lifesitenews--2020-08-14--Cardi B’s sexually depraved hit song shows why America needs a moral revolution

August 14 , 2020 ( LifeSiteNews ) — I ’ m quite aware that hip-hop and rap lyrics have long been sexually explicit and vulgar .
And I ’ m quite aware that , already in 1968 , the Beatles were singing “ Why Don ’ t We Do It in the Road ?
” But when the latest # 1 song is too vulgar even to quote , and when you realize it will be sung by millions of young children , it ’ s time to say , “ Enough !
We really need a gospel-based moral and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ when Cardi B , the rapper and former stripper , began to skyrocket in fame , she said , “ I realized , after Halloween , a lot of little girls , they be looking up to me .
They love me , and I ’ m thinking to myself , like , ‘ yo , I really need to be a better example.
’ ” At that point , she had 12 million Instagram followers .
Today she has 72 million .
How many of them are “ little girls ” ?
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ trying to be a better example , though , you know what I ’ m saying ?
I ’ ve been trying to be more PG-13 , less rated R. But I be hanging out with my hood rat friends and then they [ expletive ] me up all over again.
” Based on her latest hit , which she performed together with Megan Thee Stallion , who is also known for salacious lyrics , it would appear that she was hanging out with her “ hood rat friends ” again .
The @ @ @ @ @ @ @ friendly environment .
Yet there is no doubt that little girls are singing along and dancing along to the filthy lyrics , even if they don ’ t have the slightest idea what the words mean .
As for the tens of millions who celebrate the song , they are a picture of just how depraved our culture has become .
In truth , this is nothing new , and music videos have been celebrating vulgarity for decades , with younger and younger audiences singing and dancing along .
But that doesn ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ or we look the other way .
The truth is that the sexual revolution of the 1960s has scarred us more deeply than we imagine .
We wallow in moral and sexual pollution .
Not only so , but we glory in it .
Filth has become a path to fame .
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Yet my point here is not to attack the women who performed this song .
As a preacher of the gospel , I recognize that all @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ s standards and that , through Jesus , all of us can receive mercy .
Speaking for myself , I started getting high at the age of 14 and was shooting heroin by the time I was 15 .
To my shame , I sank as low as stealing money from my own father before having a radical conversion experience in 1971 at the age of 16 .
God ’ s mercy transformed my life , and I pray that Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion will receive His mercy , too @ @ @ @ @ @ @ wrong with the content of their song , my point here is not to condemn them .
The Church of America has little to boast about in terms of freedom from sexual and moral scandals .
We dare not play the card of moral superiority .
My point is simply to say , no , to shout from the rooftops , “ WAKE UP !
” We really are in a deep moral malaise .
We really have become desensitized .
We really are polluted .
You might say , “ But how @ @ @ @ @ @ @ And , if lyrics like this have been around for a while , why make such a fuss about it ?
” First , the lyrics are really , really bad .
As Matt Walsh wrote on the Daily Wire , “ I can ’ t reprint any of the lyrics , but suffice it to say that the song begins and ends with the refrain ‘ there ’ s some whores in this house ’ and everything that happens in between would seem very much to confirm those declarations.
” Second , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a while doesn ’ t mean we have to accept it .
To the contrary , the longer the offense has been with us , the greater the outrage should be .
Third , the song is being celebrated .
According to the Los Angeles Times , “ Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion ’ s ‘ WAP ’ is a savage , nasty , sex-positive triumph.
” According to The Guardian , “ Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion 's WAP should be celebrated , not scolded.
” According to Teen Vogue @ @ @ @ @ @ @ How Threatened Men Are By Female Sexuality .
Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion ’ s new anthem brought out an age-old debate over female sexuality.
” And on and on it goes .
Have we totally lost our minds ?
Have we become so hardened that there is no place for purity , no place for personal honor , no place for sexual dignity ?
As the headline to Matt Walsh ’ s article stated , “ Hit Song Encourages Girls To Degrade , Objectify , Prostitute Themselves .
This Is Not @ @ @ @ @ @ @ at a massive , young-people ’ s prayer gathering in Washington , DC , we gave away more than 70,000 copies of my just published book Revolution !
I was convinced that a wide-scale , moral and cultural revolution was at hand , one that could be from above or from below .
I wrote : “ Only the life-changing power of the gospel will ultimately change a society for good .
Only new hearts will bring forth the new life that the oppressed so long for and desire .
Only the Spirit @ @ @ @ @ @ @ But if we do not rise up and act , Satan will .
The dissatisfaction is rising .
The discontent is growing thick .
Revolution is near – either heaven-sent or hell-bent – and only we have the truth that will set slaves free.
” A few months ago , my main publisher approached me , asking if I would be willing to produce a new , revised and updated version of the book to be released this October .
( The new title is Revolution : An Urgent Call for a Holy @ @ @ @ @ @ @ recognizing the urgency of the hour .
But I must admit it was jarring to do the update .
So much has changed for the worst in the last 20 years .
The cultural degradation has become much more severe , and so much of what we warned about in 2000 has come to pass .
In short , if we desperately needed a moral and cultural revolution back then , how much more today ?
But , to say it once more , my purpose here is not to point fingers at @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Instead , it is to say to my fellow-believers , let us awaken from our slumber and stir ourselves from our moral stupor .
And let us seek God with holy desperation and repent of the sins that plague our own lives .
The revolution starts with us .
Can we really wait any longer ?

Music videos have been celebrating vulgarity for decades, but Cardi B's new song raises moral turpitude to a new level.
August 14, 2020 (LifeSiteNews) — I’m quite aware that hip-hop and rap lyrics have long been sexually explicit and vulgar. And I’m quite aware that, already in 1968, the Beatles were singing “Why Don’t We Do It in the Road?” But when the latest #1 song is too vulgar even to quote, and when you realize it will be sung by millions of young children, it’s time to say, “Enough! We really need a gospel-based moral and cultural revolution.”
Back in 2017, when Cardi B, the rapper and former stripper, began to skyrocket in fame, she said, “I realized, after Halloween, a lot of little girls, they be looking up to me. They love me, and I’m thinking to myself, like, ‘yo, I really need to be a better example.’”
At that point, she had 12 million Instagram followers. Today she has 72 million. How many of them are “little girls”?
She continued, “But I be trying to be a better example, though, you know what I’m saying? I’ve been trying to be more PG-13, less rated R. But I be hanging out with my hood rat friends and then they [expletive] me up all over again.”
Based on her latest hit, which she performed together with Megan Thee Stallion, who is also known for salacious lyrics, it would appear that she was hanging out with her “hood rat friends” again. The results are virtually unquotable in a family friendly environment.
Yet there is no doubt that little girls are singing along and dancing along to the filthy lyrics, even if they don’t have the slightest idea what the words mean. As for the tens of millions who celebrate the song, they are a picture of just how depraved our culture has become.
In truth, this is nothing new, and music videos have been celebrating vulgarity for decades, with younger and younger audiences singing and dancing along.
But that doesn’t mean we get used to it or we look the other way. The truth is that the sexual revolution of the 1960s has scarred us more deeply than we imagine. We wallow in moral and sexual pollution. Not only so, but we glory in it. Filth has become a path to fame.
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Yet my point here is not to attack the women who performed this song. As a preacher of the gospel, I recognize that all of us fall infinitely short of God’s standards and that, through Jesus, all of us can receive mercy.
Speaking for myself, I started getting high at the age of 14 and was shooting heroin by the time I was 15. To my shame, I sank as low as stealing money from my own father before having a radical conversion experience in 1971 at the age of 16.
God’s mercy transformed my life, and I pray that Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion will receive His mercy, too.
As for those who find nothing wrong with the content of their song, my point here is not to condemn them. The Church of America has little to boast about in terms of freedom from sexual and moral scandals. We dare not play the card of moral superiority.
My point is simply to say, no, to shout from the rooftops, “WAKE UP!”
We really are in a deep moral malaise. We really have become desensitized. We really are polluted.
You might say, “But how bad could this new song be? And, if lyrics like this have been around for a while, why make such a fuss about it?”
The answers are simple.
First, the lyrics are really, really bad. As Matt Walsh wrote on the Daily Wire, “I can’t reprint any of the lyrics, but suffice it to say that the song begins and ends with the refrain ‘there’s some whores in this house’ and everything that happens in between would seem very much to confirm those declarations.”
Second, just because something has been around for a while doesn’t mean we have to accept it. To the contrary, the longer the offense has been with us, the greater the outrage should be.
Third, the song is being celebrated.
According to the Los Angeles Times, “Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion’s ‘WAP’ is a savage, nasty, sex-positive triumph.”
According to The Guardian, “Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion's WAP should be celebrated, not scolded.”
According to Teen Vogue, “‘WAP’ Reaction Shows How Threatened Men Are By Female Sexuality. Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion’s new anthem brought out an age-old debate over female sexuality.”
And on and on it goes.
Have we totally lost our minds? Have we become so hardened that there is no place for purity, no place for personal honor, no place for sexual dignity?
As the headline to Matt Walsh’s article stated, “Hit Song Encourages Girls To Degrade, Objectify, Prostitute Themselves. This Is Not Empowerment.”
Indeed.
In the year 2000, at a massive, young-people’s prayer gathering in Washington, DC, we gave away more than 70,000 copies of my just published book Revolution! I was convinced that a wide-scale, moral and cultural revolution was at hand, one that could be from above or from below.
I wrote: “Only the life-changing power of the gospel will ultimately change a society for good. Only new hearts will bring forth the new life that the oppressed so long for and desire. Only the Spirit of God will truly liberate captives! But if we do not rise up and act, Satan will. The dissatisfaction is rising. The discontent is growing thick. Revolution is near – either heaven-sent or hell-bent – and only we have the truth that will set slaves free.”
A few months ago, my main publisher approached me, asking if I would be willing to produce a new, revised and updated version of the book to be released this October. (The new title is Revolution: An Urgent Call for a Holy Uprising.)
I immediately agreed, recognizing the urgency of the hour. But I must admit it was jarring to do the update. So much has changed for the worst in the last 20 years. The cultural degradation has become much more severe, and so much of what we warned about in 2000 has come to pass.
In short, if we desperately needed a moral and cultural revolution back then, how much more today?
But, to say it once more, my purpose here is not to point fingers at the “terrible sinners” out there. Instead, it is to say to my fellow-believers, let us awaken from our slumber and stir ourselves from our moral stupor. And let us seek God with holy desperation and repent of the sins that plague our own lives. The revolution starts with us.
Can we really wait any longer?
Follow Michael Dr. Brown is the author of more than 35 books, including Our Hands Are Stained with Blood: The Tragic Story of the “Church” and the Jewish People, which has been translated into more than twelve languages, the highly acclaimed five-volume series, Answering Jewish Objections to Jesus, a commentary on Jeremiah (part of the revised edition of the Expositor’s Bible Commentary), and several books on revival and the Jesus revolution. His most recent book is Evangelicals at the Crossroads: Will We Pass the Trump Test?
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lifesitenews--2020-08-14--US bishop warns faithful to ‘be awake’ to ‘anti-Catholic’ Kamala Harris

WASHINGTON , D.C. , August 13 , 2020 ( LifeSiteNews ) — Bishop Joseph Stirckland sent out a tweet suggesting that Joe Biden ’ s running mate , Sen. Kamala Harris , reminds him of former Democrat presidential candidate Hillary Clinton , who famously called conservatives “ deplorables , ” at the height of her 2016 campaign .
“ Catholics take note ... .reminds me of another candidate calling us ‘ the deplorables ’ ... .we need to be awake to this ... ..Kamala ’ s Anti-Catholic Assault Previews Her Potential Administration , ” wrote Bishop Strickland .
The Tyler @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of human life and protector of the Catholic faith , was calling attention to an article published in the The Federalist titled , “ Kamala Harris ’ s Anti-Catholic Assault Previews What Would Happen in Her Administration.
” “ Vice President Joe Biden has just picked as his running mate Sen. Kamala Harris ( D-Calif. ) , a woman who believes Catholicism is an extreme set of views that should disqualify someone from public office , ” wrote Paulina Enck , who went on to substantiate her well founded claim .
Harris “ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ hearings of Judge Brian Buescher , ” recounted Enck .
Harris cited his membership in the “ all-male society ” the Knights of Columbus and its stances against abortion and same-sex “ marriage ” as grounds for rejecting Buescher for a federal district court in Nebraska .
“ Ms .
Harris ’ s embrace of religious intolerance is especially significant because in two years she could be the next U.S. President , ” wrote the Wall Street Journal ’ s Editorial Board at the time .
“ What does it say about today @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the party of Al Smith and JFK sees fit to rebuke her ?
” Since the announcement of Harris as Biden ’ s V.P .
pick earlier this week , pro-life leaders have sounded the alarm about her extreme position on abortion .
David Daleiden , head of the pro-life investigative group Center for Medical Progress , wrote that from his firsthand experience , he considers Harris the “ greatest threat to First Amendment civil rights our country has ever seen.
” During her time as attorney general of California , Harris played @ @ @ @ @ @ @ over its sale of aborted baby parts ( which violated multiple federal laws , according to undercover video of abortion industry personnel ) .
Last year , Harris unveiled a plan to essentially force pro-life states to seek permission from the federal government before pro-life laws can take effect .
The announcement of her proposal , titled the “ Reproductive Rights Act , ” said “ Harris will require , for the first time , that states and localities with a history of violating Roe v. Wade obtain approval from her Department of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ can take effect.
” The Susan B. Anthony List has noted Harris ’ s troubling Senate voting record , displaying her radical views on abortion and her determination to protect it , saying she twice “ blocked Senate vote to protect babies born alive during abortion ; Unveiled a plan to prevent pro-life states from passing pro-life laws ; and voted to force taxpayers to pay for abortions.
” “ A vote for Biden/Harris is a vote for child abuse ( cross-sex puberty blockers , mutilation surgery ) , mandatory Drag Queen Story @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , and abortion , ” wrote Houston Baptist University theology professor Robert A.J .
Gagnon in a Facebook post .
“ In short , an all-out assault on the youngest in our society and the marginalization and persecution of parents and other adults who come to their defense .
Don ’ t be foolish.
” “ It is not just anti-Catholic bigotry .
She believes that no one should be allowed to be appointed to the court or any administrative government post who ever belonged to a religious institution , organization , club @ @ @ @ @ @ @ abortion , homosexual practice , or transgenderism as sin , ” said Gagnon in a separate Facebook post .
“ How can any Christian vote for such a person or even fail to cast an effective vote to stop her election ?
” On Monday , Bishop Strickland also commented on the high stakes of the upcoming election : “ 85 PRAYING DAYS ... until the election .
Please pray for hearts to turn to God & choose candidates who promote ... .the sanctity of life , the Christian moral code , the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ choice for educating their children & uphold basic freedoms for every person .
”

Bishop Joseph Strickland of Tyler, Texas compared Harris to Hillary Clinton, who called conservatives 'deplorables' during her 2016 presidential run.
WASHINGTON, D.C., August 13, 2020 (LifeSiteNews) — Bishop Joseph Stirckland sent out a tweet suggesting that Joe Biden’s running mate, Sen. Kamala Harris, reminds him of former Democrat presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, who famously called conservatives “deplorables,” at the height of her 2016 campaign.
“Catholics take note….reminds me of another candidate calling us ‘the deplorables’….we need to be awake to this…..Kamala’s Anti-Catholic Assault Previews Her Potential Administration,” wrote Bishop Strickland.
Catholics take note….reminds me of another candidate calling us “the deplorables”….we need to be awake to this…..Kamala's Anti-Catholic Assault Previews Her Potential Administration https://t.co/tAYMGUaEuM — Bishop J. Strickland (@Bishopoftyler) August 12, 2020
The Tyler, Texas bishop, a stalwart defender of human life and protector of the Catholic faith, was calling attention to an article published in the The Federalist titled, “Kamala Harris’s Anti-Catholic Assault Previews What Would Happen in Her Administration.”
“Vice President Joe Biden has just picked as his running mate Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.), a woman who believes Catholicism is an extreme set of views that should disqualify someone from public office,” wrote Paulina Enck, who went on to substantiate her well founded claim.
Harris “demonstrated shocking anti-Catholic bigotry in the confirmation hearings of Judge Brian Buescher,” recounted Enck. Harris cited his membership in the “all-male society” the Knights of Columbus and its stances against abortion and same-sex “marriage” as grounds for rejecting Buescher for a federal district court in Nebraska.
“Ms. Harris’s embrace of religious intolerance is especially significant because in two years she could be the next U.S. President,” wrote the Wall Street Journal’s Editorial Board at the time. “What does it say about today’s Democrats that no one in the party of Al Smith and JFK sees fit to rebuke her?”
Since the announcement of Harris as Biden’s V.P. pick earlier this week, pro-life leaders have sounded the alarm about her extreme position on abortion.
David Daleiden, head of the pro-life investigative group Center for Medical Progress, wrote that from his firsthand experience, he considers Harris the “greatest threat to First Amendment civil rights our country has ever seen.”
Lots of people are asking me what I think of the news tonight—@KamalaHarris is the greatest threat to First Amendment civil rights our country has ever seen. I know because she had my home raided for speaking the truth about her political patrons at Planned Parenthood. ���� — David Daleiden (@daviddaleiden) August 12, 2020
During her time as attorney general of California, Harris played a key role in defending Planned Parenthood over its sale of aborted baby parts (which violated multiple federal laws, according to undercover video of abortion industry personnel).
Last year, Harris unveiled a plan to essentially force pro-life states to seek permission from the federal government before pro-life laws can take effect.
The announcement of her proposal, titled the “Reproductive Rights Act,” said “Harris will require, for the first time, that states and localities with a history of violating Roe v. Wade obtain approval from her Department of Justice before any abortion law or practice can take effect.”
The Susan B. Anthony List has noted Harris’s troubling Senate voting record, displaying her radical views on abortion and her determination to protect it, saying she twice “blocked Senate vote to protect babies born alive during abortion; Unveiled a plan to prevent pro-life states from passing pro-life laws; and voted to force taxpayers to pay for abortions.”
BREAKING: Biden picks pro-abortion extremist @KamalaHarris for VP. Harris: ❌ Blocked Senate vote to protect babies born alive during abortion (TWICE)
❌ Unveiled a plan to prevent #ProLife states from passing pro-life laws
❌ Voted to force taxpayers to pay for abortions
1/6 pic.twitter.com/MHv7BLdzK1 — Susan B. Anthony List (@SBAList) August 11, 2020
“A vote for Biden/Harris is a vote for child abuse (cross-sex puberty blockers, mutilation surgery), mandatory Drag Queen Story Hour and ‘transgender’ speech rules, and abortion,” wrote Houston Baptist University theology professor Robert A.J. Gagnon in a Facebook post. “In short, an all-out assault on the youngest in our society and the marginalization and persecution of parents and other adults who come to their defense. Don’t be foolish.”
“It is not just anti-Catholic bigotry. She believes that no one should be allowed to be appointed to the court or any administrative government post who ever belonged to a religious institution, organization, club, school, or denomination that views abortion, homosexual practice, or transgenderism as sin,” said Gagnon in a separate Facebook post. “How can any Christian vote for such a person or even fail to cast an effective vote to stop her election?”
On Monday, Bishop Strickland also commented on the high stakes of the upcoming election:
“85 PRAYING DAYS…until the election. Please pray for hearts to turn to God & choose candidates who promote….the sanctity of life, the Christian moral code, the sanctity of marriage & family, parental choice for educating their children & uphold basic freedoms for every person.”
85 PRAYING DAYS…until the election. Please pray for hearts to turn to God & chose candidates who promote….the sanctity of life, the Christian moral code, the sanctity of marriage & family, parental choice for educating their children & uphold basic freedoms for every person — Bishop J. Strickland (@Bishopoftyler) August 10, 2020
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lifesitenews--2020-08-15--What we know of Our Lady of Fatima’s ‘3rd secret’ appears to be unfolding in Church today: priest

August 15 , 2020 ( LifeSiteNews ) – Father Frank Unterhalt , a German diocesan priest and speaker of a group of faithful priests called Communio veritatis , has written an article about the current crisis in the Catholic Church and linking it back to the message of Our Lady of Fatima .
He quotes Cardinal Ciappi , a theologian of the Papal House from 1955 to 1989 , who stated in 1955 : “ In the Third Secret it is predicted , among other things , that the great apostasy in the Church will begin at the top.
” @ @ @ @ @ @ @ below ) , Father Unterhalt of the Archdiocese of Paderborn sums up different aspects that help us to see that the Church has been infiltrated for quite some time now by anti-Catholic forces .
Here , he quotes the former Communist Bella Dodd who admitted to having helped infiltrate the Church in the U.S. with some 1,100 communist priests , and he also refers back to the Freemasonic instruction “ Alta Vendita ” which aimed at receiving “ a pope according to our needs.
” Father Unterhalt also quotes George Weigel who , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in 2011 “ how the communist governments and secret services infiltrated the Vatican and used diplomatic relations with the Holy See to promote their interests – as one might expect – and to strengthen their efforts to penetrate the highest levels of the Catholic Church ’ s leadership , especially the Vatican itself – an approach that many high-ranking dignitaries in the Vatican apparently did not see through.
” The German priest also reminds us that it was already Father Maximilian Kolbe , who in 1917 witnessed an appearance of Freemasons in Rome @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ Satan shall reign in the Vatican , and the Pope shall be his slave.
” It was Pope Benedict XVI who announced in 2010 that the Third Secret of Fatima is about the fact that “ the greatest persecution of the Church comes not from her enemies without , but arises from sin within the Church.
” Here , we might also be reminded of the fact that , as Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger , he had said that Freemasonry was the greatest danger for the Church .
Father Unterhalt does not mention @ @ @ @ @ @ @ not Rome has even fully published all the words of Sister Lucia of Fatima relating to the Third Secret , a discussion that is kept alive since the official publication of the Third Secret in Rome in June of 2000 .
In any event , the words of Cardinal Ciappi about an apostasy at the top of the Church as quoted by Father Unterhalt are not contained in the officially published Third Secret .
It is to be hoped that future research will give us further light in this matter .
For example @ @ @ @ @ @ @ been the secretary of Archbishop Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli – later Pope John XXIII – during the time the latter served as the apostolic nuncio in Paris , stated in 1990 in an interview about the Third Secret : “ I would not be surprised if the Third Secret alluded to dark times for the Church : grave confusions and troubling apostasies within Catholicism itself … If we consider the grave crisis we have lived through since the [ Second Vatican ] Council , the signs that this prophecy has been fulfilled do not @ @ @ @ @ @ @ also reminds us that both the Book of Revelation and the Catechism of the Catholic Church speak to us about the loss of Faith at the end of times and of the final trials of the Church .
Here he quotes the catechism as saying : “ Before Christ ’ s second coming the Church must pass through a final trial that will shake the faith of many believers .
The persecution that accompanies her pilgrimage on earth will unveil the ‘ mystery of iniquity ’ in the form of a religious deception @ @ @ @ @ @ @ problems at the price of apostasy from the truth.
” Father Unterhalt has been making strong statements in the last years that are pertaining to the preservation of the Catholic Faith .
He and his priestly group Communio veritatis opposed , for example , the idea of intercommunion with Protestants ; he publicly rebuked the head of the German bishops , Cardinal Reinhard Marx , for adapting the Catholic Church to the zeitgeist ; and he condemned the practice of receiving Holy Communion in the hand while standing .
Unterhalt also rejected Pope @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Communion to adulterers .
Finally , he encouraged us to remain close to Our Lady , saying that “ Many faithful are asking themselves today how one can withstand the current storm of the great test and remain in the true Faith .
I would like to answer that with the famous words of the Most Blessed Virgin Mary in Fatima : 'My Immaculate Heart will be your refuge and the way which leads you to God ! '
” The Church lives through the Third Secret of Fatima It is high time @ @ @ @ @ @ @ prophetic announcement made by Cardinal Wojtyła at the 1976 Eucharistic Congress in Philadelphia : “ We are now standing in the face of the greatest historical confrontation humanity has ever experienced .
I do not think that the wide circle of the American Society , or the whole wide circle of the Christian Community realize this fully .
We are now facing the final confrontation between the Church and the anti-church , between the Gospel and the anti-gospel , between Christ and the antichrist .
The confrontation lies within the plans of Divine @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in God ’ s Plan , and it must be a trial which the Church must take up , and face courageously… ” [ 1 ] It is important to realize the full dimension of this dramatic appeal !
Above all , one must consider what an anti-church needs at its head .
In this sense , Bishop Fulton J. Sheen affirmed : “ There will be a mystical Body of the antichrist , which will resemble in all its externals the Mystical Body of Christ.
” [ 2 ] During his visit @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Paul II , when asked in Fulda how things were going with the Church in relation to the Third Secret of Fatima , replied with the following words : “ We must prepare ourselves for great trials in the near future .
Yes , they may even require giving our lives , and total dedication to Christ and for Christ !
It can be softened by your and our prayer , but it can not be averted .
Only in this way can the true renewal of the Church arrive .
How often @ @ @ @ @ @ @ born from blood .
It will not be any different this time .
Let us be strong and let us prepare and trust in Christ and His Holy Mother !
Let us pray the Rosary very much and often !
” [ 3 ] Shortly after , this turned real for him .
On May 13 , 1981 , the anniversary of the first apparition of the Blessed Virgin and Mother of God Mary in Fatima in 1917 , the assassination attempt took place in Rome .
Here the whole trial of which @ @ @ @ @ @ @ picture .
The direct attack against the Holy Father was not only directed at him , but at the entire Mystical Body of Christ on earth .
According to the teaching of St. Augustine , the Pope is the “ figura ecclesiae ” and represents the whole Church .
[ 4 ] Against this background , she must understand that she is in the midst of an apocalyptic struggle in which everything is at stake .
This becomes even clearer when we consider the exact circumstances of the assassination attempt : The five @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the one hand , this unmistakably points to the year in which Freemasonry was founded , 1717 .
St. Maximilian Maria Kolbe witnessed their demonstration on St. Peter ’ s Square in Rome in 1917 .
The Apostle of the Immaculata read the professed plan of the Freemasons on the relevant flag : “ Satan shall reign in the Vatican , and the Pope shall be his slave.
” [ 5 ] On the other hand , in the same year 1917 , the October Revolution occurred in Russia with the manifestation of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
In these contexts , the attack on the head of the Catholic Church shows the hostile attempt to overcome her completely .
The aim of the attack in Rome was obviously to remove the God-given foundation of the Church in order to replace it with another “ leadership.
” Of course , this plan did not end with the assassination attempt , which failed from the enemy ’ s point of view – to the contrary .
Enlightening in this context is a letter of Sister Lucia to the Holy Father of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , in which she referred to the third part of the Secret : “ Since we did not heed this appeal of the Message , we see that it has been fulfilled , Russia has invaded the world with her errors .
And if we have not yet seen the complete fulfilment of the final part of this prophecy , we are going towards it little by little with great strides.
” [ 6 ] The theologian and writer Prof. Dr. George Weigel has analyzed the archives of the communist fight against Karol @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and has described the pertinent campaign as follows : “ This material illustrates how the communist governments and secret services infiltrated the Vatican and used diplomatic relations with the Holy See to promote their interests – as one might expect – and to strengthen their efforts to penetrate the highest levels of the Catholic Church ’ s leadership , especially the Vatican itself – an approach that many high-ranking dignitaries in the Vatican apparently did not see through.
” [ 7 ] The shocking confession of the well-known Dr. Bella Dodd , a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the USA , opens our eyes in a special way to the historical background .
After her conversion to the Catholic faith , the former activist gave sworn testimony about the deliberate infiltration of the Church .
According to her own testimony , she followed an order by Stalin at the time , which was issued to all Communist Party organizations to have agents without faith and morals infiltrate Catholic seminaries and religious orders .
[ 8 ] This plan from Moscow was implemented extremely effectively – right down to the Vatican .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ In the 1930s we put 1100 men into the priesthood in order to destroy the Church from within , right now they are in the highest places in the Church.
” [ 9 ] Dr. Bella Dodd left no doubt about the drastic consequences : “ You will not recognize the Catholic Church.
” [ 10 ] The philosopher Prof. Dr. Dietrich von Hildebrand provides us with a profound analysis which clearly shows that the decisive battle is not outside but inside the Church herself : “ An unprejudiced look at the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ vineyard can not overlook the fact that a ‘ fifth column ’ has formed in the Church ( it is also called a mafia by some , even on the Church side ) , a group of purposeful destroyers of the Church .
[ … ] Their systematic and refined undermining of Holy Mother Church also bears clear enough witness to the fact that this is a deliberate conspiracy on the hand of the Freemasons and the Communists , who – despite their differences and other enmities – work together for this goal @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the arch-enemy , and for the Communists the main obstacle to the conquest of the world .
[ … ] But the incomprehensible thing is that this conspiracy exists within the Church , that there are bishops and even cardinals , and above all priests and religious who are a kind of Judas.
” [ 11 ] Bishop Dr. Rudolf Graber has dealt with the goal of the hostile strategy .
He quotes the so-called “ Alta Vendita ” – the Masonic plan for revolution within the Catholic Church .
In it , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , what we look for and have to await – just as the Jews await their Messiah – is a Pope according to our needs [ … ] We do not doubt our reaching this highest goal of our efforts.
” [ 12 ] In this context the famous word formulated by Cardinal Ciappi is of particular importance .
He was an expert on the Third Secret of Fatima and theologian of the Papal House from 1955 to 1989 .
In a letter to Prof. Baumgartner from Salzburg in 1995 , he wrote @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is predicted , among other things , that the great apostasy in the Church will begin at the top.
” [ 13 ] A look into the Book of Revelation makes this clear .
The fire-red dragon ( cf .
Rev 12:3 ) represents atheistic communism , which seeks to destroy faith in God .
In this battle two beasts come to the aid of the dragon , who shows himself to have powerful strength .
The black beast , which resembles a panther ( cf .
Rev 13:1-2 ) , is Freemasonry @ @ @ @ @ @ @ hides itself in the shadows to be able to penetrate everywhere unrecognized .
The throne and power of the dragon have been given to him ( cf .
Rev 13:2 ) .
The other beast is ecclesial Freemasonry : “ He had two horns like a lamb , but he spoke like a dragon ” ( Rev 13:11 ) .
This is a reference to the hierarchy of the Church , in which the mitre – with two horns – indicates the fullness of the priesthood .
The beast that comes up out @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of Christ the Lamb , but is a servant of Satan the dragon .
The False Prophet ( cf .
Rev 19:20 ) is the pseudo-religious leader of the anti-church and drives apostasy from the top .
He deceives and betrays the inhabitants of the earth ( cf .
Rev 13:14 ) and wants to lead people to worship the antichrist ( cf .
Rev 13:12 ) , of whom he is the forerunner .
A direct reference to the Third Secret of Fatima is also found in the Catechism of the Catholic @ @ @ @ @ @ @ second coming the Church must pass through a final trial that will shake the faith of many believers .
The persecution that accompanies her pilgrimage on earth will unveil the ‘ mystery of iniquity ’ in the form of a religious deception offering men an apparent solution to their problems at the price of apostasy from the truth.
” [ 14 ] The Paschal Mystery of Christ is thus intensely renewed in his Mystical Body .
The Church will follow her Lord in his death and resurrection .
[ 15 ] This is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ pilgrim on the road to Fatima in May 2010 , explained the Third Secret : “ Consequently , I would say that , here too , beyond this great vision of the suffering of the Pope , [ … ] an indication is given of realities involving the future of the Church , which are gradually taking shape and becoming evident .
So it is true that , in addition to moment indicated in the vision , there is mention of , there is seen , the need for a passion of the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the person of the Pope , yet the Pope stands for the Church and thus it is sufferings of the Church that are announced .
[ … ] As for the new things which we can find in this message today , there is also the fact that attacks on the Pope and the Church come not only from without , but the sufferings of the Church come precisely from within the Church , from the sin existing within the Church .
This too is something that we have always known , but @ @ @ @ @ @ @ really terrifying way : that the greatest persecution of the Church comes not from her enemies without , but arises from sin within the Church ” .
[ 16 ] So , during this time , she experiences in everything the passion of Jesus and the abysmal iniquity of the betrayal .
Christ made the servant of the true Mercy , St .
Sister Faustina , experience all the bitterness of the Church ’ s agony of Gethsemane .
She wrote in her diary : “ On that day I suffered more than @ @ @ @ @ @ @ outwardly .
I did not know that one can suffer so much in a single day.
” The most terrible dimension of Gethsemane is the appearance of the traitor .
St .
Sister Faustina noted the date of this worst day of suffering .
It was December 17 , 1936 .
[ 1 ] John-Henry Westen , “ Two timely quotes from St. John Paul II on his feast day , ” in : LifeSiteNews , October 22 , 2014 ; The Wall Street Journal , November 9 , 1978 .
[ 2 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ und das Gewissen der westlichen Welt [ Engl .
title : Communism and the Conscience of the West ] , Berlin 1950 , p. 12 .
[ translated from German ] [ 6 ] Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith , The Message of Fatima ( June 26 , 2000 ) , Introduction .
[ 7 ] George Weigel , Der Papst der Freiheit .
Johannes Paul II .
Seine letzten Jahre und sein Vermächtnis [ Engl .
Title : The End and the Beginning : Pope John Paul II -- The @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , the Legacy ] , Paderborn 2011 , p. 14 .
[ translated from German ] [ 8 ] Cf .
Iben Thranholm , „ Catholic abuse crisis is likely no accident , but a strategy to ‘ destroy Church from within ’ “ , in : LifeSiteNews , September 17 , 2018 .
[ 9 ] Bella V. Dodd , School of Darkness , Angelico Press reprint edition 2017 , Introduction ; originally published by P. J. Kenedy & Sons , New York 1954 .
[ 12 ] Rudolf Graber , Athanasius @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
title : Athanasius and the Church of our Time ] , Abensberg 1987 , 11th ed.
, p. 85 .
[ translated from German ] [ 13 ] Brian W. Harrison , “ Alice von Hildebrand Sheds New Light on Fatima , ” Introductory commentary , in : OnePeterFive , May 12 , 2016 .
[ 16 ] Pope Benedict XVI , Interview during the flight to Portugal , May 11 , 2010 [ 17 ] Tagebuch der Schwester Maria Faustyna Kowalska [ Diary of Sister Maria Faustina Kowalska ] , Hauteville/Schweiz @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 823 .
[ translated from German ]

The Third Secret given to Sister Lucia predicted, among other things, that the great apostasy in the Church will begin at the top
August 15, 2020 (LifeSiteNews) – Father Frank Unterhalt, a German diocesan priest and speaker of a group of faithful priests called Communio veritatis, has written an article about the current crisis in the Catholic Church and linking it back to the message of Our Lady of Fatima. He quotes Cardinal Ciappi, a theologian of the Papal House from 1955 to 1989, who stated in 1995: “In the Third Secret it is predicted, among other things, that the great apostasy in the Church will begin at the top.”
In his statement (see full text below), Father Unterhalt of the Archdiocese of Paderborn sums up different aspects that help us to see that the Church has been infiltrated for quite some time now by anti-Catholic forces. Here, he quotes the former Communist Bella Dodd who admitted to having helped infiltrate the Church in the U.S. with some 1,100 communist priests, and he also refers back to the Freemasonic instruction “Alta Vendita” which aimed at receiving “a pope according to our needs.”
Father Unterhalt also quotes George Weigel who, after studying the communist archives, described in 2011 “how the communist governments and secret services infiltrated the Vatican and used diplomatic relations with the Holy See to promote their interests – as one might expect – and to strengthen their efforts to penetrate the highest levels of the Catholic Church’s leadership, especially the Vatican itself – an approach that many high-ranking dignitaries in the Vatican apparently did not see through.”
The German priest also reminds us that it was already Father Maximilian Kolbe, who in 1917 witnessed an appearance of Freemasons in Rome holding up a flag with the words “Satan shall reign in the Vatican, and the Pope shall be his slave.”
It was Pope Benedict XVI who announced in 2010 that the Third Secret of Fatima is about the fact that “the greatest persecution of the Church comes not from her enemies without, but arises from sin within the Church.”
Here, we might also be reminded of the fact that, as Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, he had said that Freemasonry was the greatest danger for the Church.
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Father Unterhalt does not mention the ongoing debate as to whether or not Rome has even fully published all the words of Sister Lucia of Fatima relating to the Third Secret, a discussion that is kept alive since the official publication of the Third Secret in Rome in June of 2000. In any event, the words of Cardinal Ciappi about an apostasy at the top of the Church as quoted by Father Unterhalt are not contained in the officially published Third Secret. It is to be hoped that future research will give us further light in this matter.
For example, Cardinal Silvio Oddi, who had been the secretary of Archbishop Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli – later Pope John XXIII – during the time the latter served as the apostolic nuncio in Paris, stated in 1990 in an interview about the Third Secret: “I would not be surprised if the Third Secret alluded to dark times for the Church: grave confusions and troubling apostasies within Catholicism itself … If we consider the grave crisis we have lived through since the [Second Vatican] Council, the signs that this prophecy has been fulfilled do not seem to be lacking.”
Father Unterhalt also reminds us that both the Book of Revelation and the Catechism of the Catholic Church speak to us about the loss of Faith at the end of times and of the final trials of the Church. Here he quotes the catechism as saying: “Before Christ’s second coming the Church must pass through a final trial that will shake the faith of many believers. The persecution that accompanies her pilgrimage on earth will unveil the ‘mystery of iniquity’ in the form of a religious deception offering men an apparent solution to their problems at the price of apostasy from the truth.”
Father Unterhalt has been making strong statements in the last years that are pertaining to the preservation of the Catholic Faith. He and his priestly group Communio veritatis opposed, for example, the idea of intercommunion with Protestants; he publicly rebuked the head of the German bishops, Cardinal Reinhard Marx, for adapting the Catholic Church to the zeitgeist; and he condemned the practice of receiving Holy Communion in the hand while standing. Unterhalt also rejected Pope Francis’ new rule of giving Holy Communion to adulterers. Finally, he encouraged us to remain close to Our Lady, saying that “Many faithful are asking themselves today how one can withstand the current storm of the great test and remain in the true Faith. I would like to answer that with the famous words of the Most Blessed Virgin Mary in Fatima: ‘My Immaculate Heart will be your refuge and the way which leads you to God!’”
***
Full statement by Father Frank Unterhalt
The Church lives through the Third Secret of Fatima
It is high time to understand the full meaning of the prophetic announcement made by Cardinal Wojtyła at the 1976 Eucharistic Congress in Philadelphia: “We are now standing in the face of the greatest historical confrontation humanity has ever experienced. I do not think that the wide circle of the American Society, or the whole wide circle of the Christian Community realize this fully. We are now facing the final confrontation between the Church and the anti-church, between the Gospel and the anti-gospel, between Christ and the antichrist. The confrontation lies within the plans of Divine Providence. It is, therefore, in God’s Plan, and it must be a trial which the Church must take up, and face courageously…”[1]
It is important to realize the full dimension of this dramatic appeal! Above all, one must consider what an anti-church needs at its head. In this sense, Bishop Fulton J. Sheen affirmed: “There will be a mystical Body of the antichrist, which will resemble in all its externals the Mystical Body of Christ.”[2]
During his visit to Germany in 1980, Pope John Paul II, when asked in Fulda how things were going with the Church in relation to the Third Secret of Fatima, replied with the following words: “We must prepare ourselves for great trials in the near future. Yes, they may even require giving our lives, and total dedication to Christ and for Christ! It can be softened by your and our prayer, but it cannot be averted. Only in this way can the true renewal of the Church arrive. How often has the renewal of the Church been born from blood. It will not be any different this time. Let us be strong and let us prepare and trust in Christ and His Holy Mother! Let us pray the Rosary very much and often!”[3]
Shortly after, this turned real for him. On May 13, 1981, the anniversary of the first apparition of the Blessed Virgin and Mother of God Mary in Fatima in 1917, the assassination attempt took place in Rome. Here the whole trial of which he spoke became visible in a dramatic picture. The direct attack against the Holy Father was not only directed at him, but at the entire Mystical Body of Christ on earth. According to the teaching of St. Augustine, the Pope is the “figura ecclesiae” and represents the whole Church.[4] Against this background, she must understand that she is in the midst of an apocalyptic struggle in which everything is at stake. This becomes even clearer when we consider the exact circumstances of the assassination attempt: The five shots were fired at 17:17.
On the one hand, this unmistakably points to the year in which Freemasonry was founded, 1717. St. Maximilian Maria Kolbe witnessed their demonstration on St. Peter’s Square in Rome in 1917. The Apostle of the Immaculata read the professed plan of the Freemasons on the relevant flag: “Satan shall reign in the Vatican, and the Pope shall be his slave.”[5]
On the other hand, in the same year 1917, the October Revolution occurred in Russia with the manifestation of atheist communism and the connected decisive struggle.
In these contexts, the attack on the head of the Catholic Church shows the hostile attempt to overcome her completely. The aim of the attack in Rome was obviously to remove the God-given foundation of the Church in order to replace it with another “leadership.”
Of course, this plan did not end with the assassination attempt, which failed from the enemy’s point of view – to the contrary. Enlightening in this context is a letter of Sister Lucia to the Holy Father of May 12, 1982(!), in which she referred to the third part of the Secret: “Since we did not heed this appeal of the Message, we see that it has been fulfilled, Russia has invaded the world with her errors. And if we have not yet seen the complete fulfilment of the final part of this prophecy, we are going towards it little by little with great strides.”[6]
The theologian and writer Prof. Dr. George Weigel has analyzed the archives of the communist fight against Karol Wojtyła and Pope John Paul II, and has described the pertinent campaign as follows: “This material illustrates how the communist governments and secret services infiltrated the Vatican and used diplomatic relations with the Holy See to promote their interests – as one might expect – and to strengthen their efforts to penetrate the highest levels of the Catholic Church’s leadership, especially the Vatican itself – an approach that many high-ranking dignitaries in the Vatican apparently did not see through.”[7]
The shocking confession of the well-known Dr. Bella Dodd, a high-ranking member of the Communist Party in the USA, opens our eyes in a special way to the historical background. After her conversion to the Catholic faith, the former activist gave sworn testimony about the deliberate infiltration of the Church. According to her own testimony, she followed an order by Stalin at the time, which was issued to all Communist Party organizations to have agents without faith and morals infiltrate Catholic seminaries and religious orders.[8]
This plan from Moscow was implemented extremely effectively – right down to the Vatican. In the 1950s, she explained: “In the 1930s we put 1100 men into the priesthood in order to destroy the Church from within, right now they are in the highest places in the Church.”[9]
Dr. Bella Dodd left no doubt about the drastic consequences: “You will not recognize the Catholic Church.”[10]
The philosopher Prof. Dr. Dietrich von Hildebrand provides us with a profound analysis which clearly shows that the decisive battle is not outside but inside the Church herself: “An unprejudiced look at the present devastation of the Lord’s vineyard cannot overlook the fact that a ‘fifth column’ has formed in the Church (it is also called a mafia by some, even on the Church side), a group of purposeful destroyers of the Church. […] Their systematic and refined undermining of Holy Mother Church also bears clear enough witness to the fact that this is a deliberate conspiracy on the hand of the Freemasons and the Communists, who – despite their differences and other enmities – work together for this goal. For Freemasonry, the Church is the arch-enemy, and for the Communists the main obstacle to the conquest of the world. […] But the incomprehensible thing is that this conspiracy exists within the Church, that there are bishops and even cardinals, and above all priests and religious who are a kind of Judas.”[11]
Bishop Dr. Rudolf Graber has dealt with the goal of the hostile strategy. He quotes the so-called “Alta Vendita” – the Masonic plan for revolution within the Catholic Church. In it, it says: “What we demand, what we look for and have to await – just as the Jews await their Messiah – is a Pope according to our needs […] We do not doubt our reaching this highest goal of our efforts.”[12]
In this context the famous word formulated by Cardinal Ciappi is of particular importance. He was an expert on the Third Secret of Fatima and theologian of the Papal House from 1955 to 1989. In a letter to Prof. Baumgartner from Salzburg in 1995, he wrote: “In the Third Secret it is predicted, among other things, that the great apostasy in the Church will begin at the top.”[13]
A look into the Book of Revelation makes this clear.
The fire-red dragon (cf. Rev 12:3) represents atheistic communism, which seeks to destroy faith in God. In this battle two beasts come to the aid of the dragon, who shows himself to have powerful strength.
The black beast, which resembles a panther (cf. Rev 13:1-2), is Freemasonry. It acts in the background and hides itself in the shadows to be able to penetrate everywhere unrecognized. The throne and power of the dragon have been given to him (cf. Rev 13:2).
The other beast is ecclesial Freemasonry: “He had two horns like a lamb, but he spoke like a dragon” (Rev 13:11). This is a reference to the hierarchy of the Church, in which the mitre – with two horns – indicates the fullness of the priesthood. The beast that comes up out of the earth looks like a servant of Christ the Lamb, but is a servant of Satan the dragon.
The False Prophet (cf. Rev 19:20) is the pseudo-religious leader of the anti-church and drives apostasy from the top. He deceives and betrays the inhabitants of the earth (cf. Rev 13:14) and wants to lead people to worship the antichrist (cf. Rev 13:12), of whom he is the forerunner.
A direct reference to the Third Secret of Fatima is also found in the Catechism of the Catholic Church: “Before Christ’s second coming the Church must pass through a final trial that will shake the faith of many believers. The persecution that accompanies her pilgrimage on earth will unveil the ‘mystery of iniquity’ in the form of a religious deception offering men an apparent solution to their problems at the price of apostasy from the truth.”[14]
The Paschal Mystery of Christ is thus intensely renewed in his Mystical Body. The Church will follow her Lord in his death and resurrection.[15]
This is why Pope Benedict XVI, as a pilgrim on the road to Fatima in May 2010, explained the Third Secret: “Consequently, I would say that, here too, beyond this great vision of the suffering of the Pope, […] an indication is given of realities involving the future of the Church, which are gradually taking shape and becoming evident. So it is true that, in addition to moment indicated in the vision, there is mention of, there is seen, the need for a passion of the Church, which naturally is reflected in the person of the Pope, yet the Pope stands for the Church and thus it is sufferings of the Church that are announced. […]
As for the new things which we can find in this message today, there is also the fact that attacks on the Pope and the Church come not only from without, but the sufferings of the Church come precisely from within the Church, from the sin existing within the Church. This too is something that we have always known, but today we are seeing it in a really terrifying way: that the greatest persecution of the Church comes not from her enemies without, but arises from sin within the Church”.[16]
So, during this time, she experiences in everything the passion of Jesus and the abysmal iniquity of the betrayal.
Christ made the servant of the true Mercy, St. Sister Faustina, experience all the bitterness of the Church’s agony of Gethsemane. She wrote in her diary: “On that day I suffered more than at any other time, inwardly and outwardly. I did not know that one can suffer so much in a single day.” The most terrible dimension of Gethsemane is the appearance of the traitor. St. Sister Faustina noted the date of this worst day of suffering. It was December 17, 1936.
Assumptio Beatae Mariae Virginis 2020
Pastor Frank Unterhalt
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[1] John-Henry Westen, “Two timely quotes from St. John Paul II on his feast day,” in: LifeSiteNews, October 22, 2014; The Wall Street Journal, November 9, 1978.
[2] Fulton J. Sheen, Der Kommunismus und das Gewissen der westlichen Welt [Engl. title: Communism and the Conscience of the West], Berlin 1950, p. 12. [translated from German]
[3] Stimme des Glaubens [Voice of the Faith], October 1981.
[4] Cf. Augustine, Epistulae 53,2.
[5] Maria Winowska, Pater Maximilian Kolbe. Ein Leben im Dienst der Immaculata [Father Maximilian Kolbe: a Life serving the Immaculata], Freiburg/Schw. – Konstanz – München 1952, p. 41. [translated from German]
[6] Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, The Message of Fatima (June 26, 2000), Introduction.
[7] George Weigel, Der Papst der Freiheit. Johannes Paul II. Seine letzten Jahre und sein Vermächtnis [Engl. Title: The End and the Beginning: Pope John Paul II–The Victory of Freedom, the Last Years, the Legacy], Paderborn 2011, p. 14. [translated from German]
[8] Cf. Iben Thranholm, „Catholic abuse crisis is likely no accident, but a strategy to ‘destroy Church from within’“, in: LifeSiteNews, September 17, 2018.
[9] Bella V. Dodd, School of Darkness, Angelico Press reprint edition 2017, Introduction; originally published by P. J. Kenedy & Sons, New York 1954.
[10] Ibid.
[11] Dietrich von Hildebrand, Der verwüstete Weinberg [Engl. title: The Devastated Vineyard], Regensburg 1973, 2nd ed., p. 11. [translated from German]
[12] Rudolf Graber, Athanasius und die Kirche unserer Zeit [Engl. title: Athanasius and the Church of our Time], Abensberg 1987, 11th ed., p. 85. [translated from German]
[13] Brian W. Harrison, “Alice von Hildebrand Sheds New Light on Fatima,” Introductory commentary, in: OnePeterFive, May 12, 2016.
[14] Catechism of the Catholic Church, 675.
[15] Cf. ibid., 677.
[16] Pope Benedict XVI, Interview during the flight to Portugal, May 11, 2010
[17] Tagebuch der Schwester Maria Faustyna Kowalska [Diary of Sister Maria Faustina Kowalska], Hauteville/Schweiz 1991, 2nd ed., No. 823. [translated from German]
Translation by LifeSite’s Martin Bürger
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August 14 , 2020 ( LifeSiteNews ) — The main purpose of this post is to engage you to watch the incredible July 28 video by Dave Cullen , titled “ The Rising Resistance to the New Abnormal.
” Only 34 minutes and 41 seconds long , it packs a big wallop directly related to the title of this article , including highly supportive video footage of Bill Gates that reveals how truly dangerous and weird this man , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , has become .
He works and socializes a lot with Dr. Anthony Fauci , who has his own scary history of vaccine experimentation with little regard for what happens to the human subjects of his experiments .
Stephen Mosher published a revealing article on LifeSite titled “ How Dr. Fauci ’ s fraudulent pandemic advice put millions of Americans through hell.
” These two were made for each other .
Dave Cullen has been doing quite a few video commentaries recently on the Wuhan virus .
He is a high-level techy guy @ @ @ @ @ @ @ use strong language at times , but he is a very pro-life straight shooter .
Here is how he describes himself and his website , Computing forever : culturalreconquista.com gives this further description of him .
I give you all of this information about Dave Cullen because of what you are about to read below and the video that you absolutely must watch .
It is a shocker about what is really going on about the Wuhan virus .
Cullen is an excellent researcher with a Jordan Peterson–caliber mind who challenges you to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ he presents .
I have personally concluded , along with many others , that this entire internationally coordinated Wuhan virus hysteria has one main goal .
It is intended to keep everyone on the planet unnecessarily terrified since the climate change scam has failed to do so .
The purpose , as Cullen describes in the video , is almost certainly to convince or force everyone to accept that the only way to finally reach what they call the “ new normal ” and end all the fear is to be vaccinated with @ @ @ @ @ @ @ vaccine .
And then the purpose of the vaccine , other than what might be in the vaccine that we don ’ t know about , is to require everyone who has been vaccinated at least twice , and perhaps more times , to be given a vaccination passport and then eventually an implant of some kind that will be required to do just about anything , including travel , taking transit , have a bank account and credit card , buying food , entering school or college , any medical treatment , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of this entire co-opting of the Wuhan virus–manufactured hysteria is about a truly New World Order , or Global Reset , that will give totalitarian control of the world ’ s entire population to a self-selected elite of the world ’ s wealthiest and most powerful people .
This is the dream and long-term goal of Freemasonry , communism , the Illuminati , and other similar militant secularist movements who are either explicitly or implicitly dedicated to Satan or Lucifer .
If you haven ’ t read my April 17 blog article , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ battering ram to destroy , remake world order ?
, ” read by 1.1 million people so far , I encourage you to do so .
It will greatly help you to understand the big picture about the exploitation of the virus .
The July 27 two-part article , now updated in Part II , “ Explosion in mandatory masking isn ’ t driven by science , but fear , ” adds a lot of newer information about what many are calling the “ Scamdemic.
” That two-part article puts mandatory masking into @ @ @ @ @ @ @ understand how and why the masking fits into the overall plan to control the world ’ s population .
It will take time and effort to read through the two parts , but I guarantee that you will find it well worth the time and effort to do so .
There is a wealth of verified information and quotes from numerous physicians and other reliable sources that should thoroughly convince you that in most cases , you absolutely do not need to wear a mask and that this virus is vastly less dangerous @ @ @ @ @ @ @ has cruelly and falsely been led to believe .
We are living through deliberately created chaos , growing violence , and destruction of what is left of Christian civilization .
What we now call the globalists have been trying for the past few hundred or more years to find a way to take over and control the world .
It seems that with this virus , thanks to cooperation with the Chinese Communist Party by Anthony Fauci and quite a few other leading international scientists , a way has finally been found to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ healthy and young people are now willingly isolating themselves , wearing masks when wearing a mask makes absolutely no sense , starting to believe that a vaccine is the only way possible to a normal life , despiing their neighbors and even any family members who will not conform to all the government mandates , and much more .
One of the “ much more ” is also giving up , with hardly any fight at all , their religious practices as a false act of charity and patriotism to supposedly protect their @ @ @ @ @ @ @ may have noticed — at least in all the big cities , you would be noticing — the masses are following through remarkably quickly in shutting down the ability that God gave them to think and discern and are mindlessly doing all of the above-mentioned actions .
What we are seeing is a mass disinformation and behavior modification program and on a scale that has never occurred in past history .
The tech giants are especially making this possible with their totalitarian control of what views and information people are now permitted to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Bill Gates must somehow be playing a major role in the background , working together with Dr. Anthony Fauci and all the leading globalists and their friends in the medical establishments , to suppress very inexpensive and incredibly effective treatments for COVID-19 infection that would make mandated masking and a mandated vaccine unnecessary .
These treatments are proving that the virus is easily treatable as long as the correct protocol is given at an early stage of infection .
A prophylactic dosage has shown that it can effectively protect health care workers and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ persons from getting infected .
That suppression , according to Dr. Gold of the Frontline Doctors , is essentially killing many thousands of people so that the globalists ’ vaccine will be seen as the only supposed solution to the virus .
Dr. Gold goes so far as to call this a “ crime against humanity.
” And the goal of that suppression must be to make sure nothing gets in the way of convincing the public to accept the vaccine .
I was on a special conference call with Dr. Gold today @ @ @ @ @ @ @ above and much more .
In the video , Dave Cullen includes a brief article from Robert Kennedy , Jr. who has dedicated many years to fighting the imposition of dangerous , not adequately safety-tested vaccines on children and adults because of the enormous suffering that he has seen caused by these vaccines , many promoted by Gates and Fauci .
Here is the text of a brief but explosive article by Kennedy , chairman , Children ’ s Health Defense , regarding the most likely winner of the race for a vaccine @ @ @ @ @ @ @ what I and many others more accurately call the Wuhan virus .
The article is cited in Dave Cullen ’ s highly informative video .
The July 21 , 2020 article is titled “ Gates Pushes Experimental Technology on Seven Billion Humans.
” It states : Here are more notable quotes from the “ Rising Resistance to the New Normal ” video : So that people will beg for the vaccine as the supposed solution to this problem , I predict there will be a dawning on people that this entire year has @ @ @ @ @ @ @ this entire agenda has been pushed way too far and way too fast .
A vaccine can not possibly be developed so quickly and also be safe , and more than that a lot of people won ’ t want to take it because more and more people will come to terms to the fact that the fatality rate is in line with the flu .
In addition there has been a lot of work done already in changing hearts and minds and red pilling millions of people globally .
The turnout on @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is a public awakening taking place , albeit slowly , We ’ re still in the minority and there ’ s a long way to go , but it only takes a small number of people to throw a spanner in the works of this machine In order to bring it to a grinding halt .
Keep in mind that the monsters behind this agenda are going to have to go to extreme lengths to achieve their goals and as they encounter the resistance , they ’ re going to have to become @ @ @ @ @ @ @ lengths they ’ re willing to go by themselves will have a kind of red-pilling effect on many people as they will finally see the mask slip ( no pun intended ) , the true face of evil will be revealed .
People voluntarily wearing masks are not in control of their own lives and their own minds .
They ’ re operating like zombies .
The mask has dehumanizing and demoralizing effects on the wearer but it also visually shows who the regime has conquered physically and mentally .
Masks provide no @ @ @ @ @ @ @ virus but that ’ s not the point .
The mask is a mark , a badge of compliance and subservience to government mandates .
Authoritarianism doesn ’ t need to justify itself .
Forcing people to wear masks in shops and in public transport doesn ’ t need health care justification when the populace buy into it and wear masks in places where they aren ’ t required .
At that point it is about seeing who trusts the government via propaganda without question .
What the crisis has revealed is that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the populace who never really understood what freedom meant .
They believed that their freedoms and rights weren ’ t inalienable .
We never knew just how many of these people were in our society until this crisis came along and now we know that vast swages of our fellow citizens believe their rights and freedoms come from the government as if the government is a school teacher or parent with the power to detain or ground them for being bold .
Those are strong words , but we have come to the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ are required .
The good must actively resist , as the California evangelical churches are doing as LifeSite has been reporting on site today and last week .

Bill Gates and Anthony Fauci are two of the leaders co-opting the Wuhan virus–manufactured hysteria to usher in a truly New World Order.
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August 14, 2020 (LifeSiteNews) — The main purpose of this post is to engage you to watch the incredible July 28 video by Dave Cullen, titled “The Rising Resistance to the New Abnormal.” Only 34 minutes and 41 seconds long, it packs a big wallop directly related to the title of this article, including highly supportive video footage of Bill Gates that reveals how truly dangerous and weird this man, one of the world’s wealthiest, has become. He works and socializes a lot with Dr. Anthony Fauci, who has his own scary history of vaccine experimentation with little regard for what happens to the human subjects of his experiments. Stephen Mosher published a revealing article on LifeSite titled “How Dr. Fauci’s fraudulent pandemic advice put millions of Americans through hell.”
Gates and Fauci were made for each other.
Dave Cullen has been doing quite a few video commentaries recently on the Wuhan virus. He is a high-level techy guy. He can be rather blunt and use strong language at times, but he is a very pro-life straight shooter.
culturalreconquista.com gives this description of him.
Dave Cullen is an Irish YouTuber who started doing tech reviews, and then gradually made more and more political videos until it became his main focus. Lately, due to Google’s Orwellian censorship and the left’s utter destruction in the market place of ideas, Dave has gone full circle and started doing more tech reviews again. He is part of the skeptic community, but one of its most conservative members. Somewhat of a Jordan Peterson type: violently opposed to any forms of Marxism, and with a great respect for the traditions, (many based in Christianity), that provide him the secular, capitalist, and individualist society he relishes.
I give you all this information about Dave Cullen because of what you are about to read below and the video that you absolutely must watch. It is a shocker about what is really going on.
Cullen is an excellent researcher who challenges you to accept dramatic conclusions and observations that he presents. I have personally concluded, along with many others, that this entire internationally coordinated Wuhan virus hysteria has one main goal. It is intended to keep everyone on the planet unnecessarily terrified since the climate change scam has failed to do so. The purpose, as Cullen describes in the video, is almost certainly to convince or force everyone to accept that the only way to finally reach what they call the “new normal” and end all the fear is to be vaccinated with their strange, dangerous new type of vaccine.
And if you don’t believe that about the vaccine, watch this video.
And then the purpose of the vaccine, other than what might be in the vaccine that we don’t know about, is to require everyone who has been vaccinated at least twice, and perhaps more times, to be given a vaccination passport or certificates and then eventually an implant of some kind that will be required to do just about anything, including travel, taking transit, have a bank account and credit card, buying food, entering school or college, any medical treatment, etc. Watch Gates awkwardly talk about the certificate requirement starting at 17:20 in the video.
There is also a notable segment in the video of Gates unconvincingly attempting to assure the public about the safety of his vaccine.
The trajectory of this entire co-opting of the Wuhan virus and manufactured hysteria is about a truly New World Order, or Global Reset, that will give totalitarian control of the world’s entire population to a self-selected elite of the world’s wealthiest and most powerful people. This is the dream and long-term goal of Freemasonry, communism, the Illuminati, and other similar militant secularist movements who are either explicitly or implicitly dedicated to Satan or Lucifer.
If you haven’t read my April 17 blog article, “Are globalists using coronavirus crisis as battering ram to destroy, remake world order?,” read by 1.1 million people so far, I encourage you to do so. It will greatly help you to understand the big picture about the exploitation of the virus. The July 27 two-part article, now updated in Part II, “Explosion in mandatory masking isn’t driven by science, but fear,” adds newer “big picture” information about what Cullen and others are increasingly calling the “scamdemic.”
That two-part article puts mandatory masking into its essential wider context. It will take time and effort to read through the two parts, but I guarantee that you will find it well worth it. There is a wealth of verified information and quotes from numerous physicians and government and other reliable sources that should convince you that, in most cases, you absolutely do not need to wear a mask, it is often unhealthy to so and this virus is vastly less dangerous and more easily treatable than almost everyone has cruelly and falsely been led to believe.
We are living through deliberately created chaos, growing violence, and destruction of what is left of Christian civilization. What we now call the globalists have been trying for the past few hundred or more years to find a way to take over and control the world. It seems that with this virus, thanks to cooperation with the Chinese Communist Party by Anthony Fauci and quite a few other leading international scientists, an amazingly successful way has finally been found to effectively manipulate the masses.
A notably growing percentage of even healthy and young people are now willingly isolating themselves, wearing masks when wearing a mask makes absolutely no sense, starting to believe that a vaccine is the only possible way back to normal life and criticizing their neighbors and even any family members who will not conform to all the unelected health agency bureaucrat mandates.
One of the “much more” is also giving up, with hardly any fight at all, their essential communal religious practices as a false act of charity and patriotism to supposedly protect their neighbor’s lives. That constant virtue signaling about fake-science-based mask-wearing has become sickeningly exploitive of a naive and understandably poorly informed public.
As you may have noticed — at least in all the big cities, you would be noticing — the masses are following through remarkably quickly in shutting down the ability that God gave them to think and discern and are mindlessly doing all of the above-mentioned actions. What we are seeing is a mass disinformation and behavior modification program and on a scale that has never occurred in history. The tech giants are especially making this possible with their totalitarian control of what views and information people are now permitted to see and read.
It appears that Bill Gates must somehow be playing a major role in the background, working together with Dr. Anthony Fauci and all the leading globalists and their friends in the medical establishments, to suppress very inexpensive and incredibly effective medical protocols available long ago for COVID-19 infection that would essentially make mandated masking and a mandated vaccine unnecessary.
These protocols are proving that the virus is easily treatable as long as they are given at an early stage of infection. They have often even achieved near miracles with late-stage covid-infected patients.
A prophylactic dosage has shown that it can effectively protect essential service workers such as those in food processing plants, health care workers, and persons with comorbidities from getting infected or at least result in mild infection symptoms.
The suppression of accurate information about these protocols, according to Dr. Gold of the Frontline Doctors, is essentially killing many thousands of people. Dr. Gold goes so far as to call this a “crime against humanity.” And the goal of that suppression must be to make sure nothing gets in the way of convincing the public that the only real long-term solution is “the vaccine”.
I was on a special conference call with Dr. Gold today during which she confirmed all of the above and much more.
Dr. Gold also revealed during the call that she and others from her Frontline Doctors group went to the White House recently and were surprisingly not well received. That calls to mind that we had to report on July 31 the very disturbing news that Trump stated he is going to mobilize the US military to deliver the COVID vaccine to Americans once it is developed. I don’t know how to explain or remotely justify that support by the president for a likely dangerous and unnecessary vaccine.
It is also deeply concerning that the President has not also long ago initiated a “warp speed” program to take off all the current illogical restrictions on HCQ use for Covid treatment and rapidly implement HCQ and other protocols that we now know could have, according to Dr. Gold, saved the lives of up to 75% of the persons who have succumbed to Wuhan virus infection in the US.
We have to ask what is really going on in Washington?
In the video, Dave Cullen includes a brief article from Robert Kennedy, Jr. who has dedicated many years to fighting the imposition of dangerous, not adequately safety-tested vaccines on children and adults because of the enormous suffering that he has seen caused by these vaccines, many promoted by Gates and Fauci.
Here is the text of the brief, but explosive article by Kennedy, chairman, Children’s Health Defense, regarding the most likely winner of the race for a vaccine for what is called COVID-19, but what I and many others more accurately call the Wuhan virus.
The July 21, 2020 article is titled “Gates Pushes Experimental Technology on Seven Billion Humans.” It states:
There is no rationale for vaccinating the entire population of the world. For one thing, millions have already been infected and will be immune for life against the virus.
Here are more notable quotes from the “Rising Resistance to the New Normal” video:
So that people will beg for the vaccine as the supposed solution to this problem, I predict there will be a dawning on people that this entire year has been all about the vaccine and that this entire agenda has been pushed way too far and way too fast. A vaccine cannot possibly be developed so quickly and also be safe, and more than that a lot of people won’t want to take it because more and more people will come to terms to the fact that the fatality rate is in line with the flu. In addition there has been a lot of work done already in changing hearts and minds and red pilling millions of people globally. The turnout on Saturday in Dublin is proof that there is a public awakening taking place, albeit slowly, We’re still in the minority and there’s a long way to go, but it only takes a small number of people to throw a spanner in the works of this machine In order to bring it to a grinding halt. Keep in mind that the monsters behind this agenda are going to have to go to extreme lengths to achieve their goals and as they encounter the resistance, they’re going to have to become more desperate and more vicious. The lengths they’re willing to go by themselves will have a kind of red-pilling effect on many people as they will finally see the mask slip (no pun intended), the true face of evil will be revealed. People voluntarily wearing masks are not in control of their own lives and their own minds. They’re operating like zombies. The mask has dehumanizing and demoralizing effects on the wearer but it also visually shows who the regime has conquered physically and mentally. Masks provide no health benefit in preventing infection from the virus but that’s not the point. The mask is a mark, a badge of compliance and subservience to government mandates. Authoritarianism doesn’t need to justify itself. Forcing people to wear masks in shops and in public transport doesn’t need health care justification when the populace buy into it and wear masks in places where they aren’t required. At that point it is about seeing who trusts the government via propaganda without question. What the crisis has revealed is that there has been a huge percentage of the populace who never really understood what freedom meant. They believed that their freedoms and rights weren’t inalienable. We never knew just how many of these people were in our society until this crisis came along and now we know that vast swages of our fellow citizens believe their rights and freedoms come from the government as if the government is a school teacher or parent with the power to detain or ground them for being bold.
Those are strong words, but we have come to the stage now where strong words and actions are required. The good MUST actively resist NOW, as the California evangelical churches are doing as LifeSite has been reporting on location today and last week.
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And see this gasp-producing latest video from Dave Cullen about the exploitation of the virus to prepare the way for the replacement of real meat with artificial meat – and much, much more.
See all of Cullen’s videos on the virus here. What I have written in the above article includes only a small snippet of Cullen’s astonishing, essential information that you will likely not have seen or heard anywhere else. Highly recommended!
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August 15 , 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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PASADENA , California , August 16 , 2020 ( LifeSiteNews ) – California Governor Newsom has been forcing the churches in the state to stop all indoor worship services .
But some pastors are saying ‘ enough !
’ Pastor Che Anh of Harvest Rock Church in Pasadena , California told LifeSite correspondent Lisa Stover that God did not give us ‘ a spirit of fear , ’ quoting 2 Timothy 1:7 .
In that mentality , the network of 162 churches called Harvest International Ministry filed a lawsuit against Governor Newsom , citing First Amendment rights are being violated @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Anh decided to open up for services in May .
During these last several months , they ’ ve battled the courts , as well as individuals calling the police , complaining about the large gatherings .
Anh mentions in the video that they ’ ve been meeting since May without a single case within their congregation .
While their physical well-being is important , and they ’ re taking precautions , he ’ s very focused on their eternal well-being .
“ We want to win souls , see people come to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , and that ’ s much more of a value for us , ” Anh shares .
Anh states that during this time , they ’ ve been able to raise $ 100,000 to give away to various businesses in LA , California to just say “ we love you , we want to bless you.
” The church has also started One Race for Life , a pro-life ministry .
They included “ race ” in the name for two reasons : first , to show the bringing together different ethnic groups @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ s no racism in the Body of Christ .
Secondly , to talk about how it ’ s a race against time to overturn Roe v. Wade .
Their mission is to encourage everyone to register to vote , and to vote Biblically .
Anh encourages other pastors around California and the United States that there comes a time when we have to exercise our First Amendment rights in this country , “ I haven ’ t broken the law , but the governor has , ” Anh says .

Pastors across California are beginning to stand up against the church closures forced upon them by Governor Newsom.
PASADENA, California, August 16, 2020 (LifeSiteNews) – California Governor Newsom has been forcing the churches in the state to stop all indoor worship services. But some pastors are saying ‘enough!’
Pastor Che Ahn of Harvest Rock Church in Pasadena, California told LifeSite correspondent Lisa Stover that God did not give us ‘a spirit of fear,’ quoting 2 Timothy 1:7. In that mentality, the network of 162 churches called Harvest International Ministry filed a lawsuit against Governor Newsom, citing First Amendment rights are being violated. After talking with his attorney, Anh decided to open up for services in May.
During these last several months, they’ve battled the courts, as well as individuals calling the police, complaining about the large gatherings. Ahn mentions in the video that they’ve been meeting since May without a single case within their congregation. While their physical well-being is important, and they’re taking precautions, he’s very focused on their eternal well-being. “We want to win souls, see people come to know Christ as their Lord and Savior, and that’s much more of a value for us,” Ahn shares.
Ahn states that during this time, they’ve been able to raise $100,000 to give away to various businesses in LA, California to just say “we love you, we want to bless you.”
The church has also started One Race for Life, a pro-life ministry. They included “race” in the name for two reasons: first, to show the bringing together different ethnic groups together to set the example that there’s no racism in the Body of Christ. Secondly, to talk about how it’s a race against time to overturn Roe v. Wade. Their mission is to encourage everyone to register to vote, and to vote Biblically.
Ahn encourages other pastors around California and the United States that there comes a time when we have to exercise our First Amendment rights in this country, “I haven’t broken the law, but the governor has,” Ahn says.
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lifesitenews--2020-08-16--Join our daily worldwide rosary HERE

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August 16 , 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 ]