lifesitenews--2020-11-23--‘Screwed things up for us’: Archbishop demands faithful give up Communion on tongue for COVID

November 23 , 2020 ( LifeSiteNews ) — Some 70 demonstrations asking for the return of public Masses are scheduled for the coming weekend all over France , as COVID-19 restrictions continue despite a lack evidence that lockdowns are actually efficient in slowing the spread of the Wuhan coronavirus .
Increasingly , the sanitary measures inflicted on the population by President Emmanuel Macron and his government have been taking an anti-Catholic turn — but Michel Aupetit , archbishop of Paris , appears to be blind to the fact .
Instead , in a recent radio interview on the Catholic diocesan-controlled @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Dame , he attacked Catholics who want to receive Holy Communion on the tongue and even priests , accusing them of “ conducting their personal business ” to obtain Mass to the detriment of their “ brother ” Catholics .
After the Council of State refused to recognize that the lockdown should not prevent the French from exerting their fundamental liberties of freedom of religion and worship , things have gotten worse on the ground with a clear prohibition of prayers and religious chants during demonstrations in favor of public Masses .
Aupetit @ @ @ @ @ @ @ nor on the overstepping on the part of the French authorities of their competence regarding prayer , public worship , and the way the sacraments may be administered by Catholic priests .
Archbishop Aupetit ’ s words to Radio Notre Dame journalist Marie-Ange de Montesquieu on November 19 shocked many listeners , also because of their flippant tone during this episode of their telephone conversation broadcast daily during the present confinement .
Noting that the “ sanitary situation ” is “ very serious , ” Aupetit told the journalist that Prime Minister Jean @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Darmanin on November 16 promised the president of the French Bishops ’ Conference , Eric de Moulins-Beaufort , that everything would be done so that public celebrations could resume on December 1 under a new strict sanitary “ protocol.
” I ’ d like to take this opportunity to say that all the people who want to do as they please under the pretext that ... And they ’ re the ones who screwed things up for us , eh ?
... That is to say that the Ministry of the Interior on @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Council of State had brought videos that showed that in some parishes , probably including some in Paris — yes , in Paris , I know this is happening in Paris .
Well , people were receiving Communion on the tongue because that ’ s how you have to receive Communion in the “ Mass of alll time.
” We see that these people don ’ t know history because it ’ s in the sixth century that we began to receive Communion on the tongue .
And then they weren ’ t @ @ @ @ @ @ @ they told us look , you ’ re incapable of holding your troops .
So now you need to get serious .
In addition , priests who promised obedience at their ordination should also remember that .
That is to say , it is not good enough to say , “ I promise obedience to you and your successors ” and then do whatever you want .
So if you want Mass to really resume on December 1 ... Those who conduct their personal little business in their private corner prevent all their @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
By bringing up the question of Communion in the hand or on the tongue , Aupetit went beyond the requirements of the French authorities , who , to date , have never mentioned this practice in sanitary protocols for church attendance .
The archbishop ’ s words may give them ideas , although it is to be expected that the French bishops will come up with an obligation to distribute the Host in the hand even if the authorities do not .
The disdainful way in which the archbishop brushed aside the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ — both in Novus Ordo and to traditional parishes — prefer to receive Our Lord in Communion in the most reverent way possible , and appeared not to share their longing for public worship , especially on Sundays , was commented on by many Catholic priests , religious , and faithful .
Many recalled the right of Catholics to receive Communion on the tongue , affirmed by Memoriale Domini ( 1969 ) and confirmed by the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith in 2009 in the context of the swine flu epidemic @ @ @ @ @ @ @ : there is no proof that Communion on the tongue is more prone to viral contamination .
In fact , the contrary is true according to a number of studies that have shown it to be “ safer ” ( such as this one in Austria ) .
Aupetit , a former medical doctor , did not mention this .
The historic reference by Archbishop Aupetit was also criticized .
Jean-Pierre Maugendre , speaking under “ Renaissance catholique , ” a traditional society and editor that organizes summer universities , pro-life activities , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ letter noting that when Communion was given in the hand , it was following a deeply reverent rite that had nothing to do with the modern practice of receiving the Host in the left hand and then touching it with the fingers to consume it .
It was abandoned because of “ sacrilege and desecration by the dispersion of tiny Eucharistic particles on hands that can not be purified as those the priest ” — let alone the Hosts that were stolen for blasphemous purposes .
Accusing Aupetit — in the words of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that “ condemns , separates , frustrates and despises the people of God , ” Maugendre added that Catholics consider going to church and receiving Communion as not a “ business ” of any kind , but a “ vital necessity and even a duty.
” “ Frankly , you give the painful impression of being ... the ‘ errand boy ’ of Mr. Darmanin , showing a servile obedience to political authorities that unfortunately is nothing new.
” “ I confess to you , quite simply , that I do not have @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of the Republic .
It is the laws of the Republic that programmed the genocide in the Vendée , confiscated Church property , expelled the religious , and which today legalize 200,000 abortions per year , medical abortion until birth , the free distribution of contraceptive pills to minors , etc.
, and which are still in force today .
No doubt you will understand that all these facts create a certain distancing from the sacredness of republican law , ” continued Maugendre , accusing Aupetit of giving the faithful , in his @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ” “ stones instead of bread.
” “ La Porte Latine , ” the French website of the SSPX , observed on its part that Aupetit ’ s attack did targeted not only local priests , but at least one “ brother bishop ” insofar that one of the three videos produced by the French government at the Council of State showed an ordination Mass celebrated this summer by Bishop Marc Aillet of Bayonne .
In any case , should the thousands of churches where Mass is celebrated in France be punished for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ when masks have not been proved to stop the contagion of COVID-19 ?
According to a reliable source , Aupetit has also banned priests from the diocese of Paris from celebrating Masses in families ’ homes in a letter to all the members of his clergy .
At the same time , schools are functioning normally , people jostle each other in public transport , and supermarkets are receiving large numbers of customers .
At the same time , “ new cases ” of the new wave of COVID-19 in France , hospitalizations @ @ @ @ @ @ @ trend and have been since before confinement at the end of October .
In related news , it has emerged that while demonstrators prayed and sang the Hail Mary during the pro-Mass demonstration in Rennes , Brittany , last Sunday , a female journalist , Sophie Dupontel , from the mainstream media Le Quotidien went to complain to the police who were present .
She explained on a Twitter video that she went to ask “ what was permitted or not ” because the police did not intervene .
“ They were praying @ @ @ @ @ @ @ told the officer , who answered : “ Oh really ?
Sorry , I was on the phone.
” He added : “ I saw no joined hands .
I can ’ t say.
” Prayers resumed , and this time , the officer filmed the scene .
Dupontel went to see him once again .
“ Yes , okay .
Technically , it looks like it , ” he told her .
“ Now , is this claiming a right ?
” he asked , but he added that in his report @ @ @ @ @ @ @ chants.
” Even the digital editor of France Inter , a State media outlet , was indignant .
He tweeted : “ These images by a journalist from Qofficiel reporting an offense to the police are disturbing .
Is she a journalist or a police auxiliary ?
” Meanwhile , French Catholics are facing great difficulties even to obtain the baptism of a newborn baby .
In central France , a young family was forced to drive one hour to reach a church where the baptismal registers were available ; in their own @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , ” and the sacrament can not be administered in local churches .

Abp. Michel Aupetit of Paris incurred a backlash for his comments, which included saying those who demand Communion on the tongue ' don’t know history' and that 'their personal little business' is keeping Masses forbidden in France.
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November 23, 2020 (LifeSiteNews) — Some 70 demonstrations asking for the return of public Masses are scheduled for the coming weekend all over France, as COVID-19 restrictions continue despite a lack evidence that lockdowns are actually efficient in slowing the spread of the Wuhan coronavirus. Increasingly, the sanitary measures inflicted on the population by President Emmanuel Macron and his government have been taking an anti-Catholic turn — but Michel Aupetit, archbishop of Paris, appears to be blind to the fact. Instead, in a recent radio interview on the Catholic diocesan-controlled radio station of Paris, Radio Notre Dame, he attacked Catholics who want to receive Holy Communion on the tongue and even priests, accusing them of “conducting their personal business” to obtain Mass to the detriment of their “brother” Catholics.
After the Council of State refused to recognize that the lockdown should not prevent the French from exerting their fundamental liberties of freedom of religion and worship, things have gotten worse on the ground with a clear prohibition of prayers and religious chants during demonstrations in favor of public Masses. Aupetit did not comment on this situation, nor on the overstepping on the part of the French authorities of their competence regarding prayer, public worship, and the way the sacraments may be administered by Catholic priests.
Archbishop Aupetit’s words to Radio Notre Dame journalist Marie-Ange de Montesquieu on November 19 shocked many listeners, also because of their flippant tone during this episode of their telephone conversation broadcast daily during the present confinement.
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Please READ THE FULL STORY by clicking on this link. And if you haven't already, please SIGN this petition, which ask ALL the bishops of the Church to be courageous in restoring the sacraments to their flocks. ____________________________________________________________________________ UPDATE (4/15/2020) - In the first instance of reinstating the sacraments to the faithful in the U.S., the bishop of Las Cruces, New Mexico has lifted a diocesan ban on public Masses, stating in a letter to his priests that “depriving the faithful of the nourishment offered through the Eucharist” cannot “become the ‘status quo’ for the foreseeable future.” Bishop Peter Baldacchino advised his priests in the April 15 letter obtained by the Catholic News Agency that they can resume offering the sacraments as long as they abide by state-order health directives. Bishop Baldacchino stated: "While it is true that we need to take every reasonable precaution to reduce the spread of Coronavirus, it is equally true that we offer the greatest ‘essential service’ to our people." Let us congratulate Bishop Baldacchino for this courageous step! And, let us also encourage his brother bishops to follow his example. Thank you for continuing to SIGN this urgent and crucial petition. _____________________________________________________________________________ Please SIGN this petition, asking our bishops to work tirelessly to find creative and safe ways to restore, to us, their flock, the sacraments through which our Blessed Lord's sanctifying graces flow. We read in the Holy Bible: "As a shepherd tends his flock when he finds himself among his scattered sheep, so will I tend My sheep. I will rescue them from every place where they were scattered when it was cloudy and dark ... the injured I will bind up, the sick I will heal (but the sleek and the strong I will destroy) shepherding them rightly." Ezekiel 34 During the first years of his reign, one of Pope Francis' most oft-repeated words was "accompaniment." In Evangelium Gaudii, the word was used nine times, in Amoris Laetitia, five times. In many cases, the word was used in a challenging tone and in the general context of ambiguity that has come to define the Francis pontificate. Almost always, the word was meant to challenge the traditions of the Catholic Church. But the tradition of Holy Mother Church is one of radical accompaniment, like that of a mother who would never allow herself to be separated from her child. Now, more than ever, immersed as we are in a world threatened by the spiritual plague of secularism and the physical plague of the Chinese coronavirus, we need our shepherds to protect and feed their flock. Please SIGN this petition, encouraging our bishops to be fearless and creative in their administration of the sacraments. One need not be a medical doctor or a doctor of theology to know that if outdoor physical recreation and grocery shopping is essential and can be accomplished safely during this pandemic, so, too, can the exercise of religious services. There is a battle raging all around us in which the secular world is seeking to eliminate all signs of Christ's presence among us. The current pandemic, like all times of crisis, can be an opportunity to be the light of the world. But make no mistake about it, the enemy of God will use a time of crisis as well. He will use it to separate men from each other and from God. SIGN this petition to implore the bishops to use all available safe and creative means to restore the sacraments to the faithful. Thank you! FOR MORE INFORMATION: 'WATCH: Sick woman in hospital begs priests to courageously minister to sick, dying': https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/watch-sick-woman-in-hospital-begs-priests-to-courageously-minister-to-sick-dying 'UK Catholic bishops suggest priests shouldn’t attend to dying faithful due to coronavirus': https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/uk-catholic-bishops-suggest-priests-shouldnt-attend-to-dying-faithful-due-to-coronavirus 'Expert says it could be 18 months before church services resume: Live COVID-19 updates': https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/police-state-grows-expert-warns-america-it-could-be-18-months-before-church-services-resume 'WATCH: Priest in Italy bravely processes with Eucharist to bless coronavirus-stricken country': https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/watch-priest-in-italy-bravely-processes-with-eucharist-to-bless-coronavirus-stricken-country 'Spanish police shut down Palm Sunday Mass on church rooftop': https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/spanish-police-shut-down-palm-sunday-mass-on-church-rooftop 'Police fine priest and quarantine him for carrying crucifix through the streets': https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/police-fine-priest-and-quarantine-him-for-carrying-crucifix-through-the-streets **Photo: Fr. Tomaso Jozef Jochemczyk processes with the Blessed Sacrament in Italy, March 20, 2020. Taken by: Sister Marie Hide Petition Text Sign this Petition
Noting that the “sanitary situation” is “very serious,” Aupetit told the journalist that Prime Minister Jean Castex and the interior minister, Gérald Darmanin on November 16 promised the president of the French Bishops’ Conference, Eric de Moulins-Beaufort, that everything would be done so that public celebrations could resume on December 1 under a new strict sanitary “protocol.”
Aupetit continued:
I’d like to take this opportunity to say that all the people who want to do as they please under the pretext that… And they’re the ones who screwed things up for us, eh? … That is to say that the Ministry of the Interior on the day of the audience at the Council of State had brought videos that showed that in some parishes, probably including some in Paris — yes, in Paris, I know this is happening in Paris. Well, people were receiving Communion on the tongue because that’s how you have to receive Communion in the “Mass of alll time.” We see that these people don’t know history because it’s in the sixth century that we began to receive Communion on the tongue. And then they weren’t wearing masks and so on. So they told us look, you’re incapable of holding your troops. So now you need to get serious. In addition, priests who promised obedience at their ordination should also remember that. That is to say, it is not good enough to say, “I promise obedience to you and your successors” and then do whatever you want. So if you want Mass to really resume on December 1… Those who conduct their personal little business in their private corner prevent all their brothers from being able to attend Mass.
By bringing up the question of Communion in the hand or on the tongue, Aupetit went beyond the requirements of the French authorities, who, to date, have never mentioned this practice in sanitary protocols for church attendance. The archbishop’s words may give them ideas, although it is to be expected that the French bishops will come up with an obligation to distribute the Host in the hand even if the authorities do not.
The disdainful way in which the archbishop brushed aside the sincere concern of these traditional Catholics who — both in Novus Ordo and to traditional parishes — prefer to receive Our Lord in Communion in the most reverent way possible, and appeared not to share their longing for public worship, especially on Sundays, was commented on by many Catholic priests, religious, and faithful.
Many recalled the right of Catholics to receive Communion on the tongue, affirmed by Memoriale Domini (1969) and confirmed by the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith in 2009 in the context of the swine flu epidemic.
The medical angle was also mentioned: there is no proof that Communion on the tongue is more prone to viral contamination. In fact, the contrary is true according to a number of studies that have shown it to be “safer” (such as this one in Austria). Aupetit, a former medical doctor, did not mention this.
The historic reference by Archbishop Aupetit was also criticized. Jean-Pierre Maugendre, speaking under “Renaissance catholique,” a traditional society and editor that organizes summer universities, pro-life activities, and book fairs, wrote an open letter noting that when Communion was given in the hand, it was following a deeply reverent rite that had nothing to do with the modern practice of receiving the Host in the left hand and then touching it with the fingers to consume it. It was abandoned because of “sacrilege and desecration by the dispersion of tiny Eucharistic particles on hands that cannot be purified as those the priest” — let alone the Hosts that were stolen for blasphemous purposes.
Accusing Aupetit — in the words of Pope Francis — of “clericalism” that “condemns, separates, frustrates and despises the people of God,” Maugendre added that Catholics consider going to church and receiving Communion as not a “business” of any kind, but a “vital necessity and even a duty.” “Frankly, you give the painful impression of being … the ‘errand boy’ of Mr. Darmanin, showing a servile obedience to political authorities that unfortunately is nothing new.”
“I confess to you, quite simply, that I do not have a near religious respect for the laws of the Republic. It is the laws of the Republic that programmed the genocide in the Vendée, confiscated Church property, expelled the religious, and which today legalize 200,000 abortions per year, medical abortion until birth, the free distribution of contraceptive pills to minors, etc., and which are still in force today. No doubt you will understand that all these facts create a certain distancing from the sacredness of republican law,” continued Maugendre, accusing Aupetit of giving the faithful, in his capacity of “doctor of souls,” “stones instead of bread.”
“La Porte Latine,” the French website of the SSPX, observed on its part that Aupetit’s attack did targeted not only local priests, but at least one “brother bishop” insofar that one of the three videos produced by the French government at the Council of State showed an ordination Mass celebrated this summer by Bishop Marc Aillet of Bayonne.
In any case, should the thousands of churches where Mass is celebrated in France be punished for what happened in three cases, especially when masks have not been proved to stop the contagion of COVID-19?
According to a reliable source, Aupetit has also banned priests from the diocese of Paris from celebrating Masses in families’ homes in a letter to all the members of his clergy.
At the same time, schools are functioning normally, people jostle each other in public transport, and supermarkets are receiving large numbers of customers. At the same time, “new cases” of the new wave of COVID-19 in France, hospitalizations, and deaths are on a downward trend and have been since before confinement at the end of October.
In related news, it has emerged that while demonstrators prayed and sang the Hail Mary during the pro-Mass demonstration in Rennes, Brittany, last Sunday, a female journalist, Sophie Dupontel, from the mainstream media Le Quotidien went to complain to the police who were present. She explained on a Twitter video that she went to ask “what was permitted or not” because the police did not intervene. “They were praying. They just prayed,” she told the officer, who answered: “Oh really? Sorry, I was on the phone.” He added: “I saw no joined hands. I can’t say.”
Prayers resumed, and this time, the officer filmed the scene. Dupontel went to see him once again. “Yes, okay. Technically, it looks like it,” he told her. “Now, is this claiming a right?” he asked, but he added that in his report that he would speak of “religious chants.”
Even the digital editor of France Inter, a State media outlet, was indignant. He tweeted: “These images by a journalist from Qofficiel reporting an offense to the police are disturbing. Is she a journalist or a police auxiliary?”
Meanwhile, French Catholics are facing great difficulties even to obtain the baptism of a newborn baby. In central France, a young family was forced to drive one hour to reach a church where the baptismal registers were available; in their own diocese, they have been “closed,” and the sacrament cannot be administered in local churches.
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lifesitenews--2020-11-23--Join our daily worldwide rosary HERE

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November 23 , 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 .
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Our goal is , by means of this daily rosary and by embracing and living out the message given by the Virgin Mary at Fatima , the triumph of Our Lady ’ s Immaculate Heart .
To help obtain that goal , Bishop Athanasius Schneider graciously composed the following prayer for this worldwide rosary crusade : O Immaculate Heart of Mary , you are the holy Mother of God and our tender Mother .
Look upon the distress in which @ @ @ @ @ @ @ are living because of the spread of materialism and the persecution of the Church .
In Fatima you warned against these errors , as you spoke about the errors of Russia .
You are the Mediatrix of all graces .
Implore your Divine Son to grant this special grace for the Pope : that he might consecrate Russia to your Immaculate Heart , so that Russia will be converted , a period of peace will be granted to the world , and your Immaculate Heart will triumph , through an authentic renewal of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ purity of the Catholic Faith , of the sacredness of Divine worship and of the holiness of the Christian life .
O Queen of the holy Rosary and our sweet Mother , turn your merciful eyes to us and graciously hear this our trusting prayer .
Amen .
+ Athanasius Schneider , Auxiliary Bishop of the archdiocese of Saint Mary in Astana To learn more about the urgency of responding to Our Lady ’ s message at Fatima , and about what you can do , please read Cardinal Burke ’ s 2017 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ https : //voiceofthefamily.com/full-text-cardinal-burkes-historic-call-for-consecration-of-russia/ ) .
As St. Padre Pio once said , “ The rosary is the weapon for these times.
” Through prayer , God can shape history , change the world , and bring about a great time of renewal and peace for the Church and for the world , through the triumph of Our Lady ’ s Immaculate Heart .
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Catholics from all over the world — from Israel, Uganda, Italy, France, Germany, Ireland, Pakistan, Singapore, the Philippines, India, Indonesia, Australia, New Zealand, Thailand, the United Kingdom, the U.S., Canada, Brazil, and other countries — are gathering daily to pray the Rosary, led by Father Pillari, JCL, MCL, STL, an American priest currently studying in Italy.
The Daily Rosary is being offered each day at 12noon EST through Regina Angelorum Press’ YouTube Channel to which you can subscribe HERE.
The goal is, by means of this Daily Rosary and by embracing and living out the message given by the Virgin Mary at Fatima, the triumph of Our Lady’s Immaculate Heart.
To help obtain that goal, Bishop Athanasius Schneider graciously composed the following prayer for this worldwide Rosary crusade:
O Immaculate Heart of Mary, you are the holy Mother of God and our tender Mother. Look upon the distress in which the Church and the whole of humanity are living because of the spread of materialism and the persecution of the Church. In Fatima you warned against these errors, as you spoke about the errors of Russia. You are the Mediatrix of all graces. Implore your Divine Son to grant this special grace for the Pope: that he might consecrate Russia to your Immaculate Heart, so that Russia will be converted, a period of peace will be granted to the world, and your Immaculate Heart will triumph, through an authentic renewal of the Church in the splendor of the purity of the Catholic Faith, of the sacredness of Divine worship and of the holiness of the Christian life. O Queen of the holy Rosary and our sweet Mother, turn your merciful eyes to us and graciously hear this our trusting prayer. Amen. + Athanasius Schneider, Auxiliary Bishop of the archdiocese of Saint Mary in Astana
To learn more about the urgency of responding to Our Lady’s message at Fatima, and about what you can do, please read Cardinal Burke’s 2017 address at the Rome Life Forum.
As St. Padre Pio once said, “The Rosary is the weapon for these times.” Through prayer, God can shape history, change the world, and bring about a great time of renewal and peace for the Church and for the world, through the triumph of Our Lady’s Immaculate Heart. Join us today!
If you would like to follow along with the prayers said during this Rosary, you can access them HERE. The document also includes a brief F.A.Q. pertaining to the daily Rosary.
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lifesitenews--2020-11-23--The world hates biblical dress codes. Why you should live by them anyway

Editor ’ s note : This is part two of a two-part essay .
Part one can be read here .
November 23 , 2020 ( LifeSiteNews ) — According to the Holy Scriptures , dress has another important function besides safeguarding chastity : it safeguards the distinct and complementary roles of men and women in the family and in society .
The first “ dress code ” in the Bible can be found in the book of Deuteronomy .
There , Moses warns the people that it is an “ abomination ” for a man to wear women ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ wear man ’ s apparel .
An “ abomination ” in the Bible is not just a sin .
It is something deeply offensive to God .
The offensiveness of men wearing women ’ s clothes or vice versa flows from the fact that God created Adam and Eve as man and woman from the beginning , equal in dignity but with distinct and complementary roles .
Our Lord Jesus Christ , the “ last Adam , ” came to Earth through the “ New Eve , ” the Holy Theotokos , but @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the Cherubim and more glorious than the Seraphim , ” the sinless Virgin Mary respected the headship of her husband , St. Joseph .
Three times the Lord directed the Holy Family to move quickly to escape mortal danger , and each time the direction was given to St. Joseph and obeyed unquestioningly by the Blessed Virgin .
In this way , Our Lord showed that the ideal Christian family is not one of unisex equality , but one in which husband and wife , equal in dignity , carry out their God-given @ @ @ @ @ @ @ family .
Just as Eve was created from Adam ’ s side to be her husband ’ s help-mate and the heart of her home , so Adam was created to be the spiritual leader of his wife and children and the head of his household .
This was the ideal fully realized in the Holy Family of Nazareth and reflected in the distinct forms of dress adopted by the Lord Jesus , St. Joseph , and the Holy Theotokos .
The Flight into Egypt by Giotto di Bondone ( 1304–1306 , Scrovegni @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Bernardes Ribeiro / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY-SA 4.0 .
Throughout the New Testament , St. Paul and the apostles make clear that men and women who rebel against God ’ s plan for the sexes reap nothing but misery .
In his letter to the Romans , St. Paul writes of people who refuse to recognize God as Creator and to thank Him properly , whose hearts become darkened and who reject the natural forms of sexual relationship for homosexual relations .
He writes : For this cause God delivered them up @ @ @ @ @ @ @ have changed the natural use into that use which is against nature .
And , in like manner , the men also , leaving the natural use of the women , have burned in their lusts one towards another , men with men working that which is filthy , and receiving in themselves the recompense which was due to their error .
And as they liked not to have God in their knowledge , God delivered them up to a reprobate sense , to do those things which are not convenient ; being @ @ @ @ @ @ @ fornication , avarice , wickedness , full of envy , murder , contention , deceit , malignity , whisperers , detractors , hateful to God , contumelious , proud , haughty , inventors of evil things , disobedient to parents , foolish , dissolute , without affection , without fidelity , without mercy .
Who , having known the justice of God , did not understand that they who do such things , are worthy of death ; and not only they that do them , but they also that consent to them @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
St. Paul ’ s warning obviously pertained to men as much as to women .
The fourth-century North African apologist Arnobius — the teacher ( according to St. Jerome ) of the Church Father Lactantius — articulated the view of all of the Church Fathers that men must shun Thus , from the beginning of human history , the Bible ’ s dress code has safeguarded chastity as well as the distinct and complementary roles of man and woman .
The New Testament Teaching on Modesty The teaching of Our Lord Jesus @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to fulfillment .
Whereas the Mosaic law focused on external behavior , Jesus focused on the interior disposition of his hearers .
As Creator , He knew what most psychologists recognize today : that men — much more than women — are attracted by what they see .
That is why Jesus emphasized that “ whoever looks at a woman to lust for her has already committed adultery with her in his heart ” ( Mt .
5:28 ) .
That is also the reason why the New Testament gives more dress guidelines @ @ @ @ @ @ @ St. Paul ’ s first letter to St. Timothy , Chapter Two , he writes that women ought to appear “ in decent apparel : adorning themselves with modesty and sobriety , not with plaited hair , or gold , or pearls , or costly attire.
” According to some commentators , the word translated “ apparel , ” the Greek word katastole , meant a long flowing dress that fell from the shoulders to the ankles .
Certainly , it would have been a loose-fitting garment that extended below the knees .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ the Fathers of the Church consistently upheld the same standard of dress for Christian women .
Writing in the second century , St. Clement of Alexandria wrote : In Byzantine Catholic churches , special reverence is shown to the Eastern Fathers , among whom St. John Chrysostom and St .
Basil the Great hold a special place .
Of all the Doctors who preached on the duties of Christians in the family and in society , none holds a higher place than St. John Chrysostom , great preacher of Antioch and patriarch of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ fervor on the importance of modesty .
According to Butler ’ s Lives of the Saints : He was especially indignant at the immodest dress and conduct of women and their use of purple , silks , and jewels .
He observed that “ their veils were not worn as modest coverings and symbols of penance , but rather they wore thin veils in ways to attract the eyes of others.
” St. John referred to these as , in some respects , “ worse than public prostitutes : for these hide their @ @ @ @ @ @ @ : “ but you ” , he said : “ carry your snare everywhere , and spread your nets publicly in all places.
” “ You allege that you never invite others to sin .
You did not by your tongue , but you have done it by your dress and deportment more effectively than you could by your voice .
When you have made another to sin in his heart , how can you be innocent ?
You sharpened and drew the sword .
You gave the thrust by which the soul @ @ @ @ @ @ @ does the world condemn ?
Whom do judges punish ?
Those who drink the poison , or those who prepare and give the fatal draught ?
You mingled the execrable cup ; you administered the potion of death .
You are so much more criminal than poisoners , as the death which you cause is the more terrible ; for you murder not the body , but the soul .
“ Nor do you do this to enemies : not compelled by necessity nor provoked by any injury ; but out of a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ yourselves in the ruin of the souls of others , and make their spiritual death your pastime.
” It will be worthwhile to carefully study these few paragraphs , which sum up St. John ’ s views on the importance of modesty .
In the first place , he condemns as “ worse than prostitutes ” women ( but it could be men ) who wear certain styles of clothing that attract attention to themselves as objects of lust .
He rejects the common excuse that these women ( or men ) do @ @ @ @ @ @ @ lustful thoughts or to act on their lustful desires , arguing that a person who dresses in a way that excites lustful thoughts when she could avoid doing so is guilty of the effects of her immodesty .
Finally , St. John exposes the root of immodest dress as pride and vanity — the desire to draw attention to oneself and away from God and other people — without regard for the spiritual harm that immodesty inflicts on other people .
But there is another aspect to Chrysostom ’ s teaching on this @ @ @ @ @ @ @ view of marriage .
He takes quite literally the teaching of St. Paul in his letter to the Ephesians that a husband should love his wife “ as his own body.
” Any husband who takes this teaching to heart will lay down his life for his wife every day , doing all that he can to show her that she is precious in his sight .
But he will also express his special love for her “ as his own body ” by encouraging her to dress modestly .
For her part @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ s teaching , a Christian wife delights in belonging to her husband and shows by the way that she acts and dresses that she belongs to him .
But the implications of Chrysostom ’ s beautiful teaching on modesty extend even beyond the marriage relationship to the modesty of children and young adults .
In the light of his preaching of the Gospel , it is easy to see that young men and women should regard themselves first and foremost as “ temples of the Holy Spirit , ” and only secondly @ @ @ @ @ @ @ calls them to that vocation .
However , in the light of Chrysostom ’ s teaching , young men or women who discern that God is calling them to holy marriage have a special reason to dress modestly .
The young man dresses modestly because he knows that his body belongs in a very real way to his future spouse .
He does not want to share it with the whole world .
The young woman also dresses modestly because she knows that her body belongs in a very real way to her @ @ @ @ @ @ @ marry who have lived with this attitude , they know a joy that can not be compared to any worldly enjoyment — the joy of giving and receiving the total gift of themselves !
But nothing safeguards this joy like the practice of modesty before marriage .
If one looks at the standards of dress for men and women throughout the history of the Church , it is apparent that today ’ s fashions clash violently with the standards of modesty that prevailed from the time of the apostles and Church Fathers until @ @ @ @ @ @ @ From the time of the apostles until then , pants , sleeveless or low-cut dresses , and short skirts for women were never tolerated in Catholic society , much less in the house of God during divine worship .
Nor have shorts , sleeveless shirts , or other casual forms of dress for men ever been tolerated in the house of God .
It is worth noting that the Holy Theotokos has appeared on earth numerous times from the first century until the present time , and always in the same modest attire @ @ @ @ @ @ @ If the Holy Theotokos wanted to endorse the fashions of the modern world , surely , she would have varied her style of dress at least once or twice in the last two thousand years .
But from one end of the world to the other , from the time of the apostles until now , the Holy Theotokos has always abided by the guidelines set down by St. Paul two thousand years ago .
Our Lord Jesus Christ has also appeared numerous times , but always in dignified attire .
Some might @ @ @ @ @ @ @ were oppressive to women ( and men ) , as the segregation of churches according to race was oppressive to minorities .
But it is hard to see how this analogy applies .
We have seen that the biblical dress codes as upheld by the Church Fathers were designed to safeguard chastity as well as the distinctive roles of men and women in the family and in society .
If the old standards of modesty were oppressive and ill suited to their purpose , then the abandonment of those standards should not have @ @ @ @ @ @ @ immorality .
But what do we see ?
In reality , the abandonment of biblical standards of modesty has been accompanied by a meteoric rise in the percentage of Catholics who are confused about their sexual identity ; who approve of homosexuality as an acceptable lifestyle ; and who practice or tolerate fornication , contraception , abortion and divorce .
* Is it really possible that the abandonment of biblical standards of modesty has played no part in the explosion of sexual confusion and immorality within the Catholic community , especially in Europe @ @ @ @ @ @ @ with impunity the rules handed down from the time of the apostles and maintained for almost two thousand years ?
Isn ’ t it time that we abandoned this destructive experiment and returned to the guidelines handed down to us by our fathers in the Faith ?
What is right can not be determined by taking a poll .
It can only be determined by consulting the Word of God as it has been understood in the Church from the beginning .
When that is done , it becomes apparent that modesty is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ an essential safeguard of chastity and healthy sexuality .
To embrace that safeguard gives life .
To discard it is suicidal .
*According to Gallup Poll surveys between 2006 and 2008 , American Catholics are even more approving of sexual immorality than non-Catholics .
When asked if the following practices are morally acceptable , the following percentages of Catholics surveyed said “ Yes ” : Sexual relations between unmarried man and woman ?
67 per cent ; Divorce ?
71 percent ; Homosexual relationships ?
54 percent .
Hugh Owen is the founder @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the Study of Creation www.kolbecenter.org which recently produced the DVD series “ Foundations Restored , ” a comprehensive defense of the traditional Catholic doctrine of creation from the perspective of theology , philosophy , and natural science : www.foundationsrestored.com .
He and his wife Maria belong to the Melkite Greek Catholic Church .
They have nine children , including two who are religious sisters , and eighteen grandchildren ( so far ! )
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Throughout the New Testament, St. Paul and the apostles make clear that men and women who rebel against God’s plan for the sexes reap nothing but misery — yes, even in dress.
Editor’s note: This is part two of a two-part essay. Part one can be read here.
November 23, 2020 (LifeSiteNews) — According to the Holy Scriptures, dress has another important function besides safeguarding chastity: it safeguards the distinct and complementary roles of men and women in the family and in society. The first “dress code” in the Bible can be found in the book of Deuteronomy. There, Moses warns the people that it is an “abomination” for a man to wear women’s apparel or for a woman to wear man’s apparel. An “abomination” in the Bible is not just a sin. It is something deeply offensive to God. The offensiveness of men wearing women’s clothes or vice versa flows from the fact that God created Adam and Eve as man and woman from the beginning, equal in dignity but with distinct and complementary roles.
Our Lord Jesus Christ, the “last Adam,” came to Earth through the “New Eve,” the Holy Theotokos, but even though she is “higher than the Cherubim and more glorious than the Seraphim,” the sinless Virgin Mary respected the headship of her husband, St. Joseph. Three times the Lord directed the Holy Family to move quickly to escape mortal danger, and each time the direction was given to St. Joseph and obeyed unquestioningly by the Blessed Virgin. In this way, Our Lord showed that the ideal Christian family is not one of unisex equality, but one in which husband and wife, equal in dignity, carry out their God-given, distinct but complementary roles within the family. Just as Eve was created from Adam’s side to be her husband’s help-mate and the heart of her home, so Adam was created to be the spiritual leader of his wife and children and the head of his household. This was the ideal fully realized in the Holy Family of Nazareth and reflected in the distinct forms of dress adopted by the Lord Jesus, St. Joseph, and the Holy Theotokos.
The Flight into Egypt by Giotto di Bondone (1304–1306, Scrovegni Chapel, Padua). José Luiz Bernardes Ribeiro / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY-SA 4.0.
Throughout the New Testament, St. Paul and the apostles make clear that men and women who rebel against God’s plan for the sexes reap nothing but misery. In his letter to the Romans, St. Paul writes of people who refuse to recognize God as Creator and to thank Him properly, whose hearts become darkened and who reject the natural forms of sexual relationship for homosexual relations. He writes:
For this cause God delivered them up to shameful affections. For their women have changed the natural use into that use which is against nature. And, in like manner, the men also, leaving the natural use of the women, have burned in their lusts one towards another, men with men working that which is filthy, and receiving in themselves the recompense which was due to their error. And as they liked not to have God in their knowledge, God delivered them up to a reprobate sense, to do those things which are not convenient; being filled with all iniquity, malice, fornication, avarice, wickedness, full of envy, murder, contention, deceit, malignity, whisperers, detractors, hateful to God, contumelious, proud, haughty, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents, foolish, dissolute, without affection, without fidelity, without mercy. Who, having known the justice of God, did not understand that they who do such things, are worthy of death; and not only they that do them, but they also that consent to them that do them (Romans 1:25–30).
St. Paul’s warning obviously pertained to men as much as to women. The fourth-century North African apologist Arnobius — the teacher (according to St. Jerome) of the Church Father Lactantius — articulated the view of all of the Church Fathers that men must shun
women’s clothing and feminine mannerisms. He wrote of men who: Though in the form of men … curl their hair with curling pins, make the skin of the body smooth, and they walk with bare knees. In every other type of wantonness, they lay aside the strength of their masculinity and grow effeminate in women’s habits and luxury.
Thus, from the beginning of human history, the Bible’s dress code has safeguarded chastity as well as the distinct and complementary roles of man and woman.
The New Testament Teaching on Modesty
The teaching of Our Lord Jesus Christ on modesty brought the Mosaic law to fulfillment. Whereas the Mosaic law focused on external behavior, Jesus focused on the interior disposition of his hearers. As Creator, He knew what most psychologists recognize today: that men — much more than women — are attracted by what they see. That is why Jesus emphasized that “whoever looks at a woman to lust for her has already committed adultery with her in his heart” (Mt. 5:28). That is also the reason why the New Testament gives more dress guidelines to women than to men. In St. Paul’s first letter to St. Timothy, Chapter Two, he writes that women ought to appear “in decent apparel: adorning themselves with modesty and sobriety, not with plaited hair, or gold, or pearls, or costly attire.”
According to some commentators, the word translated “apparel,” the Greek word katastole, meant a long flowing dress that fell from the shoulders to the ankles. Certainly, it would have been a loose-fitting garment that extended below the knees. From the time of the apostles, the Fathers of the Church consistently upheld the same standard of dress for Christian women. Writing in the second century, St. Clement of Alexandria wrote:
By no means are women to be allowed to uncover and exhibit any part of their bodies, lest both fall — the men by being incited to look, and the women by attracting to themselves the eyes of the men. Clement of Alexandria (circa. 195 AD), 2.246.
St. Cyprian, third-century Bishop of North Africa, wrote:
[S]elf-control and modesty do not consist only in purity of the flesh, but also in seemliness and in modesty of dress and adornment.
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St. John Chrysostom.
In Byzantine Catholic churches, special reverence is shown to the Eastern Fathers, among whom St. John Chrysostom and St. Basil the Great hold a special place. Of all the Doctors who preached on the duties of Christians in the family and in society, none holds a higher place than St. John Chrysostom, great preacher of Antioch and patriarch of Constantinople. St. John preached with great fervor on the importance of modesty. According to Butler’s Lives of the Saints:
He was especially indignant at the immodest dress and conduct of women and their use of purple, silks, and jewels. He observed that “their veils were not worn as modest coverings and symbols of penance, but rather they wore thin veils in ways to attract the eyes of others.” St. John referred to these as, in some respects, “worse than public prostitutes: for these hide their baits at home only for the wicked: “but you”, he said: “carry your snare everywhere, and spread your nets publicly in all places.” “You allege that you never invite others to sin. You did not by your tongue, but you have done it by your dress and deportment more effectively than you could by your voice. When you have made another to sin in his heart, how can you be innocent? You sharpened and drew the sword. You gave the thrust by which the soul is wounded. “Tell me whom does the world condemn? Whom do judges punish? Those who drink the poison, or those who prepare and give the fatal draught? You mingled the execrable cup; you administered the potion of death. You are so much more criminal than poisoners, as the death which you cause is the more terrible; for you murder not the body, but the soul. “Nor do you do this to enemies: not compelled by necessity nor provoked by any injury; but out of a foolish vanity and pride. You sport yourselves in the ruin of the souls of others, and make their spiritual death your pastime.”
It will be worthwhile to carefully study these few paragraphs, which sum up St. John’s views on the importance of modesty. In the first place, he condemns as “worse than prostitutes” women (but it could be men) who wear certain styles of clothing that attract attention to themselves as objects of lust. He rejects the common excuse that these women (or men) do not “invite” others to have lustful thoughts or to act on their lustful desires, arguing that a person who dresses in a way that excites lustful thoughts when she could avoid doing so is guilty of the effects of her immodesty. Finally, St. John exposes the root of immodest dress as pride and vanity — the desire to draw attention to oneself and away from God and other people — without regard for the spiritual harm that immodesty inflicts on other people.
But there is another aspect to Chrysostom’s teaching on this subject, which flows from his exalted view of marriage. He takes quite literally the teaching of St. Paul in his letter to the Ephesians that a husband should love his wife “as his own body.” Any husband who takes this teaching to heart will lay down his life for his wife every day, doing all that he can to show her that she is precious in his sight. But he will also express his special love for her “as his own body” by encouraging her to dress modestly. For her part, in the light of St. Chrysostom’s teaching, a Christian wife delights in belonging to her husband and shows by the way that she acts and dresses that she belongs to him.
Our Lady of Guadalupe.
But the implications of Chrysostom’s beautiful teaching on modesty extend even beyond the marriage relationship to the modesty of children and young adults. In the light of his preaching of the Gospel, it is easy to see that young men and women should regard themselves first and foremost as “temples of the Holy Spirit,” and only secondly as future spouses and parents if God calls them to that vocation. However, in the light of Chrysostom’s teaching, young men or women who discern that God is calling them to holy marriage have a special reason to dress modestly. The young man dresses modestly because he knows that his body belongs in a very real way to his future spouse. He does not want to share it with the whole world. The young woman also dresses modestly because she knows that her body belongs in a very real way to her future husband. When two young people marry who have lived with this attitude, they know a joy that cannot be compared to any worldly enjoyment — the joy of giving and receiving the total gift of themselves! But nothing safeguards this joy like the practice of modesty before marriage.
Our Lady of Guadalupe.
Is Modesty Old Hat?
If one looks at the standards of dress for men and women throughout the history of the Church, it is apparent that today’s fashions clash violently with the standards of modesty that prevailed from the time of the apostles and Church Fathers until about sixty or seventy years ago. From the time of the apostles until then, pants, sleeveless or low-cut dresses, and short skirts for women were never tolerated in Catholic society, much less in the house of God during divine worship. Nor have shorts, sleeveless shirts, or other casual forms of dress for men ever been tolerated in the house of God.
It is worth noting that the Holy Theotokos has appeared on earth numerous times from the first century until the present time, and always in the same modest attire, clothed in a long dress. If the Holy Theotokos wanted to endorse the fashions of the modern world, surely, she would have varied her style of dress at least once or twice in the last two thousand years. But from one end of the world to the other, from the time of the apostles until now, the Holy Theotokos has always abided by the guidelines set down by St. Paul two thousand years ago. Our Lord Jesus Christ has also appeared numerous times, but always in dignified attire.
Some might object that the old standards of modesty were oppressive to women (and men), as the segregation of churches according to race was oppressive to minorities. But it is hard to see how this analogy applies. We have seen that the biblical dress codes as upheld by the Church Fathers were designed to safeguard chastity as well as the distinctive roles of men and women in the family and in society. If the old standards of modesty were oppressive and ill suited to their purpose, then the abandonment of those standards should not have contributed to gender confusion or to sexual immorality. But what do we see? In reality, the abandonment of biblical standards of modesty has been accompanied by a meteoric rise in the percentage of Catholics who are confused about their sexual identity; who approve of homosexuality as an acceptable lifestyle; and who practice or tolerate fornication, contraception, abortion and divorce.*
Is it really possible that the abandonment of biblical standards of modesty has played no part in the explosion of sexual confusion and immorality within the Catholic community, especially in Europe and North America? Can Catholics violate with impunity the rules handed down from the time of the apostles and maintained for almost two thousand years? Isn’t it time that we abandoned this destructive experiment and returned to the guidelines handed down to us by our fathers in the Faith? What is right cannot be determined by taking a poll. It can only be determined by consulting the Word of God as it has been understood in the Church from the beginning. When that is done, it becomes apparent that modesty is not “old hat.” It is an essential safeguard of chastity and healthy sexuality. To embrace that safeguard gives life. To discard it is suicidal.
*According to Gallup Poll surveys between 2006 and 2008, American Catholics are even more approving of sexual immorality than non-Catholics. When asked if the following practices are morally acceptable, the following percentages of Catholics surveyed said “Yes”: Sexual relations between unmarried man and woman? 67 per cent; Divorce? 71 percent; Homosexual relationships? 54 percent.
Hugh Owen is the founder and director of the Kolbe Center for the Study of Creation www.kolbecenter.org which recently produced the DVD series “Foundations Restored,” a comprehensive defense of the traditional Catholic doctrine of creation from the perspective of theology, philosophy, and natural science: www.foundationsrestored.com. He and his wife Maria belong to the Melkite Greek Catholic Church. They have nine children, including two who are religious sisters, and eighteen grandchildren (so far!).
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lifesitenews--2020-11-24--Archbishop rejects state governor’s COVID request, will continue Masses

November 24 , 2020 ( LifeSiteNews ) — Archbishop Joseph Kurtz of Louisville , Kentucky is standing firm along with other Kentucky bishops in keeping Catholic churches open in the face of Governor Andy Beshear ’ s non-binding request that houses of worship close during a tightening of gathering restrictions lasting through Dec. 13 .
Kurtz , who likewise rejected the governor ’ s request to close houses of worship for two weeks in August , told WDRB News that he and other state bishops “ will not be suspending public liturgies , but encourage all to act in a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ this pandemic.
” He pointed out that they would continue to provide virtual streaming of the Church liturgy , as well as dispense Catholics from their Sunday Mass obligation .
Kurtz suspended Masses earlier this year along with other U.S. bishops , citing CDC guidance advising against the gathering of groups of 50 or more people .
Governor Beshear announced Wednesday that he is clamping down on public and private gatherings in order to “ slow ” the COVID-19 virus .
Schools and indoor dining will be closed , while attendance at gyms @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and even at private indoor family gatherings is restricted , per Beshear ’ s executive order .
Beshear ’ s request that houses of worship also close is a recommendation rather than a mandate .
In May , a federal judge ruled Beshear ’ s previous ban of church gatherings unconstitutional after attorneys for Tabernacle Baptist Church argued that the ban “ discriminated against the free exercise of religion.
” They pointed out that gatherings were allowed in private businesses , as well as during the governor ’ s daily briefings , at @ @ @ @ @ @ @ prohibited .
Many churches in Kentucky have been continuously streaming their services virtually instead of opening for in-person worship .
WDRB News reported that Pastor Tim Findley , Jr. of Kingdom Fellowship Christian Life Center strongly supports Governor Beshear ’ s recent request .
“ I think it ’ s irresponsible for any faith leader to bypass these kinds of recommendations , ” said Findley .
The Louisville Courier Journal reported that Beshear ’ s new restrictions came amid a “ record-breaking day ” of 3,649 new COVID-19 cases in Kentucky , with @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ The governor also reported 30 new coronavirus-related deaths .
It was the state ’ s second-highest COVID-19-related death toll for a single day .
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One-size-fits-all oppressive government mask mandates must stop!
Healthy adults and children should not be forced - by the state - to wear masks when the risk of infection is low and the benefit of wearing a mask is highly questionable.
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One-size-fits-all oppressive government mask mandates must stop!
Healthy adults and children should not be forced - by the state - to wear masks when the risk of infection is low and the benefit of wearing a mask is highly questionable.
Please SIGN this petition which asks policymakers at all levels of government to reverse mandatory mask mandates within their borders.
Public health policies should be based on science and logic, not on the type of political posturing and virtue-signaling which led Joe Biden to recently call for a national mask mandate.
And, public health policies certainly shouldn't lead to a situation where more people could become sick.
But, that is exactly what these mandatory mask mandates are doing.
Here are four inconvenient facts about masks:
1) Masks** are largely ineffective at stopping the transmission of viruses.
The vast majority of masks worn by the public are made from material which cannot filter-out viruses because virus particles are too small to catch or obstruct. Wearing cloth masks to stop a virus is like putting a bee in a bird cage to keep it from flying away.
Wearing a mask for long periods of time ensures that the wearer has a warm and moist receptacle around his or her mouth, on which viruses and bacteria can land and accumulate.
Thus, masks are actually likely to have little effect in stopping the spread of COVID-19 acting as a barrier, but could actually make things worse acting as a receptacle.
2) Mandates which call for masks to be worn outdoors are both absurd and oppressive.
3) There are clearly documented hazards of wearing masks for long periods of time.
4) And, since school is on everyone's mind...
Notwithstanding the above information on the ineffectiveness of most masks against viruses, we don't know if asymptomatic children can even transmit the virus.
But, it was a reported in an article in the July 21, 2020 Uk Times that: "There has been no recorded case of a teacher catching the coronavirus from a pupil anywhere in the world, according to one of the UK government's leading scientific advisers."
And, we also know that children are extremely unlikely to get seriously ill or die from COVID infections. In any case, children cannot possibly be expected to wear a mask properly in a way that would cut transmission.
There are still a lot of unknowns about COVID-19, but we have grown in our understanding of this disease since the beginning of the crisis.
The knowledge we have gained should allow government and health authorities to make more nuanced policies than the current one-size-fits-all mask mandates.
Where are the legislative hearings in county commissions, and state, provincial or federal legislatures before these drastic actions are mandated? Where are the open and transparent debates among experts that provide our representatives with the necessary information to make good policy decisions?
The real pandemic is the panic and the resulting tyranny that is being caused by dictatorial governors, corporate media and the monopolistic Big Tech.
The truth is that COVID-19 is like a bad cold for most people; this is not ebola or the plague.
Of course, the very elderly and those with serious health conditions should take precautions or be quarantined, but the rest of society should begin the long process of returning to normality.
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Please SIGN this petition which asks policymakers at all levels of government to reverse any mandatory mask order within the borders of their county, state, province, or country.
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'Explosion in mandatory masking isn’t driven by science, but fear', PART I - https://www.lifesitenews.com/blogs/explosion-in-mandatory-masking-isnt-driven-by-science-but-fear
'Explosion in mandatory masking isn’t driven by science, but fear', PART II - https://www.lifesitenews.com/blogs/explosion-in-mandatory-masking-isnt-driven-by-science-but-fear-part-ii
OSHA Document on Surgical Masks and Respirators stating that surgical masks do NOT prevent airborne particles (e.g. viruses) from being inhaled - https://www.osha.gov/Publications/OSHA3219.pdf
'PETER HITCHENS: Face masks turn us into voiceless submissives - and it’s not science forcing us to wear them, it’s politics' - https://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/article-8537489/PETER-HITCHENS-Face-masks-turn-voiceless-submissives.html
**Here, we are referring to the masks worn by the vast majority of the public, not to specialist masks or respirator-type masks.
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lifesitenews--2020-11-24--Large Christian family objects after Canadian province bans groups over 5 from leaving home together

HALIFAX , Nova Scotia , November 24 , 2020 ( LifeSiteNews ) — A former police officer with five kids has blasted a Canadian province ’ s new COVID-19 restrictions that state that households with more than five people can not go out together and instead must go outside in separate groups .
“ This is outright discrimination against large families .
It ’ s a 100 percent infringement on the Charter of Rights , the right of association , ” Halifax , Nova Scotia resident ; father of five ; and former police officer Chris Morris told LifeSiteNews .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ up , even if it ’ s only temporary , so fundamentally if you have more than five people in your family you are forced to obey the law and split your family into at least two.
” The new “ gathering limit without social distancing ” rule applies only to Halifax and Hant Counties in Nova Scotia and is in effect from November 23 to December 21 , 2020 .
The rule was announced last Friday .
The new rule reads : “ Households can only have 5 visitors at a time @ @ @ @ @ @ @ can only go outside the home in groups of up to 5 people , ” read the new restrictions .
Indoor events with “ social distancing ” ( which includes church services ) in the two affected counties are now limited to 50 percent of the venue ’ s capacity up to a maximum of 100 people , down from 200 .
Outdoor events with “ social distancing ” are now limited to 150 people , with private events such as weddings and funerals limited to 25 people indoors or outdoors .
As @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 51 active cases of COVID-19 in the province with 65 deaths attributed to it .
Morris currently lives in Halifax with his wife and their five children and works at a Catholic church .
He told LifeSiteNews that as a former police officer who worked in Toronto and Ottawa for 15 years that the new rules , besides being unpractical , are contrary to logic itself .
“ This goes against every possible logical thing that could ever exist in this world , there is nothing that supports that as being a good @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ The obvious situation is , we can ’ t drop off or pick up our kids from school because I ’ m at work and then my wife would have to go out.
” LifeSiteNews contacted the government of Nova Scotia to provide clarity to the new rules that do not allow households of more than five to leave their residence together .
Marla MacInnis , media relations adviser for the Department of Health and Wellness for Nova Scotia , confirmed that households with more than five people when “ out in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ groups of five or less , although exceptions might be made .
“ Some households have more than 5 people .
These household members can continue to interact without physical distancing at home .
When they go out into the community we ask that families try to stay in groups of 5 or less as much as possible , ” MacInnis told LifeSiteNews .
“ We understand that in some essential situations , like school drop-offs , there may need to be exceptions [ . ]
... We understand new restrictions pose challenges @ @ @ @ @ @ @ will make to adhere to these protocols and help us reduce the spread of COVID-19.
” Unlike most Canadian provinces , the Nova Scotia government under Liberal premier Stephen McNeil has not had a sitting parliament since March 10 .
Last week , McNeil prorogued the Nova Scotia parliament until next year , a move that was criticized by opposition parties as “ undemocratic.
” On Monday , McNeil stated that police and peace officers are enforcing the new “ single-household bubble , ” along with mask-wearing and physical distancing rules , saying @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
As for Morris , he told LifeSiteNews that McNeil ’ s choice to shut down the provincial Legislature for months on end makes no sense and means “ you can ’ t even complain if you wanted to.
” “ It ’ s just mind boggling , it ’ s a one-man show right now , it ’ s the McNeil show right now which is unreal.
” Morris said that as a family , and even though they have two vehicles , that he and his wife have no choice but @ @ @ @ @ @ @ they could see some community backlash .
“ We ’ re breaking it .
There ’ s no question about it .
We don ’ t have a choice , really , ” Morris told LifeSiteNews .
“ We know we are breaking the law , were not worried about repercussions , but there are going to be community repercussions .
I have no doubt about that.
” Morris added that he is not worried about any issues with police officers regarding the new rule , as he noted that most have common @ @ @ @ @ @ @ families .
However , Morris told LifeSiteNews he is concerned for their friends with large families who have only one vehicle , as it means they would have no choice but to break the new rule to be able to travel together .
“ A lot of our friends have big families and live out in the country with one vehicle .
Are they supposed to drive 20 minutes to school and then back and make another trip ?
That doesn ’ t make a lot of sense , ” Morris told LifeSiteNews @ @ @ @ @ @ @ about the new rule , Morris said that all it would take is for the government to clarify the situation and state , “ There is an exemption for people of the same household , that ’ s all it takes , it ’ s not some rocket science.
” “ They ’ ve clearly thought about it because the fact that they acknowledged that households have more than five people means it crossed their mind , ” Morris told LifeSiteNews .
Most provinces in Canada have seen additional COVID-19 restrictions imposed to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ as reported by local health authorities .
Some doctors , however , have spoken out .
In October , a Canadian physician practicing family medicine for over 40 years , Dr. Stephen Malthouse , wrote to his province ’ s top doctor to blast the latter ’ s COVID-19 lockdown policy .
Recently , a Canadian doctor with claimed extensive credentials spared no words in blasting government-imposed COVID-19 measures at a public city meeting in Western Canada last week , calling masks “ utterly useless ” and saying the virus is “ not @ @ @

'Households with more than 5 members can only go outside the home in groups of up to 5 people,' read the new restrictions in Halifax.
HALIFAX, Nova Scotia, November 24, 2020 (LifeSiteNews) — A former police officer with five kids has blasted a Canadian province’s new COVID-19 restrictions that state that households with more than five people cannot go out together and instead must go outside in separate groups.
“This is outright discrimination against large families. It’s a 100 percent infringement on the Charter of Rights, the right of association,” Halifax, Nova Scotia resident; father of five; and former police officer Chris Morris told LifeSiteNews.
“They are purposely making families split up, even if it’s only temporary, so fundamentally if you have more than five people in your family you are forced to obey the law and split your family into at least two.”
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The new “gathering limit without social distancing” rule applies only to Halifax and Hant Counties in Nova Scotia and is in effect from November 23 to December 21, 2020. The rule was announced last Friday.
The new rule reads: “Households can only have 5 visitors at a time – Households with more than 5 members can only go outside the home in groups of up to 5 people,” read the new restrictions.
Indoor events with “social distancing” (which includes church services) in the two affected counties are now limited to 50 percent of the venue’s capacity up to a maximum of 100 people, down from 200.
Outdoor events with “social distancing” are now limited to 150 people, with private events such as weddings and funerals limited to 25 people indoors or outdoors.
As of today, Nova Scotia has only 51 active cases of COVID-19 in the province with 65 deaths attributed to it.
Morris currently lives in Halifax with his wife and their five children and works at a Catholic church.
He told LifeSiteNews that as a former police officer who worked in Toronto and Ottawa for 15 years that the new rules, besides being unpractical, are contrary to logic itself.
“This goes against every possible logical thing that could ever exist in this world, there is nothing that supports that as being a good idea,” Morris told LifeSiteNews.
“The obvious situation is, we can’t drop off or pick up our kids from school because I’m at work and then my wife would have to go out.”
LifeSiteNews contacted the government of Nova Scotia to provide clarity to the new rules that do not allow households of more than five to leave their residence together.
Marla MacInnis, media relations adviser for the Department of Health and Wellness for Nova Scotia, confirmed that households with more than five people when “out in the community” need to stay in groups of five or less, although exceptions might be made.
“Some households have more than 5 people. These household members can continue to interact without physical distancing at home. When they go out into the community we ask that families try to stay in groups of 5 or less as much as possible,” MacInnis told LifeSiteNews.
“We understand that in some essential situations, like school drop-offs, there may need to be exceptions[.] … We understand new restrictions pose challenges but appreciate the effort all Nova Scotians will make to adhere to these protocols and help us reduce the spread of COVID-19.”
Unlike most Canadian provinces, the Nova Scotia government under Liberal premier Stephen McNeil has not had a sitting parliament since March 10.
Last week, McNeil prorogued the Nova Scotia parliament until next year, a move that was criticized by opposition parties as “undemocratic.”
On Monday, McNeil stated that police and peace officers are enforcing the new “single-household bubble,” along with mask-wearing and physical distancing rules, saying thirty tickets were issued over the weekend.
As for Morris, he told LifeSiteNews that McNeil’s choice to shut down the provincial Legislature for months on end makes no sense and means “you can’t even complain if you wanted to.”
“It’s just mind boggling, it’s a one-man show right now, it’s the McNeil show right now which is unreal.”
Morris said that as a family, and even though they have two vehicles, that he and his wife have no choice but to break the new rule, noting they could see some community backlash.
“We’re breaking it. There’s no question about it. We don’t have a choice, really,” Morris told LifeSiteNews.
“We know we are breaking the law, were not worried about repercussions, but there are going to be community repercussions. I have no doubt about that.”
Morris added that he is not worried about any issues with police officers regarding the new rule, as he noted that most have common sense and are not going to target families.
However, Morris told LifeSiteNews he is concerned for their friends with large families who have only one vehicle, as it means they would have no choice but to break the new rule to be able to travel together.
“A lot of our friends have big families and live out in the country with one vehicle. Are they supposed to drive 20 minutes to school and then back and make another trip? That doesn’t make a lot of sense,” Morris told LifeSiteNews.
When asked what can be done about the new rule, Morris said that all it would take is for the government to clarify the situation and state, “There is an exemption for people of the same household, that’s all it takes, it’s not some rocket science.”
“They’ve clearly thought about it because the fact that they acknowledged that households have more than five people means it crossed their mind,” Morris told LifeSiteNews.
Most provinces in Canada have seen additional COVID-19 restrictions imposed to combat an apparent surge in positive cases as reported by local health authorities.
Some doctors, however, have spoken out.
In October, a Canadian physician practicing family medicine for over 40 years, Dr. Stephen Malthouse, wrote to his province’s top doctor to blast the latter’s COVID-19 lockdown policy.
Recently, a Canadian doctor with claimed extensive credentials spared no words in blasting government-imposed COVID-19 measures at a public city meeting in Western Canada last week, calling masks “utterly useless” and saying the virus is “not Ebola.”
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