jabEsFboRE8HoRIP0lfQPWkN0R7KTjYLBqMe_0B_8CeIdTQoBkzWpqGzHGx7p_fV69d2tf3u-8w4Uzg9qTo-93CwkOXBjcIh7y7Y5Q32nuIGqVj41X2ZivXHVn5WWdzVN/s618/joe-biden-pope-04.webp" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="410" data-original-width="618" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLcE6jabEsFboRE8HoRIP0lfQPWkN0R7KTjYLBqMe_0B_8CeIdTQoBkzWpqGzHGx7p_fV69d2tf3u-8w4Uzg9qTo-93CwkOXBjcIh7y7Y5Q32nuIGqVj41X2ZivXHVn5WWdzVN/s320/joe-biden-pope-04.webp" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p> </p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;"></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;"><b><i>Look, I’m not a fan of the latest Pope, nor am I a Catholic so my thoughts on the entire idea of such an office will differ from others. Regardless, I am confident that the Pope has about as much in common with Joe Biden as I do with Bernie Sanders. Yes, there are environmental and economic issues with which a lot of Catholics (and non-Catholics) disagree with the Pope on, but he does still affirm life, biological realties, and traditional marriage, among other long-standing teachings of the church. Biden can’t even hold to the most basic of tenants of his religion. That doesn’t make it him observant. It makes him a heretic if you want to get technical. There is no such thing as “liberal” Christianity.</i></b></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;"><b><i>I’m not a fan of having to critique someone’s else’s religion in this setting. RedState is a political website after all, but when the media (and Biden himself) so blatantly try to gaslight everyone in this way, it deserves a response. Biden may wake up on Sunday and listen to a sermon, but his actions and policy positions clearly show he’s not taking much of what he hears to heart. That’s his right in a free country, but no one should pretend he’s anything more than what he is.</i></b></p>jopehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16699245388849039321noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37488560.post-39629856709016048952021-01-24T10:48:00.007-06:002021-01-25T11:15:05.366-06:00I Don't Know Why They Are Protesting - "Catholic" Joe Biden is Going To Give Them Everything They Want<p>Eight protestors? That's more than attend our daily Masses. Actually, last Friday's Mass at St. Joseph drew about 10 people.</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0wppqo4TfqFl1hGctEVqR4aaGEGBNOC6Z-uLByoRQwbeay6LGzlJdudvvGjYdrabd_XDDVFC0YcCIQYatTCcm39tQzZo6WwLva45_R39MUcpbP6rXY26NMlBjz5sDXP6bOGUw/s555/Pro+abortion.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="329" data-original-width="555" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0wppqo4TfqFl1hGctEVqR4aaGEGBNOC6Z-uLByoRQwbeay6LGzlJdudvvGjYdrabd_XDDVFC0YcCIQYatTCcm39tQzZo6WwLva45_R39MUcpbP6rXY26NMlBjz5sDXP6bOGUw/s320/Pro+abortion.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p><b><i><span class="noticia_byline" face=""Open Sans", Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 18px;">D<a href="https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/pro-abortion-protestors-disrupt-pro-life-mass-at-ohio-cathedral-28512">enver Newsroom, Jan 22, 2021 / 05:06 pm MT (CNA)</a></span><span face=""Open Sans", Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: 18px;">.-</span><span style="background-color: #b45f06;"><span face=""Open Sans", Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 18px;"> About eight pro-abortion protesters disrupted the Respect Life Mass at St. Joseph’s Cathedral in downtown Columbus Friday, where Bishop Robert Brennan was presiding at an event marking the 48th anniversary of</span><span face=""Open Sans", Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 18px;"> </span><span face=""Open Sans", Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 18px;">Roe v. Wade</span><span face=""Open Sans", Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 18px;">.</span></span></i></b></p><p style="font-family: "Open Sans", Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; margin: 5px 0px 15px; padding: 0px;"><b><i style="background-color: #b45f06;">“Two, four, six, eight, this church teaches hate,” the protesters shouted, saying that abortion rights were under attack.</i></b></p><p style="font-family: "Open Sans", Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; margin: 5px 0px 15px; padding: 0px;"><b><i style="background-color: #b45f06;">“Fund abortion, not cops,” said one of their signs. “Abortion on Demand. End Hyde Now,” said another, apparently referring to the Hyde Amendment, which bans most federal funding for abortion. At least two protesters wore vests that read “clinic escort” on the back.</i></b></p><p style="font-family: "Open Sans", Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; margin: 5px 0px 15px; padding: 0px;"><b><i style="background-color: #b45f06;">Police and church officials escorted the protestors outside, where some protesters appeared to make obscene gestures at them, according to video from The Columbus Dispatch.</i></b></p><p style="font-family: "Open Sans", Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; margin: 5px 0px 15px; padding: 0px;"></p><p style="font-family: "Open Sans", Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; margin: 5px 0px 15px; padding: 0px;"><b><i style="background-color: #b45f06;">Friday marked the 48th anniversary of the Supreme Court decision Roe v. Wade, which mandated permissive abortion laws nationwide.</i></b></p>jopehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16699245388849039321noreply@blogger.com