lifesitenews--2020-07-23--WATCH: Top Trump campaign official urges Catholics to ‘call out’ Dem governors ‘who deny you Mass’

July 23 , 2020 ( LifeSiteNews ) – A top fundraiser for the Trump campaign who is the ex-wife of California Democrat Governor Gavin Newsom is urging Catholics in a campaign video for Trump ’ s reelection to “ call out ” Democrat governors who have shuttered Churches , denying Catholics Mass and Holy Communion .
“ Democrat governors all around the country have taken away your right to receive Communion .
Catholics should not have to sacrifice their right to practice their religion , ” said Kimberly Guilfoyle , a former co-host of Fox ’ s The Five .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ Catholic is : Continue talking about these assaults on our Christian faith , and make them known .
Call out the perpetrators .
Call out the governors who deny you Mass .
Do not be silent .
Stand up publicly for your faith because together the silent majority will reign.
” In a short video made public today by “ Catholics for Trump , ” Guilfoyle , who is the current girlfriend of Donald Trump Jr. , did not mince words in describing the ongoing physical assaults against Catholic property in the U.S. @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the faithful from receiving the Eucharist .
“ Around the world , the Catholic Church is under fire .
Literally , ” stated Guilfoyle in her video plea .
“ There have been three thousand attacks throughout Europe in which churches have been destroyed , burned , and vandalized .
Most alarming , it is happening right here in America , ” said Guilfoyle .
“ This week , a statue of Christ was toppled and beheaded in Miami .
In Colorado , a statue of the beloved Virgin Mary was defaced with @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ The list goes on.
” “ Do you know where this kind of thing happens frequently ?
” she asked .
“ Communist China , a country that openly persecutes Christians.
” “ Freedom to practice our faith is a founding principle of our country , ” said Guilfoyle .
“ President Trump through his four years in office has been a fierce defender of Christianity and our right to practice openly here and around the world.
” “ The Democrats who claim to be staunch defenders of human rights feel comfortable @ @ @ @ @ @ @ have as Americans , ” she noted .
“ The President will continue fighting for us , but he can not do it alone , ” she continued .
“ Today , we need to come together and fight for our faith harder than we ever have before.
” “ Catholics understand that receiving the Eucharist every Sunday is an essential part of the faith .
It is the Body and Blood of our Savior , Jesus Christ , ” declared Guilfoyle .
“ My ask for you as a Catholic is : @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Christian faith , and make them known .
Call out the perpetrators , ” urged Guilfoyle .
“ Call out the governors who deny you Mass .
Do not be silent .
Stand up publicly for your faith because together the silent majority will reign.
” “ This November will decide the fate of America .
And I hope I can count on you to help keep Donald Trump in the White House , ” she concluded .
Former Congressman Tim Huelskamp who now serves on the “ Catholics for Trump ” advisory @ @ @ @ @ @ @ on target with her remarks .
“ Catholics want to go to communion .
They want to receive the Eucharist , ” said Huelskamp .
“ Governor Wolf in Pennsylvania , Governor Walz in Minnesota , and Governor Whitmer in Michigan , make it hard if not impossible for Catholics to do so.
” “ The level of anti-Catholic activity being conducted by the left , right now , is shocking , ” added Huelskamp .
“ The attacks on Catholic places of worship and Catholic symbols of worship are extraordinary , ” @ @ @ @ @ @ @ an advisory position with “ Catholics for Trump ” and is a member of the pro-life coalition for the Trump campaign .
“ If you ’ re Catholic , you feel it , ” said Martin , “ and the failure of the media to cover it has meant that the policymakers and the leaders have been able to dodge ” addressing the attacks .
Complicit Clergy has provided an interactive map online to keep track of attacks on Catholic statues , parishes and persons in North America this year .
The new @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the United States and Canada .
Readers can click on each pin on the map to find out more about the incident .
LifeSiteNews has reported in detail on a great number of acts of vandalism , carried out not only against Catholic churches , but also other Christian houses of worship , and which seemingly occurred with increasing frequency in recent weeks .

Kimberly Guilfoyle, ex-wife of Dem Gov. Gavin Newsom — responsible for closing down churches in 29 counties — said that Catholics need to ‘stand up publicly for your faith’
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July 23, 2020 (LifeSiteNews) – A top fundraiser for the Trump campaign who is the ex-wife of California Democrat Governor Gavin Newsom is urging Catholics in a campaign video for Trump’s reelection to “call out” Democrat governors who have shuttered Churches, denying Catholics Mass and Holy Communion.
“Democrat governors all around the country have taken away your right to receive Communion. Catholics should not have to sacrifice their right to practice their religion,” said Kimberly Guilfoyle, a former co-host of Fox’s The Five.
“My ask for you as a Catholic is: Continue talking about these assaults on our Christian faith, and make them known. Call out the perpetrators. Call out the governors who deny you Mass. Do not be silent. Stand up publicly for your faith because together the silent majority will reign.”
Earlier this month, Democrat Gov. Newsom banned worship services inside churches in 29 counties.
In a short video made public today by “Catholics for Trump,” Guilfoyle, who is the current girlfriend of Donald Trump Jr., did not mince words in describing the ongoing physical assaults against Catholic property in the U.S. and the actions of liberal politicians preventing the faithful from receiving the Eucharist.
“Around the world, the Catholic Church is under fire. Literally,” stated Guilfoyle in her video plea.
“There have been three thousand attacks throughout Europe in which churches have been destroyed, burned, and vandalized. Most alarming, it is happening right here in America,” said Guilfoyle. “This week, a statue of Christ was toppled and beheaded in Miami. In Colorado, a statue of the beloved Virgin Mary was defaced with red paint,” said Guilfoyle. “The list goes on.”
“Do you know where this kind of thing happens frequently?” she asked. “Communist China, a country that openly persecutes Christians.”
“Freedom to practice our faith is a founding principle of our country,” said Guilfoyle. “President Trump through his four years in office has been a fierce defender of Christianity and our right to practice openly here and around the world.”
“The Democrats who claim to be staunch defenders of human rights feel comfortable denying you this most sacred right we have as Americans,” she noted.
“The President will continue fighting for us, but he cannot do it alone,” she continued. “Today, we need to come together and fight for our faith harder than we ever have before.”
“Catholics understand that receiving the Eucharist every Sunday is an essential part of the faith. It is the Body and Blood of our Savior, Jesus Christ,” declared Guilfoyle.
“My ask for you as a Catholic is: Continue talking about these assaults on our Christian faith, and make them known. Call out the perpetrators,” urged Guilfoyle. “Call out the governors who deny you Mass. Do not be silent. Stand up publicly for your faith because together the silent majority will reign.”
“This November will decide the fate of America. And I hope I can count on you to help keep Donald Trump in the White House,” she concluded.
Former Congressman Tim Huelskamp who now serves on the “Catholics for Trump” advisory board told LifeSiteNews that Guilfoyle is right on target with her remarks.
“Catholics want to go to communion. They want to receive the Eucharist,” said Huelskamp. “Governor Wolf in Pennsylvania, Governor Walz in Minnesota, and Governor Whitmer in Michigan, make it hard if not impossible for Catholics to do so.”
“The level of anti-Catholic activity being conducted by the left, right now, is shocking,” added Huelskamp.
“The attacks on Catholic places of worship and Catholic symbols of worship are extraordinary,” said Ed Martin who also serves in an advisory position with “Catholics for Trump” and is a member of the pro-life coalition for the Trump campaign.
“If you’re Catholic, you feel it,” said Martin, “and the failure of the media to cover it has meant that the policymakers and the leaders have been able to dodge” addressing the attacks.
Complicit Clergy has provided an interactive map online to keep track of attacks on Catholic statues, parishes and persons in North America this year. The new project already lists over 50 incidents in the United States and Canada. Readers can click on each pin on the map to find out more about the incident.
LifeSiteNews has reported in detail on a great number of acts of vandalism, carried out not only against Catholic churches, but also other Christian houses of worship, and which seemingly occurred with increasing frequency in recent weeks.
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lifesitenews--2020-07-23--Americans overwhelmingly agree Big Tech has too much power: Pew poll

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July 23 , 2020 ( LifeSiteNews ) – Almost three-quarters of the public believe the world ’ s leading social media platforms are too powerful , according to a newly-released survey from Pew Research .
Seventy-two percent said social media companies have “ too much power and influence ” in politics today , according to the survey , and a combined 27 percent said they had either the right amount or not enough .
Forty-seven percent of respondents said the government @ @ @ @ @ @ @ more than they are right now .
The findings come as little surprise , given the ongoing controversies over suppression and discrimination that have only intensified in recent months against conservative content across Facebook , Twitter , and YouTube .
Twitter set off a firestorm in May when it placed a “ fact-check ” on a Trump tweet pertaining to the fraud potential of mail-in voting , then censored another Trump tweet stating that “ when the looting starts , the shooting starts , ” pertaining to the Minneapolis riots .
The company @ @ @ @ @ @ @ violence.
” Twitter has been the subject of numerous free-speech controversies for years , and alarmed critics yet again in March when it announced it would be aggressively policing COVID-19 “ misinformation , ” including “ denial of global or local health authority recommendations ” with the “ intent to influence people into acting against recommended guidance , ” or “ call ( s ) to action such as “ coronavirus is a fraud and not real -- go out and patronize your local bar.
” Conservatives suggested some of these rules were @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , and they were seemingly vindicated when Twitter locked the account of conservative pundit Candace Owens for tweeting that Michiganders should disregard the intensely controversial lockdown imposed by Democrat Gov .
Gretchen Whitmer and return to work .
From Facebook , two whistleblowers came forward recently to attest the platform aggressively discriminates against conservatives on a global scale for the purpose of influencing election outcomes .
One of the insiders provided footage of content moderators openly discussing how they would like to delete “ every Donald Trump post I see on the timeline @ @ @ @ @ @ @ for terrorism ” if they so much as post a photo “ wearing a MAGA hat.
” Cognizant service delivery manager Demian Gordon can also be seen saying he would not hold staff accountable for taking down Trump posts on the grounds that they “ got ta get the Cheeto ( Trump ) out of the office.
” The other described witnessing moderators “ deleting on average 300 posts or actioning 300 posts a day ” in a way “ that just targeted conservatives or favored liberals , ” with personnel equating Trump @ @ @ @ @ @ @ expressly making an exception for overtly-hateful posts by the moderators ’ LGBT allies in the name of supporting Pride Month .
As for YouTube and its parent company , numerous leaked private conversations show not only that the dominant ideologies at Google are dramatically out of step with the general public , but that the company is willing to enforce those ideologies through its ostensibly neutral services and platforms .
Psychologist and technology researcher Dr. Robert Epstein warns that Google could use its vast power over search results for news and video to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the vote toward former Vice President Joe Biden in the fall ’ s presidential election .
In May , Trump signed an executive order aimed at tweaking how federal agencies interpret and enforce Section 230 .
The order essentially directs the Federal Communications Commission ( FCC ) to propose an administrative rule that would “ spell out what it means for the tech giants to carry out their takedown policies ‘ in good faith , ’ ” national security attorney Stewart Baker explained .

Nearly 75 percent of respondents think that social media companies have excessive influence in politics and 47 percent say government regulation is needed.
PETITION: No to mandatory contact tracing and government surveillance for the coronavirus! Sign the petition here.
July 23, 2020 (LifeSiteNews) – Almost three-quarters of the public believe the world’s leading social media platforms are too powerful, according to a newly-released survey from Pew Research.
Seventy-two percent said social media companies have “too much power and influence” in politics today, according to the survey, and a combined 27 percent said they had either the right amount or not enough. Forty-seven percent of respondents said the government should regulate “major technology companies” more than they are right now.
The findings come as little surprise, given the ongoing controversies over suppression and discrimination that have only intensified in recent months against conservative content across Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube.
Twitter set off a firestorm in May when it placed a “fact-check” on a Trump tweet pertaining to the fraud potential of mail-in voting, then censored another Trump tweet stating that “when the looting starts, the shooting starts,” pertaining to the Minneapolis riots. The company claimed the latter tweet was “glorifying violence.”
Twitter has been the subject of numerous free-speech controversies for years, and alarmed critics yet again in March when it announced it would be aggressively policing COVID-19 “misinformation,” including “denial of global or local health authority recommendations” with the “intent to influence people into acting against recommended guidance,” or “call(s) to action such as “coronavirus is a fraud and not real — go out and patronize your local bar.”
Conservatives suggested some of these rules were a pretext to stifle debate about COVID-19, and they were seemingly vindicated when Twitter locked the account of conservative pundit Candace Owens for tweeting that Michiganders should disregard the intensely controversial lockdown imposed by Democrat Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and return to work.
From Facebook, two whistleblowers came forward recently to attest the platform aggressively discriminates against conservatives on a global scale for the purpose of influencing election outcomes.
One of the insiders provided footage of content moderators openly discussing how they would like to delete “every Donald Trump post I see on the timeline” and “delete all Republicans … for terrorism” if they so much as post a photo “wearing a MAGA hat.” Cognizant service delivery manager Demian Gordon can also be seen saying he would not hold staff accountable for taking down Trump posts on the grounds that they “gotta get the Cheeto (Trump) out of the office.”
The other described witnessing moderators “deleting on average 300 posts or actioning 300 posts a day” in a way “that just targeted conservatives or favored liberals,” with personnel equating Trump supporters with violent hate groups, while expressly making an exception for overtly-hateful posts by the moderators’ LGBT allies in the name of supporting Pride Month.
As for YouTube and its parent company, numerous leaked private conversations show not only that the dominant ideologies at Google are dramatically out of step with the general public, but that the company is willing to enforce those ideologies through its ostensibly neutral services and platforms. Psychologist and technology researcher Dr. Robert Epstein warns that Google could use its vast power over search results for news and video to shift as much as a tenth of the vote toward former Vice President Joe Biden in the fall’s presidential election.
In May, Trump signed an executive order aimed at tweaking how federal agencies interpret and enforce Section 230. The order essentially directs the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to propose an administrative rule that would “spell out what it means for the tech giants to carry out their takedown policies ‘in good faith,’” national security attorney Stewart Baker explained.
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lifesitenews--2020-07-23--Catholic layman reveals strategy he used to overcome priest’s Communion-on-tongue ban

July 23 , 2020 ( LifeSiteNews ) – “ I want all Catholics to know that receiving Holy Communion on the tongue is their right , and what they can do to regain that right , because it works !
” A French reader told LifeSite of his personal experience of being refused Communion in his local parish because of COVID-19 guidelines , and of his successful fight , through an official appeal to the bishop , to reclaim the possibility of receiving Our Lord humbly and reverentially , kneeling and on the tongue .
His surname , as well @ @ @ @ @ @ @ out of this story , in the interests of peace and discretion : Guillaume is his Christian name , and that is how he shall be called hereafter .
Having obtained the capitulation of the bishop , pure and simple , for the parish he and his wife attend ( somewhere in France ) Guillaume is now faced with derogatory emails from the priest who officiates there ; the couple were even asked to step down from various responsibilities they had been happy to accept in this Novus Ordo parish .
How did @ @ @ @ @ @ @ basis of advice given by Fr Reginald-Marie Rivoire of the traditional Dominican community of Saint-Vincent-Ferrier in the Catholic bi-monthly L ’ Homme nouveau at the beginning of the coronavirus restrictions , Guillaume decided to present a canonically-founded appeal to the local bishop , in which he quoted several texts from Rome that allow local indults for Communion to be given in the hand , but that have repeatedly confirmed that all faithful “ always have the right to receive Communion on the tongue by their own choice.
” The Catholic faithful ’ s @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Sacramentum Instruction of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments dated March 25 , 2004 , clarifying Memoriale Domini of 1969 allowing Communion in the hand as an exception that bishops were able to concede as an “ indult ” in their own diocese .
Five years later , in the context of the swine flu epidemic in 2009 , the same Congregation answered a query about Communion on the tongue in the new circumstances by letter on July 24 , stating : “ This Dicastery observes that its @ @ @ @ @ @ @ stipulates that ‘ each of the faithful always has the right to receive Holy Communion on the tongue ’ ( n. 92 ) , nor is it licit to deny Holy Communion to any of Christ ’ s faithful who are not impeded by law from receiving the Holy Eucharist.
” The same letter concluded with the words : “ May you persevere in faith and in love for Our Lord and his Holy Church , and in continued devotion to the Most Blessed Sacrament.
” Guillaume ’ s appeal did not end @ @ @ @ @ @ @ for Divine Worship , perhaps because the Church ’ s laws and instructions are so clear that the bishop considered it would have been useless to resist .
That is the lesson he would like to share with so many Catholics facing the same kind of difficulty – not to say persecution – on the part of Church authorities all over the world “ because of ” COVID-19 .
The ordeal started on the first Sunday of March , when the priest of Guillaume ’ s parish – whose faithful had been used @ @ @ @ @ @ @ his arrival – said during his homily that due to the epidemic , he would only give Communion in the hand for sanitary reasons .
When the time came , Guillaume went to Communion with his hands folded , knelt down and opened his mouth to receive the Host as he always had , directly on the tongue .
The priest refused .
Not wanting to make trouble in church , Guillaume silently returned to his pew , profoundly hurt , having been treated like a public sinner .
Shortly afterwards , France @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and public Masses were suspended by the civil authorities , with no resistance from the French ecclesiastical hierarchy .
When the ban was lifted on May 25 , Guillaume and his family decided to go to another parish where the local priest was continuing to give Communion on the tongue .
At this point , he began to receive angry letters from the priest who had refused to give him Communion before the lockdown .
He was told he had chosen to go to a “ disobeying ” priest , and that he @ @ @ @ @ @ @ towards sanctification.
” He was accused of being “ obstinate , ” of “ wanting God to submit to his personal desires ” even though God ’ s Son gave His bishops authority over disciplinary matters .
Guillaume was even asked whether he thought he was in the state of grace to go and receive Holy Communion elsewhere because of his lack of humility and his disobedience to the local bishop , who was presented as having made the decision that priests must give Communion in the hand .
Another similar letter followed @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to answer .
They did complain about the correspondence to the Catholic hierarchy and , on June 25 , Guillaume lodged a formal appeal with the local bishop , politely but firmly invoking the Roman documents quoted above .
In that letter , couched in courteous terms , he underscored the “ great suffering ” that was affecting his and his wife ’ s spiritual life .
“ Regarding law , it is a great injustice , and regarding ecclesial communion , it constitutes a discrimination , ” he wrote .
Counting on @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , ” the letter stated : “ We have recourse to you , your Excellency , who are the guarantor of justice and communion in the parishes of the diocese , so that we may once again have the immense joy of receiving Our Lord , in our parish , following the humble inclination of our heart , that is , on the tongue , in accordance with the liturgical norms.
” Four days later , a registered letter from the bishop invited the couple to come and discuss the situation with him @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a week after Guillaume had sent his official appeal , his parish received informal notice from the bishop that Holy Communion could be distributed on the tongue .
Since then , about half of the parishioners have resumed the traditional manner of receiving the Host , kneeling and on the tongue .
But Guillaume has since then received several letters from his parish priest questioning his knowledge of canon law and church affairs and accusing him of “ stubbornness ” and even of “ fanatical pride.
” In a presentation of his fight @ @ @ @ @ @ @ on Gloria.tv , Guillaume published the letter that has obliged a bishop to step back from a general prohibition of Communion on the tongue , even if it was only for one parish and as discreetly as possible .
He suggests that faithful in the same situation as he should first get in touch with the priest who refuses Communion on the tongue , invoking Redemptionis sacramentum and the 2009 letter applying to a sanitary situation .
If that is impossible , they can also try humbly to receive our Lord on the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Guillaume himself was sent away with a curt : “ I will not give you Communion.
” If the priest , as he probably will , opposes his duty to obey his bishop , Guillaume suggests that that is the time to appeal directly to that bishop , by registered letter , taking care to keep a copy .
The letter should give precisely the date , parish and circumstance in which a given priest has refused Communion on the tongue .
It should recall the norms precisely and ask for the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ an end to the abuse .
It should also , “ subtly , ” Guillaume insisted , make clear that in case of a refusal , a recourse will be made to the Congregation for Divine Worship .
Adding a copy of the latter ’ s response in 2009 may suffice .
Don ’ t forget to pray for your priest , your bishop and the success of your action , Guillaume added , and don ’ t have exaggerated hopes of seeing the bishop reinstate Communion on the tongue in his entire @ @ @ @ @ @ @ forget to thank your priest or your bishop if you are successful… and , “ prepare to suffer.
” Quoting the violent messages received from the local priest , Guillaume commented : “ This incredible outburst of violence on the part of a priest , despite the fact that he is ‘ classical ’ ( without being traditional ) has made us aware of the capital importance of respect for the Blessed Sacrament .
If it was of no importance , such passions would not be unleashed .
Satan does not seem to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ”

'I want all Catholics to know that receiving Holy Communion on the tongue is their right, and what they can do to regain that right, because it works!'
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July 23, 2020 (LifeSiteNews) – “I want all Catholics to know that receiving Holy Communion on the tongue is their right, and what they can do to regain that right, because it works!” A French reader told LifeSite of his personal experience of being refused Communion in his local parish because of COVID-19 guidelines, and of his successful fight, through an official appeal to the bishop, to reclaim the possibility of receiving Our Lord humbly and reverentially, kneeling and on the tongue.
His surname, as well as identifying elements, will be left out of this story, in the interests of peace and discretion: Guillaume is his Christian name, and that is how he shall be called hereafter.
Having obtained the capitulation of the bishop, pure and simple, for the parish he and his wife attend (somewhere in France) Guillaume is now faced with derogatory emails from the priest who officiates there; the couple were even asked to step down from various responsibilities they had been happy to accept in this Novus Ordo parish.
How did Guillaume obtain such success? On the basis of advice given by Fr Reginald-Marie Rivoire of the traditional Dominican community of Saint-Vincent-Ferrier in the Catholic bi-monthly L’Homme nouveau at the beginning of the coronavirus restrictions, Guillaume decided to present a canonically-founded appeal to the local bishop, in which he quoted several texts from Rome that allow local indults for Communion to be given in the hand, but that have repeatedly confirmed that all faithful “always have the right to receive Communion on the tongue by their own choice.”
Fr Reginald-Marie Rivoire is a doctor in Canon law.
The Catholic faithful’s right was made clear by the Redemptionis Sacramentum Instruction of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments dated March 25, 2004, clarifying Memoriale Domini of 1969 allowing Communion in the hand as an exception that bishops were able to concede as an “indult” in their own diocese.
Five years later, in the context of the swine flu epidemic in 2009, the same Congregation answered a query about Communion on the tongue in the new circumstances by letter on July 24, stating: “This Dicastery observes that its Instruction Redemptionis Sacramentum (…) clearly stipulates that ‘each of the faithful always has the right to receive Holy Communion on the tongue’ (n. 92), nor is it licit to deny Holy Communion to any of Christ’s faithful who are not impeded by law from receiving the Holy Eucharist.”
The same letter concluded with the words: “May you persevere in faith and in love for Our Lord and his Holy Church, and in continued devotion to the Most Blessed Sacrament.”
Guillaume’s appeal did not end up on the desk of the Congregation for Divine Worship, perhaps because the Church’s laws and instructions are so clear that the bishop considered it would have been useless to resist. That is the lesson he would like to share with so many Catholics facing the same kind of difficulty – not to say persecution – on the part of Church authorities all over the world “because of” COVID-19.
The ordeal started on the first Sunday of March, when the priest of Guillaume’s parish – whose faithful had been used to receiving Communion on the tongue before his arrival – said during his homily that due to the epidemic, he would only give Communion in the hand for sanitary reasons.
When the time came, Guillaume went to Communion with his hands folded, knelt down and opened his mouth to receive the Host as he always had, directly on the tongue. The priest refused. Not wanting to make trouble in church, Guillaume silently returned to his pew, profoundly hurt, having been treated like a public sinner.
Shortly afterwards, France entered into lockdown on March 17, and public Masses were suspended by the civil authorities, with no resistance from the French ecclesiastical hierarchy. When the ban was lifted on May 25, Guillaume and his family decided to go to another parish where the local priest was continuing to give Communion on the tongue.
At this point, he began to receive angry letters from the priest who had refused to give him Communion before the lockdown. He was told he had chosen to go to a “disobeying” priest, and that he was “not on the right path towards sanctification.” He was accused of being “obstinate,” of “wanting God to submit to his personal desires” even though God’s Son gave His bishops authority over disciplinary matters. Guillaume was even asked whether he thought he was in the state of grace to go and receive Holy Communion elsewhere because of his lack of humility and his disobedience to the local bishop, who was presented as having made the decision that priests must give Communion in the hand. Another similar letter followed. Guillaume and his wife decided not to answer.
They did complain about the correspondence to the Catholic hierarchy and, on June 25, Guillaume lodged a formal appeal with the local bishop, politely but firmly invoking the Roman documents quoted above. In that letter, couched in courteous terms, he underscored the “great suffering” that was affecting his and his wife’s spiritual life.
“Regarding law, it is a great injustice, and regarding ecclesial communion, it constitutes a discrimination,” he wrote.
Counting on the bishop’s “pastoral goodwill,” the letter stated: “We have recourse to you, your Excellency, who are the guarantor of justice and communion in the parishes of the diocese, so that we may once again have the immense joy of receiving Our Lord, in our parish, following the humble inclination of our heart, that is, on the tongue, in accordance with the liturgical norms.”
Four days later, a registered letter from the bishop invited the couple to come and discuss the situation with him, but before that could happen, a week after Guillaume had sent his official appeal, his parish received informal notice from the bishop that Holy Communion could be distributed on the tongue. Since then, about half of the parishioners have resumed the traditional manner of receiving the Host, kneeling and on the tongue.
But Guillaume has since then received several letters from his parish priest questioning his knowledge of canon law and church affairs and accusing him of “stubbornness” and even of “fanatical pride.”
In a presentation of his fight for the reverent reception of the Eucharist on Gloria.tv, Guillaume published the letter that has obliged a bishop to step back from a general prohibition of Communion on the tongue, even if it was only for one parish and as discreetly as possible.
He suggests that faithful in the same situation as he should first get in touch with the priest who refuses Communion on the tongue, invoking Redemptionis sacramentum and the 2009 letter applying to a sanitary situation. If that is impossible, they can also try humbly to receive our Lord on the tongue, with some hope of success. Guillaume himself was sent away with a curt: “I will not give you Communion.”
If the priest, as he probably will, opposes his duty to obey his bishop, Guillaume suggests that that is the time to appeal directly to that bishop, by registered letter, taking care to keep a copy.
The letter should give precisely the date, parish and circumstance in which a given priest has refused Communion on the tongue. It should recall the norms precisely and ask for the bishop to intervene in order to put an end to the abuse. It should also, “subtly,” Guillaume insisted, make clear that in case of a refusal, a recourse will be made to the Congregation for Divine Worship. Adding a copy of the latter’s response in 2009 may suffice.
Don’t forget to pray for your priest, your bishop and the success of your action, Guillaume added, and don’t have exaggerated hopes of seeing the bishop reinstate Communion on the tongue in his entire diocese.
Also, don’t forget to thank your priest or your bishop if you are successful… and, “prepare to suffer.” Quoting the violent messages received from the local priest, Guillaume commented: “This incredible outburst of violence on the part of a priest, despite the fact that he is ‘classical’ (without being traditional) has made us aware of the capital importance of respect for the Blessed Sacrament. If it was of no importance, such passions would not be unleashed. Satan does not seem to like communion on the tongue at all…”
Follow Jeanne Jeanne Smits has worked as a journalist in France since 1987 after obtaining a Master of Arts in Law. She formerly directed the French daily Présent and was editor-in-chief of an all-internet French-speaking news site called reinformation.tv. She writes regularly for a number of Catholic journals (Monde & vie, L’Homme nouveau, Reconquête…) and runs a personal pro-life blog. In addition, she is often invited to radio and TV shows on alternative media. She is vice-president of the Christian and French defense association “AGRIF.” She is the French translator of The Dictator Pope by Henry Sire and Christus Vincit by Bishop Schneider, and recently contributed to the Bref examen critique de la communion dans la main about Communion in the hand. She is married and has three children, and lives near Paris.
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lifesitenews--2020-07-23--Homeschooling is a great way to help save our culture

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lifesitenews--2020-07-23--How the ‘woke’ globalist cult is trying to reprogram Americans into unthinking bots

July 23 , 2020 ( LifeSiteNews ) – “ A time is coming when men will go mad , and when they see someone who is not mad , they will attack him , saying , ‘ You are mad ; you are not like us.
’ ” ― St. Anthony the Great “ What is the cost of lies ?
It ’ s not that we ’ ll mistake them for the truth .
The real danger is that if we hear enough lies , then we no longer recognize the truth at all.
” ― HBO ’ s @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ?
Americans now risk being shamed , attacked , and even murdered for not wearing a mask in public .
The “ right of the people to peaceably assemble ” has basically been abolished ( the right of the people to violently assemble , however , is another story ) .
Petty bureaucrats delight in creating and enforcing arbitrary rules about everyday life .
Attempts to launch an iconoclastic cultural revolution are picking up steam .
Kindergarten now takes place over Zoom .
Government hotlines have been created for people to report on @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , or showing their faces in public .
What can Catholics do in the face of this insanity ?
First , we must pray and work on getting our own lives and souls in order .
The Holy Sacrifice of the Mass is the highest form of prayer we have .
We must take advantage of the graces offered to us in Holy Communion , especially now that we know how easily we can lose access to the Sacraments .
St. Padre Pio said it would be easier for the earth to exist @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Depriving the faithful of the Eucharist is like depriving us of oxygen .
Frankly , I was dismayed over how eagerly bishops banned Masses at the onset of the coronavirus outbreak and how quickly their priests went along with it .
One friend recently wished bishops and priests treated sin as seriously as they do the virus ( and what we can only assume is fear of lawsuits related to the virus ) .
The deep feeling of abandonment so many Catholics felt when Masses were banned – not only because of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ those of many , many priests – was and still is very real .
Some priests didn ’ t protest when they were banned from giving the Last Rites ; others went along with episcopal orders to lock church doors , giving parishioners the clear message that the Church ’ s mission of giving out soul-saving sacraments was not really an essential service .
Will we have Christmas Masses in much of the country this year ?
Flu season and whatever “ wave ” of coronavirus we ’ re on then make it @ @ @ @ @ @ @ : no Easter or Christmas Masses in 2020 .
I hope I am wrong .
Receive Communion while you can .
Try to find a priest who will give you the Sacraments , including the Eucharist .
Go to Confession .
Pray the rosary .
Read books that share accounts of keeping the faith under oppressive communist governments , like Bishop Athanasius Schneider ’ s Christus Vincit : Christ 's Triumph Over the Darkness of the Age .
Second , we must understand group psychology and how cults operate .
It is impossible @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
The Marxist mob feeds on loneliness and uses the universal desire for acceptance to coerce people into proclaiming the dogmas of the revolution , thus signaling that they are “ with the program.
” In November 2018 , cult expert and former intelligence analyst Stella Morabito wrote at The Federalist , “ As a nation , we need to talk openly and clearly about the reality of coercive thought reform .
We must understand how easily our minds can be molested when isolated from real conversation and debate .
The only people @ @ @ @ @ @ @ elites in their never-ending quest to control the lives of others.
” “ What about the transgender movement ?
Is that a cult ?
What about a huge administrative state ?
Does it operate in a cult-like manner ?
How about socialism ?
Does the socialist movement have features of a cult ?
” ( Yes , yes , and yes . )
“ The stated beliefs of any of the above groups are irrelevant to the questions above , ” she explained .
“ To figure out whether something is a cult @ @ @ @ @ @ @ tactics and methods of those groups , especially their tolerance for different points of view.
” Morabito , who has for years been sounding the alarm about the cult-like nature of political correctness and gender ideology , offered seven notes on how cults operate , based on the book Cults in Our Midst , by Margaret Thaler Singer .
She also shared Singer ’ s list of the “ six conditions practiced by cults.
” • Cults are defined by their methods and tactics , not their supposed beliefs .
Cults and cult-like @ @ @ @ @ @ @ social upheaval , when people feel displaced .
• Cults always serve a powerful elite , with recruits manipulated from above to profit those elites , who employ coordinated persuasion programs .
• Cults always have a hidden agenda that is never exposed when recruiting .
They isolate their recruits from other points of view in order to control and manipulate them .
• Cults control language in order to blunt independent thought .
They cultivate dependency , debilitation , deception , dread of separation , and desensitization in people , all of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ walk away .
• The main goal of a cult is simply to grow , grow , grow .
There is no end in sight in terms of recruitment or fundraising or power .
• Cults make a point of getting footholds in the institutions of society — including government , media , and education — in order to get mainstream credibility .
• Cults are very organized in suppressing critics and criticism .
• Keep the person unaware of what is going on and how he or she is being changed a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the person ’ s social and/or physical environment ; especially control the person ’ s time .
• Systematically create a sense of powerlessness , fear , and dependency in the person .
• Suppress old behavior and attitudes by manipulating a system of rewards , punishments , and experiences .
• Instill new behavior and attitudes by manipulating a system of rewards , punishments , and experiences that induce group-approved behaviors .
• Put forth a closed system of logic and an authoritarian structure that permits no feedback and refuses to be @ @ @ @ @ @ @ with ears to hear and eyes to see should be able to detect that what Singer and Morabito are talking about is exactly what ’ s going on today .
The “ new normal ” we are constantly being told to accept is , in reality , a re-programming simulation being carried out in the aftermath of the coronavirus response and the Black Lives Matter movement .
Increasingly , Americans are being forced to isolate themselves .
Sometimes this isolation is literally mandated by the state in the name of public health .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ of rejecting political correctness .
For example , in June , one New York Times columnist urged people to text relatives and loved ones “ telling them you will not be visiting them or answering phone calls until they take significant action in supporting black lives either through protest or financial contributions ” ( Morabito describes this as “ emotional blackmail ” ) .
Isolate people , break them down , reprogram them .
They emerge as compliant , unquestioning bots , aware that no dissent is ever acceptable and that questioning any @ @ @ @ @ @ @ highest degree .
The simple fact is that this new “ religion of wokeness ” – being , as it is , an error – is full of contradictions and absurdities .
For example , sex discrimination is wrong , it claims .
But it also says there are no meaningful distinctions between men and women .
Receiving Communion is too dangerous , its proponents argue .
But sex with strangers is alright , “ if you ’ re willing to take a risk ” ( according to this religion ’ s high @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , going to church or protesting the lockdowns ( even while wearing a mask ) will spread the plague but rioting will not .
Essential for this new cult to thrive is that the collective memory of society must be whitewashed and cast out into the abyss .
One way this is being accomplished is that Americans are increasingly told they are “ white supremacists ” for believing that any part of Western Civilization or Christianity should be preserved .
It doesn ’ t matter if one believes black lives matter and wants @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is that he goes along with the cult ’ s prescribed rituals related to these matters .
Any deviance from the “ party line ” is unacceptable .
George Orwell ’ s 1984 quote about history comes to mind : “ Every record has been destroyed or falsified , every book rewritten , every picture has been repainted , every statue and street building has been renamed , every date has been altered .
And the process is continuing day by day and minute by minute .
History has stopped .
Nothing exists @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Party is always right.
” Just what is the antidote to the ongoing mass cult recruitment to the “ Church of Woke ” and the “ Sanitary Dictatorship ” ?
For one , speaking out , which empowers and inspires others to realize they are not alone and can share their same opinions .
Building community , which combats loneliness , is also essential .
Focusing on building strong , meaningful , and loving connections with family and friends is a must ( Morabito has written about this extensively ) .
And recognizing @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of the mob may get you shunned or “ cancelled , ” but the consequences of going along with anti-freedom , anti-Christ , Marxist lies are far worse .
As the two expressions go , “ better to die standing than to live on your knees , ” and “ better to die with the Sacraments than live without them.
” Don ’ t be a conformist .
Think for yourself .
Ask questions , especially when you ’ re told not to ask questions .
Finally , take Sohrab Ahmari ’ s @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that people will continually be “ asked to acquiesce to ever more extreme positions , on penalty of their jobs , livelihoods , family relationships and their presence in the digital public square , ” crafted the following pledge for all free thinkers : • I believe in the inherent dignity of all people .
• I will not submit to outrage mobs .
• I will stand for the truth , not your truth or my truth .
• I will not hang that sign on my office door , make that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ don ’ t believe in its message .
• I will not denounce my friends .
• I am not ashamed of traditional faith or the American flag .
In other words : I do not consent .
I will not comply .
I will not submit .
Say those words to yourself over and over , and live by them .

The woke globalist cult wants you as a member, whether you like it or not. Here's how you resist.
July 23, 2020 (LifeSiteNews) – “A time is coming when men will go mad, and when they see someone who is not mad, they will attack him, saying, ‘You are mad; you are not like us.’” ― St. Anthony the Great
“What is the cost of lies? It’s not that we’ll mistake them for the truth. The real danger is that if we hear enough lies, then we no longer recognize the truth at all.” ― HBO’s Chernobyl
What is happening to our planet?
Americans now risk being shamed, attacked, and even murdered for not wearing a mask in public. The “right of the people to peaceably assemble” has basically been abolished (the right of the people to violently assemble, however, is another story).
Petty bureaucrats delight in creating and enforcing arbitrary rules about everyday life. Attempts to launch an iconoclastic cultural revolution are picking up steam. Kindergarten now takes place over Zoom. Government hotlines have been created for people to report on others playing tennis, going to church, or showing their faces in public.
What can Catholics do in the face of this insanity?
First, we must pray and work on getting our own lives and souls in order. The Holy Sacrifice of the Mass is the highest form of prayer we have. We must take advantage of the graces offered to us in Holy Communion, especially now that we know how easily we can lose access to the Sacraments. St. Padre Pio said it would be easier for the earth to exist without the sun than without the Mass. Depriving the faithful of the Eucharist is like depriving us of oxygen. Frankly, I was dismayed over how eagerly bishops banned Masses at the onset of the coronavirus outbreak and how quickly their priests went along with it. One friend recently wished bishops and priests treated sin as seriously as they do the virus (and what we can only assume is fear of lawsuits related to the virus).
The deep feeling of abandonment so many Catholics felt when Masses were banned – not only because of the actions of our bishops but also those of many, many priests – was and still is very real. Some priests didn’t protest when they were banned from giving the Last Rites; others went along with episcopal orders to lock church doors, giving parishioners the clear message that the Church’s mission of giving out soul-saving sacraments was not really an essential service.
Will we have Christmas Masses in much of the country this year? Flu season and whatever “wave” of coronavirus we’re on then make it seem unlikely. What a wretched thought: no Easter or Christmas Masses in 2020. I hope I am wrong.
Receive Communion while you can. Try to find a priest who will give you the Sacraments, including the Eucharist. Go to Confession. Pray the rosary.
Read books that share accounts of keeping the faith under oppressive communist governments, like Bishop Athanasius Schneider’s Christus Vincit: Christ's Triumph Over the Darkness of the Age.
Mass cult recruitment and reprogramming
Second, we must understand group psychology and how cults operate. It is impossible to stress enough how important this is.
The Marxist mob feeds on loneliness and uses the universal desire for acceptance to coerce people into proclaiming the dogmas of the revolution, thus signaling that they are “with the program.”
In November 2018, cult expert and former intelligence analyst Stella Morabito wrote at The Federalist, “As a nation, we need to talk openly and clearly about the reality of coercive thought reform. We must understand how easily our minds can be molested when isolated from real conversation and debate. The only people who profit from such conditions are powerful elites in their never-ending quest to control the lives of others.”
“What about the transgender movement? Is that a cult? What about a huge administrative state? Does it operate in a cult-like manner? How about socialism? Does the socialist movement have features of a cult?” (Yes, yes, and yes.)
“The stated beliefs of any of the above groups are irrelevant to the questions above,” she explained. “To figure out whether something is a cult, you must just look at the tactics and methods of those groups, especially their tolerance for different points of view.”
Morabito, who has for years been sounding the alarm about the cult-like nature of political correctness and gender ideology, offered seven notes on how cults operate, based on the book Cults in Our Midst, by Margaret Thaler Singer. She also shared Singer’s list of the “six conditions practiced by cults.”
Morabito summarizes:
Cults are defined by their methods and tactics, not their supposed beliefs. Cults and cult-like thinking always proliferate at times of great social upheaval, when people feel displaced.
Cults always serve a powerful elite, with recruits manipulated from above to profit those elites, who employ coordinated persuasion programs.
Cults always have a hidden agenda that is never exposed when recruiting. They isolate their recruits from other points of view in order to control and manipulate them.
Cults control language in order to blunt independent thought. They cultivate dependency, debilitation, deception, dread of separation, and desensitization in people, all of which makes it harder for them to walk away.
The main goal of a cult is simply to grow, grow, grow. There is no end in sight in terms of recruitment or fundraising or power.
Cults make a point of getting footholds in the institutions of society — including government, media, and education — in order to get mainstream credibility.
Cults are very organized in suppressing critics and criticism.
According to Singer, cults:
Keep the person unaware of what is going on and how he or she is being changed a step at a time. Control the person’s social and/or physical environment; especially control the person’s time. Systematically create a sense of powerlessness, fear, and dependency in the person. Suppress old behavior and attitudes by manipulating a system of rewards, punishments, and experiences. Instill new behavior and attitudes by manipulating a system of rewards, punishments, and experiences that induce group-approved behaviors. Put forth a closed system of logic and an authoritarian structure that permits no feedback and refuses to be modified except by leadership approval.
Anyone with ears to hear and eyes to see should be able to detect that what Singer and Morabito are talking about is exactly what’s going on today. The “new normal” we are constantly being told to accept is, in reality, a re-programming simulation being carried out in the aftermath of the coronavirus response and the Black Lives Matter movement.
Increasingly, Americans are being forced to isolate themselves. Sometimes this isolation is literally mandated by the state in the name of public health. Other times this isolation is a result of rejecting political correctness. For example, in June, one New York Times columnist urged people to text relatives and loved ones “telling them you will not be visiting them or answering phone calls until they take significant action in supporting black lives either through protest or financial contributions” (Morabito describes this as “emotional blackmail”).
Isolate people, break them down, reprogram them. They emerge as compliant, unquestioning bots, aware that no dissent is ever acceptable and that questioning any contradictions is a cardinal sin of the highest degree.
The simple fact is that this new “religion of wokeness” – being, as it is, an error – is full of contradictions and absurdities. For example, sex discrimination is wrong, it claims. But it also says there are no meaningful distinctions between men and women. Receiving Communion is too dangerous, its proponents argue. But sex with strangers is alright, “if you’re willing to take a risk” (according to this religion’s high priest Dr. Anthony Fauci). Similarly, going to church or protesting the lockdowns (even while wearing a mask) will spread the plague but rioting will not.
Essential for this new cult to thrive is that the collective memory of society must be whitewashed and cast out into the abyss. One way this is being accomplished is that Americans are increasingly told they are “white supremacists” for believing that any part of Western Civilization or Christianity should be preserved. It doesn’t matter if one believes black lives matter and wants to avoid spreading disease; what matters is that he goes along with the cult’s prescribed rituals related to these matters. Any deviance from the “party line” is unacceptable.
George Orwell’s 1984 quote about history comes to mind: “Every record has been destroyed or falsified, every book rewritten, every picture has been repainted, every statue and street building has been renamed, every date has been altered. And the process is continuing day by day and minute by minute. History has stopped. Nothing exists except an endless present in which the Party is always right.”
Just what is the antidote to the ongoing mass cult recruitment to the “Church of Woke” and the “Sanitary Dictatorship”? For one, speaking out, which empowers and inspires others to realize they are not alone and can share their same opinions. Building community, which combats loneliness, is also essential. Focusing on building strong, meaningful, and loving connections with family and friends is a must (Morabito has written about this extensively). And recognizing that yes, rejecting the cult recruitment of the mob may get you shunned or “cancelled,” but the consequences of going along with anti-freedom, anti-Christ, Marxist lies are far worse. As the two expressions go, “better to die standing than to live on your knees,” and “better to die with the Sacraments than live without them.”
Don’t be a conformist. Think for yourself. Ask questions, especially when you’re told not to ask questions.
Finally, take Sohrab Ahmari’s “Courage Pledge.” Ahmari, recognizing that people will continually be “asked to acquiesce to ever more extreme positions, on penalty of their jobs, livelihoods, family relationships and their presence in the digital public square,” crafted the following pledge for all free thinkers:
I believe in the inherent dignity of all people.
I will not submit to outrage mobs.
I will stand for the truth, not your truth or my truth.
I will not hang that sign on my office door, make that symbolic gesture and so on if I don’t believe in its message.
I will not denounce my friends.
I am not ashamed of traditional faith or the American flag.
In other words: I do not consent. I will not comply. I will not submit.
Say those words to yourself over and over, and live by them.
Stephen Kokx contributed to this article.
Follow Claire As a journalist and editor for LifeSiteNews, Claire Chretien has written more than 1,500 articles about abortion, human dignity, bioethics, the Catholic Church, politics, and related topics. Claire holds a bachelor’s degree from The University of Alabama. It was there that she first became involved in pro-life activism.
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lifesitenews--2020-07-23--Join our daily worldwide rosary HERE

Join our daily worldwide rosary HERE

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

(LifeSiteNews) — In response to the crisis unfolding in our world and in the Church, LifeSite is happy to promote Regina Angelorum Press’s Daily Rosary, which is offering Catholics throughout the world the chance to be united daily in prayer, in the Our Lady of Fatima Rosary Crusade.
Catholics from all over the world — from Israel, Uganda, Italy, France, Germany, Ireland, Pakistan, Singapore, the Philippines, India, Indonesia, Australia, New Zealand, Thailand, the United Kingdom, the U.S., Canada, Brazil, and other countries — are gathering daily to pray the Rosary, led by Father Pillari, JCL, MCL, STL, an American priest currently studying in Italy.
The Daily Rosary is being offered each day at 12noon EST through Regina Angelorum Press’ YouTube Channel to which you can subscribe HERE.
The goal is, by means of this Daily Rosary and by embracing and living out the message given by the Virgin Mary at Fatima, the triumph of Our Lady’s Immaculate Heart.
To help obtain that goal, Bishop Athanasius Schneider graciously composed the following prayer for this worldwide Rosary crusade:
O Immaculate Heart of Mary, you are the holy Mother of God and our tender Mother. Look upon the distress in which the Church and the whole of humanity are living because of the spread of materialism and the persecution of the Church. In Fatima you warned against these errors, as you spoke about the errors of Russia. You are the Mediatrix of all graces. Implore your Divine Son to grant this special grace for the Pope: that he might consecrate Russia to your Immaculate Heart, so that Russia will be converted, a period of peace will be granted to the world, and your Immaculate Heart will triumph, through an authentic renewal of the Church in the splendor of the purity of the Catholic Faith, of the sacredness of Divine worship and of the holiness of the Christian life. O Queen of the holy Rosary and our sweet Mother, turn your merciful eyes to us and graciously hear this our trusting prayer. Amen. + Athanasius Schneider, Auxiliary Bishop of the archdiocese of Saint Mary in Astana
To learn more about the urgency of responding to Our Lady’s message at Fatima, and about what you can do, please read Cardinal Burke’s 2017 address at the Rome Life Forum.
As St. Padre Pio once said, “The Rosary is the weapon for these times.” Through prayer, God can shape history, change the world, and bring about a great time of renewal and peace for the Church and for the world, through the triumph of Our Lady’s Immaculate Heart. Join us today!
If you would like to follow along with the prayers said during this Rosary, you can access them HERE. The document also includes a brief F.A.Q. pertaining to the daily Rosary.
You can send your prayer requests to https://reginangelorumpress.com/prayer-intentions/
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lifesitenews--2020-07-23--Italian Catholic priest resigns from parish after officiating lesbian civil union

SANT ’ ORESTE , Italy , July 23 , 2020 ( LifeSiteNews ) — A parish priest in Italy has resigned from his position and agreed with his bishop to take a break from active ministry after he performed a same-sex civil union ceremony in a local town hall .
Earlier this week Italian media published the news that Father Emanuel Moscatelli , of St. Lorenzo ’ s parish in Sant ’ Oreste , officiated at a civil union ceremony between two women on July 11 , which was described in reports as a “ wedding.
” In response to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of the Civita Castellana diocese announced in a statement that Moscatelli has agreed to resign and take a break from active ministry .
“ On the afternoon of Tuesday , July 14 , we met in the bishop ’ s office with Fr .
Emanuele , and we agreed that he would resign his assignment as pastor , as a sign of taking distance from what had happened , ” Rossi stated .
“ We also peacefully agreed that he should take a suitable period for reflection in order to recover the clarity @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the concreteness of today ’ s world .
Fr .
Emanuele expressed his full faith in the Church as Mother and in the Bishop , and also his openness to the itinerary that will be proposed to him .
Last Sunday I concelebrated [ Mass ] with him in the parish and announced the events to the community , ” he continued .
“ It is important for us to have clarity on a doctrinal level , communion on a pastoral level , and lucid and delicate attention to brothers in difficulty , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ outlet ADN Kronos also reports that Rossi told them that Moscatelli will not be able to return “ to be a parish priest in St. Orestes ” but that he will eventually return to active ministry and “ be able to do everything , when the time comes.
” In his comments to ADN Kronos , Rossi said that “ there is a canon that prevents priests from officiating civil ceremonies regardless of who gets married.
” However Rossi has not stated whether Moscatelli will undergo a canonical trial as a result of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 1983 Code of Canon Law states : While some prominent Catholic bishops have expressed support for civil unions between people of the same-sex , the Vatican ’ s Congregation for Doctrine of the Faith ( CDF ) taught in its 2003 document Considerations regarding proposals to give legal recognition to unions between homosexual persons that “ respect for homosexual persons can not lead in any way to approval of homosexual behavior or to legal recognition of homosexual unions.
” “ In those situations where homosexual unions have been legally recognized or have been @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to marriage , clear and emphatic opposition is a duty .
One must refrain from any kind of formal cooperation in the enactment or application of such gravely unjust laws and , as far as possible , from material cooperation on the level of their application .
In this area , everyone can exercise the right to conscientious objection , ” the CDF document continued .
The Catholic Church teaches that homosexual acts are “ intrinsically disordered ” and “ under no circumstances can they be approved ” ( CCC 2357 ) .

The priest who officiated the homosexual ceremony will now 'take a suitable period for reflection in order to recover the clarity and joy of his presbyteral ministry in the concreteness of today’s world,' his bishop said.
SANT’ORESTE, Italy, July 23, 2020 (LifeSiteNews) — A parish priest in Italy has resigned from his position and agreed with his bishop to take a break from active ministry after he performed a same-sex civil union ceremony in a local town hall.
Earlier this week Italian media published the news that Father Emanuel Moscatelli, of St. Lorenzo’s parish in Sant’Oreste, officiated at a civil union ceremony between two women on July 11, which was described in reports as a “wedding.”
In response to the reports, local Bishop Romano Rossi of the Civita Castellana diocese announced in a statement that Moscatelli has agreed to resign and take a break from active ministry.
“On the afternoon of Tuesday, July 14, we met in the bishop’s office with Fr. Emanuele, and we agreed that he would resign his assignment as pastor, as a sign of taking distance from what had happened,” Rossi stated.
“We also peacefully agreed that he should take a suitable period for reflection in order to recover the clarity and joy of his presbyteral ministry in the concreteness of today’s world. Fr. Emanuele expressed his full faith in the Church as Mother and in the Bishop, and also his openness to the itinerary that will be proposed to him. Last Sunday I concelebrated [Mass] with him in the parish and announced the events to the community,” he continued.
“It is important for us to have clarity on a doctrinal level, communion on a pastoral level, and lucid and delicate attention to brothers in difficulty,” the bishop said.
Italian media outlet ADN Kronos also reports that Rossi told them that Moscatelli will not be able to return “to be a parish priest in St. Orestes” but that he will eventually return to active ministry and “be able to do everything, when the time comes.”
In his comments to ADN Kronos, Rossi said that “there is a canon that prevents priests from officiating civil ceremonies regardless of who gets married.”
However Rossi has not stated whether Moscatelli will undergo a canonical trial as a result of his actions.
Canon 1369 of the 1983 Code of Canon Law states:
A person who in a public show or speech, in published writing, or in other uses of the instruments of social communication utters blasphemy, gravely injures good morals, expresses insults, or excites hatred or contempt against religion or the Church is to be punished with a just penalty.
While some prominent Catholic bishops have expressed support for civil unions between people of the same-sex, the Vatican’s Congregation for Doctrine of the Faith (CDF) taught in its 2003 document Considerations regarding proposals to give legal recognition to unions between homosexual persons that “respect for homosexual persons cannot lead in any way to approval of homosexual behavior or to legal recognition of homosexual unions.”
“In those situations where homosexual unions have been legally recognized or have been given the legal status and rights belonging to marriage, clear and emphatic opposition is a duty. One must refrain from any kind of formal cooperation in the enactment or application of such gravely unjust laws and, as far as possible, from material cooperation on the level of their application. In this area, everyone can exercise the right to conscientious objection,” the CDF document continued.
The Catholic Church teaches that homosexual acts are “intrinsically disordered” and “under no circumstances can they be approved” (CCC 2357).
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lifesitenews--2020-07-22--Pro-LGBT Jesuit priest: You’re not ‘really pro-life’ unless you wear a COVID mask

WASHINGTON , DC , July 22 , 2020 ( LifeSiteNews ) — Jesuit Father James Martin has intimated that you are neither a Christian nor a Catholic nor pro-life if you fail to wear a mask in public as the COVID-19 pandemic trudges on .
“ Are you a Christian ?
Are you a Catholic ?
Are you pro-life ?
Do you care about people ’ s lives ?
” asked Martin in a tweet .
Catholics who see abortion as the pre-eminent life issue facing the Church could be forgiven for feeling belittled , especially considering Fr .
Martin @ @ @ @ @ @ @ s “ seamless garment , ” which assigns equal weight to all important social justice issues .
Simply put : Martin has sewn the now ubiquitous COVID mask to the seamless garment .
Through his tweet , Fr .
Martin was promoting his most recent America Magazine opinion piece , which begins : Notice how he doesn ’ t address the millions of Americans made destitute due to the coronavirus lockdowns , not knowing where their family ’ s next meal will come , but he shines a light on refugees “ starving @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that is a USCCB/seamless garment talking point .
Likewise , Martin focuses on “ L.G.B.T .
youth tempted to suicide , ” but not the many men who have contemplated or committed suicide because their jobs evaporated or their businesses were destroyed amid the prolonged lockdowns .
No longer able to provide for their children , men overwhelmed with shame and hopelessness often see no other way out .
“ The inmate being readied for execution on death row ” — also a major narrative woven into the seamless garment — suggests a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the thousands of innocent unborn who are murdered daily .
Martin subscribes to this .
Perhaps more significant is what Martin fails to mention .
He wags his finger at some who don ’ t wear masks while ignoring the danger that tens of thousands of rioters and anarchists who ignored social distancing regulations in recent weeks in order to protest , loot , and destroy property in America ’ s Democrat-run cities have exposed their neighbors to .
Martin cited the “ experts ” to justify his pro-life mask moralizing , saying @ @ @ @ @ @ @ over and over again by places like the Centers for Disease Control and Protection [ sic — it ’ s the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ] , in many university studies and by prestigious medical journals like The Lancet.
” But those “ experts ” whom Martin insists we should trust and follow blindly have discredited themselves .
“ By now , the collapse of government legitimacy is complete .
For three months , public officials abdicated their responsibility to balance the costs and benefits of any given policy , ” @ @ @ @ @ @ @ W. Smith Fellow at the Manhattan Institute and a contributing editor of City Journal , in a lecture delivered for Hillsdale college in June .
“ They put the future of hundreds of millions of Americans in the hands of a narrow set of experts who lack all awareness of the workings of economic and social systems , and whose ‘ science ’ was built on the ever-shifting sand of speculative models and on extreme risk aversion regarding only one kind of risk , ” declared Mac Donald .
“ The evidence is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the epitome of moral behavior , ” wrote Chris von Csefalvay , an epidemiologist and vice president of special projects at Starschema .
“ Doing so reflects a greater preoccupation with the psychological effect of masks — perhaps as a restoration of control in the face of an unseen and often perplexing enemy with no cure and no prophylaxis — than with their scientific reality.
” “ Even in our degenerate age , many people retain enough common sense to see that they are being presented with a false alternative , ” wrote @ @ @ @ @ @ @ philosophy at Pasadena City College .
Feser was addressing the online fretting about the state of the “ American character ” by Damon Linker , who , like Fr .
Martin , had engaged in selective moralizing .
People “ are capable of taking the virus seriously while balking at needlessly extreme measures for dealing with it , ” said Feser .
“ And their skepticism is bound only to increase when it is met , not with dispassionate arguments , but with shrill accusations of being ‘ COVID deniers ’ or ‘ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ whom can for independent reasons be judged to lack common sense.
” “ Even if the most dire warnings currently being issued by experts , politicians , and journalists were well-founded — which , at this point , I personally don ’ t believe for a minute — the latter can only blame themselves if more people don ’ t heed them , ” he added .

'Are you a Christian?' Fr. James Martin asked. 'Are you a Catholic? Are you pro-life? Do you care about people's lives? Then wear a mask.'
WASHINGTON, DC, July 22, 2020 (LifeSiteNews) — Jesuit Father James Martin has intimated that you are neither a Christian nor a Catholic nor pro-life if you fail to wear a mask in public as the COVID-19 pandemic trudges on.
“Are you a Christian? Are you a Catholic? Are you pro-life? Do you care about people’s lives?” asked Martin in a tweet.
“Then wear a mask,” he commands.
Are you a Christian? Are you a Catholic? Are you pro-life? Do you care about other people's lives? Then wear a mask. https://t.co/XQGKYEXFxg #MasksSaveLives #WearAMask — James Martin, SJ (@JamesMartinSJ) July 21, 2020
Catholics who see abortion as the pre-eminent life issue facing the Church could be forgiven for feeling belittled, especially considering Fr. Martin’s longstanding promotion Cardinal Bernardin’s “seamless garment,” which assigns equal weight to all important social justice issues.
Simply put: Martin has sewn the now ubiquitous COVID mask to the seamless garment.
Through his tweet, Fr. Martin was promoting his most recent America Magazine opinion piece, which begins:
I am pro-life. What does that mean? Simply put, it means I believe that all life is sacred, inviolable and a gift from God. That reverence for life includes a desire to care for the unborn child in the womb, the elderly person in danger of euthanasia, the refugee starving on the border, the L.G.B.T. youth tempted to suicide and the inmate being readied for execution on death row.
Notice how he doesn’t address the millions of Americans made destitute due to the coronavirus lockdowns, not knowing where their family’s next meal will come, but he shines a light on refugees “starving at the border.” Why? Because that is a USCCB/seamless garment talking point.
Likewise, Martin focuses on “L.G.B.T. youth tempted to suicide,” but not the many men who have contemplated or committed suicide because their jobs evaporated or their businesses were destroyed amid the prolonged lockdowns. No longer able to provide for their children, men overwhelmed with shame and hopelessness often see no other way out.
“The inmate being readied for execution on death row” — also a major narrative woven into the seamless garment — suggests a moral equivalence between those who murder and the thousands of innocent unborn who are murdered daily. Martin subscribes to this.
Perhaps more significant is what Martin fails to mention.
He wags his finger at some who don’t wear masks while ignoring the danger that tens of thousands of rioters and anarchists who ignored social distancing regulations in recent weeks in order to protest, loot, and destroy property in America’s Democrat-run cities have exposed their neighbors to.
Martin cited the “experts” to justify his pro-life mask moralizing, saying that such “precautions have been confirmed over and over again by places like the Centers for Disease Control and Protection [sic — it’s the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention], in many university studies and by prestigious medical journals like The Lancet.”
But those “experts” whom Martin insists we should trust and follow blindly have discredited themselves.
“By now, the collapse of government legitimacy is complete. For three months, public officials abdicated their responsibility to balance the costs and benefits of any given policy,” said Heather Mac Donald, the Thomas W. Smith Fellow at the Manhattan Institute and a contributing editor of City Journal, in a lecture delivered for Hillsdale college in June.
“They put the future of hundreds of millions of Americans in the hands of a narrow set of experts who lack all awareness of the workings of economic and social systems, and whose ‘science’ was built on the ever-shifting sand of speculative models and on extreme risk aversion regarding only one kind of risk,” declared Mac Donald.
“The evidence is hardly strong enough to elevate mask-wearing into the epitome of moral behavior,” wrote Chris von Csefalvay, an epidemiologist and vice president of special projects at Starschema. “Doing so reflects a greater preoccupation with the psychological effect of masks — perhaps as a restoration of control in the face of an unseen and often perplexing enemy with no cure and no prophylaxis — than with their scientific reality.”
“Even in our degenerate age, many people retain enough common sense to see that they are being presented with a false alternative,” wrote Ed Feser, a blogger who teaches philosophy at Pasadena City College.
Feser was addressing the online fretting about the state of the “American character” by Damon Linker, who, like Fr. Martin, had engaged in selective moralizing.
People “are capable of taking the virus seriously while balking at needlessly extreme measures for dealing with it,” said Feser. “And their skepticism is bound only to increase when it is met, not with dispassionate arguments, but with shrill accusations of being ‘COVID deniers’ or ‘anti-science,’ from people many of whom can for independent reasons be judged to lack common sense.”
“Even if the most dire warnings currently being issued by experts, politicians, and journalists were well-founded — which, at this point, I personally don’t believe for a minute — the latter can only blame themselves if more people don’t heed them,” he added.
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lifesitenews--2020-07-24--Vatican document blames coronavirus pandemic on man’s sins against environment

July 23 , 2020 ( CatholicCulture.org ) — The latest document from the Vatican , a reflection on the CO19 pandemic , is an embarrassment to the Catholic faithful .
The Pontifical Academy for Life , under the leadership of the controversial Archbishop Vincenzo Paglia , produced the document , and the Vatican press office introduced it on July 22 with a title as prolix as the statement itself : “ Useful information on the Document of the Pontifical Academy for Life : Humana Communitas in the age of pandemic : untimely meditations on life ’ s rebirth.
” That @ @ @ @ @ @ @ very little hard information .
But I will grant this much : it is “ untimely.
” There is never a good time for this sort of vapid rumination .
Even in describing the unhappy social situation arising from the pandemic , the Pontifical Academy is mawkishly sentimental ( and excessively wordy ) : Opening with a sketch of the damage that the pandemic has done to human community , the document observes : “ Surely , we are summoned to the courage of resistance.
” But nowhere does the Pontifical Academy guide @ @ @ @ @ @ @ resistance .
Despite stretching to well over 4,000 words , the Vatican document does not mention God , Jesus Christ , the Holy Spirit , the Church , the sacraments , prayer , or even charity ; even the word “ Christian ” does not appear in the text .
There is admittedly a call for “ moral conversion , ” but in context it is clearly a call for an ideological rather than religious conversion .
The Pontifical Academy for Life , you see , regards the pandemic as a condign punishment @ @ @ @ @ @ @ environment : “ The Covid-19 epidemic has much to do with our depredation of the earth and the despoiling of its intrinsic value.
” Obviously that is not a scientific statement .
But it might be taken as a religious claim , if the religion in question is environmentalism .
From the Vatican , however , one expects a Christian message : a message of hope that is sadly lacking in this statement .
Under different leadership , in a different era , the Pontifical Academy for Life might have urged us not @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and death , nor to regard any interaction with neighbors as a dangerous imposition .
The document makes a weak gesture in that direction , saying that “ the seeds of hope have been sown in the obscurity of small gestures , in acts of solidarity too many to count , too precious to broadcast.
” But it does not catalogue the “ small gestures ” that Christians might make ; instead it makes a grandiose call for worldwide solidarity and international cooperation , stipulating that the World Health Organization should have a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
The pandemic has struck fear — often irrational fear — into millions of hearts .
The Vatican should be offering reassurance and perspective , reminding the world that death is not the greatest tragedy , that life has meaning , that armed with the gifts of the Holy Spirit we can conquer our fears .
That Christian perspective is sadly lacking from this document .
“ The lessons of fragility , finitude , and vulnerability bring us to the threshold of a new vision , ” the Pontifical Academy tells us .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ , and this document fails to usher us across — fails even to invite us in to the life of Christ .
The faithful , and the world at large , deserve better .

The latest document from the Vatican, a reflection on the CO19 pandemic, is an embarrassment to the Catholic faithful.
July 23, 2020 (CatholicCulture.org) — The latest document from the Vatican, a reflection on the CO19 pandemic, is an embarrassment to the Catholic faithful.
The Pontifical Academy for Life, under the leadership of the controversial Archbishop Vincenzo Paglia, produced the document, and the Vatican press office introduced it on July 22 with a title as prolix as the statement itself: “Useful information on the Document of the Pontifical Academy for Life: Humana Communitas in the age of pandemic: untimely meditations on life’s rebirth.” That title is misleading; the document provides very little hard information. But I will grant this much: it is “untimely.” There is never a good time for this sort of vapid rumination.
Even in describing the unhappy social situation arising from the pandemic, the Pontifical Academy is mawkishly sentimental (and excessively wordy):
It has deprived us of the exuberance of embraces, the kindness of hand shakings, the affection of kisses, and turned relations into fearful interactions among strangers, the neutral exchange of faceless individualities shrouded in the anonymity of protective gears.
Opening with a sketch of the damage that the pandemic has done to human community, the document observes: “Surely, we are summoned to the courage of resistance.” But nowhere does the Pontifical Academy guide us toward the source of such courageous resistance. Despite stretching to well over 4,000 words, the Vatican document does not mention God, Jesus Christ, the Holy Spirit, the Church, the sacraments, prayer, or even charity; even the word “Christian” does not appear in the text. There is admittedly a call for “moral conversion,” but in context it is clearly a call for an ideological rather than religious conversion.
The Pontifical Academy for Life, you see, regards the pandemic as a condign punishment for mankind’s sins against the environment: “The Covid-19 epidemic has much to do with our depredation of the earth and the despoiling of its intrinsic value.” Obviously that is not a scientific statement. But it might be taken as a religious claim, if the religion in question is environmentalism.
From the Vatican, however, one expects a Christian message: a message of hope that is sadly lacking in this statement. Under different leadership, in a different era, the Pontifical Academy for Life might have urged us not to be paralyzed by fear of sickness and death, nor to regard any interaction with neighbors as a dangerous imposition. The document makes a weak gesture in that direction, saying that “the seeds of hope have been sown in the obscurity of small gestures, in acts of solidarity too many to count, too precious to broadcast.” But it does not catalogue the “small gestures” that Christians might make; instead it makes a grandiose call for worldwide solidarity and international cooperation, stipulating that the World Health Organization should have a “privileged place” in the campaign.
The pandemic has struck fear — often irrational fear — into millions of hearts. The Vatican should be offering reassurance and perspective, reminding the world that death is not the greatest tragedy, that life has meaning, that armed with the gifts of the Holy Spirit we can conquer our fears. That Christian perspective is sadly lacking from this document.
“The lessons of fragility, finitude, and vulnerability bring us to the threshold of a new vision,” the Pontifical Academy tells us. Yes, but only to the threshold, and this document fails to usher us across — fails even to invite us in to the life of Christ. The faithful, and the world at large, deserve better.
Published with permission from CatholicCulture.org.
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lifesitenews--2020-07-24--Parents flock to ‘pandemic pods,’ ‘microschooling’ to educate kids during coronavirus

July 23 , 2020 ( The Daily Signal ) — The practice of organizing “ pandemic pods , ” in which parents team up with other families in their neighborhoods or social circles to hire teachers for their children , is getting more and more popular by the minute .
With many school districts around the country planning not to reopen classrooms this fall — or , at best , planning to offer some combination of virtual and in-class instruction—families are clamoring to secure education consistency for their children as the school year quickly approaches .
So what , exactly @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Families work together to recruit teachers that they pay out-of-pocket to teach small groups — “ pods ” — of children .
It ’ s a way for clusters of students to receive professional instruction for several hours each day .
Some parents are using their pod arrangements to hire teachers who will supplement the online classes being provided by their school districts .
As Laura Meckler and Hannah Natanson of The Washington Post observe , pandemic pods are “ a 2020 version of the one-room schoolhouse , privately funded.
” In the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Meckler and Natanson profiled , the parents pay around $ 500 per month to get in on an arrangement with other families in their neighborhood to share a teacher they are hiring for their pod of children .
As one mother named J Li wrote in a viral Facebook post last week , thousands of parents are “ scrambling ” to form pods through “ an absolute explosion of Facebook groups , matchups , spreadsheets , etc.
” J Li describes the pod phenomenon as “ clusters of three to six families with @ @ @ @ @ @ @ children co-quarantined with each other , who hire one tutor for in-person support for their kids.
” The tutor may serve as a full-time teacher for the pod of students , or may only teach on a part-time basis or outdoor classes .
“ Suddenly teachers who are able to co-quarantine with a pod are in incredible demand , ” J Li said .
One pod tutor interview by Meckler and Natanson , Christy Kian from Broward County , Florida , formerly a private-school teacher , said she will earn more this year @ @ @ @ @ @ @ children ) than she did in her prior teaching position .
She said as soon as she had set up the arrangement with those two families , she was immediately contacted by five others .
This is maybe the fastest and most intense , purely grassroots [ sic ] , economic hard pivot I ’ ve seen , including the rise of the masking industry a few months ago .
Startups have nothing compared to thousands of moms on Facebook trying to arrange for their kids ’ education in a crisis with zero @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a decade they are going to study this… trends that would typically take months or years to form are developing on the literal scale of hours .
The pods approach is analogous to microschooling , which only recently , through providers like Prenda , had started to take root .
Similar to homeschooling co-ops , microschools allow small groups of students to work together in flexible learning environments alongside older and younger students , sharing resources and teachers .
The pandemic pod is catapulting microschooling to the forefront of education provision during quarantine @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Alexandra Marshak , who lives in Manhattan with her husband and two young sons , is exploring a learning pod with three other families .
The original idea was that parents would take turns teaching , rotating hosting duties .
But then one parent suggested they rent a studio apartment for the venture .
They are also now considering hiring a professional to do the teaching .
Marshak , who is out of work , said she ’ s concerned about spiraling costs .
But at this point , she said , ‘ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is also similar to the “ cottage school ” concept .
As the hosts of CottageSchoolLife.com explain , Our cottage school is made up of four families with 16 kids between us all !
We meet once a week for about 24 weeks of the school year to learn together .
One aspect that makes a cottage school different from other homeschool co-ops is its size .
It ’ s purposefully small—cottage-like !
It allows us to have encouragement and support from each other as we teach our kids .
Paradoxically , the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , parent-driven reform of K-12 education to unfold .
The Los Angeles teachers unions , for example , released a list of demands last week that they want to see fulfilled before blessing the school reopening of the Los Angeles Unified School District , the second-largest school district in the country .
Those demands included everything from raising taxes and “ Medicare for All ” to eliminating charter schools and defunding the police .
While union policy demands are leading district schools to remain closed , podding is reinforcing the old adage that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , equity and access concerns have arisen as quickly as podding itself .
For parents who can not afford to pay out of pocket to contribute to a neighborhood pod , providing resources through education savings accounts will be a crucial support moving forward .
Several states across the country have provided , or are considering providing , emergency education savings accounts to families , allowing them to take a portion of their child ’ s public education funds to private tutoring or online options of choice .
Freeing up those dollars is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to pods , microschools , and cottage classes in reach for all families .
It ’ s time for policy to catch up with families .
Published with permission from The Daily Signal .

Paradoxically, the teachers unions may be enabling this free-market, parent-driven reform of K-12 education to unfold.
July 23, 2020 (The Daily Signal) — The practice of organizing “pandemic pods,” in which parents team up with other families in their neighborhoods or social circles to hire teachers for their children, is getting more and more popular by the minute.
With many school districts around the country planning not to reopen classrooms this fall — or, at best, planning to offer some combination of virtual and in-class instruction—families are clamoring to secure education consistency for their children as the school year quickly approaches.
So what, exactly, do these pods look like?
Families work together to recruit teachers that they pay out-of-pocket to teach small groups — “pods” — of children. It’s a way for clusters of students to receive professional instruction for several hours each day.
Some parents are using their pod arrangements to hire teachers who will supplement the online classes being provided by their school districts.
As Laura Meckler and Hannah Natanson of The Washington Post observe, pandemic pods are “a 2020 version of the one-room schoolhouse, privately funded.”
In the case of one northern Virginia family that Meckler and Natanson profiled, the parents pay around $500 per month to get in on an arrangement with other families in their neighborhood to share a teacher they are hiring for their pod of children.
As one mother named J Li wrote in a viral Facebook post last week, thousands of parents are “scrambling” to form pods through “an absolute explosion of Facebook groups, matchups, spreadsheets, etc.”
J Li describes the pod phenomenon as “clusters of three to six families with similar aged (and sometimes same-school) children co-quarantined with each other, who hire one tutor for in-person support for their kids.” The tutor may serve as a full-time teacher for the pod of students, or may only teach on a part-time basis or outdoor classes.
“Suddenly teachers who are able to co-quarantine with a pod are in incredible demand,” J Li said.
One pod tutor interview by Meckler and Natanson, Christy Kian from Broward County, Florida, formerly a private-school teacher, said she will earn more this year teaching two families (with four total children) than she did in her prior teaching position.
She said as soon as she had set up the arrangement with those two families, she was immediately contacted by five others.
As noted by J Li:
This is maybe the fastest and most intense, purely grassroots [sic], economic hard pivot I’ve seen, including the rise of the masking industry a few months ago. Startups have nothing compared to thousands of moms on Facebook trying to arrange for their kids’ education in a crisis with zero school-district support. I swear that in a decade they are going to study this… trends that would typically take months or years to form are developing on the literal scale of hours.
The pods approach is analogous to microschooling, which only recently, through providers like Prenda, had started to take root. Similar to homeschooling co-ops, microschools allow small groups of students to work together in flexible learning environments alongside older and younger students, sharing resources and teachers.
The pandemic pod is catapulting microschooling to the forefront of education provision during quarantine. As Meckler and Natanson write:
Alexandra Marshak, who lives in Manhattan with her husband and two young sons, is exploring a learning pod with three other families. The original idea was that parents would take turns teaching, rotating hosting duties. But then one parent suggested they rent a studio apartment for the venture. They are also now considering hiring a professional to do the teaching. Marshak, who is out of work, said she’s concerned about spiraling costs. But at this point, she said, ‘Everything is on the table.’
Podding is also similar to the “cottage school” concept. As the hosts of CottageSchoolLife.com explain,
Our cottage school is made up of four families with 16 kids between us all! We meet once a week for about 24 weeks of the school year to learn together. One aspect that makes a cottage school different from other homeschool co-ops is its size. It’s purposefully small—cottage-like! It allows us to have encouragement and support from each other as we teach our kids.
Paradoxically, the teachers unions may be enabling this free-market, parent-driven reform of K-12 education to unfold.
The Los Angeles teachers unions, for example, released a list of demands last week that they want to see fulfilled before blessing the school reopening of the Los Angeles Unified School District, the second-largest school district in the country. Those demands included everything from raising taxes and “Medicare for All” to eliminating charter schools and defunding the police.
While union policy demands are leading district schools to remain closed, podding is reinforcing the old adage that the market finds a way.
Understandably, equity and access concerns have arisen as quickly as podding itself.
For parents who cannot afford to pay out of pocket to contribute to a neighborhood pod, providing resources through education savings accounts will be a crucial support moving forward.
Several states across the country have provided, or are considering providing, emergency education savings accounts to families, allowing them to take a portion of their child’s public education funds to private tutoring or online options of choice. Freeing up those dollars is the policy reform needed to make access to pods, microschools, and cottage classes in reach for all families.
It’s time for policy to catch up with families.
Published with permission from The Daily Signal.
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