lifesitenews--2020-08-21--Trudeau shutting down Parliament nixes two ‘evil’ anti-life and anti-family bills: pro-life org

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OTTAWA , Ontario , August 21 , 2020 ( LifeSiteNews ) — One of Canada ’ s top pro-life and pro-family organizations has said that Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau ’ s postponing of Parliament may have a positive side-effect : “ evil bills will be stopped in their tracks if things go as in the past.
” “ Although prorogation might allow Justin Trudeau to escape the full scrutiny of the parliamentary committees into his criminal behaviour , there may be @ @ @ @ @ @ @ results in killing any bills that have not yet received Royal Assent , ” Campaign Life Coalition ( CLC ) ’ s political operations director Jack Fonseca told LifeSiteNews .
“ Therefore , Bill C-7 to expand euthanasia to people who are not dying , and Bill C-8 to criminalize pastoral counselling and clinical therapy for unwanted gender confusion or same-sex attraction , should die on the order paper .
These evil bills will be stopped in their tracks if things go as in the past.
” On Tuesday , Canadian prime minister @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Julie Payette , to prorogue Parliament until the fall , meaning that all parliamentary sessions and pending legislation have come to a halt , which includes any WE Charity committee probes .
“ Today , I have asked the Governor-General to prorogue parliament , which must happen before any government can present a throne speech , ” said Trudeau at Tuesday afternoon press conference in Ottawa .
Trudeau announced that his government will give a speech from the throne on September 23 to present a “ new plan ” for Canadians amid the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ speech will give us the opportunity to lay out in detail our approach going forward .
It will also allow parliament to hold a confidence vote on this new plan , ” said Trudeau .
Should enough opposition parties oppose the throne speech , the Trudeau government could fall , which would trigger an election .
Fonseca told LifeSiteNews that bills would need to be introduced “ all over again ” in the fall parliamentary session unless “ Trudeau pulls a dirty trick and manages to pass a motion to pick them up @ @ @ @ @ @ @ morally deficient and diabolically sneaky as Trudeau is , I wouldn ’ t put it past him to try that .
We know he loves normalizing sodomy and killing vulnerable Canadians , whether by abortion or euthanasia , so I wouldn ’ t be surprised , ” Fonseca told LifeSiteNews .
Despite the silver lining of the potential for Bills C-7 and C-8 to face elimination , Fonseca noted that there could be a negative in that Saskatchewan member of Parliament Cathay Wagantall ’ s pro-life private members bill C-233 could also be @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , prorogation will also halt Cathay Wagantall ’ s pro-life private members bill C-233 , to ban sex-selective abortions , and it is unfortunate we ’ ll miss a chance to pass that much-needed law .
Hopefully , she or another Conservative MP will bring it back in the new session.
” Wagantall ’ s Bill C-233 was introduced on February 26 .
If passed , it would make it a crime for any physician to knowingly carry out an abortion solely based on an unborn child ’ s sex .
The Conservative @ @ @ @ @ @ @ prorogued parliament more than once during its time in power .
Trudeau picked Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland to take over as finance minister from Bill Morneau , who resigned Monday .
Freeland was officially sworn in to the role Tuesday afternoon .
The proroguing of Parliament by Trudeau comes amid his ongoing involvement with the WE Charity scandal .
Trudeau and former finance minister Morneau are currently under investigation by the ethics commissioner and have issued apologies for not recusing themselves from their cabinet discussions to approve the now canceled contract with @ @ @ @ @ @ @ have seen WE get up to $ 43.5 million to administer the Canada Student Service Grants program ( CSSG ) .
Morneau recently told the finance committee that he wrote a check for $ 41,366 as reimbursement for WE Charity travel expenses he had incurred for two family trips with the organization in 2017 .
On Tuesday , the office of the ethics commissioner said its investigation will go on despite Morneau ’ s resignation .
“ In case you were wondering about the examination on Mr. Morneau : # EthicsCommissioner Dion is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of the # COIA to provide a report to the Prime Minister and make it public under subsection 44 ( 8 ) .
# CdnPoli , ” said the ethics commissioner ’ s office on Twitter .
By shutting down Parliament , Trudeau will shut down committees , which includes the committee investigation of the WE Charity scandal .
On Tuesday , Conservative M.P .
Pierre Poilievre , who sits on the finance committee investigating the WE Charity scandal , called for the immediate release of 5,000 pages of WE scandal documents before @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Committee members expect 5000 pages of WE scandal documents by tomorrow ... .
unless the PM prorogues today and seals the documents in an unprecedented cover-up , ” wrote Poilievre on Twitter .
Poilievre also released a letter showing three opposition parties jointly demanding the immediate release of the 5,000 WE scandal documents .
Later in the afternoon on Tuesday , Poilievre confirmed that the Finance Committee clerk will “ honor ” the opposition demands to release the documents .
“ UPDATE : Trudeau checked , as Finance Committee Clerk tells me he @ @ @ @ @ @ @ WE scandal docs before PM can lock them down under prorogation .
We will fight any unjustified redactions , ” wrote Poilievre on Twitter .
In his press conference , Trudeau confirmed that “ all those documents ” were released before Parliament was prorogued .
On Wednesday , Poilievre blasted the documents that were released because many of them were redacted to the point where all relevant information was blacked out .
“ Why don ’ t we ask what ’ s in those pages at a parliamentary committee ?
Well , I @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Trudeau shut down those parliamentary committees .
When did he do it ?
The same day these documents became public , ” said Poilievre , adding , “ What a coincidence.
” Tabled by justice minister David Lametti on March 9 , Bill C-8 will make it an offense under the Criminal Code to 1 ) cause a minor to undergo conversion therapy , 2 ) remove a minor from Canada to undergo conversion therapy , 3 ) cause a person to undergo conversion therapy against his will , 4 ) profit from @ @ @ @ @ @ @ conversion therapy .
Bill C-8 defines “ conversion therapy ” as “ a practice , treatment or service designed to change a person ’ s sexual orientation to heterosexual or gender identity to cisgender , or to repress or reduce non-heterosexual attraction or sexual behaviour.
” A retired Canadian judge blasted the legislation as the most “ aggressive assault on parental rights ” ever attempted by a federal government.
” Bill C-7 was introduced in February and would further expand Canada ’ s euthanasia laws .
Euthanasia was legalized in Canada by pro-abortion @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Bill C-14 .

A bill to expand euthanasia and another bill to criminalize counseling and therapy for unwanted gender confusion or same-sex attraction will die on the order paper.
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OTTAWA, Ontario, August 21, 2020 (LifeSiteNews) — One of Canada’s top pro-life and pro-family organizations has said that Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau’s postponing of Parliament may have a positive side-effect: “evil bills will be stopped in their tracks if things go as in the past.”
“Although prorogation might allow Justin Trudeau to escape the full scrutiny of the parliamentary committees into his criminal behaviour, there may be a silver lining in that prorogation normally results in killing any bills that have not yet received Royal Assent,” Campaign Life Coalition (CLC)’s political operations director Jack Fonseca told LifeSiteNews.
“Therefore, Bill C-7 to expand euthanasia to people who are not dying, and Bill C-8 to criminalize pastoral counselling and clinical therapy for unwanted gender confusion or same-sex attraction, should die on the order paper. These evil bills will be stopped in their tracks if things go as in the past.”
On Tuesday, Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau asked the Canadian governor-general, Julie Payette, to prorogue Parliament until the fall, meaning that all parliamentary sessions and pending legislation have come to a halt, which includes any WE Charity committee probes.
“Today, I have asked the Governor-General to prorogue parliament, which must happen before any government can present a throne speech,” said Trudeau at Tuesday afternoon press conference in Ottawa.
Trudeau announced that his government will give a speech from the throne on September 23 to present a “new plan” for Canadians amid the ongoing coronavirus crisis.
“The throne speech will give us the opportunity to lay out in detail our approach going forward. It will also allow parliament to hold a confidence vote on this new plan,” said Trudeau.
Should enough opposition parties oppose the throne speech, the Trudeau government could fall, which would trigger an election.
Fonseca told LifeSiteNews that bills would need to be introduced “all over again” in the fall parliamentary session unless “Trudeau pulls a dirty trick and manages to pass a motion to pick them up where they left off.”
“As morally deficient and diabolically sneaky as Trudeau is, I wouldn’t put it past him to try that. We know he loves normalizing sodomy and killing vulnerable Canadians, whether by abortion or euthanasia, so I wouldn’t be surprised,” Fonseca told LifeSiteNews.
Despite the silver lining of the potential for Bills C-7 and C-8 to face elimination, Fonseca noted that there could be a negative in that Saskatchewan member of Parliament Cathay Wagantall’s pro-life private members bill C-233 could also be gone.
“On the negative side, prorogation will also halt Cathay Wagantall’s pro-life private members bill C-233, to ban sex-selective abortions, and it is unfortunate we’ll miss a chance to pass that much-needed law. Hopefully, she or another Conservative MP will bring it back in the new session.”
Wagantall’s Bill C-233 was introduced on February 26. If passed, it would make it a crime for any physician to knowingly carry out an abortion solely based on an unborn child’s sex.
The Conservative government under Prime Minister Stephen Harper also prorogued parliament more than once during its time in power.
Trudeau picked Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland to take over as finance minister from Bill Morneau, who resigned Monday.
Freeland was officially sworn in to the role Tuesday afternoon. The proroguing of Parliament by Trudeau comes amid his ongoing involvement with the WE Charity scandal.
Trudeau and former finance minister Morneau are currently under investigation by the ethics commissioner and have issued apologies for not recusing themselves from their cabinet discussions to approve the now canceled contract with the WE Charity.
The contract would have seen WE get up to $43.5 million to administer the Canada Student Service Grants program (CSSG).
Morneau recently told the finance committee that he wrote a check for $41,366 as reimbursement for WE Charity travel expenses he had incurred for two family trips with the organization in 2017.
On Tuesday, the office of the ethics commissioner said its investigation will go on despite Morneau’s resignation.
“In case you were wondering about the examination on Mr. Morneau: #EthicsCommissioner Dion is required under subsection 44(7) of the #COIA to provide a report to the Prime Minister and make it public under subsection 44(8). #CdnPoli,” said the ethics commissioner’s office on Twitter.
By shutting down Parliament, Trudeau will shut down committees, which includes the committee investigation of the WE Charity scandal.
On Tuesday, Conservative M.P. Pierre Poilievre, who sits on the finance committee investigating the WE Charity scandal, called for the immediate release of 5,000 pages of WE scandal documents before the shutting of Parliament.
“Finance Committee members expect 5000 pages of WE scandal documents by tomorrow…. unless the PM prorogues today and seals the documents in an unprecedented cover-up,” wrote Poilievre on Twitter.
Poilievre also released a letter showing three opposition parties jointly demanding the immediate release of the 5,000 WE scandal documents.
Later in the afternoon on Tuesday, Poilievre confirmed that the Finance Committee clerk will “honor” the opposition demands to release the documents.
“UPDATE: Trudeau checked, as Finance Committee Clerk tells me he will honour opposition demand to release some WE scandal docs before PM can lock them down under prorogation. We will fight any unjustified redactions,” wrote Poilievre on Twitter.
In his press conference, Trudeau confirmed that “all those documents” were released before Parliament was prorogued.
On Wednesday, Poilievre blasted the documents that were released because many of them were redacted to the point where all relevant information was blacked out.
“Why don’t we ask what’s in those pages at a parliamentary committee? Well, I’ll tell you why: Justin Trudeau shut down those parliamentary committees. When did he do it? The same day these documents became public,” said Poilievre, adding, “What a coincidence.”
Tabled by justice minister David Lametti on March 9, Bill C-8 will make it an offense under the Criminal Code to 1) cause a minor to undergo conversion therapy, 2) remove a minor from Canada to undergo conversion therapy, 3) cause a person to undergo conversion therapy against his will, 4) profit from conversion therapy, and 5) advertise conversion therapy.
Bill C-8 defines “conversion therapy” as “a practice, treatment or service designed to change a person’s sexual orientation to heterosexual or gender identity to cisgender, or to repress or reduce non-heterosexual attraction or sexual behaviour.”
A retired Canadian judge blasted the legislation as the most “aggressive assault on parental rights” ever attempted by a federal government.”
Bill C-7 was introduced in February and would further expand Canada’s euthanasia laws. Euthanasia was legalized in Canada by pro-abortion Trudeau's Liberal Party in 2016 with Bill C-14.
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lifesitenews--2020-08-21--Join our daily worldwide rosary HERE

Join our daily worldwide rosary HERE

August 21 , 2020 ( LifeSiteNews ) – In response to the crisis unfolding in our world and in the Church , LifeSite is offering Catholics throughout the world a chance to be united daily in prayer , in the Our Lady of Fatima Rosary Crusade .
Catholics from all over the world—from Israel , Uganda , Italy , France , Germany , Ireland , Pakistan , Singapore , the Philippines , India , Indonesia , Australia , New Zealand , Thailand , the United Kingdom , the U.S. , Canada , Brazil , and other countries—are gathering daily to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Anthony Pillari , J.C.L.
, an American priest currently studying in Italy .
Our goal is , by means of this daily rosary and by embracing and living out the message given by the Virgin Mary at Fatima , the triumph of Our Lady ’ s Immaculate Heart .
To help obtain that goal , Bishop Athanasius Schneider graciously composed the following prayer for this worldwide rosary crusade : O Immaculate Heart of Mary , you are the holy Mother of God and our tender Mother .
Look upon the distress in which @ @ @ @ @ @ @ are living because of the spread of materialism and the persecution of the Church .
In Fatima you warned against these errors , as you spoke about the errors of Russia .
You are the Mediatrix of all graces .
Implore your Divine Son to grant this special grace for the Pope : that he might consecrate Russia to your Immaculate Heart , so that Russia will be converted , a period of peace will be granted to the world , and your Immaculate Heart will triumph , through an authentic renewal of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ purity of the Catholic Faith , of the sacredness of Divine worship and of the holiness of the Christian life .
O Queen of the holy Rosary and our sweet Mother , turn your merciful eyes to us and graciously hear this our trusting prayer .
Amen .
+ Athanasius Schneider , Auxiliary Bishop of the archdiocese of Saint Mary in Astana To learn more about the urgency of responding to Our Lady ’ s message at Fatima , and about what you can do , please read Cardinal Burke ’ s 2017 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ https : //voiceofthefamily.com/full-text-cardinal-burkes-historic-call-for-consecration-of-russia/ ) .
As St. Padre Pio once said , “ The rosary is the weapon for these times.
” Through prayer , God can shape history , change the world , and bring about a great time of renewal and peace for the Church and for the world , through the triumph of Our Lady ’ s Immaculate Heart .
Join us today !
If you would like to follow along with the prayers said during this rosary , you can access them via this PDF .
This document also @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the daily rosary on LifeSite led by Fr .
Pillari .
Send photos or videos of you and your family praying the rosary with Father Pillari to [ email protected ]

(LifeSiteNews) — In response to the crisis unfolding in our world and in the Church, LifeSite is happy to promote Regina Angelorum Press’s Daily Rosary, which is offering Catholics throughout the world the chance to be united daily in prayer, in the Our Lady of Fatima Rosary Crusade.
Catholics from all over the world — from Israel, Uganda, Italy, France, Germany, Ireland, Pakistan, Singapore, the Philippines, India, Indonesia, Australia, New Zealand, Thailand, the United Kingdom, the U.S., Canada, Brazil, and other countries — are gathering daily to pray the Rosary, led by Father Pillari, JCL, MCL, STL, an American priest currently studying in Italy.
The Daily Rosary is being offered each day at 12noon EST through Regina Angelorum Press’ YouTube Channel to which you can subscribe HERE.
The goal is, by means of this Daily Rosary and by embracing and living out the message given by the Virgin Mary at Fatima, the triumph of Our Lady’s Immaculate Heart.
To help obtain that goal, Bishop Athanasius Schneider graciously composed the following prayer for this worldwide Rosary crusade:
O Immaculate Heart of Mary, you are the holy Mother of God and our tender Mother. Look upon the distress in which the Church and the whole of humanity are living because of the spread of materialism and the persecution of the Church. In Fatima you warned against these errors, as you spoke about the errors of Russia. You are the Mediatrix of all graces. Implore your Divine Son to grant this special grace for the Pope: that he might consecrate Russia to your Immaculate Heart, so that Russia will be converted, a period of peace will be granted to the world, and your Immaculate Heart will triumph, through an authentic renewal of the Church in the splendor of the purity of the Catholic Faith, of the sacredness of Divine worship and of the holiness of the Christian life. O Queen of the holy Rosary and our sweet Mother, turn your merciful eyes to us and graciously hear this our trusting prayer. Amen. + Athanasius Schneider, Auxiliary Bishop of the archdiocese of Saint Mary in Astana
To learn more about the urgency of responding to Our Lady’s message at Fatima, and about what you can do, please read Cardinal Burke’s 2017 address at the Rome Life Forum.
As St. Padre Pio once said, “The Rosary is the weapon for these times.” Through prayer, God can shape history, change the world, and bring about a great time of renewal and peace for the Church and for the world, through the triumph of Our Lady’s Immaculate Heart. Join us today!
If you would like to follow along with the prayers said during this Rosary, you can access them HERE. The document also includes a brief F.A.Q. pertaining to the daily Rosary.
You can send your prayer requests to https://reginangelorumpress.com/prayer-intentions/
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lifesitenews--2020-08-20--British conservative writer: US newspapers, universities ‘in favor of Democrats’

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John O'Sullivan was a speechwriter for British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in the 1980s. An author and conservative writer whose essays have been featured in National Review, O'Sullivan shares his thoughts on everything from international affairs and the future of conservatism to Brexit and Black Lives Matter.
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lifesitenews--2020-08-22--Study shows media reported 150 times more negative news about Trump over Biden

August 21 , 2020 ( NewsBusters ) — As the pandemic grinds on , the Big Three broadcast evening newscasts are among the highest rated programs on television today — and that means millions of viewers are witnessing the most biased presidential campaign coverage in modern media history .
I ’ ve been studying the news media and elections for more than 35 years .
Trust me — there ’ s never been anything like it .
A new MRC analysis of all evening news coverage of President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden in June and July @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of their attention and nearly all of their negative coverage on Trump , so Biden escaped any scrutiny of his left-wing policy positions , past job performance or character .
From June 1 through July 31 , the ABC , CBS and NBC evening newscasts focused 512 minutes of airtime on the President , or nine times more than the 58 minutes allotted to Biden .
( This excludes coverage of the Trump administration in general when not associated with the President himself . )
This is an even wider gap than the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ more coverage than Biden ( 523 minutes vs. 75 minutes ) .
The extra airtime devoted to Trump consisted almost entirely of anchors and reporters criticizing the President .
During these two months , our analysts documented 668 evaluative statements about the President , 95 percent of which ( 634 ) were negative , vs. a mere five percent ( 34 ) that were positive .
Using the same methodology ( fully described at the end of this article ) , we found very few evaluative statements about Joe Biden — just a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ % ) were positive .
Do the math , and viewers heard 150 TIMES more negative comments about Trump than Biden .
That ’ s not news reporting — that ’ s a negative advertising campaign in action .
If you consider the evening newscasts a reliable gauge of the liberal media at large ( cable news , big newspapers , etc . )
, it means Biden has enjoyed an army of so-called journalists conducting a massive negative information campaign against his opponent , while he is sheltered from any scrutiny .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ allegations from former staffer Tara Reade that he sexually assaulted her in the 1990s , completely disappeared from his evening news coverage in June and July .
Biden ’ s various policy proposals — which by his own admission would take his administration farther to the Left than the very liberal Obama administration — received a meager 5 minutes , 22 seconds of airtime , not one second of which included any critical analysis from any journalist .
There were no labels of Biden as “ progressive , ” “ left-wing , ” @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of these newscasts , either ; reporters also neglected to tell viewers how much the Democrat would raise taxes if he were elected ( spoiler : more than $ 4 trillion ) .
Biden ’ s plan for $ 700 billion more federal spending ( what he called “ investments ” ) , announced July 9 , received a scant 40 seconds of evening news airtime ( 25 seconds on ABC , 15 seconds on CBS , nothing on NBC ) .
When he outlined his massively expensive ( $ 2 trillion ) @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 14 , it received six seconds , all of it on CBS .
If the networks weren ’ t scrutinizing Biden ’ s policies or his character , what accounted for his 58 minutes of airtime ?
Conveniently for the candidate , a plurality of it ( 23.5 minutes , or 40 % ) consisted of showcasing his near-daily criticisms of Trump .
Conversely , only 88 seconds of Trump ’ s 512 minutes of airtime consisted of relaying his criticisms of Biden ( a minuscule 0.25 % ) .
Another 14 percent @ @ @ @ @ @ @ eight minutes ) consisted of reporters assessing where Biden stood in the race vs. Trump .
These so-called “ horse race ” judgments — assessments of each candidates standing or prospects in the campaign — are not included in our good press/bad press score , but those comments showed a wide tilt as well : We tallied 51 such statements about the Biden campaign , 96 % of which ( 49 ) were positive ; for Trump , 75 of 80 horse race judgments were negative ( 94 % ) .
No presidential @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 2008 — has ever been on the receiving end of such a wide array of media favors .
( While Obama received highly positive coverage , there was no massive media effort to destroy his GOP opponent , Senator John McCain . )
While the former Vice President sits snugly in his basement , the entire liberal “ news ” media complex have spent the summer on the attack against his opponent , even as they refuse to report anything negative about Biden himself .
Methodology : For this report , MRC analysts @ @ @ @ @ @ @ former Vice President Biden from June 1 through July 31 , including weekends , on ABC ’ s World News Tonight , the CBS Evening News and NBC Nightly News .
To determine the spin of news coverage , our analysts tallied all explicitly evaluative statements about Trump or Biden from either reporters , anchors or non-partisan sources such as experts or voters .
Evaluations from partisan sources , as well as neutral statements , were not included .
As we did in 2016 , we also separated personal evaluations of each candidate @ @ @ @ @ @ @ campaign horse race ( i.e.
, standings in the polls , chances to win , etc. )
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While such comments can have an effect on voters ( creating a bandwagon effect for those seen as winning , or demoralizing the supports of those portrayed as losing ) , they are not “ good press ” or “ bad press ” as understood by media scholars as far back as Michael Robinson ’ s groundbreaking research on the 1980 presidential campaign .

August 21, 2020 (NewsBusters) — As the pandemic grinds on, the Big Three broadcast evening newscasts are among the highest rated programs on television today — and that means millions of viewers are witnessing the most biased presidential campaign coverage in modern media history.
I’ve been studying the news media and elections for more than 35 years. Trust me — there’s never been anything like it.
A new MRC analysis of all evening news coverage of President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden in June and July found these networks chose to aim most of their attention and nearly all of their negative coverage on Trump, so Biden escaped any scrutiny of his left-wing policy positions, past job performance or character.
From June 1 through July 31, the ABC, CBS and NBC evening newscasts focused 512 minutes of airtime on the President, or nine times more than the 58 minutes allotted to Biden. (This excludes coverage of the Trump administration in general when not associated with the President himself.) This is an even wider gap than the spring, when Trump received seven times more coverage than Biden (523 minutes vs. 75 minutes).
The extra airtime devoted to Trump consisted almost entirely of anchors and reporters criticizing the President. During these two months, our analysts documented 668 evaluative statements about the President, 95 percent of which (634) were negative, vs. a mere five percent (34) that were positive. Using the same methodology (fully described at the end of this article), we found very few evaluative statements about Joe Biden — just a dozen, two-thirds of which (67%) were positive.
Do the math, and viewers heard 150 TIMES more negative comments about Trump than Biden. That’s not news reporting — that’s a negative advertising campaign in action.
If you consider the evening newscasts a reliable gauge of the liberal media at large (cable news, big newspapers, etc.), it means Biden has enjoyed an army of so-called journalists conducting a massive negative information campaign against his opponent, while he is sheltered from any scrutiny. Controversies from the spring, such as allegations from former staffer Tara Reade that he sexually assaulted her in the 1990s, completely disappeared from his evening news coverage in June and July.
Biden’s various policy proposals — which by his own admission would take his administration farther to the Left than the very liberal Obama administration — received a meager 5 minutes, 22 seconds of airtime, not one second of which included any critical analysis from any journalist.
There were no labels of Biden as “progressive,” “left-wing,” or even “liberal” on any of these newscasts, either; reporters also neglected to tell viewers how much the Democrat would raise taxes if he were elected (spoiler: more than $4 trillion).
Biden’s plan for $700 billion more federal spending (what he called “investments”), announced July 9, received a scant 40 seconds of evening news airtime (25 seconds on ABC, 15 seconds on CBS, nothing on NBC). When he outlined his massively expensive ($2 trillion) plan to combat climate change on July 14, it received six seconds, all of it on CBS.
If the networks weren’t scrutinizing Biden’s policies or his character, what accounted for his 58 minutes of airtime? Conveniently for the candidate, a plurality of it (23.5 minutes, or 40%) consisted of showcasing his near-daily criticisms of Trump. Conversely, only 88 seconds of Trump’s 512 minutes of airtime consisted of relaying his criticisms of Biden (a minuscule 0.25%).
Another 14 percent of Biden’s coverage (roughly eight minutes) consisted of reporters assessing where Biden stood in the race vs. Trump. These so-called “horse race” judgments — assessments of each candidates standing or prospects in the campaign — are not included in our good press/bad press score, but those comments showed a wide tilt as well: We tallied 51 such statements about the Biden campaign, 96% of which (49) were positive; for Trump, 75 of 80 horse race judgments were negative (94%).
No presidential candidate — not even Barack Obama in 2008 — has ever been on the receiving end of such a wide array of media favors. (While Obama received highly positive coverage, there was no massive media effort to destroy his GOP opponent, Senator John McCain.) While the former Vice President sits snugly in his basement, the entire liberal “news” media complex have spent the summer on the attack against his opponent, even as they refuse to report anything negative about Biden himself.
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Methodology: For this report, MRC analysts reviewed every mention of President Trump and former Vice President Biden from June 1 through July 31, including weekends, on ABC’s World News Tonight, the CBS Evening News and NBC Nightly News. To determine the spin of news coverage, our analysts tallied all explicitly evaluative statements about Trump or Biden from either reporters, anchors or non-partisan sources such as experts or voters. Evaluations from partisan sources, as well as neutral statements, were not included.
As we did in 2016, we also separated personal evaluations of each candidate from statements about their prospects in the campaign horse race (i.e., standings in the polls, chances to win, etc.). While such comments can have an effect on voters (creating a bandwagon effect for those seen as winning, or demoralizing the supports of those portrayed as losing), they are not “good press” or “bad press” as understood by media scholars as far back as Michael Robinson’s groundbreaking research on the 1980 presidential campaign.
Published with permission from NewsBusters.
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lifesitenews--2020-08-22--Catholic historian: If Cdl. Zen rightly criticizes Vatican Ostpolitik, why not ‘catastrophic’ Vatica

Catholic historian: If Cdl. Zen rightly criticizes Vatican Ostpolitik, why not ‘catastrophic’ Vatican II?

August 21 , 2020 ( Rorate Caeli ) — Cardinal Joseph Zen Ze-kiun is an eminent prelate who sincerely loves his country and the Church .
Born in Shanghai in 1932 , ordained to the priesthood in the Salesian Order in 1961 , he was appointed Bishop by John Paul II in 1996 and created Cardinal by Benedict XVI in 2006 .
Between 1996 and 2009 he was coadjutor and subsequently Archbishop of the diocese of Hong Kong , No one knows better than he does the complexity of the political and religious situation in China .
On January 9 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Bishop Emeritus of Hong Kong , voiced severe criticism of the Vatican policy towards China which has evolved during the pontificate of Pope Francis .
The Vatican reporter , Sandro Magister sums up the situation in these terms : “ Since it has been in power , in fact , the Chinese Communist Party has wanted to set up a Church submissive to itself and separate from Rome , with bishops appointed by its own exclusive warrant and ordained without the approval of the Pope , subjugated to a “ Chinese Patriotic Catholic @ @ @ @ @ @ @ irreconcilable ” with Catholic doctrine .
An “ official ” Church , therefore , on the brink of schism .
Interwoven with an “ underground ” Church led by bishops not recognized by Beijing and absolutely faithful to the Pope , who however , pay the full price of clandestinity : oppression , surveillance , arrest , abduction.
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Cardinal Zen is the voice today that best represents this “ subterranean ” Church .
“ I am the voice of the voiceless not only to protest against the Communist Authorities , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ our Roman Authorities .
All these years actions were posited which offend the doctrine and the discipline of our Church : illegitimate and excommunicated bishops perform pontifical rites and sacred ordinations , legitimate bishops take part in illegitimate Episcopal ordinations up to four times ; almost the total participation of the bishops of the official community at the National Assembly of Catholic representatives .
No word came from Rome !
Don ’ t our brothers in China have the right to be confused and pose questions ?
” 2 The subterranean Chinese Church @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a political strategy that constitutes the comeback in vogue of the Vatican Ostpolitik .
In an intervention on Asia News of February 13th 2018 , Zen stated that Parolin , the Secretary of State : “ venerates the Ostpolitik diplomacy of his master Casaroli and despises the genuine faith of those who firmly defend the Church founded by Jesus on the Apostles from any interference by secular power.
” 3 In a subsequent letter to the entire College of Cardinals dated September 27 , 2019 , the Chinese Cardinal accused the Secretary of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in China to be part of a schismatic Church ( independent of the Pope and under the command of the Communist Party ) ” ; he concluded with a dramatic question : “ Can we watch passively this murder of the Church in China by the ones who ought to be protecting Her and defending Her from Her enemies ?
” 4 With these declarations Cardinal Zen has aligned himself with many courageous witnesses to the faith , starting with Cardinal Josef Mindszenty , who , on November 1 , 1973 , resisted @ @ @ @ @ @ @ opposing , with respectful refusal , the Pope ’ s request for his demission from the primatial archiepiscopal seat of Estergom .
On November 8th of the same year , Paul VI removed him from office , but the Cardinal was not silent and denounced the Vatican Ostpolitik in his Memoirs ( Rusconi Editore , Milano 1975 ) .
Today the cause for his beatification is underway .
Cardinal Zen , however , has weakened the logic of his statements .
In a recent interview to CNA he warned against the “ danger @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , by declaring that , after fifty years , “ its light still leads the Church through the darkness of her journey today.
” 5 The Ostpolitik that Cardinal Zen criticizes , is , in fact , fruit of the Second Vatican Council .
This is historical evidence that does not admit denials .
In the years of the Second Vatican Council , from 1962 to 1965 , Communism constituted a threat to the Church and humanity never before seen in history .
The assembly of Council Fathers , gathered together to discuss @ @ @ @ @ @ @ world , did not say a word about Communism , despite the fact that hundreds of them had asked for a solemn , public condemnation of this scourge .
Cardinal Zen asked that the texts of the Council be rediscovered and defined them as the real fruit of Vatican II .
“ Through those documents you hear the real voice of the Holy Spirit , he said , and “ the Holy Spirit of today does not contradict the Holy Spirit of yesterday ” .
The Holy Spirit nonetheless did not raise His @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and theologians are right , from Monsignor Gherardini to Cardinal Brandmüller , when they say the magisterial value and the binding authority of the conciliar texts has still all to be discussed , without excluding the idea that many of those documents might end up one day in the rubbish bin .
But what is more important is that the Second Vatican Council is a historical event which can not be reduced to muddled and ambiguous texts .
Its distinctive note is the spirit which moved it : a spirit whereby the way @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to the faithful was more important than the doctrine itself .
Cardinal Zen states : “ I believe it would be very fruitful to read the opening sermon of Vatican II by Pope John XXIII , where he explained the true meaning of ‘ aggiornamento ’ : facing all the threats of modern civilization the Church must not be afraid , but find the ways apt to show to the world the true face of Jesus , the Redeemer of Man.
” Well , in that speech , which opened the Second Vatican @ @ @ @ @ @ @ XXIII explained that “ for the deposit of faith , the truths contained in our venerable doctrine , are one thing ; the fashion in which they are expressed , but with the same meaning and the same judgment , is another thing.
” The different fashion was the passage “ from anathema to dialogue ” .
In the case of Communism , decades of condemnation needed to be laid aside in order to pass to the new strategy of an ‘ outstretched hand ’ .
There was the conviction that collaboration with @ @ @ @ @ @ @ results more than fighting against it did .
And John XXIII ’ s speech , the one Cardinal Zen likes , was the magna carta of the “ détente ” policy that he dislikes .
The first expression of Ostpolitik , symbolized by the then [ Secretary of State ] Monsignor Casaroli , was the “ pledge ” made by the Holy See to the Soviet government not to condemn Communism in any form whatsoever .
This was the condition requested by the Kremlin in permitting the participation of observers from the Moscow @ @ @ @ @ @ @ no need for great sagacity to understand that Ostpolitik toward Russia was fruit of a precise political choice made by John XXIII and Paul VI , as the Ospolitik towards China is fruit of Pope Francis ’ political strategy .
Secretaries of State are executors of the indications given by Pontiffs and the Pontiffs assume the responsibilities of the political choices made by the Holy See .
In this regard John XXIII and Paul VI , like Pope Francis today , have committed significant pastoral and political errors .
It is not the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ history .
The ralliement of Leo XIII to the third Masonic Republic was a devastating error and historians today emphasize its grave consequences .
Criticizing the strategic and pastoral errors of a Pope , is however , legitimate and Cardinal Zen does so when criticizing the Holy See ’ s politics of yesterday and today towards Communism .
Should anyone object by saying Popes are always guided by the Holy Spirit , he might easily respond that a Pope can fall into error , as has happened , and may still happen in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that the Holy Spirit did not assist in the Ostpolitik of Pope Francis , but enlightens Cardinal Zen ’ s criticism of Ostpolitik .
If however a Pope can err , even more so this can be applied to a Council , which remains nonetheless a valid Council , Valid yes , but catastrophic , as was the twenty-first Ecumenical Council of the Church .
If , on the other hand , we must accept unquestioningly the spirit and texts of this Council , we will be obliged to accept also Francis ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ words of Monsignor Marcelo Sánchez Sorondo , Chancellor of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences and the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences : “ Right now , those who are best implementing the social doctrine of the Church are the Chinese [ ... ] They hold the common good above all else , everything else comes second to the common good '' .
China “ is defending the dignity of the person ” .6 And with admirable China it is urgent to find the best relations .
Mons .
Sánchez Sorondo is one of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Cardinal Zen was harshly criticized by the Vatican establishment for his position on the agreement between the Holy See and Communist China .
In the face of such criticism , last February 29 , Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò wrote a letter of support to Cardinal Zen wherein he points out that : “ The Vatican has done everything and more to deliver the Chinese Martyr Church into the hands of the Enemy : it did so by signing the Secret Pact ; it did so by legitimizing excommunicated ‘ bishops ’ who are @ @ @ @ @ @ @ so by the deposition of legitimate bishops ; it did so by forcing faithful priests to register with a church that has succumbed to the Communist dictatorship ; it does so on a daily basis by keeping silent about the persecutory fury that has gained unprecedented strength , precisely since the signing of that unfortunate Agreement .
It is now doing so with this ignoble letter to all the cardinals , which is aimed at accusing you , denigrating you , and isolating you .
Our Lord assures us that nothing and no @ @ @ @ @ @ @ from His hands those who resist the infernal enemy and his acolytes , conquering them ‘ by the Blood of the Lamb ’ and by the testimony of their martyrdom ” ( cf .
Rev .
12:11 ) .
Monsignor Viganò is the same prelate , who , along with Monsignor Athanasius Schneider , recently opened up a debate on the Second Vatican Council .
If Cardinal Zen does not concur with the usefulness of this debate it would have been more prudent for him to stay silent , as his declarations of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ gain him any supporter , but risk making him lose many and most importantly , they offend the truth and undo the credibility of his sacrosanct criticism of the Vatican Ostpolitik .

August 24, 2020 update: This report now includes the following letter from Roberto de Mattei to Cardinal Zen:
I appreciate Cardinal Zen’s reply to my August 5 article at Corrispondenza Romana, because it demonstrates how His Eminence still has a lively and combative spirit, but I permit myself to continue to dissent on the merits of the Second Vatican Council.
Beyond any “hermeneutic” there is historical evidence: the tragic silence of the Second Vatican Council on communism. It is from this silence more than from the words of the Council that Ostpolitik was born.
Cardinal Antonio Bacci affirmed in the conciliar aula: “Every time an ecumenical council has been assembled, it always resolved the major problems that were causing trouble at that time and condemned the errors of the moment. To remain silent on this point would be, I think, an unpardonable lapse, as well as a collective sin. […] This is the great theoretical and practical heresy of our times; and if the council does not deal with it, it may seem to be a failed council!” There is more of a prophetic spirit in these words than in John XXIII’s opening speech at the council.
The Church disarmed her troops; communism in the conciliar and post-conciliar period knew how to take advantage of the disarmament of its enemy. The Chinese people are still enduring the dramatic consequences.
I wish Your Eminence long life and great strength to continue to fight against the Ostpolitik towards China, but I am convinced that this battle, in order to be effective, can and must be done without referring to Vatican II.
Roberto de Mattei
***
August 21, 2020 (Rorate Caeli) — Cardinal Joseph Zen Ze-kiun is an eminent prelate who sincerely loves his country and the Church. Born in Shanghai in 1932, ordained to the priesthood in the Salesian Order in 1961, he was appointed Bishop by John Paul II in 1996 and created Cardinal by Benedict XVI in 2006. Between 1996 and 2009 he was coadjutor and subsequently Archbishop of the diocese of Hong Kong, No one knows better than he does the complexity of the political and religious situation in China.
On January 9, 2016, Cardinal Zen, today Bishop Emeritus of Hong Kong, voiced severe criticism of the Vatican policy towards China which has evolved during the pontificate of Pope Francis. The Vatican reporter, Sandro Magister sums up the situation in these terms: “Since it has been in power, in fact, the Chinese Communist Party has wanted to set up a Church submissive to itself and separate from Rome, with bishops appointed by its own exclusive warrant and ordained without the approval of the Pope, subjugated to a “Chinese Patriotic Catholic Association” that Benedict XVI called “irreconcilable” with Catholic doctrine. An “official” Church, therefore, on the brink of schism. Interwoven with an “underground” Church led by bishops not recognized by Beijing and absolutely faithful to the Pope, who however, pay the full price of clandestinity: oppression, surveillance, arrest, abduction.”1.
Cardinal Zen is the voice today that best represents this “subterranean” Church. “I am the voice of the voiceless not only to protest against the Communist Authorities, but also to put certain questions to our Roman Authorities. All these years actions were posited which offend the doctrine and the discipline of our Church: illegitimate and excommunicated bishops perform pontifical rites and sacred ordinations, legitimate bishops take part in illegitimate Episcopal ordinations up to four times; almost the total participation of the bishops of the official community at the National Assembly of Catholic representatives. No word came from Rome! Don’t our brothers in China have the right to be confused and pose questions?”2
The subterranean Chinese Church has been sacrificed on the altar of a political strategy that constitutes the comeback in vogue of the Vatican Ostpolitik. In an intervention on Asia News of February 13th 2018, Zen stated that Parolin, the Secretary of State: “venerates the Ostpolitik diplomacy of his master Casaroli and despises the genuine faith of those who firmly defend the Church founded by Jesus on the Apostles from any interference by secular power.”3
In a subsequent letter to the entire College of Cardinals dated September 27, 2019, the Chinese Cardinal accused the Secretary of State of encouraging: “the faithful in China to be part of a schismatic Church (independent of the Pope and under the command of the Communist Party)”; he concluded with a dramatic question: “Can we watch passively this murder of the Church in China by the ones who ought to be protecting Her and defending Her from Her enemies?” 4
With these declarations Cardinal Zen has aligned himself with many courageous witnesses to the faith, starting with Cardinal Josef Mindszenty, who, on November 1, 1973, resisted Paul VI to his face, by opposing, with respectful refusal, the Pope’s request for his demission from the primatial archiepiscopal seat of Estergom. On November 8th of the same year, Paul VI removed him from office, but the Cardinal was not silent and denounced the Vatican Ostpolitik in his Memoirs (Rusconi Editore, Milano 1975). Today the cause for his beatification is underway.
Cardinal Zen, however, has weakened the logic of his statements. In a recent interview to CNA he warned against the “danger” of polemical interpretations of Vatican II, by declaring that, after fifty years, “its light still leads the Church through the darkness of her journey today.”5
The Ostpolitik that Cardinal Zen criticizes, is, in fact, fruit of the Second Vatican Council. This is historical evidence that does not admit denials.
In the years of the Second Vatican Council , from 1962 to 1965, Communism constituted a threat to the Church and humanity never before seen in history. The assembly of Council Fathers, gathered together to discuss relationships between the Church and the modern world, did not say a word about Communism, despite the fact that hundreds of them had asked for a solemn, public condemnation of this scourge. Cardinal Zen asked that the texts of the Council be rediscovered and defined them as the real fruit of Vatican II. “Through those documents you hear the real voice of the Holy Spirit, he said, and “the Holy Spirit of today does not contradict the Holy Spirit of yesterday”.
The Holy Spirit nonetheless did not raise His voice against Communism. Therefore many historians and theologians are right, from Monsignor Gherardini to Cardinal Brandmüller, when they say the magisterial value and the binding authority of the conciliar texts has still all to be discussed, without excluding the idea that many of those documents might end up one day in the rubbish bin. But what is more important is that the Second Vatican Council is a historical event which cannot be reduced to muddled and ambiguous texts. Its distinctive note is the spirit which moved it: a spirit whereby the way in which doctrine had to be presented to the faithful was more important than the doctrine itself.
Cardinal Zen states: “I believe it would be very fruitful to read the opening sermon of Vatican II by Pope John XXIII, where he explained the true meaning of ‘aggiornamento’: facing all the threats of modern civilization the Church must not be afraid, but find the ways apt to show to the world the true face of Jesus, the Redeemer of Man.”
Well, in that speech, which opened the Second Vatican Council on October 11 1962, John XXIII explained that “for the deposit of faith, the truths contained in our venerable doctrine, are one thing; the fashion in which they are expressed, but with the same meaning and the same judgment, is another thing.” The different fashion was the passage “from anathema to dialogue”. In the case of Communism, decades of condemnation needed to be laid aside in order to pass to the new strategy of an ‘outstretched hand’. There was the conviction that collaboration with the enemy would have brought about better results more than fighting against it did. And John XXIII’s speech, the one Cardinal Zen likes, was the magna carta of the “détente” policy that he dislikes.
The first expression of Ostpolitik, symbolized by the then [Secretary of State] Monsignor Casaroli, was the “pledge” made by the Holy See to the Soviet government not to condemn Communism in any form whatsoever. This was the condition requested by the Kremlin in permitting the participation of observers from the Moscow patriarchy at Vatican II.
There is no need for great sagacity to understand that Ostpolitik toward Russia was fruit of a precise political choice made by John XXIII and Paul VI, as the Ospolitik towards China is fruit of Pope Francis’ political strategy. Secretaries of State are executors of the indications given by Pontiffs and the Pontiffs assume the responsibilities of the political choices made by the Holy See. In this regard John XXIII and Paul VI, like Pope Francis today, have committed significant pastoral and political errors.
It is not the first time that this has happened in history. The ralliement of Leo XIII to the third Masonic Republic was a devastating error and historians today emphasize its grave consequences. Criticizing the strategic and pastoral errors of a Pope, is however, legitimate and Cardinal Zen does so when criticizing the Holy See’s politics of yesterday and today towards Communism. Should anyone object by saying Popes are always guided by the Holy Spirit, he might easily respond that a Pope can fall into error, as has happened, and may still happen in history. And also we are convinced that the Holy Spirit did not assist in the Ostpolitik of Pope Francis, but enlightens Cardinal Zen’s criticism of Ostpolitik. If however a Pope can err, even more so this can be applied to a Council, which remains nonetheless a valid Council, Valid yes, but catastrophic, as was the twenty-first Ecumenical Council of the Church.
If, on the other hand, we must accept unquestioningly the spirit and texts of this Council, we will be obliged to accept also Francis’ politics regarding China, expressed in the words of Monsignor Marcelo Sánchez Sorondo, Chancellor of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences and the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences: “Right now, those who are best implementing the social doctrine of the Church are the Chinese […] They hold the common good above all else, everything else comes second to the common good”. China “is defending the dignity of the person”.6 And with admirable China it is urgent to find the best relations.
Mons. Sánchez Sorondo is one of Pope Francis’s trusted men whereas Cardinal Zen was harshly criticized by the Vatican establishment for his position on the agreement between the Holy See and Communist China. In the face of such criticism, last February 29, Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò wrote a letter of support to Cardinal Zen wherein he points out that: “The Vatican has done everything and more to deliver the Chinese Martyr Church into the hands of the Enemy: it did so by signing the Secret Pact; it did so by legitimizing excommunicated ‘bishops’ who are agents of the regime; it did so by the deposition of legitimate bishops; it did so by forcing faithful priests to register with a church that has succumbed to the Communist dictatorship; it does so on a daily basis by keeping silent about the persecutory fury that has gained unprecedented strength, precisely since the signing of that unfortunate Agreement. It is now doing so with this ignoble letter to all the cardinals, which is aimed at accusing you, denigrating you, and isolating you. Our Lord assures us that nothing and no one will ever be able to snatch from His hands those who resist the infernal enemy and his acolytes, conquering them ‘by the Blood of the Lamb’ and by the testimony of their martyrdom” (cf. Rev. 12:11).
Monsignor Viganò is the same prelate, who, along with Monsignor Athanasius Schneider, recently opened up a debate on the Second Vatican Council. If Cardinal Zen does not concur with the usefulness of this debate it would have been more prudent for him to stay silent, as his declarations of unquestioning exaltation over Vatican II will not gain him any supporter, but risk making him lose many and most importantly, they offend the truth and undo the credibility of his sacrosanct criticism of the Vatican Ostpolitik.
References:
1.https://chiesa.espresso.repubblica.it/articolo/1351379.html
2.https://www.asianews.it/notizie-it/Card.-Zen:-Le-mie-perplessit%C3%A0-sul-dialogo-Cina-Santa-Sede-e-le-ricadute-sulla-Chiesa-cinese-38222.html
3.https://www.asianews.it/notizie-it/Card.-Zen:-Non-sono-ancora-riuscito-a-capire-per-che-cosa-dialogano-con-la-Cina-43084.html
4.https://www.corrispondenzaromana.it/notizie-dalla-rete/joseph-zen-scrive-ai-cardinali-in-cina-si-uccide-la-chiesa/)
5.https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/cardinal-zen-in-vatican-council-ii-catholics-hear-real-voice-of-the-holy-spirit-62749
6.https://www.asianews.it/notizie-it/Mons.-Sanchez-Sorondo:-La-Cina-migliore-realizzatrice-della-dottrina-sociale-della-Chiesa-43033.html
Translation: Contributor Francesca Romana
Published with permission from Rorate Caeli.
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August 22 , 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 .
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lifesitenews--2020-08-23--Join our daily worldwide rosary HERE

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August 23 , 2020 ( LifeSiteNews ) – In response to the crisis unfolding in our world and in the Church , LifeSite is offering Catholics throughout the world a chance to be united daily in prayer , in the Our Lady of Fatima Rosary Crusade .
Catholics from all over the world—from Israel , Uganda , Italy , France , Germany , Ireland , Pakistan , Singapore , the Philippines , India , Indonesia , Australia , New Zealand , Thailand , the United Kingdom , the U.S. , Canada , Brazil , and other countries—are gathering daily to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Anthony Pillari , J.C.L.
, an American priest currently studying in Italy .
Our goal is , by means of this daily rosary and by embracing and living out the message given by the Virgin Mary at Fatima , the triumph of Our Lady ’ s Immaculate Heart .
To help obtain that goal , Bishop Athanasius Schneider graciously composed the following prayer for this worldwide rosary crusade : O Immaculate Heart of Mary , you are the holy Mother of God and our tender Mother .
Look upon the distress in which @ @ @ @ @ @ @ are living because of the spread of materialism and the persecution of the Church .
In Fatima you warned against these errors , as you spoke about the errors of Russia .
You are the Mediatrix of all graces .
Implore your Divine Son to grant this special grace for the Pope : that he might consecrate Russia to your Immaculate Heart , so that Russia will be converted , a period of peace will be granted to the world , and your Immaculate Heart will triumph , through an authentic renewal of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ purity of the Catholic Faith , of the sacredness of Divine worship and of the holiness of the Christian life .
O Queen of the holy Rosary and our sweet Mother , turn your merciful eyes to us and graciously hear this our trusting prayer .
Amen .
+ Athanasius Schneider , Auxiliary Bishop of the archdiocese of Saint Mary in Astana To learn more about the urgency of responding to Our Lady ’ s message at Fatima , and about what you can do , please read Cardinal Burke ’ s 2017 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ https : //voiceofthefamily.com/full-text-cardinal-burkes-historic-call-for-consecration-of-russia/ ) .
As St. Padre Pio once said , “ The rosary is the weapon for these times.
” Through prayer , God can shape history , change the world , and bring about a great time of renewal and peace for the Church and for the world , through the triumph of Our Lady ’ s Immaculate Heart .
Join us today !
If you would like to follow along with the prayers said during this rosary , you can access them via this PDF .
This document also @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the daily rosary on LifeSite led by Fr .
Pillari .
Send photos or videos of you and your family praying the rosary with Father Pillari to [ email protected ]


lifesitenews--2020-08-25--Police arrest, charge man for pulling a gun on pro-lifers at Planned Parenthood

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DOVER , Delaware , August 24 , 2020 , ( LifeSiteNews ) – Pro-life activists called police while witnessing to life at a Planned Parenthood facility after being threatened by an armed man .
The First State Update reported that on the morning of August 21 , the Dover Police Department arrested a 31-year-old man from Wilmington after a confrontation with pro-life demonstrators in the parking lot of Planned Parenthood .
According to Sergeant Mark Hoffman , the department ’ s public information @ @ @ @ @ @ @ area after receiving a call from pro-life advocates concerning a man threatening them with a handgun .
Hoffman said witnesses told police that the suspect had argued with the pro-lifers while they were on a public sidewalk .
He then pulled out a black handgun and threatened the activists .
Before officers arrived , the suspect was seen going to the trunk of his vehicle .
Upon searching his car , officers discovered an empty holster in the center console and a black 9 mm handgun in the trunk .
The suspect , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ on $ 26,000 unsecured bond .
He was charged with aggravated menacing , terroristic threatening , and possession of a firearm during commission of a felony .
This was reported by many news agencies , including the Associated Press .
However , the Associated Press ’ headline did not make it clear that someone had threatened the pro-life activists with a gun at the Planned Parenthood facility .
“ Delaware police arrest man with gun at Planned Parenthood , ” stated the headline , which could easily be understood as a man planning @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in reality , he was threatening pro-life advocates .

The 31-year-old made threats with a handgun and was charged with aggravated menacing, terroristic threatening, and possession of a firearm during commission of a felony.
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DOVER, Delaware, August 24, 2020, (LifeSiteNews) – Pro-life activists called police while witnessing to life at a Planned Parenthood facility after being threatened by an armed man.
The First State Update reported that on the morning of August 21, the Dover Police Department arrested a 31-year-old man from Wilmington after a confrontation with pro-life demonstrators in the parking lot of Planned Parenthood.
According to Sergeant Mark Hoffman, the department’s public information officer, police were dispatched to the area after receiving a call from pro-life advocates concerning a man threatening them with a handgun.
Hoffman said witnesses told police that the suspect had argued with the pro-lifers while they were on a public sidewalk. He then pulled out a black handgun and threatened the activists. Before officers arrived, the suspect was seen going to the trunk of his vehicle.
Upon searching his car, officers discovered an empty holster in the center console and a black 9 mm handgun in the trunk.
The suspect, identified as Jerome Aniska, was released on $26,000 unsecured bond. He was charged with aggravated menacing, terroristic threatening, and possession of a firearm during commission of a felony.
This was reported by many news agencies, including the Associated Press. However, the Associated Press’ headline did not make it clear that someone had threatened the pro-life activists with a gun at the Planned Parenthood facility. “Delaware police arrest man with gun at Planned Parenthood,” stated the headline, which could easily be understood as a man planning to shoot up Planned Parenthood when, in reality, he was threatening pro-life advocates.
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lifesitenews--2020-08-25--COVID has not slowed transgender movement closing its iron grip on America

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August 24 , 2020 ( LifeSiteNews ) — It ’ s been a busy news month for the transgender movement , as court victories and cancelations of opponents continue to illustrate the power of this ongoing culture revolution .
Here are a few examples just from August that should concern us .
The impact of Supreme Court justice Neil Gorsuch ’ s Bostock decision is already being made manifest as a federal judge blocked the Trump administration ’ s rule @ @ @ @ @ @ @ day before it was to go into effect .
The rule would have protected doctors from having to participate in procedures or surgeries they are morally opposed to , such as abortion and transgender surgery .
U.S. District Court judge Frederic Block claimed that the rule violated Gorsuch ’ s trans rights ruling in June .
We ’ re going to see many more rulings referencing Bostock in the next few years , all thanks to Antonin Scalia ’ s replacement .
A federal judge has ruled that the state of Idaho “ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ s sports teams , ” which spells the beginning of the end for female sports .
By “ transgender athletes , ” the media means “ males identifying as females ” — and these guys have been cleaning house at female track meets and other sporting events , rendering years of work and training by the girls moot in moments .
The men may not be able to pass as girls , but they are certainly passing the girls .
The Tobias Literary Agency summarily dismissed author Sasha White after it was @ @ @ @ @ @ @ tweets questioning the current trans orthodoxy .
“ We do not have any room for anti-trans sentiments at TLA .
Period , ” the firm tweeted .
“ Thus , we have parted ways with Sasha .
In honor of the Trans community we have made a donation to For the Gworls to provide rent or Gender-Affirming surgery for Black trans people.
” In a single statement , we have both penance and the requisite indulgence .
The typical response to examples of this kind is to say these are one-off cancelations run @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that our society is moving in a more totalitarian direction .
After all , the super-rich like J.K. Rowling can survive the Twitter mobs ( although most are not wealthy or famous enough ) .
When Jordan Peterson warned that progressives were using speech codes to narrow and redefine language and thus ensure that they secured both the terms and the debate , he was mocked as a reactionary who simply wanted to be rude to trans people .
But as Abigail Shrier points out in her recent book Irreversible Damage : The @ @ @ @ @ @ @ entire generation is getting re-educated at warp speed from kindergarten on .
It won ’ t be long before our culture has entirely accepted the idea that sex and gender have no relation to one another and that those who have not been indoctrinated are hateful transphobes .
In Scotland , which is ahead of the curve on trans wokeness , worrying poll numbers indicate where we could be headed .
A Comres poll this month by Scotland for Free to Disagree asked respondents if it should be a criminal offense to say @ @ @ @ @ @ @ woman .
Only 10 % of those between 55 and 64 agreed , with 11 % of those over 65 agreeing .
But then the numbers begin to rise : 16 % of those 45 to 54 agree , 28 % of those ages 25 to 34 — and a staggering 40 % of those 16 to 24 .
Consider that for just a moment : 40 % of those between the ages of 16 and 24 believe it should be a criminal offense , punishable by the state , to disagree with @ @ @ @ @ @ @ this has happened in five years .
What will the next five bring ?
Jonathon ’ s new podcast , The Van Maren Show , is dedicated to telling the stories of the pro-life and pro-family movement .
In his latest episode , Jonathon interviews Eric Metaxas , a conservative author , speaker , and radio host , about rioters ’ new habit of burning Bibles .
The two go on to discuss the riots , cultural Marxism , and how America is “ on the brink now of losing everything.
” You @ @ @ @ @ @ @ episode below :

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August 24, 2020 (LifeSiteNews) — It’s been a busy news month for the transgender movement, as court victories and cancelations of opponents continue to illustrate the power of this ongoing culture revolution. Here are a few examples just from August that should concern us.
The impact of Supreme Court justice Neil Gorsuch’s Bostock decision is already being made manifest as a federal judge blocked the Trump administration’s rule protecting freedom of conscience for physicians one day before it was to go into effect. The rule would have protected doctors from having to participate in procedures or surgeries they are morally opposed to, such as abortion and transgender surgery. U.S. District Court judge Frederic Block claimed that the rule violated Gorsuch’s trans rights ruling in June. We’re going to see many more rulings referencing Bostock in the next few years, all thanks to Antonin Scalia’s replacement.
A federal judge has ruled that the state of Idaho “cannot ban transgender athletes from women’s sports teams,” which spells the beginning of the end for female sports. By “transgender athletes,” the media means “males identifying as females” — and these guys have been cleaning house at female track meets and other sporting events, rendering years of work and training by the girls moot in moments. The men may not be able to pass as girls, but they are certainly passing the girls.
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The Tobias Literary Agency summarily dismissed author Sasha White after it was made aware that she had sent out tweets questioning the current trans orthodoxy. “We do not have any room for anti-trans sentiments at TLA. Period,” the firm tweeted. “Thus, we have parted ways with Sasha. In honor of the Trans community we have made a donation to For the Gworls to provide rent or Gender-Affirming surgery for Black trans people.” In a single statement, we have both penance and the requisite indulgence.
The typical response to examples of this kind is to say these are one-off cancelations run amok, and they do not indicate that our society is moving in a more totalitarian direction. After all, the super-rich like J.K. Rowling can survive the Twitter mobs (although most are not wealthy or famous enough). When Jordan Peterson warned that progressives were using speech codes to narrow and redefine language and thus ensure that they secured both the terms and the debate, he was mocked as a reactionary who simply wanted to be rude to trans people.
But as Abigail Shrier points out in her recent book Irreversible Damage: The Transgender Craze Seducing Our Daughters, an entire generation is getting re-educated at warp speed from kindergarten on. It won’t be long before our culture has entirely accepted the idea that sex and gender have no relation to one another and that those who have not been indoctrinated are hateful transphobes. In Scotland, which is ahead of the curve on trans wokeness, worrying poll numbers indicate where we could be headed.
A Comres poll this month by Scotland for Free to Disagree asked respondents if it should be a criminal offense to say someone born male cannot become a woman. Only 10% of those between 55 and 64 agreed, with 11% of those over 65 agreeing. But then the numbers begin to rise: 16% of those 45 to 54 agree, 28% of those ages 25 to 34 — and a staggering 40% of those 16 to 24. Consider that for just a moment: 40% of those between the ages of 16 and 24 believe it should be a criminal offense, punishable by the state, to disagree with the transgender ideology.
And all of this has happened in five years. What will the next five bring?
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lifesitenews--2020-08-24--Pro-life-and-family leader makes ‘Catholic Case for Trump’ in new book

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August 24 , 2020 ( LifeSiteNews ) – “ The choice is simple : Catholics must support Donald Trump ’ s re-election ” as president , concludes leading Catholic political commentator Austin Ruse in his new book , The Catholic Case for Trump .
With important insight for not just Catholics , Ruse conclusively proves that Trump “ stands for ordinary Americans , common sense , and traditions ” as the “ last bulwark against a radical Left that wants to destroy @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Trump biography sets the tone for Ruse ’ s subject .
A New York real estate dealmaker , “ Trump grew up on construction sites with rough men who spoke Queens English , not the Queen ’ s English.
” He thus has no “ immediate need to be liked by the Georgetown and Kalorama set ” of Washington , D.C. high society .
Trump was a godsend to conservatives who have grown “ weary of cowardly Republicans who refused to take on the left ’ s stifling political correctness , ” Ruse @ @ @ @ @ @ @ gruff , and often hilarious non-politician came along who knew the enemy , never gave an inch , and always gave back 10 times more than he got.
” “ Sure , sometimes he shoots himself in the foot , ” conceded Ruse , but , as President Abraham Lincoln during the Civil War said of Union General Ulysses S. Grant , “ here was a man who fights.
” Trump “ is no paragon of moral virtue , ” Ruse also confessed , but he ranks policy character over past private behavior @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a model family man and father without a whiff of personal scandal , but he was monstrously evil when it came to public policy.
” The Bible ’ s flawed Samson “ teaches that God has a plan , and that sometimes he chooses someone we consider to be the wrong vessel.
” Regarding Obama , “ future Democrat administrations will certainly make him look like a moderate , ” Ruse warned .
Democrats are “ all in on the culture war .
Today , the abortion industry and the LGBT movement are @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Democratic Party.
” Accordingly , “ Democrats weaponized the levers of power at their disposal against dissenters from their disordered sexual morals.
” By contrast , Trump has “ advanced the most pro-Catholic agenda in recent memory , ” Ruse documented .
Particularly , “ abortion , one of the gravest injustices known to man , is the most important priority for Catholics.
” He dismisses attempts to relativize this evil , for “ if we were killing almost a million refugees a year , the Catholic Left would roust itself to argue @ @ @ @ @ @ @ our time.
” Trump was probably previously “ nominally pro-choice ” but has surprisingly evolved for Ruse .
He catalogues how Trump has become the “ most pro-life president in history , ” such as with respect to the Republican Mexico City policy .
He expanded this prohibition of American aid to international organizations promoting abortion from roughly $ 600 million to nearly $ 9 billion of government funds .
Trump has also won Ruse ’ s praise in opposing LGBT goals .
“ Trump has a history of supportive words regarding homosexuality @ @ @ @ @ @ @ will be disappointed.
” Nonetheless , “ Trump still draws a line at the imposition of the gay and transgender ideology upon the American people and our institutions.
” Trump has , for example , opposed transgender agendas in the military and public schools .
That is supremely important to Ruse , for the “ Right has to destroy a radical gender ideology that threatens to upend the basis of human life as we know it.
” Trump must often contend with a “ social liberal deep state , ” where the “ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ all the agencies has been flooded with homosexual advocates and activists.
” Equally vital for Ruse , Trump “ has already put his stamp on the federal judiciary in a way that will rival any president in history , ” including two Supreme Court appointments .
“ For several decades , Republicans have lost just about every culture war battle through the courts ” as “ Democratic presidents appointed wildly ideological judges , ” Ruse noted .
With Trump ’ s judicial appointments , “ seven of 13 circuit courts have durable conservative @ @ @ @ @ @ @ would have a good chance of replacing on the Supreme Court the “ ancient Ruth Bader Ginsburg ( born in 1933 ) .
” Trump ’ s accomplishments often do not win him praise from the Catholic Church hierarchy due to political biases , Ruse observed .
American bishops and their staffers often have views “ little different from the garden-variety leftism you ’ re bound to find on college campuses , where young students are indoctrinated in anti-Catholic morality.
” Yet “ Catholics are free to practice their own prudential judgment ” @ @ @ @ @ @ @ In particular , for the left , Catholic or otherwise , the “ trump card against Donald Trump is immigration , ” Ruse wrote .
Yet the “ Church does not teach open borders , even remotely , ” and Pope Francis has “ said it is not Christian to build walls , failing to point out that the Vatican has very high walls with guards at each entrance to Vatican City.
” “ Immigration is a very complicated issue , filled with as much nuance as any federal policy debate , ” @ @ @ @ @ @ @ s ) ome , perhaps most , in the Catholic hierarchy are all in on catastrophic man-made climate change , ” Ruse noted .
“ No doomsday evangelical from previous centuries had anything on these guys.
” Yet American greenhouse gas emission levels are almost the same as in 1990 , and Francis himself recognizes “ that the Church can not settle scientific questions.
” Meanwhile , “ Trump has conducted himself in foreign affairs in accord with standards Catholics ought to accept , ” Ruse wrote , such as a “ high @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , he debunks accusations that Trump is racist , like the ubiquitous lie that he praised white supremacists after a 2017 rally in Charlottesville , Virginia .
The “ Left is doing to him what they do to you , using racism as a slanderous epithet against someone they disagree with politically , ” Ruse analyzed .
Ruse makes his compelling case within the context of Catholic voters , who have become a key swing vote in modern American elections .
“ Democrats will try every dirty trick to get Catholics to abandon @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the Rust Belt are essential to Trump ’ s electoral coalition , ” Ruse wrote .
Thus , for all conservatives , the stakes in taking Ruse ’ s Catholic analysis to heart could not be higher .

Austin Ruse argues that the faithful must support a president who has 'advanced the most pro-Catholic agenda in recent memory.'
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August 24, 2020 (LifeSiteNews) – “The choice is simple: Catholics must support Donald Trump’s re-election” as president, concludes leading Catholic political commentator Austin Ruse in his new book, The Catholic Case for Trump. With important insight for not just Catholics, Ruse conclusively proves that Trump “stands for ordinary Americans, common sense, and traditions” as the “last bulwark against a radical Left that wants to destroy our way of life.”
A brief Trump biography sets the tone for Ruse’s subject. A New York real estate dealmaker, “Trump grew up on construction sites with rough men who spoke Queens English, not the Queen’s English.” He thus has no “immediate need to be liked by the Georgetown and Kalorama set” of Washington, D.C. high society.
Trump was a godsend to conservatives who have grown “weary of cowardly Republicans who refused to take on the left’s stifling political correctness,” Ruse noted. This “rather plainspoken, gruff, and often hilarious non-politician came along who knew the enemy, never gave an inch, and always gave back 10 times more than he got.” “Sure, sometimes he shoots himself in the foot,” conceded Ruse, but, as President Abraham Lincoln during the Civil War said of Union General Ulysses S. Grant, “here was a man who fights.”
Trump “is no paragon of moral virtue,” Ruse also confessed, but he ranks policy character over past private behavior. President Barack “Obama was considered a model family man and father without a whiff of personal scandal, but he was monstrously evil when it came to public policy.” The Bible’s flawed Samson “teaches that God has a plan, and that sometimes he chooses someone we consider to be the wrong vessel.”
Regarding Obama, “future Democrat administrations will certainly make him look like a moderate,” Ruse warned. Democrats are “all in on the culture war. Today, the abortion industry and the LGBT movement are the two most powerful constituencies in the Democratic Party.” Accordingly, “Democrats weaponized the levers of power at their disposal against dissenters from their disordered sexual morals.”
By contrast, Trump has “advanced the most pro-Catholic agenda in recent memory,” Ruse documented. Particularly, “abortion, one of the gravest injustices known to man, is the most important priority for Catholics.” He dismisses attempts to relativize this evil, for “if we were killing almost a million refugees a year, the Catholic Left would roust itself to argue that that was the preeminent issue of our time.”
Trump was probably previously “nominally pro-choice” but has surprisingly evolved for Ruse. He catalogues how Trump has become the “most pro-life president in history,” such as with respect to the Republican Mexico City policy. He expanded this prohibition of American aid to international organizations promoting abortion from roughly $600 million to nearly $9 billion of government funds.
Trump has also won Ruse’s praise in opposing LGBT goals. “Trump has a history of supportive words regarding homosexuality” such that “some faithful Catholics will be disappointed.” Nonetheless, “Trump still draws a line at the imposition of the gay and transgender ideology upon the American people and our institutions.”
Trump has, for example, opposed transgender agendas in the military and public schools. That is supremely important to Ruse, for the “Right has to destroy a radical gender ideology that threatens to upend the basis of human life as we know it.” Trump must often contend with a “social liberal deep state,” where the “career staff of the federal government in all the agencies has been flooded with homosexual advocates and activists.”
Equally vital for Ruse, Trump “has already put his stamp on the federal judiciary in a way that will rival any president in history,” including two Supreme Court appointments. “For several decades, Republicans have lost just about every culture war battle through the courts” as “Democratic presidents appointed wildly ideological judges,” Ruse noted. With Trump’s judicial appointments, “seven of 13 circuit courts have durable conservative majorities,” and a re-elected Trump would have a good chance of replacing on the Supreme Court the “ancient Ruth Bader Ginsburg (born in 1933).”
Trump’s accomplishments often do not win him praise from the Catholic Church hierarchy due to political biases, Ruse observed. American bishops and their staffers often have views “little different from the garden-variety leftism you’re bound to find on college campuses, where young students are indoctrinated in anti-Catholic morality.” Yet “Catholics are free to practice their own prudential judgment” on a range of non-doctrinal issues.
In particular, for the left, Catholic or otherwise, the “trump card against Donald Trump is immigration,” Ruse wrote. Yet the “Church does not teach open borders, even remotely,” and Pope Francis has “said it is not Christian to build walls, failing to point out that the Vatican has very high walls with guards at each entrance to Vatican City.” “Immigration is a very complicated issue, filled with as much nuance as any federal policy debate,” Ruse qualified.
Similarly, “(s)ome, perhaps most, in the Catholic hierarchy are all in on catastrophic man-made climate change,” Ruse noted. “No doomsday evangelical from previous centuries had anything on these guys.” Yet American greenhouse gas emission levels are almost the same as in 1990, and Francis himself recognizes “that the Church cannot settle scientific questions.”
Meanwhile, “Trump has conducted himself in foreign affairs in accord with standards Catholics ought to accept,” Ruse wrote, such as a “high threshold for war.” Concurrently, domestically, he debunks accusations that Trump is racist, like the ubiquitous lie that he praised white supremacists after a 2017 rally in Charlottesville, Virginia. The “Left is doing to him what they do to you, using racism as a slanderous epithet against someone they disagree with politically,” Ruse analyzed.
Ruse makes his compelling case within the context of Catholic voters, who have become a key swing vote in modern American elections. “Democrats will try every dirty trick to get Catholics to abandon Trump because they know that Catholics in the Rust Belt are essential to Trump’s electoral coalition,” Ruse wrote. Thus, for all conservatives, the stakes in taking Ruse’s Catholic analysis to heart could not be higher.
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lifesitenews--2020-08-24--New Jersey judge orders election redo over massive voter fraud using mail-in ballots

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PATERSON , New Jersey , August 24 , 2020 ( LifeSiteNews ) – With Republicans and Democrats accusing each other of trying to engage in voter fraud in the upcoming presidential election , a recent case in New Jersey has shown that voter fraud is not merely a political talking point but a real-life problem .
State Superior Court Judge Ernest Caposela “ ruled that a new election will be held in November for a disputed Paterson City Council seat , just weeks after the race @ @ @ @ @ @ @ councilman were charged with voter fraud , ” the Associated Press reported Wednesday .
“ Alex Mendez had won a special election on May 12 to fill the seat , but claims of voter fraud were soon raised , ” according to the AP .
“ An investigation was then launched after the U.S .
Postal Service ’ s law enforcement arm told the state attorney general ’ s office about hundreds of mail-in ballots located in a mailbox in Paterson , along with more found in nearby Haledon.
” Roughly 800 ballots @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
In June , the Paterson Press reported that four individuals had been arrested for alleged voter fraud , “ including Michael Jackson , an incumbent city councilman , and councilman-elect Alex Mendez.
” Jackson and Mendez , whose party affiliations were not mentioned in any news reports , were , among other things , both charged with “ Fraud in Casting Mail-In Vote , ” “ Unauthorized Possession of Ballots , ” and “ Tampering with Public Records.
” Former Vice President and current Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden said in June @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to try to steal this election ’ through unfounded allegations of voter fraud , adding that his ‘ single greatest concern ’ is keeping the voting process fair and legitimate , ” National Review wrote .
“ This is a guy who said that all mail-in ballots are fraudulent , voting by mail , ” Biden said during a television appearance , “ while he sits behind the desk in the Oval Office and writes his mail-in ballot to vote in a primary.
” Biden did not distinguish between absentee ballots , which @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and simple vote-by-mail , which consists of all registered voters receiving a ballot to send in .
Voter rolls across the United States are notoriously unreliable , compared with other civilized countries in the Western world .
The AP reported that in July that an Atlanta resident received “ a voter registration application addressed to Cody Tims — his cat , who died 12 years ago.
” The Secretary of State ’ s office explained that external groups “ all over the country are targeting Georgia to help register qualified individuals .
This @ @ @ @ @ @ @ activists are really doing .
Make no mistake about it , this office is dedicated to investigating all types of fraud.
” A Reuters fact check found in July that a photo of three mail-in ballots “ allegedly to the same person at the same address ” was fake news .
The ballots were , in fact , addressed to different people at the same address .
“ In the U.S. , households do not vote but rather registered individuals do , including those living with other registered voters , ” Reuters explained @ @ @ @ @ @ @ those voting by mail.
” “ Rochelle Rayray , one of the residents listed on these ballots , confirmed these letters were for her and her family , and that she has been trying to stop this mislabeled photograph ’ s circulation .
She told Reuters her family doesn ’ t live at that address anymore , as the family sold the house , and she did not expect the new residents to share her personal details on social media.
” Reuters did not acknowledge that at least one of the recipients of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ at the address , thus showing how unreliable voter rolls are .
The news organization also failed to acknowledge that a dishonest person could have used the mail-in ballot mailed to the other person no longer living at the address to simply cast a vote .
President Donald Trump tweeted in June , “ Because of MAIL-IN BALLOTS , 2020 will be the most RIGGED Election in our nations history - unless this stupidity is ended .
We voted during World War One & World War Two with no problem , but now @ @ @ @ @ @ @ cheat by using Mail-Ins !
” Donald Trump Jr. , the president ’ s son , last Wednesday ridiculed the Democrats for arguing in-person voting is unsafe amid the coronavirus crisis while at the same time not cracking down on Black Lives Matter and Antifa protests and riots across the country .
Trump said that if “ you can loot in person , you can vote in person , ” adding , “ I know someone who got four ballots to the same address , to their house , for people who no @ @ @ @ @ @ @ distinction between absentee voting and universal mail-in voting .
“ This is a system that ’ s worked well in Florida and many other states , but it ’ s tied to an individual with an actual form of identification to eliminate that fraud , and if you go through that process , we ’ re 100 percent fine with that for those that don ’ t necessarily want to go to the polling booth that day , ” he explained .
“ It ’ s not that we ’ re trying to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of it .
”

A new election will be held in November for a city council seat after about 800 ballots went uncounted.
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PATERSON, New Jersey, August 24, 2020 (LifeSiteNews) – With Republicans and Democrats accusing each other of trying to engage in voter fraud in the upcoming presidential election, a recent case in New Jersey has shown that voter fraud is not merely a political talking point but a real-life problem.
State Superior Court Judge Ernest Caposela “ruled that a new election will be held in November for a disputed Paterson City Council seat, just weeks after the race’s apparent winner and a sitting councilman were charged with voter fraud,” the Associated Press reported Wednesday.
“Alex Mendez had won a special election on May 12 to fill the seat, but claims of voter fraud were soon raised,” according to the AP. “An investigation was then launched after the U.S. Postal Service’s law enforcement arm told the state attorney general’s office about hundreds of mail-in ballots located in a mailbox in Paterson, along with more found in nearby Haledon.”
Roughly 800 ballots were not counted in the local election.
In June, the Paterson Press reported that four individuals had been arrested for alleged voter fraud, “including Michael Jackson, an incumbent city councilman, and councilman-elect Alex Mendez.”
Jackson and Mendez, whose party affiliations were not mentioned in any news reports, were, among other things, both charged with “Fraud in Casting Mail-In Vote,” “Unauthorized Possession of Ballots,” and “Tampering with Public Records.”
Former Vice President and current Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden said in June “that President Trump ‘is going to try to steal this election’ through unfounded allegations of voter fraud, adding that his ‘single greatest concern’ is keeping the voting process fair and legitimate,” National Review wrote.
“This is a guy who said that all mail-in ballots are fraudulent, voting by mail,” Biden said during a television appearance, “while he sits behind the desk in the Oval Office and writes his mail-in ballot to vote in a primary.”
Biden did not distinguish between absentee ballots, which each voter has to request officially, and simple vote-by-mail, which consists of all registered voters receiving a ballot to send in.
Voter rolls across the United States are notoriously unreliable, compared with other civilized countries in the Western world. The AP reported that in July that an Atlanta resident received “a voter registration application addressed to Cody Tims — his cat, who died 12 years ago.”
The Secretary of State’s office explained that external groups “all over the country are targeting Georgia to help register qualified individuals. This group makes you wonder what these out-of-town activists are really doing. Make no mistake about it, this office is dedicated to investigating all types of fraud.”
A Reuters fact check found in July that a photo of three mail-in ballots “allegedly to the same person at the same address” was fake news. The ballots were, in fact, addressed to different people at the same address.
“In the U.S., households do not vote but rather registered individuals do, including those living with other registered voters,” Reuters explained. “This same logic applies to those voting by mail.”
“Rochelle Rayray, one of the residents listed on these ballots, confirmed these letters were for her and her family, and that she has been trying to stop this mislabeled photograph’s circulation. She told Reuters her family doesn’t live at that address anymore, as the family sold the house, and she did not expect the new residents to share her personal details on social media.”
Reuters did not acknowledge that at least one of the recipients of the mail-in ballots was no longer living at the address, thus showing how unreliable voter rolls are. The news organization also failed to acknowledge that a dishonest person could have used the mail-in ballot mailed to the other person no longer living at the address to simply cast a vote.
President Donald Trump tweeted in June, “Because of MAIL-IN BALLOTS, 2020 will be the most RIGGED Election in our nations history – unless this stupidity is ended. We voted during World War One & World War Two with no problem, but now they are using Covid in order to cheat by using Mail-Ins!”
Because of MAIL-IN BALLOTS, 2020 will be the most RIGGED Election in our nations history – unless this stupidity is ended. We voted during World War One & World War Two with no problem, but now they are using Covid in order to cheat by using Mail-Ins! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 22, 2020
Donald Trump Jr., the president’s son, last Wednesday ridiculed the Democrats for arguing in-person voting is unsafe amid the coronavirus crisis while at the same time not cracking down on Black Lives Matter and Antifa protests and riots across the country.
Trump said that if “you can loot in person, you can vote in person,” adding, “I know someone who got four ballots to the same address, to their house, for people who no longer live there.”
He emphasized the distinction between absentee voting and universal mail-in voting.
“This is a system that’s worked well in Florida and many other states, but it’s tied to an individual with an actual form of identification to eliminate that fraud, and if you go through that process, we’re 100 percent fine with that for those that don’t necessarily want to go to the polling booth that day,” he explained. “It’s not that we’re trying to say you can’t do any of it.”
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