lifesitenews--2020-09-22--Black Lives Matter quietly scrubs website of goal to ‘disrupt’ the ‘nuclear family’

September 22 , 2020 ( LifeSiteNews ) – The key organization of the Black Lives Matter ( BLM ) movement , officially called Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation , has removed a section of its website calling for a disruption of “ the Western-prescribed nuclear family.
” Instead of a website showing “ What We Believe , ” the BLM Global Network Foundation now displays an error message , “ Page Not Found .
Sorry , but the page you were trying to view does not exist.
” View an April 5 , 2020 , archived version of the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ on “ About ” at the top of the BLM Global Network Foundation website , displayed a drop-down menu with six options : About Black Lives Matter , What We Believe , Six Years Strong , Herstory , Our Leadership , Our Co-Founders .
The source code for the archived versions of the website still shows those options .
However , the current website has removed three options : What We Believe , Our Leadership , Our Co-Founders .
All these sections of the website now produce errors .
Originally , the official @ @ @ @ @ @ @ disrupt the Western-prescribed nuclear family structure requirement by supporting each other as extended families and ‘ villages ’ that collectively care for one another , especially our children , to the degree that mothers , parents , and children are comfortable.
” “ We foster a queer‐affirming network .
When we gather , we do so with the intention of freeing ourselves from the tight grip of heteronormative thinking , or rather , the belief that all in the world are heterosexual ( unless s/he or they disclose otherwise ) , ” the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
“ We deserve and thus we demand reproductive justice that gives us autonomy over our bodies and our identities while ensuring that our children and families are supported , safe , and able to thrive.
” The term “ reproductive justice ” is a euphemism for a woman ’ s alleged right to an abortion .
While the “ About ” section of the website doesn ’ t mention the nuclear family as something the Black Live Matter movement is concerned about , statements in support of homosexuality and transgenderism can still @ @ @ @ @ @ @ lives of Black queer and trans folks , disabled folks , undocumented folks , folks with records , women , and all Black lives along the gender spectrum.
” Meanwhile , the original content of what the Black Lives Matter organization believes is already making its way into school curricula .
Fox News host Tucker Carlson last week announced that “ this show has obtained a lesson plan from the Buffalo public school system that goes far beyond teaching bad history and deliberately advances the agenda of Black Lives Matter , of a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of one lesson plan that “ teaches fourth and fifth graders to question the importance of their parents , of their own mothers and fathers .
The lesson plan instructs teachers to discuss various … guiding principles with students , including so-called black villages that assist in the , and we ’ re quoting now , ‘ disruption of western nuclear family dynamics and return to the collective village that takes care of each other.
’ ” “ They ’ re teaching this to your kids , that your family should be destroyed @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
“ Why are we allowing this ?
You know what this is ?
It ’ s an all-out war on the most important thing we have , which is the American family.
” “ The one thing that could help bring back some of our corroding cities , ” he described the family .
“ Nothing else has worked .
We ’ ve spent over a trillion dollars .
It hasn ’ t worked .
That ’ s demonstrable .
Families do work , and anyone who ’ s emerged from a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ or color , can tell you : families are essential.
” “ And yet they ’ re teaching children that families , their families , are the problem , ” he continued .
“ Now you might think a Marxist organization that destroys private property and wants to place parents is a bad thing , but that ’ s not what your children are learning .
Other lesson plans actually teach students the specifics of the BLM platform which rejects Western family structures.
” “ Another lesson plan for grades two through four @ @ @ @ @ @ @ why ‘ All Lives Matter ’ is a problematic phrase .
Yeah , all lives don ’ t matter .
This is insane , and it doesn ’ t stop in elementary school .
The goal is to redefine education at all levels , and turn it into a shell for propaganda.
” Even though the BLM Global Network Foundation wants to “ disrupt ” the “ nuclear family , ” all three founders of the Black Lives Movement were raised in intact families .
Patrisse Khan-Cullors , 36 , is an LGBT @ @ @ @ @ @ @ home at the age of 16 after informing them of her homosexual identity .
Alicia Garza , 39 , also grew up with both parents at home and is now “ married ” to a white female who identifies as a “ transgender male.
” Garza , too , considers herself an LGBT activist .
Opal Tometi , 35 , grew up with a Nigerian mother and father and two brothers in Arizona .
The BLM Global Network Foundation is a financially strong player in the Black Lives Matter movement .
In June @ @ @ @ @ @ @ fund worth more than $ 12 million to help organizations fighting institutional racism , ” according to a CBS News report .

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September 22, 2020 (LifeSiteNews) – The key organization of the Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement, officially called Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation, has removed a section of its website calling for a disruption of “the Western-prescribed nuclear family.”
Instead of a website showing “What We Believe,” the BLM Global Network Foundation now displays an error message, “Page Not Found. Sorry, but the page you were trying to view does not exist.” View an April 5, 2020, archived version of the page here.
Previously, after clicking on “About” at the top of the BLM Global Network Foundation website, displayed a drop-down menu with six options: About Black Lives Matter, What We Believe, Six Years Strong, Herstory, Our Leadership, Our Co-Founders. The source code for the archived versions of the website still shows those options.
However, the current website has removed three options: What We Believe, Our Leadership, Our Co-Founders. All these sections of the website now produce errors.
Originally, the official BLM website had stated, “We disrupt the Western-prescribed nuclear family structure requirement by supporting each other as extended families and ‘villages’ that collectively care for one another, especially our children, to the degree that mothers, parents, and children are comfortable.”
“We foster a queer‐affirming network. When we gather, we do so with the intention of freeing ourselves from the tight grip of heteronormative thinking, or rather, the belief that all in the world are heterosexual (unless s/he or they disclose otherwise),” the “What We Believe” section continued.
“We deserve and thus we demand reproductive justice that gives us autonomy over our bodies and our identities while ensuring that our children and families are supported, safe, and able to thrive.”
The term “reproductive justice” is a euphemism for a woman’s alleged right to an abortion.
While the “About” section of the website doesn’t mention the nuclear family as something the Black Live Matter movement is concerned about, statements in support of homosexuality and transgenderism can still be found.
“We affirm the lives of Black queer and trans folks, disabled folks, undocumented folks, folks with records, women, and all Black lives along the gender spectrum.”
Meanwhile, the original content of what the Black Lives Matter organization believes is already making its way into school curricula.
Fox News host Tucker Carlson last week announced that “this show has obtained a lesson plan from the Buffalo public school system that goes far beyond teaching bad history and deliberately advances the agenda of Black Lives Matter, of a political organization.”
Carlson mentioned the example of one lesson plan that “teaches fourth and fifth graders to question the importance of their parents, of their own mothers and fathers. The lesson plan instructs teachers to discuss various … guiding principles with students, including so-called black villages that assist in the, and we’re quoting now, ‘disruption of western nuclear family dynamics and return to the collective village that takes care of each other.’”
“They’re teaching this to your kids, that your family should be destroyed,” a visibly shocked Carlson summarized. “Why are we allowing this? You know what this is? It’s an all-out war on the most important thing we have, which is the American family.”
“The one thing that could help bring back some of our corroding cities,” he described the family. “Nothing else has worked. We’ve spent over a trillion dollars. It hasn’t worked. That’s demonstrable. Families do work, and anyone who’s emerged from a place like that, of any background or color, can tell you: families are essential.”
“And yet they’re teaching children that families, their families, are the problem,” he continued.
“Now you might think a Marxist organization that destroys private property and wants to place parents is a bad thing, but that’s not what your children are learning. Other lesson plans actually teach students the specifics of the BLM platform which rejects Western family structures.”
“Another lesson plan for grades two through four,” Carlson said, “explains why ‘All Lives Matter’ is a problematic phrase. Yeah, all lives don’t matter. This is insane, and it doesn’t stop in elementary school. The goal is to redefine education at all levels, and turn it into a shell for propaganda.”
Even though the BLM Global Network Foundation wants to “disrupt” the “nuclear family,” all three founders of the Black Lives Movement were raised in intact families.
Patrisse Khan-Cullors, 36, is an LGBT activist who left her married parents’ home at the age of 16 after informing them of her homosexual identity. Alicia Garza, 39, also grew up with both parents at home and is now “married” to a white female who identifies as a “transgender male.” Garza, too, considers herself an LGBT activist. Opal Tometi, 35, grew up with a Nigerian mother and father and two brothers in Arizona.
The BLM Global Network Foundation is a financially strong player in the Black Lives Matter movement. In June, the organization had announced “a fund worth more than $12 million to help organizations fighting institutional racism,” according to a CBS News report.


lifesitenews--2020-09-22--Woman sues Instagram for spying on users through iPhone camera

September 22 , 2020 ( LifeSiteNews ) – Social media giant Facebook is being sued by a New Jersey resident who claims Instagram is spying on its users with iPhones by accessing the phone ’ s camera without approval , to collect “ extremely private and intimate personal data on their users.
” '' Instagram is constantly accessing users ' smartphone camera feature while the app is open and monitors users without permission , '' claims New Jersey Instagram user Brittany Conditi in her Conditi v. Instagram case .
Conditi filed the lawsuit against Facebook , which owns the photo-sharing @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in San Francisco last Thursday .
The lawsuit claims that Instagram has been able to “ monitor users ' most intimate moments , ” in the “ privacy of their own homes.
” According to a Bloomberg report from last week , the lawsuit against Facebook came about from media reports in July that the popular photo-sharing app was accessing people ’ s phone cameras , even when they were not in use .
Conditi ’ s lawsuit claims that Facebook ’ s unauthorized use of the camera allows the company to collect @ @ @ @ @ @ @ users that it would not otherwise have access to.
” The lawsuit says that by Facebook “ obtaining extremely private and intimate personal data on their users , including in the privacy of their own homes , ” they can find “ valuable insights and market research , ” The Bloomberg report says that Facebook has denied claims that they were accessing people ’ s photos without permission , blaming it on a software bug .
Facebook declined to comment on the matter .
Last month Facebook was sued for allegedly using facial-recognition @ @ @ @ @ @ @ biometric data of over 100 million of its Instagram users , but has denied this claim .
Last week , Facebook removed an online ad from the conservative American Principles Project ( APP ) that calls out former vice president Joe Biden and the Democratic party for supporting policies that threaten women ’ s sports after PolitiFact published a review critical of the ad .
Breitbart ’ s senior technology correspondent recently provided evidence that tech giants such as Google , and Facebook are trying to ‘ steal ’ the up-coming US Presidential @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Instagram removed a post by LifeSiteNews that linked to a report by Yale professor Harvey A. Risch , which gave praise to the benefits of using hydroxychloroquine ( HCQ ) in treating those with COVID-19 .
Instagram said the LifeSiteNews post went against their Community Guidelines ” and had “ harmful false information .
”

The lawsuit claims that Instagram has been able to 'monitor users' most intimate moments,' in the 'privacy of their own homes'
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September 22, 2020 (LifeSiteNews) – Social media giant Facebook is being sued by a New Jersey resident who claims Instagram is spying on its users with iPhones by accessing the phone’s camera without approval, to collect “extremely private and intimate personal data on their users.”
“Instagram is constantly accessing users' smartphone camera feature while the app is open and monitors users without permission,” claims New Jersey Instagram user Brittany Conditi in her Conditi v. Instagram case.
Conditi filed the lawsuit against Facebook, which owns the photo-sharing app Instagram, in a federal court in San Francisco last Thursday.
The lawsuit claims that Instagram has been able to “monitor users' most intimate moments,” in the “privacy of their own homes.”
According to a Bloomberg report from last week, the lawsuit against Facebook came about from media reports in July that the popular photo-sharing app was accessing people’s phone cameras, even when they were not in use.
Conditi’s lawsuit claims that Facebook’s unauthorized use of the camera allows the company to collect “lucrative and valuable data on its users that it would not otherwise have access to.”
The lawsuit says that by Facebook “obtaining extremely private and intimate personal data on their users, including in the privacy of their own homes,” they can find “valuable insights and market research,”
The Bloomberg report says that Facebook has denied claims that they were accessing people’s photos without permission, blaming it on a software bug. Facebook declined to comment on the matter.
Last month Facebook was sued for allegedly using facial-recognition technology to (illegally) obtain the biometric data of over 100 million of its Instagram users, but has denied this claim.
Last week, Facebook removed an online ad from the conservative American Principles Project (APP) that calls out former vice president Joe Biden and the Democratic party for supporting policies that threaten women’s sports after PolitiFact published a review critical of the ad.
Breitbart’s senior technology correspondent recently provided evidence that tech giants such as Google, and Facebook are trying to ‘steal’ the up-coming US Presidential election from Donald Trump.
Recently, Instagram removed a post by LifeSiteNews that linked to a report by Yale professor Harvey A. Risch, which gave praise to the benefits of using hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) in treating those with COVID-19.
Instagram said the LifeSiteNews post went against their Community Guidelines” and had “harmful false information.”
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lifesitenews--2020-09-22--Colorado to vote on banning abortion at 22 weeks in November

COLORADO , September 22 , 2020 ( LifeSiteNews ) – In less than two months , Colorado residents will vote on a ballot initiative that will decide whether to ban abortions at 22 weeks , without the input of the state ’ s Democrat governor or legislature .
Proposition 115 , spearheaded by the pro-life “ Due Date Too Late ” campaign , secured enough signatures to appear on the November ballot back in March .
It would ban all abortions past 22 weeks , with the only exception being to save a mother ’ s life .
Abortionists who @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to $ 5,000 and/or lose their medical licenses for three years .
If enacted , Prop .
115 would stop an estimated 400 late-term abortions per year in Colorado , according to the campaign , which adds that “ most of these abortions are performed on normal fetuses .
One abortion rights activist admitted that abortions for fetal anomaly ‘ make up a small minority of later abortions.
’ ” “ I think it ’ s the human rights issue of our lifetime , ” Due Date Too Late organizer Giuliana Day told @ @ @ @ @ @ @ initiative include Planned Parenthood , the so-called American Civil Liberties Union , and notorious Denver abortionist Warren Hern , who called legislative “ interference ” with abortion “ not acceptable.
” In the past , Hern has admitted that real doctors “ disdain ” abortionists , and in 2018 was taken to court for leaving part of a baby ’ s skull inside a patient .

If enacted, Prop. 115 would stop an estimated 400 late-term abortions per year in Colorado
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COLORADO, September 22, 2020 (LifeSiteNews) – In less than two months, Colorado residents will vote on a ballot initiative that will decide whether to ban abortions at 22 weeks, without the input of the state’s Democrat governor or legislature.
Proposition 115, spearheaded by the pro-life “Due Date Too Late” campaign, secured enough signatures to appear on the November ballot back in March. It would ban all abortions past 22 weeks, with the only exception being to save a mother’s life. Abortionists who violate the law would be fined up to $5,000 and/or lose their medical licenses for three years.
If enacted, Prop. 115 would stop an estimated 400 late-term abortions per year in Colorado, according to the campaign, which adds that “most of these abortions are performed on normal fetuses. One abortion rights activist admitted that abortions for fetal anomaly ‘make up a small minority of later abortions.’”
“I think it’s the human rights issue of our lifetime,” Due Date Too Late organizer Giuliana Day told the Associated Press.
Opponents of the initiative include Planned Parenthood, the so-called American Civil Liberties Union, and notorious Denver abortionist Warren Hern, who called legislative “interference” with abortion “not acceptable.”
In the past, Hern has admitted that real doctors “disdain” abortionists, and in 2018 was taken to court for leaving part of a baby’s skull inside a patient.
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lifesitenews--2020-09-22--‘It is…a police state’: Australia’s crackdown on freedoms during COVID similar to 1960s Berlin

September 22 , 2020 ( LifeSiteNews ) – It ’ s truly shocking to see what ’ s going on in Australia lately .
Earlier this month , police in Victoria entered the home of a pregnant woman and arrested her right in front of her kids because she committed the grave “ crime ” of promoting on Facebook an anti-lockdown event .
Not long after that , a 27-year-old man — also living in Victoria — was arrested for spreading information about anti-lockdown events as well .
And that ’ s just the tip of the iceberg !
On @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ Abrera , the Director of Foundations of Western Civilization Program at the Institute of Public Affairs in Melbourne , told me that the crushing , anti-freedom measures taken by the Victorian government during COVID-19 are reminiscent of 1960s Berlin , and that they are likely being implemented as a sort of test case to see how to control the population .
`` I ca n't believe the police state that I 've woken up in…I feel like I 've woken up in 1961 on the wrong side of Berlin , ” she @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is a socialist and a liar and corrupt , is…using communist language… [ He ’ s ] channeling 1960s Berlin.
” “ I do feel like Melbourne has been a test run and a test case to see how you can control population and how you can manipulate population.
” Dr. d ’ Abrera was not alone in calling out the Victorian government ’ s authoritarian behavior .
Mr. John Macaulay , a businessman who also joined us during the podcast today , echoed her sentiments .
John told me he was on @ @ @ @ @ @ @ day just like he does every evening but was stopped by police who demanded to know what he was doing and who he was .
“ The moment the police can stop , question , and detain people who are otherwise law-abiding citizens is very much proof-positive that the state of Victoria here in the south of Australia is a police state .
It 's not becoming one .
It is already a police state , ” he said .
These aren ’ t the only examples of the Victorian government taking extreme @ @ @ @ @ @ @ also a limit on how far you can travel from your home .
And government officials have been seen surveilling priests who say private masses .
Shockingly , Dr. d ’ Abrera said , many Australians think this is all smart and sound policy that is helping limit the spread of COVID-19 .
She said that she ’ s deeply troubled by it all , especially by the suicides and jobs lost .
“ We really have to hope that Christ is going to intervene at some point…because that 's the only thing @ @ @ @ @ @ @ does get back to normal , we [ need to ] make sure this does n't happen again.
” John agreed .
He told me that the recovery process is , in reality , an intergenerational project that will `` take generations across the entire economy to rehabilitate the destruction that has befallen us.
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'I do feel like Melbourne has been a test case to see how you can control population,' Dr. Bella d’Abrera said.
September 22, 2020 (LifeSiteNews) – It’s truly shocking to see what’s going on in Australia lately. Earlier this month, police in Victoria entered the home of a pregnant woman and arrested her right in front of her kids because she committed the grave “crime” of promoting on Facebook an anti-lockdown event.
Not long after that, a 27-year-old man — also living in Victoria — was arrested for spreading information about anti-lockdown events as well. And that’s just the tip of the iceberg!
On my podcast today, Dr. Bella d’Abrera, the Director of Foundations of Western Civilization Program at the Institute of Public Affairs in Melbourne, told me that the crushing, anti-freedom measures taken by the Victorian government during COVID-19 are reminiscent of 1960s Berlin, and that they are likely being implemented as a sort of test case to see how to control the population.
“I can't believe the police state that I've woken up in…I feel like I've woken up in 1961 on the wrong side of Berlin,” she said. “The premier, who is a socialist and a liar and corrupt, is…using communist language…[He’s] channeling 1960s Berlin.”
“I do feel like Melbourne has been a test run and a test case to see how you can control population and how you can manipulate population.”
Dr. d’Abrera was not alone in calling out the Victorian government’s authoritarian behavior. Mr. John Macaulay, a businessman who also joined us during the podcast today, echoed her sentiments.
John told me he was on a simple walk around town the other day just like he does every evening but was stopped by police who demanded to know what he was doing and who he was.
“The moment the police can stop, question, and detain people who are otherwise law-abiding citizens is very much proof-positive that the state of Victoria here in the south of Australia is a police state. It's not becoming one. It is already a police state,” he said.
These aren’t the only examples of the Victorian government taking extreme measures during the coronavirus. There is also a limit on how far you can travel from your home. And government officials have been seen surveilling priests who say private masses.
Shockingly, Dr. d’Abrera said, many Australians think this is all smart and sound policy that is helping limit the spread of COVID-19. She said that she’s deeply troubled by it all, especially by the suicides and jobs lost.
“We really have to hope that Christ is going to intervene at some point…because that's the only thing that can get you through this…when it does get back to normal, we [need to] make sure this doesn't happen again.”
John agreed. He told me that the recovery process is, in reality, an intergenerational project that will “take generations across the entire economy to rehabilitate the destruction that has befallen us.”
The John-Henry Westen Show is available by video on the show’s YouTube channel and right here on my LifeSite blog.
It is also available in audio format on platforms such as Spotify, Soundcloud, and ACast. We are awaiting approval for iTunes and Google Play as well. To subscribe to the audio version on various channels, visit the ACast webpage here.
We’ve created a special email list for the show so that we can notify you every week when we post a new episode. Please sign up now by clicking here. You can also subscribe to the YouTube channel, and you’ll be notified by YouTube when there is new content.
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lifesitenews--2020-09-22--Bishop Schneider: Catholics must be ‘militant Christians’, unafraid to shine like bright stars

ROME , September 22 , 2020 ( LifeSiteNews ) — Bishop Athanasius Schneider called on faithful Catholics to be “ militant Christians ” who are unafraid to “ shine like bright stars in the midst of the darkness and of our perverted generation.
” “ We have to be confident Christ is in our work , that He is the conqueror , and not be intimidated by these signs of the loss of the supernatural , ” Bishop Schneider said in a message of encouragement recorded from Rome.. Bishop Schneider , who is an auxiliary bishop of Astana in Kazakhstan @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Mattei at a Lepanto Foundation conference in Rome focused on ‘ the supernatural spirit in a secularized society.
’ “ First I would like to greet all the good friends of the Lepanto Foundation in the United States and I would like to encourage you to continue this beautiful true Christian spirit of the militant Christian , ” he began .
“ This is the characteristic of the Church on earth - to be a militant Church and not to have fear.
” Bishop Schneider said that Catholics must not be intimidated by @ @ @ @ @ @ @ supernatural in society , but that they are called to be for the world “ what the soul is for the body ” and “ to shine like bright stars in the midst of the darkness and of our perverted generation.
” “ I would like to transmit you this message of encouragement and to ask you that everyone in his place contribute to spread more the supernatural , ” Schneider said .
The Lepanto Foundation in Rome in an organization founded in order to defend the Church and Christian civilization .
It @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of Lepanto when Christian naval forces overcame an invading Turkish fleet and prevented an Islamic takeover of Europe , despite having been significantly outnumbered .
In the weeks before the battle Pope St Pius V called for the Catholic faithful to pray the rosary for victory .
The date of the victory , October 7 , was first made a feast of Our Lady of Victory and subsequently of the Most Holy Rosary of the Blessed Virgin Mary , with Pope St Pius V attributing the victory to the intercession of Our Lady @ @ @ @ @ @ @

‘This is the characteristic of the Church on earth - to be a militant Church and not to have fear’
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ROME, September 22, 2020 (LifeSiteNews) — Bishop Athanasius Schneider called on faithful Catholics to be “militant Christians” who are unafraid to “shine like bright stars in the midst of the darkness and of our perverted generation.”
“We have to be confident Christ is in our work, that He is the conqueror, and not be intimidated by these signs of the loss of the supernatural,” Bishop Schneider said in a message of encouragement recorded from Rome..
Bishop Schneider, who is an auxiliary bishop of Astana in Kazakhstan, was interviewed by Professor Roberto de Mattei at a Lepanto Foundation conference in Rome focused on ‘the supernatural spirit in a secularized society.’
“First I would like to greet all the good friends of the Lepanto Foundation in the United States and I would like to encourage you to continue this beautiful true Christian spirit of the militant Christian,” he began.
“This is the characteristic of the Church on earth – to be a militant Church and not to have fear.”
Bishop Schneider said that Catholics must not be intimidated by the signs of the loss of the supernatural in society, but that they are called to be for the world “what the soul is for the body” and “to shine like bright stars in the midst of the darkness and of our perverted generation.”
“I would like to transmit you this message of encouragement and to ask you that everyone in his place contribute to spread more the supernatural,” Schneider said.
The Lepanto Foundation in Rome in an organization founded in order to defend the Church and Christian civilization. It takes its name from the 1571 Battle of Lepanto when Christian naval forces overcame an invading Turkish fleet and prevented an Islamic takeover of Europe, despite having been significantly outnumbered. In the weeks before the battle Pope St Pius V called for the Catholic faithful to pray the rosary for victory. The date of the victory, October 7, was first made a feast of Our Lady of Victory and subsequently of the Most Holy Rosary of the Blessed Virgin Mary, with Pope St Pius V attributing the victory to the intercession of Our Lady and the power of the Rosary.
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lifesitenews--2020-09-22--Congressman: ‘RIP to the more than 30 million innocent babies…murdered’ as RBG defended pro-abort la

Congressman: ‘RIP to the more than 30 million innocent babies…murdered’ as RBG defended pro-abort laws

September 22 , 2020 ( LifeSiteNews ) – Rep. Doug Collins ( R-GA ) offered his sympathies to the “ more than 30 million innocent babies ” killed during the decades Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg spent defending and upholding pro-abortion laws .
Collins made the strong pro-life statement after Ginsburg ’ s death this past Friday .
Ginsburg , who sat on the bench of the U.S. Supreme Court from 1993 until 2020 , died of “ complications of metastatic pancreas cancer ” She was well known for her support of abortion and homosexual “ marriage.
” Collins @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Donald Trump and is currently campaigning for a U.S. Senate seat .
He told reporters from an Atlanta Channel 2 ABC-affiliate news station that he is hopeful Trump will name a replacement who will overturn Roe v. Wade , and that he was not “ celebrating ” Ginsberg ’ s death but was making “ a statement.
” “ The truth was about being honest about where we ’ re going and what the president 's going to do ...
Sometimes in life , there 's just polite , and there 's just @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , ” Collins told Channel 2 .
On Saturday , Collins said that now is the best time to quickly fill the vacant seat with a pro-life candidate .
“ As a pastor and father , the issue of life is deeply personal to me .
We ’ ve got our best chance in decades to strike down Roe V. Wade .
Let ’ s take it .
@ realdonaldtrump is going to nominate a pro-life conservative and the Senate needs to do their job and confirm without delay , ” wrote Collins @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Sean Hannity on Fox News this past Friday night , Sen. Ted Cruz ( R-TX ) urged Trump to make a nomination as soon as possible .
“ We are one vote away from losing our constitutional liberties , ” Cruz ( R-TX ) said to Hannity .
“ I believe that the president should , next week , nominate a successor to the court and I think it is critical that the Senate takes up and confirms that successor before election day .
”

September 22, 2020 (LifeSiteNews) – Rep. Doug Collins (R-GA) offered his sympathies to the “more than 30 million innocent babies” killed during the decades Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg spent defending and upholding pro-abortion laws. Collins made the strong pro-life statement after Ginsburg’s death this past Friday.
RIP to the more than 30 million innocent babies that have been murdered during the decades that Ruth Bader Ginsburg defended pro-abortion laws. With @realDonaldTrump nominating a replacement that values human life, generations of unborn children have a chance to live. — Doug Collins (@CollinsforGA) September 19, 2020
Ginsburg, who sat on the bench of the U.S. Supreme Court from 1993 until 2020, died of “complications of metastatic pancreas cancer” on September 18. She was well known for her support of abortion and homosexual “marriage.”
Collins has been a strong supporter of President Donald Trump and is currently campaigning for a U.S. Senate seat.
He told reporters from an Atlanta Channel 2 ABC-affiliate news station that he is hopeful Trump will name a replacement who will overturn Roe v. Wade, and that he was not “celebrating” Ginsberg’s death but was making “a statement.”
“The truth was about being honest about where we’re going and what the president's going to do…Sometimes in life, there's just polite, and there's just the truth. That was the truth,” Collins told Channel 2.
On Saturday, Collins said that now is the best time to quickly fill the vacant seat with a pro-life candidate.
“As a pastor and father, the issue of life is deeply personal to me. We’ve got our best chance in decades to strike down Roe V. Wade. Let’s take it. @realdonaldtrump is going to nominate a pro-life conservative and the Senate needs to do their job and confirm without delay,” wrote Collins on Twitter.
During an interview with Sean Hannity on Fox News this past Friday night, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) urged Trump to make a nomination as soon as possible.
“We are one vote away from losing our constitutional liberties,” Cruz (R-TX) said to Hannity.
“I believe that the president should, next week, nominate a successor to the court and I think it is critical that the Senate takes up and confirms that successor before election day.”
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lifesitenews--2020-09-22--‘Some of you will go to jail’: Catholic lay group investigates corruption in US hierarchy

PETERSBURG , Illinois , September 22 , 2020 ( LifeSiteNews ) — The Catholic lay group famous for exposing a predatory homosexual bishop and a pornographic online chatroom for homosexual priests two decades ago is initiating a wide-ranging investigation into clerical sexual abuse and possible corruption and coverups by American bishops .
Roman Catholic Faithful ( RCF ) announced its “ Operation Transparency ” earlier this month .
It ’ s time to “ put the hierarchy on notice , ” founder Stephen Brady told LifeSiteNews .
“ When we do this sort of thing , you can tell a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ] response and their non-response , ” he said in a phone interview from his home in Petersburg , Illinois .
“ They know from history with Roman Catholic Faithful — they know we don ’ t play games , we don ’ t blow smoke , we don ’ t tell lies.
” Brady likened the operation to “ a form of a RICO action ” conducted by the Catholic faithful and said that RCF will publish reports of its progress and the names of offenders on its website .
“ To @ @ @ @ @ @ @ life , characterized by deplorable immorality , corruption and cowardice , our advice is to repent or step down now .
We are coming for you !
” the RCF press release says .
“ We know how to do the investigations necessary to compile the evidence that will prove wrongdoing .
We will not make sloppy accusations that can not be substantiated .
Some of you will go to jail.
” RCF disbanded in 2009 after 12 years of exposing corruption and homosexual activity in the Catholic Church , but reactivated in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Jury report , which identified more than 300 alleged sex abuser priests and detailed how six different dioceses “ systematically ” covered up their crimes for decades .
That report was followed by Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò ’ s letter alleging high-level American and Vatican prelates and Pope Francis covered up former Cardinal Theodore McCarrick ’ s homosexual predations and even promoted him .
“ The Pennsylvania grand jury report shows that nothing has really changed despite all the promises after the Dallas Accords ” of 2002 , RCF ’ s attorney James @ @ @ @ @ @ @ putting the parts together before the McCarrick exposé .
But this effort takes time , as we all have regular jobs and have to do RCF work in our spare hours , ” he added .
“ There are other organizations speaking out against clerical sexual misconduct .
But we know of none that have initiated an effort like Operation Transparency.
” While the McCarrick scandal brought RCF “ back into business , ” it ’ s launching this operation now because “ we ’ re getting so fed up with the stonewalling @ @ @ @ @ @ @ we ’ re seeing , so we felt it was time to push it up a step , ” Brady told LifeSiteNews .
He “ recently met with directors of several major Catholic lay organizations to discuss its enhanced investigation of clerical misconduct and the obfuscation of important information by the bishops , ” the RCF press release states .
• Exposing all sexually active priests , bishops and other clerics , both homosexual and heterosexual ; • Disclosing the names of bishops who have covered up egregious immoral conduct of priests ; @ @ @ @ @ @ @ tolerated and where orthodox seminarians who complain about this behavior are sent for mental health evaluations before being expelled from the seminary ; • Investigating and exposing elements of Satanic sexual rituals that take place within the Church • Exposing the mistreatment of whistleblower priests and priests who attempt to promote .
Canon lawyer Philip Gray , president of the St. Joseph ’ s Foundation , says RCF ’ s actions are in “ complete conformity ” with “ their rights and obligations as baptized Catholics ” and with Canon 212 , paragraph @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ the Catholic faithful have the right and even at times the duty to manifest to the sacred pastors their opinion on matters which pertain to the good of the Church , to make their opinion known to the rest of the Christian faithful.
” RCF ’ s initiative is also “ in complete conformity with the Gospel of Matthew , where Jesus says very clearly , ‘ When your brother has something against you , you go to him .
If he wo n't talk to you , you bring witnesses .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ you take him to the Church .
If that doesn ’ t work , you turn him over to the world ’ , ” added Gray .
“ The history of the abuses that Roman Catholic Faithful are trying to address is very clear , ” and the “ obfuscation ” by the hierarchy is likewise clearly evident , he told LifeSiteNews .
The father of seven children ( one deceased ) , and grandfather of 14 , Brady , 68 , is not a trained detective , although he was a military @ @ @ @ @ @ @ after which he received a secret security clearance from the FBI and “ spent a couple years protecting top secret weapons systems.
” Most of his working life he was a contracted carpenter , but since starting RCF in 1996 , he “ learned a lot of tactics and strategy over time with the help of others.
” RCF initially grew out of Brady ’ s “ outrage ” at what he discovered when he began protesting the “ pornographic ” sex education program Catholics were teaching in public schools in his diocese @ @ @ @ @ @ @ me off , ” Brady persevered in his questioning , and that ’ s when a priest wrote him to ask : “ Stephen , don ’ t you know ?
” Ryan , the auxiliary bishop of Joliet and then bishop of Springfield , was infamous for picking up “ runaway teenagers ” for sex as well as for “ forcing priests into sexual favours if they wanted to be promoted , ” Brady related .
When presented with the evidence , Ryan denied it , but in an explosive 1998 press @ @ @ @ @ @ @ former homosexual prostitute whom the bishop had paid for homosexual acts , and an independent witness to these encounters , as The Wanderer reported at the time .
Moreover , RCF was vindicated in 2006 when Springfield ’ s then-Bishop George Lucas released a report on an 18-month investigation which concluded that Ryan — who resigned in 1999 and died in 2015 — “ engaged in improper sexual conduct and used his office to conceal his activities.
” The diocese launched the probe when chancellor Msgr .
Eugene Costa was severely beaten in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ young men after he allegedly propositioned them for homosexual acts .
“ The sexual misconduct mentioned includes Bishop Daniel Ryan sodomizing teenage boys he picked up off the street .
In some cases he would hear the boys ’ confession in order to ease their young consciences , ” RCF stated in its response to the report .
“ This information was made available to Cardinal Francis George of Chicago in 1997 and to Bishop George Lucas in 1999.
” In another scoop , in 1999 RCF exposed St. Sebastian ’ s Angels @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Catholic priests and religious started by a priest in Topeka , Kansas , who later left his religious order .
Used by about 55 priests and at least one bishop , the long-defunct site featured pornographic images , talk of homosexual hookups with young men , and derogatory remarks against Catholic teaching , and high-ranking prelates .
Bishop Reginald Cawcutt of South Africa resigned in 2002 after it was revealed he commented on the site that he wished Pope John Paul II would drop dead and that Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger would be poisoned @ @ @ @ @ @ @ time .
Some U.S. bishops set up mystery not-for-profit As for some of RCF ’ s current investigations , Brady says he ’ s “ digging into ” his recent discovery that a group of American bishops have set up a not-for-profit corporation using the church ’ s tax-free status .
Although based in Omaha , where Lucas is now bishop , “ as far as I could tell this corporation has no legal connection to any particular diocese , ” Brady told LifeSiteNews .
It “ appears to be getting its money @ @ @ @ @ @ @ purchased a $ 9-million building in Omaha , which serves as the office of record for several corporations set up by the bishops , and Catholic Mutual Relief Society is the main corporation , ” he said .
“ Their website claims they are not an insurance company , but provide help to various dioceses in time of need , ” said Brady .
“ The people I ’ ve spoken to within the Catholic circles , Catholic organizations , nobody knew that these existed , so it raises some questions , ” @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Why on earth will bishops have not-for-profit corporations outside their diocese ?
” Brady believes there is widespread corruption in the Church up to the highest levels because so many bishops have lost the faith .
“ Don ’ t get me wrong , I love the Church , it ’ s the only true Church , but we need to clean house of some of these individuals in the hierarchy , ” he told LifeSiteNews .
“ If a bishop comes into the hierarchy without a true love for the faith , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in as part of a criminal enterprise .
And so many bishops , so many cardinals have made it clear by their words , and their actions , and their inactions , that they don ’ t really love the Church.
” For this reason , it ’ s Brady ’ s view that Rome will never release a report on McCarrick .
“ No heads have rolled as of yet in the hierarchy because of the McCarrick coverup .
In fact , the fact that McCarrick was allowed to go on for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is , ” he observed .
“ I don ’ t think they can afford to come out with a report unless they ’ re ready to reform the entire hierarchy , ” he added .
A full disclosure of the truth would “ destroy the hierarchy ” and a watered-down version would “ be exposed for what it was.
” Pulled out of the Communion line Despite all he ’ s discovered , Brady says his faith has not been shaken .
A cradle Catholic , he stopped practising as a young @ @ @ @ @ @ @ my life right ” after he left the army and was about to get married .
He talked to a priest who recognized him at Mass afterward and “ pulled me out of the Communion line.
” Fr .
Stanley Swiacek told him : “ Stephen , you ’ ve got to straighten up this , this and this , ” Brady recalled .
“ He made me mad at first , but later I realized he loved me enough to tell me the truth .
He taught me a lesson , because @ @ @ @ @ @ @ And I got right with God.
” Swiacek also told him to leave the work he was doing if it caused him to doubt his faith , but it has had the opposite effect , Brady said , particularly when such things happen to him as surviving a motorcycle accident in 2007 that the doctors said should have killed him .
“ It makes my faith stronger , ” he said .
“ Now , I understand the faith better and I realize how true the Catholic Church is , and how wrong @ @ @ @ @ @ @ him the Church doesn ’ t need “ any more cafeteria , lukewarm Catholics ” and Brady says the laity also bears much responsibility for the state of the Church today .
“ So many ” Catholics “ vote for Democrat pro-abort politicians ” and “ have accepted homosexual activity and birth control and ..they let it go by , and they don ’ t speak out , ” he said .
Indeed , after RCF exposed Bishop Ryan , Brady and his wife were shunned by many Catholics who crossed the street @ @ @ @ @ @ @ recalled .
“ We not only have to wake up the hierarchy ... we 've got to wake up our fellow Catholics , ” he said .
“ The Catholic population is a big part of the problem .
It never should have gotten this far.
” Those who wish to donate to Operation Transparency can go to the RCF website here .
Those with information on suspected clerical sexual abuse or financial malfeasance can contact RCF in confidence at [ email protected ]

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PETERSBURG, Illinois, September 22, 2020 (LifeSiteNews) — The Catholic lay group famous for exposing a predatory homosexual bishop and a pornographic online chatroom for homosexual priests two decades ago is initiating a wide-ranging investigation into clerical sexual abuse and possible corruption and coverups by American bishops.
Roman Catholic Faithful (RCF) announced its “Operation Transparency” earlier this month. It’s time to “put the hierarchy on notice,” founder Stephen Brady told LifeSiteNews.
“When we do this sort of thing, you can tell a lot by [the hierarchy’s] response and their non-response,” he said in a phone interview from his home in Petersburg, Illinois.
“They know from history with Roman Catholic Faithful — they know we don’t play games, we don’t blow smoke, we don’t tell lies.”
Brady likened the operation to “a form of a RICO action” conducted by the Catholic faithful and said that RCF will publish reports of its progress and the names of offenders on its website.
“To those bishops and priests leading a double life, characterized by deplorable immorality, corruption and cowardice, our advice is to repent or step down now. We are coming for you!” the RCF press release says.
“We know how to do the investigations necessary to compile the evidence that will prove wrongdoing. We will not make sloppy accusations that cannot be substantiated. Some of you will go to jail.”
McCarrick scandal brought RCF “back into business”
RCF disbanded in 2009 after 12 years of exposing corruption and homosexual activity in the Catholic Church, but reactivated in August 2018 after the bombshell Pennsylvania Grand Jury report, which identified more than 300 alleged sex abuser priests and detailed how six different dioceses “systematically” covered up their crimes for decades.
That report was followed by Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò’s letter alleging high-level American and Vatican prelates and Pope Francis covered up former Cardinal Theodore McCarrick’s homosexual predations and even promoted him.
“The Pennsylvania grand jury report shows that nothing has really changed despite all the promises after the Dallas Accords” of 2002, RCF’s attorney James Bendall told LifeSiteNews.
“We started putting the parts together before the McCarrick exposé. But this effort takes time, as we all have regular jobs and have to do RCF work in our spare hours,” he added.
“There are other organizations speaking out against clerical sexual misconduct. But we know of none that have initiated an effort like Operation Transparency.”
While the McCarrick scandal brought RCF “back into business,” it’s launching this operation now because “we’re getting so fed up with the stonewalling, the coverup by the hierarchy that we’re seeing, so we felt it was time to push it up a step,” Brady told LifeSiteNews.
He “recently met with directors of several major Catholic lay organizations to discuss its enhanced investigation of clerical misconduct and the obfuscation of important information by the bishops,” the RCF press release states.
Among Operation Transparency’s 12 goals are:
Exposing all sexually active priests, bishops and other clerics, both homosexual and heterosexual;
Disclosing the names of bishops who have covered up egregious immoral conduct of priests;
Identifying seminaries in which sodomy is tolerated and where orthodox seminarians who complain about this behavior are sent for mental health evaluations before being expelled from the seminary;
Investigating and exposing elements of Satanic sexual rituals that take place within the Church
Exposing the mistreatment of whistleblower priests and priests who attempt to promote genuine Church teaching.
Canon lawyer Philip Gray, president of the St. Joseph’s Foundation, says RCF’s actions are in “complete conformity” with “their rights and obligations as baptized Catholics” and with Canon 212, paragraph 3, which states in part that “the Catholic faithful have the right and even at times the duty to manifest to the sacred pastors their opinion on matters which pertain to the good of the Church, to make their opinion known to the rest of the Christian faithful.”
RCF’s initiative is also “in complete conformity with the Gospel of Matthew, where Jesus says very clearly, ‘When your brother has something against you, you go to him. If he won't talk to you, you bring witnesses. If that doesn’t work, you take him to the Church. If that doesn’t work, you turn him over to the world’,” added Gray.
“The history of the abuses that Roman Catholic Faithful are trying to address is very clear,” and the “obfuscation” by the hierarchy is likewise clearly evident, he told LifeSiteNews.
‘Stephen, don’t you know?’
The father of seven children (one deceased), and grandfather of 14, Brady, 68, is not a trained detective, although he was a military police officer during the Vietnam War, after which he received a secret security clearance from the FBI and “spent a couple years protecting top secret weapons systems.”
Most of his working life he was a contracted carpenter, but since starting RCF in 1996, he “learned a lot of tactics and strategy over time with the help of others.”
RCF initially grew out of Brady’s “outrage” at what he discovered when he began protesting the “pornographic” sex education program Catholics were teaching in public schools in his diocese.
Although Bishop Daniel Ryan “brushed me off,” Brady persevered in his questioning, and that’s when a priest wrote him to ask: “Stephen, don’t you know?”
Ryan, the auxiliary bishop of Joliet and then bishop of Springfield, was infamous for picking up “runaway teenagers” for sex as well as for “forcing priests into sexual favours if they wanted to be promoted,” Brady related.
When presented with the evidence, Ryan denied it, but in an explosive 1998 press conference, Brady released testimonies of a former homosexual prostitute whom the bishop had paid for homosexual acts, and an independent witness to these encounters, as The Wanderer reported at the time.
Moreover, RCF was vindicated in 2006 when Springfield’s then-Bishop George Lucas released a report on an 18-month investigation which concluded that Ryan — who resigned in 1999 and died in 2015 — “engaged in improper sexual conduct and used his office to conceal his activities.”
The diocese launched the probe when chancellor Msgr. Eugene Costa was severely beaten in a Springfield park in 2004 by two young men after he allegedly propositioned them for homosexual acts.
“The sexual misconduct mentioned includes Bishop Daniel Ryan sodomizing teenage boys he picked up off the street. In some cases he would hear the boys’ confession in order to ease their young consciences,” RCF stated in its response to the report.
“This information was made available to Cardinal Francis George of Chicago in 1997 and to Bishop George Lucas in 1999.”
In another scoop, in 1999 RCF exposed St. Sebastian’s Angels, an internet chatroom for actively homosexual Catholic priests and religious started by a priest in Topeka, Kansas, who later left his religious order.
Used by about 55 priests and at least one bishop, the long-defunct site featured pornographic images, talk of homosexual hookups with young men, and derogatory remarks against Catholic teaching, and high-ranking prelates.
Bishop Reginald Cawcutt of South Africa resigned in 2002 after it was revealed he commented on the site that he wished Pope John Paul II would drop dead and that Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger would be poisoned, Catholic World News reported at the time.
Some U.S. bishops set up mystery not-for-profit
As for some of RCF’s current investigations, Brady says he’s “digging into” his recent discovery that a group of American bishops have set up a not-for-profit corporation using the church’s tax-free status.
Although based in Omaha, where Lucas is now bishop, “as far as I could tell this corporation has no legal connection to any particular diocese,” Brady told LifeSiteNews.
It “appears to be getting its money from bishops of various dioceses and has purchased a $9-million building in Omaha, which serves as the office of record for several corporations set up by the bishops, and Catholic Mutual Relief Society is the main corporation,” he said.
“Their website claims they are not an insurance company, but provide help to various dioceses in time of need,” said Brady.
“The people I’ve spoken to within the Catholic circles, Catholic organizations, nobody knew that these existed, so it raises some questions,” he added, one being: “Why on earth will bishops have not-for-profit corporations outside their diocese?”
Brady believes there is widespread corruption in the Church up to the highest levels because so many bishops have lost the faith.
“Don’t get me wrong, I love the Church, it’s the only true Church, but we need to clean house of some of these individuals in the hierarchy,” he told LifeSiteNews.
“If a bishop comes into the hierarchy without a true love for the faith, with love for Christ, he comes in as part of a criminal enterprise. And so many bishops, so many cardinals have made it clear by their words, and their actions, and their inactions, that they don’t really love the Church.”
For this reason, it’s Brady’s view that Rome will never release a report on McCarrick.
“No heads have rolled as of yet in the hierarchy because of the McCarrick coverup. In fact, the fact that McCarrick was allowed to go on for so long shows how corrupt the hierarchy is,” he observed.
“I don’t think they can afford to come out with a report unless they’re ready to reform the entire hierarchy,” he added. A full disclosure of the truth would “destroy the hierarchy” and a watered-down version would “be exposed for what it was.”
Pulled out of the Communion line
Despite all he’s discovered, Brady says his faith has not been shaken.
A cradle Catholic, he stopped practising as a young man, but decided to “get my life right” after he left the army and was about to get married. He talked to a priest who recognized him at Mass afterward and “pulled me out of the Communion line.”
Fr. Stanley Swiacek told him: “Stephen, you’ve got to straighten up this, this and this,” Brady recalled.
“He made me mad at first, but later I realized he loved me enough to tell me the truth. He taught me a lesson, because sometimes the truth can be painful. And I got right with God.”
Swiacek also told him to leave the work he was doing if it caused him to doubt his faith, but it has had the opposite effect, Brady said, particularly when such things happen to him as surviving a motorcycle accident in 2007 that the doctors said should have killed him.
“It makes my faith stronger,” he said. “Now, I understand the faith better and I realize how true the Catholic Church is, and how wrong this hierarchy is.”
Swiacek also told him the Church doesn’t need “any more cafeteria, lukewarm Catholics” and Brady says the laity also bears much responsibility for the state of the Church today.
“So many” Catholics “vote for Democrat pro-abort politicians” and “have accepted homosexual activity and birth control and ..they let it go by, and they don’t speak out,” he said.
Indeed, after RCF exposed Bishop Ryan, Brady and his wife were shunned by many Catholics who crossed the street rather than speak to them, he recalled.
“We not only have to wake up the hierarchy …we've got to wake up our fellow Catholics,” he said. “The Catholic population is a big part of the problem. It never should have gotten this far.”
Those who wish to donate to Operation Transparency can go to the RCF website here. Those with information on suspected clerical sexual abuse or financial malfeasance can contact RCF in confidence at [email protected]
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lifesitenews--2020-09-22--Spineless populist Boris Johnson backs away from plans to ban sex-change surgeries for children

September 22 , 2020 ( LifeSiteNews ) – After months of leaks and confusion , we may finally be on the verge of discovering what the U.K. Tories are planning to do about former Prime Minister Theresa May ’ s long-awaited transgender reforms .
Initially , the U.K. minister for women and equalities Liz Truss indicated that they would be putting forward a ban on sex-change surgeries for minors as well as instituting protections for single-sex spaces .
But last month , the Daily Mail reported that Boris Johnson ’ s live-in fiancée Carrie Symonds , more than twenty years @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Johnson ’ s “ cold feet ” on the matter , according to Tory MPs .
Downing Street strongly denied the allegations .
Now , The Sunday Times is reporting that Theresa May ’ s plans to allow transgender people to simply identify however they wish will be officially abandoned this week—while at the same time , the government will make it far cheaper to legally change your gender .
( Currently , it costs £140 . )
The Times could not confirm whether the anticipated protections for single-sex spaces will still be @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Truss , who faced major backlash as she worked on reforms to the Gender Recognition Act , promised that there would be no “ rollback ” of “ transgender rights.
” The bad news is that Boris Johnson has backed away from initial plans to ban sex-change surgeries for children under 18 .
This is a much-needed move , as children are being given life-altering drugs and surgeries before they are legally allowed to vote or drive , and as the BBC has now reported multiple times , the National Health Service ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ scandal .
Many employees have quit in protest , claiming that children were being rushed into transition for ideological reasons .
But according to Mermaids , a trans children ’ s group , Liz Truss recently sent them a letter assuring them that there would be no changes in this regard .
As usual , Big Business has allied with LGBT activists to put pressure on the government .
According to Forbes : “ The leaked reforms today follow months of protest from international businesses , trade unions and the medical profession ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ This has all happened alongside concerted grassroots efforts from LGBTQ groups , actions which seemed to delay previously planned announcements ...
The move to stifle and , as is now expected , to drop progressive transgender rights reforms drawn up by the previous Conservative administration , is no surprise .
It ’ s never been a priority for the current administration.
” The reality is that Boris Johnson has all but gutted his initially bold plans to protect single-sex spaces and underage youth .
Whether it was his fiancée , pressure from LGBT @ @ @ @ @ @ @ weight around , Johnson ’ s spine appears to have wilted .
Johnson isn ’ t socially conservative , so in some ways this is not surprising .
But what makes this apparent climbdown so disappointing is that the transgender juggernaut will continue to flatten everything until somebody , somewhere manages to cancel cancel-culture by simply explaining , calmly and rationally , why this ideology is so damaging to youth .
Many academics have already tried , and the Wall Street Journal ’ s Abigail Shrier has a terrifying but essential book , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Our Daughters , detailing why it is so important that somebody , somewhere , start pushing back against all of this .
The problem with secular populist leaders is that they never end up having the guts to do what it takes to actually fight the progressives .
They talk a good game , they like to appeal to nationalist sentiment , they thunder a lot about heritage and symbolism and that sort of thing , but when push comes to shove , they ’ re almost always cowed by the prospect of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ television .
Children are being chemically castrated by quacks , but Boris Johnson is hiding out in his taxpayer-funded home with his millennial fiancée , terrified of the LGBT activists who might come after him .
Perhaps he ’ s writing another book about Winston Churchill in there .
Jonathon ’ s new podcast , The Van Maren Show , is dedicated to telling the stories of the pro-life and pro-family movement .
In his latest episode , he interviews Danielle D ’ Souza Gill , the youngest board member of Women for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of Dartmouth College and the author of the brand new book titled “ The Choice : The Abortion Divide in America.
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September 22, 2020 (LifeSiteNews) – After months of leaks and confusion, we may finally be on the verge of discovering what the U.K. Tories are planning to do about former Prime Minister Theresa May’s long-awaited transgender reforms.
Initially, the U.K. minister for women and equalities Liz Truss indicated that they would be putting forward a ban on sex-change surgeries for minors as well as instituting protections for single-sex spaces. But last month, the Daily Mail reported that Boris Johnson’s live-in fiancée Carrie Symonds, more than twenty years his junior, was the influence behind Johnson’s “cold feet” on the matter, according to Tory MPs. Downing Street strongly denied the allegations.
Now, The Sunday Times is reporting that Theresa May’s plans to allow transgender people to simply identify however they wish will be officially abandoned this week—while at the same time, the government will make it far cheaper to legally change your gender. (Currently, it costs £140.) The Times could not confirm whether the anticipated protections for single-sex spaces will still be going ahead, although Equalities Minister Liz Truss, who faced major backlash as she worked on reforms to the Gender Recognition Act, promised that there would be no “rollback” of “transgender rights.”
The bad news is that Boris Johnson has backed away from initial plans to ban sex-change surgeries for children under 18. This is a much-needed move, as children are being given life-altering drugs and surgeries before they are legally allowed to vote or drive, and as the BBC has now reported multiple times, the National Health Service’s Tavistock Clinic has been plagued with scandal. Many employees have quit in protest, claiming that children were being rushed into transition for ideological reasons. But according to Mermaids, a trans children’s group, Liz Truss recently sent them a letter assuring them that there would be no changes in this regard.
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As usual, Big Business has allied with LGBT activists to put pressure on the government. According to Forbes: “The leaked reforms today follow months of protest from international businesses, trade unions and the medical profession’s body the British Medical Association. This has all happened alongside concerted grassroots efforts from LGBTQ groups, actions which seemed to delay previously planned announcements...The move to stifle and, as is now expected, to drop progressive transgender rights reforms drawn up by the previous Conservative administration, is no surprise. It’s never been a priority for the current administration.”
The reality is that Boris Johnson has all but gutted his initially bold plans to protect single-sex spaces and underage youth. Whether it was his fiancée, pressure from LGBT groups, or Big Business throwing its weight around, Johnson’s spine appears to have wilted. Johnson isn’t socially conservative, so in some ways this is not surprising. But what makes this apparent climbdown so disappointing is that the transgender juggernaut will continue to flatten everything until somebody, somewhere manages to cancel cancel-culture by simply explaining, calmly and rationally, why this ideology is so damaging to youth. Many academics have already tried, and the Wall Street Journal’s Abigail Shrier has a terrifying but essential book, Irreversible Damage: The Transgender Craze Seducing Our Daughters, detailing why it is so important that somebody, somewhere, start pushing back against all of this.
The problem with secular populist leaders is that they never end up having the guts to do what it takes to actually fight the progressives. They talk a good game, they like to appeal to nationalist sentiment, they thunder a lot about heritage and symbolism and that sort of thing, but when push comes to shove, they’re almost always cowed by the prospect of men in dresses condemning them on morning television. Children are being chemically castrated by quacks, but Boris Johnson is hiding out in his taxpayer-funded home with his millennial fiancée, terrified of the LGBT activists who might come after him. Perhaps he’s writing another book about Winston Churchill in there.
Jonathon’s new podcast, The Van Maren Show, is dedicated to telling the stories of the pro-life and pro-family movement. In his latest episode, he interviews Danielle D’Souza Gill, the youngest board member of Women for Trump. Gill is also a graduate of Dartmouth College and the author of the brand new book titled “The Choice: The Abortion Divide in America.” You can subscribe here and listen to the episode below:
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--2020-09-22--Trump says he’ll announce a female Supreme Court nominee ‘on Friday or Saturday’

WASHINGTON , D.C. , September 22 , 2020 ( LifeSiteNews ) – President Donald Trump is moving quickly to ensure the Republican majority in the Senate gets to fill the Supreme Court vacancy created by the death of 87-year-old pro-abortion Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg .
During an interview with “ Fox & Friends ” on Monday morning , Trump said he was planning to announce his nominee “ on Friday or Saturday.
” He also said recently that all the potential nominees on his shortlist are women and that he will choose a woman to fill the vaccancy .
The @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the announcement until after the funeral for Ginsburg .
However , the funeral is scheduled for next week .
“ Ginsburg ’ s family plans to hold a private burial next week at Arlington National Cemetery , where she will be buried next to her husband Marty , ” reported a local ABC station .
This week , Ginsburg will lie in repose at the Supreme Court and , on Friday , at the Capitol .
In the interview , Trump said he had already narrowed his list of people he ’ ll @ @ @ @ @ @ @ women .
Judge Amy Coney Barrett of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit is considered by many observers to be the front runner .
President Trump met with Barrett on Monday afternoon at the White House .
Details from the meeting have not emerged .
The President has put two Justices on the Supreme Court , so far .
First , he filled the seat left vacant by the death of conservative Antonin Scalia with Neil Gorsuch .
Gorsuch wrote the majority opinion for a decision earlier this year that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and gender confusion .
After a fierce battle in the media , as well as in the Senate , Trump ’ s second pick for the Supreme Court , Brett Kavanaugh , was also confirmed .
At the time , Amy Coney Barrett had already been one of the top contenders to fill the vacancy created by Justice Anthony Kennedy ’ s resignation .
Barrett had become a hero to social conservatives when , during her confirmation hearing for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit , Democratic Senator Dianne Feinstein @ @ @ @ @ @ @ saying that “ when you read your speeches , the conclusion one draws is that the dogma lives loudly within you .
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Judge Amy Coney Barrett remains at the top of the list. The President met with her on Monday.
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WASHINGTON, D.C., September 22, 2020 (LifeSiteNews) – President Donald Trump is moving quickly to ensure the Republican majority in the Senate gets to fill the Supreme Court vacancy created by the death of 87-year-old pro-abortion Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
During an interview with “Fox & Friends” on Monday morning, Trump said he was planning to announce his nominee “on Friday or Saturday.” He also said recently that all the potential nominees on his shortlist are women and that he will choose a woman to fill the vaccancy.
The President explained he wanted to wait with the announcement until after the funeral for Ginsburg.
However, the funeral is scheduled for next week. “Ginsburg’s family plans to hold a private burial next week at Arlington National Cemetery, where she will be buried next to her husband Marty,” reported a local ABC station. This week, Ginsburg will lie in repose at the Supreme Court and, on Friday, at the Capitol.
In the interview, Trump said he had already narrowed his list of people he’ll consider for the Supreme Court to five women.
Judge Amy Coney Barrett of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit is considered by many observers to be the front runner. President Trump met with Barrett on Monday afternoon at the White House. Details from the meeting have not emerged.
The President has put two Justices on the Supreme Court, so far. First, he filled the seat left vacant by the death of conservative Antonin Scalia with Neil Gorsuch.
Gorsuch wrote the majority opinion for a decision earlier this year that reinterpreted longstanding anti-discrimination law to include homosexuality and gender confusion.
After a fierce battle in the media, as well as in the Senate, Trump’s second pick for the Supreme Court, Brett Kavanaugh, was also confirmed.
At the time, Amy Coney Barrett had already been one of the top contenders to fill the vacancy created by Justice Anthony Kennedy’s resignation.
Barrett had become a hero to social conservatives when, during her confirmation hearing for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, Democratic Senator Dianne Feinstein attacked her for her Catholic faith, saying that “when you read your speeches, the conclusion one draws is that the dogma lives loudly within you.”
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lifesitenews--2020-09-22--US Justice Department calls out 3 left-wing cities for permitting anarchy during BLM protests

September 22 , 2020 ( LifeSiteNews ) – The US Department of Justice ( DOJ ) has formally named the Democrat-run cities of New York City , Portland , and Seattle as having neglected their basic duty to protect their residents by tolerating Black Lives Matter ( BLM ) riots , putting the federal aid money they receive at risk .
Those three cities “ have permitted violence and destruction of property to persist and have refused to undertake reasonable measures to counteract criminal activities , ” the DOJ declared in a press release Monday .
In New York , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ since looting and protests began on or about May 28 , 2020 ” ( a 177 % increase in July from the year before , and a 166 % increase in August from the year before ) ; prosecutors in Manhattan , Brooklyn , Queens , and the Bronx refused to prosecute crimes stemming from the protests ; city and state leaders “ have forcefully rejected federal law enforcement support ” ; and city leaders “ cut $ 1 billion from NYPD ’ s FY21 budget ” during a time of “ increased @ @ @ @ @ @ @ damage , ” causing “ cancellation of the new police recruiting class , cuts to overtime spending , and the transfer of certain police functions , including school safety , out of the NYPD.
” Portland , the DOJ continued , has seen “ 100 consecutive nights of protests marred by vandalism , chaos , and even killing , ” including arson , injuries to police , and a 140 % spike in shootings from the previous year .
Amid it all , the city “ cut $ 15 million from the police @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the Gun Violence Reduction Team and emergency response personnel , ” and Mayor Ted Wheeler also rejected federal law enforcement assistance .
And in Seattle , officials notoriously “ permitted anarchists and activists to seize six square blocks of the city ’ s Capitol Hill neighborhood ” and renamed it the “ Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone ” ( CHAZ ) or “ Capitol Hill Occupied Protest ” ( CHOP ) .
Police were “ ordered to abandon their precinct within the CHOP , ” leading to a 525 % increase in crimes such @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
While all this was going on , city and state leaders also refused federal law enforcement .
“ When state and local leaders impede their own law enforcement officers and agencies from doing their jobs , it endangers innocent citizens who deserve to be protected , including those who are trying to peacefully assemble and protest , ” US Attorney General William Barr declared .
“ We can not allow federal tax dollars to be wasted when the safety of the citizenry hangs in the balance .
It is my hope that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Justice today will reverse course and become serious about performing the basic function of government and start protecting their own citizens.
” Earlier this month , President Donald Trump directed the DOJ to review which localities were tolerating anarchy for the purpose of reassessing whether they should continue to receive federal aid , to “ ensure that Federal funds are neither unduly wasted nor spent in a manner that directly violates our Government ’ s promise to protect life , liberty , and property.
” The Justice Department ’ s review is ongoing @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to its list .
Last month , for instance , the Austin City Council in Texas unanimously voted to cut $ 150 million from the Austin Police Department and redirect it to “ social services ” including abortion .

The three Democrat-run cities 'have permitted violence and destruction of property to persist and have refused to undertake reasonable measures to counteract criminal activities'
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September 22, 2020 (LifeSiteNews) – The US Department of Justice (DOJ) has formally named the Democrat-run cities of New York City, Portland, and Seattle as having neglected their basic duty to protect their residents by tolerating Black Lives Matter (BLM) riots, putting the federal aid money they receive at risk.
Those three cities “have permitted violence and destruction of property to persist and have refused to undertake reasonable measures to counteract criminal activities,” the DOJ declared in a press release Monday.
In New York, shootings “have been on the rise since looting and protests began on or about May 28, 2020” (a 177% increase in July from the year before, and a 166% increase in August from the year before); prosecutors in Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, and the Bronx refused to prosecute crimes stemming from the protests; city and state leaders “have forcefully rejected federal law enforcement support”; and city leaders “cut $1 billion from NYPD’s FY21 budget” during a time of “increased unrest, gun violence, and property damage,” causing “cancellation of the new police recruiting class, cuts to overtime spending, and the transfer of certain police functions, including school safety, out of the NYPD.”
Portland, the DOJ continued, has seen “100 consecutive nights of protests marred by vandalism, chaos, and even killing,” including arson, injuries to police, and a 140% spike in shootings from the previous year. Amid it all, the city “cut $15 million from the police bureau, eliminating 84 positions” including the Gun Violence Reduction Team and emergency response personnel,” and Mayor Ted Wheeler also rejected federal law enforcement assistance.
And in Seattle, officials notoriously “permitted anarchists and activists to seize six square blocks of the city’s Capitol Hill neighborhood” and renamed it the “Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone” (CHAZ) or “Capitol Hill Occupied Protest” (CHOP). Police were “ordered to abandon their precinct within the CHOP,” leading to a 525% increase in crimes such as homicide, robbery, and assault. While all this was going on, city and state leaders also refused federal law enforcement.
“When state and local leaders impede their own law enforcement officers and agencies from doing their jobs, it endangers innocent citizens who deserve to be protected, including those who are trying to peacefully assemble and protest,” US Attorney General William Barr declared. “We cannot allow federal tax dollars to be wasted when the safety of the citizenry hangs in the balance. It is my hope that the cities identified by the Department of Justice today will reverse course and become serious about performing the basic function of government and start protecting their own citizens.”
Earlier this month, President Donald Trump directed the DOJ to review which localities were tolerating anarchy for the purpose of reassessing whether they should continue to receive federal aid, to “ensure that Federal funds are neither unduly wasted nor spent in a manner that directly violates our Government’s promise to protect life, liberty, and property.”
The Justice Department’s review is ongoing and is expected to add more cities to its list. Last month, for instance, the Austin City Council in Texas unanimously voted to cut $150 million from the Austin Police Department and redirect it to “social services” including abortion.
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lifesitenews--2020-09-22--US Secretary of State Pompeo: Vatican must ‘forcefully’ call out Chinese Communist Party’s abuses

WASHINGTON , DC , September 22 , 2020 ( LifeSiteNews ) ― The United States Secretary of State has published an essay begging the Vatican to speak out against human rights abuses in China .
Michael R. “ Mike ” Pompeo , the US Secretary of State since late April 2018 , submitted the essay , titled “ China ’ s Catholics and the Church ’ s Moral Witness ” to First Things .
It appeared online on September 18 .
The principal thrust of the essay is that the Vatican , which has boldly spoken out against repressive political @ @ @ @ @ @ @ on behalf of people abused by communist China .
“ Now more than ever , the Chinese people need the Vatican ’ s moral witness and authority in support of China ’ s religious believers , ” Pompeo wrote .
“ The Holy See has a unique capacity and duty to focus the world ’ s attention on human rights violations , especially those perpetrated by totalitarian regimes like Beijing ’ s .
In the late twentieth century , the Church ’ s power of moral witness helped inspire those who liberated central @ @ @ @ @ @ @ those who challenged autocratic and authoritarian regimes in Latin America and East Asia , ” he continued .
“ That same power of moral witness should be deployed today with respect to the Chinese Communist Party.
” This month Vatican diplomats will be sitting down with Chinese officials to discuss their 2018 concordat .
Pompeo explained to readers that the Vatican had hoped to improve conditions for Chinese Catholics by coming to an agreement with China about the appointment of bishops .
Unfortunately , that did not happen .
“ Two years on @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Sino-Vatican agreement has not shielded Catholics from the Party ’ s depredations , to say nothing of the Party ’ s horrific treatment of Christians , Tibetan Buddhists , Falun Gong devotees , and other religious believers , ” Pompeo wrote .
“ The State Department ’ s 2019 annual report on religious freedom provides an illustrative example in the story of Father Paul Zhang Guangjun , who was beaten and “ disappeared ” for refusing to join the CCP-run Patriotic Catholic Association , ” he continued .
“ Sadly , his experience @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to shutter churches , spy on and harass the faithful , and insist that the Party is the ultimate authority in religious affairs.
” Pompeo added that faithful Chinese Catholics are “ confused ” by the Church ’ s new legitimization of schismatic priests and bishops “ whose loyalties remain unclear .
Meanwhile , he fears that the National Security Law in Hong Kong is a harbinger of further intimidation and the full apparatus of state repression against religious believers .
The Secretary of State noted also that Catholics are numbered amongst Hong @ @ @ @ @ @ @ human rights , including Martin Lee and Jimmy Lai , whom Pompeo knows personally .
He described the State Department ’ s commitment to religious freedom , and he called upon the Catholic Church to present her own social justice teachings to the Chinese Communist Party .
“ The Second Vatican Council and Popes John Paul II , Benedict XVI , and Francis have taught that religious freedom is the first of civil rights , ” Pompeo stated .
“ Solidarity is one of the four foundational principles of Catholic social doctrine.
” @ @ @ @ @ @ @ about religious freedom and solidarity should now be forcefully and persistently conveyed by the Vatican in the face of the Chinese Communist Party ’ s relentless efforts to bend all religious communities to the will of the Party and its totalitarian program.
” David Mulroney , a former Canadian Ambassador to China , told LifeSiteNews that Pompeo ’ s message to the Vatican is both “ respectful ” and “ powerful.
” “ Secretary Pompeo offers a respectful but very powerful call to the Vatican to use its negotiations with China to advance @ @ @ @ @ @ @ said .
“ He does not mince words in describing the extent to which the Sino-Vatican accord , whatever its content , has so far failed to do that.
” Mulroney , who is now a Distinguished Fellow at the University of Toronto 's Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy , added that Pompeo had paid the Vatican “ the ultimate compliment of setting high expectations ” for it .
“ Many Catholics are left wishing that the Vatican ’ s own diplomats were as faithful to Church teaching and as @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Catholics as is America ’ s Secretary of State , ” he said .
“ And as a Canadian , I am also deeply envious of the extent to which Secretary Pompeo defends religious freedom as a fundamental human right , something that Canada 's foreign policy seems to have forgotten.
” To thank Mr Pompeo for speaking on behalf of Chinese Christians and other minorities in China , please address your correspondence to , or call : The Honorable Michael Pompeo Secretary of State U.S. Department of State 2201 C Street NW @ @ @ @ @ @ @ State Department email : register.state.gov/contactus/contactusform Mr. Pompeo ’ s Twitter account : https : //twitter.com/SecPompeo

‘The Holy See has a unique capacity and duty to focus the world’s attention on human rights violations, especially those perpetrated by totalitarian regimes like Beijing’s’
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WASHINGTON, DC, September 22, 2020 (LifeSiteNews) ― The United States Secretary of State has published an essay begging the Vatican to speak out against human rights abuses in China.
Michael R. “Mike” Pompeo, the US Secretary of State since late April 2018, submitted the essay, titled “China’s Catholics and the Church’s Moral Witness” to First Things. It appeared online on September 18.
The principal thrust of the essay is that the Vatican, which has boldly spoken out against repressive political regimes before, must do so again on behalf of people abused by communist China. “Now more than ever, the Chinese people need the Vatican’s moral witness and authority in support of China’s religious believers,” Pompeo wrote.
“The Holy See has a unique capacity and duty to focus the world’s attention on human rights violations, especially those perpetrated by totalitarian regimes like Beijing’s. In the late twentieth century, the Church’s power of moral witness helped inspire those who liberated central and eastern Europe from communism, and those who challenged autocratic and authoritarian regimes in Latin America and East Asia,” he continued.
“That same power of moral witness should be deployed today with respect to the Chinese Communist Party.”
This month Vatican diplomats will be sitting down with Chinese officials to discuss their 2018 concordat. Pompeo explained to readers that the Vatican had hoped to improve conditions for Chinese Catholics by coming to an agreement with China about the appointment of bishops.
Unfortunately, that did not happen.
“Two years on, it’s clear that the Sino-Vatican agreement has not shielded Catholics from the Party’s depredations, to say nothing of the Party’s horrific treatment of Christians, Tibetan Buddhists, Falun Gong devotees, and other religious believers,” Pompeo wrote.
“The State Department’s 2019 annual report on religious freedom provides an illustrative example in the story of Father Paul Zhang Guangjun, who was beaten and “disappeared” for refusing to join the CCP-run Patriotic Catholic Association,” he continued.
“Sadly, his experience is not unique. Communist authorities continue to shutter churches, spy on and harass the faithful, and insist that the Party is the ultimate authority in religious affairs.”
Pompeo added that faithful Chinese Catholics are “confused” by the Church’s new legitimization of schismatic priests and bishops “whose loyalties remain unclear. Meanwhile, he fears that the National Security Law in Hong Kong is a harbinger of further intimidation and the full apparatus of state repression against religious believers.
The Secretary of State noted also that Catholics are numbered amongst Hong Kong’s most prominent advocates for human rights, including Martin Lee and Jimmy Lai, whom Pompeo knows personally. He described the State Department’s commitment to religious freedom, and he called upon the Catholic Church to present her own social justice teachings to the Chinese Communist Party.
“The Second Vatican Council and Popes John Paul II, Benedict XVI, and Francis have taught that religious freedom is the first of civil rights,” Pompeo stated.
“Solidarity is one of the four foundational principles of Catholic social doctrine.”
“What the Church teaches the world about religious freedom and solidarity should now be forcefully and persistently conveyed by the Vatican in the face of the Chinese Communist Party’s relentless efforts to bend all religious communities to the will of the Party and its totalitarian program.”
David Mulroney, a former Canadian Ambassador to China, told LifeSiteNews that Pompeo’s message to the Vatican is both “respectful” and “powerful.”
“Secretary Pompeo offers a respectful but very powerful call to the Vatican to use its negotiations with China to advance religious freedom in China,” Mulroney said.
“He does not mince words in describing the extent to which the Sino-Vatican accord, whatever its content, has so far failed to do that.”
Mulroney, who is now a Distinguished Fellow at the University of Toronto's Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy, added that Pompeo had paid the Vatican “the ultimate compliment of setting high expectations” for it.
“Many Catholics are left wishing that the Vatican’s own diplomats were as faithful to Church teaching and as mindful of the needs of suffering Chinese Catholics as is America’s Secretary of State,” he said.
“And as a Canadian, I am also deeply envious of the extent to which Secretary Pompeo defends religious freedom as a fundamental human right, something that Canada's foreign policy seems to have forgotten.”
Pompeo, 56, is a Presbyterian.
To thank Mr Pompeo for speaking on behalf of Chinese Christians and other minorities in China, please address your correspondence to, or call:
The Honorable Michael Pompeo
Secretary of State
U.S. Department of State
2201 C Street NW
Washington D.C., 20230
Tel: 202-647-4000
State Department email: register.state.gov/contactus/contactusform
Mr. Pompeo’s Twitter account: https://twitter.com/SecPompeo
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lifesitenews--2020-09-22--Join our daily worldwide rosary HERE

Join our daily worldwide rosary HERE

September 22 , 2020 ( LifeSiteNews ) – In response to the crisis unfolding in our world and in the Church , LifeSite is offering Catholics throughout the world a chance to be united daily in prayer , in the Our Lady of Fatima Rosary Crusade .
Catholics from all over the world—from Israel , Uganda , Italy , France , Germany , Ireland , Pakistan , Singapore , the Philippines , India , Indonesia , Australia , New Zealand , Thailand , the United Kingdom , the U.S. , Canada , Brazil , and other countries—are gathering daily to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Anthony Pillari , J.C.L.
, an American priest currently studying in Italy .
Our goal is , by means of this daily rosary and by embracing and living out the message given by the Virgin Mary at Fatima , the triumph of Our Lady ’ s Immaculate Heart .
To help obtain that goal , Bishop Athanasius Schneider graciously composed the following prayer for this worldwide rosary crusade : O Immaculate Heart of Mary , you are the holy Mother of God and our tender Mother .
Look upon the distress in which @ @ @ @ @ @ @ are living because of the spread of materialism and the persecution of the Church .
In Fatima you warned against these errors , as you spoke about the errors of Russia .
You are the Mediatrix of all graces .
Implore your Divine Son to grant this special grace for the Pope : that he might consecrate Russia to your Immaculate Heart , so that Russia will be converted , a period of peace will be granted to the world , and your Immaculate Heart will triumph , through an authentic renewal of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ purity of the Catholic Faith , of the sacredness of Divine worship and of the holiness of the Christian life .
O Queen of the holy Rosary and our sweet Mother , turn your merciful eyes to us and graciously hear this our trusting prayer .
Amen .
+ Athanasius Schneider , Auxiliary Bishop of the archdiocese of Saint Mary in Astana To learn more about the urgency of responding to Our Lady ’ s message at Fatima , and about what you can do , please read Cardinal Burke ’ s 2017 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ https : //voiceofthefamily.com/full-text-cardinal-burkes-historic-call-for-consecration-of-russia/ ) .
As St. Padre Pio once said , “ The rosary is the weapon for these times.
” Through prayer , God can shape history , change the world , and bring about a great time of renewal and peace for the Church and for the world , through the triumph of Our Lady ’ s Immaculate Heart .
Join us today !
If you would like to follow along with the prayers said during this rosary , you can access them via this PDF .
This document also @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the daily rosary on LifeSite led by Fr .
Pillari .

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