lifesitenews--2020-07-17--Catholic church in Connecticut vandalized with ‘anarchist and satanic’ symbols

NEW HAVEN , Connecticut , July 17 , 2020 ( LifeSiteNews ) — A parish in New Haven , Connecticut was vandalized late Wednesday evening or early Thursday morning , with “ anarchist and satanic symbols ” painted on the doors .
Without mincing words , the local archdiocese of Hartford wrote on Facebook , “ The underlying motive of these sacrilegious attacks is clear : to intimidate and instill fear in the hearts of those who worship Christ.
” “ However , our cherished Catholic faith has survived for 2,000 years in the faces of many different oppressors , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ now , ” the Facebook post continued .
“ Therefore , we remain unafraid and resolute in our faith , and we will pray for a conversion of the hearts of those who wish to terrorize us.
” The archdiocese , led by Archbishop Leonard P. Blair , added that it was not answering hate with hate , but instead , “ these attacks make our love and unity stronger , and our prayers ever more steadfast .
For as we learn in John ’ s Gospel , we can not truly love @ @ @ @ @ @ @ brother.
” St. Joseph ’ s Church , where the vandalism occurred , is part of St. Mary ’ s Parish , where Fr .
Michael McGivney founded the Knights of Columbus in 1882 .
The organization with more than two million members aims to promote public policy positions corresponding to the Catholic faith as well as do charitable works and support its members .
Michael McGivney is a Venerable on his way to be beatified .
A miracle attributed to his intercession was approved by the Vatican earlier this year .
McGivney @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Mary ’ s Church in New Haven .
On the morning following the attack , the parish announced via Facebook that it was assessing the situation and making plans to bless the church building .
Masses , confessions , and adoration were canceled .
“ I would ask everyone in the parish to pray to Our Lord in reparation for this sacrilege , and to St. Michael for protection against all the powers of hell , ” wrote Fr .
John Paul Walker , O.P.
, the pastor .
“ Please pray , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ action , who is clearly a very disturbed individual in need of serious help.
” The Archdiocese of Hartford linked the act of vandalism in New Haven to “ an apparent trend of desecrating Catholic spaces throughout the nation , as evidenced by incidents in Chattanooga , Queens , Boston , Sacramento , and Ocala ” in recent days and weeks .
On Saturday in Ocala , Florida , a 24-year-old man was arrested and charged with attempted murder for setting fire to Queen of Peace Catholic Church .
He drove his car @ @ @ @ @ @ @ two gallons of gasoline on fire .
Parishioners were inside the church preparing for Mass but were able to flee without injury .
PETITION : Urge U.S. Catholic Bishops Conference to defend Catholic heritage and statues !
Sign the petition here .
“ In an interview with sheriff ’ s Detective John Lightle , suspect Steven Anthony Shields said he has been diagnosed with schizophrenia and is not taking his medication , ” reported a local newspaper .
“ Shields said that what he did was ‘ awesome , ’ and he smiled @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the Sheriff ’ s Office , ” the newspaper added .
“ Referring to himself as the ‘ king ’ and saying he was on a ‘ mission , ’ Shields told the detective he has problems with the Catholic Church and made reference to several Bible passages , including the Book of Revelation.
” After his arrest , he told police he “ knew what he was doing .
Shields added even though he knew it was wrong , he planned to do it anyway .
He purchased the gasoline ( to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ morning.
” A statue of Our Lady , located in Queens , was vandalized last Friday morning .
“ Investigators said an unidentified person was caught on camera spray-painting ‘ IDOL ’ on the statue in front of Cathedral Preparatory School and Seminary , ” reported the local CBS station .
In Chattanooga , Tennessee , a five-foot-tall statue of Our Lady was beheaded Saturday in front of a church .
“ The statue had been torn off of its pedestal , and its head had been removed , ” reported the local @ @ @ @ @ @ @ no other damage on the property.
” Jim Wogan , director of communications at the Diocese of Knoxville , commented , “ We don ’ t know if this was the targeted desecration of a sacred statue , or some kind of misguided prank , but it hurts .
For whatever reason we are living in a very chaotic time and anger seems to be the default setting for people .
Our bishop has asked that we live by the example set in the Gospel of Matthew , to treat others as we @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Another beheading of a statue , this time of Christ , the Good Shepherd , took place Tuesday night or Wednesday morning in Miami .
“ This is an attack on the church , ” said Mary Ross Agosta of the Archdiocese of Miami , according to the Miami Herald .
“ This is not only private property , it is sacred property.
” “ This is not something you can trip over and say , ‘ Oh , sorry , ’ ” she added .
“ Someone did this intentionally.
” In @ @ @ @ @ @ @ was set on fire last weekend .
Dozens of Catholics , including many members of religious orders , attended a prayer vigil in front of that statue on Wednesday , praying for the perpetrator .
“ We ’ re prayerfully saying to this person or persons : We love you .
We forgive you .
And we are here to serve and help you in any way you may need .
This is why we ’ re here primarily , ” said Fr .
John Currie , the local pastor .
In California @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , an 18th-century Franciscan missionary in California , were removed or destroyed in recent weeks .
In June , the Los Angeles Times reported that Ventura Mayor Matt LaVere , along with representatives from the Barbareño/Venureño Band of Mission Indians and Father Tom Elewaut , a Catholic priest based at the San Buenaventura Mission in Ventura , had issued a joint statement agreeing to take down the statue of Serra outside Ventura City Hall and have it “ moved to a more appropriate non-public location.
” On Olvera Street in Los Angeles , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ statue of the missionary saint with ropes .
In Golden Gate Park , San Francisco , activists pulled down another statue of St. Junípero Serra .
A video of the incident shows those in attendance cheering as the statue is toppled .
One person can be seen hitting the statue with fists and another person hitting it with a skateboard once it has fallen to the ground .

The Archdiocese of Hartford linked the act of vandalism in New Haven to 'an apparent trend of desecrating Catholic spaces throughout the nation[.]'
NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, July 17, 2020 (LifeSiteNews) — A parish in New Haven, Connecticut was vandalized late Wednesday evening or early Thursday morning, with “anarchist and satanic symbols” painted on the doors.
Without mincing words, the local archdiocese of Hartford wrote on Facebook, “The underlying motive of these sacrilegious attacks is clear: to intimidate and instill fear in the hearts of those who worship Christ.”
“However, our cherished Catholic faith has survived for 2,000 years in the faces of many different oppressors, and it is not about to yield now,” the Facebook post continued. “Therefore, we remain unafraid and resolute in our faith, and we will pray for a conversion of the hearts of those who wish to terrorize us.”
The archdiocese, led by Archbishop Leonard P. Blair, added that it was not answering hate with hate, but instead, “these attacks make our love and unity stronger, and our prayers ever more steadfast. For as we learn in John’s Gospel, we cannot truly love God if we do not love our brother.”
St. Joseph’s Church, where the vandalism occurred, is part of St. Mary’s Parish, where Fr. Michael McGivney founded the Knights of Columbus in 1882. The organization with more than two million members aims to promote public policy positions corresponding to the Catholic faith as well as do charitable works and support its members.
Michael McGivney is a Venerable on his way to be beatified. A miracle attributed to his intercession was approved by the Vatican earlier this year. McGivney’s tomb is located in St. Mary’s Church in New Haven.
On the morning following the attack, the parish announced via Facebook that it was assessing the situation and making plans to bless the church building. Masses, confessions, and adoration were canceled.
“I would ask everyone in the parish to pray to Our Lord in reparation for this sacrilege, and to St. Michael for protection against all the powers of hell,” wrote Fr. John Paul Walker, O.P., the pastor. “Please pray, too, for the perpetrator of this action, who is clearly a very disturbed individual in need of serious help.”
The Archdiocese of Hartford linked the act of vandalism in New Haven to “an apparent trend of desecrating Catholic spaces throughout the nation, as evidenced by incidents in Chattanooga, Queens, Boston, Sacramento, and Ocala” in recent days and weeks.
On Saturday in Ocala, Florida, a 24-year-old man was arrested and charged with attempted murder for setting fire to Queen of Peace Catholic Church. He drove his car into the church and proceeded to light two gallons of gasoline on fire. Parishioners were inside the church preparing for Mass but were able to flee without injury.
PETITION: Urge U.S. Catholic Bishops Conference to defend Catholic heritage and statues! Sign the petition here.
“In an interview with sheriff’s Detective John Lightle, suspect Steven Anthony Shields said he has been diagnosed with schizophrenia and is not taking his medication,” reported a local newspaper.
“Shields said that what he did was ‘awesome,’ and he smiled and laughed while he was questioned at the Sheriff’s Office,” the newspaper added. “Referring to himself as the ‘king’ and saying he was on a ‘mission,’ Shields told the detective he has problems with the Catholic Church and made reference to several Bible passages, including the Book of Revelation.”
After his arrest, he told police he “knew what he was doing. Shields added even though he knew it was wrong, he planned to do it anyway. He purchased the gasoline (to set the church on fire) Saturday morning.”
A statue of Our Lady, located in Queens, was vandalized last Friday morning. “Investigators said an unidentified person was caught on camera spray-painting ‘IDOL’ on the statue in front of Cathedral Preparatory School and Seminary,” reported the local CBS station.
In Chattanooga, Tennessee, a five-foot-tall statue of Our Lady was beheaded Saturday in front of a church. “The statue had been torn off of its pedestal, and its head had been removed,” reported the local ABC station. “Church officials found no other damage on the property.”
Jim Wogan, director of communications at the Diocese of Knoxville, commented, “We don’t know if this was the targeted desecration of a sacred statue, or some kind of misguided prank, but it hurts. For whatever reason we are living in a very chaotic time and anger seems to be the default setting for people. Our bishop has asked that we live by the example set in the Gospel of Matthew, to treat others as we ourselves would want to be treated.”
Another beheading of a statue, this time of Christ, the Good Shepherd, took place Tuesday night or Wednesday morning in Miami. “This is an attack on the church,” said Mary Ross Agosta of the Archdiocese of Miami, according to the Miami Herald. “This is not only private property, it is sacred property.”
“This is not something you can trip over and say, ‘Oh, sorry,’” she added. “Someone did this intentionally.”
In Boston, a statue of Our Lady was set on fire last weekend. Dozens of Catholics, including many members of religious orders, attended a prayer vigil in front of that statue on Wednesday, praying for the perpetrator. “We’re prayerfully saying to this person or persons: We love you. We forgive you. And we are here to serve and help you in any way you may need. This is why we’re here primarily,” said Fr. John Currie, the local pastor.
In California, several statues of St. Junípero Serra, an 18th-century Franciscan missionary in California, were removed or destroyed in recent weeks.
In June, the Los Angeles Times reported that Ventura Mayor Matt LaVere, along with representatives from the Barbareño/Venureño Band of Mission Indians and Father Tom Elewaut, a Catholic priest based at the San Buenaventura Mission in Ventura, had issued a joint statement agreeing to take down the statue of Serra outside Ventura City Hall and have it “moved to a more appropriate non-public location.”
On Olvera Street in Los Angeles, 100 people reportedly helped to topple a statue of the missionary saint with ropes.
In Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, activists pulled down another statue of St. Junípero Serra. A video of the incident shows those in attendance cheering as the statue is toppled. One person can be seen hitting the statue with fists and another person hitting it with a skateboard once it has fallen to the ground.
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lifesitenews--2020-07-17--California city council caves to mob, votes to remove statue of Catholic saint

VENTURA , California , July 17 , 2020 ( LifeSiteNews ) — The Ventura City Council has voted to remove a statue of St. Junípero Serra from its location outside its City Hall .
Statues of the 18th-century Catholic missionary have become a target for vandalism and destruction across California in recent weeks .
Earlier this week , the council unanimously voted to remove both a bronze statue of Serra located on public property in front of City Hall and a wooden replica currently kept inside the City Hall buildings .
The bronze statue will be relocated to the Mission @ @ @ @ @ @ @ sites founded by Serra , while the eventual destination of the wooden statue is yet to be determined .
While protesters have pulled down and desecrated statues in San Francisco , Los Angeles , and Sacramento in recent weeks , the statue outside Ventura City Hall has so far been preserved .
Last month , a group of courageous young Catholics physically defended the statue when a mob had sought to tear it down .
Voices in favor of the destruction of Serra statues have accused the Spanish missionary of having committed numerous @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and torture of indigenous peoples .
But in a statement issued last month , archbishop of San Francisco Salvatore Cordileone insisted that Serra was a champion and protector of indigenous people .
“ St .
Serra made heroic sacrifices to protect the indigenous people of California from their Spanish conquerors , especially the soldiers .
Even with his infirmed leg which caused him such pain , he walked all the way to Mexico City to obtain special faculties of governance from the Viceroy of Spain in order to discipline the military who were @ @ @ @ @ @ @ walked back to California , ” Archbishop Cordileone said .
Cordileone subsequently led prayers of reparation and exorcism at the base of the profaned Serra statue in Golden Gate Park , San Francisco .
The Embassy of Spain in the U.S. also stressed that Serra had made “ great efforts in support of indigenous communities ” in a statement issued last month expressing their deep regret for the destruction of Serra ’ s statue in San Francisco .
PETITION : Urge U.S. Catholic Bishops Conference to defend Catholic heritage and statues !
Sign @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in 2015 , Pope Francis said the missionary had “ sought to defend the dignity of the native community , to protect it from those who had mistreated and abused it.
” In his recent executive order calling for the building of a national park to honor American heroes , President Donald J. Trump specifically identified Serra as an individual included in the phrase “ historically significant American , ” for whom statues in the National Garden may be commissioned .

Voices in favor of the destruction of Junipero Serra statues have accused the Spanish missionary of having committed numerous crimes.
VENTURA, California, July 17, 2020 (LifeSiteNews) — The Ventura City Council has voted to remove a statue of St. Junípero Serra from its location outside its City Hall. Statues of the 18th-century Catholic missionary have become a target for vandalism and destruction across California in recent weeks.
Earlier this week, the council unanimously voted to remove both a bronze statue of Serra located on public property in front of City Hall and a wooden replica currently kept inside the City Hall buildings. The bronze statue will be relocated to the Mission San Buenaventura, one of nine mission sites founded by Serra, while the eventual destination of the wooden statue is yet to be determined.
While protesters have pulled down and desecrated statues in San Francisco, Los Angeles, and Sacramento in recent weeks, the statue outside Ventura City Hall has so far been preserved. Last month, a group of courageous young Catholics physically defended the statue when a mob had sought to tear it down.
Voices in favor of the destruction of Serra statues have accused the Spanish missionary of having committed numerous crimes, including genocide and the enslavement and torture of indigenous peoples.
But in a statement issued last month, archbishop of San Francisco Salvatore Cordileone insisted that Serra was a champion and protector of indigenous people.
“St. Serra made heroic sacrifices to protect the indigenous people of California from their Spanish conquerors, especially the soldiers. Even with his infirmed leg which caused him such pain, he walked all the way to Mexico City to obtain special faculties of governance from the Viceroy of Spain in order to discipline the military who were abusing the Indians. And then he walked back to California,” Archbishop Cordileone said.
Cordileone subsequently led prayers of reparation and exorcism at the base of the profaned Serra statue in Golden Gate Park, San Francisco.
The Embassy of Spain in the U.S. also stressed that Serra had made “great efforts in support of indigenous communities” in a statement issued last month expressing their deep regret for the destruction of Serra’s statue in San Francisco.
PETITION: Urge U.S. Catholic Bishops Conference to defend Catholic heritage and statues! Sign the petition here.
When canonizing Serra in 2015, Pope Francis said the missionary had “sought to defend the dignity of the native community, to protect it from those who had mistreated and abused it.”
In his recent executive order calling for the building of a national park to honor American heroes, President Donald J. Trump specifically identified Serra as an individual included in the phrase “historically significant American,” for whom statues in the National Garden may be commissioned.
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lifesitenews--2020-07-17--WATCH: 40,000 strong petition supporting priest suspended for calling out BLM organization delivered

WATCH: 40,000 strong petition supporting priest suspended for calling out BLM organization delivered to bishop

July 17 , 2020 ( LifeSiteNews ) — Yesterday , prayer and action came together at the Catholic Chancery in Lafayette , Indiana , where Catholic prayer warriors along with LifeSite staff held a prayer vigil and delivered our petition in support of Fr .
Theodore Rothrock , which has already garnered nearly 40,000 signatures .
Fr .
Ted , as he is known to parishioners of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton parish in Carmel , was suspended by Bishop Timothy Doherty after giving a stern warning about the danger to Christianity posed by the Black Lives Matter organizers and organization @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to the parish 's website ( and now , subsequently removed ) , Fr .
Rothrock said this of the organizers of the Black Lives Matter organization : '' The only lives that matter are their own and the only power they seek is their own .
They are wolves in wolves clothing , masked thieves and bandits , seeking only to devour the life of the poor and profit from the fear of others .
They are maggots and parasites at best , feeding off the isolation of addiction and broken families @ @ @ @ @ @ @ frustration and anxiety with more misery and greater resentment . ''
As Fr .
Rothrock pointed out in his statement : `` Black Lives Matter , ANTIFA , and other nefarious acolytes of their persuasion , are not the friends or allies we have been led to believe .
They are serpents in the garden , seeking only to uproot and replant a new species of human , made in the likeness of men and not in the image of God . ''
Fr .
Rothrock ’ s supporters and LifeSite ’ s @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to deliver the petition to an occupied rectory .
The door , however , went unanswered .
Hale said this about the petition delivery : `` We went to the front door , the side doors , the back door and the basement door .
And , although there were four or five cars parked outside ... and , even though a car pulled-up while we were there ... no-one answered the door . ''
He also mentioned that he contacted both the Chancery and the bishop before making the delivery , saying @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the petition and offering to interview Bishop Doherty about the situation .
Neither offer was taken up .
Motivated by a deep sense of justice , they then gathered at the Chancery to pray for Fr .
Rothrock , and for Bishop Doherty to reinstate the suspended priest .
The prayer vigil outside the Chancery was organized by local Catholics under the banner of Catholics for Unity and Peace ( CUP ) .
It was attended by LifeSite staff and over 35 supporters of Fr .
Rothrock .
One local parishioner who attended @ @ @ @ @ @ @ John Curran , said this of Fr .
Rothrock : “ Fr .
Rothrock was speaking his mind .
He is not a person who is inclined to be politically correct .
Christ told us that we are to be the salt of the Earth , and not to be expected to be loved by the world .
And , sometimes , you have to make courageous stands in order to pass on to the parishioners and to the world , what the teachings of the Catholic Church really are.
” With tears @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , Cilim Marlin , who also attended the day ’ s events , wanted to encourage the bishops to be courageous : “ Bishops are scared of speaking out the truth , and maybe starting some kind of controversy or losing some kind of public appearance .
But , I want the bishops to brave…for Jesus.
” LifeSite ’ s petition for Fr .
Rothrock was launched when Bishop Doherty suspended him after he posted a strongly-worded statement ( now , subsequently removed ) to his parish website .
While the Catholic Church @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is `` incompatible with God 's design ( CCC p. 1935 ) , '' Black Lives Matter and other revolutionaries are radically different to past civil rights movements in that they incite further racial strife rather than reconciliation .
The goals of the Black Lives Matter organization are inimical to Christianity .
Indeed , until a couple of weeks ago , the Black Lives Matter website was calling for the destruction of both the nuclear family and `` heteronormative thinking - the belief that all in the world are heterosexual . ''
While @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , he did not bow to human respect and willful ignorance .
By their presence at the Chancery , yesterday , local Catholics made it clear that they want their bishop to be courageous in the face of the serious threat to Christianity and democracy embodied by the Black Lives Matter organization .
Prayer vigils for Fr .
Rothrock , as well as for unity and peace in their diocese and in the United States , will continue in the Diocese of Lafayette-in-Indiana .
Please keep Fr .
Rothrock and Bishop Doherty in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ t already done so , please CLICK HERE to SIGN the petition .

PETITION: Support priest who was suspended for calling out the Black Lives Matter organization! Sign the petition here.
July 17, 2020 (LifeSiteNews) — Yesterday, prayer and action came together at the Catholic Chancery in Lafayette, Indiana, where Catholic prayer warriors along with LifeSite staff held a prayer vigil and delivered our petition in support of Fr. Theodore Rothrock, which has already garnered nearly 40,000 signatures.
Fr. Ted, as he is known to parishioners of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton parish in Carmel, was suspended by Bishop Timothy Doherty after giving a stern warning about the danger to Christianity posed by the Black Lives Matter organizers and organization.
In a strongly-worded statement, posted to the parish's website (and now, subsequently removed), Fr. Rothrock said this of the organizers of the Black Lives Matter organization:
“The only lives that matter are their own and the only power they seek is their own. They are wolves in wolves clothing, masked thieves and bandits, seeking only to devour the life of the poor and profit from the fear of others. They are maggots and parasites at best, feeding off the isolation of addiction and broken families, and offering to replace any current frustration and anxiety with more misery and greater resentment.”
As Fr. Rothrock pointed out in his statement: “Black Lives Matter, ANTIFA, and other nefarious acolytes of their persuasion, are not the friends or allies we have been led to believe. They are serpents in the garden, seeking only to uproot and replant a new species of human, made in the likeness of men and not in the image of God.”
Fr. Rothrock’s supporters and LifeSite’s field correspondent, Jim Hale, attempted to deliver the petition to an occupied rectory. The door, however, went unanswered.
Hale said this about the petition delivery: “We went to the front door, the side doors, the back door and the basement door. And, although there were four or five cars parked outside…and, even though a car pulled-up while we were there…no-one answered the door.”
He also mentioned that he contacted both the Chancery and the bishop before making the delivery, saying that he would be there to deliver the petition and offering to interview Bishop Doherty about the situation.
Neither offer was taken up.
Nevertheless, Fr. Rothrock's supporters were undeterred.
Motivated by a deep sense of justice, they then gathered at the Chancery to pray for Fr. Rothrock, and for Bishop Doherty to reinstate the suspended priest.
The prayer vigil outside the Chancery was organized by local Catholics under the banner of Catholics for Unity and Peace (CUP). It was attended by LifeSite staff and over 35 supporters of Fr. Rothrock.
One local parishioner who attended the petition delivery and prayer vigil, John Curran, said this of Fr. Rothrock: “Fr. Rothrock was speaking his mind. He is not a person who is inclined to be politically correct. Christ told us that we are to be the salt of the Earth, and not to be expected to be loved by the world. And, sometimes, you have to make courageous stands in order to pass on to the parishioners and to the world, what the teachings of the Catholic Church really are.”
With tears in her eyes, another local parishioner, Cilim Marlin, who also attended the day’s events, wanted to encourage the bishops to be courageous: “Bishops are scared of speaking out the truth, and maybe starting some kind of controversy or losing some kind of public appearance. But, I want the bishops to brave…for Jesus.”
LifeSite’s petition for Fr. Rothrock was launched when Bishop Doherty suspended him after he posted a strongly-worded statement (now, subsequently removed) to his parish website.
While the Catholic Church condemns racism, saying that such discrimination is “incompatible with God's design (CCC p. 1935),” Black Lives Matter and other revolutionaries are radically different to past civil rights movements in that they incite further racial strife rather than reconciliation.
The goals of the Black Lives Matter organization are inimical to Christianity.
Indeed, until a couple of weeks ago, the Black Lives Matter website was calling for the destruction of both the nuclear family and “heteronormative thinking – the belief that all in the world are heterosexual.”
While Fr. Ted did use strong words, he did not bow to human respect and willful ignorance.
By their presence at the Chancery, yesterday, local Catholics made it clear that they want their bishop to be courageous in the face of the serious threat to Christianity and democracy embodied by the Black Lives Matter organization.
Prayer vigils for Fr. Rothrock, as well as for unity and peace in their diocese and in the United States, will continue in the Diocese of Lafayette-in-Indiana.
Please keep Fr. Rothrock and Bishop Doherty in your prayers, and if you haven’t already done so, please CLICK HERE to SIGN the petition.
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lifesitenews--2020-07-16--We must have more concern for our soul than our body because our soul is eternal

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lifesitenews--2020-07-18--Join our daily worldwide rosary HERE

Join our daily worldwide rosary HERE

July 18 , 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 .
Send photos or videos of you and your family praying the rosary with Father Pillari to [ email protected ]

(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.
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lifesitenews--2020-07-19--Arson suspected in burning of historic cathedral in western France

FRANCE , July 18 , 2020 ( LifeSiteNews ) – The Saint Peter and Saint Paul cathedral of Nantes , in the west of France , was ravaged by a violent fire this Saturday morning .
The blaze caused severe damage to the inside of the late-Gothic building , completely destroying a beautiful and monumental baroque organ built in the 17th century .
It had survived the French Revolution , two world wars , and the fire that destroyed the roof of Nantes cathedral in 1972 .
Fifteen months after the fire that destroyed the roof and spire of Notre @ @ @ @ @ @ @ tragic conflagration is leading many Catholics to ask whether “ Christianophobia ” is not to blame for the increase of such incidents .
Repairs to the church are expected to last for at least two years before public worship can resume .
A Mass of recollection was celebrated in the nearby church of Saint Nicolas at 6:00 p.m. , attended by many parishioners of “ Saint Pierre et Saint Paul ” who were shocked and saddened by the loss and destruction endured by their church , an elegant and luminous building with an @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and 1891 .
While according to the official narrative the Notre Dame fire was an “ accident , ” a criminal investigation has already been opened in Nantes by the French judicial authorities because no less than three points of ignition of the fire , quite far away from each other , were observed by the firefighters .
One was near the organ situated under the large stained-glass window of the façade that was also badly damaged , the two others being in the aisles to the left and right of the cathedral @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , even though no signs of forced entry have been found .
In fact , according to the rector of the cathedral , Father Hubert Champennois , all the doors of the cathedral were closed and locked the evening before at the end of a “ very minute inspection , even in the crypt , ” as they are every day .
An electrical cabinet in the cathedral was also found to be completely destroyed .
Before the end of the morning , the public prosecutor of Nantes , Pierre Sennes , made @ @ @ @ @ @ @ cause is being taken very seriously .
Forensic experts were expected to arrive from Paris on Saturday afternoon in order to determine the circumstances of the fire .
Bishop Bernard Ginoux of Montauban ( south-west of France ) published his reaction on Twitter soon after the suspicion of arson was made public .
“ After Notre Dame de Paris and the degradation and desecration of hundreds of Catholic churches , it takes willful blindness not to see an attempt to destroy our Catholic heritage .
But who is conducting the operation ?
” @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , Brittany , 100 km north of Nantes , was targeted by arsonists in June of this year : a fire was lit against one of its wooden doors that was partially destroyed by the flames during the night from June 11 to June 12 .
Thankfully , the damage was relatively slight because the fire was not able to penetrate into the building and was quickly put out by firefighters .
Other fires have hit churches in France these last months and years , including Saint Jacques in Grenoble ( south-east ) @ @ @ @ @ @ @ confirmed at the end of last year and attributed to the “ extreme left ” by Father Loïc Lagadec , vicar general of the diocese .
Another church was badly damaged near Rennes on June 29 of this year , in a fire that spread from the main altar .
According to the authorities , an electrical incident was to blame .
The church of Saint Paul of Corbeil-Essonnes , near Paris was also hit by a fire two weeks ago : the evidence suggested that it was a case of arson as @ @ @ @ @ @ @ into the neighboring catechism classroom .
Two years before , aggressive tags had been painted on the building .
Attacks against churches and cemeteries are on the rise in France .
In many cases , young Satanists are found to be the culprits .
In Nantes , there is a flourishing “ Antifa ” movement that is being pointed at by the social media that has also designated possible “ Muslim ” perpetrators .
Whatever the truth behind these speculations , the rift in the French social order is only too visible and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Lives Matter ” movement that is also active in France .
Some activists pointed at the fact that Nantes ’ prosperity came from the slave trade in the 18th century , when ship-owners made fortunes out of the “ Triangular Trade ” between the port of Nantes at the mouth of the Loire on the Atlantic , Africa , and the Americas .
At Nantes cathedral this Saturday morning , it was the prompt arrival of the firefighters – 105 men were mobilized – that allowed the damage to be less horrendous than @ @ @ @ @ @ @ broke out at around 7:30 a.m. , and was almost immediately noticed and reported by the local inhabitants in the many residential buildings that surround the cathedral as the fateful orange flames blazed behind the stained-glass windows of the façade , destroying the only 16th century original panes left in Nantes cathedral .
Minutes later , the fire brigade arrived on the scene while the police kept the public at a distance and the fire was under control by 10:00 a.m. By noon , most of the firefighters had already left the scene @ @ @ @ @ @ @ decorations on the façade that threatened to come down .
An accidental fire caused by workers who were doing repairs to the roof of Nantes cathedral in 1972 , leading to a lengthy restoration that kept its doors closed for several years , was followed by the reconstruction of the frame and roof in cement , a factor that probably preserves the edifice from wider damage that would have been caused if a wooden frame had still been in place .
However , the loss of the historic organ built by Jacques Girardet @ @ @ @ @ @ @ tended to and restored over the centuries is complete .
Nothing is left of its 77 registers and 5,500 pipes acquired during five complete restorations .
The new French Prime Minister , Jean Castex , as well as the Culture Minister Roselyne Bachelot and the Minister for the Interior , Gérald Darmanin , visited the scene on Saturday afternoon and were able to enter into the cathedral escorted by the firefighters .
They spoke of the damage done to the French heritage but also mentioned the profound hurt felt by French Catholics .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ Macron who in a short tweet , saluted “ our firefighters who risk everything to save this Gothic jewel of the city of the Dukes.
” Thierry Aillet , diocesan director of Catholic schools in the Vaucluse ( south of France ) , answered on Twitter : “ Poor Sir , a cathedral is above all the house of God where Catholic come to receive the Body of Christ in Communion .
It is truly the house of God that they are trying to burn.
” Philippe de Villiers , former candidate to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ historical theme park of the Puy-du-Fou in Vendée in which due homage is paid to the heroes of the Catholic uprising against the secularist French Revolution and the genocide of the Vendée , noted on Twitter : “ The fire in Nantes Cathedral , after that of Notre-Dame of Paris , should make our elites reflect on the present great disorder and great upheaval .
De-civilization is underway .
During lockdown , the churches were closed .
Now they are burning .
”

Other fires have hit churches in France these last months and years, including Saint Jacques in Grenoble in January 2019, where arson was confirmed and attributed to the 'extreme left,' and the church of Saint Paul of Corbeil-Essonnes, near Paris two weeks ago, with the evidence also pointing to arson.
FRANCE, July 18, 2020 (LifeSiteNews) – The Saint Peter and Saint Paul cathedral of Nantes, in the west of France, was ravaged by a violent fire this Saturday morning. The blaze caused severe damage to the inside of the late-Gothic building, completely destroying a beautiful and monumental baroque organ built in the 17th century. It had survived the French Revolution, two world wars, and the fire that destroyed the roof of Nantes cathedral in 1972. Fifteen months after the fire that destroyed the roof and spire of Notre Dame cathedral in Paris, this new tragic conflagration is leading many Catholics to ask whether “Christianophobia” is not to blame for the increase of such incidents.
Repairs to the church are expected to last for at least two years before public worship can resume. A Mass of recollection was celebrated in the nearby church of Saint Nicolas at 6:00 p.m., attended by many parishioners of “Saint Pierre et Saint Paul” who were shocked and saddened by the loss and destruction endured by their church, an elegant and luminous building with an incredibly high nave, built between 1434 and 1891.
While according to the official narrative the Notre Dame fire was an “accident,” a criminal investigation has already been opened in Nantes by the French judicial authorities because no less than three points of ignition of the fire, quite far away from each other, were observed by the firefighters. One was near the organ situated under the large stained-glass window of the façade that was also badly damaged, the two others being in the aisles to the left and right of the cathedral.
These facts point heavily to arson, even though no signs of forced entry have been found. In fact, according to the rector of the cathedral, Father Hubert Champennois, all the doors of the cathedral were closed and locked the evening before at the end of a “very minute inspection, even in the crypt,” as they are every day. An electrical cabinet in the cathedral was also found to be completely destroyed.
Before the end of the morning, the public prosecutor of Nantes, Pierre Sennes, made clear that the possibility of a criminal cause is being taken very seriously. Forensic experts were expected to arrive from Paris on Saturday afternoon in order to determine the circumstances of the fire.
Bishop Bernard Ginoux of Montauban (south-west of France) published his reaction on Twitter soon after the suspicion of arson was made public. “After Notre Dame de Paris and the degradation and desecration of hundreds of Catholic churches, it takes willful blindness not to see an attempt to destroy our Catholic heritage. But who is conducting the operation?” he wrote.
The cathedral of Rennes, Brittany, 100 km north of Nantes, was targeted by arsonists in June of this year: a fire was lit against one of its wooden doors that was partially destroyed by the flames during the night from June 11 to June 12. Thankfully, the damage was relatively slight because the fire was not able to penetrate into the building and was quickly put out by firefighters.
Other fires have hit churches in France these last months and years, including Saint Jacques in Grenoble (south-east) in January 2019, where arson was confirmed at the end of last year and attributed to the “extreme left” by Father Loïc Lagadec, vicar general of the diocese. Another church was badly damaged near Rennes on June 29 of this year, in a fire that spread from the main altar. According to the authorities, an electrical incident was to blame. The church of Saint Paul of Corbeil-Essonnes, near Paris was also hit by a fire two weeks ago: the evidence suggested that it was a case of arson as there were signs of attempted forced entry into the neighboring catechism classroom. Two years before, aggressive tags had been painted on the building.
Attacks against churches and cemeteries are on the rise in France. In many cases, young Satanists are found to be the culprits. In Nantes, there is a flourishing “Antifa” movement that is being pointed at by the social media that has also designated possible “Muslim” perpetrators. Whatever the truth behind these speculations, the rift in the French social order is only too visible and has increased with the recent “Black Lives Matter” movement that is also active in France. Some activists pointed at the fact that Nantes’ prosperity came from the slave trade in the 18th century, when ship-owners made fortunes out of the “Triangular Trade” between the port of Nantes at the mouth of the Loire on the Atlantic, Africa, and the Americas.
At Nantes cathedral this Saturday morning, it was the prompt arrival of the firefighters – 105 men were mobilized – that allowed the damage to be less horrendous than it might have been. The fire broke out at around 7:30 a.m., and was almost immediately noticed and reported by the local inhabitants in the many residential buildings that surround the cathedral as the fateful orange flames blazed behind the stained-glass windows of the façade, destroying the only 16th century original panes left in Nantes cathedral. Minutes later, the fire brigade arrived on the scene while the police kept the public at a distance and the fire was under control by 10:00 a.m. By noon, most of the firefighters had already left the scene, while others stayed to secure stone decorations on the façade that threatened to come down.
An accidental fire caused by workers who were doing repairs to the roof of Nantes cathedral in 1972, leading to a lengthy restoration that kept its doors closed for several years, was followed by the reconstruction of the frame and roof in cement, a factor that probably preserves the edifice from wider damage that would have been caused if a wooden frame had still been in place.
However, the loss of the historic organ built by Jacques Girardet in 1620 with 27 registers and beautifully tended to and restored over the centuries is complete. Nothing is left of its 77 registers and 5,500 pipes acquired during five complete restorations.
The new French Prime Minister, Jean Castex, as well as the Culture Minister Roselyne Bachelot and the Minister for the Interior, Gérald Darmanin, visited the scene on Saturday afternoon and were able to enter into the cathedral escorted by the firefighters. They spoke of the damage done to the French heritage but also mentioned the profound hurt felt by French Catholics. This was in contrast with President Emmanuel Macron who in a short tweet, saluted “our firefighters who risk everything to save this Gothic jewel of the city of the Dukes.”
Thierry Aillet, diocesan director of Catholic schools in the Vaucluse (south of France), answered on Twitter: “Poor Sir, a cathedral is above all the house of God where Catholic come to receive the Body of Christ in Communion. It is truly the house of God that they are trying to burn.”
Philippe de Villiers, former candidate to the French presidency and founder of the historical theme park of the Puy-du-Fou in Vendée in which due homage is paid to the heroes of the Catholic uprising against the secularist French Revolution and the genocide of the Vendée, noted on Twitter: “The fire in Nantes Cathedral, after that of Notre-Dame of Paris, should make our elites reflect on the present great disorder and great upheaval. De-civilization is underway. During lockdown, the churches were closed. Now they are burning.”
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lifesitenews--2020-07-19--Join our daily worldwide rosary HERE

Join our daily worldwide rosary HERE

July 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 .
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lifesitenews--2020-07-21--Coronavirus hysteria is needlessly traumatizing an entire generation of children

July 20 , 2020 ( Romans One ) — The North Carolina governor has issued a decree that all students returning to school in the fall must wear a mask and social distance .
This , despite the fact that 99.9 percent of children who get COVID don ’ t die from it and most don ’ t even have symptoms .
Comparably , more children K–12 die from various other forms of the flu than from COVID , yet we are perpetuating a culture of fear among children in a form of politicized mass hysteria that treats COVID as @ @ @ @ @ @ @ which had a 100 percent mortality rate in its respiratory form across ALL demographics .
I have to ask , What are we doing to our children ?
Some would say we ’ re protecting them .
Others would add that we ’ re protecting any vulnerable adults they might come in contact with — despite growing evidence that young children are not contagious because the virus does not hang onto them like it does older people .
We are also getting more evidence that people are not as contagious when they ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ which means that standard protocol for any sickness would be sufficient — stay at home if you ’ re sick or if you ’ re immuno-compromised .
Instead of using common sense , we ’ re covering our young children and enshrouding them in an environment of fear , all the while calling it “ kindness to others.
” This could have damaging long-term effects on our children that far outweigh any threat from COVID .
Children are extremely vulnerable psychologically and emotionally , especially when their brains are still developing and behaviors @ @ @ @ @ @ @ disruptions to normal development .
They are also in the tender years of developing socially , when they learn how to be both strong individuals yet responsible within a group , when they learn to be independent and distinct from the collective , yet aware of social responsibilities and relationships that interplay with their personal responsibilities and healthy self-interest .
Yet , this panic over COVID is disrupting these stages of development and can have dangerous consequences for them as adults and for society at large .
When you impose irrational fear on @ @ @ @ @ @ @ traumatizing them .
You are creating an atmosphere in which they are reacting to events around them in which they don ’ t feel any control .
They can ’ t escape from it , they have to do what fearful adults tell them , and they trust authorities in their lives to do what ’ s best for them — when this doesn ’ t happen , they ’ re trapped and their normal development of relationships is laced with fear and panic .
The long-term effects of childhood trauma are manifold @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , to properly regulate emotions , to productively handle conflict , and to develop healthy relationships , especially those having to do with authority .
Fear drives them away from a normal ability to love .
While it is certainly good to teach children to be thoughtful of others , this can take a dark turn when “ being thoughtful to others ” is based on a lie and isn ’ t really being thoughtful at all , but is just a fear response to bad information and political propaganda .
Telling children @ @ @ @ @ @ @ won ’ t likely die from is cruel .
It creates unhealthy fear and trauma .
Protecting children from monsters that don ’ t really exist generates insecurity instead of strength .
The best way to raise children is to empower them to face their fears and to become strong .
This is as much true for their spirits and their minds as their bodies .
COVID is a perfect example .
By exposing children to the virus , they are strengthened in their immunity to it .
This doesn ’ t mean @ @ @ @ @ @ @ time a child walks out the door , he is at risk .
He could die in a car accident .
He could get the flu and die .
He could fall out of a tree and die .
He could dive into a pool and die .
These realities of the fragility of life are why parents must help children look threats in the face in a realistic but safe way .
This is why the fairy tales of old were so good in their horror .
The Little Mermaid didn ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ever after .
She lived in pain and then turned into sea foam and then into a spirit in the wind .
Little Red Riding Hood didn ’ t escape the terrifying wolf who pretended to be her grandmother .
She was eaten alive .
Why tell these stories to children ?
Were our forefathers decadent and sadistic ?
No , they understood that by teaching children to face their fears in a safe context , they will be made strong .
They aren ’ t protected from life , but they aren @ @ @ @ @ @ @ We live in a strange time in which we ’ re both terrorizing and protecting them at the same time .
We ’ re making them afraid of things they don ’ t need to be afraid of while shielding them from risks and realities that none of us can control .
Even worse , we ’ re doing this while exposing them to all other kinds of spiritual and emotional corruptions and abuses without a thought to protecting them .
They watch all sorts of decadence , violence , and sexualized imagery @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the story.
” They ’ re spoiled and raised with an attitude of entitlement .
Their eternal souls are neglected as parents spend more time feeding their kids entertainment than the Word of God .
The result is children who are afraid of the wrong things , spiritually vulnerable , and emotionally weak .
Even their social training is off-base .
While we should certainly teach our children to love their neighbors , to think of others more highly than they think of themselves , and to be humble , we shouldn ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ self-interest because the majority says so .
When I refer to self-interest , I ’ m not talking about selfishness .
I ’ m referring to a healthy individuality that cultivates independent thinking and the ability to stand on one ’ s own if necessary .
If a child can ’ t grow up to stand on his own two feet and be willing to be cast out from the group for all the right reasons , he has been raised to be a serf , to have a slave mindset , and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ light in a world that demands assimilation and compliance .
Christians must be particularly mindful of this because we are called to be in the world but not of it , to stand for Christ , not ourselves or the demands of others , to put Him above even our brothers , sisters , fathers , and mothers .
Teaching a child to be both sensitive to the feelings and needs of others and be separate from ungodly demands of compliance based on the needs and feelings of others is an exercise of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ tend to err on one side or the other .
But it is exactly the balance we need to both maintain our liberty in this world while not making an idol of it .
It ’ s what children need to know , so they can understand how to be independent , critical thinkers without being selfish anarchists and hyper-individualists .
Some might think forcing children to wear masks lies within that balance , but this is not the case given the context .
Masks aren ’ t necessary to protect children — @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Again , one death in a million doesn ’ t justify face coverings that generate false fear and trauma in children who should be learning to socialize properly , engage in a free educational environment , and enjoy the wonder of growing up while at the same time having a proper and healthy fear of what is REAL .
If we are going to follow the logic of forced COVID face coverings for children , we can ’ t deny the conclusion that they must be worn all the time , in every @ @ @ @ @ @ @ more children die of the flu .
You never know when a child might be exposed .
If you ’ re wanting to save “ just one , ” then mandatory mask-wearing should be the state of existence from now on — for all time .
The danger of deadly viruses is lurking around every corner .
If your thought is that children are protecting adults who are vulnerable , this can be handled by quarantining the very small number of vulnerable elderly who are at risk .
This is a much wiser @ @ @ @ @ @ @ from their peers , creating emotional trauma , and generating a collective mindset that ’ s neither helpful nor healthy .
The best thing we can do for our children is to let them live their lives with all the risk that entails , educating them about the threats of life while still properly protecting them , empowering them to face death as part of life , and to teaching them to be sensitive to the feelings of others without becoming their slaves .
Otherwise , you ’ re developing a fearful generation @ @ @ @ @ @ @ be their savior , but on man .
This doesn ’ t bode well for them as they grow into adults or for our society whose liberty is dependent on free thinkers and strong , moral individuals who aren ’ t afraid but have a proper respect for life ’ s dangers .
Published with permission from Romans One .

July 20, 2020 (Romans One) — The North Carolina governor has issued a decree that all students returning to school in the fall must wear a mask and social distance. This, despite the fact that 99.9 percent of children who get COVID don’t die from it and most don’t even have symptoms. Comparably, more children K–12 die from various other forms of the flu than from COVID, yet we are perpetuating a culture of fear among children in a form of politicized mass hysteria that treats COVID as if it were the Black Plague, which had a 100 percent mortality rate in its respiratory form across ALL demographics.
I have to ask, What are we doing to our children? Some would say we’re protecting them. Others would add that we’re protecting any vulnerable adults they might come in contact with — despite growing evidence that young children are not contagious because the virus does not hang onto them like it does older people. We are also getting more evidence that people are not as contagious when they’re asymptomatic, as once believed, which means that standard protocol for any sickness would be sufficient — stay at home if you’re sick or if you’re immuno-compromised.
Instead of using common sense, we’re covering our young children and enshrouding them in an environment of fear, all the while calling it “kindness to others.” This could have damaging long-term effects on our children that far outweigh any threat from COVID. Children are extremely vulnerable psychologically and emotionally, especially when their brains are still developing and behaviors imprint on neurological connections that can cause disruptions to normal development.
They are also in the tender years of developing socially, when they learn how to be both strong individuals yet responsible within a group, when they learn to be independent and distinct from the collective, yet aware of social responsibilities and relationships that interplay with their personal responsibilities and healthy self-interest. Yet, this panic over COVID is disrupting these stages of development and can have dangerous consequences for them as adults and for society at large.
When you impose irrational fear on children, you are in a sense traumatizing them. You are creating an atmosphere in which they are reacting to events around them in which they don’t feel any control. They can’t escape from it, they have to do what fearful adults tell them, and they trust authorities in their lives to do what’s best for them — when this doesn’t happen, they’re trapped and their normal development of relationships is laced with fear and panic. The long-term effects of childhood trauma are manifold. It creates an inability to trust, to properly regulate emotions, to productively handle conflict, and to develop healthy relationships, especially those having to do with authority. Fear drives them away from a normal ability to love.
While it is certainly good to teach children to be thoughtful of others, this can take a dark turn when “being thoughtful to others” is based on a lie and isn’t really being thoughtful at all, but is just a fear response to bad information and political propaganda. Telling children they might die of a disease they won’t likely die from is cruel. It creates unhealthy fear and trauma. Protecting children from monsters that don’t really exist generates insecurity instead of strength.
The best way to raise children is to empower them to face their fears and to become strong. This is as much true for their spirits and their minds as their bodies. COVID is a perfect example. By exposing children to the virus, they are strengthened in their immunity to it. This doesn’t mean there isn’t risk. Every time a child walks out the door, he is at risk. He could die in a car accident. He could get the flu and die. He could fall out of a tree and die. He could dive into a pool and die. These realities of the fragility of life are why parents must help children look threats in the face in a realistic but safe way. This is why the fairy tales of old were so good in their horror. The Little Mermaid didn’t become a princess and live happily ever after. She lived in pain and then turned into sea foam and then into a spirit in the wind. Little Red Riding Hood didn’t escape the terrifying wolf who pretended to be her grandmother. She was eaten alive.
Why tell these stories to children? Were our forefathers decadent and sadistic? No, they understood that by teaching children to face their fears in a safe context, they will be made strong. They aren’t protected from life, but they aren’t terrorized by it either. We live in a strange time in which we’re both terrorizing and protecting them at the same time. We’re making them afraid of things they don’t need to be afraid of while shielding them from risks and realities that none of us can control.
Even worse, we’re doing this while exposing them to all other kinds of spiritual and emotional corruptions and abuses without a thought to protecting them. They watch all sorts of decadence, violence, and sexualized imagery on television without any “moral to the story.” They’re spoiled and raised with an attitude of entitlement. Their eternal souls are neglected as parents spend more time feeding their kids entertainment than the Word of God. The result is children who are afraid of the wrong things, spiritually vulnerable, and emotionally weak.
Even their social training is off-base. While we should certainly teach our children to love their neighbors, to think of others more highly than they think of themselves, and to be humble, we shouldn’t put collective interests above their own self-interest because the majority says so. When I refer to self-interest, I’m not talking about selfishness. I’m referring to a healthy individuality that cultivates independent thinking and the ability to stand on one’s own if necessary.
If a child can’t grow up to stand on his own two feet and be willing to be cast out from the group for all the right reasons, he has been raised to be a serf, to have a slave mindset, and to be unable to be salt and light in a world that demands assimilation and compliance. Christians must be particularly mindful of this because we are called to be in the world but not of it, to stand for Christ, not ourselves or the demands of others, to put Him above even our brothers, sisters, fathers, and mothers.
Teaching a child to be both sensitive to the feelings and needs of others and be separate from ungodly demands of compliance based on the needs and feelings of others is an exercise of wisdom that few grasp today. We tend to err on one side or the other. But it is exactly the balance we need to both maintain our liberty in this world while not making an idol of it. It’s what children need to know, so they can understand how to be independent, critical thinkers without being selfish anarchists and hyper-individualists.
Some might think forcing children to wear masks lies within that balance, but this is not the case given the context. Masks aren’t necessary to protect children — not in the case of COVID. Again, one death in a million doesn’t justify face coverings that generate false fear and trauma in children who should be learning to socialize properly, engage in a free educational environment, and enjoy the wonder of growing up while at the same time having a proper and healthy fear of what is REAL.
If we are going to follow the logic of forced COVID face coverings for children, we can’t deny the conclusion that they must be worn all the time, in every season, and forever. Again, more children die of the flu. You never know when a child might be exposed. If you’re wanting to save “just one,” then mandatory mask-wearing should be the state of existence from now on — for all time. The danger of deadly viruses is lurking around every corner.
If your thought is that children are protecting adults who are vulnerable, this can be handled by quarantining the very small number of vulnerable elderly who are at risk. This is a much wiser solution than masking children, separating them from their peers, creating emotional trauma, and generating a collective mindset that’s neither helpful nor healthy.
The best thing we can do for our children is to let them live their lives with all the risk that entails, educating them about the threats of life while still properly protecting them, empowering them to face death as part of life, and to teaching them to be sensitive to the feelings of others without becoming their slaves. Otherwise, you’re developing a fearful generation that does not depend on God to be their savior, but on man. This doesn’t bode well for them as they grow into adults or for our society whose liberty is dependent on free thinkers and strong, moral individuals who aren’t afraid but have a proper respect for life’s dangers.
Published with permission from Romans One.
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lifesitenews--2020-07-20--Recent COVID data reveal a lot of good news

Editor 's note : This post was originally published at the American Thinker on July 7 , 2020 .
It is republished here with permission .
July 20 , 2020 ( American Thinker ) — We have nearly won the fight against COVID .
You would n't guess it from watching the news , but the data from the past several weeks have shown nothing less than a decisive victory over the pandemic .
The media are engaged in a highly intentional and fraudulent game of selective data reporting to incite panic for political gain .
If you watch the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ recite the rapidly increasing COVID-positive tests and show graphics that display a hockey stick of doom : If that does n't sufficiently scare you back into your place of shelter , they take the fear up a notch by showing the `` increase in hospitalizations with COVID '' graph : These two rapidly rising statistics , they tell us , are `` proof '' that we are losing the COVID race .
For those who do n't do any more digging , the trend looks grim .
However , just a small amount @ @ @ @ @ @ @ COVID is in retreat .
Look at what happens when you include the volume of testing data with the number of positives we are finding : Suddenly , what jumps out is how few positives we have been getting in light of the rapidly increasing volume of testing that has been performed .
The data even include contact tracing campaigns instituted by each state that should dramatically increase the positive rate by targeting everyone whom positive cases came into close contact with .
Still , the positive volume remains relatively flat compared to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is not all of the good news , though .
The most important questions of any pandemic are of how many people are being harmed or killed by the disease .
The data on that front are even more exciting .
This is a graph that shows the daily volume of hospitalizations , ICU patients , and ventilators used by COVID patients : How do you reconcile the decreasing usage of ventilators and ICU beds with the increase in hospitalizations ?
The reason is that the hospitals , after spending months nearly empty @ @ @ @ @ @ @ never happened , have reopened to business as usual .
Everyone who comes in for elective procedures , trauma , and anything else is tested and incidentally found to have COVID .
Studies have shown that even the ones who do come in because of COVID stay shorter times and are less likely to die than just a few months ago ... which takes us to the most important slide of all — COVID mortality : The COVID daily mortality graph shows the incredible success we have had in beating the disease for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of economies across the U.S .
This should be a cause of celebration , not reclosing of the economy .
Government critics who have long used insufficient testing as their rallying cry against Trump are finally getting the testing they asked for , only to use selective bits of it to stoke more fear .
It is time for state and federal leaders to tell people the complete story and end the lockdowns .
We ca n't let the cure be worse than the disease , especially when the disease is already nearly @ @ @ @ @ @ @ American Thinker .

Editor's note: This post was originally published at the American Thinker on July 7, 2020. It is republished here with permission.
July 20, 2020 (American Thinker) — We have nearly won the fight against COVID. You wouldn't guess it from watching the news, but the data from the past several weeks have shown nothing less than a decisive victory over the pandemic. The media are engaged in a highly intentional and fraudulent game of selective data reporting to incite panic for political gain. If you watch the mainstream press, pundits and academics breathlessly recite the rapidly increasing COVID-positive tests and show graphics that display a hockey stick of doom:
If that doesn't sufficiently scare you back into your place of shelter, they take the fear up a notch by showing the “increase in hospitalizations with COVID” graph:
These two rapidly rising statistics, they tell us, are “proof” that we are losing the COVID race. For those who don't do any more digging, the trend looks grim.
However, just a small amount of research shows the opposite picture: COVID is in retreat. Look at what happens when you include the volume of testing data with the number of positives we are finding:
Suddenly, what jumps out is how few positives we have been getting in light of the rapidly increasing volume of testing that has been performed. The data even include contact tracing campaigns instituted by each state that should dramatically increase the positive rate by targeting everyone whom positive cases came into close contact with. Still, the positive volume remains relatively flat compared to the number of tests performed.
That is not all of the good news, though. The most important questions of any pandemic are of how many people are being harmed or killed by the disease. The data on that front are even more exciting. This is a graph that shows the daily volume of hospitalizations, ICU patients, and ventilators used by COVID patients:
How do you reconcile the decreasing usage of ventilators and ICU beds with the increase in hospitalizations? The reason is that the hospitals, after spending months nearly empty in anticipation of a COVID flood that never happened, have reopened to business as usual. Everyone who comes in for elective procedures, trauma, and anything else is tested and incidentally found to have COVID. Studies have shown that even the ones who do come in because of COVID stay shorter times and are less likely to die than just a few months ago…which takes us to the most important slide of all — COVID mortality:
The COVID daily mortality graph shows the incredible success we have had in beating the disease for the past two months despite widespread opening of economies across the U.S. This should be a cause of celebration, not reclosing of the economy.
Government critics who have long used insufficient testing as their rallying cry against Trump are finally getting the testing they asked for, only to use selective bits of it to stoke more fear. It is time for state and federal leaders to tell people the complete story and end the lockdowns. We can't let the cure be worse than the disease, especially when the disease is already nearly gone.
Published with permission from the American Thinker.
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lifesitenews--2020-07-20--Mainstream media’s credibility has collapsed after coronavirus, Floyd riots

July 20 , 2020 ( American Thinker ) — The last few months have represented a microcosm of just how destructive the mainstream media and their accomplices in the Democratic Party are .
Their masks may cover their faces when they are seen in public , but their veils have been fully ripped off .
Make no mistake : the media are just as conniving , cynical , and nefarious as ever , but now they do not even pretend to care about journalistic standards of objectivity , integrity , professionalism , or the well-being of this country .
They @ @ @ @ @ @ @ suckers and underestimating our intelligence for years .
Now they truly believe we are blithering idiots , and just as naïve as they always thought we were .
Read the Washington Post or the New York Times , turn on CNN or MSNBC on any given day over the last few months , and all you will find is old-fashioned yellow journalism and nonstop hatred of all things pertaining to President Donald Trump , as so called `` objective reporters '' attempt to sway the 2020 election in Joe Biden 's favor .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ listen to `` reporters '' interrupt , rant , and rave as they ask Trump and his press secretary Kayleigh McEnany nonsensical questions such as `` How many deaths are acceptable '' ; `` Does President Trump believe that it was a good thing that the South lost the Civil War ?
`` ; `` You 've said many times that the U.S. is doing far better than any other country .
When it comes to testing ... why is this a global competition to you , if every day Americans are still @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Is it possible that your impulse to put a positive spin on things may be giving Americans a false sense of hope ? ''
Tune in to the post–press briefing coverage , or post-truth coverage ( whichever you prefer ) , as Trump is portrayed as an unhinged lunatic melting down in front of us .
No matter that he is forced to respond to one hostile and imbecilic question after another .
Please forgive the CNN and MSNBC anchors for their regular demonizing and chiding of the president .
Their reporters are @ @ @ @ @ @ @ their jobs , calling it as they see it .
That 's what they keep telling us , anyway .
We are simply not intelligent enough to understand why Trump might not always exude an inner Zen-like demeanor , as reporters repeatedly refer to him as racist and xenophobic and accuse him of causing death on the country , all in one press conference .
Watch as MSNBC in true Orwellian fashion cuts away from a live press briefing , while CNN calls it propaganda as Trump plays a video of news anchors @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of the virus in January and February , even as he issued the travel ban on China .
Listen to the media and the Democrat leaders blame the Trump administration 's response to the virus , even as Democrat governors Gavin Newsom , Andrew Cuomo , and Phil Murphy praised his administration and the federal government 's unprecedented response to the virus , in setting up mobile testing sites and distributing PPE , including thousands of ventilators , respirators , gowns , masks , naval ships , and building field hospitals for patients @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Watch as the media blame Republican governors for an increase in positive COVID-19 cases in states such as Florida , Texas , Arizona , and Georgia , even as they praise Democrat governors for their handling of the virus in states with the most coronavirus deaths including New York , New Jersey , Massachusetts , Illinois , California , Pennsylvania , Michigan , and Connecticut .
Listen to the media fawn over a rare Biden speech , as he reads from a teleprompter and rewrites his own history on the virus : `` @ @ @ @ @ @ @ month , as many of us urged him to step up and do his job , he failed us .
Just look at the record .
In January , I , along with others , sounded the alarm of the coronavirus outbreak . ''
No matter that on the very day in January when Trump issued the travel ban from China , Biden criticized the president for doing so and said , `` In moments like this , this is where the credibility of a president is most needed [ . ]
... @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 's record of hysterical xenophobia , and fear-mongering . ''
Read the Times portraying Trump 's Mount Rushmore speech ( one in which he honored our founding fathers ) as racially divisive and scorning his supporters for attending the rally without social distancing , `` a packed crowd of sign-waving supporters , few of whom wore masks . ''
Just one day earlier , the Times published an article , `` Black Lives Matter May Be the Largest Movement in U.S .
History . ''
The article asserted , `` The recent Black @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , when half a million people turned out in nearly 550 places across the United States . ''
In other words , highlight the strength of the Black Lives Matter movement , while also failing to make any mention of the supposed catastrophic effects of gathering in large crowds , during a health pandemic , that the media keep insisting is heading in the wrong direction .
Watch as Trump is chided for wanting to reopen schools so that middle- and lower-income parents can return to work and earn a living for their @ @ @ @ @ @ @ their children .
Listen to the backlash the president 's education secretary receives as she raises the mental health issue of keeping children home or suggests that falling farther behind grade-level subjects in math , science , English , and history could have severe long-term consequences .
The media are openly rooting for a surge in coronavirus cases , cheering for violence and racial division in our streets , praying for a slow economic recovery , and demanding that children stay home from school because they are hoping it will hurt Trump at @ @ @ @ @ @ @ off for the mainstream media .
On November 3 , the veils will also come off for the American voters .
David Keltz is a speechwriter in the Executive Branch and the author of Media Bias in the Trump Presidency and the Extinction of the Conservative Millennial .
He was a former White House intern in the Office of the Vice President .
Published with permission from the American Thinker .

The last few months have represented a microcosm of just how destructive the mainstream media and their accomplices in the Democratic Party are.
July 20, 2020 (American Thinker) — The last few months have represented a microcosm of just how destructive the mainstream media and their accomplices in the Democratic Party are. Their masks may cover their faces when they are seen in public, but their veils have been fully ripped off. Make no mistake: the media are just as conniving, cynical, and nefarious as ever, but now they do not even pretend to care about journalistic standards of objectivity, integrity, professionalism, or the well-being of this country. They have been playing the American people for suckers and underestimating our intelligence for years. Now they truly believe we are blithering idiots, and just as naïve as they always thought we were.
Read the Washington Post or the New York Times, turn on CNN or MSNBC on any given day over the last few months, and all you will find is old-fashioned yellow journalism and nonstop hatred of all things pertaining to President Donald Trump, as so called “objective reporters” attempt to sway the 2020 election in Joe Biden's favor. Watch a White House press briefing and listen to “reporters” interrupt, rant, and rave as they ask Trump and his press secretary Kayleigh McEnany nonsensical questions such as “How many deaths are acceptable“; “Does President Trump believe that it was a good thing that the South lost the Civil War?“; “You've said many times that the U.S. is doing far better than any other country. When it comes to testing … why is this a global competition to you, if every day Americans are still losing their lives?“; “Is it possible that your impulse to put a positive spin on things may be giving Americans a false sense of hope?“
Tune in to the post–press briefing coverage, or post-truth coverage (whichever you prefer), as Trump is portrayed as an unhinged lunatic melting down in front of us. No matter that he is forced to respond to one hostile and imbecilic question after another. Please forgive the CNN and MSNBC anchors for their regular demonizing and chiding of the president. Their reporters are brave patriots and impartial jurors simply doing their jobs, calling it as they see it. That's what they keep telling us, anyway. We are simply not intelligent enough to understand why Trump might not always exude an inner Zen-like demeanor, as reporters repeatedly refer to him as racist and xenophobic and accuse him of causing death on the country, all in one press conference.
Watch as MSNBC in true Orwellian fashion cuts away from a live press briefing, while CNN calls it propaganda as Trump plays a video of news anchors in their own words downplaying the severity of the virus in January and February, even as he issued the travel ban on China. Listen to the media and the Democrat leaders blame the Trump administration's response to the virus, even as Democrat governors Gavin Newsom, Andrew Cuomo, and Phil Murphy praised his administration and the federal government's unprecedented response to the virus, in setting up mobile testing sites and distributing PPE, including thousands of ventilators, respirators, gowns, masks, naval ships, and building field hospitals for patients across all fifty states and territories. Watch as the media blame Republican governors for an increase in positive COVID-19 cases in states such as Florida, Texas, Arizona, and Georgia, even as they praise Democrat governors for their handling of the virus in states with the most coronavirus deaths including New York, New Jersey, Massachusetts, Illinois, California, Pennsylvania, Michigan, and Connecticut.
Listen to the media fawn over a rare Biden speech, as he reads from a teleprompter and rewrites his own history on the virus: “Donald Trump failed us. Month after month, as many of us urged him to step up and do his job, he failed us. Just look at the record. In January, I, along with others, sounded the alarm of the coronavirus outbreak.” No matter that on the very day in January when Trump issued the travel ban from China, Biden criticized the president for doing so and said, “In moments like this, this is where the credibility of a president is most needed[.] … This is no time for Donald Trump's record of hysterical xenophobia, and fear-mongering.”
Read the Times portraying Trump's Mount Rushmore speech (one in which he honored our founding fathers) as racially divisive and scorning his supporters for attending the rally without social distancing, “a packed crowd of sign-waving supporters, few of whom wore masks.” Just one day earlier, the Times published an article, “Black Lives Matter May Be the Largest Movement in U.S. History.” The article asserted, “The recent Black Lives Matter protests peaked on June 6, when half a million people turned out in nearly 550 places across the United States.” In other words, highlight the strength of the Black Lives Matter movement, while also failing to make any mention of the supposed catastrophic effects of gathering in large crowds, during a health pandemic, that the media keep insisting is heading in the wrong direction.
Watch as Trump is chided for wanting to reopen schools so that middle- and lower-income parents can return to work and earn a living for their families without also having to look after their children. Listen to the backlash the president's education secretary receives as she raises the mental health issue of keeping children home or suggests that falling farther behind grade-level subjects in math, science, English, and history could have severe long-term consequences.
The media are openly rooting for a surge in coronavirus cases, cheering for violence and racial division in our streets, praying for a slow economic recovery, and demanding that children stay home from school because they are hoping it will hurt Trump at the polls. The veils have come off for the mainstream media. On November 3, the veils will also come off for the American voters.
David Keltz is a speechwriter in the Executive Branch and the author of Media Bias in the Trump Presidency and the Extinction of the Conservative Millennial. He was a former White House intern in the Office of the Vice President.
Published with permission from the American Thinker.
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lifesitenews--2020-07-20--Minneapolis parish advertises ‘take-away’ Communion in plastic bags

Urgent appeal to the bishops of the world : Feed your flock !
Sign the petition here .
Update July 20 , 2020 6:09 p.m. EDT : Pax Christi parish deleted the second video mentioned in this article .
LifeSiteNews saved a copy of it , which can be viewed here .
EDEN PRAIRIE , Minneapolis , July 20 , 2020 ( LifeSiteNews ) — A Catholic parish in the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis has published a YouTube video instructing laity to collect Holy Communion from plastic bags at the back of the church and consume the hosts @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
The video was produced by the Pax Christi parish in Eden Prairie , Minneapolis , and was highlighted last week on the blog of American priest Father John Zuhlsdorf .
The parish has now removed the video and Zuhlsdorf reports that a priest of the archdiocese has informed him that “ this sacrilegious farce was shut down.
” But the video is still available to view online , as the Catholic website Complicit Clergy made a copy which includes contact details for concerned Catholics to contact Archbishop of St. Paul and Minneapolis @ @ @ @ @ @ @ minimize points of contact the ushers will dismiss you to receive Holy Communion at the rear of the worship space starting from the back of the church .
In each section you will be directed to leave through the closest exit .
The consecrated Communion hosts will be in individual packets on tables at the exit points .
Take only one packet per person , ” a video narrator instructed those planning to attend Mass at the parish .
“ As you leave the worship space please do not linger around .
Proceed @ @ @ @ @ @ @ safe social distance of 6 to 10 feet keeping your mask on until you are in your car .
Once you 're in your vehicle you may consume the host , ” the narrator concluded .
The parish has now released another video which appears to show people leaving the church with the “ Communion bags , ” continues to refer to “ Communion tables ” and says that “ Communion distribution…will occur as you leave the worship space.
” On its website the Pax Christi parish also advertises a Tai Chi group @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Catholic dioceses around the world have attempted to ban Communion on the tongue in response to the coronavirus crisis , this video is another example of some parishes adopting novel means of laity self-administering Communion .
In April several Catholic churches in Switzerland began offering pre-packaged consecrated hosts for the faithful to take and consume at home amid the prohibition of public Masses .
The consecrated hosts , which , as Catholics believe , contain the body , blood , soul , and divinity of Jesus Christ , were put into small containers @ @ @ @ @ @ @ are made out of paper .
The official news website of the Swiss Bishops ’ Conference reported about the practice in a favorable light , not asking any questions about its appropriateness .
In both instances , concerned faithful have pointed out the grave risk of particles of the Blessed Sacrament remaining on packages which are designed to be casually thrown away and of such parishes being targeted by those who wish to deliberately desecrate the Eucharist .
“ Black mass loving satanists are going to have a field day !
” one @ @ @ @ @ @ @ post on the Minneapolis video .
Swiss churches put consecrated hosts in match boxes for faithful to take

Parishioners are to consume the Eucharist in their cars, according to the video.
Urgent appeal to the bishops of the world: Feed your flock! Sign the petition here.
Update July 20, 2020 6:09 p.m. EDT: Pax Christi parish deleted the second video mentioned in this article. LifeSiteNews saved a copy of it, which can be viewed here.
EDEN PRAIRIE, Minneapolis, July 20, 2020 (LifeSiteNews) — A Catholic parish in the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis has published a YouTube video instructing laity to collect Holy Communion from plastic bags at the back of the church and consume the hosts in their cars because of the coronavirus.
The video was produced by the Pax Christi parish in Eden Prairie, Minneapolis, and was highlighted last week on the blog of American priest Father John Zuhlsdorf.
The parish has now removed the video and Zuhlsdorf reports that a priest of the archdiocese has informed him that “this sacrilegious farce was shut down.”
But the video is still available to view online, as the Catholic website Complicit Clergy made a copy which includes contact details for concerned Catholics to contact Archbishop of St. Paul and Minneapolis, Bernard A. Hebda.
“To minimize points of contact the ushers will dismiss you to receive Holy Communion at the rear of the worship space starting from the back of the church. In each section you will be directed to leave through the closest exit. The consecrated Communion hosts will be in individual packets on tables at the exit points. Take only one packet per person,” a video narrator instructed those planning to attend Mass at the parish.
“As you leave the worship space please do not linger around. Proceed directly to your vehicle and maintain a safe social distance of 6 to 10 feet keeping your mask on until you are in your car. Once you're in your vehicle you may consume the host,” the narrator concluded.
The parish has now released another video which appears to show people leaving the church with the “Communion bags,” continues to refer to “Communion tables” and says that “Communion distribution…will occur as you leave the worship space.”
On its website the Pax Christi parish also advertises a Tai Chi group which meets every Wednesday.
While many Catholic dioceses around the world have attempted to ban Communion on the tongue in response to the coronavirus crisis, this video is another example of some parishes adopting novel means of laity self-administering Communion.
In April several Catholic churches in Switzerland began offering pre-packaged consecrated hosts for the faithful to take and consume at home amid the prohibition of public Masses. The consecrated hosts, which, as Catholics believe, are the body, blood, soul, and divinity of Jesus Christ, were put into small containers that look like a match box and are made out of paper. The official news website of the Swiss Bishops’ Conference reported about the practice in a favorable light, not asking any questions about its appropriateness.
In both instances, concerned faithful have pointed out the grave risk of particles of the Blessed Sacrament remaining on packages which are designed to be casually thrown away and of such parishes being targeted by those who wish to deliberately desecrate the Eucharist.
“Black mass loving satanists are going to have a field day!” one commenter posted at Zuhlsdorf’s blog post on the Minneapolis video.
Contact information for respectful Communication:
Archbishop Bernard A. Hebda.
Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis
777 Forest Street
Saint Paul, MN 55106-3857
(651) 291-4400
Online contact form
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