lifesitenews--2020-12-24--Join our daily worldwide rosary HERE

Join our daily worldwide rosary HERE

December 24 , 2020 ( LifeSiteNews ) – In response to the crisis unfolding in our world and in the Church , LifeSite is offering Catholics throughout the world a chance to be united daily in prayer , in the Our Lady of Fatima Rosary Crusade .
Catholics from all over the world—from Israel , Uganda , Italy , France , Germany , Ireland , Pakistan , Singapore , the Philippines , India , Indonesia , Australia , New Zealand , Thailand , the United Kingdom , the U.S. , Canada , Brazil , and other countries—are gathering daily to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Anthony Pillari , J.C.L.
, an American priest currently studying in Italy .
Our goal is , by means of this daily rosary and by embracing and living out the message given by the Virgin Mary at Fatima , the triumph of Our Lady ’ s Immaculate Heart .
To help obtain that goal , Bishop Athanasius Schneider graciously composed the following prayer for this worldwide rosary crusade : O Immaculate Heart of Mary , you are the holy Mother of God and our tender Mother .
Look upon the distress in which @ @ @ @ @ @ @ are living because of the spread of materialism and the persecution of the Church .
In Fatima you warned against these errors , as you spoke about the errors of Russia .
You are the Mediatrix of all graces .
Implore your Divine Son to grant this special grace for the Pope : that he might consecrate Russia to your Immaculate Heart , so that Russia will be converted , a period of peace will be granted to the world , and your Immaculate Heart will triumph , through an authentic renewal of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ purity of the Catholic Faith , of the sacredness of Divine worship and of the holiness of the Christian life .
O Queen of the holy Rosary and our sweet Mother , turn your merciful eyes to us and graciously hear this our trusting prayer .
Amen .
+ Athanasius Schneider , Auxiliary Bishop of the archdiocese of Saint Mary in Astana To learn more about the urgency of responding to Our Lady ’ s message at Fatima , and about what you can do , please read Cardinal Burke ’ s 2017 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ https : //voiceofthefamily.com/full-text-cardinal-burkes-historic-call-for-consecration-of-russia/ ) .
As St. Padre Pio once said , “ The rosary is the weapon for these times.
” Through prayer , God can shape history , change the world , and bring about a great time of renewal and peace for the Church and for the world , through the triumph of Our Lady ’ s Immaculate Heart .
Join us today !
If you would like to follow along with the prayers said during this rosary , you can access them via this PDF .
This document also @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the daily rosary on LifeSite led by Fr .
Pillari .

(LifeSiteNews) — In response to the crisis unfolding in our world and in the Church, LifeSite is happy to promote Regina Angelorum Press’s Daily Rosary, which is offering Catholics throughout the world the chance to be united daily in prayer, in the Our Lady of Fatima Rosary Crusade.
Catholics from all over the world — from Israel, Uganda, Italy, France, Germany, Ireland, Pakistan, Singapore, the Philippines, India, Indonesia, Australia, New Zealand, Thailand, the United Kingdom, the U.S., Canada, Brazil, and other countries — are gathering daily to pray the Rosary, led by Father Pillari, JCL, MCL, STL, an American priest currently studying in Italy.
The Daily Rosary is being offered each day at 12noon EST through Regina Angelorum Press’ YouTube Channel to which you can subscribe HERE.
The goal is, by means of this Daily Rosary and by embracing and living out the message given by the Virgin Mary at Fatima, the triumph of Our Lady’s Immaculate Heart.
To help obtain that goal, Bishop Athanasius Schneider graciously composed the following prayer for this worldwide Rosary crusade:
O Immaculate Heart of Mary, you are the holy Mother of God and our tender Mother. Look upon the distress in which the Church and the whole of humanity are living because of the spread of materialism and the persecution of the Church. In Fatima you warned against these errors, as you spoke about the errors of Russia. You are the Mediatrix of all graces. Implore your Divine Son to grant this special grace for the Pope: that he might consecrate Russia to your Immaculate Heart, so that Russia will be converted, a period of peace will be granted to the world, and your Immaculate Heart will triumph, through an authentic renewal of the Church in the splendor of the purity of the Catholic Faith, of the sacredness of Divine worship and of the holiness of the Christian life. O Queen of the holy Rosary and our sweet Mother, turn your merciful eyes to us and graciously hear this our trusting prayer. Amen. + Athanasius Schneider, Auxiliary Bishop of the archdiocese of Saint Mary in Astana
To learn more about the urgency of responding to Our Lady’s message at Fatima, and about what you can do, please read Cardinal Burke’s 2017 address at the Rome Life Forum.
As St. Padre Pio once said, “The Rosary is the weapon for these times.” Through prayer, God can shape history, change the world, and bring about a great time of renewal and peace for the Church and for the world, through the triumph of Our Lady’s Immaculate Heart. Join us today!
If you would like to follow along with the prayers said during this Rosary, you can access them HERE. The document also includes a brief F.A.Q. pertaining to the daily Rosary.
You can send your prayer requests to https://reginangelorumpress.com/prayer-intentions/
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lifesitenews--2020-12-24--FDA investigates allergic reactions to Pfizer COVID vaccine after more healthcare workers hospitaliz

FDA investigates allergic reactions to Pfizer COVID vaccine after more healthcare workers hospitalized

December 24 , 2020 ( Children ’ s Health Defense ) — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration ( FDA ) told reporters late Friday the agency is investigating “ about five ” allergic reactions to the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine in “ multiple states.
” The announcement followed Friday ’ s news that an Illinois hospital temporarily shut down its COVID vaccination program after four healthcare workers there experienced allergic reactions — one of which was severe — to the vaccine .
Also on Friday , CNN reported that a third healthcare worker in Alaska was hospitalized for six hours @ @ @ @ @ @ @ vaccine .
The report came on the heels of last week ’ s news that two Alaskan healthcare workers had severe allergic reactions — including one woman who was hospitalized for at least two nights after going into anaphylactic shock .
Anaphylaxis is a severe , potentially life-threatening allergic reaction that can occur within seconds or minutes of exposure to something a person is allergic to .
If not treated immediately , it can be fatal , the Mayo Clinic explains .
According to Reuters and other news reports , the director of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Evaluation and Research , Dr. Peter Marks , said polyethylene glycol ( PEG ) , a compound in the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines , may have triggered the allergic reactions in the U.S .
The Pfizer and newly approved Moderna vaccines contain PEG .
Both vaccines were approved by the FDA for emergency use , but are not yet licensed .
Lyn Redwood , president of Children ’ s Health Defense ( CHD ) , said there shouldn ’ t be any mystery at this stage about whether or not PEG caused the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ simple blood test , ” Redwood said .
“ If they ’ ve tested the people who had these allergic reactions for anti-PEG antibodies , then they know .
If they haven ’ t , why haven ’ t they ?
” FDA ’ s Marks on Friday also acknowledged that allergic reactions to PEG could be “ somewhat more common than previously understood.
” But , Robert F. Kennedy , Jr. , CHD chairman and chief legal counsel , said : “ As we told the FDA in September , studies show @ @ @ @ @ @ @ be at risk of experiencing an allergic reaction to PEG.
” “ At the very least , everyone should be screened for anti-PEG antibodies before getting the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines , ” Kennedy said .
“ It is unconscionable that instead , the FDA and CDC are encouraging people to go ahead and risk a life-threatening anaphylactic reaction and just assume that someone will be on hand to save them.
” In September , before either vaccine had been approved , CHD asked the FDA to inform Moderna trial participants that the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ them of the “ well-documented evidence of adverse PEG-related immune reactions , including life-threatening anaphylactic immune reactions.
” In a letter to Marks and FDA Commissioner Stephan Hahn , Kennedy also said Moderna should ask trial participants if they ’ d ever had an allergic reaction to any other drug containing PEG , and the company should prescreen trial participants for PEG allergies , as many people who have anti-PEG antibodies don ’ t know they have them .
The FDA responded by suggesting that CHD take its concerns directly to Moderna .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ allergic reactions in Alaska and Illinois , Hahn told the Hill : “ One of the things that the FDA does very well and uniquely is really getting to the bottom of events like allergic reactions so we can completely understand the circumstances and better inform the public and also our regulatory decisions.
” Following last week ’ s reports of allergic reactions , including anaphylaxis , the FDA said it is “ working closely ” with the Centers for Disease Control ( which has officially acknowledged six allergic reactions ) and “ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the first allergic reactions to the Pfizer vaccine were reported .
An initial investigation into the allergic reactions experienced by the UK healthcare workers suggested PEG may have been the culprit , according to Reuters .
UK health officials have since advised that anyone who has a history of any severe allergic reactions should not get the vaccine .
The country is reportedly rolling out “ resuscitation centers ” equipped to respond quickly to anyone who experiences anaphylactic shock after receiving the vaccine .
In the U.S. , however , the CDC says @ @ @ @ @ @ @ allergic reactions not related to vaccines or injectable medications — such as allergies to food , pet , venom , environmental or latex — may still get vaccinated but should be monitored for 30 minutes instead of the usual 15 minutes after the vaccine is administered .
New CDC guidelines issued after the allergic reactions in the U.S. state : “ If you have ever had a severe allergic reaction to any ingredient in a COVID-19 vaccine , CDC recommends that you should not get that specific vaccine .
If you have had @ @ @ @ @ @ @ or injectable therapies , you should ask your doctor if you should get a COVID-19 vaccine .
Your doctor will help you decide if it is safe for you to get vaccinated.
” These guidelines are inadequate , Redwood said .
“ Many people who have never previously experienced any type of allergic reaction may be at risk of a severe reaction to the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines , ” Redwood said .
“ That ’ s because millions of people may have developed anti-PEG antibodies as a result of having unknowingly been @ @ @ @ @ @ @ According to research published in 2018 , there are more than 1,000 products on the market — including pharmaceuticals , processed foods , cosmetics and disinfectants — that contain PEG .
PEG is also the main ingredient in antifreeze .
“ Anyone who ’ s had a colonoscopy , depending on what was used for preparation for the procedure , may have anti-PEG antibodies , ” Redwood said , because many of those products contain PEG .
“ It ’ s a simple blood test , ” Redwood said .
“ Everyone considering @ @ @ @ @ @ @ should ask their doctor for a blood test to rule out anti-PEG antibodies before getting the vaccine.
” Some of the healthcare workers who suffered severe allergic reactions to the Pfizer vaccine , including the woman hospitalized in Alaska , had no prior history of allergic reactions to anything , including other vaccines or pharmaceuticals .
Studies estimate that approximately 72 % of the U.S. population has acquired anti-PEG antibodies .
The referenced study used blood samples taken from 1990-1999 and earlier , showing a steady increase over time in the percentage of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ it conservative to estimate , after two decades , that the incidence is closer to 80 % today .
According to a 2018 physicians survey , only 22 % of respondents were aware of anti-PEG antibodies , and only 35 % were aware of having been prescribed medications containing PEG .
The authors of a 2012 study on PEG antibodies concluded , “ patients should be pre-screened and monitored for anti-PEG prior to and throughout a course of treatment with a PEGylated compound.
” According to news reports , documents published by Pfizer @ @ @ @ @ @ @ history of severe allergic reactions were excluded from the clinical trials , which explains why the adverse reaction to PEG didn ’ t show up in the trials .
Last week Kennedy called on the co-chair of the new COVID Advisory Board to consider the long-overdue review and reform of the government ’ s Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System .
Kennedy said his request is urgent in light of the push to vaccinate millions of people using vaccines approved for emergency use following abbreviated pre-approval clinical trials .
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The FDA is investigating allergic reactions in 'multiple states.' The agency acknowledged the reactions may have been caused by PEG, a compound in the Pfizer vaccine that CHD previously told the FDA could put millions of people at risk.
December 24, 2020 (Children’s Health Defense) — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) told reporters late Friday the agency is investigating “about five” allergic reactions to the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine in “multiple states.”
The announcement followed Friday’s news that an Illinois hospital temporarily shut down its COVID vaccination program after four healthcare workers there experienced allergic reactions — one of which was severe — to the vaccine.
Also on Friday, CNN reported that a third healthcare worker in Alaska was hospitalized for six hours for an anaphylactic reaction to the Pfizer vaccine. The report came on the heels of last week’s news that two Alaskan healthcare workers had severe allergic reactions — including one woman who was hospitalized for at least two nights after going into anaphylactic shock.
Anaphylaxis is a severe, potentially life-threatening allergic reaction that can occur within seconds or minutes of exposure to something a person is allergic to. If not treated immediately, it can be fatal, the Mayo Clinic explains.
According to Reuters and other news reports, the director of the FDA’s Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, Dr. Peter Marks, said polyethylene glycol (PEG), a compound in the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines, may have triggered the allergic reactions in the U.S.
The Pfizer and newly approved Moderna vaccines contain PEG. Both vaccines were approved by the FDA for emergency use, but are not yet licensed.
Lyn Redwood, president of Children’s Health Defense (CHD), said there shouldn’t be any mystery at this stage about whether or not PEG caused the reactions. “It’s a simple blood test,” Redwood said. “If they’ve tested the people who had these allergic reactions for anti-PEG antibodies, then they know. If they haven’t, why haven’t they?”
FDA’s Marks on Friday also acknowledged that allergic reactions to PEG could be “somewhat more common than previously understood.”
But, Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., CHD chairman and chief legal counsel, said: “As we told the FDA in September, studies show that one in seven Americans may unknowingly be at risk of experiencing an allergic reaction to PEG.”
“At the very least, everyone should be screened for anti-PEG antibodies before getting the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines,” Kennedy said. “It is unconscionable that instead, the FDA and CDC are encouraging people to go ahead and risk a life-threatening anaphylactic reaction and just assume that someone will be on hand to save them.”
In September, before either vaccine had been approved, CHD asked the FDA to inform Moderna trial participants that the vaccine contained PEG, and to inform them of the “well-documented evidence of adverse PEG-related immune reactions, including life-threatening anaphylactic immune reactions.”
In a letter to Marks and FDA Commissioner Stephan Hahn, Kennedy also said Moderna should ask trial participants if they’d ever had an allergic reaction to any other drug containing PEG, and the company should prescreen trial participants for PEG allergies, as many people who have anti-PEG antibodies don’t know they have them.
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The FDA responded by suggesting that CHD take its concerns directly to Moderna. On Saturday, after the reports of allergic reactions in Alaska and Illinois, Hahn told the Hill:
“One of the things that the FDA does very well and uniquely is really getting to the bottom of events like allergic reactions so we can completely understand the circumstances and better inform the public and also our regulatory decisions.”
Following last week’s reports of allergic reactions, including anaphylaxis, the FDA said it is “working closely” with the Centers for Disease Control (which has officially acknowledged six allergic reactions) and “colleagues” in the UK, where the first allergic reactions to the Pfizer vaccine were reported.
An initial investigation into the allergic reactions experienced by the UK healthcare workers suggested PEG may have been the culprit, according to Reuters.
UK health officials have since advised that anyone who has a history of any severe allergic reactions should not get the vaccine. The country is reportedly rolling out “resuscitation centers” equipped to respond quickly to anyone who experiences anaphylactic shock after receiving the vaccine.
In the U.S., however, the CDC says anyone who has a history of severe allergic reactions not related to vaccines or injectable medications — such as allergies to food, pet, venom, environmental or latex — may still get vaccinated but should be monitored for 30 minutes instead of the usual 15 minutes after the vaccine is administered. New CDC guidelines issued after the allergic reactions in the U.S. state:
“If you have ever had a severe allergic reaction to any ingredient in a COVID-19 vaccine, CDC recommends that you should not get that specific vaccine. If you have had a severe allergic reaction to other vaccines or injectable therapies, you should ask your doctor if you should get a COVID-19 vaccine. Your doctor will help you decide if it is safe for you to get vaccinated.”
These guidelines are inadequate, Redwood said. “Many people who have never previously experienced any type of allergic reaction may be at risk of a severe reaction to the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines,” Redwood said. “That’s because millions of people may have developed anti-PEG antibodies as a result of having unknowingly been exposed to PEG in the past.”
According to research published in 2018, there are more than 1,000 products on the market — including pharmaceuticals, processed foods, cosmetics and disinfectants — that contain PEG. PEG is also the main ingredient in antifreeze.
“Anyone who’s had a colonoscopy, depending on what was used for preparation for the procedure, may have anti-PEG antibodies,” Redwood said, because many of those products contain PEG.
“It’s a simple blood test,” Redwood said. “Everyone considering getting the Pfizer or Moderna COVID vaccine should ask their doctor for a blood test to rule out anti-PEG antibodies before getting the vaccine.”
Some of the healthcare workers who suffered severe allergic reactions to the Pfizer vaccine, including the woman hospitalized in Alaska, had no prior history of allergic reactions to anything, including other vaccines or pharmaceuticals.
Studies estimate that approximately 72% of the U.S. population has acquired anti-PEG antibodies. The referenced study used blood samples taken from 1990-1999 and earlier, showing a steady increase over time in the percentage of those with antibodies to PEG, making it conservative to estimate, after two decades, that the incidence is closer to 80% today.
According to a 2018 physicians survey, only 22% of respondents were aware of anti-PEG antibodies, and only 35% were aware of having been prescribed medications containing PEG.
The authors of a 2012 study on PEG antibodies concluded, “patients should be pre-screened and monitored for anti-PEG prior to and throughout a course of treatment with a PEGylated compound.”
According to news reports, documents published by Pfizer and Moderna showed that people with a history of severe allergic reactions were excluded from the clinical trials, which explains why the adverse reaction to PEG didn’t show up in the trials.
Last week Kennedy called on the co-chair of the new COVID Advisory Board to consider the long-overdue review and reform of the government’s Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System. Kennedy said his request is urgent in light of the push to vaccinate millions of people using vaccines approved for emergency use following abbreviated pre-approval clinical trials.
© December 21, 2020 Children’s Health Defense, Inc. This work is reproduced and distributed with the permission of Children’s Health Defense, Inc. Want to learn more from Children’s Health Defense? Sign up for free news and updates from Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. and the Children’s Health Defense. Your donation will help to support us in our efforts.
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lifesitenews--2020-12-24--Mainstream media blackout of Muslim violence continues full strength

December 24 , 2020 ( Turning Point Project ) — Representatives Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib , together with Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and 27 other House members have signed a letter to Mark Zuckerberg requesting “ 100 percent proactive detection and removal of anti-Muslim content ” from Facebook .
Will Zuckerberg comply ?
Almost certainly .
After all , Facebook has been suspending Islam-critical sites for years for what it considers “ anti-Muslim content.
” Indeed , much of what is written about Islam is constantly being surveilled by social media companies , regular news media , and financial transaction corporations @ @ @ @ @ @ @ MasterCard .
The blackout of stories unfavorable to Islam explains why you hear so little about church desecrations and daily jihad attacks in Europe , and almost nothing about the ongoing slaughter of Christians in Nigeria by Muslims .
On the other hand , you probably do recollect the attack by a white nationalist on two mosques in New Zealand on March 15 , 2019 .
The attack left 51 dead , and received extensive global media coverage for weeks and even months afterward .
Roughly five weeks later , on Easter Sunday @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and three luxury hotels in Sri Lanka leaving 269 dead .
Although the destruction and loss of life was much greater than in New Zealand , the news coverage was much more limited .
Why is that ?
Well , it ’ s not complicated .
According to one of the media ’ s favorite narratives , Muslims are a victim class .
The New Zealand story fit the narrative and the Sri Lanka story did not .
The media not only has a penchant for certain narratives , it has the power @ @ @ @ @ @ @ yours is the only narrative in town , it eventually becomes the accepted narrative .
When competing points of view don ’ t receive any coverage , they die in the darkness .
Journalists used to uncover stories ; now , more often than not , they prefer to cover them up .
The masters of the media have discovered that simply ignoring stories that compete with their cherished narratives is more effective than criticizing them .
This proved to be the case with the Hunter Biden laptop story .
Because of its @ @ @ @ @ @ @ election , it was arguably , one of the most important stories of the year .
Yet it remained a largely untold story until the elections were safely out of the way .
Another largely untold story has to do with the extent of China ’ s infiltration of the West .
In the wake of the exposure of Congressman Eric Swalwell ’ s relationship with a Chinese communist spy , a number of reports now indicate that a small army of Chinese agents have ben busy for years infiltrating bedrooms , boardrooms @ @ @ @ @ @ @ world .
You would think some sharp-eyed reporters would have been on the story years ago .
But once again , the narrative trumped the facts .
The narrative said that China was nothing more than our friendly trading partner .
And when Donald Trump came along and accused the Chinese of stealing our technology and threatening our security , it only solidified the “ woke ” narrative that the Communist Chinese must be the good guys .
No reporter or journalist who wished to advance in the profession would dare to look @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the official version .
A lot has been happening on the China front that most American knew nothing about .
And much of it is deeply troubling .
Americans don ’ t know much about Islam either .
And that is also troubling .
This brings us back to Ilhan Omar et al and the letter to Zuckerberg demanding that Facebook only allow nice posts on Islam .
But this is nothing new .
The media ’ s kid-glove treatment of Islam is of long-standing .
While sorting through boxfuls of old articles @ @ @ @ @ @ @ across numerous stories—some going back 10 years or more— that pointed out this or that media deception about Islam .
If the deceptions sound familiar it ’ s because old tropes about Islam neither die nor fade away .
Indeed , they seem to have no expiration date .
Among the most common : • “ Violence has nothing to with Islam.
” • “ The Muslim community is bracing for the backlash.
” [ which never materializes ] • “ Police are still searching for a motive ” [ when the motive @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Allah ] • “ Ten Asian men have been arrested for the crime.
” [ In Europe and the U.K. , “ Asian ” is the media ’ s code word for “ Muslim.
” By now , everyone understands the deception , but they also understand that they ’ re not supposed to notice ] In scanning through the old articles , I also noticed many pieces about outright censorship of authors critical of Islam .
There were numerous instances of speeches cancelled , book offers rescinded , and what amounted to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ encouragement ” of others—many of the defendants were prominent members of society : Mark Steyn was tried by three different Human Rights Courts in Canada , Geert Wilders , a leading member of the Dutch Parliament , was subject to at least four different trials , and Italian author Oriana Fallaci was tried in two different countries .
They were all tried for “ defamation of religion ” or some similar charge .
Even Brigitte Bardot—France ’ s answer to Marilyn Monroe—was fined on several occasions for her criticism of Islam ’ s @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and the rest of the gang needn ’ t worry about Zuckerberg ’ s cooperation .
The Zuckerbergs of the world have been covering for Islam since shortly after 9/11 .
So have politicians .
Speaking before the UN , President Barack Obama warned that “ the future must not belong to those who slander the Prophet of Islam.
” Meanwhile , Hillary Clinton , his Secretary of State , worked closely with the organization of the Islamic Cooperation ( OIC ) to make blasphemy an international crime .
Obama ’ s next @ @ @ @ @ @ @ negotiated the suicidal Iran Deal which put Iran on the path to developing nuclear weapons .
In more recent developments , Joe Biden has decided to rehabilitate Kerry by making him a Special Envoy for Climate Change—a very important position when one considers that there will be a great deal of sudden climate change once the ayatollahs start exploding their atom bombs .
That event is likely to happen sooner rather than later because Mr. Biden also wants to rehabilitate America ’ s participation in the Iran nuclear deal .
In Biden ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the Chinese communists , merely seek to be our friends .
And the least we can do to make up for the sins of Trump is to help them in their peaceful pursuit of nuclear energy .
Biden has also promised more Islam in schools , and more Muslims at every level of his administration .
Ilhan Omar and the gang need not worry about “ anti-Muslim content.
” Under a Biden-Harris administration , the world will be made much safer for Muslims of the more radical type , but far more dangerous @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to the old saying , “ what you don ’ t know won ’ t hurt you , ” but ignorance is not always bliss .
Sometimes , what you don ’ t know can put you and the people around you at great risk .
Unfortunately , what the Biden-Harris team doesn ’ t know about Islam could fill volumes .
William Kilpatrick is the author of What Catholics Need to Know about Islam and other books about culture and religion .
His work is supported in part by the Shillman Foundation @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Point Project .

December 24, 2020 (Turning Point Project) — Representatives Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib, together with Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and 27 other House members have signed a letter to Mark Zuckerberg requesting “100 percent proactive detection and removal of anti-Muslim content” from Facebook.
Will Zuckerberg comply? Almost certainly. After all, Facebook has been suspending Islam-critical sites for years for what it considers “anti-Muslim content.” Indeed, much of what is written about Islam is constantly being surveilled by social media companies, regular news media, and financial transaction corporations such as PayPal, Visa, and MasterCard.
The blackout of stories unfavorable to Islam explains why you hear so little about church desecrations and daily jihad attacks in Europe, and almost nothing about the ongoing slaughter of Christians in Nigeria by Muslims.
On the other hand, you probably do recollect the attack by a white nationalist on two mosques in New Zealand on March 15, 2019. The attack left 51 dead, and received extensive global media coverage for weeks and even months afterward. Roughly five weeks later, on Easter Sunday, Islamic suicide bombers attacked three churches and three luxury hotels in Sri Lanka leaving 269 dead. Although the destruction and loss of life was much greater than in New Zealand, the news coverage was much more limited. Why is that? Well, it’s not complicated. According to one of the media’s favorite narratives, Muslims are a victim class. The New Zealand story fit the narrative and the Sri Lanka story did not.
The media not only has a penchant for certain narratives, it has the power to make them seem plausible. If yours is the only narrative in town, it eventually becomes the accepted narrative. When competing points of view don’t receive any coverage, they die in the darkness.
Journalists used to uncover stories; now, more often than not, they prefer to cover them up. The masters of the media have discovered that simply ignoring stories that compete with their cherished narratives is more effective than criticizing them.
This proved to be the case with the Hunter Biden laptop story. Because of its potential to change the outcome of the election, it was arguably, one of the most important stories of the year. Yet it remained a largely untold story until the elections were safely out of the way.
Another largely untold story has to do with the extent of China’s infiltration of the West. In the wake of the exposure of Congressman Eric Swalwell’s relationship with a Chinese communist spy, a number of reports now indicate that a small army of Chinese agents have ben busy for years infiltrating bedrooms, boardrooms, and classrooms all over the Western world. You would think some sharp-eyed reporters would have been on the story years ago. But once again, the narrative trumped the facts. The narrative said that China was nothing more than our friendly trading partner. And when Donald Trump came along and accused the Chinese of stealing our technology and threatening our security, it only solidified the “woke” narrative that the Communist Chinese must be the good guys. No reporter or journalist who wished to advance in the profession would dare to look too far below the shiny surface of the official version.
A lot has been happening on the China front that most American knew nothing about. And much of it is deeply troubling. Americans don’t know much about Islam either. And that is also troubling.
This brings us back to Ilhan Omar et al and the letter to Zuckerberg demanding that Facebook only allow nice posts on Islam. But this is nothing new. The media’s kid-glove treatment of Islam is of long-standing. While sorting through boxfuls of old articles in my office, I recently came across numerous stories—some going back 10 years or more— that pointed out this or that media deception about Islam. If the deceptions sound familiar it’s because old tropes about Islam neither die nor fade away. Indeed, they seem to have no expiration date. Among the most common:
“Islam” means “peace.”
“Violence has nothing to with Islam.”
“Terrorists pervert their religion.”
“The Muslim community is bracing for the backlash.” [which never materializes]
“Police are still searching for a motive” [when the motive was obviously jihad for the sake of Allah]
“Ten Asian men have been arrested for the crime.” [In Europe and the U.K., “Asian” is the media’s code word for “Muslim.” By now, everyone understands the deception, but they also understand that they’re not supposed to notice]
In scanning through the old articles, I also noticed many pieces about outright censorship of authors critical of Islam. There were numerous instances of speeches cancelled, book offers rescinded, and what amounted to blasphemy trials. Moreover—perhaps for the “encouragement” of others—many of the defendants were prominent members of society: Mark Steyn was tried by three different Human Rights Courts in Canada, Geert Wilders, a leading member of the Dutch Parliament, was subject to at least four different trials, and Italian author Oriana Fallaci was tried in two different countries. They were all tried for “defamation of religion” or some similar charge. Even Brigitte Bardot—France’s answer to Marilyn Monroe—was fined on several occasions for her criticism of Islam’s ritual cruelty to animals.
Ilhan Omar and the rest of the gang needn’t worry about Zuckerberg’s cooperation. The Zuckerbergs of the world have been covering for Islam since shortly after 9/11. So have politicians. Speaking before the UN, President Barack Obama warned that “the future must not belong to those who slander the Prophet of Islam.” Meanwhile, Hillary Clinton, his Secretary of State, worked closely with the organization of the Islamic Cooperation (OIC) to make blasphemy an international crime. Obama’s next Secretary of State, John Kerry, negotiated the suicidal Iran Deal which put Iran on the path to developing nuclear weapons.
In more recent developments, Joe Biden has decided to rehabilitate Kerry by making him a Special Envoy for Climate Change—a very important position when one considers that there will be a great deal of sudden climate change once the ayatollahs start exploding their atom bombs. That event is likely to happen sooner rather than later because Mr. Biden also wants to rehabilitate America’s participation in the Iran nuclear deal. In Biden’s world, the ayatollahs, like the Chinese communists, merely seek to be our friends. And the least we can do to make up for the sins of Trump is to help them in their peaceful pursuit of nuclear energy.
Biden has also promised more Islam in schools, and more Muslims at every level of his administration. Ilhan Omar and the gang need not worry about “anti-Muslim content.” Under a Biden-Harris administration, the world will be made much safer for Muslims of the more radical type, but far more dangerous for the rest of us.
According to the old saying, “what you don’t know won’t hurt you,” but ignorance is not always bliss. Sometimes, what you don’t know can put you and the people around you at great risk. Unfortunately, what the Biden-Harris team doesn’t know about Islam could fill volumes.
William Kilpatrick is the author of What Catholics Need to Know about Islam and other books about culture and religion. His work is supported in part by the Shillman Foundation.
Published with permission from the Turning Point Project.
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lifesitenews--2020-12-24--The Great Reset has knocked on our door via COVID tyranny, and it isn’t pleasant

December 24 , 2020 ( American Thinker ) — The silver lining to this COVID virus is that we are experiencing lockdowns similar to police-state rule .
We have lost our freedom to assemble ( except to burn and pillage ) and our freedom to worship .
We have experienced empty grocery shelves and long lines as seen so often in socialist countries ; it is why socialism always fails — one set of rules and outcomes for the peons and others for the leaders who never obey their mandates .
The Great Reset has knocked on our door , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ addition to the little tyrants flexing their mini-muscles , we are experiencing suppression and manipulation of the truth by meddling technocrats , the moronic blue media , intel traitors , and money-grubbing politicians in bed with the Chinese Communist Party .
Globalist all , and proponents of the Great Reset .
How many of the goons mentioned above have been bought by Communist China ?
It is time to follow the money .
Some may consider this abbreviated glimpse of the Great Reset ( a more palatable name for global socialism ) as @ @ @ @ @ @ @ hand , proponents of socialism see the crisis as a catalyst to push their vile ideology .
Is it any wonder why they promote the idea of lockdowns ?
They are banking on the unsustainable wreckage and destruction of millions and millions of lives to give them the space to waltz in and burn down the whole system and replace it with a socialist Gulag .
And make no mistake : the Great Reset 's endgame is to get rid of capitalism .
It is of little wonder why the godfather of globalism @ @ @ @ @ @ @ bars and restaurants closed for the next four to six months .
Constitutionalists have never successfully exposed Americans to the truth that socialism brings economic strangulation and strangulation of our freedoms .
Our youth , the future leaders of America , whose minds are infected as early as fifth-grade world history classes with the `` flowers of socialism , '' have had the most challenging time complying with government control .
And why would n't they ?
Our youths , more than any of us , thrive and grow with social contact .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ takes a pause , will they understand the conflict between their indoctrinated thoughts and their desire for freedom ?
Lovers of liberty and freedom can only hope that the anti-constitutional dictatorial actions imposed on Americans have been an antidote to extreme academic and political indoctrination imposed on Americans .
Published with permission from the American Thinker .

December 24, 2020 (American Thinker) — The silver lining to this COVID virus is that we are experiencing lockdowns similar to police-state rule. We have lost our freedom to assemble (except to burn and pillage) and our freedom to worship. We have experienced empty grocery shelves and long lines as seen so often in socialist countries; it is why socialism always fails — one set of rules and outcomes for the peons and others for the leaders who never obey their mandates. The Great Reset has knocked on our door, and it isn't pleasant.
In addition to the little tyrants flexing their mini-muscles, we are experiencing suppression and manipulation of the truth by meddling technocrats, the moronic blue media, intel traitors, and money-grubbing politicians in bed with the Chinese Communist Party. Globalist all, and proponents of the Great Reset. How many of the goons mentioned above have been bought by Communist China? It is time to follow the money.
Some may consider this abbreviated glimpse of the Great Reset (a more palatable name for global socialism) as a potent warning. On the other hand, proponents of socialism see the crisis as a catalyst to push their vile ideology. Is it any wonder why they promote the idea of lockdowns? They are banking on the unsustainable wreckage and destruction of millions and millions of lives to give them the space to waltz in and burn down the whole system and replace it with a socialist Gulag. And make no mistake: the Great Reset's endgame is to get rid of capitalism. It is of little wonder why the godfather of globalism, entitled billionaire Bill Gates, wants bars and restaurants closed for the next four to six months.
Constitutionalists have never successfully exposed Americans to the truth that socialism brings economic strangulation and strangulation of our freedoms. Our youth, the future leaders of America, whose minds are infected as early as fifth-grade world history classes with the “flowers of socialism,” have had the most challenging time complying with government control. And why wouldn't they? Our youths, more than any of us, thrive and grow with social contact. When this ugly chapter of our history takes a pause, will they understand the conflict between their indoctrinated thoughts and their desire for freedom? Lovers of liberty and freedom can only hope that the anti-constitutional dictatorial actions imposed on Americans have been an antidote to extreme academic and political indoctrination imposed on Americans.
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lifesitenews--2020-12-24--Outgoing attorney general Barr’s special counsel comments open up ugly possibilities

December 24 , 2020 ( American Thinker ) — William Barr is going out of office as attorney general in a blaze of disgrace , not glory .
Answering a reporter 's question Monday , he told the world that he sees no need for a special counsel for the Hunter Biden investigation .
His position is completely inconsistent with his logic in appointing John Durham as special counsel and raises very distasteful questions about what is really going on .
So he thinks the investigation is `` being handled responsibly and professionally , '' so `` [ t ] @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a reason to appoint a special counsel and I have no plan to do so before I leave . ''
But in announcing Durham 's appointment , Barr said appointing him as special counsel would `` provide Durham and his team some assurance that they 'd be able to complete their work regardless of the outcome of the election . ''
There is far more reason to fear that an investigation of Hunter Biden by the U.S. attorney for Delaware would be squelched by a President Biden than there was reason to fear @ @ @ @ @ @ @ by the U.S. attorney for Connecticut , John Durham , would have been .
First of all , there is already much evidence on the public record that Joe Biden himself is tied into the Hunter Biden schemes , as `` the big guy '' who gets a cut of the bribes disguised as investments , gifts , and director 's fees .
An investigation of Hunter is an investigation of Joe .
Rhetoric from Jen Psaki and others on the Biden team that Biden would not interfere in the investigation is meaningless @ @ @ @ @ @ @ : So why would Barr not support a special counsel now , when he appointed Durham in October and announced the appointment after the election ?
If carrying the investigation through a new presidency was a concern for Durham , why is n't it for the Hunter scandals ?
Giving Barr the benefit of the doubt , he may fear that a special counsel ties up an administration and wants to avoid that for Biden , assuming he is inaugurated .
The Russia hoax focuses on the Obama administration ( of which Biden @ @ @ @ @ @ @ still be hobbled .
But his potential liability is far greater for Hunter than it is for Russiagate .
After all , we are talking about massive potential bribes , like the $ 5-million non-recourse loan from China to a Biden-controlled business entity and the billion-dollar-plus investment fund placed in Hunter 's hands , on which yearly fees would amount to millions of dollars , even if invested in Treasury notes .
My deepest fear is that the root of Barr 's position may be that pulling on the thread of Chinese bribes @ @ @ @ @ @ @ family members — may unravel the entire cloth of elective and appointive officialdom in the federal government , delegitimizing the whole enterprise .
We know that China 's efforts to recruit , cultivate , and assist the rise of officials extends down to the city council level in suburban towns and has been ongoing for decades .
How many others have been ensnared in compromising ties , in both parties ?
Published with permission from the American Thinker .

December 24, 2020 (American Thinker) — William Barr is going out of office as attorney general in a blaze of disgrace, not glory. Answering a reporter's question Monday, he told the world that he sees no need for a special counsel for the Hunter Biden investigation. His position is completely inconsistent with his logic in appointing John Durham as special counsel and raises very distasteful questions about what is really going on.
So he thinks the investigation is “being handled responsibly and professionally,” so “[t]o this point I have not seen a reason to appoint a special counsel and I have no plan to do so before I leave.”
But in announcing Durham's appointment, Barr said appointing him as special counsel would “provide Durham and his team some assurance that they'd be able to complete their work regardless of the outcome of the election.”
There is far more reason to fear that an investigation of Hunter Biden by the U.S. attorney for Delaware would be squelched by a President Biden than there was reason to fear that an investigation of the Russia Hoax by the U.S. attorney for Connecticut, John Durham, would have been. First of all, there is already much evidence on the public record that Joe Biden himself is tied into the Hunter Biden schemes, as “the big guy” who gets a cut of the bribes disguised as investments, gifts, and director's fees. An investigation of Hunter is an investigation of Joe.
Rhetoric from Jen Psaki and others on the Biden team that Biden would not interfere in the investigation is meaningless. As a friend of mine observed:
If Biden's AG follows the normal practice of replacing all the US attorneys, Biden does not need to interfere in the activities of the Justice Department for the new AG and the replacement US attorneys to know their boss would rather that there not be a serious investigation of his son.
So why would Barr not support a special counsel now, when he appointed Durham in October and announced the appointment after the election? If carrying the investigation through a new presidency was a concern for Durham, why isn't it for the Hunter scandals?
Giving Barr the benefit of the doubt, he may fear that a special counsel ties up an administration and wants to avoid that for Biden, assuming he is inaugurated. The Russia hoax focuses on the Obama administration (of which Biden a member), so Biden will still be hobbled. But his potential liability is far greater for Hunter than it is for Russiagate. After all, we are talking about massive potential bribes, like the $5-million non-recourse loan from China to a Biden-controlled business entity and the billion-dollar-plus investment fund placed in Hunter's hands, on which yearly fees would amount to millions of dollars, even if invested in Treasury notes.
My deepest fear is that the root of Barr's position may be that pulling on the thread of Chinese bribes to officials — direct or indirect via family members — may unravel the entire cloth of elective and appointive officialdom in the federal government, delegitimizing the whole enterprise. We know that China's efforts to recruit, cultivate, and assist the rise of officials extends down to the city council level in suburban towns and has been ongoing for decades. How many others have been ensnared in compromising ties, in both parties?
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lifesitenews--2020-12-24--An ‘emergency authorization’ does not mean the COVID vaccines are safe

December 24 , 2020 ( American Thinker ) — There are ongoing reports of the COVID-19 vaccine causing severe allergic reactions in recipients throughout the world .
There is information that suggests that such allergic reactions , along with other dangers , were known to be associated with the COVID-19 vaccines but were covered up or wrongly downplayed prior to and during the emergency use authorization process .
Before providing that information , one should be reminded of what `` Emergency Use Authorization '' means .
Another COVID-19 vaccine has received Emergency Use Authorization by the U.S. Food and Drug @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the mainstream media and many public health officials are wrongly portraying the COVID-19 vaccines as `` FDA-approved . ''
That is not true .
Emergency Use Authorization is not FDA approval .
In the FDA 's own words : A person who receives one of the two COVID-19 vaccines authorized for emergency use should consider himself in the realm of guinea pigs and human research subjects .
( Note also : Public health and pharmaceutical officials are mostly immune to liability if one is injured or killed by the COVID-19 vaccines .
Additionally @ @ @ @ @ @ @ difficult . )
There are currently two COVID-19 vaccines that the FDA has authorized for emergency use .
One was developed by Pfizer and BioNTech and is named in the literature as `` BNT162b2 . ''
The other vaccine was co-developed by the U.S. federal government agency led by Dr. Anthony Fauci , the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases ( NIAID ) , and the pharmaceutical company ModernaTX , Inc. ( often simply referred to as `` Moderna '' ) .
Their COVID-19 vaccine is labeled in the literature as `` @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the cunning language used by public health and pharmaceutical officials when discussing the dangers of the COVID-19 vaccines .
This article elaborates and discovers more significant information .
While reading this article , it is important to distinguish between two different types of publications of COVID-19 vaccine data .
One is pharmaceutical company data published in the peer-reviewed journal The New England Journal of Medicine ( often read by doctors and other health care professionals ) , and the other is the FDA 's COVID-19 vaccine data published in its Emergency Use Authorization @ @ @ @ @ @ @ what is mentioned in the publications ; the discrepancies are indications of potential cover-ups .
Again , there have been reports in the news about severe adverse reactions , including anaphylaxis and allergic reactions , to BNT162b2 , the first COVID-19 vaccine given emergency authorization by the FDA .
Remember , only a few weeks ago , Americans were being told that there are `` no serious safety concerns '' with Pfizer 's and BioNTech 's COVID-19 vaccine .
When studying the data provided by both the FDA and Pfizer and BioNTech , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ true and was apparently known prior to emergency use authorization .
Pfizer and BioNTech published somewhat ambiguous and mostly non-specific safety data for BNT162b2 in The New England Journal of Medicine .
The FDA also published data for BNT162b2 .
There are significant discrepancies in the data , and it appears as though Pfizer and BioNTech did not publish data that suggests that their COVID-19 vaccine may have caused a significant number of allergic reactions .
In the main peer-reviewed article on their COVID-19 vaccine , Pfizer and BioNTech ambiguously , and cunningly @ @ @ @ @ @ @ profile '' was similar to their first smaller clinical trial and that `` reactogenicity was generally mild or moderate . ''
The article does not directly mention anything about hypersensitivity or allergic or anaphylactic reactions that occurred prior to emergency use authorization .
Allergic , anaphylactic , or hypersensitive reactions may be serious and life-threatening events characterized by fainting , hives/urticaria , nausea , vomiting , and diarrhea , among other symptoms .
Yet here is the discrepancy when compared to the pharmaceutical company 's information : in their review of the BNT162b2 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a somewhat passing and overly benign manner that `` adverse events potentially representing allergic reactions '' were discovered `` with more participants reporting hypersensitivity-related adverse events in the vaccine group ( 137 [ 0.63 % ] ) compared with the placebo group ( 111 [ 0.51 % ] ) '' ( page 40 ) and that `` [ a ] dverse reactions characterized as reactogenicity were generally mild to moderate .
The number of subjects reporting hypersensitivity-related adverse events was numerically higher in the vaccine group compared with the placebo group ( 137 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 0.51 % ] ) '' ( page 48 ) .
If vaccine-makers and public health officials were completely truthful , they would describe allergic/hypersensitivity reactions as `` severe , potentially life-threatening , '' and they would be given much more discussion in such an important review .
It is extremely noteworthy that the FDA considers potentially deadly allergic and hypersensitive reactions a `` favorable profile . ''
If you think you are being protected by the FDA or pharmaceutical companies , you might want to think again .
Equally noteworthy is that Pfizer @ @ @ @ @ @ @ does not appear to even mention hypersensitivity or allergic or anaphylactic reactions in their COVID-19 vaccine recipients .
This is a big deal ; it suggests the possibility that the allergic reactions were known but were covered up or downplayed prior to or during the emergency use authorization process .
Then there is the COVID-19 vaccine co-developed by the NIAID and Moderna , known in the literature as `` mRNA-1273 . ''
There are more significant discoveries in the literature with this COVID-19 vaccine that suggest that public health and pharmaceutical officials are @ @ @ @ @ @ @ few will be mentioned in this article .
There are multiple ongoing clinical trials evaluating the NIAID/Moderna COVID-19 vaccine .
One of the first clinical trials began with 45 participants on March 16 , 2020 ( the date is noteworthy ; on February 4 , the government provided `` liability immunity for activities related to medical countermeasures against COVID-19 '' when there were only 11 active cases of COVID-19 .
Within a month , Dr. Fauci 's NIAID had already begun a COVID-19 vaccine trial in human beings . )
A peer-reviewed report @ @ @ @ @ @ @ was published in The New England Journal of Medicine .
The authors ( from NIAID and Moderna ) wrote that `` [ n ] o serious adverse events were noted . ''
But at least one person in that study experienced urticaria ( hives ) in both legs , which was related to the vaccine .
Again , urticaria may be indicative of a potentially life-threatening allergic/hypersensitive reaction known as anaphylaxis .
That is not all .
Remember , in the aforementioned article describing the NIAID/Moderna COVID-19 vaccine in only 45 participants , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ adverse events were noted . ''
But conveniently placed in the Supplementary Appendix ( as of this writing , the previous link was not working ; one may also find the Supplementary Appendix here ) is the description of a participant who The vaccine-makers misleadingly wrote in the main article that `` no serious adverse events were noted '' but then conveniently discuss a person with a severe fever who fainted , described as `` severe and related to vaccination , '' in the Supplementary Appendix .
This is the type of cunning @ @ @ @ @ @ @ COVID-19 vaccine dangers : the vaccines are wrongly publicized as having `` no safety concerns , '' but upon reading the data , one finds safety concerns `` severe and related to vaccination '' .
The previously mentioned participant who fainted is significant for another reason : the fainting ( syncope ) and lightheadedness were classified as `` nervous system disorders . ''
Here it is necessary to briefly switch back to the FDA 's review of Pfizer 's and BioNTech 's COVID-19 vaccine — the FDA provides Table 19 , which shows @ @ @ @ @ @ @ recipients experiencing `` nervous system disorders '' than those who did not receive the vaccine ( 1,158 compared to 460 ) .
But there is not much further explanation specifying what is meant by `` nervous system disorders . ''
Did any of those persons experience lightheadedness and/or fainting , and they are not mentioned because they are considered only `` mild or moderate '' ?
Space does not permit a complete discussion , but the FDA is also misleading in its description of the lack of safety of the NIAID/Moderna COVID-19 vaccine @ @ @ @ @ @ @ vaccine apparently excludes mentioning the serious adverse event of the person fainting mentioned above ; the FDA used a different study as `` the focus '' of their Emergency Use Authorization review for the NIAID/Moderna COVID-19 vaccine ( page 12 ) .
This omission is suggestive of either a cover-up or a serious error .
The FDA does mention , however , that `` the possibility that the vaccine contributed to '' rheumatoid arthritis ( the painful and debilitating disease in which one 's immune system attacks one 's joints ) `` can @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ) .
A large number of COVID-19 vaccine recipients in both the Pfizera and BioNTech ( page 36 ) and NIAID and Moderna ( page 50 ) trials experienced joint pain .
Because neither vaccine has been studied long-term , one can reasonably state that rheumatoid arthritis as a major long-term effect of the COVID-19 vaccines also `` can not be excluded . ''
Vaccines are long-acting substances , and the COVID-19 vaccines have not been studied for , in most cases , longer than two months .
Those who are studying the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ about even their short-term dangers .
The aforementioned information , along with other unmentioned information , suggests that the dangers of the COVID-19 vaccines are being covered up or wrongly downplayed by public health and pharmaceutical officials .
Published with permission from the American Thinker .
LifeSiteNews has produced an extensive COVID-19 vaccines resources page .
View it here .

December 24, 2020 (American Thinker) — There are ongoing reports of the COVID-19 vaccine causing severe allergic reactions in recipients throughout the world. There is information that suggests that such allergic reactions, along with other dangers, were known to be associated with the COVID-19 vaccines but were covered up or wrongly downplayed prior to and during the emergency use authorization process.
Before providing that information, one should be reminded of what “Emergency Use Authorization” means. Another COVID-19 vaccine has received Emergency Use Authorization by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Much of the mainstream media and many public health officials are wrongly portraying the COVID-19 vaccines as “FDA-approved.” That is not true. Emergency Use Authorization is not FDA approval. In the FDA's own words:
In the event an [Emergency Use Authorization] is issued for this product, it would still be considered unapproved and would continue under further investigation (under an Investigational New Drug Application). (page 8, emphasis added)
A person who receives one of the two COVID-19 vaccines authorized for emergency use should consider himself in the realm of guinea pigs and human research subjects. (Note also: Public health and pharmaceutical officials are mostly immune to liability if one is injured or killed by the COVID-19 vaccines. Additionally, proving causation is expensive and very difficult.)
There are currently two COVID-19 vaccines that the FDA has authorized for emergency use. One was developed by Pfizer and BioNTech and is named in the literature as “BNT162b2.” The other vaccine was co-developed by the U.S. federal government agency led by Dr. Anthony Fauci, the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), and the pharmaceutical company ModernaTX, Inc. (often simply referred to as “Moderna”). Their COVID-19 vaccine is labeled in the literature as “mRNA-1273.”
A previous article discussed the cunning language used by public health and pharmaceutical officials when discussing the dangers of the COVID-19 vaccines. This article elaborates and discovers more significant information. While reading this article, it is important to distinguish between two different types of publications of COVID-19 vaccine data. One is pharmaceutical company data published in the peer-reviewed journal The New England Journal of Medicine (often read by doctors and other health care professionals), and the other is the FDA's COVID-19 vaccine data published in its Emergency Use Authorization briefing documents. There are significant in what is mentioned in the publications; the discrepancies are indications of potential cover-ups.
Again, there have been reports in the news about severe adverse reactions, including anaphylaxis and allergic reactions, to BNT162b2, the first COVID-19 vaccine given emergency authorization by the FDA. Remember, only a few weeks ago, Americans were being told that there are “no serious safety concerns” with Pfizer's and BioNTech's COVID-19 vaccine. When studying the data provided by both the FDA and Pfizer and BioNTech, one discovers that that is not completely true and was apparently known prior to emergency use authorization.
Pfizer and BioNTech published somewhat ambiguous and mostly non-specific safety data for BNT162b2 in The New England Journal of Medicine. The FDA also published data for BNT162b2. There are significant discrepancies in the data, and it appears as though Pfizer and BioNTech did not publish data that suggests that their COVID-19 vaccine may have caused a significant number of allergic reactions.
In the main peer-reviewed article on their COVID-19 vaccine, Pfizer and BioNTech ambiguously, and cunningly, write that a “favorable safety profile” was similar to their first smaller clinical trial and that “reactogenicity was generally mild or moderate.” The article does not directly mention anything about hypersensitivity or allergic or anaphylactic reactions that occurred prior to emergency use authorization. Allergic, anaphylactic, or hypersensitive reactions may be serious and life-threatening events characterized by fainting, hives/urticaria, nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea, among other symptoms.
In its briefing document, the FDA uses almost identical language to the vaccine-makers', writing that “[s]afety data … suggest a favorable safety profile, with no specific safety concerns identified that would preclude issuance of an [Emergency Use Authorization].” (page 6)
Yet here is the discrepancy when compared to the pharmaceutical company's information: in their review of the BNT162b2 COVID-19 vaccine, the FDA writes in a somewhat passing and overly benign manner that “adverse events potentially representing allergic reactions” were discovered “with more participants reporting hypersensitivity-related adverse events in the vaccine group (137 [0.63%]) compared with the placebo group (111 [0.51%])” (page 40) and that “[a]dverse reactions characterized as reactogenicity were generally mild to moderate. The number of subjects reporting hypersensitivity-related adverse events was numerically higher in the vaccine group compared with the placebo group (137 [0.63%] vs. 111 [0.51%])” (page 48).
If vaccine-makers and public health officials were completely truthful, they would describe allergic/hypersensitivity reactions as “severe, potentially life-threatening,” and they would be given much more discussion in such an important review. It is extremely noteworthy that the FDA considers potentially deadly allergic and hypersensitive reactions a “favorable profile.” If you think you are being protected by the FDA or pharmaceutical companies, you might want to think again.
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Equally noteworthy is that Pfizer's and BioNTech's peer-reviewed journal article does not appear to even mention hypersensitivity or allergic or anaphylactic reactions in their COVID-19 vaccine recipients. This is a big deal; it suggests the possibility that the allergic reactions were known but were covered up or downplayed prior to or during the emergency use authorization process.
Then there is the COVID-19 vaccine co-developed by the NIAID and Moderna, known in the literature as “mRNA-1273.” There are more significant discoveries in the literature with this COVID-19 vaccine that suggest that public health and pharmaceutical officials are not being completely truthful. Only a few will be mentioned in this article.
There are multiple ongoing clinical trials evaluating the NIAID/Moderna COVID-19 vaccine. One of the first clinical trials began with 45 participants on March 16, 2020 (the date is noteworthy; on February 4, the government provided “liability immunity for activities related to medical countermeasures against COVID-19” when there were only 11 active cases of COVID-19. Within a month, Dr. Fauci's NIAID had already begun a COVID-19 vaccine trial in human beings.)
A peer-reviewed report with results from that first clinical trial was published in The New England Journal of Medicine. The authors (from NIAID and Moderna) wrote that “[n]o serious adverse events were noted.” But at least one person in that study experienced urticaria (hives) in both legs, which was related to the vaccine. Again, urticaria may be indicative of a potentially life-threatening allergic/hypersensitive reaction known as anaphylaxis.
That is not all. Remember, in the aforementioned article describing the NIAID/Moderna COVID-19 vaccine in only 45 participants, the authors wrote that “no serious adverse events were noted.” But conveniently placed in the Supplementary Appendix (as of this writing, the previous link was not working; one may also find the Supplementary Appendix here) is the description of a participant who
had severe fever, onset the evening of the second vaccination, along with severe chills and mild fatigue, myalgia, and headache. In the early morning of the day after vaccination the participant developed recurrent severe fever, chills, fatigue, and headache, moderate myalgia and nausea, and mild arthralgia. The participant was evaluated in an urgent care center and received symptomatic treatment prior to discharge. A nasal swab specimen was negative for SARS-CoV-2 by polymerase chain reaction and positive for adenovirus by a fluorescent antibody assay. After sleeping for several hours at home, upon standing the participant was lightheaded and nauseous, vomited, and then fainted. … The unsolicited adverse events of lightheadedness and fainting (syncope) were judged as severe and related to vaccination and were classified as MedDRA® system organ class nervous disorders (Table S3). (page 12, emphasis added)
The vaccine-makers misleadingly wrote in the main article that “no serious adverse events were noted” but then conveniently discuss a person with a severe fever who fainted, described as “severe and related to vaccination,” in the Supplementary Appendix. This is the type of cunning and/or negligence observable in public descriptions of COVID-19 vaccine dangers: the vaccines are wrongly publicized as having “no safety concerns,” but upon reading the data, one finds safety concerns “severe and related to vaccination”.
The previously mentioned participant who fainted is significant for another reason: the fainting (syncope) and lightheadedness were classified as “nervous system disorders.” Here it is necessary to briefly switch back to the FDA's review of Pfizer's and BioNTech's COVID-19 vaccine — the FDA provides Table 19, which shows a significantly higher number of COVID-19 vaccine recipients experiencing “nervous system disorders” than those who did not receive the vaccine (1,158 compared to 460). But there is not much further explanation specifying what is meant by “nervous system disorders.” Did any of those persons experience lightheadedness and/or fainting, and they are not mentioned because they are considered only “mild or moderate”?
Space does not permit a complete discussion, but the FDA is also misleading in its description of the lack of safety of the NIAID/Moderna COVID-19 vaccine. Its evaluation of the NIAID/Moderna COVID-19 vaccine apparently excludes mentioning the serious adverse event of the person fainting mentioned above; the FDA used a different study as “the focus” of their Emergency Use Authorization review for the NIAID/Moderna COVID-19 vaccine (page 12). This omission is suggestive of either a cover-up or a serious error.
The FDA does mention, however, that “the possibility that the vaccine contributed to” rheumatoid arthritis (the painful and debilitating disease in which one's immune system attacks one's joints) “cannot be excluded” (page 44). A large number of COVID-19 vaccine recipients in both the Pfizera and BioNTech (page 36) and NIAID and Moderna (page 50) trials experienced joint pain. Because neither vaccine has been studied long-term, one can reasonably state that rheumatoid arthritis as a major long-term effect of the COVID-19 vaccines also “cannot be excluded.”
Vaccines are long-acting substances, and the COVID-19 vaccines have not been studied for, in most cases, longer than two months. Those who are studying the vaccines appear to be not entirely truthful about even their short-term dangers. The aforementioned information, along with other unmentioned information, suggests that the dangers of the COVID-19 vaccines are being covered up or wrongly downplayed by public health and pharmaceutical officials.
Published with permission from the American Thinker.
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lifesitenews--2020-12-24--How Catholics can thwart the paganism of our age and properly celebrate New Year’s

December 24 , 2020 ( LifeSiteNews ) — The end of the calendar year is a time when a certain melancholy tends to grip people , since it puts before our faces the inevitable passage of time that brings death ever closer .
This momentary awareness of the evanescence of all things at least partly explains why there is so much merrymaking that often ends in drunkenness , stupor .
Nothing is easier , it seems , than drinking away mortality , which is as effective an “ antidote ” as gulping down blood-thinning pills while bleeding .
St. John @ @ @ @ @ @ @ early Church , frequently reminded the Christians of Antioch that they needed to abandon the ways of their pagan neighbors and embrace a more moderate , but for that reason more joyful , way of life ( this much the ancient Stoics , Epicureans , and Christians had in common ) .
Like all the Church Fathers , he was familiar with the widespread phenomenon of more-or-less committed believers succumbing to the boisterous peer pressure of their unbelieving compatriots — the social recidivism by which , even against our conscience and our better @ @ @ @ @ @ @ bad customs of our times .
Here is what the golden-mouthed archbishop had to say : Unhappy those houses which are but little removed from resorts of pleasure .
Let all such things , I beseech you , be removed from among you .
Let the houses of the Christian , and of the baptised , be free from the devil ’ s chorus : let it be refined , hospitable , and sanctified by earnest prayer : let you come together for psalms and hymns and spiritual singing .
Let the word @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Christ , be in your heart , and on your lips and brow , in your eating and in your drinking , in your conversations , at the baths , in your chambers , in your coming and in your going , in joy and in sadness ; so that according to the teaching of the most blessed Paul : whether you eat or drink , or whatever else you do , do all in the Name of Our Lord Jesus Christ ( 1 Cor .
1:31 ; Col. 3:17 ) , Who @ @ @ @ @ @ @ For it is He that has given you pardon for your past offences , and promises you reward for your amended lives .
In her mighty centuries-long struggle with idolatry and heresy , the early Church took seriously her obligation to send up orthodox praises to the Lord on high holy days .
This is an occupation fit for a king — namely , for each of the baptized .
In an article at New Liturgical Movement , Gregory DiPippo notes that the early Christians were keenly aware that their manner of “ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ decisively different from that of the pagans who surrounded them and who lost no opportunity to indulge in hedonistic idol veneration .
The Roman Rite has preserved a few traces of the early Christian reaction to the pagan celebration of the New Year ; in the traditional Ambrosian Rite , this aspect of the day is far more pronounced .
At Vespers , Psalm 95 is sung with the antiphon “ All the gods of the nations are demons ; but our God made the heavens , ” and Psalm 96 with the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the idols be confounded , and those who glory in their statues.
” The first prayer of Vespers and of the Mass reads , “ Almighty and everlasting God , who commandest that those who share in thy table abstain from the banquets of the devil , grant , we ask , to thy people , that , casting away the taste of death-bearing profanity , we may come with pure minds to the feast of eternal salvation.
” All seven of the antiphons of Matins , and most of those of Lauds @ @ @ @ @ @ @ worship .
In the Ambrosian rite , there are two readings before the Gospel ; on the Circumcision , the first of these is the opening of the “ letter of Jeremiah ” ( Baruch 6 , 1–6 in the Vulgate ) , in which the prophet exhorts the people not to bow before the idols of the Babylonians .
The great antiquity of this tradition is shown by the fact that this reading is preserved in the Ambrosian Missal in the text of the Old Latin version , rather than that of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ so much lip service to Christian antiquity , twentieth-century Church reformers showed a remarkable tendency to adopt modern laxity in place of ancient rigor , to abbreviate prayer rather than to amplify it , to adopt the world ’ s notion of “ celebration ” in place of the Gospel ’ s call to repentance and the imitation of Christ .
Have you ever stopped to ask yourself why , for centuries upon centuries , Catholics spoke of “ offering the Holy Sacrifice , ” whereas after the Council , people only ever @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , ” or even “ celebrating Eucharist ” ( a linguistic barbarism ) ?
In modern times , as Josef Pieper points out , few people have tasted real festivity — the festal embrace of life as a gift from God , to be returned to Him “ with interest ” in the form of solemn worship followed by social gatherings , singing , and feasting in one another ’ s company .
Rather , moderns are acquainted only with relaxation from work , dissipation in their “ holidays , ” and the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ depression .
Just about every psychiatrist worth his salt has rediscovered a piece of ancient wisdom : the best way to overcome the doldrums that afflict us in our mortality is to cultivate gratitude .
Rather than murmur about how bad things are ( for , without a doubt , in this vale of tears , there will always be plenty to complain about ! )
, why not stop and think of several things to be grateful for ?
St. Paul tells us : “ In all things give thanks ; for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Christ Jesus concerning you all ” ( 1 Thess .
5:18 ) .
Those who practice a “ gratitude journal ” find that it changes them for the better .
Let ’ s go one step farther .
Instead of repeating the mantra “ woe is me , ” why not calmly and slowly repeat the prayer : “ Lord Jesus Christ , Son of God , have mercy on me , a sinner ” ?
In place of drinking to oblivion , why not withdraw to your chamber and pray to your @ @ @ @ @ @ @ you to drink of a source that the world does not know ?
When we have tithed our time to God , there will be time enough for the company of friends and family , but this time with a sense of meaning and fulfillment .
Since the fourth century , the Catholic Church has chanted the great Ambrosian hymn of thanksgiving , the Te Deum , as part of the Divine Office , as well as on special occasions such as the consecration of a bishop ; the canonization of a saint @ @ @ @ @ @ @ when kings and queens ruled the earth , at royal coronations .
One such special occasion is New Year ’ s Eve , when it is customary to sing or receite the Te Deum to thank God for His blessings in the year just ending , and to ask His blessing for the year ahead .
The Church even attaches a plenary indulgence to this practice .
The text of the hymn can be found in many places online ( such as here ) .
Wouldn ’ t this be a better way @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in the new ?

December 24, 2020 (LifeSiteNews) — The end of the calendar year is a time when a certain melancholy tends to grip people, since it puts before our faces the inevitable passage of time that brings death ever closer. This momentary awareness of the evanescence of all things at least partly explains why there is so much merrymaking that often ends in drunkenness, stupor. Nothing is easier, it seems, than drinking away mortality, which is as effective an “antidote” as gulping down blood-thinning pills while bleeding.
St. John Chrysostom, that fearless preacher of the early Church, frequently reminded the Christians of Antioch that they needed to abandon the ways of their pagan neighbors and embrace a more moderate, but for that reason more joyful, way of life (this much the ancient Stoics, Epicureans, and Christians had in common). Like all the Church Fathers, he was familiar with the widespread phenomenon of more-or-less committed believers succumbing to the boisterous peer pressure of their unbelieving compatriots — the social recidivism by which, even against our conscience and our better selves, we go along with the bad customs of our times.
Here is what the golden-mouthed archbishop had to say:
Unhappy those houses which are but little removed from resorts of pleasure. Let all such things, I beseech you, be removed from among you. Let the houses of the Christian, and of the baptised, be free from the devil’s chorus: let it be refined, hospitable, and sanctified by earnest prayer: let you come together for psalms and hymns and spiritual singing. Let the word of God, and the sign of Christ, be in your heart, and on your lips and brow, in your eating and in your drinking, in your conversations, at the baths, in your chambers, in your coming and in your going, in joy and in sadness; so that according to the teaching of the most blessed Paul: whether you eat or drink, or whatever else you do, do all in the Name of Our Lord Jesus Christ (1 Cor. 1:31; Col. 3:17), Who has called you to His grace. For it is He that has given you pardon for your past offences, and promises you reward for your amended lives.
In her mighty centuries-long struggle with idolatry and heresy, the early Church took seriously her obligation to send up orthodox praises to the Lord on high holy days. This is an occupation fit for a king — namely, for each of the baptized. In an article at New Liturgical Movement, Gregory DiPippo notes that the early Christians were keenly aware that their manner of “ringing in the new year” was decisively different from that of the pagans who surrounded them and who lost no opportunity to indulge in hedonistic idol veneration.
The Roman Rite has preserved a few traces of the early Christian reaction to the pagan celebration of the New Year; in the traditional Ambrosian Rite, this aspect of the day is far more pronounced. At Vespers, Psalm 95 is sung with the antiphon “All the gods of the nations are demons; but our God made the heavens,” and Psalm 96 with the antiphon “Let all those who worship the idols be confounded, and those who glory in their statues.” The first prayer of Vespers and of the Mass reads, “Almighty and everlasting God, who commandest that those who share in thy table abstain from the banquets of the devil, grant, we ask, to thy people, that, casting away the taste of death-bearing profanity, we may come with pure minds to the feast of eternal salvation.” All seven of the antiphons of Matins, and most of those of Lauds, refer to the rejection of idol worship. In the Ambrosian rite, there are two readings before the Gospel; on the Circumcision, the first of these is the opening of the “letter of Jeremiah” (Baruch 6, 1–6 in the Vulgate), in which the prophet exhorts the people not to bow before the idols of the Babylonians. The great antiquity of this tradition is shown by the fact that this reading is preserved in the Ambrosian Missal in the text of the Old Latin version, rather than that of the Vulgate.
In spite of paying so much lip service to Christian antiquity, twentieth-century Church reformers showed a remarkable tendency to adopt modern laxity in place of ancient rigor, to abbreviate prayer rather than to amplify it, to adopt the world’s notion of “celebration” in place of the Gospel’s call to repentance and the imitation of Christ.
Have you ever stopped to ask yourself why, for centuries upon centuries, Catholics spoke of “offering the Holy Sacrifice,” whereas after the Council, people only ever seem to talk about “celebrating Mass,” or even “celebrating Eucharist” (a linguistic barbarism)? In modern times, as Josef Pieper points out, few people have tasted real festivity — the festal embrace of life as a gift from God, to be returned to Him “with interest” in the form of solemn worship followed by social gatherings, singing, and feasting in one another’s company. Rather, moderns are acquainted only with relaxation from work, dissipation in their “holidays,” and the somewhat grim determination to evade ennui and depression.
Just about every psychiatrist worth his salt has rediscovered a piece of ancient wisdom: the best way to overcome the doldrums that afflict us in our mortality is to cultivate gratitude. Rather than murmur about how bad things are (for, without a doubt, in this vale of tears, there will always be plenty to complain about!), why not stop and think of several things to be grateful for? St. Paul tells us: “In all things give thanks; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you all” (1 Thess. 5:18). Those who practice a “gratitude journal” find that it changes them for the better.
Let’s go one step farther. Instead of repeating the mantra “woe is me,” why not calmly and slowly repeat the prayer: “Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me, a sinner”? In place of drinking to oblivion, why not withdraw to your chamber and pray to your Father in secret, who will give you to drink of a source that the world does not know? When we have tithed our time to God, there will be time enough for the company of friends and family, but this time with a sense of meaning and fulfillment.
Since the fourth century, the Catholic Church has chanted the great Ambrosian hymn of thanksgiving, the Te Deum, as part of the Divine Office, as well as on special occasions such as the consecration of a bishop; the canonization of a saint; religious professions; and, back when kings and queens ruled the earth, at royal coronations. One such special occasion is New Year’s Eve, when it is customary to sing or receite the Te Deum to thank God for His blessings in the year just ending, and to ask His blessing for the year ahead. The Church even attaches a plenary indulgence to this practice. The text of the hymn can be found in many places online (such as here).
Wouldn’t this be a better way to ring out the old and ring in the new?
Peter Kwasniewski, Thomistic theologian, liturgical scholar, and choral composer, is a graduate of Thomas Aquinas College in California (B.A. Liberal Arts) and The Catholic University of America in Washington, DC (M.A. and Ph.D. in Philosophy). He taught at the International Theological Institute in Austria and the Franciscan University of Steubenville’s Austria Program, then helped establish Wyoming Catholic College in 2006. There he taught theology, philosophy, music, and art history and directed the choirs until leaving in 2018 to devote himself full-time to writing and lecturing. Today he contributes regularly to many websites and publications, including New Liturgical Movement, OnePeterFive, LifeSiteNews, Rorate Caeli, The Remnant, and Catholic Family News, and has published thirteen books, including four on traditional Catholicism: Resurgent in the Midst of Crisis (Angelico, 2014, also available in Czech, Polish, German, Portuguese, Spanish, and Belarusian), Noble Beauty, Transcendent Holiness (Angelico, 2017), Tradition and Sanity (Angelico, 2018), and Reclaiming Our Roman Catholic Birthright: The Genius and Timeliness of the Traditional Latin Mass (Angelico, 2020). His work has been translated into at least eighteen languages. Kwasniewski is a scholar of The Aquinas Institute in Green Bay, which is publishing the Opera Omnia of the Angelic Doctor, a Fellow of the Albertus Magnus Center for Scholastic Studies, and a Senior Fellow of the St. Paul Center. He has published over a thousand articles on Thomistic thought, sacramental and liturgical theology, the history and aesthetics of music, and the social doctrine of the Church. For news, information, article links, sacred music, and the home of Os Justi Press, visit his personal website, www.peterkwasniewski.com.
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lifesitenews--2020-12-24--Last Call! Can you give just $5?

Last Call! Can you give just $5?

December 24 , 2020 ( LifeSiteNews ) – Today is our Last Call for donations to our 2020 Christmas fundraising campaign .
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Today is the last day in our fundraising campaign. We need your help to reach our goal.
December 24, 2020 (LifeSiteNews) – Today is our Last Call for donations to our 2020 Christmas fundraising campaign.
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lifesitenews--2020-12-25--Join our daily worldwide rosary HERE

Join our daily worldwide rosary HERE

December 25 , 2020 ( LifeSiteNews ) – In response to the crisis unfolding in our world and in the Church , LifeSite is offering Catholics throughout the world a chance to be united daily in prayer , in the Our Lady of Fatima Rosary Crusade .
Catholics from all over the world—from Israel , Uganda , Italy , France , Germany , Ireland , Pakistan , Singapore , the Philippines , India , Indonesia , Australia , New Zealand , Thailand , the United Kingdom , the U.S. , Canada , Brazil , and other countries—are gathering daily to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Anthony Pillari , J.C.L.
, an American priest currently studying in Italy .
Our goal is , by means of this daily rosary and by embracing and living out the message given by the Virgin Mary at Fatima , the triumph of Our Lady ’ s Immaculate Heart .
To help obtain that goal , Bishop Athanasius Schneider graciously composed the following prayer for this worldwide rosary crusade : O Immaculate Heart of Mary , you are the holy Mother of God and our tender Mother .
Look upon the distress in which @ @ @ @ @ @ @ are living because of the spread of materialism and the persecution of the Church .
In Fatima you warned against these errors , as you spoke about the errors of Russia .
You are the Mediatrix of all graces .
Implore your Divine Son to grant this special grace for the Pope : that he might consecrate Russia to your Immaculate Heart , so that Russia will be converted , a period of peace will be granted to the world , and your Immaculate Heart will triumph , through an authentic renewal of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ purity of the Catholic Faith , of the sacredness of Divine worship and of the holiness of the Christian life .
O Queen of the holy Rosary and our sweet Mother , turn your merciful eyes to us and graciously hear this our trusting prayer .
Amen .
+ Athanasius Schneider , Auxiliary Bishop of the archdiocese of Saint Mary in Astana To learn more about the urgency of responding to Our Lady ’ s message at Fatima , and about what you can do , please read Cardinal Burke ’ s 2017 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ https : //voiceofthefamily.com/full-text-cardinal-burkes-historic-call-for-consecration-of-russia/ ) .
As St. Padre Pio once said , “ The rosary is the weapon for these times.
” Through prayer , God can shape history , change the world , and bring about a great time of renewal and peace for the Church and for the world , through the triumph of Our Lady ’ s Immaculate Heart .
Join us today !
If you would like to follow along with the prayers said during this rosary , you can access them via this PDF .
This document also @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the daily rosary on LifeSite led by Fr .
Pillari .