lifesitenews--2020-10-19--Anonymous FSSP priest: Catholics voting for Biden ‘would commit a grave sin’

Update October 19 , 2020 at 4:28 p.m. Eastern time : This article has been updated to make clear that although the article was published by the Fraternity of St. Peter , it does not necessarily reflect the view of the FSSP in general .
The article the FSSP published was an opinion piece written by an anonymous FSSP priest .
October 19 , 2020 ( LifeSiteNews ) — An article published by the Priestly Fraternity of St. Peter ( FSSP ) pointed out that “ any Catholic who supports ” pro-abortion Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden “ would be @ @ @ @ @ @ @ commit a grave sin , regardless if someone says he or she is ‘ personally opposed to it ’ also.
” The FSSP is a young community of priests attached to the traditional liturgy .
The anonymous FSSP priest who authored the article emphasized that “ Mr .
Biden should have a firmer conviction and certainty of the natural law right every human being has to life.
” “ His private ‘ belief ’ in this matter can not be divorced from his public policy ; he can not observe a public stance @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to it without committing grave sin and causing scandal , ” Friday ’ s article stated .
“ The stance on life is not a disagreement in perspective or approach between political parties .
It is a moral absolute that admits no compromise , and is the issue that must rise to the top on election day .
Abortion , which is the ugly daughter of a contraceptive and divorce-happy culture , must be eradicated , along with its own ugly daughters of pornography , prostitution , sex trafficking , and child exploitation.
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ since “ everyone should be treated with dignity , ” as Biden put it in a recent ad , and “ all confessional faiths ” have this same goal , “ where does he place Catholicism in the mix ?
Is it just one among many ‘ equal ’ faiths , one among many ‘ equal ’ paths to God ?
” It is “ most normal to want to know how seriously Mr. Biden believes , because it is legitimately expected that the Catholic Faith inform how Mr. Biden intends to govern @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , ” the article assured its readers .
According to traditional Catholic teaching , “ the Church is there to guide the administration and exercise of temporal power , to call out its abuse , but never to usurp it .
While mindful of our Lord ’ s words to render to Caesar what is his , and to God what is God ’ s , the Church insists that , if there is a conflict between the two , the problem must be on the side of Caesar.
” While “ a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ judge ” should not all of a sudden “ proclaim Catholicism to be the national religion of our country , ” as that would run contrary to the Constitution — an arrangement characterized as “ not ideal ” — he still has to act in accordance with the Faith .
“ [ A ] Catholic president has the moral obligation to attempt to rid our land of immoral and evil laws and organizations on account of his profession of Faith , while also promoting the influence of the Church and her welfare , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ If a Catholic candidate is on record in support of evil laws and organizations , either personally or by affiliation with a political party whose official platform supports these , he has a moral obligation to recant , abandon the party if he can not immediately change it , and do whatever is within his power to correct any damage he has caused.
” The abortion issue is characterized as most fundamental in this context : “ To say that there are more pressing moral and social issues that plague our country is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the river at its source poisons the lake into which it flows.
” “ There is a hierarchy of moral issues , and so a grave error on the fundamental right to life poisons how all life is regarded and demands correction , especially from a Catholic who has been given the power or influence from God , the source of all authority , to attempt to do so , ” the article added .
The article concluded with a number of questions about Biden .
“ Where is his moral compass then @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Is Jesus Christ True God and True Man , who died on a Cross and rose from the dead , to Joseph Biden ?
Or is Jesus Christ just some philanthropist who came to teach us how to be ‘ nice ’ to each other without pricking the conscience about the silent screams in the background ?
” “ Is Mr. Biden more a reed shaken in the wind of public opinion , a product of political ambition , in stark contrast to the fortuitous and convicted John the Baptist whom Herod had @ @ @ @ @ @ @ became inconvenient ?
” the priest asked .
Earlier this week , Bishop Thomas Paprocki said that voting for Biden in the upcoming election would require “ a proportionately grave reason that outweighs the killing of 860,000 babies per year , ” adding that even the death penalty is no such reason .
On the one hand , Paprocki said , capital punishment , unlike abortion , is not intrinsically evil .
“ While abortion is considered to be an intrinsic evil , the death penalty has been called ‘ inadmissible ’ by @ @ @ @ @ @ @ same as calling it an intrinsic evil , but is more of a prudential judgment about its efficacy , ” he argued .
Additionally , far more people are killed by abortion than by capital punishment , the bishop explained .
“ While over 860,000 abortions took place in our country in the last reported year , there were a total of 22 executions of prisoners in seven states in 2019 , with zero executions in the State of Illinois.
” Fr .
Michael J. Stinson , the FSSP ’ s superior for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ October newsletter to “ pray for and defend their Church like they would their own mother.
” “ Mindful of the lengths that a mother will go to care for her children , ” Stinson explained , “ it is most natural then that children have a similar instinct towards their mothers .
While children can never return in full all their mother has given them ( nor would a loving mother ever expect that ) , they must do something , and so Catholics must pray for and defend their Church like @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , “ [ w ] hile our first obligation and line of defense is remaining in a state of grace and cultivating a practical devout life by prayer and the Sacraments , other obligations arise when we see the Church ( and country ) threatened by anti-God , anti-religious , anti-life , and lawless forces , even from those who profess to be loyal to the Church , ” Stinson explained .
“ In the month ahead , we must summon the graces of our Confirmations and remind ourselves and others that Catholics @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of Faith and the moral teachings which flow from it , and so to vote accordingly , ” he added .
“ In so doing , we speak in a way that clearly defines us as children truly loyal to the Church , and we will be assured of God ’ s blessing in having the courage to contribute to the cause of His right hand .
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PETITION UPDATE (3/15/21) -
Reports suggest that the U.S. Catholic Bishops' Conference (USCCB) is preparing a vote on what to do about pro-abortion Joe Biden (and, presumably, other abortion-promoting politicians) who continues to present himself (themselves) for Holy Communion.
Public excommunication would be a suitable response for Biden's obstinate, public and grave sin of scandalously promoting abortion.
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PETITION UPDATE (2/4/20)
Since Joe Biden was sworn-in on the 20th of January, he has wasted no time in signing Executive Orders to destroy the protections which former President Trump offered to the unborn and to the innocence and modesty of children of the United States.
In one executive order, Biden rescinded the Mexico City Policy prohibiting the federal government from spending taxpayer monies on abortion and the promotion of abortion.
And, in another executive order, Biden seeks to force girls' athletic programs, restrooms, and locker rooms to accept gender-confused males.
Since the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops was shamefully silent throughout the presidential campaign on the pre-eminent issues of abortion and gender ideology, and what Biden vowed he would do as president, it is cold comfort that their pro-life office is now speaking up about this Administration's wilful disregard for human life and for God's design of human nature (i.e., two biological sexes).
Stated plainly, Joe Biden is as bad as he said he would be, and the bishop, acting in unison (as the USCCB) have an obligation to the Lord (first) and to the faithful (second) to refuse Holy Communion to this grave public sinner.
With all due respect to these bishops, they diminish the Holy Eucharist and their high office, as well as cause grave scandal to the faithful, by dialoguing with a man who is promoting mass murder of the unborn against the constant teaching of the Church.
A man who continues to use the church as a backdrop for statements about how "Catholic/religious" he is, but, at the same time, is now doing everything in his power to protect the murder of the innocent, needs to publicly repent before dialogue can begin.
The bishops should not dialogue with or congratulate someone who has publicly betrayed the Church's teaching and who is leading others astray.
It's an embarrassment and a scandal for the bishops to continue to allow him to receive Holy Communion.
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PETITION UPDATE (12/10/20)
Prior to the election on November 3, the U.S. bishops did not address Joe Biden’s anti-Catholic position regarding faith and morals as a unified body.
The USCCB, the organization to which every U.S. bishop belongs and which is staffed and led by bishops, remained disgracefully silent in the run-up to the election.
What were the bishops afraid of, losing their charitable tax status with the IRS, or being deprived of fat checks from the HHS (immigration programs) and USAID (foreign aid programs)?
Or, were they just too cowardly to clearly declare Christ's law to be above man's law and risk the ire of a Joe Biden as president?
Either way, the bishops’ lack of clarity in this regard is a terrible scandal in itself and probably greatly contributed to the possible election of a pro-abortion, anti-Catholic Catholic to the presidency.
Given the fact that exit polling shows Catholics split their vote 50-50 for Trump and Biden, even a slight deviation in the heavily-Catholic swing-states of Michigan, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania could have produced different results.
The bishops could have spoken out against Biden’s pro-abortion stance collectively, but, again, they were overwhelmingly and shamefully silent.
Because of this, they will be at least partly responsible for the policies advanced by a Biden administration, in the event that Biden is sworn into office.
However, the bishops can, even now, mitigate the damage done by their inaction by taking the following steps: 1) Speak with one voice, as the USCCB, and plainly condemn Biden's pro-abortion stance; 2) Publicly advise Biden not to present himself for Holy Communion because of his scandalous position on abortion and homosexual "marriage;" and, 3) Tell Biden to publicly repent of publicly promoting the wilfull murder of the preborn, sins against nature, and diminishing the natural family.
Thankfully, some individual bishops have spoken out forcefully on Biden's scandalous behavior, and his standing in the Church.
On November 9, Archbishop Strickland of Tyler, Texas tweeted: “A dark cloud has descended on this nation when the USCCB and Planned Parenthood speak in unison in support of a Biden-Harris administration that supports the slaughter of innocents by abortion for all 9 months of pregnancy.”
Additionally, Archbishop Samuel Aquila of Denver, Colorado and Archbishop Charles Chaput have both declared publicly that Joe Biden “should not receive Holy Communion."
But, to add insult to injury, Cardinal Wilton Gregory of Washington, D.C. has said that he will give Holy Communion to Biden because “it’s a matter of the responsibility that I have as the archbishop to be engaged and to be in dialogue with him, even in those areas where we obviously have some differences.”
And, Bishop W. Francis Malooly of Wilmington, Delaware and Bishop McElroy of San Diego also congratulated Biden in statements, but they have not indicated whether or not they would administer Holy Communion to him.
With all due respect to these bishops, they diminish the Holy Eucharist and their high office, as well as cause grave scandal to the faithful, by dialoguing with a man who is promoting mass murder of the unborn against the constant teaching of the Church.
A man who uses the church as a backdrop to make sickening political advertisements about how "Catholic/religious" he is, but, at the same time, says that he will do everything in his power to protect the murder of the innocent, needs to publicly repent before dialogue can begin.
The bishops should not dialogue with or congratulate someone who has publicly betrayed the Church's teaching and who is leading others astray.
It's an embarrassment and a scandal for the bishops to continue to allow him to receive Holy Communion.
Please SIGN and SHARE this petition today!
FOR MORE INFORMATION:
https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/us-bishops-concerned-about-pro-abortion-biden-previously-hailed-him-as-second-catholic-president
https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/abp-aquila-backs-call-for-pro-abortion-catholic-joe-biden-to-be-denied-holy-communion?utm_source=top_news&utm_campaign=standard
https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/former-philly-archbishop-biden-not-in-full-communion-with-the-catholic-church
https://www.thesoutherncross.org/news/bishop-mcelroy-offers-prayers-and-congratulations-to-president-elect-biden/
https://www.ncronline.org/news/politics/us-catholics-weigh-mixed-reaction-biden-win
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PETITION UPDATE (9/29/20)
Cardinal Raymond Burke has stated that Democratic candidate Joe Biden should not receive Holy Communion because of his support for abortion.
In an interview for Thomas McKenna's Catholic Action for Faith and Family podcast, Cardinal Burke states the following (starting around 5:00):
First of all, I would tell him [Biden] not to approach to receive Holy Communion, out of charity toward him, because that would be a sacrilege and endanger the salvation of his own soul.
But, also, he should not approach to receive Holy Communion because he gives scandal to everyone, because if someone says, 'I'm a devout Catholic," and, at the same time is promoting abortion, it gives the impression to others that it's acceptable for a Catholic to be in favor of abortion.
Of course, it's absolutely not acceptable, and never has been, and never will be.
We give thanks for Cardinal Burke's frankness and clarity. And, we call on every U.S. Catholic bishop to follow Cardinal Burke's lead and call out Joe Biden for his bloody-minded hypocrisy on the issue of abortion.
To reiterate: You cannot be a Catholic and support abortion.
Thank you for continuing to sign this urgent petition.
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PETITION UPDATE (8/17/20)
The Democratic presidential candidate, Joe Biden, keeps claiming to be Catholic but has said he will do everything in his power to support abortion.
And, with his pick of California Senator Kamala Harris as his running mate, Biden has just cemented abortion into the Democrats' 2020 presidential ticket.
Indeed, Harris is vehemently pro-abortion.
During her time as attorney general of California, Harris played a key role in defending Planned Parenthood over its sale of aborted baby parts (which violated multiple federal laws, according to undercover video of abortion industry personnel).
And, last year, Harris unveiled a plan to essentially force pro-life states to seek permission from the federal government before pro-life laws can take effect.
Additionally, Harris has dangerous views on religious liberty and freedom of speech.
Harris displayed anti-Catholic bigotry in the confirmation hearings of Judge Brian Buescher. Harris cited his membership in the “all-male society” the Knights of Columbus and its stances against abortion and same-sex “marriage” as grounds for rejecting Buescher for a federal district court in Nebraska.
And, David Daleiden, head of the pro-life investigative group Center for Medical Progress, wrote that from his firsthand experience, he considers Harris the “greatest threat to First Amendment civil rights our country has ever seen.”
Joe Biden has seriously erred by taking on Kamala Harris as his running mate, further distancing himself from the truths of the Catholic Faith, especially that every life is sacred from conception till natural death.
Please CLICK HERE to read an article which details one U.S. bishop's warning about the Biden-Harris ticket.
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Of course, these two things are incompatible: you cannot be Catholic and pro-abortion.
And, a "Catholic" politician's responsibility in this regard is absolute: On pain of serious sin, he or she can never promote abortion because abortion is the wilful murder of innocent preborn human beings, and also because doing so causes grave scandal to the Church and the faithful.
Please SIGN this urgent petition asking the bishops of the United States to refuse to give Holy Communion to Joe Biden until he publicly repents from his scandalous promotion of abortion.
Biden recently promised to “codify Roe v. Wade” as president, adding, "my Justice Department will do everything in its power to stop the rash of state laws that so blatantly violate a woman’s protected, constitutional right to choose."
And, since starting his latest run for the presidency, Biden also flip-flopped against the Hyde Amendment, saying that he would allow federal funds to be spent on abortion - a position he claimed to be against for more than 40 years.
In short, Joe Biden will do everything in his power to enable and defend the wilful murder of innocent preborn human beings.
So, this should not be a hard decision for our U.S. bishops. In fact, in another circumstance, it was already done by an Illinois bishop.
Indeed, Bishop Paprocki, of Springfield, Illinois, invoked Canon 915 of the Code of Canon Law to withdraw Holy Communion from two Illinois state politicians who had worked to enact radical new abortion legislation in 2019.
Canon 915 states: "Those who have been excommunicated or interdicted after the imposition or declaration of the penalty and others obstinately persevering in manifest grave sin are not to be admitted to Holy Communion."
Of course, no-one, least of all the bishops, wants anyone to be deprived of Holy Communion.
A politician who publicly and obstinately advocates for the murder of innocent preborn babies puts himself out-of-communion with the Church and her teaching.
Pro-abortion politicians should not think that they can advocate for the murder of the unborn and receive the Body of Christ at the same time. This would be to defile the Eucharist while giving scandal to the faithful.
Depriving politicians of Holy Communion is not just meant to prevent scandal; it is also designed to bring a grave public sinner to repentance. In this way, such an action is meant to be for the good of their souls, too.
Thank you for SIGNING this urgent petition which calls on the U.S. Catholic bishops to refuse to admit Joe Biden to Holy Communion until he publicly repents from his scandalous promotion of abortion.
FOR MORE INFORMATION:
Joe Biden: I support abortion ‘under any circumstance’ - https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/joe-biden-i-support-abortion-under-any-circumstance
Catholic priest denies Joe Biden Holy Communion for pro-abortion stance - https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/catholic-priest-denies-joe-biden-holy-communion-for-pro-abortion-stance
Cardinal McCarrick and the Concealing of Rome’s Position on Denying Communion - https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/cardinal-mccarrick-and-the-concealing-of-romes-position-on-denying-communio
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lifesitenews--2020-10-19--‘Crying shame’: Aggrieved father makes comprehensive case against bishops on sex ed

Editor 's note : The following talk was given as part of an online conference title `` Fathers ' Call to Bishops : Help us to defend our children 's purity . ''
The virtual event was organized by Voice of the Family and made available via LifeSiteNews on October 9 , 2020 .
October 19 , 2020 ( LifeSiteNews ) — Amidst all the serious problems we can see within church today — the apostasy , heresy , faithlessness and over compromise with world — those of us who are parents are , of course , particularly concerned about @ @ @ @ @ @ @ we raise them , which has become more of a challenge than ever .
God has given us that sacred responsibility to raise our children in the faith — to know , love , and serve him — as Proverbs 22.6 tells us , to teach our children `` in the way they should go . ''
The Church has always recognized the parents ' role as primary educator of their children — for in participation with God 's work of creation , the mother and father have conferred life on their children @ @ @ @ @ @ @ them .
Even secular international human rights law recognizes this too — the UN Declaration of Human Rights ( Article 26 ) — states that parents have a right to choose the kind of education that shall be given to their children , and the European Convention on Human Rights ( Article 2 ) declares that `` the State shall respect the right of parents to ensure such education and teaching [ that their children receive ] is in conformity with their own religious and philosophical convictions . ''
We 've seen in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , how the state has overridden or usurped that right of parents — often to make sure the nation 's children are educated according to the official state ideology , what the Government wants them to think , do and say , rather than be raised according to the particular values of their parents — religious or otherwise .
Disturbingly , however , we 're now experiencing this state takeover of parenting through the education systems of western democracies , particularly in the area of sex education , where the liberal comprehensive sex @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , often ruthlessly , against the will of parents .
This is a very real material threat to our children 's temporal and spiritual welfare — especially their eternal salvation .
Let 's face it , most of our young people leave the faith today , not because they 're rejecting the faith per se ( in many cases , they have n't been taught much about what it 's really about anyway ) — but because they want to follow the world 's rejection of Christian morality — of the importance of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ particularly to follow the illusion of sexual freedom — and then contraception and abortion , every further sin that must prop up and facilitate that lifestyle .
What 's most disturbing of all is that so many of our Church leaders , who should be championing the rights of parents to defend their children from this agenda , have actually , in recent times , supported the state 's right to impose such education , or indoctrination , on our children .
The situation has considerably worsened under the pontificate of Pope Francis @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ambiguous or conflicting stance on the matter .
In his apostolic exhortation Amoris Laetitia , for example , he talks in chapter six about the role of educational institutions , rather than parents , as being the ones with the responsibility to provide `` a positive and prudent sex education to children . ''
And during one of his notorious off-the-cuff plane interviews , returning from World Youth Day in Panama in January 2019 , he undermined parents further by explaining how sex education at school `` makes up for the fact '' @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to do it properly .
That 's a very dangerous position for him to take because it 's also the justification that the modern state uses , in most cases , to impose compulsory sex education against the will of parents .
I 'd like to concentrate for the rest of this talk , however , on the situation with the Catholic Church in England , where the bishops of England and Wales publicly supported the UK Government in imposing compulsory pro-LGBT relationships and sex education on ALL schools in England .
The @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , but as time is short I want to concentrate on what 's happened in England , and that serves I know as an example and wake-up call to how church leaders have acted in many other countries .
Just to briefly explain that the different countries that make up the UK — England , Wales , Scotland and Northern Ireland — all have devolved powers over their own education systems ( as well as in many other areas ) and there are separate bishops ' conferences for Scotland , the whole of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a joint conference for England and Wales .
The bishops of England and Wales oversee the mission of Catholic schools through their agency , The Catholic Education Service ( CES ) , and they have facilitated the promotion of the liberal sex education and LGBT agendas in Catholic schools for over a decade .
Under the chairmanship of Archbishop ( now Cardinal ) Vincent Nichols ( from 1999 to 2008 ) the CES developed a policy that resulted in providing children in Catholic schools , including adolescents under the legal age of consent @ @ @ @ @ @ @ services , without parental knowledge or consent , through a state run confidential advice agency , named `` Connexions . ''
Also under Nichols 's chairmanship the CES joined the pro-abortion Sex Education Forum — which since the mid-1980s has been one of the UK 's foremost pressure groups pushing for compulsory amoral sex education and promoting the anti-Christian LGBT agenda and sexual immorality to school children .
In 2010 , the CES , now under the chairmanship of Bishop ( now Archbishop ) Malcolm McMahon , supported an attempt by the outgoing @ @ @ @ @ @ @ education ( SRE ) compulsory , and helped draft statutory guidance for the new subject which would have presented to school children many of the positions and values of the Sex Education Forum .
The attempt to make SRE compulsory , for various political reasons , at that point did not succeed .
One of the enthusiastic supporters of that legislation , however , was a Labour Member of Parliament called Greg Pope .
Despite professing himself to be a Catholic he had a long and extensive anti-life and anti-family voting record in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , euthanasia , population control and contraception , no-fault divorce and cohabitation rights , as well as virtually every facet of the LGBT agenda .
Despite all this , on leaving Parliament at the call of General Election in 2010 , he was immediately appointed by Bishop McMahon as deputy director of the Catholic Education Service — after a `` rigorous selection process . ''
Only by means of a completely revisionist idea of what it means to be a Catholic could a man promoting such policies be deemed fit to hold a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ However , he was in fact eminently suitable to help further the agenda the CES was already pursuing .
Acting also as `` head of Parliamentary relations '' for the bishops of England and Wales , for instance , he wrote to all Catholic MPs in 2014 to reassure them they would not be denied Communion for voting in favor of imposing on Britain same sex `` marriage . ''
The crowning glory of his career with the agency was the CES 's role in supporting compulsory pro-LGBT Relationships and Sex Education in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of the Children & Social Work Act in March 2017 .
Thereafter Pope was immediately rewarded by the bishops for such services to the faith with his promotion and new appointment as Assistant General Secretary ( later Executive Director of the Catholic Trust ) of the Catholic Bishops Conference of England & Wales .
The Children & Social Work Act ( 2017 ) made the new subjects of Relationships Education compulsory in ALL English primary schools , and Relationships & Sex Education compulsory in ALL English secondary schools .
With another compulsory new @ @ @ @ @ @ @ later added to the mix the new regime would further the state takeover of parenting in an attempt for the school to cover virtually every aspect of a child 's moral formation , health and well-being .
The Government stated that parents would be able to withdraw their children only from the `` sex education '' parts of RSHE at secondary school , and even this much compromised right was later replaced only with a `` right to request withdrawal , '' with the final decision given over to the head teacher .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ to parents , their children were given the legal right to overrule their parents ' wishes , if the head teacher had not already done so , and opt into sex education classes when the child reaches 15 years of age ( though ironically they are not able to opt themselves out ) .
From the outset , Government spokespersons , including the Prime Minister , stated that Relationships Education was intended to be `` LGBT inclusive . ''
The CES publicly and consistently voiced nothing but unwavering support for the legislative changes @ @ @ @ @ @ @ passing of the Children & Social Work Act in March 2017 , the then Chair of the CES , Archbishop Malcolm McMahon , issued a statement welcoming the changes to the law and `` the government 's commitment to improving [ sic ] Relationships and Sex Education in all schools . ''
He also welcomed the `` government 's commitment to protect parental right of withdrawal , '' even though that right was specifically limited , even at this early stage .
The RSE Regulations and Statutory Guidance which would govern the general @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , were the subject of two major public consultations , before having to be ratified by Parliament .
Catholic leaders did to encourage the faithful 's participation in these consultations , despite the potentially strong influence the resulting curriculum is likely to have on the moral development of our nation 's youth , both Catholic and non-Catholic .
Rather , the Catholic Education Service continued its mini-PR campaign in support of the Government , even when its intentions for the new RSE regime became clearer .
Aside from the effective removal of the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ dangers contained in both the Draft and Final RSE Guidance and Regulations ( 2019 ) , included : • The Promotion of abortion , contraception and facilitation of underage sex .
Secondary school children should be provided with `` the facts about the full range of contraceptive choices and options , '' and signposted as to where and how to obtain abortion and contraception services without parental knowledge or consent .
Carrying an unborn child to term is presented simply as one of the possible `` choices '' when pregnant , alongside that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ which pupils should receive medically and legally accurate , impartial information . ''
• LGBT content is expected to be `` fully integrated '' into the children 's program of study , which should present homosexual relationships and family structures in a positive manner .
• Real marriage and the natural family unit are sidelined .
Redefined to include same sex `` marriage '' ( and on a par with civil partnerships ) , marriage is simply presented as one possible relationship option .
The emphasis is on the diversity of different `` @ @ @ @ @ @ @ With Church leaders supporting the Government , the mobilisation of Catholic voters to best influence the consultation process was therefore left to the various pro-life and pro-family organisations , including SPUC , and the many new groups , including from the various faith communities , that were now springing up as part of the rapidly growing parental rights movement .
This awareness campaign proved successful in that the majority of submissions to the public consultations on the Draft Regulations and Guidance were firmly against the Government 's proposals .
But with the backing @ @ @ @ @ @ @ establishments , the consultation results could more easily be ignored , and the Final RSE Guidance and Regulations were published virtually unchanged ( if anything , slightly worse ) in March 2019 ; and shortly afterwards passed by an overwhelming majority in the House of Commons ( 538 to 21 ) .
And just in case enough salt had n't already been poured onto the wounds of the faithful , the Catholic Education Service issued yet another press statement to 'welcome ' this development .
Besides the betrayal of parents and children , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ support for the Government 's measures can not be overemphasized .
Firstly , it undermined the efforts of Parliamentarians supportive of parental rights .
Lord Elton , for instance , in a letter to one of our supporters , noted how since the legislation had been passed with such a large Commons majority , but also accepted by the Church of England and welcomed by the Catholic Church , there was no possibility of rejecting it in the House of Lords — through which it had to pass before becoming law .
The @ @ @ @ @ @ @ regime was also considered important by the Government itself , and often referred to by ministers and officials .
For example , Nick Gibb , Minister for School Standards , commented in a Parliamentary debate in June 2019 how the Government was `` very content that we have secured the support of the Catholic Church , the Church of England and organisations such as Stonewall for the guidance we have created . ''
Stonewall is the country 's leading LGBT pressure group — and so the fact that the same state guidance on @ @ @ @ @ @ @ both LGBT pressure groups , such as Stonewall , and `` the Catholic Church '' would certainly mean that at least one of those factions is over-compromising on their core values .
However , as well as being adamant that this guidance leaves scope for Catholic schools to teach `` according to the tenets of the faith , '' and leaving aside the fate of the 90 % of children who do n't go to a Catholic school , CES statements in support of the changes also trumpeted the `` high quality RSE @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and boasted of `` the fact that the Government had used the Catholic model curriculum as examples of best practice . ''
In other words , it all just means business as usual for Catholic schools so there is nothing to worry about .
The Catholic Education Service 's model RSE curriculum is likely able to meet such approval from Government , because , despite parading its commitment to the Catholic faith with a great deal of uncontroversial orthodox-sounding content , there are enough ambiguous loopholes inserted to ensure that the LGBT and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ wherever necessary , or desired .
So , for example , in Catholic primary schools , children aged 5-7 are to be taught about the `` different family structures '' and `` how they should be respected , '' which is how the LGBT agenda is usually now promoted to this age group .
Children of this age are also taught to `` identify and correctly name their private parts , '' and children aged 7-11 are taught about the `` similarities and differences between people '' in relation to the `` protected @ @ @ @ @ @ @ '' which therefore means teaching those children about `` gender reassignment , '' same-sex `` marriage '' and same-sex civil partnerships , and all about `` sexual orientation . ''
The CES 's model RSE curriculum for secondary schools ( or `` high schools , '' for pupils aged 11-18 ) builds on this foundation , and seems to work on the assumption of a `` new normal . ''
It takes the validity of LGBT ideology for granted , and could be used to help facilitate active pupil exploration of destructive and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the need to teach children about the Church 's teaching with regards marriage , fertility and the sanctity of life , pupils are also taught to be `` respectful of their emerging sexual identity , '' as well as the concepts of `` sexual identity , gender identity and sexual orientation . ''
They are to be taught throughout secondary school `` about diversity in sexual attraction and developing sexuality , including sources of support and reassurance and how to access them . ''
They are also to be taught `` where and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ advice and support , '' including `` who to talk to for accurate , advice and support in the event of unintended pregnancy . ''
One of the key principles running through the model Catholic RSE curriculum , as explained in its introduction , is that it aims to be `` balanced '' — in that , `` as well as promoting Catholic virtues , '' it provides pupils `` with clear factual , scientific information when relevant and meets the statutory requirements placed on schools .
In secondary schools this includes teaching @ @ @ @ @ @ @ things like ] abortion and equalities legislation , including same-sex marriage . ''
This echoes what the Government have explained about how the new law is intended to work in relation to faith schools .
That whilst such schools are free to teach pupils what their faith says about sex and relationships , including related matters like abortion , `` in all schools , teaching should reflect the law ( including the Equality Act 2010 ) as it applies to relationships , so that young people clearly understand what the law allows and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ can `` make decisions for themselves about how to live their own lives , whilst respecting the right of others to make their own decisions and hold their own beliefs . ''
The clear impression the Government Guidance gives is that it is the law of the land ( informed by the official state ideology ) , rather than the law and values of God , that should be the overriding influence in this `` balanced '' curriculum , and be the main arbiter for children in judging between right and wrong .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ good solid Catholic school could teach these subjects in a way that ensures pupils clearly receive the teachings of the Catholic faith , this necessary element of `` balance '' and `` respect '' for mortally sinful lifestyle choices means pupils will likely receive a very mixed message ; and in the present cultural context , leaves those opposed to Christian morality clear inroads to pursue their agenda with children in Catholic schools ( not to mention the majority of other schools ) .
The bishops , who have been the cheerleaders of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to the law , now claim that they must be bound by that law .
It 's a kind of strange neo-Pharisaism where bishops are claiming Catholics must be bound by the perverse law of man over the infallible law of God .
Other documents published by the Catholic Education Service on behalf of the bishops unashamedly distort Catholic teaching to promote homosexuality , often using the teachings of Pope Francis to add a kind pseudo-doctrinal credence to what are clearly heretical positions .
Learning to Love ( 2017 ) , an RSE @ @ @ @ @ @ @ same sex relationships as `` an exalted form of love '' and states `` we applaud the great progress that has been made in countering all forms of discrimination against homosexuality [ as opposed to homosexual persons ] , and wish to collaborate with efforts to make such discrimination obsolete '' ( p.17 ) .
One such `` collaborative effort '' to enforce acceptance of homosexuality is this document , Made in God 's Image : Challenging homophobic and biphobic bullying in Catholic schools ( 2018 ) — a joint venture between the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Literacy , St Mary 's University .
It 's also a collaboration with certain LGBT groups , such as Stonewall and LGBT Youth Scotland , in the sense that they have copy and pasted much of the content of Made in God 's Image out of documents from these organisations .
The document gravely misrepresents both Scripture and Catholic teaching , as well as UK law , to intimidate Catholic schools into promoting the LGBT agenda .
The overriding message that is conveyed to children through the eight-part scheme-of-work is that being `` @ @ @ @ @ @ @ '' is part of their God-given purpose and identity , an integral part of being `` made in God 's image , '' something that must be celebrated , and that any true Catholic should act to report and help robustly stamp out any traces of `` homophobia '' — helpfully defined for children , in one of the word games they are given to play , as : Adolescent boys and girls are consequently being given the message by the Catholic Education Service , on behalf of the bishops , that a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ homosexuality '' ( including homosexual acts and advances ? )
means that there 's something wrong with them — they are guilty of `` irrational fear '' or `` hatred . ''
Is this not what 's called `` grooming '' ?
It 's also been reported that at least 10 Catholic primary schools in the Liverpool Archdiocese alone have been using a notorious secular LGBT indoctrination program called No Outsiders — which made national headlines last year because it sparked protests by parents when it was introduced into predominantly Muslim schools in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Outsiders is to convince young children that to be `` gay , lesbian , transgender or bi-sexual is normal , acceptable and ok , '' that they may identify or may not identify as LGBT as they grow up , and that `` whoever they grow into as an adult is also perfectly normal and acceptable . ''
The current Archbishop of Liverpool , who presides over these schools , is Malcolm McMahon , who , whilst Chair of the CES , had supported and welcomed the Government 's imposition of compulsory pro-LGBT @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in the country .
So , overall , the situation that Church leaders have helped put faithful Catholic parents in is very dire .
However , there have been signs lately of what might be the start of a possible change in direction on the part of the Catholic Education Service , which is now under the Chairmanship of Bishop Marcus Stock .
When the Welsh Government announced last year that they were proposing to remove the parental right of withdrawal from the new compulsory Relationships & Sexuality Education , due to come @ @ @ @ @ @ @ response from the bishops was quite out of character — in a positive way .
In fact , the CES launched a small campaign opposing the Welsh Government 's moves , encouraging Catholics to write to register their disapproval of them with their Assembly member .
It might be contended that the hand of the CES was forced in this respect as the Welsh Government were more brazen and explicit about their intentions to remove the parental right to withdraw one 's children from RSE , whereas in England they 'd been able @ @ @ @ @ @ @ it had been retained in the shape of the `` right to request withdrawal . ''
However , Bishop Stock also issued a statement for the December 2019 General Election urging Catholics to challenge their Parliamentary candidates on a range of issues relating to Catholic education , including `` the right of parents , as primary educators of their children , to be fully consulted and to maintain their ability to withdraw their children from [ RSE ] lessons . ''
Whilst maintaining ( without irony ) that Catholic schools deliver RSE in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and the wishes of parents , he said `` the same can not be said for other schools .
Hence for Catholic parents who do not have the option to send their child to a Catholic school , it is vital that this parental right remains in place . ''
What a crying shame therefore that the CES had been so instrumental in supporting through the changes in England that it now stands to oppose in both England and Wales .
Please God , however , this represents the start of a positive @ @ @ @ @ @ @ new leadership which must be encouraged .
As expected , the Welsh Government announced in January 2020 that they intended to go ahead anyway with their plans to remove the parental right of withdrawal when their new RSE regime comes into force in 2022 .
And from September 2020 , the new compulsory subjects come into force in England .
However , due to disruptions caused by the Coronavirus lockdown , the Government is allowing schools , where necessary , the opportunity to delay the full implementation of the new subjects until the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ) 2020 .
This therefore presents us with a small window of opportunity to come together to build an even stronger and greater movement in opposition to the new RSE regime before it comes fully into force and entrenched in all of our schools .
Parents wanting to make a stand at schools where they are already facing compulsory RSE will also need our help and support .
With recognition of positive signs in the right direction , we call on Church leaders now to robustly and publicly come out in support of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ campaign to reinstate the right of withdrawal .
Our efforts on that front could also be aided by a Judicial Review currently being pursued by the Let Kids Be Kids Coalition , and supported by SPUC , which is challenging the RSE legislation over its violation of human rights law which guarantees parents the right to choose an education for their children `` in conformity with their own religious and philosophical convictions . ''
There is also much to be done in challenging the growing stronghold of LGBT ideology in our schools , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Pro-family groups including SPUC , the Latin Mass Society , and Catholic Man UK have formed the `` Coalition in Defence of Primary Educators , '' with the aim of protecting children and encouraging Church leaders to now be a true prophetic voice in this critical area .
They are calling on lay Catholics to pray and offer sacrifices that the country 's bishops will turn fully away from the betrayals of recent times and help lead the resistance in this most crucial of battles for the lives and eternal souls of @ @ @

Editor's note: The following talk was given as part of an online conference title “Fathers' Call to Bishops: Help us to defend our children's purity.” The virtual event was organized by Voice of the Family and made available via LifeSiteNews on October 9, 2020.
October 19, 2020 (LifeSiteNews) — Amidst all the serious problems we can see within church today — the apostasy, heresy, faithlessness and over compromise with world — those of us who are parents are, of course, particularly concerned about the impact on our children and how we raise them, which has become more of a challenge than ever. God has given us that sacred responsibility to raise our children in the faith — to know, love, and serve him — as Proverbs 22.6 tells us, to teach our children “in the way they should go.” The Church has always recognized the parents' role as primary educator of their children — for in participation with God's work of creation, the mother and father have conferred life on their children and have the closest natural relationship with them.
Even secular international human rights law recognizes this too — the UN Declaration of Human Rights (Article 26) — states that parents have a right to choose the kind of education that shall be given to their children, and the European Convention on Human Rights (Article 2) declares that “the State shall respect the right of parents to ensure such education and teaching [that their children receive] is in conformity with their own religious and philosophical convictions.”
We've seen in many cases, especially under totalitarian regimes, how the state has overridden or usurped that right of parents — often to make sure the nation's children are educated according to the official state ideology, what the Government wants them to think, do and say, rather than be raised according to the particular values of their parents — religious or otherwise.
Disturbingly, however, we're now experiencing this state takeover of parenting through the education systems of western democracies, particularly in the area of sex education, where the liberal comprehensive sex education and LGBT agendas are being imposed, often ruthlessly, against the will of parents. This is a very real material threat to our children's temporal and spiritual welfare — especially their eternal salvation. Let's face it, most of our young people leave the faith today, not because they're rejecting the faith per se (in many cases, they haven't been taught much about what it's really about anyway) — but because they want to follow the world's rejection of Christian morality — of the importance of natural marriage and the family; and particularly to follow the illusion of sexual freedom — and then contraception and abortion, every further sin that must prop up and facilitate that lifestyle.
What's most disturbing of all is that so many of our Church leaders, who should be championing the rights of parents to defend their children from this agenda, have actually, in recent times, supported the state's right to impose such education, or indoctrination, on our children. The situation has considerably worsened under the pontificate of Pope Francis, who has often taken a controversially ambiguous or conflicting stance on the matter. In his apostolic exhortation Amoris Laetitia, for example, he talks in chapter six about the role of educational institutions, rather than parents, as being the ones with the responsibility to provide “a positive and prudent sex education to children.” And during one of his notorious off-the-cuff plane interviews, returning from World Youth Day in Panama in January 2019, he undermined parents further by explaining how sex education at school “makes up for the fact” that parents don't always know how to do it properly. That's a very dangerous position for him to take because it's also the justification that the modern state uses, in most cases, to impose compulsory sex education against the will of parents.
I'd like to concentrate for the rest of this talk, however, on the situation with the Catholic Church in England, where the bishops of England and Wales publicly supported the UK Government in imposing compulsory pro-LGBT relationships and sex education on ALL schools in England. The situation is serious all over the UK, but as time is short I want to concentrate on what's happened in England, and that serves I know as an example and wake-up call to how church leaders have acted in many other countries. Just to briefly explain that the different countries that make up the UK — England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland — all have devolved powers over their own education systems (as well as in many other areas) and there are separate bishops' conferences for Scotland, the whole of Ireland (including the North) and a joint conference for England and Wales.
The bishops of England and Wales oversee the mission of Catholic schools through their agency, The Catholic Education Service (CES), and they have facilitated the promotion of the liberal sex education and LGBT agendas in Catholic schools for over a decade. Under the chairmanship of Archbishop (now Cardinal) Vincent Nichols (from 1999 to 2008) the CES developed a policy that resulted in providing children in Catholic schools, including adolescents under the legal age of consent, with access to abortion and contraception services, without parental knowledge or consent, through a state run confidential advice agency, named “Connexions.”
Also under Nichols's chairmanship the CES joined the pro-abortion Sex Education Forum — which since the mid-1980s has been one of the UK's foremost pressure groups pushing for compulsory amoral sex education and promoting the anti-Christian LGBT agenda and sexual immorality to school children. In 2010, the CES, now under the chairmanship of Bishop (now Archbishop) Malcolm McMahon, supported an attempt by the outgoing Labour government to make sex and relationships education (SRE) compulsory, and helped draft statutory guidance for the new subject which would have presented to school children many of the positions and values of the Sex Education Forum. The attempt to make SRE compulsory, for various political reasons, at that point did not succeed.
One of the enthusiastic supporters of that legislation, however, was a Labour Member of Parliament called Greg Pope. Despite professing himself to be a Catholic he had a long and extensive anti-life and anti-family voting record in Parliament, which included support for abortion, euthanasia, population control and contraception, no-fault divorce and cohabitation rights, as well as virtually every facet of the LGBT agenda. Despite all this, on leaving Parliament at the call of General Election in 2010, he was immediately appointed by Bishop McMahon as deputy director of the Catholic Education Service — after a “rigorous selection process.”
Only by means of a completely revisionist idea of what it means to be a Catholic could a man promoting such policies be deemed fit to hold a position of responsibility over Catholic education. However, he was in fact eminently suitable to help further the agenda the CES was already pursuing. Acting also as “head of Parliamentary relations” for the bishops of England and Wales, for instance, he wrote to all Catholic MPs in 2014 to reassure them they would not be denied Communion for voting in favor of imposing on Britain same sex “marriage.”
The crowning glory of his career with the agency was the CES's role in supporting compulsory pro-LGBT Relationships and Sex Education in ALL schools in England with the passing of the Children & Social Work Act in March 2017. Thereafter Pope was immediately rewarded by the bishops for such services to the faith with his promotion and new appointment as Assistant General Secretary (later Executive Director of the Catholic Trust) of the Catholic Bishops Conference of England & Wales.
Compulsory RSE comes to English schools
The Children & Social Work Act (2017) made the new subjects of Relationships Education compulsory in ALL English primary schools, and Relationships & Sex Education compulsory in ALL English secondary schools. With another compulsory new subject, “Health Education,” later added to the mix the new regime would further the state takeover of parenting in an attempt for the school to cover virtually every aspect of a child's moral formation, health and well-being. The Government stated that parents would be able to withdraw their children only from the “sex education” parts of RSHE at secondary school, and even this much compromised right was later replaced only with a “right to request withdrawal,” with the final decision given over to the head teacher. In a final slap in the face to parents, their children were given the legal right to overrule their parents' wishes, if the head teacher had not already done so, and opt into sex education classes when the child reaches 15 years of age (though ironically they are not able to opt themselves out). From the outset, Government spokespersons, including the Prime Minister, stated that Relationships Education was intended to be “LGBT inclusive.”
CES Support
The CES publicly and consistently voiced nothing but unwavering support for the legislative changes and Government RSE policy. Following the passing of the Children & Social Work Act in March 2017, the then Chair of the CES, Archbishop Malcolm McMahon, issued a statement welcoming the changes to the law and “the government's commitment to improving [sic] Relationships and Sex Education in all schools.” He also welcomed the “government's commitment to protect parental right of withdrawal,” even though that right was specifically limited, even at this early stage. The RSE Regulations and Statutory Guidance which would govern the general content and delivery of the new subjects, were the subject of two major public consultations, before having to be ratified by Parliament.
Catholic leaders did absolutely nothing to encourage the faithful's participation in these consultations, despite the potentially strong influence the resulting curriculum is likely to have on the moral development of our nation's youth, both Catholic and non-Catholic. Rather, the Catholic Education Service continued its mini-PR campaign in support of the Government, even when its intentions for the new RSE regime became clearer. Aside from the effective removal of the parental right of withdrawal, other key dangers contained in both the Draft and Final RSE Guidance and Regulations (2019), included:
The Promotion of abortion, contraception and facilitation of underage sex. Secondary school children should be provided with “the facts about the full range of contraceptive choices and options,” and signposted as to where and how to obtain abortion and contraception services without parental knowledge or consent. Carrying an unborn child to term is presented simply as one of the possible “choices” when pregnant, alongside that of having an abortion — “about which pupils should receive medically and legally accurate, impartial information.”
Secondary school children should be provided with “the facts about the full range of contraceptive choices and options,” and signposted as to where and how to obtain abortion and contraception services without parental knowledge or consent. Carrying an unborn child to term is presented simply as one of the possible “choices” when pregnant, alongside that of having an abortion — “about which pupils should receive medically and legally accurate, impartial information.” LGBT content is expected to be “fully integrated” into the children's program of study, which should present homosexual relationships and family structures in a positive manner.
into the children's program of study, which should present homosexual relationships and family structures in a positive manner. Real marriage and the natural family unit are sidelined. Redefined to include same sex “marriage” (and on a par with civil partnerships), marriage is simply presented as one possible relationship option. The emphasis is on the diversity of different “healthy” relationships and family structures.
With Church leaders supporting the Government, the mobilisation of Catholic voters to best influence the consultation process was therefore left to the various pro-life and pro-family organisations, including SPUC, and the many new groups, including from the various faith communities, that were now springing up as part of the rapidly growing parental rights movement. This awareness campaign proved successful in that the majority of submissions to the public consultations on the Draft Regulations and Guidance were firmly against the Government's proposals. But with the backing of the education, media and church establishments, the consultation results could more easily be ignored, and the Final RSE Guidance and Regulations were published virtually unchanged (if anything, slightly worse) in March 2019; and shortly afterwards passed by an overwhelming majority in the House of Commons (538 to 21). And just in case enough salt hadn't already been poured onto the wounds of the faithful, the Catholic Education Service issued yet another press statement to 'welcome' this development.
Besides the betrayal of parents and children, the political significance of the bishops' support for the Government's measures cannot be overemphasized. Firstly, it undermined the efforts of Parliamentarians supportive of parental rights. Lord Elton, for instance, in a letter to one of our supporters, noted how since the legislation had been passed with such a large Commons majority, but also accepted by the Church of England and welcomed by the Catholic Church, there was no possibility of rejecting it in the House of Lords — through which it had to pass before becoming law.
The Catholic bishops support for the new RSE regime was also considered important by the Government itself, and often referred to by ministers and officials. For example, Nick Gibb, Minister for School Standards, commented in a Parliamentary debate in June 2019 how the Government was “very content that we have secured the support of the Catholic Church, the Church of England and organisations such as Stonewall for the guidance we have created.”
— Article continues below Petition — PETITION: Stand with the priest who rebuked the Democratic Party and admonished the bishops Show Petition Text 96863 have signed the petition. Let's get to 100000 ! Thank you for signing this petition! Add your signature: Show Petition Text Country... State... Sign this Petition PETITION UPDATE (7/9/2021) - Father James Altman was informed late last week that he has been removed as pastor of St. James the Less parish, and that his priestly faculties have been suspended indefinitely. Please Click Here to WATCH LifeSite's exclusive interview with Fr. Altman, and Click Here to READ more about this turn of events. As Bishop William J. Callahan’s decree explains, this means he is forbidden from celebrating “The Holy Eucharist” with any members of the faithful present, except for his elderly parents. He is also “no longer allowed to preach,” administer baptism, or assist at marriages. Altman said that he wasn’t issued restrictions from hearing Confessions or Anointing of the Sick. The decree also states that he is to continue to live within the Diocese of LaCrosse, where he has been instructed to meet with the Vicar for Clergy at least once a month, and has been “invited to begin” a month-long “spiritual retreat” to help him to “spiritually heal” and “address the issues that caused the issuance of this decree.” The order states it is in effect as long as “cause” is present, but it does not specify what the cause is. Callahan said he asked Altman to resign on May 23 for being “divisive and ineffective.” Altman first triggered backlash from his bishop when his video “You cannot be a Catholic and a Democrat. Period” went viral last year. Altman shared that in response to this, his office “got the most vile, despicable phone calls, letters” and “some terrible, really foul messages.” Callahan criticized Altman at the time for his “manner and tone,” to which Altman countered, “what about the manner and tone of the 10,000 babies that are chopped up last Saturday?” “What I would hope would always come through no matter what people think about my manner and tone, is that they would recognize that what’s coming through there is God’s love,” Altman told LifeSiteNews. “A love that I recognize because He’s loved me, and I didn’t deserve that.” “If I seem angry at times, it has nothing to do with me, it has to do with the people. And I asked the question recently, how can they love? If you love, how can you not feed your children?” In late April, Altman chided the U.S. bishops for needlessly shutting churches and denying the faithful sacraments during the COVID-19 pandemic, saying the hierarchy showed “an abundance of cowardice.” In his interview with LifeSite, Altman alluded to the fact that some don’t like seeing him “upset.” “I’m thinking well, if you’re denying my child food, the Bread of Life – [Bishop Fulton J. Sheen] said, if you can’t get angry about stuff like that then you can’t love either. Because greater love has greater anger towards those things that are contrary to the salvation of eternal souls, which is the only thing that matters in the end,” said Altman. "I don’t care what they do to me, honestly, in the end… what troubles me is the interference with the feeding of God’s children, which is through word and through the sacrament. Both of which were denied to people over the past 15 months." Please continue to SIGN and SHARE this petition, and to continue to contact the Diocese of LaCrosse's Chancery Office, to politely voice your opposition to the removal of Fr. Altman from his parish. The Chancery's phone number is: 608-788-7700. _______________________________________________________________________ PETITION UPDATE (5/24/2021) - Father James Altman, the Wisconsin priest whose video message last fall "You can’t be a Catholic and a Democrat" went viral and who has fearlessly admonished the U.S. bishops for shutting churches and denying the faithful Sacraments during the COVID-19 crisis, announced on Pentecost Sunday that his bishop has asked him to resign for being "divisive and ineffective." Please CLICK HERE to READ LifeSiteNews' latest article related to Fr. Altman's ongoing persecution, just to continue shepherding his flock. Bishop William P. Callahan began threatening the outspoken priest with "canonical penalties" in September, even as public support for the priest surged among rank-and-file Catholics around the country and the world. And now, a group called 'Faithful America' is proudly boasting responsibility for taking down Fr. Altman, but Faithful America are not even a Catholic organization! Thankfully, Fr. Altman says he is working with a canon lawyer to resolve this matter. WATCH Fr. Altman's Sunday sermon in which he announces the bishop's decision to ask for his resignation. "In response my canon lawyer asked for clarification – asked for the justification and a chance to review what was in my file that suggested I was so divisive and ineffective,” explained Altman. “And I say all this only because, I'm no expert on canon law, but understand only that while we are contesting bishop's request — and we are — he could in theory appoint a parish administrator whilst I remain a pastor without duties until the appeal goes through Rome, which could take up to a year or more." Bishop Joseph Strickland of Tyler, Texas, offered his support for Altman via Twitter. Please continue to SIGN and SHARE this petition with your like-minded family and friends. And, after signing and sharing, please take a minute to contact the LaCrosse Diocese to politely voice your support for Fr. Altman, and against leftist pressure groups like 'Faithful America.' Please ask Bishop Callahan to prayerfully reconsider his decision and allow Fr. Altman to remain as pastor of St. James the Less parish. The phone number for the diocese office is: 608.788.7700 Thank you! PETITION UPDATE (9/15/2020) - Just this past weekend a prayer vigil was held outside the Cathedral in LaCrosse, Wisconsin, on behalf of Fr. James Altman, the priest facing Church penalties for saying that you cannot be a Catholic and a Democrat in 2020. Hundreds of faithful Catholics turn out to pray for Fr. Altman. Though Fr. Altman did use strong language to warn his flock against spiritual perils, what he said about the Democratic Party's platform is true! Motivated by a deep sense of justice, supporters gathered at the Cathedral to pray for the priest, and for Bishop Callahan to stand by his priest rather than punish him. "Fr. Altman is a rare breed. He’s a modern-day St. John the Baptist," declared one woman who attended the prayer vigil. "He’s really changed my life and so many others he’s had that impact on. We need more priests who are true shepherds." Fr. Richard Heilman, who is the founder of the U.S. Grace Force and who was also present to help lead people in prayer during the vigil, had this to say about Fr. Altman: "Bottom line: he loves, loves, loves his flock. And so, like a good shepherd, if he sees the wolves invading, he sounds the warning alarm." Please consider SIGNING this petition if you have not already signed. And, please SHARE this petition and video with your family, friends and colleagues. Thank you! If after signing and sharing you wish to make an even greater impact, we encourage you to contact the Diocese of LaCrosse's Chancery Offices to politely let them know that you support Fr. Altman and want to see him continue in his essential ministry. Diocese of LaCrosse's Chancery Office phone number: 608-788-7700. ___________________________________________________________________________________ ORIGINAL PETITION TEXT: Father James Altman, pastor of St. James the Less parish in the Wisconsin Diocese of LaCrosse, has been threatened with canonical punishment by his Bishop, Most Rev. William Patrick Callahan. Fr. Altman's alleged "offense"? Stating what every faithful Catholic knows to be true in 2020: "You cannot be a Catholic and a Democrat." Please SIGN this petition which will go to Bishop Callahan and ask him to stop any canonical proceedings against Fr. Altman. In a strongly-worded YouTube video, designed to shepherd the faithful out of harm's way (supporting the Democratic Party's evil platform), Fr. Altman states the following: "Here's a memo to clueless, baptized Catholics out there: You cannot be Catholic and be a Democrat. Period. Their party platform absolutely is against everything the Catholic Church teaches. So, just quit pretending that you're Catholic and vote Democrat. Repent of your support of that party and its platform, or face the fires of Hell..." Strong stuff to be sure, but Fr. Altman was taking his cue from Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI (whom he quotes) – the Church has a "duty and obligation" to speak up when politicians act in an immoral way. In other words, a pastor must give strong warnings, at times, to guide souls away from grave danger, even when the dangers come from politicians or a political party. When your house is burning down...or, more appropriately, when someone is attempting to burn your house down, it's time to dispense with the niceties of politically correct language. And, as Fr. Altman suggests, the Democratic Party's evil platform which promotes the desecration of God's plan for humanity is, in effect, trying to burn down our house (i.e., the Church). Not only do the Democrats openly advocate for abortion (i.e., killing innocent human beings), but they also promote the destruction of the natural family and the desecration of human nature in support of the homosexual and transgender agendas. Remember the following: The Obama-Biden Administration attempted to force the Little Sisters of the Poor to participate in the provision of abortion-inducing drugs and contraception and threatened schools with the loss of federal funding if they wouldn’t let boys in girls’ bathrooms and vice versa.
Democratic Senators Kamala Harris and Mazie Hirono grilled a judge, who is a Knight of Columbus, on his membership in the Knights, absurdly suggesting that membership in the Catholic mens' fraternal organization should disqualify someone from sitting on the bench.
And, in 2017, the DNC Chairman said that pro-lifers were not welcome in the party. No faithful Catholic should even think about voting for such a platform. And, the bishops should be on the frontlines, speaking this truth to power. Thankfully, the Bishop of Tyler, Texas, Most Rev. Joseph Strickland, has come out in support of Fr. Altman's statement, tweeting: "As the Bishop of Tyler I endorse Fr. Altman’s statement in this video. My shame is that it has taken me so long. Thank you Fr Altman for your COURAGE. If you love Jesus & His Church & this nation...please HEED THIS MESSAGE.” With this petition, we now ask that Fr. Altman's own bishop, Most. Rev. Callahan, likewise support his priest and stop any canonical proceedings against him. Devoid of united leadership from the Hierarchy, individual priests must do their best to inform the laity of the mortal dangers on full view in the Democrats' platform. And, threatening to silence priests for strongly speaking the truth only plays into the hand of those who actually hate what the Church stands for...and who will, if elected, most likely seek to injure, or even eradicate, the Church. The bishops should know that the legacy of the Democratic Party being the party of the small man and of the Catholic immigrant is now over. The Democratic Party of today is the party of radical individualism, not the common good. And, rabid support for abortion and the homosexual agenda are practically obligatory. As such, the Democratic Party is not a friend of the Church and any priest or bishop who thinks otherwise is being deceived, or allowing himself to be deceived or bullied. This is not just an abstraction! This is a serious threat to Christianity and their party's platform needs to be met with strong opposition. Thank you for SIGNING this petition to the bishop of LaCrosse, Wisconsin, Bishop Callahan, asking him to support Fr. Altman rather than bringing any canonical proceedings against him. FOR MORE INFORMATION: 'Bishop threatens ‘canonical penalties’ for priest whose viral video warned Catholics can’t be Democrats': https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/bishop-threatens-canonical-penalties-for-fr-altman YouTube Video - 'Fr. James Altman: You cannot be Catholic & a Democrat. Period.': https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3-7eoTN2vNM Statement regarding Fr. James Altman from Bishop Callahan: https://diolc.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Statement-Father-James-Altman-090920.pdf 'Bishop Strickland echoes priest: ‘You cannot be Catholic and be a Democrat’': https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/bishop-strickland-echoes-priest-you-cannot-be-catholic-and-be-a-democrat **Photo Credit: Screen capture from Fr. James Altman's YouTube video on Alpha News MN Hide Petition Text Sign this Petition
Stonewall is the country's leading LGBT pressure group — and so the fact that the same state guidance on RSE could meet with the approval of both LGBT pressure groups, such as Stonewall, and “the Catholic Church” would certainly mean that at least one of those factions is over-compromising on their core values. However, as well as being adamant that this guidance leaves scope for Catholic schools to teach “according to the tenets of the faith,” and leaving aside the fate of the 90% of children who don't go to a Catholic school, CES statements in support of the changes also trumpeted the “high quality RSE” which Catholic schools already offer, and boasted of “the fact that the Government had used the Catholic model curriculum as examples of best practice.” In other words, it all just means business as usual for Catholic schools so there is nothing to worry about.
The Catholic Education Service's model RSE curriculum is likely able to meet such approval from Government, because, despite parading its commitment to the Catholic faith with a great deal of uncontroversial orthodox-sounding content, there are enough ambiguous loopholes inserted to ensure that the LGBT and comprehensive sex education agendas can be taught wherever necessary, or desired. So, for example, in Catholic primary schools, children aged 5-7 are to be taught about the “different family structures” and “how they should be respected,” which is how the LGBT agenda is usually now promoted to this age group. Children of this age are also taught to “identify and correctly name their private parts,” and children aged 7-11 are taught about the “similarities and differences between people” in relation to the “protected characteristics of the Equality Act 2010,” which therefore means teaching those children about “gender reassignment,” same-sex “marriage” and same-sex civil partnerships, and all about “sexual orientation.”
The CES's model RSE curriculum for secondary schools (or “high schools,” for pupils aged 11-18) builds on this foundation, and seems to work on the assumption of a “new normal.” It takes the validity of LGBT ideology for granted, and could be used to help facilitate active pupil exploration of destructive and mortally sinful life choices. Despite foregrounding the need to teach children about the Church's teaching with regards marriage, fertility and the sanctity of life, pupils are also taught to be “respectful of their emerging sexual identity,” as well as the concepts of “sexual identity, gender identity and sexual orientation.” They are to be taught throughout secondary school “about diversity in sexual attraction and developing sexuality, including sources of support and reassurance and how to access them.” They are also to be taught “where and how to obtain sexual health information, advice and support,” including “who to talk to for accurate, advice and support in the event of unintended pregnancy.”
One of the key principles running through the model Catholic RSE curriculum, as explained in its introduction, is that it aims to be “balanced” — in that, “as well as promoting Catholic virtues,” it provides pupils “with clear factual, scientific information when relevant and meets the statutory requirements placed on schools. In secondary schools this includes teaching students about the laws relating to [things like] abortion and equalities legislation, including same-sex marriage.”
This echoes what the Government have explained about how the new law is intended to work in relation to faith schools. That whilst such schools are free to teach pupils what their faith says about sex and relationships, including related matters like abortion, “in all schools, teaching should reflect the law (including the Equality Act 2010) as it applies to relationships, so that young people clearly understand what the law allows and does not allow,” so they can “make decisions for themselves about how to live their own lives, whilst respecting the right of others to make their own decisions and hold their own beliefs.” The clear impression the Government Guidance gives is that it is the law of the land (informed by the official state ideology), rather than the law and values of God, that should be the overriding influence in this “balanced” curriculum, and be the main arbiter for children in judging between right and wrong.
Whilst it is theoretically possible that a good solid Catholic school could teach these subjects in a way that ensures pupils clearly receive the teachings of the Catholic faith, this necessary element of “balance” and “respect” for mortally sinful lifestyle choices means pupils will likely receive a very mixed message; and in the present cultural context, leaves those opposed to Christian morality clear inroads to pursue their agenda with children in Catholic schools (not to mention the majority of other schools). The bishops, who have been the cheerleaders of (and even instrumental to) changes to the law, now claim that they must be bound by that law. It's a kind of strange neo-Pharisaism where bishops are claiming Catholics must be bound by the perverse law of man over the infallible law of God.
Other documents published by the Catholic Education Service on behalf of the bishops unashamedly distort Catholic teaching to promote homosexuality, often using the teachings of Pope Francis to add a kind pseudo-doctrinal credence to what are clearly heretical positions. Learning to Love (2017), an RSE guide for Catholic educators, refers to same sex relationships as “an exalted form of love” and states “we applaud the great progress that has been made in countering all forms of discrimination against homosexuality [as opposed to homosexual persons], and wish to collaborate with efforts to make such discrimination obsolete” (p.17).
One such “collaborative effort” to enforce acceptance of homosexuality is this document, Made in God's Image: Challenging homophobic and biphobic bullying in Catholic schools (2018) — a joint venture between the CES and the Aquinas Centre for Theological Literacy, St Mary's University. It's also a collaboration with certain LGBT groups, such as Stonewall and LGBT Youth Scotland, in the sense that they have copy and pasted much of the content of Made in God's Image out of documents from these organisations. The document gravely misrepresents both Scripture and Catholic teaching, as well as UK law, to intimidate Catholic schools into promoting the LGBT agenda.
The overriding message that is conveyed to children through the eight-part scheme-of-work is that being “lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender” is part of their God-given purpose and identity, an integral part of being “made in God's image,” something that must be celebrated, and that any true Catholic should act to report and help robustly stamp out any traces of “homophobia” — helpfully defined for children, in one of the word games they are given to play, as:
A range of negative attitudes and feelings toward homosexuality or people who are identified or perceived as being lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender (LGBT). It can be expressed as antipathy, contempt, prejudice, aversion, or hatred, may be based on irrational fear, and is sometimes related to religious beliefs. (p.16)
Adolescent boys and girls are consequently being given the message by the Catholic Education Service, on behalf of the bishops, that a feeling of “aversion” to “homosexuality” (including homosexual acts and advances?) means that there's something wrong with them — they are guilty of “irrational fear” or “hatred.” Is this not what's called “grooming”?
It's also been reported that at least 10 Catholic primary schools in the Liverpool Archdiocese alone have been using a notorious secular LGBT indoctrination program called No Outsiders — which made national headlines last year because it sparked protests by parents when it was introduced into predominantly Muslim schools in Birmingham. The express aim of No Outsiders is to convince young children that to be “gay, lesbian, transgender or bi-sexual is normal, acceptable and ok,” that they may identify or may not identify as LGBT as they grow up, and that “whoever they grow into as an adult is also perfectly normal and acceptable.” The current Archbishop of Liverpool, who presides over these schools, is Malcolm McMahon, who, whilst Chair of the CES, had supported and welcomed the Government's imposition of compulsory pro-LGBT relationships and sex education on all children in the country.
So, overall, the situation that Church leaders have helped put faithful Catholic parents in is very dire. However, there have been signs lately of what might be the start of a possible change in direction on the part of the Catholic Education Service, which is now under the Chairmanship of Bishop Marcus Stock. When the Welsh Government announced last year that they were proposing to remove the parental right of withdrawal from the new compulsory Relationships & Sexuality Education, due to come into force in September 2022, the response from the bishops was quite out of character — in a positive way. In fact, the CES launched a small campaign opposing the Welsh Government's moves, encouraging Catholics to write to register their disapproval of them with their Assembly member.
It might be contended that the hand of the CES was forced in this respect as the Welsh Government were more brazen and explicit about their intentions to remove the parental right to withdraw one's children from RSE, whereas in England they'd been able to go along with the pretence that it had been retained in the shape of the “right to request withdrawal.” However, Bishop Stock also issued a statement for the December 2019 General Election urging Catholics to challenge their Parliamentary candidates on a range of issues relating to Catholic education, including “the right of parents, as primary educators of their children, to be fully consulted and to maintain their ability to withdraw their children from [RSE] lessons.” Whilst maintaining (without irony) that Catholic schools deliver RSE in accordance with the teachings of the Church and the wishes of parents, he said “the same cannot be said for other schools. Hence for Catholic parents who do not have the option to send their child to a Catholic school, it is vital that this parental right remains in place.”
What a crying shame therefore that the CES had been so instrumental in supporting through the changes in England that it now stands to oppose in both England and Wales. Please God, however, this represents the start of a positive change of approach for the CES under new leadership which must be encouraged.
As expected, the Welsh Government announced in January 2020 that they intended to go ahead anyway with their plans to remove the parental right of withdrawal when their new RSE regime comes into force in 2022. And from September 2020, the new compulsory subjects come into force in England. However, due to disruptions caused by the Coronavirus lockdown, the Government is allowing schools, where necessary, the opportunity to delay the full implementation of the new subjects until the start of the Summer term (April) 2020. This therefore presents us with a small window of opportunity to come together to build an even stronger and greater movement in opposition to the new RSE regime before it comes fully into force and entrenched in all of our schools. Parents wanting to make a stand at schools where they are already facing compulsory RSE will also need our help and support. With recognition of positive signs in the right direction, we call on Church leaders now to robustly and publicly come out in support of such parents, and actively support the campaign to reinstate the right of withdrawal.
Our efforts on that front could also be aided by a Judicial Review currently being pursued by the Let Kids Be Kids Coalition, and supported by SPUC, which is challenging the RSE legislation over its violation of human rights law which guarantees parents the right to choose an education for their children “in conformity with their own religious and philosophical convictions.”
There is also much to be done in challenging the growing stronghold of LGBT ideology in our schools, including an increasing number of Catholic schools. Pro-family groups including SPUC, the Latin Mass Society, and Catholic Man UK have formed the “Coalition in Defence of Primary Educators,” with the aim of protecting children and encouraging Church leaders to now be a true prophetic voice in this critical area. They are calling on lay Catholics to pray and offer sacrifices that the country's bishops will turn fully away from the betrayals of recent times and help lead the resistance in this most crucial of battles for the lives and eternal souls of our children.
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lifesitenews--2020-10-19--Join our daily worldwide rosary HERE

Join our daily worldwide rosary HERE

October 19 , 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--2020-10-20--Trump will win debate, election if he defines Biden as China puppet

The real reason Welker has chosen to rehash these topics ( they were talked about ad nauseam at the first debate and at the Town Hall events last week ) is because they distract from the issues President Trump is strongest on — social media censorship , trade , culture , and foreign policy .
Trump campaign manager Bill Stepien released a statement calling out Welker ’ s bias .
He observed that typically the final debate focuses on international affairs and that it ’ s obvious the debate commission wants to keep Democrat challenger Joe Biden ’ s pro-China @ @ @ @ @ @ @ be clear by now that Sleepy Joe has the collective support of the mainstream media , Big Tech , the Deep State , and the Vatican .
Not one major news network covered the damning New York Post stories about his family ’ s connections to Ukraine and China .
Senator Josh Hawley was right in saying Twitter is guilty of “ election interference.
” After days of saying nothing about the Post reports , the media finally broke its silence this week .
And just how have they reported on it ?
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ Give me a break !
The lies upon lies upon lies — not only lies of commission but also lies of omission — told by these people are truly staggering .
Shame on all of them for covering for Biden ’ s senility and corruption .
They truly hate you and me .
That much is clear .
President Trump has been smart to hammer home the Biden e-mails on the campaign trail .
“ He is a criminal .
He got caught .
Read his laptop , ” Trump said to reporter @ @ @ @ @ @ @ know who 's a criminal ?
You 're a criminal for not reporting it.
” First and foremost , he needs to expose Big Tech ’ s bias and ask Biden straight up about his connections to the Chinese communist party and his son ’ s dealing with them .
Don ’ t bring up Hunter ’ s drug problems but simply lay out Biden 's family ties to China so everyone knows he ’ s their preferred candidate .
Trump can amplify that message by echoing some of the talking points laid @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Novarro on the Daily Caller ’ s podcast the other day .
He needs to remind Americans that Biden supported NAFTA and voted for China ’ s entry into the World Trade Organization .
And he needs to drive home the fact that the former VP is in no way a blue-collar , labor-union , regular guy from Scranton .
He ’ s a made man in the service of international elites .
Lastly , Trump has to – has to !
– demand Biden denounce Antifa and give a clear answer on @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Biden talk and not interrupt him half as much as he did at the first debate .
Biden ’ s a gaffe machine who can ’ t help but put his foot in his mouth .
Give him enough rope and he ’ ll hang himself , as the expression goes .

No matter which way you look at it, the first Presidential debate was a disaster. There was no winner, but there was a clear loser: the American people.
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