lifesitenews--2020-08-06--Born with spina bifida, doctors gave her 60 seconds to live. Now she’s turning 60

August 5 , 2020 ( Society for the Protection of Unborn Children ) — A woman , whom doctors believed would die within seconds of being born , has defied all odds and she is preparing to celebrate her 60th birthday .
“ We wish Carmel many happy returns , ” said Michael Robinson , SPUC Director of Communications .
“ But let ’ s not forget those unborn children whose future is snatched away by abortion because of a disability diagnosis , and who will never have a birthday .
Many people with disabilities achieve their goals and lead @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Each person deserves a chance to live , regardless of ability.
” Carmel Proctor was diagnosed with a severe form of spina bifida called myelomeningocele when she was born in Doncaster on August 8th 1960 .
Carmel ’ s parents were told by doctors that her spina bifida was so severe , she would die within seconds .
60 years later , Carmel who is now a medical secretary , continues to defy doctor ’ s predications as she prepares to celebrate her 60th birthday .
SPUC ’ s Mr Robinson said : @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , 3,863 unborn children were killed by abortion for possessing a foetal anomaly .
118 of these unborn children , like Carmel , had spina bifida .
“ Stories such as Carmel ’ s prove that a doctor ’ s prediction is not always correct .
Carmel received her chance to live , but so many others like her do not .
“ It is vital that our country ’ s barbaric abortion law is abolished and the basic right to life for all people , regardless of ability , is restored.
” @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 60 seconds ” Reflecting on her uncertain start in life , Carmel said : “ I was very poorly .
So much so , my parents would tell me later that I was not expected to last 60 seconds .
`` My mum ’ s GP was called by her midwife to come see me after I was born at home .
She had heard of a doctor at Sheffield Children ’ s Hospital who was doing some pioneering treatment for patients with spina bifida .
Two days later , I was in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ at the hospital by a specialist surgeon and underwent medical check-ups until she was 16 years old .
In celebration of her 60 birthday , Carmel is arranging a sponsored event to fundraise for the hospital which cared for her as a child .
Since Carmel ’ s birth in 1960 , advances in medicine and technology have meant that the outlook for those diagnosed with spina bifida has improved .
Currently , in utero surgery can treat a number of foetal health conditions including spina bifida .
Earlier this year , as @ @ @ @ @ @ @ celebrated her first birthday after undergoing in utero spinal surgery to treat her spina bifida .
Similarly , in May 2019 doctors performed key-hole surgery on an unborn baby with spina bifida .
Unborn baby , Jaxon , received the operation at just 27 weeks gestation , and as a result had the ability to move his legs after being born six weeks later .
Despite the outlook for those diagnosed with spina bifida improving significantly , an estimated 80 % of mothers abort children diagnosed with spina bifida , which affects roughly @ @ @ @ @ @ @ permission from the Society for the Protection of Unborn Children .

Carmel’s parents were told by doctors that her spina bifida was so severe, she would die within seconds. Sixty years later, Carmel continues to defy doctor’s predications.
August 5, 2020 (Society for the Protection of Unborn Children) — A woman, whom doctors believed would die within seconds of being born, has defied all odds and she is preparing to celebrate her 60th birthday. “We wish Carmel many happy returns,” said Michael Robinson, SPUC Director of Communications. “But let’s not forget those unborn children whose future is snatched away by abortion because of a disability diagnosis, and who will never have a birthday. Many people with disabilities achieve their goals and lead a life of satisfaction and happiness. Each person deserves a chance to live, regardless of ability.”
Carmel Proctor was diagnosed with a severe form of spina bifida called myelomeningocele when she was born in Doncaster on August 8th 1960.
Carmel’s parents were told by doctors that her spina bifida was so severe, she would die within seconds. 60 years later, Carmel who is now a medical secretary, continues to defy doctor’s predications as she prepares to celebrate her 60th birthday.
118 babies with spina bifida aborted in 2019
SPUC’s Mr Robinson said: “During 2019 in England and Wales, 3,863 unborn children were killed by abortion for possessing a foetal anomaly. 118 of these unborn children, like Carmel, had spina bifida.
“Stories such as Carmel’s prove that a doctor’s prediction is not always correct. Carmel received her chance to live, but so many others like her do not.
“It is vital that our country’s barbaric abortion law is abolished and the basic right to life for all people, regardless of ability, is restored.”
“I was not expected to last 60 seconds”
Reflecting on her uncertain start in life, Carmel said: “I was very poorly. So much so, my parents would tell me later that I was not expected to last 60 seconds.
“My mum’s GP was called by her midwife to come see me after I was born at home. She had heard of a doctor at Sheffield Children’s Hospital who was doing some pioneering treatment for patients with spina bifida. Two days later, I was in the operating theatre.”
Carmel was treated at the hospital by a specialist surgeon and underwent medical check-ups until she was 16 years old.
In celebration of her 60 birthday, Carmel is arranging a sponsored event to fundraise for the hospital which cared for her as a child.
Medical advances improving treatment for spina bifida
Since Carmel’s birth in 1960, advances in medicine and technology have meant that the outlook for those diagnosed with spina bifida has improved.
Currently, in utero surgery can treat a number of foetal health conditions including spina bifida.
Earlier this year, as reported by SPUC, baby Elouise Simpson celebrated her first birthday after undergoing in utero spinal surgery to treat her spina bifida.
Similarly, in May 2019 doctors performed key-hole surgery on an unborn baby with spina bifida. Unborn baby, Jaxon, received the operation at just 27 weeks gestation, and as a result had the ability to move his legs after being born six weeks later.
Despite the outlook for those diagnosed with spina bifida improving significantly, an estimated 80% of mothers abort children diagnosed with spina bifida, which affects roughly four in 10,000 pregnancies.
Published with permission from the Society for the Protection of Unborn Children.
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lifesitenews--2020-08-06--California city hit with lawsuit alleging anti-religious hatred for nixing Junipero Serra statue

VENTURA , California , August 5 , 2020 ( LifeSiteNews ) — What started as massive civil unrest could become an uphill legal battle for Ventura County , California , and the City of Ventura , California .
Thomas More Society attorneys sent them a demand letter on August 5 , 2020 .
The letter warns the county executive officer and city mayor that they are displaying unconstitutional hostility to the Catholic religion and subscribing to anti-Catholic animus in removing a statue of the “ Apostle of California ” Fr .
Junipero Serra from its longstanding location outside City Hall @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Catholic Hispanic Saint ’ s image from the county seal and city police badges .
The letter , signed by Thomas More Society Special Counsel Charles LiMandri , and Jeffrey Trissell , both of LiMandri and Jonna LLP , addresses the county and city ’ s kowtowing to the radical demands of a vile anti-Catholic online petition .
“ Instead of pushing back against this ahistorical , anti-Catholic bigotry , ” the missive reports , “ the City of Ventura published a letter stating that it ‘ believe [ d ] the time @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Serra ] statue to be taken down and moved to a more appropriate non-public location.
” LiMandri explained the basic problem with the city and county succumbing to the newly arisen hordes of icon-toppling rabble rousers .
“ The First Amendment affirmatively mandates accommodation , not merely tolerance , of all religions , and forbids hostility toward any .
The government must neither abdicate its responsibility to maintain a division between church and state nor evince a hostility to religion by disabling the government from , in some ways , recognizing our religious @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Hispanic Saint , and the first person to be canonized in the United States , is revered by Catholics worldwide .
Long honored throughout the State of California , Fr .
Serra is credited with establishing the Franciscan Missions in the Sierra Gorda , a mission in Baja California , and nine Spanish missions in California from San Diego to San Francisco , in what was then Spanish-occupied Alta California .
LiMandri continued , “ For all Catholics , the only reasonable way to view the attacks on Fr .
Serra is to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ hate Catholics and who hate that they evangelized native peoples.
” The letter noted that the removal of the Fr .
Serra statue from in front of Ventura ’ s city hall has already resulted in litigation and expresses hope that further litigation need not be pursued .
That would only occur should authorities decide to remove Fr .
Serra ’ s image from the Ventura County Seal , City of Ventura Police Badges , or other prominent , municipal locations .
Read the demand letter Re : Removal of St. Junípero Serra @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 5 , 2020 , to Ventura County , California , County Executive Office Michael Powers , and Ventura , California , Mayor Matthew LaVere , by Thomas More Society Special Counsel Charles LiMandri , and Jeffrey Trissell , both of LiMandri and Jonna LLP , here .

'For all Catholics, the only reasonable way to view the attacks on Fr. Serra is to see them as assaults by those who hate Catholics,' one of the attorneys pursuing the suit declared.
VENTURA, California, August 5, 2020 (LifeSiteNews) — What started as massive civil unrest could become an uphill legal battle for Ventura County, California, and the City of Ventura, California. Thomas More Society attorneys sent them a demand letter on August 5, 2020. The letter warns the county executive officer and city mayor that they are displaying unconstitutional hostility to the Catholic religion and subscribing to anti-Catholic animus in removing a statue of the “Apostle of California” Fr. Junipero Serra from its longstanding location outside City Hall, and considering the removal of the Catholic Hispanic Saint’s image from the county seal and city police badges.
The letter, signed by Thomas More Society Special Counsel Charles LiMandri, and Jeffrey Trissell, both of LiMandri and Jonna LLP, addresses the county and city’s kowtowing to the radical demands of a vile anti-Catholic online petition.
“Instead of pushing back against this ahistorical, anti-Catholic bigotry,” the missive reports, “the City of Ventura published a letter stating that it ‘believe[d] the time has come for the [Fr. Serra] statue to be taken down and moved to a more appropriate non-public location.”
LiMandri explained the basic problem with the city and county succumbing to the newly arisen hordes of icon-toppling rabble rousers. “The First Amendment affirmatively mandates accommodation, not merely tolerance, of all religions, and forbids hostility toward any. The government must neither abdicate its responsibility to maintain a division between church and state nor evince a hostility to religion by disabling the government from, in some ways, recognizing our religious heritage.”
Fr. Serra, a Hispanic Saint, and the first person to be canonized in the United States, is revered by Catholics worldwide. Long honored throughout the State of California, Fr. Serra is credited with establishing the Franciscan Missions in the Sierra Gorda, a mission in Baja California, and nine Spanish missions in California from San Diego to San Francisco, in what was then Spanish-occupied Alta California.
LiMandri continued, “For all Catholics, the only reasonable way to view the attacks on Fr. Serra is to see them as assaults by those who hate Catholics and who hate that they evangelized native peoples.”
The letter noted that the removal of the Fr. Serra statue from in front of Ventura’s city hall has already resulted in litigation and expresses hope that further litigation need not be pursued. That would only occur should authorities decide to remove Fr. Serra’s image from the Ventura County Seal, City of Ventura Police Badges, or other prominent, municipal locations.
Read the demand letter Re: Removal of St. Junípero Serra from County and City Display issued August 5, 2020, to Ventura County, California, County Executive Office Michael Powers, and Ventura, California, Mayor Matthew LaVere, by Thomas More Society Special Counsel Charles LiMandri, and Jeffrey Trissell, both of LiMandri and Jonna LLP, here.
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lifesitenews--2020-08-05--US ‘frontline’ doctors’ website exposes ‘criminal’ campaign by tech giants, govt agencies to block C

US ‘frontline’ doctors’ website exposes ‘criminal’ campaign by tech giants, govt agencies to block COVID cure

August 5 , 2020 ( LifeSiteNews ) – Last week ’ s explosively successful conference by America ’ s Frontline Doctors ’ group , that exposed a “ massive disinformation campaign ” against the life-saving ability of Hydroxychloroquine to cure the Chinese coronavirus , was totally shut off the Internet by the tech giants .
The group was in D.C. July 27 for its “ White Coat Summit ” event , which was organized and sponsored by the Tea Party Patriots and Rep. Ralph Norman ( R-S.C. ) .
It kicked off with a full-day agenda and finished up the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and congressional lobbying .
A Facebook representative gave as a vague excuse that the event was taken down for allegedly “ sharing false information about cures and treatments for COVID-19.
” As usual , Facebook refused to give any specifics .
In reality , the tech companies themselves may be guilty of a “ crime against humanity ” and “ criminal ” spreading of false information that could have resulted in numerous deaths because infected patients and their physicians were denied crucial life-saving information provided during that event .
You will understand the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ as you read below some excerpts from Conference organizer Dr. Simone Gold ’ s White Paper on Hydroxychloroquine .
Most of the talks given during the day-long full conference can be seen here .
I would strongly recommend viewing what these experts had to say that credibly contradicts the lies and misinformation that the public has been fed for months about hydroxychloroquine and other issues related to the Wuhan virus .
This is incredible material and you will likely be quite angry after watching these when you realize how badly the public has @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in the talks so that the pharma giants can make billions on their alternative , far more costly , much less effective meds and vaccines .
They would not even be necessary if hydroxychloroquine had not been so badly misrepresented and withheld from doctors and patients since the beginning of the pandemic .
The America ’ s Frontline Doctors ( AFD ) website has been restored after also being suddenly shut down by the organization ’ s web hosting company to conform with the social media censoring .
A crucial part of the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ exceptional documents .
They present well-documented evidence that a hydroxychloroquine protocol , given at the right time and with the right dosage , will dramatically help most COVID-infected patients to rapidly recover from what too many mistakenly think , thanks to media-generated hysteria , is a death sentence .
The website also presents the video of the second , short press conference that was held in front of the Supreme Court on July 28 .
However , the full , original press conference , held at the end of the first day , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 17 million as a Facebook live-stream , is much better to watch and can still be seen here , thanks to the OANN network .
Even today , when Facebook users attempt to share the video of the AFD press conference , they are confronted with a pop-up such as seen below when a Latin American reader tried to share the video with friends .
It falsely indicates there is information in the post from the board-certified physicians – who have been treating covid patients – that is “ misinformation that could cause @ @ @ @ @ @ @ t allow “ false information about covid-19 that could contribute to physical harm ” .
Facebook has not provided any evidence whatsoever to substantiate these serious , false charges .
World-famous pop star Madonna was also censored by Instagram for posting a video of the Frontline Doctors .
In her post , Madonna praised Dr. Stella Immanuel , the Houston physician who stated that she has successfully treated 350 coronavirus patients with hydroxychloroquine .
Dr. Emmanuel ’ s animated talk was the big hit of the press conference as she very passionately called @ @ @ @ @ @ @ suppressing the use of HCQ to the detriment of the lives of infected patients .
I personally hope the Frontline Doctors will launch lawsuits and encourage criminal charges against Google , YouTube , Facebook , Vimeo and the web hosting company for the great harm that they caused not just the AFD , but more importantly , to numerous covid-infected patients who may have died because of the false claims that were made about the information given during the conference .
The social media giants have to finally be held accountable .
This @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to go on .
The following excerpts from Dr. Simone Gold 's White Paper reveal the shocking , deep corruption and deception that has resulted in desperately needed life-saving COVID infection treatments being suppressed since the pandemic began : Excerpts from White Paper on Hydroxychloroquine By Dr. Simone Gold , MD , JD In France , HCQ had been sold over the counter for many years , but on January 15 , 2020 , then Health minister Buzyn reclassified it as “ list II of poisonous substances.
” Three days after Trump endorsed @ @ @ @ @ @ @ said that HCQ was only to be used for severely ill hospitalized patients and could not be used early or prophylaxis ( three ) .
Then two months later he terminated using it at all .
All this time , esteemed virologist Professor Raoult continued his clinical trials and in his hospitals the mortality rate was 0.52 % compared to the rest of France 19.12 % .
Because this was so mishandled , resulting in so many unnecessary deaths , the former French Prime Minister and two Ministers of Health are now being @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Dr. R. Elens , has filed suit due to his being blocked from prescribing HCQ , which is contrary to his lifelong practice as a physician .
He was sanctioned and could face a fine of Euro 150,000 .
He filed this petition to clarify the status of HCQ and will pursue to The Hague if necessary as a crime against humanity .
The Lancet ’ s boss … said … the pharmaceutical companies are so financially powerful today and are able to use such methodologies as to have us accept papers which @ @ @ @ @ @ @ they want ...
I have been doing research for 20 years of my life .
I never thought the boss of The Lancet could say that .
And the boss of the NEJM too .
He even said it was ‘ criminal.
’ In the case of the JAMA study , the scientists gave up to 2.5x lethal dosage of the medication .
Unsurprisingly so many patients died they halted the study early .
They also cherry-picked patients and had no proof that there was the standard ethics oversight of the study .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ the study anyway .
Various scientists have demanded its retraction , and even now , with civil and criminal investigations into these deaths , the study is still is [ sic ] not retracted .
And the headlines around this study blame the drug , not the fact that old , sick , hospitalized , compromised patients were given toxic dosages of a drug .
At the very least , the efficacy “ assassination ” of HCQ must be reversed immediately .
Doctors must be able to prescribe HCQ as a treatment and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ unacceptable that doctors are not being able to communicate responsibly and with compassion with their patients .
That must be remedied .
Period .
We speak in support of immediately reversing the massive , irresponsible disinformation campaign that is literally preventing doctors from dispensing HCQ , advocating as well that it be made available over the counter in the United States .
This is logistically easy to do in a manner that ensures the supply and appropriate dispensation .
Hydroxychloroquine ( HCQ ) has been FDA approved for over 65 years and has @ @ @ @ @ @ @ entire world without restriction .
For many decades it has been given to : pregnant women , breastfeeding women , children , elderly patients , immune compromised patients and healthy persons .
In the USA it is used most often in three situations : systemic lupus erythematosus ( SLE ) , rheumatoid arthritis ( RA ) , and as malaria prophylaxis for travelers .
The physicians who prescribe HCQ the most are rheumatologists .
Patients who need HCQ typically are on the medication for years or decades .
In an interview with Laura @ @ @ @ @ @ @ said this : I have had several thousand patient visits to specifically discuss the toxicity of this drug over my last 30 years .
It ’ s a super safe drug .
It ’ s safer than Tylenol , aspirin , Motrin .
It is self-evident that HCQ is safe from the fact that it has been FDA approved for 65 years and has been used many billions of times all over the world and it is over the counter in most of the world , certainly pre-2020 .
It is the # @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the second most populous nation on the planet with 1.3 billion people .
If an American travels to a location where malaria is endemic , per the CDC , they would start HCQ before they left for their trip .
There has never been an allegation that HCQ is not safe until 2020 .
In the largest study to date on the subject , HCQ has been shown to not increase heart ( cardiac ) risk .
This study was across a multinational , distributed database network .
It studied all the data @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , 2000 – 2020 on patients who were prescribed HCQ .
The FDA database shows a total of 640 deaths attributable to HCQ over fifty years .
To put this in context “ Each year the FDA receives over one million adverse event reports associated with the use of drug products ” “ This concerns the entirety of HCQ use over more than 50 years of data , likely millions of uses and of longer-term use than the five days recommended for Covid-19 treatment.
” The CDC has an information sheet about HCQ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Q : Who can take hydroxychloroquine ?
A : Hydroxychloroquine can be prescribed to adults and children of all ages .
It can also be safely taken by pregnant women and nursing mothers .
Q : Who should not take hydroxychloroquine ?
A : People with psoriasis should not take hydroxychloroquine .
Q : How should I take hydroxychloroquine ?
A : Both adults and children should take one dose of hydroxychloroquine per week starting at least one week before traveling… They should take one dose per week while there , and for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ weekly dosage for adults in 400 mg. Q : What are the potential side effects of hydroxychloroquine ?
A : Hydroxychloroquine is a relatively well tolerated medicine .
The most common adverse reactions reported are stomach pain , nausea , vomiting , and headache .
These side effects can often be lessened by taking hydroxychloroquine with food .
Hydroxychloroquine may also cause itching in some people .
Q : How long is it safe to use hydroxychloroquine ?
A : CDC has no limits on the use of hydroxychloroquine for the prevention of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ higher doses for many years , a rare eye condition called retinopathy has occurred .
People who take hydroxychloroquine for more than five years should get regular eye exams .
There are only two things that must be considered regarding a medication : is it safe and does it work ?
HCQ is amongst the safest of all prescription drugs in USA and that is why across much of the world it is sold over the counter .
And at a time when the world has become seized with panic over a virus @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of effectiveness is almost moot .
If a drug is safe and might work , and if there are no other options , we must try it .
The safety record of HCQ is indisputable .
But now seven months into the pandemic there is overwhelming evidence accumulating that HCQ is also effective for Covid-19 .
There are dozens of studies demonstrating its effectiveness from all around the world .
From China to France to Saudi Arabia to Iran to Italy to India to New York City to Michigan to Brazil .
This @ @ @ @ @ @ @ as , chloroquine ( CQ ) the first cousin of HCQ and previously known to be effective against SARS-CoV-1 , was stated by China to be a treatment for Covid-19 .
It is well known that The Lancet and The New England Journal of Medicine ( NEJM ) had to retract their studies .
It was well documented in a series published in The Guardian starting with the headline : “ The Lancet has made one of the biggest retractions in modern history .
How could this happen ?
” The sheer number @ @ @ @ @ @ @ wrong or missing are too enormous to attribute to mere incompetence .
The data upon which these studies were based were so ridiculously erroneous that it only took two weeks for an eagle-eyed physician to publicly demand an explanation .
What ’ s incredible is that the editors of these esteemed journals still have a job – that is how utterly incredible the supposed data underlying the studies was .
The company that “ gathered ” the alleged data ( Surgisphere ) is now wiped clean from the Internet .
The Lancet and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , but the third premier journal , as yet unexposed , is the Journal of the American Medical Association ( JAMA . )
While the first two journals published fraudulent studies , the JAMA study seems criminal in its utter disregard for human life .
Dr. Dousty-Blazy , the former French Health Minister , Under Secretary General of UN , and candidate for Director of WHO has publicly stated that The Lancet and the NEJM Editors admit to being pressured by pharmaceutical companies to publish certain results .
The clearest example of physician @ @ @ @ @ @ @ James Todaro , MD .
Dr. Todaro , who up until these events was a mere private citizen , tweeted his thoughts about HCQ including a link to a public Google doc six days before the President endorsed HCQ .
Dr. Todaro ’ s apolitical scientific commentary was his opinion of a scientific study that appeared to be fabricated , despite being published in a world-class journal .
It turns out Dr. Todaro was so spot-on correct , that the study , which unfortunately had enormous worldwide influence , was retracted which is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ could read Dr. Todaro ’ s prescient words , the President happened to endorse HCQ , and Google scrubbed the document within hours .
And by scrubbed we mean that Google didn ’ t want you to think it was missing , they wanted you to not know such a thing ever even existed .
There is obviously a tremendous disinformation campaign going on in the United States of America claiming that HCQ is neither safe nor effective .
This is quite remarkable for a medication that has been FDA approved for 65 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of times all across the world with only 57 serious adverse events ( heart ) noted by the FDA in their own database over the past fifty years .
In many countries it is available over the counter , like aspirin and Tylenol .
Nonetheless , with the negative pressure being applied , state Governors have ordered , through their state licensing boards that physicians stop using it , and pharmacists stop dispensing it .
Their wording is often more cautious , but doctors are told that they could be charged with “ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ their license ) or be “ sanctioned ” if they prescribe .
COVID-19 is an acronym for SARS-CoV-2 .
It is so named because it turns out there was a SARS-CoV-1 .
Reading the scientific literature related to the first SARS is so eerily similar that excerpts are copy/pasted on the next page .
In 2002 there was a new coronavirus , originating in China , which rapidly spread to dozens of countries , within a few months , leading to worldwide efforts to contain it .
The scientists discovered that CQ had @ @ @ @ @ @ @ virus , whether the CQ was used before or after infection .
It was concluded that CQ had both prophylactic and therapeutic use .
The study “ Chloroquine is a Potent Inhibitor of SARS Coronavirus Infection and Spread ” by Vincent , Bergeron , Benjannet , et .
al.
, was published by the official publication of the National Institutes of Health when Dr. Fauci was NIH Director : Given that CQ was demonstrated to be very effective against a 78 % identical coronavirus less than 15 years ago during a very similar @ @ @ @ @ @ @ there was a multinational effort to restrict it starting in mid-January .
On January 13 , 2020 France quietly changed the status of HCQ from its years long over-the- counter status to “ List II poisonous substance.
” This was an unprecedented demotion .
And in the USA : “ Dr .
Anthony Fauci said Wednesday that data shows HCQ is not an effective agent for the coronavirus , disputing use of the drug to fight the deadly virus even as President Donald Trump touts it as a potential cure.
” It is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the opposite of what the NIH published when he was the NIH Director .
What we do know is that 70,000-100,000 excess American lives have been lost due to lack of access to HCQ .
So why did a medication that had been over the counter for decades , suddenly but quietly get pulled from the shelves , in the midst of a pandemic , due to a virus that is so similar it shares a name ?
It is well known that newly patented drugs can be extremely profitable if there is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ demand for Gilead ’ s Remdisivir , which is used late in the disease , obviously will plummet if the disease is stopped by HCQ early .
Remdisivir is sold for $ 3200- $ 5700 per treatment and the federal government has already purchased all or most of it .
The generic HCQ is ~ $ 10 per treatment .
It is interesting to note that many over the counter drugs , probably the majority , are less safe than HCQ .
For example Tylenol , and aspirin are listed as more risky @ @ @ @ @ @ @ frequent problems people have with Motrin/Ibuprofen/Aleve .
Tylenol toxicity is the most common reason for liver transplant in the USA and anti-inflammatories account for an enormous number of GI bleeds/pain/distress .
As a result , not only are patients not being treated promptly , effectively , and safely , some patients die .
And as the fear of the pandemic has overtaken the virus itself and it is impossible to change public and physician opinion quickly enough to save lives , we must make the medication available to the public directly .
Dr. @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Professor of Epidemiology at Yale School of Public Health and published in affiliation with the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health .
Dr. Risch who has 39,779 citations on Google Scholar , notes that : It is relevant that the problem that the USA has with accessing hydroxychloroquine is a first-world problem .
Curiously the people who can not get HCQ typically live in first-world democracies .
Speaking generally , HCQ or its progenitor CQ , was freely available over the counter in most of the world Africa , Asia , South @ @ @ @ @ @ @ prior to Covid .
Long before President Trump endorsed HCQ on March 20 , 2020 , the drug was quietly removed from pharmacy shelves in Canada and it was banned outright in France .
These two actions were taken in January 2020 .
It is speculation as to why but one must consider who benefits if HCQ is not accessible .
It can not be overlooked that right now , all over the world , patients who want to buy HCQ simply do .
Iran , Costa Rica , Italy , Panama ; @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , there is an obvious relationship between access to HCQ and mortality rates from Covid-19 .
While it is true that such a relationship does not prove cause/effect , but it is also true that it would be lunacy to assume no relationship .
Country by country data is also available and access to HCQ is strongly linked to lower mortality .
We can see that even very poor countries have much lower case fatality rates than wealthy countries , which of course , is typically the opposite of what we would expect @ @ @ @ @ @ @ up in an ICU admission .
Kazakhstan , Bangladesh , Senegal , Pakistan , Serbia , Nigeria , Turkey , Ukraine , Honduras … the list goes on .
Wealthier democracies or countries with especially abusive HCQ protocols such as are doing terribly : Ireland , Canada , Spain , The Netherlands , UK , Belgium , France ... Of note , Italy and Spain switched mid-stream and now HCQ is easily available .
The limitation or outright ban on HCQ worldwide has begun to crack .
It will soon collapse because the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ so overwhelming .
The countries that have less flexibility to tolerate fatal policies have already reversed themselves .
South of us , Honduras , Panama , Costa Rica have , or earlier had , made HCQ available .
Brazil is trying but faces many of the same political problems as the USA .
Some countries have started going door to door to facilitate its availability .
In Honduras their national policy now is : “ The patient that presents for the first time to a First Level of Care facility , if so @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Acetaminophen , Hydroxychloroquine 400 every 12 hours , Ivermectin , Azithromycin , Zinc … ” To read the full document click here .

PETITION: Tell the FDA to reverse its opposition to Hydroxychloroquine and help save lives Sign petition here.
August 5, 2020 (LifeSiteNews) – Last week’s explosively successful conference by America’s Frontline Doctors’ group, that exposed a “massive disinformation campaign” against the life-saving ability of Hydroxychloroquine to cure the Chinese coronavirus, was totally shut off the Internet by the tech giants. The group was in D.C. July 27 for its “White Coat Summit” event, which was organized and sponsored by the Tea Party Patriots and Rep. Ralph Norman (R-S.C.). It kicked off with a full-day agenda and finished up the next day with a second press conference and congressional lobbying.
A Facebook representative gave as a vague excuse that the event was taken down for allegedly “sharing false information about cures and treatments for COVID-19.” As usual, Facebook refused to give any specifics. In reality, the tech companies themselves may be guilty of a “crime against humanity” and “criminal” spreading of false information that could be resulting in numerous deaths because infected patients and their physicians are being denied crucial life-saving information provided during that event.
You will understand the severity of what the tech giants did as you read below some excerpts from Conference organizer Dr. Simone Gold’s White Paper on Hydroxychloroquine.
All of the talks given during the day-long full conference can be seen here. (Note: The videos play better when viewed on a computer as opposed to a smartphone) I would strongly recommend viewing what these experts had to say that credibly contradicts the lies and misinformation that the public has been fed for months about hydroxychloroquine and other issues related to the Wuhan virus.
This is incredible material and you will likely be quite angry after watching these when you realize how badly the public has been deliberately misled about the issues covered in the talks so that the pharma giants can make billions on their alternative, far more costly, much less effective meds and vaccines. They would not even be necessary if hydroxychloroquine had not been so badly misrepresented and withheld from doctors and patients since the beginning of the pandemic.
The America’s Frontline Doctors (AFD) website has been restored after also being suddenly and arbitrarily shut down by the organization’s web hosting company @Squarespace to conform with the social media censoring. In addition, after the Doctors’ website was removed, someone bought the domain name with a .org ending and redirected it to the CDC website on COVID-19. This was an astounding, coordinated, wide level of total censorship that we have never encountered before. What the doctors exposed was obviously considered the biggest threat to date by the powerful elites behind the international disinformation campaign.
A crucial part of the AFD website is the References page with two exceptional documents. Among other things, they present well-documented evidence that a hydroxychloroquine protocol, given at the right time and with the right dosage, will dramatically help most COVID-infected patients to rapidly recover from what too many mistakenly think, thanks to media-generated hysteria, is a death sentence.
The AFD website also presents the video of the second, short press conference that was held in front of the Supreme Court on July 28. However, the full, original press conference, held at the end of the first day, and the one that has now been seen by over 20 million as a Facebook live-stream, is much better to watch and can still be seen here, thanks to the OANN network.
Even today, when Facebook users attempt to share the video of the AFD press conference, they are confronted with a pop-up such as seen here when a Latin American reader tried to share the video with friends. It falsely claims there is information in the post from the board-certified physicians – who have been treating covid patients – that is “misinformation that could cause harm” and that they don’t allow “false information about covid-19 that could contribute to physical harm”. Facebook has not provided any evidence whatsoever to substantiate these serious, false charges.
Even world-famous pop star Madonna was censored by Instagram for posting a video of the Frontline Doctors. In her post, Madonna praised Dr. Stella Immanuel, the Houston physician who stated that she has successfully treated 350 coronavirus patients with hydroxychloroquine. Dr. Emmanuel’s animated talk was a very popular highlight of the press conference as she very passionately called to account all those who have been suppressing the use of HCQ to the detriment of the lives of infected patients.
Facebook, Twitter, YouTube remove video of doctors who support hydroxychloroquine -> https://t.co/2jjw97qFfD Madonna censored by Instagram -> https://t.co/98zRCI7KNy pic.twitter.com/V6jdecUZNd — Megan #FREEAssange (@GraffitiExpert) July 29, 2020
I personally hope the Frontline Doctors will launch lawsuits and encourage criminal charges against Google, YouTube, Facebook, Vimeo and the web hosting company for the great harm that they caused not just the AFD, but more importantly, to numerous covid-infected patients who will have died because of the false claims that were made about the information given during the conference. The social media giants have to finally be held accountable. This deadly, totalitarian form of censoring can’t be permitted to go on.
The following excerpts from Dr. Simone Gold's White Paper reveal the shocking, deep corruption and deception that has resulted in desperately needed life-saving COVID infection treatments being suppressed since the pandemic began:
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Excerpts from White Paper on Hydroxychloroquine By Dr. Simone Gold, MD, JD
In France, HCQ had been sold over the counter for many years, but on January 15, 2020, then Health minister Buzyn reclassified it as “list II of poisonous substances.” Three days after Trump endorsed it, the next Health Minister Veran said that HCQ was only to be used for severely ill hospitalized patients and could not be used early or prophylaxis (three). Then two months later he terminated using it at all. All this time, esteemed virologist Professor Raoult continued his clinical trials and in his hospitals the mortality rate was 0.52% compared to the rest of France 19.12%. Because this was so mishandled, resulting in so many unnecessary deaths, the former French Prime Minister and two Ministers of Health are now being criminally investigated.
Former French Prime Minister, health ministers to be investigated for pandemic response” A French court will investigate former French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe and two health ministers following complaints about the government's handling of the coronavirus pandemic, Prosecutor General François Molins said today. Philippe, former Health Minister Agnès Buzyn and outgoing Health Minister Olivier Véran will have to respond to accusations of abstaining from fighting a disaster.
In The Netherlands, Dr. R. Elens, has filed suit due to his being blocked from prescribing HCQ, which is contrary to his lifelong practice as a physician. He was sanctioned and could face a fine of Euro 150,000. He filed this petition to clarify the status of HCQ and will pursue to The Hague if necessary as a crime against humanity.
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The Lancet’s boss … said … the pharmaceutical companies are so financially powerful today and are able to use such methodologies as to have us accept papers which … in reality manage to conclude what they want … I have been doing research for 20 years of my life. I never thought the boss of The Lancet could say that. And the boss of the NEJM too. He even said it was ‘criminal.’
In the case of the JAMA study, the scientists gave up to 2.5x lethal dosage of the medication. Unsurprisingly so many patients died they halted the study early. They also cherry-picked patients and had no proof that there was the standard ethics oversight of the study. JAMA knew of these problems and published the study anyway. Various scientists have demanded its retraction, and even now, with civil and criminal investigations into these deaths , the study is still is [sic] not retracted. And the headlines around this study blame the drug, not the fact that old, sick, hospitalized, compromised patients were given toxic dosages of a drug.
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At the very least, the efficacy “assassination” of HCQ must be reversed immediately. Doctors must be able to prescribe HCQ as a treatment and as a prophylaxis. It is absolutely unacceptable that doctors are not being able to communicate responsibly and with compassion with their patients. That must be remedied. Period.
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We speak in support of immediately reversing the massive, irresponsible disinformation campaign that is literally preventing doctors from dispensing HCQ, advocating as well that it be made available over the counter in the United States. This is logistically easy to do in a manner that ensures the supply and appropriate dispensation.
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Hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) has been FDA approved for over 65 years and has been used billions of times throughout the entire world without restriction. For many decades it has been given to: pregnant women, breastfeeding women, children, elderly patients, immune compromised patients and healthy persons.
In the USA it is used most often in three situations: systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), rheumatoid arthritis (RA), and as malaria prophylaxis for travelers.
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The physicians who prescribe HCQ the most are rheumatologists. Patients who need HCQ typically are on the medication for years or decades.
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Prominent Los Angeles cardiologist Dr. Daniel Wohlgelernter states:
Over the last 30 years I have had several hundred patient visits specifically to discuss the toxicity of hydroxychloroquine. During that time, not a single patient has been taken off of this drug for cardiac toxicity. The largest meta-analysis published in 2018, revealed only 50 cardiac deaths attributed to hydroxychloroquine in 60 plus years.
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In an interview with Laura Ingraham, Dr. Richard Urso, ophthalmologist said this: I have had several thousand patient visits to specifically discuss the toxicity of this drug over my last 30 years. It’s a super safe drug. It’s safer than Tylenol, aspirin, Motrin.
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It is self-evident that HCQ is safe from the fact that it has been FDA approved for 65 years and has been used many billions of times all over the world and it is over the counter in most of the world, certainly pre-2020. It is the #1 most used medication in India, the second most populous nation on the planet with 1.3 billion people. If an American travels to a location where malaria is endemic, per the CDC, they would start HCQ before they left for their trip. There has never been an allegation that HCQ is not safe until 2020.
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In the largest study to date on the subject, HCQ has been shown to not increase heart (cardiac) risk. This study was across a multinational, distributed database network. It studied all the data for 20 years, from January 9, 2000 – 2020 on patients who were prescribed HCQ.
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The FDA database shows a total of 640 deaths attributable to HCQ over fifty years. To put this in context “Each year the FDA receives over one million adverse event reports associated with the use of drug products” “This concerns the entirety of HCQ use over more than 50 years of data, likely millions of uses and of longer-term use than the five days recommended for Covid-19 treatment.”
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The CDC has an information sheet about HCQ. That sheet includes the following questions/answers
Q: Who can take hydroxychloroquine?
A: Hydroxychloroquine can be prescribed to adults and children of all ages. It can also be safely taken by pregnant women and nursing mothers.
Q: Who should not take hydroxychloroquine?
A: People with psoriasis should not take hydroxychloroquine.
Q: How should I take hydroxychloroquine?
A: Both adults and children should take one dose of hydroxychloroquine per week starting at least one week before traveling… They should take one dose per week while there, and for four consecutive weeks after leaving. The weekly dosage for adults in 400 mg.
Q: What are the potential side effects of hydroxychloroquine?
A: Hydroxychloroquine is a relatively well tolerated medicine. The most common adverse reactions reported are stomach pain, nausea, vomiting, and headache. These side effects can often be lessened by taking hydroxychloroquine with food. Hydroxychloroquine may also cause itching in some people.
Q: How long is it safe to use hydroxychloroquine?
A: CDC has no limits on the use of hydroxychloroquine for the prevention of malaria. When hydroxychloroquine is used at higher doses for many years, a rare eye condition called retinopathy has occurred. People who take hydroxychloroquine for more than five years should get regular eye exams.
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Efficacy
There are only two things that must be considered regarding a medication: is it safe and does it work? HCQ is amongst the safest of all prescription drugs in USA and that is why across much of the world it is sold over the counter. And at a time when the world has become seized with panic over a virus without a specific cure, the question of effectiveness is almost moot. If a drug is safe and might work, and if there are no other options, we must try it.
The safety record of HCQ is indisputable. But now seven months into the pandemic there is overwhelming evidence accumulating that HCQ is also effective for Covid-19. There are dozens of studies demonstrating its effectiveness from all around the world. From China to France to Saudi Arabia to Iran to Italy to India to New York City to Michigan to Brazil. This is not surprising. As far back as, chloroquine (CQ) the first cousin of HCQ and previously known to be effective against SARS-CoV-1, was stated by China to be a treatment for Covid-19.
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Corruption of the Scientific Journals
It is well known that The Lancet and The New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) had to retract their studies. It was well documented in a series published in The Guardian starting with the headline: “The Lancet has made one of the biggest retractions in modern history. How could this happen?” The sheer number and magnitude of the things that went wrong or missing are too enormous to attribute to mere incompetence.
The data upon which these studies were based were so ridiculously erroneous that it only took two weeks for an eagle-eyed physician to publicly demand an explanation. What’s incredible is that the editors of these esteemed journals still have a job – that is how utterly incredible the supposed data underlying the studies was. The company that “gathered” the alleged data (Surgisphere) is now wiped clean from the Internet.
The Lancet and The NEJM have at least been exposed, but the third premier journal, as yet unexposed, is the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA.) While the first two journals published fraudulent studies, the JAMA study seems criminal in its utter disregard for human life.
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Dr. Dousty-Blazy, the former French Health Minister, Under Secretary General of UN, and candidate for Director of WHO has publicly stated that The Lancet and the NEJM Editors admit to being pressured by pharmaceutical companies to publish certain results.
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Censorship of the Public “Town Square”
The clearest example of physician free speech censorship is what happened to James Todaro, MD. Dr. Todaro, who up until these events was a mere private citizen, tweeted his thoughts about HCQ including a link to a public Google doc six days before the President endorsed HCQ. Dr. Todaro’s apolitical scientific commentary was his opinion of a scientific study that appeared to be fabricated, despite being published in a world-class journal. It turns out Dr. Todaro was so spot-on correct, that the study, which unfortunately had enormous worldwide influence, was retracted which is exceedingly rare. But before the public could read Dr. Todaro’s prescient words, the President happened to endorse HCQ, and Google scrubbed the document within hours.
And by scrubbed we mean that Google didn’t want you to think it was missing, they wanted you to not know such a thing ever even existed.
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Excessive & Punitive Regulations at the State Level & “Off-Label” Prescribing
There is obviously a tremendous disinformation campaign going on in the United States of America claiming that HCQ is neither safe nor effective. This is quite remarkable for a medication that has been FDA approved for 65 years and having already been dispensed billions of times all across the world with only 57 serious adverse events (heart) noted by the FDA in their own database over the past fifty years. In many countries it is available over the counter, like aspirin and Tylenol.
Nonetheless, with the negative pressure being applied, state Governors have ordered, through their state licensing boards that physicians stop using it, and pharmacists stop dispensing it. Their wording is often more cautious, but doctors are told that they could be charged with “unprofessional conduct” (a threat to their license) or be “sanctioned” if they prescribe.
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COVID-19 is an acronym for SARS-CoV-2. It is so named because it turns out there was a SARS-CoV-1. Reading the scientific literature related to the first SARS is so eerily similar that excerpts are copy/pasted on the next page. In 2002 there was a new coronavirus, originating in China, which rapidly spread to dozens of countries, within a few months, leading to worldwide efforts to contain it. The scientists discovered that CQ had a strong antiviral effect on this SARS-CoV virus, whether the CQ was used before or after infection. It was concluded that CQ had both prophylactic and therapeutic use.
The study “Chloroquine is a Potent Inhibitor of SARS Coronavirus Infection and Spread” by Vincent, Bergeron, Benjannet, et. al., was published by the official publication of the National Institutes of Health when Dr. Fauci was NIH Director: Given that CQ was demonstrated to be very effective against a 78% identical coronavirus less than 15 years ago during a very similar situation, it is very curious that there was a multinational effort to restrict it starting in mid-January.
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On January 13, 2020 France quietly changed the status of HCQ from its years long over-the- counter status to “List II poisonous substance.” This was an unprecedented demotion. And in the USA: “Dr. Anthony Fauci said Wednesday that data shows HCQ is not an effective agent for the coronavirus, disputing use of the drug to fight the deadly virus even as President Donald Trump touts it as a potential cure.”
It is unclear when Dr. Fauci came to believe the opposite of what the NIH published when he was the NIH Director. What we do know is that 70,000-100,000 excess American lives have been lost due to lack of access to HCQ. So why did a medication that had been over the counter for decades, suddenly but quietly get pulled from the shelves, in the midst of a pandemic, due to a virus that is so similar it shares a name?
It is well known that newly patented drugs can be extremely profitable if there is demand and no other supply. The demand for Gilead’s Remdisivir, which is used late in the disease, obviously will plummet if the disease is stopped by HCQ early. Remdisivir is sold for $3200-$5700 per treatment and the federal government has already purchased all or most of it. The generic HCQ is ~$10 per treatment.
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It is interesting to note that many over the counter drugs, probably the majority, are less safe than HCQ. For example Tylenol, and aspirin are listed as more risky. Most doctors would attest to the frequent problems people have with Motrin/Ibuprofen/Aleve. Tylenol toxicity is the most common reason for liver transplant in the USA and anti-inflammatories account for an enormous number of GI bleeds/pain/distress.
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As a result, not only are patients not being treated promptly, effectively, and safely, some patients die. And as the fear of the pandemic has overtaken the virus itself and it is impossible to change public and physician opinion quickly enough to save lives, we must make the medication available to the public directly.
Dr. Harvey Risch, MD, PhD, Professor of Epidemiology at Yale School of Public Health and published in affiliation with the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Dr. Risch who has 39,779 citations on Google Scholar, notes that:
“US cumulative deaths through July 15 are 140,000. Had we permitted HCQ use liberally, we would have saved half, 70,000 and it is very possible we could have saved 3/4, 105,000.”
It is relevant that the problem that the USA has with accessing hydroxychloroquine is a first-world problem. Curiously the people who cannot get HCQ typically live in first-world democracies. Speaking generally, HCQ or its progenitor CQ, was freely available over the counter in most of the world Africa, Asia, South America, even Canada and Mexico, prior to Covid. Long before President Trump endorsed HCQ on March 20, 2020, the drug was quietly removed from pharmacy shelves in Canada and it was banned outright in France. These two actions were taken in January 2020. It is speculation as to why but one must consider who benefits if HCQ is not accessible.
It cannot be overlooked that right now, all over the world, patients who want to buy HCQ simply do. Iran, Costa Rica, Italy, Panama; many others.
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No matter the reason, there is an obvious relationship between access to HCQ and mortality rates from Covid-19. While it is true that such a relationship does not prove cause/effect, but it is also true that it would be lunacy to assume no relationship.
Country by country data is also available and access to HCQ is strongly linked to lower mortality. We can see that even very poor countries have much lower case fatality rates than wealthy countries, which of course, is typically the opposite of what we would expect of a respiratory disease that could end up in an ICU admission. Kazakhstan, Bangladesh, Senegal, Pakistan, Serbia, Nigeria, Turkey, Ukraine, Honduras … the list goes on. Wealthier democracies or countries with especially abusive HCQ protocols such as are doing terribly: Ireland, Canada, Spain, The Netherlands, UK, Belgium, France … Of note, Italy and Spain switched mid-stream and now HCQ is easily available.
The limitation or outright ban on HCQ worldwide has begun to crack. It will soon collapse because the evidence of its safety and efficacy is so overwhelming. The countries that have less flexibility to tolerate fatal policies have already reversed themselves. South of us, Honduras, Panama, Costa Rica have, or earlier had, made HCQ available. Brazil is trying but faces many of the same political problems as the USA. Some countries have started going door to door to facilitate its availability.
In Honduras their national policy now is: “The patient that presents for the first time to a First Level of Care facility, if so, treatment should be started with: Acetaminophen, Hydroxychloroquine 400 every 12 hours, Ivermectin, Azithromycin, Zinc …”
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Being transfigured in the Lord

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August 6 , 2020 ( LifeSiteNews ) – In response to the crisis unfolding in our world and in the Church , LifeSite is offering Catholics throughout the world a chance to be united daily in prayer , in the Our Lady of Fatima Rosary Crusade .
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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 .
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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 .
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(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.
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To help obtain that goal, Bishop Athanasius Schneider graciously composed the following prayer for this worldwide Rosary crusade:
O Immaculate Heart of Mary, you are the holy Mother of God and our tender Mother. Look upon the distress in which the Church and the whole of humanity are living because of the spread of materialism and the persecution of the Church. In Fatima you warned against these errors, as you spoke about the errors of Russia. You are the Mediatrix of all graces. Implore your Divine Son to grant this special grace for the Pope: that he might consecrate Russia to your Immaculate Heart, so that Russia will be converted, a period of peace will be granted to the world, and your Immaculate Heart will triumph, through an authentic renewal of the Church in the splendor of the purity of the Catholic Faith, of the sacredness of Divine worship and of the holiness of the Christian life. O Queen of the holy Rosary and our sweet Mother, turn your merciful eyes to us and graciously hear this our trusting prayer. Amen. + Athanasius Schneider, Auxiliary Bishop of the archdiocese of Saint Mary in Astana
To learn more about the urgency of responding to Our Lady’s message at Fatima, and about what you can do, please read Cardinal Burke’s 2017 address at the Rome Life Forum.
As St. Padre Pio once said, “The Rosary is the weapon for these times.” Through prayer, God can shape history, change the world, and bring about a great time of renewal and peace for the Church and for the world, through the triumph of Our Lady’s Immaculate Heart. Join us today!
If you would like to follow along with the prayers said during this Rosary, you can access them HERE. The document also includes a brief F.A.Q. pertaining to the daily Rosary.
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lifesitenews--2020-08-07--What will you do if vaccines with aborted fetal cells become mandatory?

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August 7 , 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.
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Our goal is , by means of this daily rosary and by embracing and living out the message given by the Virgin Mary at Fatima , the triumph of Our Lady ’ s Immaculate Heart .
To help obtain that goal , Bishop Athanasius Schneider graciously composed the following prayer for this worldwide rosary crusade : O Immaculate Heart of Mary , you are the holy Mother of God and our tender Mother .
Look upon the distress in which @ @ @ @ @ @ @ are living because of the spread of materialism and the persecution of the Church .
In Fatima you warned against these errors , as you spoke about the errors of Russia .
You are the Mediatrix of all graces .
Implore your Divine Son to grant this special grace for the Pope : that he might consecrate Russia to your Immaculate Heart , so that Russia will be converted , a period of peace will be granted to the world , and your Immaculate Heart will triumph , through an authentic renewal of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ purity of the Catholic Faith , of the sacredness of Divine worship and of the holiness of the Christian life .
O Queen of the holy Rosary and our sweet Mother , turn your merciful eyes to us and graciously hear this our trusting prayer .
Amen .
+ Athanasius Schneider , Auxiliary Bishop of the archdiocese of Saint Mary in Astana To learn more about the urgency of responding to Our Lady ’ s message at Fatima , and about what you can do , please read Cardinal Burke ’ s 2017 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ https : //voiceofthefamily.com/full-text-cardinal-burkes-historic-call-for-consecration-of-russia/ ) .
As St. Padre Pio once said , “ The rosary is the weapon for these times.
” Through prayer , God can shape history , change the world , and bring about a great time of renewal and peace for the Church and for the world , through the triumph of Our Lady ’ s Immaculate Heart .
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lifesitenews--2020-08-07--Argentina pro-lifers recently mobilized millions to stop abortion. Their Aug 8 digital rally will be

Argentina pro-lifers recently mobilized millions to stop abortion. Their Aug 8 digital rally will be massive

August 7 , 2020 ( LifeSiteNews ) – On August 8 , 2018 , the pro-life movement in Argentina won a monumental victory : by just a few votes , the Senate rejected the legalization of abortion .
This victory , Jose Carmuega of the pro-life group Unidad Provida Argentina told me , was “ not just for Argentinians , but for the entire world .
It was a sign of hope that inspired our world-renowned ‘ Save Both Lives ’ slogan.
” The movement that rose up in response to the challenge of the abortion activists in Argentina , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ( The Light Blue Wave ) spread across the continent that year , with pro-lifers from Chile to the Dominican Republic adopting symbolism and marching with blue handkerchiefs , shirts , hats , balloons , and flags .
From the air , these marches look like an ocean of pro-lifers , flooding the streets and demanding the protection of pre-born children .
Unidad Provida , which was created when more than 200 pro-life organizations came together in 2018 , is one of several pro-life organizations that has taken the lead in organizing the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , ” a day of celebration , strategizing , and inspiration .
COVID-19 has forced organizers to cancel the planned marches this year—last year they launched an international party to commemorate their 2018 victory—but like the digital marches in countries like Canada and Ireland , they plan to host “ high impact interviews ” and “ reports to explain and showcase the work of The Light Blue Wave ” on their YouTube channel on August 8 .
Twenty-six-year-old Camila Duro , who works with the pro-life group Frente Joven ( I interviewed her @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ) told me that the push to legalize abortion in Argentina has been relentless .
On December 12 , 2018 , the Argentinian Ministry of Health issued a protocol intended to expand abortion in hospitals if the pregnancy resulted from sexual assault .
The protocol also stipulated that girls as young as thirteen could procure abortions without either parent knowing .
This , Duro told me , is “ an unrestricted expansion of the ‘ causes ’ to make ‘ legal ’ abortions from a verdict of our Supreme Court in 2012.
” @ @ @ @ @ @ @ no madres '' ( Girls no mothers ) Campaign , with celebrities posting pictures of themselves as children and “ telling distorted tales to the people ” to push for legalization .
As a result , Duro told me , the pro-life movement faces “ a huge problem .
Our new government [ elected in 2019 ] is frankly supportive of the ‘ legal abortion ’ cause .
We are about to celebrate the second anniversary of ‘ 8A ’ ( the date of the abortion law ’ s rejection ) but we @ @ @ @ @ @ @ celebrities , etc.—are doing their best to see abortion approved in Argentina .
By the way , abortion isn ’ t just a political thing—the people who work to legalize abortion are also trying to normalize it in our culture.
” Despite that , the Blue Wave movement that put millions of people on the streets in 2018 and since is not going anywhere .
In the past two years , Duro observed , “ we were able to consolidate as a movement and we acquired an identity .
We ’ re more @ @ @ @ @ @ @ hard to see our ideas represented in the public and in politics .
This blue flag isn ’ t a whim .
We ’ re fighting to see a Culture of Life in our countries , and we need to be in this together .
There ’ s a new pro-life generation that wants societies without abortion and respect for all human life.
” Abortion activists , for the moment , appear to have the political power , while the growing pro-life movement has the manpower .
The pro-lifers of the Light Blue @ @ @ @ @ @ @ world to join them on August 8 , and seek their support and solidarity from afar .
“ In Argentina , we feel your warm regards and your prayers , ” Duro told me .
“ Thank you all .
”

Argentinian pro-life groups’ online pro-life rally (with groups in other countries) this weekend is part of their ‘Blue Wave Movement’ to push back against an ongoing attempt at abortion legalization
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August 7, 2020 (LifeSiteNews) – On August 8, 2018, the pro-life movement in Argentina won a monumental victory: by just a few votes, the Senate rejected the legalization of abortion. This victory, Jose Carmuega of the pro-life group Unidad Provida Argentina told me, was “not just for Argentinians, but for the entire world. It was a sign of hope that inspired our world-renowned ‘Save Both Lives’ slogan.”
The movement that rose up in response to the challenge of the abortion activists in Argentina, which became known as La Ola Celeste (The Light Blue Wave) spread across the continent that year, with pro-lifers from Chile to the Dominican Republic adopting symbolism and marching with blue handkerchiefs, shirts, hats, balloons, and flags. From the air, these marches look like an ocean of pro-lifers, flooding the streets and demanding the protection of pre-born children.
Unidad Provida, which was created when more than 200 pro-life organizations came together in 2018, is one of several pro-life organizations that has taken the lead in organizing the “Actions For Both Lives International Day,” a day of celebration, strategizing, and inspiration. COVID-19 has forced organizers to cancel the planned marches this year—last year they launched an international party to commemorate their 2018 victory—but like the digital marches in countries like Canada and Ireland, they plan to host “high impact interviews” and “reports to explain and showcase the work of The Light Blue Wave” on their YouTube channel on August 8.
Twenty-six-year-old Camila Duro, who works with the pro-life group Frente Joven (I interviewed her shortly following the Argentinian victory in 2018) told me that the push to legalize abortion in Argentina has been relentless. On December 12, 2018, the Argentinian Ministry of Health issued a protocol intended to expand abortion in hospitals if the pregnancy resulted from sexual assault. The protocol also stipulated that girls as young as thirteen could procure abortions without either parent knowing. This, Duro told me, is “an unrestricted expansion of the ‘causes’ to make ‘legal’ abortions from a verdict of our Supreme Court in 2012.”
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Abortion activists also launched their “Niñas no madres” (Girls no mothers) Campaign, with celebrities posting pictures of themselves as children and “telling distorted tales to the people” to push for legalization. As a result, Duro told me, the pro-life movement faces “a huge problem. Our new government [elected in 2019] is frankly supportive of the ‘legal abortion’ cause. We are about to celebrate the second anniversary of ‘8A’ (the date of the abortion law’s rejection) but we know that the most powerful people—politicians, celebrities, etc.—are doing their best to see abortion approved in Argentina. By the way, abortion isn’t just a political thing—the people who work to legalize abortion are also trying to normalize it in our culture.”
Despite that, the Blue Wave movement that put millions of people on the streets in 2018 and since is not going anywhere. In the past two years, Duro observed, “we were able to consolidate as a movement and we acquired an identity. We’re more connected, and we need to work hard to see our ideas represented in the public and in politics. This blue flag isn’t a whim. We’re fighting to see a Culture of Life in our countries, and we need to be in this together. There’s a new pro-life generation that wants societies without abortion and respect for all human life.”
Abortion activists, for the moment, appear to have the political power, while the growing pro-life movement has the manpower. The pro-lifers of the Light Blue Wave are inviting pro-lifers from around the world to join them on August 8, and seek their support and solidarity from afar. “In Argentina, we feel your warm regards and your prayers,” Duro told me. “Thank you all.”
Follow Jonathon Jonathon Van Maren is a public speaker, writer, and pro-life activist. His commentary has been translated into more than eight languages and published widely online as well as print newspapers such as the Jewish Independent, the National Post, the Hamilton Spectator and others. He has received an award for combating anti-Semitism in print from the Jewish organization B’nai Brith. His commentary has been featured on CTV Primetime, Global News, EWTN, and the CBC as well as dozens of radio stations and news outlets in Canada and the United States. He speaks on a wide variety of cultural topics across North America at universities, high schools, churches, and other functions. Some of these topics include abortion, pornography, the Sexual Revolution, and euthanasia. Jonathon holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree in history from Simon Fraser University, and is the communications director for the Canadian Centre for Bio-Ethical Reform. Jonathon’s first book, The Culture War, was released in 2016.
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lifesitenews--2020-08-08--Join our daily worldwide rosary HERE

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August 8 , 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--2020-08-09--Join our daily worldwide rosary HERE

Join our daily worldwide rosary HERE

August 9 , 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--2020-08-11--Conservative MP grills Trudeau on family’s enrichment in WE Charity scandal

August 10 , 2020 ( LifeSiteNews ) — Conservative M.P .
Pierre Poilievre repeatedly needled Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau to come clean with the exact dollar amount his family has received from WE Charity appearances .
“ I ’ m going to ask again because nobody , nobody believes you when you say you don ’ t know how much money your family has got from the WE group , ” said Poilievre , who serves as the finance critic for the Conservative Party , to Trudeau at a July 30 House of Commons finance committee meeting .
“ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ look into that , you knew you were going to testify here .
Again , how much money total have your brother , mother , and spouse received from this organization ?
How much ?
” Trudeau responded by not giving Poilievre an exact figure , saying instead that this information “ has been publicly shared.
” This prompted Poilievre to respond by saying , “ How much ?
How much ?
I ’ m looking for a dollar figure.
” Trudeau responded , “ We can get that number for you if @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in the media.
” Poilievre replied , “ It ’ s been in the media , but you don ’ t know it ?
You don ’ t know how much your family has received from this organization , which you tried to give a half-billion dollars ?
Really ?
” Trudeau is facing a backlash because his mother and brother received an estimated $ 300,000 in the last four years to speak at WE events .
Trudeau ’ s wife , Sophie Gregoire-Trudeau , is a WE ambassador , and it was @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to speak at a WE Day back in 2012 .
Trudeau ’ s finance minister , Bill 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 .
In a rare move for a Canadian prime minister , Trudeau appeared as a witness at the July 30 meeting to testify before the committee to speak to his government ’ s relationship with WE Charity .
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He was asked questions from committee members on the ongoing WE scandal , which has directly implicated finance minister Morneau , along with Trudeau .
At the meeting , Trudeau indicated to the committee that he knew there would be a perception of conflict of interest in his government approving a $ 912-million no-bid contract to WE Charity , to oversee its student volunteer program , in light of his family ’ s relationship with WE .
Trudeau said that when he heard of the proposed deal @ @ @ @ @ @ @ back ” and decided not to have the issue raised on his cabinet agenda .
Both Trudeau and Morneau are currently under investigation by the ethics commissioner .
They have both issued apologies for not recusing themselves from their cabinet discussions to approve the now canceled contract with the WE Charity , which would have seen WE get up to $ 43.5 million to administer the Canada Student Service Grants program ( CSSG ) .
The CSSG was designed to give grants to students in kind for volunteering but has been put on @ @ @ @ @ @ @ dissolved .
Earlier in the meeting , which can be viewed in full online , Poilievre repeatedly pressured Trudeau to answer with a dollar amount in terms of money received in expense reimbursements and fees paid to him from WE Charity , for his mother , his spouse , and “ any other member of your family.
” Trudeau told Poilievre that he did not “ have the details ” or “ the number ” amount in front of him , which Poilievre said was “ hard to believe.
” “ You were @ @ @ @ @ @ @ act before , strikes one and two , and now you admit a third strike by your failure to recuse yourself .
In the process , you broke the ethics act a third time .
What happens in baseball when you have three strikes ?
” Trudeau responded to Poilievre by saying , “ As I said to Canadians a number of weeks ago , I should have recused myself knowing the connections between my family and the perceptions around this issue.
” The WE Charity investigation is Trudeau ’ s third ethics @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
In the committee meeting , Poilievre reminded Trudeau that he twice before has been found guilty of breaking the Ethics Act .
“ Prime Minister , you twice were found guilty of breaking the Ethics Act .
Did you decide to read the act ?
” said Poilievre , referring specifically to Section 21 .
Trudeau responded by saying that he did read the act .
Poilievre then read Section 21 of the Canadian Conflict of Interest Act : “ A public office holder shall recuse himself or herself from any discussion @ @ @ @ @ @ @ any matter in respect of which he or she would be in a conflict of interest.
” “ It didn ’ t just slide by your desk , but you were concisely aware that there was an inappropriate link to your family , that would put you in a conflict , ” said Poilievre to Trudeau .
Trudeau responded , “ That is simply not true , Mr. Poilievre , ” adding that his concern “ was a question around perceptions.
” Poilievre , who serves as vice chair of the committee , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ supposed power outage put Liberal M.P .
and chair of the Standing Committee on Finance Wayne Easter out of commission .
Despite Easter ’ s power going out , some Liberal M.P.s on the committee tried to prevent Poilievre from taking over as chair but were unsuccessful .
The WE Charity scandal became public knowledge after a Rebel News exclusive report exposed that WE Charity founders Craig and Marc Kielburger had donated to Trudeau ’ s political campaign and the Liberal Party .
This quickly prompted the Canadian federal government to end its @ @ @ @ @ @ @ $ 900-million student summer volunteer grants program .
Trudeau announced that civil servants would administer the program instead .
The Kielburger brothers founded Free the Children in 1995 , which is the precursor of today ’ s WE global “ youth empowerment movement , ” which includes WE Charity , known for its stadium extravaganzas for students across Canada .
WE Charity has announced that it is canceling WE Days “ indefinitely ” and is focusing on restructuring .
Moreover , performances at WE Days “ have been repeatedly criticized by family values @ @ @ @ @ @ @ lyrics and suggestive dance routines , ” observed Parents As First Educators ( PAFE ) president Teresa Pierre in an email to supporters .
Many provinces such as Alberta , Saskatchewan , and Ontario have announced that they are terminating their agreements between their schools and WE Charity .
WE Charity has also lost high-profile sponsors such as Loblaw Companies Ltd. , Royal Bank of Canada , and Virgin Atlantic Airways .
LifeSiteNews has reported on concerns over WE Day events exposing schoolchildren to speakers who are known for their pro-abortion stance .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ admitted in a letter to the Ottawa Catholic School Board that Free the Children had stocked contraceptives at its Kenya medical clinics , which prompted the Kenyan bishops to plead with Canadian and U.S. Catholics to stop funding the charity .

‘You don’t know how much your family has received from this organization, which you tried to give a half-billion dollars? Really?’
August 10, 2020 (LifeSiteNews) — Conservative M.P. Pierre Poilievre repeatedly needled Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau to come clean with the exact dollar amount his family has received from WE Charity appearances.
“I’m going to ask again because nobody, nobody believes you when you say you don’t know how much money your family has got from the WE group,” said Poilievre, who serves as the finance critic for the Conservative Party, to Trudeau at a July 30 House of Commons finance committee meeting.
“You’ve had a month to look into that, you knew you were going to testify here. Again, how much money total have your brother, mother, and spouse received from this organization? How much?”
Trudeau responded by not giving Poilievre an exact figure, saying instead that this information “has been publicly shared.”
This prompted Poilievre to respond by saying, “How much? How much? I’m looking for a dollar figure.”
Trudeau responded, “We can get that number for you if you like. It's been out in the media.”
Poilievre replied, “It’s been in the media, but you don’t know it? You don’t know how much your family has received from this organization, which you tried to give a half-billion dollars? Really?”
Trudeau is facing a backlash because his mother and brother received an estimated $300,000 in the last four years to speak at WE events.
Trudeau’s wife, Sophie Gregoire-Trudeau, is a WE ambassador, and it was revealed that she was paid $1,400 to speak at a WE Day back in 2012.
Trudeau’s finance minister, Bill 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.
In a rare move for a Canadian prime minister, Trudeau appeared as a witness at the July 30 meeting to testify before the committee to speak to his government’s relationship with WE Charity.
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He was asked questions from committee members on the ongoing WE scandal, which has directly implicated finance minister Morneau, along with Trudeau.
At the meeting, Trudeau indicated to the committee that he knew there would be a perception of conflict of interest in his government approving a $912-million no-bid contract to WE Charity, to oversee its student volunteer program, in light of his family’s relationship with WE.
Trudeau said that when he heard of the proposed deal on May 8, he “pushed back” and decided not to have the issue raised on his cabinet agenda.
Both Trudeau and Morneau are currently under investigation by the ethics commissioner. They have both issued apologies for not recusing themselves from their cabinet discussions to approve the now canceled contract with the WE Charity, which would have seen WE get up to $43.5 million to administer the Canada Student Service Grants program (CSSG).
The CSSG was designed to give grants to students in kind for volunteering but has been put on hold after the WE Charity agreement was dissolved.
Earlier in the meeting, which can be viewed in full online, Poilievre repeatedly pressured Trudeau to answer with a dollar amount in terms of money received in expense reimbursements and fees paid to him from WE Charity, for his mother, his spouse, and “any other member of your family.”
Trudeau told Poilievre that he did not “have the details” or “the number” amount in front of him, which Poilievre said was “hard to believe.”
“You were twice found guilty of breaking the ethics act before, strikes one and two, and now you admit a third strike by your failure to recuse yourself. In the process, you broke the ethics act a third time. What happens in baseball when you have three strikes?”
Trudeau responded to Poilievre by saying, “As I said to Canadians a number of weeks ago, I should have recused myself knowing the connections between my family and the perceptions around this issue.”
The WE Charity investigation is Trudeau’s third ethics investigation since becoming prime minister in 2015.
In the committee meeting, Poilievre reminded Trudeau that he twice before has been found guilty of breaking the Ethics Act.
“Prime Minister, you twice were found guilty of breaking the Ethics Act. Did you decide to read the act?” said Poilievre, referring specifically to Section 21.
Trudeau responded by saying that he did read the act.
Poilievre then read Section 21 of the Canadian Conflict of Interest Act: “A public office holder shall recuse himself or herself from any discussion, decision, debate or vote on any matter in respect of which he or she would be in a conflict of interest.”
“It didn’t just slide by your desk, but you were concisely aware that there was an inappropriate link to your family, that would put you in a conflict,” said Poilievre to Trudeau.
Trudeau responded, “That is simply not true, Mr. Poilievre,” adding that his concern “was a question around perceptions.”
Poilievre, who serves as vice chair of the committee, temporarily took over as chair after a supposed power outage put Liberal M.P. and chair of the Standing Committee on Finance Wayne Easter out of commission. Despite Easter’s power going out, some Liberal M.P.s on the committee tried to prevent Poilievre from taking over as chair but were unsuccessful.
The WE Charity scandal became public knowledge after a Rebel News exclusive report exposed that WE Charity founders Craig and Marc Kielburger had donated to Trudeau’s political campaign and the Liberal Party. This quickly prompted the Canadian federal government to end its agreement with WE Charities to administer a $900-million student summer volunteer grants program. Trudeau announced that civil servants would administer the program instead.
The Kielburger brothers founded Free the Children in 1995, which is the precursor of today’s WE global “youth empowerment movement,” which includes WE Charity, known for its stadium extravaganzas for students across Canada.
WE Charity has announced that it is canceling WE Days “indefinitely” and is focusing on restructuring.
Moreover, performances at WE Days “have been repeatedly criticized by family values organizations over the years for their raunchy lyrics and suggestive dance routines,” observed Parents As First Educators (PAFE) president Teresa Pierre in an email to supporters.
Many provinces such as Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Ontario have announced that they are terminating their agreements between their schools and WE Charity.
WE Charity has also lost high-profile sponsors such as Loblaw Companies Ltd., Royal Bank of Canada, and Virgin Atlantic Airways.
LifeSiteNews has reported on concerns over WE Day events exposing schoolchildren to speakers who are known for their pro-abortion stance.
In March of 2011, Marc Kielburger admitted in a letter to the Ottawa Catholic School Board that Free the Children had stocked contraceptives at its Kenya medical clinics, which prompted the Kenyan bishops to plead with Canadian and U.S. Catholics to stop funding the charity.
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