lifesitenews--2020-11-10--Popular US priest urges bishops amid increasing COVID restrictions: ‘Fight for us!’

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November 10 , 2020 ( LifeSiteNews ) — In a blog post at the National Catholic Register , Msgr .
Charles Pope appealed to the country ’ s bishops to fight more proactively for the right of the faithful to practice their faith publicly .
He said their response to the lockdowns in the spring , as well as to continuing restrictions , have given many people the message that “ ( y ) our physical health @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ” Noting that many European countries are heading into severe lockdowns in response to increasing positive test numbers , he worries that pressure to follow suit will likewise increase in the United States , and that this will be a test of the bishops ’ resolve to put spiritual concerns above temporal ones .
The role that the Church will play leading up to potential new draconian lockdowns is particularly concerning to the priest of the Archdiocese of Washington .
The bishops ’ supine acceptance of coronavirus restrictions has had the effect that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Church , the sacraments and the Sacred Liturgy just aren ’ t all that critical , ” such that “ only 30 percent on average have returned to Mass.
” Pleading with the bishops to “ fight for us , ” Pope outlined nine points the bishops should consider in order to show their faithful that the public practice of the faith is indeed essential .
In summary form , these points are : • Proactively resist lockdowns by engaging officials and making use of every legal appeal available .
• Demand clear @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of spread , allying with Protestant and Jewish communities whenever possible .
• Demand legal hearings when government fails to produce evidence , while insisting that gathering for public worship is essential to religious liberty .
• Emphasize the difference between the way that people gather in churches as opposed to restaurants and bars with respect to seating and socializing .
• Insist that the care of souls is more essential to human flourishing than any of the services the government is calling “ essential ” .
• In the event that public @ @ @ @ @ @ @ clergy who seek ways to provide the sacraments in creative ways , and should not forbid clergy to keep churches open or to administer the sacraments .
• Clergy should not so much encourage the practice of making a spiritual communion but seek to provide Holy Communion to the faithful outside of Mass .
• Even if Mass attendance is limited , do not cancel Masses entirely .
The Mass should be offered publicly , even if only 10 people can be in attendance .
• “ Please , good bishops , fight @ @ @ @ @ @ @ important to simply cancel their availability.
” Saying the costs of lockdowns “ seem clearly to outweigh the possible benefits , ” Pope pointed out some of the “ severe , ” “ heinous , ” and “ odious ” effects apart from the impact on Catholics going to church , including the harm to the poor and small business owners and the increase of “ depression , suicide , alcohol and drug abuse , deferred medical and dental treatment , divorce and loneliness.
” Noting that “ we have accepted mandates that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , ” Pope expressed deep concern “ that we have ceded our rights to government officials out of a fear that far outweighs the actual threat.
” He considered it “ far wiser to do what we have done in previous pandemics : isolate and protect the sick , the vulnerable and those known to be contagious ” while upholding the rights of everyone to live a fully human life .
Pope has been steadfast in warning against fearful reactions to the pandemic , despite his own hospitalization due to the virus earlier @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Americans to not give into ‘ demonic ’ fear over pandemic Washington Post ’ s hit piece on COVID-stricken priest left out these important facts

Msgr. Charles Pope mentioned nine things bishops should do to show the faithful that public worship is essential.
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November 10, 2020 (LifeSiteNews) — In a blog post at the National Catholic Register, Msgr. Charles Pope appealed to the country’s bishops to fight more proactively for the right of the faithful to practice their faith publicly. He said their response to the lockdowns in the spring, as well as to continuing restrictions, have given many people the message that “(y)our physical health is more important than your spiritual health.”
Noting that many European countries are heading into severe lockdowns in response to increasing positive test numbers, he worries that pressure to follow suit will likewise increase in the United States, and that this will be a test of the bishops’ resolve to put spiritual concerns above temporal ones.
The role that the Church will play leading up to potential new draconian lockdowns is particularly concerning to the priest of the Archdiocese of Washington. The bishops’ supine acceptance of coronavirus restrictions has had the effect that “people got the message that the Church, the sacraments and the Sacred Liturgy just aren’t all that critical,” such that “only 30 percent on average have returned to Mass.”
Pleading with the bishops to “fight for us,” Pope outlined nine points the bishops should consider in order to show their faithful that the public practice of the faith is indeed essential. In summary form, these points are:
Proactively resist lockdowns by engaging officials and making use of every legal appeal available. Demand clear evidence that church gatherings are a source of spread, allying with Protestant and Jewish communities whenever possible. Demand legal hearings when government fails to produce evidence, while insisting that gathering for public worship is essential to religious liberty. Emphasize the difference between the way that people gather in churches as opposed to restaurants and bars with respect to seating and socializing. Insist that the care of souls is more essential to human flourishing than any of the services the government is calling “essential”. In the event that public liturgies are forbidden, bishops should support clergy who seek ways to provide the sacraments in creative ways, and should not forbid clergy to keep churches open or to administer the sacraments. Clergy should not so much encourage the practice of making a spiritual communion but seek to provide Holy Communion to the faithful outside of Mass. Even if Mass attendance is limited, do not cancel Masses entirely. The Mass should be offered publicly, even if only 10 people can be in attendance. “Please, good bishops, fight for us! The sacraments are too important to simply cancel their availability.”
Saying the costs of lockdowns “seem clearly to outweigh the possible benefits,” Pope pointed out some of the “severe,” “heinous,” and “odious” effects apart from the impact on Catholics going to church, including the harm to the poor and small business owners and the increase of “depression, suicide, alcohol and drug abuse, deferred medical and dental treatment, divorce and loneliness.”
— Article continues below Petition — U.S. Catholic Bishops: Retract premature and offensive statement "congratulating" Biden-Harris Show Petition Text 13406 have signed the petition. Let's get to 15000 ! Thank you for signing this petition! Add your signature: Show Petition Text Country... State... Sign this Petition PETITION UPDATE (12/10/20) Prior to the election on November 3, the U.S. bishops as a whole did not address Joe Biden’s anti-Catholic position regarding faith and morals. The bishops’ lack of clarity is a scandal in itself and probably contributed to the possible election of a pro-abortion “Catholic” to the presidency. The bishops could have spoken out against Biden’s stance collectively, but they were overwhelmingly silent. Because of this, they will be at least partly responsible for the policies advanced by a Biden administration, in the event that Biden is sworn into office. Please SIGN and SHARE this petition today! Since Archbishop José H. Gomez and the USCCB prematurely congratulated Joe Biden as “the second United States president to profess the Catholic faith,” Gomez has announced that Archbishop Allen H. Vigneron will lead a “working group” to deal with a Biden Administration. Although Joe Biden professes to be a Catholic, he supports policies that directly oppose the teaching of the Catholic Church, including abortion, homosexual “marriage,” and transgenderism for children. “[Biden has] given us reason to believe that he will support policies that are against some fundamental values that we hold dear as Catholics. These policies include the repeal of the Hyde Amendment and the preservation of Roe v. Wade. Both of these policies undermine our pre-eminent priority of the elimination of abortion,” said Gomez. On November 9, Archbishop Strickland of Tyler, Texas tweeted: “A dark cloud has descended on this nation when the USCCB and Planned Parenthood speak in unison in support of a Biden-Harris administration that supports the slaughter of innocents by abortion for all 9 months of pregnancy.” Additionally, Archbishop Samuel Aquila of Denver, Colorado and Archbishop Charles Chaput have both declared publicly that Joe Biden “should not receive Holy Communion." Unfortunately, Cardinal Wilton Gregory of Washington, D.C. has said that he will give Holy Communion to Biden because “it’s a matter of the responsibility that I have as the archbishop to be engaged and to be in dialogue with him, even in those areas where we obviously have some differences.” Bishop W. Francis Malooly of Wilmington, Delaware and Bishop McElroy of San Diego also congratulated Biden in statements, but they have not indicated whether or not they would administer Holy Communion to him. The bishops should not congratulate someone who has betrayed his Catholic Faith like Joe Biden has. It's an embarrassment and a scandal. FOR MORE INFORMATION: https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/us-bishops-concerned-about-pro-abortion-biden-previously-hailed-him-as-second-catholic-president https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/abp-aquila-backs-call-for-pro-abortion-catholic-joe-biden-to-be-denied-holy-communion?utm_source=top_news&utm_campaign=standard https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/former-philly-archbishop-biden-not-in-full-communion-with-the-catholic-church https://www.thesoutherncross.org/news/bishop-mcelroy-offers-prayers-and-congratulations-to-president-elect-biden/ https://www.ncronline.org/news/politics/us-catholics-weigh-mixed-reaction-biden-win _______________________________________________________________________ The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops has finally spoken on Joe Biden and Kamala Harris.... Not to chastise them for their blatant anti-life, anti-family and anti-Catholic views, but to "congratulate" them on "[being elected]"! BUT, as everyone know, the anti-Catholic Biden-Harris ticket has NOT been elected. Please SIGN and SHARE this urgent petition to the U.S. Catholic bishops telling them to retract their premature and offensive statement on the media's call of the election in Biden's favor. As of the launch of this petition on November 9, NOT ONE STATE has certified the election results. All of the results are tentative and many are being litigated. So, this is not the time for the bishops to falsely assert that Biden "has received enough votes to be elected the 46th President of the United States." That's just not true, and for the bishops to willingly play along with the media's attempt to sweep allegations of voter fraud under the rug, is shocking behavior. And, while Joe Biden may profess the Catholic Faith, he has also stated his support for abortion, homosexual "marriage," and recently, transgenderism for children. For bishops, therefore, to congratulate a traitor to the Catholic Faith like Joe Biden, it requires a disturbing level of arrogance and pride. That is not to say they should stand in judgement. But to congratulate such a man, rather than chastise him, sends exactly the wrong message to the faithful, 50% of whom are believed to have supported Biden in his election bid. Stop ingratiating yourselves to a person who is advocating mass murder! Stop congratulating this anti-Catholic "Catholic." For goodness' sake, grow a backbone and start defending the Faith! 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Noting that “we have accepted mandates that don’t even seem to work,” Pope expressed deep concern “that we have ceded our rights to government officials out of a fear that far outweighs the actual threat.”
He considered it “far wiser to do what we have done in previous pandemics: isolate and protect the sick, the vulnerable and those known to be contagious” while upholding the rights of everyone to live a fully human life.
Pope has been steadfast in warning against fearful reactions to the pandemic, despite his own hospitalization due to the virus earlier this year.
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lifesitenews--2020-11-10--Orthodoxy without charity is not christianity

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lifesitenews--2020-11-10--How massive voter fraud was facilitated in three swing states: Pennsylvania, Georgia, and Nevada

November 10 , 2020 ( LifeSiteNews ) – Under the pretense of coronavirus hysteria , Democrats implemented a national , orchestrated push to loosen accountability in the voting process , which they have now evidently exploited with massive voter fraud enabling even their ability to flip a lopsided presidential election .
Attorney General Bill Barr warned in September that “ mail-in voting ” schemes were “ reckless and dangerous ” due to their being “ very open to fraud and coercion , ” and that this understanding was broadly acknowledged prior to the arrival of the Trump administration .
Throughout @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , ” the Democrats laid the groundwork for this absurd outcome by advancing an ongoing loosening of accountability in the voting process , including universal mail-in balloting , the extension of time to accept or “ cure ” mail-in ballots , and the removal of provisions that are meant to prevent “ ballot harvesting.
” Here is how their campaign to open-up vulnerabilities in our election process has enabled them , through evident voter fraud , to potentially steal elections in three important states .
In Pennsylvania , even prior to any COVID-19 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Democrat Gov .
Tom Wolf signed a bill that expanded mail-in voting as an “ automatic option , ” where voters can submit their ballots “ up to 50 days before an election … the longest vote-by-mail period in the country.
” Yet according to this legislation , mail-in ballots still had to be received by election day in order to be legally counted .
With the “ pandemic ” as a pretense , the Democrats sued in order to extend this deadline , going before their Democrat-dominated state Supreme Court , which @ @ @ @ @ @ @ three-day extension .
Though Pennsylvania Republicans appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court requesting the election day statutory deadline be recognized and maintained , the court declined to take up the case .
However , in her representation before the U.S. Supreme Court , Democrat Secretary of State Kathy Boockvar indicated that her “ guidance to the counties regarding ballots received after 8 p.m. on Nov. 3 would be that those ballots would be segregated.
” This is especially necessary , according to Pennsylvania Republicans , since such ballots remain “ the subject of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ” Secondly , within the September case before the Pennsylvania Supreme Court , Boockvar recognized , along with the Majority Opinion , that there was “ no statutory or constitutional basis ” to require county boards of election “ to contact voters when faced with a defective ballot and afford them an opportunity to cure defects , ” otherwise known as “ curing ” ballots .
Within the two days before the election , however , Boockvar issued two directives which violated these recognized commitments above , and thus , according to Pennsylvania @ @ @ @ @ @ @ altered the manner in which Pennsylvania ’ s election is being conducted.
” As a result , Pennsylvania Senate President Pro Tempore Joe Scarnati , a Republican , and Republican Majority Leader Jake Corman called for her immediate resignation .
The senators wrote : The constantly changing guidance ( Boockvar ) has delivered to counties not only directly contradicts the Election Code language she is sworn to uphold , but also conflicts her own litigation statements and decisions of both the Pennsylvania Supreme Court and the United States Supreme Court .
Secretary Boockvar @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 28 that ballots received after 8 p.m. on November 3 would be segregated , but she changed the rules on November 1 and directed counties to canvass ( submit for counting ) those ballots as soon as possible upon receipt .
In some counties , it is not possible to both segregate and canvass ballots as directed .
This directive leaves open the possibility that timely votes will be commingled with votes received after 8 p.m. on Election Day , despite the fact that these votes remain the subject of litigation before the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ changed the rules again on November 2 when they provided last-second guidance directing counties to provide information to help voters whose mail-in or absentee ballots were incorrectly completed so those voters could vote on a provisional ballot .
The late release of this ‘ guidance ’ resulted in inconsistent application across the counties – some of whom contacted voters as directed and some who did not .
There is no basis for this guidance in current law .
The Secretary created this new process out of thin air .
The senators concluded affirming @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of the positions she is on record of supporting in litigation , … ( a ) blatant disregard for … the law , ” and they represent her “ most recent efforts to weaken the state ’ s voting system and damage the integrity and confidence in our elections.
” As a result , although President Donald Trump had a 700,000-vote lead in Pennsylvania on Election Night , the mail-in balloting over the next several days poured in and somehow allowed his challenger , Democratic nominee Joe Biden , to open up a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ victory .
President Trump attorney Rudy Giuliani announced they would file lawsuits on Monday and he believed they had enough evidence of fraud in Pennsylvania to reverse the apparent results of the election in that state .
Furthermore , on Monday , 10 state Republican attorneys general filed an amicus brief to the U.S. Supreme Court requesting they reverse the Pennsylvania Supreme Court decision above allowing a three day extension to receive ballots after Election Day , “ even without postmarks.
” The submission asserted that in this decision , the Pennsylvania Supreme @ @ @ @ @ @ @ encroached on the authority of the Pennsylvania legislature , and violated the plain language of the Election Clauses.
” As a possible result , Real Clear Politics removed Pennsylvania from its Biden column and classified it , again , as “ undecided ” leaving the Democratic nominee with only 259 electoral votes , an insufficient “ projected ” amount to win the presidency .
In like manner , Democrats sued the state of Georgia in August to extend the deadline for mail-in ballots to be received and counted , citing the “ pandemic @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Judge Eleanor Ross in Atlanta , an Obama appointee , extended the deadline in Georgia three days .
Georgia law also requires the state to notify a voter if they have to reject their mail-in ballot due to a missing or defective signature , a lack of proper identification , or the like .
With the new three-day timeframe involved , such voters can now “ cure ” their ballots within this period .
Therefore , with a prepared initiative , the Georgia Democrat Party trained and sent out activists to “ cure @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Election Day , through Friday , according to Kyle Olson of Breitbart .
But they only wanted to identify and assist Democrat voters for this exercise .
“ If an activist visits the home of a voter who said they cast a ballot for a Republican , ” Olson reported , volunteers were instructed to “ leave and not assist them.
” In July , the Democrat-controlled Nevada Legislature and Democrat Gov .
Steve Sisolak passed a bill requiring “ election officials to supply a mail-in ballot to all active , registered voters @ @ @ @ @ @ @ according to the registration lists that typically remain chronically inaccurate .
The new law also abolished the standard limitations that prevent “ ballot harvesting , ” the practice of individuals collecting multiple ballots from the vulnerable , such as the elderly , often through coercion or intimidation , and potentially discarding them .
Thus , according to statute , normally only particular individuals , such as family , friends , and mail carriers , may transmit a person ’ s absentee ballot to the appropriate clerk .
In response , the Republicans immediately @ @ @ @ @ @ @ lost .
They also filed suit to have security cameras installed in vote counting centers and lost as well .
As a result , according to former Nevada Attorney General Adam Paul Laxalt , a Republican , at a press conference announcing the filing of a post-election day lawsuit , there are “ multiple accounts of irregularities in the state including dead voters who were counted and thousands of votes counted who moved out of Clarke County.
” In a later development , Trump campaign lawyers formally requested comprehensive public records in Clark @ @ @ @ @ @ @ an election investigation .
On Saturday , a whistleblower in the state who worked with mail-in ballots provided a sworn affidavit testifying that he witnessed “ illegitimate processing of ballots as an election worker.
” These included being given a directive to “ ignore discrepancies with addresses.
” According to a Trump attorney , “ The affidavit makes clear that we ’ re not dealing with oversights or sloppiness .
This was intentional criminal conduct.
” On Monday afternoon , President Trump tweeted , “ Nevada is turning out to be a cesspool @ @ @ @ @ @ @ associates “ are finding things that , when released , will be absolutely shocking !
” Trump ‘ will not rest until the American People have the honest vote count they deserve ’ During a Sunday morning television interview , Sidney Powell , a member of President Trump ’ s legal team , affirmed “ there has been a massive and coordinated effort to steal this election from we the people of the United States of America.
” “ They have done it in every way imaginable , from having dead people vote @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ballots that exist only voting for Biden , ” she said .
She explained that their legal team had discovered more than 450,000 ballots in the swing states cast for Biden alone , with no down-ballot selections made .
She also charged that computer “ glitches ” that flipped votes from Trump to Biden were not an accident .
In a statement on Saturday , President Trump said , “ We all know why Joe Biden is rushing to falsely pose as the winner , and why his media allies are trying so @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ t want the truth to be exposed .
The simple fact is this election is far from over.
” “ Beginning Monday , ” he continued , “ our campaign will start prosecuting our case in court to ensure election laws are fully upheld and the rightful winner is seated .
The American People are entitled to an honest election : that means counting all legal ballots , and not counting any illegal ballots .
This is the only way to ensure the public has full confidence in our election .
It @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to agree with this basic principle and wants ballots counted even if they are fraudulent , manufactured , or cast by ineligible or deceased voters .
Only a party engaged in wrongdoing would unlawfully keep observers out of the count room – and then fight in court to block their access , ” he maintained .
“ So what is Biden hiding ?
I will not rest until the American People have the honest vote count they deserve and that Democracy demands.
” Voting machines in Georgia county working again after glitch Software @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to Biden in Michigan used across the country

ANALYSIS
November 10, 2020 (LifeSiteNews) – Under the pretense of coronavirus hysteria, Democrats implemented a national, orchestrated push to loosen accountability in the voting process, which they have now evidently exploited with massive voter fraud enabling even their ability to flip a lopsided presidential election.
Attorney General Bill Barr warned in September that “mail-in voting” schemes were “reckless and dangerous” due to their being “very open to fraud and coercion,” and that this understanding was broadly acknowledged prior to the arrival of the Trump administration.
Throughout these last several months of “crisis,” the Democrats laid the groundwork for this absurd outcome by advancing an ongoing loosening of accountability in the voting process, including universal mail-in balloting, the extension of time to accept or “cure” mail-in ballots, and the removal of provisions that are meant to prevent “ballot harvesting.”
Here is how their campaign to open-up vulnerabilities in our election process has enabled them, through evident voter fraud, to potentially steal elections in three important states.
Pennsylvania
In Pennsylvania, even prior to any COVID-19 concerns, in October 2019, Pennsylvania Democrat Gov. Tom Wolf signed a bill that expanded mail-in voting as an “automatic option,” where voters can submit their ballots “up to 50 days before an election … the longest vote-by-mail period in the country.”
Yet according to this legislation, mail-in ballots still had to be received by election day in order to be legally counted. With the “pandemic” as a pretense, the Democrats sued in order to extend this deadline, going before their Democrat-dominated state Supreme Court, which ruled in their favor, allowing a three-day extension.
Though Pennsylvania Republicans appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court requesting the election day statutory deadline be recognized and maintained, the court declined to take up the case.
However, in her representation before the U.S. Supreme Court, Democrat Secretary of State Kathy Boockvar indicated that her “guidance to the counties regarding ballots received after 8 p.m. on Nov. 3 would be that those ballots would be segregated.”
This is especially necessary, according to Pennsylvania Republicans, since such ballots remain “the subject of litigation before the United States Supreme Court.”
Secondly, within the September case before the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, Boockvar recognized, along with the Majority Opinion, that there was “no statutory or constitutional basis” to require county boards of election “to contact voters when faced with a defective ballot and afford them an opportunity to cure defects,” otherwise known as “curing” ballots.
Within the two days before the election, however, Boockvar issued two directives which violated these recognized commitments above, and thus, according to Pennsylvania Senate Republican leaders, she “fundamentally altered the manner in which Pennsylvania’s election is being conducted.”
As a result, Pennsylvania Senate President Pro Tempore Joe Scarnati, a Republican, and Republican Majority Leader Jake Corman called for her immediate resignation. The senators wrote:
The constantly changing guidance (Boockvar) has delivered to counties not only directly contradicts the Election Code language she is sworn to uphold, but also conflicts her own litigation statements and decisions of both the Pennsylvania Supreme Court and the United States Supreme Court. Secretary Boockvar told the U.S. Supreme Court on October 28 that ballots received after 8 p.m. on November 3 would be segregated, but she changed the rules on November 1 and directed counties to canvass (submit for counting) those ballots as soon as possible upon receipt. In some counties, it is not possible to both segregate and canvass ballots as directed. This directive leaves open the possibility that timely votes will be commingled with votes received after 8 p.m. on Election Day, despite the fact that these votes remain the subject of litigation before the United States Supreme Court. The Department changed the rules again on November 2 when they provided last-second guidance directing counties to provide information to help voters whose mail-in or absentee ballots were incorrectly completed so those voters could vote on a provisional ballot. The late release of this ‘guidance’ resulted in inconsistent application across the counties – some of whom contacted voters as directed and some who did not. There is no basis for this guidance in current law. The Secretary created this new process out of thin air.
The senators concluded affirming these actions were “a direct breach of the positions she is on record of supporting in litigation, … (a) blatant disregard for … the law,” and they represent her “most recent efforts to weaken the state’s voting system and damage the integrity and confidence in our elections.”
As a result, although President Donald Trump had a 700,000-vote lead in Pennsylvania on Election Night, the mail-in balloting over the next several days poured in and somehow allowed his challenger, Democratic nominee Joe Biden, to open up a modest margin, and he later declared victory.
President Trump attorney Rudy Giuliani announced they would file lawsuits on Monday and he believed they had enough evidence of fraud in Pennsylvania to reverse the apparent results of the election in that state.
Furthermore, on Monday, 10 state Republican attorneys general filed an amicus brief to the U.S. Supreme Court requesting they reverse the Pennsylvania Supreme Court decision above allowing a three day extension to receive ballots after Election Day, “even without postmarks.”
The submission asserted that in this decision, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court “overstepped its constitutional responsibility, encroached on the authority of the Pennsylvania legislature, and violated the plain language of the Election Clauses.”
As a possible result, Real Clear Politics removed Pennsylvania from its Biden column and classified it, again, as “undecided” leaving the Democratic nominee with only 259 electoral votes, an insufficient “projected” amount to win the presidency.
Georgia
In like manner, Democrats sued the state of Georgia in August to extend the deadline for mail-in ballots to be received and counted, citing the “pandemic” as a justification. U.S. District Judge Eleanor Ross in Atlanta, an Obama appointee, extended the deadline in Georgia three days.
Georgia law also requires the state to notify a voter if they have to reject their mail-in ballot due to a missing or defective signature, a lack of proper identification, or the like. With the new three-day timeframe involved, such voters can now “cure” their ballots within this period.
Therefore, with a prepared initiative, the Georgia Democrat Party trained and sent out activists to “cure” ballots that had been rejected on Election Day, through Friday, according to Kyle Olson of Breitbart.
But they only wanted to identify and assist Democrat voters for this exercise. “If an activist visits the home of a voter who said they cast a ballot for a Republican,” Olson reported, volunteers were instructed to “leave and not assist them.”
Nevada
In July, the Democrat-controlled Nevada Legislature and Democrat Gov. Steve Sisolak passed a bill requiring “election officials to supply a mail-in ballot to all active, registered voters in the state,” unsolicited, according to the registration lists that typically remain chronically inaccurate.
The new law also abolished the standard limitations that prevent “ballot harvesting,” the practice of individuals collecting multiple ballots from the vulnerable, such as the elderly, often through coercion or intimidation, and potentially discarding them. Thus, according to statute, normally only particular individuals, such as family, friends, and mail carriers, may transmit a person’s absentee ballot to the appropriate clerk.
In response, the Republicans immediately sued to block the new law and lost. They also filed suit to have security cameras installed in vote counting centers and lost as well.
As a result, according to former Nevada Attorney General Adam Paul Laxalt, a Republican, at a press conference announcing the filing of a post-election day lawsuit, there are “multiple accounts of irregularities in the state including dead voters who were counted and thousands of votes counted who moved out of Clarke County.”
In a later development, Trump campaign lawyers formally requested comprehensive public records in Clark County, Nevada, as part of an election investigation. On Saturday, a whistleblower in the state who worked with mail-in ballots provided a sworn affidavit testifying that he witnessed “illegitimate processing of ballots as an election worker.” These included being given a directive to “ignore discrepancies with addresses.”
According to a Trump attorney, “The affidavit makes clear that we’re not dealing with oversights or sloppiness. This was intentional criminal conduct.”
On Monday afternoon, President Trump tweeted, “Nevada is turning out to be a cesspool of Fake Votes,” and his associates “are finding things that, when released, will be absolutely shocking!”
Nevada is turning out to be a cesspool of Fake Votes. @mschlapp & @AdamLaxalt are finding things that, when released, will be absolutely shocking! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 9, 2020
Trump ‘will not rest until the American People have the honest vote count they deserve’
During a Sunday morning television interview, Sidney Powell, a member of President Trump’s legal team, affirmed “there has been a massive and coordinated effort to steal this election from we the people of the United States of America.”
“They have done it in every way imaginable, from having dead people vote in massive numbers to absolutely fraudulently creating ballots that exist only voting for Biden,” she said.
She explained that their legal team had discovered more than 450,000 ballots in the swing states cast for Biden alone, with no down-ballot selections made. She also charged that computer “glitches” that flipped votes from Trump to Biden were not an accident.
In a statement on Saturday, President Trump said, “We all know why Joe Biden is rushing to falsely pose as the winner, and why his media allies are trying so hard to help him: they don’t want the truth to be exposed. The simple fact is this election is far from over.”
“Beginning Monday,” he continued, “our campaign will start prosecuting our case in court to ensure election laws are fully upheld and the rightful winner is seated. The American People are entitled to an honest election: that means counting all legal ballots, and not counting any illegal ballots. This is the only way to ensure the public has full confidence in our election. It remains shocking that the Biden campaign refuses to agree with this basic principle and wants ballots counted even if they are fraudulent, manufactured, or cast by ineligible or deceased voters. Only a party engaged in wrongdoing would unlawfully keep observers out of the count room – and then fight in court to block their access,” he maintained. “So what is Biden hiding? I will not rest until the American People have the honest vote count they deserve and that Democracy demands.”
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lifesitenews--2020-11-10--Bill Barr okays Department of Justice investigation into election fraud allegations

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WASHINGTON , D.C. , November 10 , 2020 ( LifeSiteNews ) — The office of U.S. Attorney General Bill Barr has released a memo to senior government officials green-lighting an investigation into allegations of “ irregularities ” in last week ’ s recent presidential elections .
“ I authorize you to pursue substantial allegations of voting and vote tabulation irregularities prior to the certification of elections in your jurisdictions in certain cases , as I have already @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Barr .
The memo , signed by Barr yesterday , states that it is “ imperative ” that Americans can trust in the results of the election .
“ Now that the voting has concluded , it is imperative that the American people can trust that our elections were conducted in such a way that the outcomes accurately reflect the will of the voters , ” Barr stated .
“ ( The ) United States Justice Department has an obligation to ensure that federal elections are conducted in such a way that the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the electoral process and their government.
” The memo , addressed to the Assistant Attorneys General for the Criminal Division , Civil Rights Division and National Security Division , as well as the Director of the FBI , suggests that the usual advice of the Public Integrity Section ’ s Electoral Crime Branch would not be effective in bringing justice .
“ In instances in which they are consulted , the ECB ’ s general practice has been to counsel that overt investigative steps ordinarily should not be taken into consideration until the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ its results certified , and all recounts and election contests concluded , ” Barr wrote .
“ Such a passive and delayed enforcement approach can result in situations in which election misconduct can not realistically be rectified.
” The Attorney General also suggested that the ECB ’ s advice is more practical when the incidences of election fraud have not been numerous enough to “ impact the outcome of an election.
” “ While most allegations of purported election misconduct are of such a scale that they would not impact the outcome of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ can appropriately be deferred , that is not always the case , ” he wrote .
Barr also indicated that the Department of Justice ’ s “ overt ” investigations will not themselves have an inadvertent impact on the elections now that voting has been concluded .
This means that the DOJ can now go forward and investigate allegations of voter fraud so immense that they might have had an impact on the outcomes of the elections in some states .
“ Such inquiries and reviews may be conducted if there are clear @ @ @ @ @ @ @ if true , could potentially impact the outcome of a federal election in an individual State.
” Any investigation into irregularities deemed not to have swayed the outcome of the recent elections can be deferred until after certification , Barr added .
He stressed that DOJ personnel must be cautious and “ maintain the Department ’ s absolute commitment to fairness , neutrality and non-partisanship.
” Barr also said that nothing in the memo “ should be taken as any indication ” that the DOJ already believes voter fraud has swayed the results @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ Rather , I provide this authority and guidance to emphasize the need to timely and appropriately address allegations of voting irregularities so that all of the American people , regardless of their preferred candidate or party , can have full confidence in the results of our elections , ” he wrote .
“ The American people and the leaders they freely elect deserve nothing less.
” The memo follows allegations by President Donald Trump , members of the Trump campaign , Project Veritas , and others that supporters of Joe Biden ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ after , during , and leading up to the November 3 election .
Trump has also accused the mainstream media of election interference .
Help stop voter fraud : The Trump Campaign has created “ Defend Your Ballot ” to report election issues .
Report fraud here or call 888-630-1776 .
Project Veritas is also accepting voter fraud tips here .
The FBI says to report suspected instances of voter suppression/fraud to your local FBI field office or at tips.fbi.gov .

‘I authorize you to pursue substantial allegations of voting and vote tabulation irregularities prior to the certification of elections in your jurisdictions,’ the U.S. Attorney General wrote.
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WASHINGTON, D.C., November 10, 2020 (LifeSiteNews) — The office of U.S. Attorney General Bill Barr has released a memo to senior government officials green-lighting an investigation into allegations of “irregularities” in last week’s recent presidential elections.
“I authorize you to pursue substantial allegations of voting and vote tabulation irregularities prior to the certification of elections in your jurisdictions in certain cases, as I have already done in specific instances,” wrote Barr.
The memo, signed by Barr yesterday, states that it is “imperative” that Americans can trust in the results of the election.
“Now that the voting has concluded, it is imperative that the American people can trust that our elections were conducted in such a way that the outcomes accurately reflect the will of the voters,” Barr stated.
“(The) United States Justice Department has an obligation to ensure that federal elections are conducted in such a way that the American people can have full confidence in the electoral process and their government.”
The memo, addressed to the Assistant Attorneys General for the Criminal Division, Civil Rights Division and National Security Division, as well as the Director of the FBI, suggests that the usual advice of the Public Integrity Section’s Electoral Crime Branch would not be effective in bringing justice.
“In instances in which they are consulted, the ECB’s general practice has been to counsel that overt investigative steps ordinarily should not be taken into consideration until the election in question has been concluded, its results certified, and all recounts and election contests concluded,” Barr wrote.
“Such a passive and delayed enforcement approach can result in situations in which election misconduct cannot realistically be rectified.”
The Attorney General also suggested that the ECB’s advice is more practical when the incidences of election fraud have not been numerous enough to “impact the outcome of an election.”
“While most allegations of purported election misconduct are of such a scale that they would not impact the outcome of an election and, thus, investigation can appropriately be deferred, that is not always the case,” he wrote.
Barr also indicated that the Department of Justice’s “overt” investigations will not themselves have an inadvertent impact on the elections now that voting has been concluded. This means that the DOJ can now go forward and investigate allegations of voter fraud so immense that they might have had an impact on the outcomes of the elections in some states.
“Such inquiries and reviews may be conducted if there are clear and apparently-credible allegations of irregularities that, if true, could potentially impact the outcome of a federal election in an individual State.”
Any investigation into irregularities deemed not to have swayed the outcome of the recent elections can be deferred until after certification, Barr added. He stressed that DOJ personnel must be cautious and “maintain the Department’s absolute commitment to fairness, neutrality and non-partisanship.” Barr also said that nothing in the memo “should be taken as any indication” that the DOJ already believes voter fraud has swayed the results of the elections in any state.
“Rather, I provide this authority and guidance to emphasize the need to timely and appropriately address allegations of voting irregularities so that all of the American people, regardless of their preferred candidate or party, can have full confidence in the results of our elections,” he wrote.
“The American people and the leaders they freely elect deserve nothing less.”
The memo follows allegations by President Donald Trump, members of the Trump campaign, Project Veritas, and others that supporters of Joe Biden’s Democratic Party perpetrated massive voter fraud after, during, and leading up to the November 3 election.
Trump has also accused the mainstream media of election interference.
Help stop voter fraud: Project Veritas is accepting voter fraud tips here.
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lifesitenews--2020-11-10--LifeSite is hiring. Join our marketing and video team!

November 10 , 2020 ( LifeSiteNews ) – LifeSiteNews is hiring a Social Media Marketing Coordinator and an Assistant Video Editor .
We are facing a growing assault on all that is good and true in our world , and we need passionate , faith-filled men and women to come and join us in the fight to restore the Christian foundations of our society .
If you ’ re ready to give your life for the cause , then you ’ re in the right place .
The Social Media Marketing Coordinator will assist in all of LifeSiteNews ’ s @ @ @ @ @ @ @ social media properties , implementing strategies to grow our social media , designing digital marketing campaigns aimed at raising awareness about LifeSite ’ s main issues , and helping to run our quarterly fundraising campaigns on social media platforms .
We are looking for candidates who , in addition to the non-negotiable nuts and bolts digital marketing experience , also have some graphic design experience .
LifeSiteNews has offices in Front Royal , Virginia , and Toronto , Ontario , but many of our staff telecommute from home offices .
This position is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ read the full Social Media Marketing Coordinator job description and apply !
The responsibilities of the Assistant Video Editor will include a wide variety of audio and video production-based assignments including video and audio editing , motion graphics , filming and photography , and some graphic design as well as managing content on our YouTube/Vimeo accounts .
He or she will be directly involved in the audio and video production of our regular weekly podcasts , some on-the-ground video reporting , as well as a variety of other video-related initiatives .
The successful @ @ @ @ @ @ @ from home .
However , some travel will almost certainly be necessary to capture original video content and assist in setting up home studios for staff .
Click HERE to read the full job Assistant Video Editor job description and apply !
Successful candidates will have the opportunity to join a vibrant , passionate team of professionals committed to promoting the Culture of Life , and use their God-given talents to help us reach millions of people with the truth about life , family , and faith .

November 10, 2020 (LifeSiteNews) – LifeSiteNews is hiring a Social Media Marketing Coordinator and an Assistant Video Editor.
We are facing a growing assault on all that is good and true in our world, and we need passionate, faith-filled men and women to come and join us in the fight to restore the Christian foundations of our society.
If you’re ready to give your life for the cause, then you’re in the right place.
The Social Media Marketing Coordinator will assist in all of LifeSiteNews’s marketing activities: including managing our large social media properties, implementing strategies to grow our social media, designing digital marketing campaigns aimed at raising awareness about LifeSite’s main issues, and helping to run our quarterly fundraising campaigns on social media platforms. We are looking for candidates who, in addition to the non-negotiable nuts and bolts digital marketing experience, also have some graphic design experience.
LifeSiteNews has offices in Front Royal, Virginia, and Toronto, Ontario, but many of our staff telecommute from home offices. This position is open to telecommuters.
Click HERE to read the full Social Media Marketing Coordinator job description and apply!
The responsibilities of the Assistant Video Editor will include a wide variety of audio and video production-based assignments including video and audio editing, motion graphics, filming and photography, and some graphic design as well as managing content on our YouTube/Vimeo accounts. He or she will be directly involved in the audio and video production of our regular weekly podcasts, some on-the-ground video reporting, as well as a variety of other video-related initiatives. The successful candidate will be able to work remotely from home. However, some travel will almost certainly be necessary to capture original video content and assist in setting up home studios for staff. Click HERE to read the full job Assistant Video Editor job description and apply! Successful candidates will have the opportunity to join a vibrant, passionate team of professionals committed to promoting the Culture of Life, and use their God-given talents to help us reach millions of people with the truth about life, family, and faith.
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lifesitenews--2020-11-10--‘The Vatican fiction continues’: Abp. Viganò issues first response to McCarrick report

November 10 , 2020 ( LifeSiteNews ) – Below is the first reaction of Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò to the McCarrick report .
Today the official Report of the Holy See regarding the McCarrick case has been made public .
Before I express myself on its merit , I will take time to analyze its content .
However , I can not fail to note the surreal operation of mystification regarding who are the ones responsibile for covering up the scandals of the deposed American cardinal , and at the same time I can not help expressing my indignation in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ being made against me , when in fact I repeatedly denounced the inaction of the Holy See in the face of the gravity of the accusations concerning McCarrick ’ s conduct .
An unprejudiced commentator would note the more than suspicious timing of the report ’ s publication , as well as the attempt to throw discredit upon me , accused of disobedience and negligence by those who have every interest in delegitimizing the one who brought to light an unparalleled network of corruption and immorality .
The effrontery and fraudulent character shown @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , at this point , that we call this suggestive reconstruction of the facts “ The Viganò Report , ” sparing the reader the unpleasant surprise of seeing reality adulterated once again .
But this would have required intellectual honesty , even before love for justice and the truth .
Unlike many characters involved in this story , I do not have any reason to fear that the truth will contradict my denunciations , nor am I in any way blackmailable .
Anyone who launches unfounded accusations with the sole purpose of distracting @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the bitter surprise of finding that the operation conducted against me will not have any effect , other than giving further proof of the corruption and bad faith of those who for too long have been silent , made denials , and turned their gaze elsewhere , who today must be held accountable .
The Vatican fiction continues .

'Unlike many characters involved in this story, I do not have any reason to fear that the truth will contradict my denunciations, nor am I in any way blackmailable.'
November 10, 2020 (LifeSiteNews) – Below is the first reaction of Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò to the McCarrick report.
Today the official Report of the Holy See regarding the McCarrick case has been made public. Before I express myself on its merit, I will take time to analyze its content.
However, I cannot fail to note the surreal operation of mystification regarding who are the ones responsibile for covering up the scandals of the deposed American cardinal, and at the same time I cannot help expressing my indignation in seeing the same accusations of cover up being made against me, when in fact I repeatedly denounced the inaction of the Holy See in the face of the gravity of the accusations concerning McCarrick’s conduct.
An unprejudiced commentator would note the more than suspicious timing of the report’s publication, as well as the attempt to throw discredit upon me, accused of disobedience and negligence by those who have every interest in delegitimizing the one who brought to light an unparalleled network of corruption and immorality. The effrontery and fraudulent character shown on this occasion would seem to require, at this point, that we call this suggestive reconstruction of the facts “The Viganò Report,” sparing the reader the unpleasant surprise of seeing reality adulterated once again. But this would have required intellectual honesty, even before love for justice and the truth.
Unlike many characters involved in this story, I do not have any reason to fear that the truth will contradict my denunciations, nor am I in any way blackmailable. Anyone who launches unfounded accusations with the sole purpose of distracting the attention of public opinion will have the bitter surprise of finding that the operation conducted against me will not have any effect, other than giving further proof of the corruption and bad faith of those who for too long have been silent, made denials, and turned their gaze elsewhere, who today must be held accountable. The Vatican fiction continues.
+ Carlo Maria Viganò, Archbishop
November 10, 2020
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lifesitenews--2020-11-10--Trump sabía que habría fraude electoral, ahora las elecciones acabarán frente a la Corte Suprema

Steven W. Mosher es Presidente de Population Research Institute y autor de “ Bully of Asia : Why China ’ @ @ @ @ @ Threat to World Order ”

PETITION UPDATE (1/15/2021) -
The events of the past month, and especially the past 10 days, have shaken the faith Americans have in their elected and appoint officials.
We continue to call for investigations to be made into allegations of election fraud. Texas is in the process of prosecuting one political operative for illegal ballot harvesting, and multiple state legislatures have called for investigations, too.
However, the judiciary has severely let down the American electorate.
As we have said all along, the integrity of the election is much bigger than President Trump. Election integrity is at the heart of republican democracy, and if we don't have it, we no longer have a functioning republic.
Therefore, we continue to seek the truth for the election outcome. Perhaps that will only be known in the future when state or federal commissions are established to investigate the instances of election fraud which were witnessed and sworn to, by thousands of Americans of all political persuasions.
In the meantime, you may still sign this petition. Thank you!
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PETITION UPDATE (12/10/20) -
On Wednesday, President Trump tweeted: "We will be INTERVENING in the Texas (plus many other states) case. This is the big one. Our Country needs a victory!"
He is referring to the lawsuit which the state of Texas has filed against Michigan, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin and Georgia in the Supreme Court over changes those states made to their election rules, claiming they violated the U.S. Constitution in the process.
Here is the central part of the argument: if Texas were to allow possible voter fraud to go unchecked in Michigan, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, and Georgia, it would be akin to committing fraud upon the people of Texas, who cast their ballots within the framework of the law.
Indeed, this would apply equally to all citizens who voted within the framework of the law across the United States!
President Trump also tweeted that this case is, "very strong...ALL CRITERIA MET."
Please continue to SIGN and SHARE this urgent petition, now.
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PETITION UPDATE (12/7/20) - Since this petition was launched, President Trump's legal team, as well as other concerned citizens, have discovered what appears to be irrefutable evidence of voter fraud in several of the key battleground states, and have initiated legal challenges in six states.
While the situation continues to evolve, this remains a hugely important petition which we encourage you to SIGN and SHARE.
Below, please WATCH and READ about the mounting evidence of voter fraud and how the mainstream media seem determined to ignore even the most egregious instances of vote tampering. Then, please SIGN and SHARE this petition.
'Trump: ‘Our election system is now under assault and siege’ and as president I must defend it'
'Tens of thousands 2020 election votes illegally scanned in Detroit, says Dominion IT contractor'
'Trump campaign files lawsuit demanding ‘a new statewide election for president’ in Georgia'
'Experts flag over 500k ballots in PA with new evidence of major 2020 election voter fraud'
''Smoking gun'? Pennsylvania vote fraud hearing gets gasps from audience'
'FBI and Justice Department have dragged their feet investigating 2020 vote fraud'
''CNN top brass in leaked tape: We won't give Trump 'too much of a platform on his not conceding'
'Twitter censored Trump 63 times over Thanksgiving holiday, Biden untouched'
LifeSite supports President Trump with this petition because we believe he is trying to defend the Constitution, ensuring that electoral fraud does not taint the result of the 2020 general election.
But, since starting this petition, we have launched a separate petition related to the disputed election outcome, calling on the Department of Justice to 'do their job' and engage in meaningful investigations of the mounting evidence of voter fraud.
We believe that conducting forensic audits of ballots and voting machines, as well as issuing subpoenas to collect more evidence, would be a good start.
Thankfully, some of the state started to demand investigations independent of federal agencies. But we still believe that the DoJ needs to use its enormous fact-finding resources to help resolve allegations of election fraud.
Thank you for continuing to SIGN and SHARE all our election-related petitions.
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Please SIGN and SHARE this urgent petition which calls on all Americans to Stand With President Trump as he uses every legitimate means to find out if voter fraud played any role in the election outcome.
Amid allegations of voter fraud, and at a time when the situation with COVID has been used by many of the states to facilitate the use of mail-in ballots on a massive scale, we need to be very careful in dismissing the possibility of voter fraud.
The fact is, the possibility of wide-spread fraud with mail-in ballots is significant.
But, this is not about Donald Trump or Joe Biden! This about whether or not the sanctity of the ballot box has been tampered with!
Please Stand With President Trump as he attempts to defend the integrity of this election, as well as well as the right to vote itself!
Indeed, this is so important, not so much because one election hangs in the balance, but because our democracy, itself, hangs in the balance.
Americans not only have a right to know, but should demand that every legitimate means be used to discover the truth about these elections!
Please SIGN this petition and Stand With President Trump to ensure that these elections were conducted freely and fairly!
While most all Americans believe in playing by the rules, we also know that some very devious, politically-motivated operatives have been trying to harm the Trump administration from before he even took the oath of office.
This fact should lead us to question how some allegations of voter fraud can be so easily dismissed by state election authorities.
We demand to know the truth, and, for the sake of our democracy, we demand that President Trump keep fighting to learn the truth.
Thank you for SIGNING and SHARING this petition today!
**Photo Credit: Shealah Craighead / White House / Flickr


lifesitenews--2020-11-10--Join our daily worldwide rosary HERE

Join our daily worldwide rosary HERE

November 10 , 2020 ( LifeSiteNews ) – In response to the crisis unfolding in our world and in the Church , LifeSite is offering Catholics throughout the world a chance to be united daily in prayer , in the Our Lady of Fatima Rosary Crusade .
Catholics from all over the world—from Israel , Uganda , Italy , France , Germany , Ireland , Pakistan , Singapore , the Philippines , India , Indonesia , Australia , New Zealand , Thailand , the United Kingdom , the U.S. , Canada , Brazil , and other countries—are gathering daily to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Anthony Pillari , J.C.L.
, an American priest currently studying in Italy .
Our goal is , by means of this daily rosary and by embracing and living out the message given by the Virgin Mary at Fatima , the triumph of Our Lady ’ s Immaculate Heart .
To help obtain that goal , Bishop Athanasius Schneider graciously composed the following prayer for this worldwide rosary crusade : O Immaculate Heart of Mary , you are the holy Mother of God and our tender Mother .
Look upon the distress in which @ @ @ @ @ @ @ are living because of the spread of materialism and the persecution of the Church .
In Fatima you warned against these errors , as you spoke about the errors of Russia .
You are the Mediatrix of all graces .
Implore your Divine Son to grant this special grace for the Pope : that he might consecrate Russia to your Immaculate Heart , so that Russia will be converted , a period of peace will be granted to the world , and your Immaculate Heart will triumph , through an authentic renewal of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ purity of the Catholic Faith , of the sacredness of Divine worship and of the holiness of the Christian life .
O Queen of the holy Rosary and our sweet Mother , turn your merciful eyes to us and graciously hear this our trusting prayer .
Amen .
+ Athanasius Schneider , Auxiliary Bishop of the archdiocese of Saint Mary in Astana To learn more about the urgency of responding to Our Lady ’ s message at Fatima , and about what you can do , please read Cardinal Burke ’ s 2017 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ https : //voiceofthefamily.com/full-text-cardinal-burkes-historic-call-for-consecration-of-russia/ ) .
As St. Padre Pio once said , “ The rosary is the weapon for these times.
” Through prayer , God can shape history , change the world , and bring about a great time of renewal and peace for the Church and for the world , through the triumph of Our Lady ’ s Immaculate Heart .
Join us today !
If you would like to follow along with the prayers said during this rosary , you can access them via this PDF .
This document also @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the daily rosary on LifeSite led by Fr .
Pillari .

(LifeSiteNews) — In response to the crisis unfolding in our world and in the Church, LifeSite is happy to promote Regina Angelorum Press’s Daily Rosary, which is offering Catholics throughout the world the chance to be united daily in prayer, in the Our Lady of Fatima Rosary Crusade.
Catholics from all over the world — from Israel, Uganda, Italy, France, Germany, Ireland, Pakistan, Singapore, the Philippines, India, Indonesia, Australia, New Zealand, Thailand, the United Kingdom, the U.S., Canada, Brazil, and other countries — are gathering daily to pray the Rosary, led by Father Pillari, JCL, MCL, STL, an American priest currently studying in Italy.
The Daily Rosary is being offered each day at 12noon EST through Regina Angelorum Press’ YouTube Channel to which you can subscribe HERE.
The goal is, by means of this Daily Rosary and by embracing and living out the message given by the Virgin Mary at Fatima, the triumph of Our Lady’s Immaculate Heart.
To help obtain that goal, Bishop Athanasius Schneider graciously composed the following prayer for this worldwide Rosary crusade:
O Immaculate Heart of Mary, you are the holy Mother of God and our tender Mother. Look upon the distress in which the Church and the whole of humanity are living because of the spread of materialism and the persecution of the Church. In Fatima you warned against these errors, as you spoke about the errors of Russia. You are the Mediatrix of all graces. Implore your Divine Son to grant this special grace for the Pope: that he might consecrate Russia to your Immaculate Heart, so that Russia will be converted, a period of peace will be granted to the world, and your Immaculate Heart will triumph, through an authentic renewal of the Church in the splendor of the purity of the Catholic Faith, of the sacredness of Divine worship and of the holiness of the Christian life. O Queen of the holy Rosary and our sweet Mother, turn your merciful eyes to us and graciously hear this our trusting prayer. Amen. + Athanasius Schneider, Auxiliary Bishop of the archdiocese of Saint Mary in Astana
To learn more about the urgency of responding to Our Lady’s message at Fatima, and about what you can do, please read Cardinal Burke’s 2017 address at the Rome Life Forum.
As St. Padre Pio once said, “The Rosary is the weapon for these times.” Through prayer, God can shape history, change the world, and bring about a great time of renewal and peace for the Church and for the world, through the triumph of Our Lady’s Immaculate Heart. Join us today!
If you would like to follow along with the prayers said during this Rosary, you can access them HERE. The document also includes a brief F.A.Q. pertaining to the daily Rosary.
You can send your prayer requests to https://reginangelorumpress.com/prayer-intentions/
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lifesitenews--2020-11-10--Islamic attacks pick up steam in Europe. What will be done?

November 10 , 2020 ( Daily Signal ) — There hass been a reprisal in the past month of a disturbing trend in Europe : Islamist terror attacks .
On Oct. 4 , a migrant from Syria attacked two tourists in the German city of Dresden , killing one .
He had arrived in 2015 and had recently finished a three-year juvenile sentence for assaulting a police officer and causing bodily harm .
On Oct. 16 , French teacher Samuel Paty was beheaded in a terror attack in the Parisian suburb of Conflans-Sainte-Honorine .
Paty was killed after he had @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Hebdo magazine to his class on free speech .
The terrorist responsible had been in contact with Islamist fighters in Syria and reportedly paid around $ 350 to two students to identify Paty .
On Oct. 29 , three people were killed at the Notre Dame Basilica in Nice , France , by a 21-year-old Tunisian who illegally entered the European Union on Sept. 20 through the Italian island of Lampedusa , a favored landing site for migrants coming from North Africa .
After trying once before to reach Europe and not succeeding @ @ @ @ @ @ @ second attempt was transferred to the city of Bari on the Italian mainland where he was put into COVID-19 quarantine .
Tunisian authorities did not flag him as a threat and cited him for minor crimes .
He was given an expulsion order on Oct. 9 , but because he was not flagged as a terror threat , he was allowed to leave and traveled shortly thereafter to France .
More than 11,000 Tunisian migrants have arrived in Italy in 2020 alone , yet Italy has only successfully repatriated 1,186 , via twice-weekly @ @ @ @ @ @ @ arrive without documents and are from nations that refuse to take their citizens back or from which European nations either have no repatriation agreement or refuse to repatriate migrants because of humanitarian concerns .
Italian reception centers are overwhelmed with migrants whose home nations have flagged them as potential security threats and can not hold others .
On Monday , a terror attack in Vienna killed four people and injured 22 before the 20-year-old attacker was shot dead by police .
The perpetrator had been imprisoned for trying to travel to Syria to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ born in Austria , he was given early release last December , along with a subsidized apartment on account of good behavior and participation in a nonprofit-run deradicalization program .
Karl Nehammer , Austria ’ s interior minister , stated that he had “ deceived ” his handlers .
Robin Simcox , director of the Counter Extremism Group in the U.K. , last July wrote about the threat to Europe posed by frustrated travelers who could not travel to Syria and instead were planning attacks on the countries where they resided , warning @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the existence of the caliphate .
In current form , there is a possibility there may even be a very small uptick in Europe.
” French Minister of the Interior Gerald Darmanin said in August the country had 8,132 people on its terrorism watch lists and that the threat “ remains extremely high in the country.
” Following the terror attack in Vienna , Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz called for a Europe-wide anti-terror pact targeting Islamism .
Whether anything comes from it remains to be seen .
What ’ s for certain is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Islamist terrorists , and the sheer scale of the problem has overwhelmed security services and made it likely this horrific recent trend will continue .
Published with permission from The Daily Signal .

Europe remains in the crosshairs for Islamist terrorists, and the sheer scale of the problem has overwhelmed security services.
November 10, 2020 (Daily Signal) — There hass been a reprisal in the past month of a disturbing trend in Europe: Islamist terror attacks.
On Oct. 4, a migrant from Syria attacked two tourists in the German city of Dresden, killing one. He had arrived in 2015 and had recently finished a three-year juvenile sentence for assaulting a police officer and causing bodily harm.
On Oct. 16, French teacher Samuel Paty was beheaded in a terror attack in the Parisian suburb of Conflans-Sainte-Honorine. Paty was killed after he had shown cartoons of Muhammad published in Charlie Hebdo magazine to his class on free speech.
The terrorist responsible had been in contact with Islamist fighters in Syria and reportedly paid around $350 to two students to identify Paty.
On Oct. 29, three people were killed at the Notre Dame Basilica in Nice, France, by a 21-year-old Tunisian who illegally entered the European Union on Sept. 20 through the Italian island of Lampedusa, a favored landing site for migrants coming from North Africa.
After trying once before to reach Europe and not succeeding, he returned, and on his second attempt was transferred to the city of Bari on the Italian mainland where he was put into COVID-19 quarantine.
Tunisian authorities did not flag him as a threat and cited him for minor crimes. He was given an expulsion order on Oct. 9, but because he was not flagged as a terror threat, he was allowed to leave and traveled shortly thereafter to France.
More than 11,000 Tunisian migrants have arrived in Italy in 2020 alone, yet Italy has only successfully repatriated 1,186, via twice-weekly flights carrying 40 people. Many migrants arrive without documents and are from nations that refuse to take their citizens back or from which European nations either have no repatriation agreement or refuse to repatriate migrants because of humanitarian concerns.
Italian reception centers are overwhelmed with migrants whose home nations have flagged them as potential security threats and cannot hold others.
On Monday, a terror attack in Vienna killed four people and injured 22 before the 20-year-old attacker was shot dead by police.
The perpetrator had been imprisoned for trying to travel to Syria to fight with ISIS. An ethnic Albanian born in Austria, he was given early release last December, along with a subsidized apartment on account of good behavior and participation in a nonprofit-run deradicalization program. Karl Nehammer, Austria’s interior minister, stated that he had “deceived” his handlers.
Robin Simcox, director of the Counter Extremism Group in the U.K., last July wrote about the threat to Europe posed by frustrated travelers who could not travel to Syria and instead were planning attacks on the countries where they resided, warning, “Frustrated traveler plots have outlived the existence of the caliphate. In current form, there is a possibility there may even be a very small uptick in Europe.”
French Minister of the Interior Gerald Darmanin said in August the country had 8,132 people on its terrorism watch lists and that the threat “remains extremely high in the country.”
Following the terror attack in Vienna, Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz called for a Europe-wide anti-terror pact targeting Islamism. Whether anything comes from it remains to be seen.
What’s for certain is that Europe remains in the crosshairs for Islamist terrorists, and the sheer scale of the problem has overwhelmed security services and made it likely this horrific recent trend will continue.
Published with permission from The Daily Signal.
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lifesitenews--2020-11-10--How Donald Trump paved the way for an authentically Christian Republican Party

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November 10 , 2020 ( Crisis ) — “ We are a working-class party now .
That ’ s the future.
” —Senator Josh Hawley I ’ ve held off on writing a post-election column , hoping against hope that the votes would be counted quickly and fairly .
I suppose that was naïve .
At this rate — and regardless of who “ wins ” in the end — half of the American people will feel @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is certain , however .
In 2020 , President Trump won a larger share of nonwhite voters than any Republican candidate since 1960 .
It is ( rightly ) being hailed as a sign that normal Americans reject the Democrats ’ politics of racial resentment .
This is good news for conservatives , and very good news for Christians .
The Democrats went into this election assuming they would win by a landslide , thanks largely to black and Latino voters .
That “ Blue Wave ” never appeared , however , because @ @ @ @ @ @ @ every demographic group… except old white men .
Of course , Critical Race Theory has always been more popular among affluent whites than poor minorities .
That ’ s why professional Wokesters like Robin DiAngelo and Nikole Hannah-Jones spend all their time in corporate boardrooms .
It ’ s also why most “ anti-racist ” rioters are pale , skinny teenagers .
So , we can ’ t say for sure how many of our countrymen actually view the United States as in the thrall of systemic racism .
But some do .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ certainly do .
All the Democratic Party ’ s rising stars , like Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Ilhan Omar , are deeply sympathetic to these racialist narratives .
All of them believe that one ’ s standing in this country is ( or ought to be ) determined by the color of one ’ s skin , not the content of one ’ s character .
They believe that pernicious old lie , that “ demography is destiny.
” The great Catholic intellectual L. Brent Bozell took on this mentality ( which was evident @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Left and the Right ) in “ The Sin of Head-Counts , ” his brilliant 1971 essay in The New York Times .
Bozell notes that “ the demographic mind looks upon the human race as a crop — for which , alas , supply and demand are seldom equal.
” For example , Does this sound like any Trump supporter you know ?
Of course not .
It does sound a whole lot like Nancy Pelosi ’ s Democrats , whose solution to poverty among black folks is for black mothers to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
No black people , no black violence .
And , while we wait for blacks to abort themselves out of existence , stick ’ em on the dole and keep them locked in their ghettos .
Problem solved !
Yet this “ demographic mind ” also sounds like a particularly noxious elitism espoused by some Never-Trump Republicans .
For instance , in 2016 , the noisome Kevin D. Williamson of National Review had this to say about poor , white enclaves in rural America : Speaking of National Review , remember how @ @ @ @ @ @ @ nonwhite voters than any Republican since 1960 ?
That was the year the GOP first nominated Richard Nixon .
In the next election cycle ( 1964 ) they put up Barry Goldwater .
Goldwater was committed to a new “ fusionist ” conservatism : an unwholesome cocktail of social traditionalism and economic libertarianism invented by National Review ’ s founder , William F. Buckley .
In other words , there was nothing truly conservative about Goldwater ( or Buckley , or Mr. Williamson ) .
Fusionism was , however , truly novel — @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Peter Viereck and Russell Kirk warned that such a garbled ideology would succeed only in robbing conservatives of our credibility .
After all , how could we claim the moral high ground on social issues when we espouse the economics of Social Darwinism ?
In 1992 , Pat Buchanan made one final appeal for the Republican Party to serve the interests of Main , not Wall Street .
Alas , he didn ’ t succeed .
But , twenty-four years later — and running on a platform virtually identical to Buchanan ’ s @ @ @ @ @ @ @ White House .
President Trump offered a new way forward .
He rejected the Republican establishment ’ s market fundamentalism ; he also rejected the Democrats ’ commitment to a welfare state , which they intend to fund through high taxes on multinational corporations .
( If you haven ’ t noticed , those corporations are happy with that deal .
It ’ s why they funnel so much dough into progressive campaigns .
They ’ re only too glad to pay a little extra in taxes if it means they get to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ safety laws and collective bargaining , in favor of Chinese wage-slaves . )
Instead , the President promised to bring back jobs from overseas .
His economic nationalism gave thousands and thousands of Americans a chance to make an honest living for themselves and their families .
In 2016 , the President ’ s America-first economic agenda appealed more to white voters than to blacks and Latinos .
But , clearly , nonwhites are coming around .
Working-class Americans of all races are beginning to realize that infanticide and welfarism are not paths @ @ @ @ @ @ @ any future , for that matter .
They want the dignity and independence that comes from honest labor .
They don ’ t want to abandon their communities : they want to see them flourish again .
They demand the right to their own destiny , and to Hell with demographics .
Catholics should be on board with this agenda 100 percent .
Many Catholic Democrats have for years insisted that Christ ’ s injunction to help the poor compels us to support the Democrats ’ welfarism , but they ’ re wrong @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the need for dignity and prosperity through work .
As Pope Leo XIII wrote in his landmark encyclical Rerum Novarum , In Centesimus Annus , John Paul II specifically condemned the Welfare State — which , he warned , “ leads to a loss of human energies and an inordinate increase of public agencies , which are dominated more by bureaucratic ways of thinking than by concern for serving their clients , and which are accompanied by an enormous increase in spending.
” In Sacramentum Caritatis , Pope Benedict XVI said : “ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ fulfillment of the human being and to the development of society .
Thus , it must always be organized and carried out with full respect for human dignity and must always serve the common good.
” And we could go on .
Let it suffice to say that our Holy Mother Church is pro-work — and , thanks to Donald Trump , so is the Republican Party .
This isn ’ t a partisan statement ; it ’ s a matter of fact .
So , let ’ s never hear the “ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ how we mustn ’ t be single-issue voters .
Democrats are the party of abortion , welfare , and racial determinism ; Republicans are the party of life , dignity , and freedom .
For Catholics , the choice between the two couldn ’ t be clearer .
Let me go further .
Had the media not spent the last six years tarring President Trump as a racist , I wouldn ’ t be surprised if he won half of nonwhite votes handily .
His policies were manifestly better for poor folks — @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of his predecessors ’ in the last fifty years .
It ’ s wrong that he doesn ’ t get more credit for his accomplishments , and it may have cost blue-collar voters this election .
But , sooner or later , the day will come when President Trump will be succeeded by another pro-work Republican .
It may be Senator Josh Hawley ; it may even be Tucker Carlson .
In any event , it will be impossible for the media to tar him as a racist , as they did President @ @ @ @ @ @ @ And this new , pro-work Republican will trounce the socialist , welfarist , globalist , racialist Democrats .
This may be President Trump ’ s most enduring legacy : the transformation of the GOP into a party that supports the interests of ordinary , hard-working American moms and dads .
That , too , will be a great boon to Christians .
No longer bound by the dogmas of market fundamentalism , we ’ ll finally be able to help build a real politics of charity — one grounded firmly in the Church @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ t have to stand shoulder to shoulder with contemptuous Social Darwinists like Kevin D. Williamson .
We ’ ll be able offer a “ preferential option ” to the poor without infantilizing them , leaving them to beg for their milk and bread from the Nanny State .
We can help them to earn their keep , like men .
We can ’ t underestimate what a revitalizing influence this may have on the Church in America .
Ever since orthodox Catholics became shackled to the free-market orthodoxies of the National Review @ @ @ @ @ @ @ malformed , incomplete .
Our moral witness in politics has been stunted , as Kirk and Buchanan ( both Catholics ) warned that it would be .
We ’ ve taken bribes from Dives when we should have been fighting for Lazarus .
Pope Francis once said , “ I can only say that the communists have stolen our flag .
The flag of the poor is Christian.
” He ’ s right .
And , thanks to Donald Trump , we have the chance to take it back .
Before we close @ @ @ @ @ @ @ believe that Democrats are in the process of committing election fraud on an unprecedented scale .
I believe that President Trump would have won this election by a landslide were it not for the nationwide vote-rigging operation being committed by agents of the DNC .
Yet I ’ ve also never been more optimistic about the future of American politics .
The Republican Party is doing what it never thought was possible : making inroads among nonwhite voters , and under a president the mainstream media has relentlessly tried to slander as a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ capable and intelligent conservatives , like Senator Hawley and Mr. Carlson , stands ready to ensure that the Republican establishment moves forward with President Trump ’ s reforms .
Meanwhile , globalist plutocrats like Mitt Romney and their handmaids in “ conservative ” media — Kevin Williamson , Bill Kristol , David French , and the like — will either go over to the Democrats or else fall into irrelevance where they belong .
Take heart , my friends .
A new day is dawning for the American Right , and the fight @ @ @ @ @ @ @ voter fraud : The Trump Campaign has created “ Defend Your Ballot ” to report election issues .
Report fraud here or call 888-630-1776 .
Project Veritas is also accepting voter fraud tips here .
The FBI says to report suspected instances of voter suppression/fraud to your local FBI field office or at tips.fbi.gov .

Sooner or later, the day will come when President Trump will be succeeded by another pro-work Republican. And this new, pro-work Republican will trounce the socialist, welfarist, globalist, racialist Democrats.
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November 10, 2020 (Crisis) — “We are a working-class party now. That’s the future.” —Senator Josh Hawley
I’ve held off on writing a post-election column, hoping against hope that the votes would be counted quickly and fairly. I suppose that was naïve. At this rate — and regardless of who “wins” in the end — half of the American people will feel cheated out of victory.
One thing is certain, however. In 2020, President Trump won a larger share of nonwhite voters than any Republican candidate since 1960. It is (rightly) being hailed as a sign that normal Americans reject the Democrats’ politics of racial resentment. This is good news for conservatives, and very good news for Christians.
The Democrats went into this election assuming they would win by a landslide, thanks largely to black and Latino voters. That “Blue Wave” never appeared, however, because the President actually won more votes from every demographic group… except old white men.
Of course, Critical Race Theory has always been more popular among affluent whites than poor minorities. That’s why professional Wokesters like Robin DiAngelo and Nikole Hannah-Jones spend all their time in corporate boardrooms. It’s also why most “anti-racist” rioters are pale, skinny teenagers.
So, we can’t say for sure how many of our countrymen actually view the United States as in the thrall of systemic racism. But some do. The mobs that sacked Portland and Kenosha certainly do. All the Democratic Party’s rising stars, like Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Ilhan Omar, are deeply sympathetic to these racialist narratives. All of them believe that one’s standing in this country is (or ought to be) determined by the color of one’s skin, not the content of one’s character. They believe that pernicious old lie, that “demography is destiny.”
The great Catholic intellectual L. Brent Bozell took on this mentality (which was evident, even then, on both the Left and the Right) in “The Sin of Head-Counts,” his brilliant 1971 essay in The New York Times. Bozell notes that “the demographic mind looks upon the human race as a crop — for which, alas, supply and demand are seldom equal.” For example,
There is a boy in Bombay, a little fellow. His stomach is swollen. A single rag hangs about his loins. His face is drawn, well beyond his eight or nine years. He wanders, apparently aimlessly, through squalid streets. There is a greater supply of him than there is demand. He disturbs the ecological balance. He is socially inconvenient. The demographic mind eyes him and observes it would be better had his father been sterilized, or his mother aborted him — or, better still, had he never been conceived. He disagrees.
Does this sound like any Trump supporter you know? Of course not.
It does sound a whole lot like Nancy Pelosi’s Democrats, whose solution to poverty among black folks is for black mothers to kill all their children in the womb. No black people, no black violence. And, while we wait for blacks to abort themselves out of existence, stick ’em on the dole and keep them locked in their ghettos. Problem solved!
Yet this “demographic mind” also sounds like a particularly noxious elitism espoused by some Never-Trump Republicans. For instance, in 2016, the noisome Kevin D. Williamson of National Review had this to say about poor, white enclaves in rural America:
The truth about these dysfunctional, downscale communities is that they deserve to die. Economically, they are negative assets. Morally, they are indefensible…. The white American underclass is in thrall to a vicious, selfish culture whose main products are misery and used heroin needles. Donald Trump’s speeches make them feel good. So does Oxycontin. What they need isn’t analgesics, literal or political. They need real opportunity, which means that they need real change, which means that they need U-Haul.
Speaking of National Review, remember how we said that President Trump won more nonwhite voters than any Republican since 1960? That was the year the GOP first nominated Richard Nixon. In the next election cycle (1964) they put up Barry Goldwater. Goldwater was committed to a new “fusionist” conservatism: an unwholesome cocktail of social traditionalism and economic libertarianism invented by National Review’s founder, William F. Buckley.
In other words, there was nothing truly conservative about Goldwater (or Buckley, or Mr. Williamson). Fusionism was, however, truly novel — and truly incoherent. Old-school conservatives like Peter Viereck and Russell Kirk warned that such a garbled ideology would succeed only in robbing conservatives of our credibility. After all, how could we claim the moral high ground on social issues when we espouse the economics of Social Darwinism?
In 1992, Pat Buchanan made one final appeal for the Republican Party to serve the interests of Main, not Wall Street. Alas, he didn’t succeed. But, twenty-four years later — and running on a platform virtually identical to Buchanan’s — Donald Trump made it to the White House.
President Trump offered a new way forward. He rejected the Republican establishment’s market fundamentalism; he also rejected the Democrats’ commitment to a welfare state, which they intend to fund through high taxes on multinational corporations. (If you haven’t noticed, those corporations are happy with that deal. It’s why they funnel so much dough into progressive campaigns. They’re only too glad to pay a little extra in taxes if it means they get to abandon American workers, with their occupational safety laws and collective bargaining, in favor of Chinese wage-slaves.)
Instead, the President promised to bring back jobs from overseas. His economic nationalism gave thousands and thousands of Americans a chance to make an honest living for themselves and their families.
In 2016, the President’s America-first economic agenda appealed more to white voters than to blacks and Latinos. But, clearly, nonwhites are coming around. Working-class Americans of all races are beginning to realize that infanticide and welfarism are not paths to a brighter future — or to any future, for that matter. They want the dignity and independence that comes from honest labor. They don’t want to abandon their communities: they want to see them flourish again. They demand the right to their own destiny, and to Hell with demographics.
* * *
Catholics should be on board with this agenda 100 percent. Many Catholic Democrats have for years insisted that Christ’s injunction to help the poor compels us to support the Democrats’ welfarism, but they’re wrong. Catholic social teaching has always emphasized the need for dignity and prosperity through work.
As Pope Leo XIII wrote in his landmark encyclical Rerum Novarum,
The labor of the working class — the exercise of their skill, and the employment of their strength, in the cultivation of the land, and in the workshops of trade — is especially responsible and quite indispensable. Indeed, their cooperation is in this respect so important that it may be truly said that it is only by the labor of working men that States grow rich.
Likewise, in Pacem in Terris, John XXIII declared:
The government is also required to show no less energy and efficiency in the matter of providing opportunities for suitable employment, graded to the capacity of the workers. It must make sure that working men are paid a just and equitable wage, and are allowed a sense of responsibility in the industrial concerns for which they work.
In Centesimus Annus, John Paul II specifically condemned the Welfare State — which, he warned, “leads to a loss of human energies and an inordinate increase of public agencies, which are dominated more by bureaucratic ways of thinking than by concern for serving their clients, and which are accompanied by an enormous increase in spending.”
In Sacramentum Caritatis, Pope Benedict XVI said: “Work is of fundamental importance to the fulfillment of the human being and to the development of society. Thus, it must always be organized and carried out with full respect for human dignity and must always serve the common good.”
And we could go on. Let it suffice to say that our Holy Mother Church is pro-work — and, thanks to Donald Trump, so is the Republican Party. This isn’t a partisan statement; it’s a matter of fact. So, let’s never hear the “Seamless Garment” crowd nag us about how we mustn’t be single-issue voters. Democrats are the party of abortion, welfare, and racial determinism; Republicans are the party of life, dignity, and freedom. For Catholics, the choice between the two couldn’t be clearer.
Let me go further. Had the media not spent the last six years tarring President Trump as a racist, I wouldn’t be surprised if he won half of nonwhite votes handily. His policies were manifestly better for poor folks — especially blacks and Latinos — than any of his predecessors’ in the last fifty years. It’s wrong that he doesn’t get more credit for his accomplishments, and it may have cost blue-collar voters this election.
But, sooner or later, the day will come when President Trump will be succeeded by another pro-work Republican. It may be Senator Josh Hawley; it may even be Tucker Carlson. In any event, it will be impossible for the media to tar him as a racist, as they did President Trump. Nobody will believe them. And this new, pro-work Republican will trounce the socialist, welfarist, globalist, racialist Democrats.
This may be President Trump’s most enduring legacy: the transformation of the GOP into a party that supports the interests of ordinary, hard-working American moms and dads.
That, too, will be a great boon to Christians. No longer bound by the dogmas of market fundamentalism, we’ll finally be able to help build a real politics of charity — one grounded firmly in the Church’s social teachings. We won’t have to stand shoulder to shoulder with contemptuous Social Darwinists like Kevin D. Williamson. We’ll be able offer a “preferential option” to the poor without infantilizing them, leaving them to beg for their milk and bread from the Nanny State. We can help them to earn their keep, like men.
We can’t underestimate what a revitalizing influence this may have on the Church in America. Ever since orthodox Catholics became shackled to the free-market orthodoxies of the National Review set, our intellectual life has been malformed, incomplete. Our moral witness in politics has been stunted, as Kirk and Buchanan (both Catholics) warned that it would be. We’ve taken bribes from Dives when we should have been fighting for Lazarus.
Pope Francis once said, “I can only say that the communists have stolen our flag. The flag of the poor is Christian.” He’s right. And, thanks to Donald Trump, we have the chance to take it back.
Before we close, let me say that I do believe that Democrats are in the process of committing election fraud on an unprecedented scale. I believe that President Trump would have won this election by a landslide were it not for the nationwide vote-rigging operation being committed by agents of the DNC.
Yet I’ve also never been more optimistic about the future of American politics. The Republican Party is doing what it never thought was possible: making inroads among nonwhite voters, and under a president the mainstream media has relentlessly tried to slander as a white nationalist. A new generation of capable and intelligent conservatives, like Senator Hawley and Mr. Carlson, stands ready to ensure that the Republican establishment moves forward with President Trump’s reforms. Meanwhile, globalist plutocrats like Mitt Romney and their handmaids in “conservative” media — Kevin Williamson, Bill Kristol, David French, and the like — will either go over to the Democrats or else fall into irrelevance where they belong.
Take heart, my friends. A new day is dawning for the American Right, and the fight has only just begun.
Published with permission from Crisis.
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