lifesitenews--2020-05-11--Hundreds of California pastors plan to defy ban on religious gatherings starting May 31

SACRAMENTO , California , May 11 , 2020 ( LifeSiteNews ) – Hundreds of pastors in California have announced plans to defy Democratic Governor Gavin Newsom ’ s executive orders deeming religious gatherings nonessential .
In an open letter to the Governor , dated May 7 , they “ declared their intent to begin holding in-person church services beginning on Sunday , May 31 , 2020.
” In their letter , the pastors lamented “ a very long list of ‘ secular ’ exceptions ” from the stay-at-home orders in place in the Golden State .
“ The exempted persons @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ” they wrote .
“ The list also includes , among other locations : airports ; public transportation facilities ( i.e .
train and bus stations ) ; the entertainment industry ( i.e .
Hollywood ) ; construction sites , news media facilities ; childcare locations ; marijuana dispensaries ; liquor stores ; cafeterias ; big box stores , grocery stores , farmer ’ s markets , convenience stores , carry out restaurants and other retail establishments where large numbers of people gather and assemble.
” The pastors made not only a legal @ @ @ @ @ @ @ but also explained their conviction “ that ‘ we the people ’ are ultimately responsible to protect the individual liberties that may be lost unnecessarily during times of crisis regardless of whether public officials ’ actions are well intentioned.
” “ Without the checks and balances of the courts and legislature , ” the letter continued , “ the clergy now stand as a counterbalance to unchecked regulatory action.
” “ The mandated closure of religious organizations is having a significant and detrimental secondary effect on the citizens of California , ” argued @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ numerous ministries and social services provided by churches to the poor , unemployed and distressed , ” which are currently no longer found in California .
“ The clergy of this state are convinced that they must reopen their ministries to fully serve the needs of their communities , ” they told the governor .
“ The spiritual services of ministries are absolutely essential to the health and welfare of the people of California .
Therefore , the religious leaders of California are coming together to make their voices heard in Sacramento @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the clergy have a responsibility to lead.
” According to the San Bernardino Sun , Governor Newsom during a press conference last Thursday “ acknowledged the work of the faith community in serving those in need , including the homeless , seniors and children.
” Newsom said that “ congregations of people from far and wide coming together in a closed space at a large scale remains a point of concern and anxiety for us .
We are working on guidelines for physical distancing and working with faith leaders talking about unique conditions @ @ @ @ @ @ @ etched in stone.
” He added , “ I take very seriously those concerns about people of faith and I ’ m very sensitive to those who want to get back to church .
But the health of those communities is foundational.
” On May 2 , several pastors ministering to Romanian Christian congregations in Chicago told Democratic Illinois Gov .
J .
B. Pritzker that they will be defying an executive order limiting religious gatherings to only 10 people and are unafraid to take the issue to court .
“ Please be @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , 2020 , our congregations will resume in-person church gatherings , and we will no longer adhere to the 10-person limit or the other unconstitutional restrictions comprised within your orders , ” they wrote .
Pastors in Massachusetts and Virginia join call to reopen churches In Massachusetts , 260 pastors told pro-abortion Republican Gov .
Charlie Baker on May 7 that religious institutions are , in fact , essential .
“ It is also clear that church is essential under both our state and federal Constitutions , ” they wrote in their letter @ @ @ @ @ @ @ The governor ’ s advisory board on reopening the state has no members representing Christian communities and institutions .
“ We note with disappointment that , despite the 8,000 churches in the Bay State and the millions who worship in and are served by them , they have no representation on that board .
We therefore hope that you will hear directly from us now.
” The first phase of the reopening in Massachusetts is set to begin on May 18 .
It has not yet been determined what parts of regular life @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
“ When the phased reopening of our Commonwealth begins , the reopening of our churches must be in the first phase , ” the pastors wrote .
“ It is upsetting that , unlike roughly half the states across our nation , churches in Massachusetts were not deemed ‘ essential ’ at the outset , but this must come to an end.
” In Virginia , almost 200 pastors asked Democratic Gov .
Ralph Northam to revise executive orders limiting religious gatherings to ten people .
“ The Church of the Lord @ @ @ @ @ @ @ spiritually sick , ” the religious leaders wrote on May 4 .
“ Yet corporate worship services of more than 10 people have been banned in Virginia since March 23 , regardless of the public-health protocols in place and notwithstanding that groups are permitted to gather in settings such as non-retail offices and ‘ essential ’ retail businesses.
” According to the pastors , prohibiting “ corporate worship services has exacerbated the sense of sorrow , isolation , and fear felt by so many citizens across the Commonwealth.
” “ Because corporate worship @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is extraordinary for churches to forego meeting for even a single Sunday .
Thus , with each passing week that corporate worship is banned , as churches stand ready to implement reasonable public-health precautions , the government pushes Christians closer to the point where they must choose to sin against God and conscience or violate the law.
” Like Christians in other states , the Virginia pastors assured the Governor that social distancing and other protective measures would be applied .
“ As pastors , we share that desire and are committed to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ attend church services , ” they said .
In Kentucky , a federal judge sided with religious groups , arguing that Democratic Governor Andy Beshear did not provide “ a compelling reason for using his authority to limit a citizen ’ s right to freely exercise something we value greatly – the right of every American to follow their conscience on matters related to religion.
” Meanwhile , Vice President Mike Pence told a group of religious leaders in Iowa last Friday that the lack of church services has “ been a burden @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ s been a source of heartache for people across the country , ” he said , adding that creative efforts to hold services in other ways , for instance online , “ made incalculable difference in our nation seeing our way through these troubled times .
”

'The clergy of this state are convinced that they must reopen their ministries,' the pastors state.
SACRAMENTO, California, May 11, 2020 (LifeSiteNews) – Hundreds of pastors in California have announced plans to defy Democratic Governor Gavin Newsom’s executive orders deeming religious gatherings nonessential. In an open letter to the Governor, dated May 7, they “declared their intent to begin holding in-person church services beginning on Sunday, May 31, 2020.”
In their letter, the pastors lamented “a very long list of ‘secular’ exceptions” from the stay-at-home orders in place in the Golden State.
“The exempted persons and facilities include most governmental operations,” they wrote.
“The list also includes, among other locations: airports; public transportation facilities (i.e. train and bus stations); the entertainment industry (i.e. Hollywood); construction sites, news media facilities; childcare locations; marijuana dispensaries; liquor stores; cafeterias; big box stores, grocery stores, farmer’s markets, convenience stores, carry out restaurants and other retail establishments where large numbers of people gather and assemble.”
The pastors made not only a legal argument based on the First Amendment, but also explained their conviction “that ‘we the people’ are ultimately responsible to protect the individual liberties that may be lost unnecessarily during times of crisis regardless of whether public officials’ actions are well intentioned.”
“Without the checks and balances of the courts and legislature,” the letter continued, “the clergy now stand as a counterbalance to unchecked regulatory action.”
“The mandated closure of religious organizations is having a significant and detrimental secondary effect on the citizens of California,” argued the religious leaders.
They mentioned the “numerous ministries and social services provided by churches to the poor, unemployed and distressed,” which are currently no longer found in California.
“The clergy of this state are convinced that they must reopen their ministries to fully serve the needs of their communities,” they told the governor.
“The spiritual services of ministries are absolutely essential to the health and welfare of the people of California. Therefore, the religious leaders of California are coming together to make their voices heard in Sacramento. In times of national crisis, the clergy have a responsibility to lead.”
According to the San Bernardino Sun, Governor Newsom during a press conference last Thursday “acknowledged the work of the faith community in serving those in need, including the homeless, seniors and children.”
Newsom said that “congregations of people from far and wide coming together in a closed space at a large scale remains a point of concern and anxiety for us. We are working on guidelines for physical distancing and working with faith leaders talking about unique conditions in their own facilities. Nothing is etched in stone.”
He added, “I take very seriously those concerns about people of faith and I’m very sensitive to those who want to get back to church. But the health of those communities is foundational.”
On May 2, several pastors ministering to Romanian Christian congregations in Chicago told Democratic Illinois Gov. J. B. Pritzker that they will be defying an executive order limiting religious gatherings to only 10 people and are unafraid to take the issue to court.
“Please be advised that, beginning on May 10, 2020, our congregations will resume in-person church gatherings, and we will no longer adhere to the 10-person limit or the other unconstitutional restrictions comprised within your orders,” they wrote.
Pastors in Massachusetts and Virginia join call to reopen churches
In Massachusetts, 260 pastors told pro-abortion Republican Gov. Charlie Baker on May 7 that religious institutions are, in fact, essential.
“It is also clear that church is essential under both our state and federal Constitutions,” they wrote in their letter, which was published by NewBostonPost.
The governor’s advisory board on reopening the state has no members representing Christian communities and institutions.
“We note with disappointment that, despite the 8,000 churches in the Bay State and the millions who worship in and are served by them, they have no representation on that board. We therefore hope that you will hear directly from us now.”
The first phase of the reopening in Massachusetts is set to begin on May 18. It has not yet been determined what parts of regular life will be allowed to open up again.
“When the phased reopening of our Commonwealth begins, the reopening of our churches must be in the first phase,” the pastors wrote. “It is upsetting that, unlike roughly half the states across our nation, churches in Massachusetts were not deemed ‘essential’ at the outset, but this must come to an end.”
In Virginia, almost 200 pastors asked Democratic Gov. Ralph Northam to revise executive orders limiting religious gatherings to ten people.
“The Church of the Lord Jesus Christ is a hospital for the spiritually sick,” the religious leaders wrote on May 4. “Yet corporate worship services of more than 10 people have been banned in Virginia since March 23, regardless of the public-health protocols in place and notwithstanding that groups are permitted to gather in settings such as non-retail offices and ‘essential’ retail businesses.”
According to the pastors, prohibiting “corporate worship services has exacerbated the sense of sorrow, isolation, and fear felt by so many citizens across the Commonwealth.”
“Because corporate worship is central to Christian life, it is extraordinary for churches to forego meeting for even a single Sunday. Thus, with each passing week that corporate worship is banned, as churches stand ready to implement reasonable public-health precautions, the government pushes Christians closer to the point where they must choose to sin against God and conscience or violate the law.”
Like Christians in other states, the Virginia pastors assured the Governor that social distancing and other protective measures would be applied. “As pastors, we share that desire and are committed to protecting the physical well-being of all who attend church services,” they said.
In Kentucky, a federal judge sided with religious groups, arguing that Democratic Governor Andy Beshear did not provide “a compelling reason for using his authority to limit a citizen’s right to freely exercise something we value greatly – the right of every American to follow their conscience on matters related to religion.”
Meanwhile, Vice President Mike Pence told a group of religious leaders in Iowa last Friday that the lack of church services has “been a burden” for the faithful.
“It’s been a source of heartache for people across the country,” he said, adding that creative efforts to hold services in other ways, for instance online, “made incalculable difference in our nation seeing our way through these troubled times.”
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lifesitenews--2020-05-11--Join our daily worldwide rosary HERE

Join our daily worldwide rosary HERE

May 11 , 2020 ( LifeSiteNews ) – In response to the coronavirus crisis , LifeSite is offering Catholics throughout the world a chance to be united in praying the rosary together , at the same time , every day at 12:00 noon EST .
The rosary is led by Father Anthony Pillari , an American priest currently in Italy .
To date , Catholics from Israel , Uganda , Italy , France , Germany , Ireland , the United Kingdom , the U.S. , Canada , Mexico , Chile , Brazil , Australia , New Zealand , the Philippines @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , as well as other countries , have been joining in .
The whole world – including the Church – has been thrown into chaos because of the coronavirus ( COVID-19 ) .
Thousands of people have passed away as a result of the viral outbreak , while thousands more have been sickened .
And , across the world , business has come to a grinding halt , resulting in sudden job loss and threatening economic recession .
If there ever was a time for prayer , this is it .
Catholics around @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the Sacraments , but in many places are unable to access them because of bishops ’ orders or government restrictions .
We know that community with other believers is vital all the time , but especially during this time of global calls for “ sheltering-in-place ” and quarantine .
“ The rosary is the weapon for these times , ” St. Padre Pio said .
Through prayer , we can shape history , change the world , and bring this painful crisis to an end .
Join us today !
Send photos or @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the rosary with Father Pillari to [ email protected ]

(LifeSiteNews) — In response to the crisis unfolding in our world and in the Church, LifeSite is happy to promote Regina Angelorum Press’s Daily Rosary, which is offering Catholics throughout the world the chance to be united daily in prayer, in the Our Lady of Fatima Rosary Crusade.
Catholics from all over the world — from Israel, Uganda, Italy, France, Germany, Ireland, Pakistan, Singapore, the Philippines, India, Indonesia, Australia, New Zealand, Thailand, the United Kingdom, the U.S., Canada, Brazil, and other countries — are gathering daily to pray the Rosary, led by Father Pillari, JCL, MCL, STL, an American priest currently studying in Italy.
The Daily Rosary is being offered each day at 12noon EST through Regina Angelorum Press’ YouTube Channel to which you can subscribe HERE.
The goal is, by means of this Daily Rosary and by embracing and living out the message given by the Virgin Mary at Fatima, the triumph of Our Lady’s Immaculate Heart.
To help obtain that goal, Bishop Athanasius Schneider graciously composed the following prayer for this worldwide Rosary crusade:
O Immaculate Heart of Mary, you are the holy Mother of God and our tender Mother. Look upon the distress in which the Church and the whole of humanity are living because of the spread of materialism and the persecution of the Church. In Fatima you warned against these errors, as you spoke about the errors of Russia. You are the Mediatrix of all graces. Implore your Divine Son to grant this special grace for the Pope: that he might consecrate Russia to your Immaculate Heart, so that Russia will be converted, a period of peace will be granted to the world, and your Immaculate Heart will triumph, through an authentic renewal of the Church in the splendor of the purity of the Catholic Faith, of the sacredness of Divine worship and of the holiness of the Christian life. O Queen of the holy Rosary and our sweet Mother, turn your merciful eyes to us and graciously hear this our trusting prayer. Amen. + Athanasius Schneider, Auxiliary Bishop of the archdiocese of Saint Mary in Astana
To learn more about the urgency of responding to Our Lady’s message at Fatima, and about what you can do, please read Cardinal Burke’s 2017 address at the Rome Life Forum.
As St. Padre Pio once said, “The Rosary is the weapon for these times.” Through prayer, God can shape history, change the world, and bring about a great time of renewal and peace for the Church and for the world, through the triumph of Our Lady’s Immaculate Heart. Join us today!
If you would like to follow along with the prayers said during this Rosary, you can access them HERE. The document also includes a brief F.A.Q. pertaining to the daily Rosary.
You can send your prayer requests to https://reginangelorumpress.com/prayer-intentions/
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lifesitenews--2020-05-11--Hungary rejects EU domestic violence treaty for ‘gender as social construct’ language

BUDAPEST , May 11 , 2020 ( LifeSiteNews ) — Hungary is refusing to ratify a Council of Europe human rights treaty on combating violence against women and domestic violence because its definition of “ gender ” denies there are only two sexes and because it could open the door to illegal immigration .
Hungary ’ s Parliament voted overwhelmingly last week not to ratify the Istanbul Convention because of its “ unacceptable approach to defining gender ” and to lobby the European Union to do the same , according to About Hungary , a website run by the Cabinet @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
So named because it was opened for signing in Istanbul in May 2011 , the Istanbul Convention is the first binding treaty “ to prevent and combat violence against women , from marital rape to female genital mutilation.
” Hungary signed the document in 2014 , according to the U.K. ’ s Guardian .
However , the governing Fidesz party backed a declaration put forward May 6 by its junior coalition partner , the Christian Democrats , not to ratify the treaty because it promotes gender ideology , and because its gender-based @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Had the Convention stuck to the protection of women ’ s rights , Hungary would have been among the first countries to ratify it and adopt corresponding domestic legislation , ” wrote Zoltan Kovacs , Hungary ’ s secretary of state for public diplomacy and relations , in a Thursday blog post on the government website .
According to Kovacs , Hungary has already incorporated most of the treaty ’ s recommendations on protecting women from violence into its national laws but can not accept other measures that run “ counter ” to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , the Istanbul Convention defines “ gender ” as “ socially constructed roles , behaviours , activities and attributes that a given society considers appropriate for women and men , ” said Kovacs .
“ This ‘ social gender ’ definition , however , conflicts with Hungary ’ s constitution because the clause denies that there are only two biological genders , male and female , ” he said .
“ Without biological genders , for example , Hungary ’ s constitutional definition of marriage ( the matrimony of a man and a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ if something contradicts the Fundamental Law , it can not be adopted by Parliament.
” PETITION : No to mandatory vaccination for the coronavirus Sign the petition here .
Hungary ’ s coalition government also objected to Article 60 , which requires that signatories “ take the necessary legislative or other measures to ensure that gender-based violence against women may be recognized as a form of persecution.
” However , this could “ clearly lead to a dramatic increase in the number of migrants who set out westward to Europe , ” Kovacs @ @ @ @ @ @ @ also be interpreted to “ automatically grant ‘ gender-based asylum ’ to applicants , ” he added .
If Hungary ratified the European treaty , it might then “ under certain conditions ” be compelled “ to grant entry to illegal migrants on grounds that run contrary to Hungary ’ s well-established policy of discouraging and putting an end to migration.
” Orbán , who has been prime minister of Hungary since 2010 , declared in his 2018 State of the Nation speech that “ Christianity is Europe ’ s last hope ” @ @ @ @ @ @ @ encouraged migration “ opened the way to the decline of Christian culture and the advance of Islam.
” “ By refusing the ratification of the Istanbul Convention , Hungary , says ‘ Yes !
’ to the protection of women but ‘ No !
’ to gender ideology and illegal migration , ” stated Kovacs .
Hungary ’ s rejection of the Istanbul Convention comes in the wake of controversy over a bill it introduced in early April to define gender solely as “ biological sex based on primary sex characteristics and chromosomes.
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ persons in official documents to their sex recorded at birth — a classification that would then be legally impossible to change .
The bill sparked massive backlash from the LGBT lobby , which accused the Orbán government of discrimination for no longer allowing Hungarians to choose their preferred gender identity , as LifeSiteNews reported last week .
Critics also claimed that Orbán was using the additional powers Parliament granted him to deal with the coronavirus pandemic to push through the legislation .
Most recently , the United States watchdog organization Freedom House released @ @ @ @ @ @ @ democracy to a “ transitional/hybrid regime ” in which citizens allegedly face “ substantial challenges ” to rights and liberties , reported Germany ’ s international news site Deutsche Welle .
Zovacs responded by alleging on Twitter that Freedom House has ties to Hungarian-born globalist billionaire George Soros , the Orbán government ’ s bête noire , and contending that “ [ a ] nyone who doesn ’ t conform to their liberal view , gets downgraded.
” In an apparent effort to curtail Soros ’ s interference in Hungary ’ s politics @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in 2017 to audit all foreign organizations .
At the time , the Soros Open Society Foundations ( OSF ) funded more than 60 Hungarian NGOs and had spent more than $ 1.6 billion in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union over the last 30 years .
Hungary offers married couples $ 33,000 if they have three children LGBT activists outraged as Hungary moves to define gender according to ‘ biological sex ’

'If something contradicts the Fundamental Law, it cannot be adopted by Parliament,' a Hungarian diplomat explained.
BUDAPEST, May 11, 2020 (LifeSiteNews) — Hungary is refusing to ratify a Council of Europe human rights treaty on combating violence against women and domestic violence because its definition of “gender” denies there are only two sexes and because it could open the door to illegal immigration.
Hungary’s Parliament voted overwhelmingly last week not to ratify the Istanbul Convention because of its “unacceptable approach to defining gender” and to lobby the European Union to do the same, according to About Hungary, a website run by the Cabinet office of Hungarian prime minister Viktor Orbán.
So named because it was opened for signing in Istanbul in May 2011, the Istanbul Convention is the first binding treaty “to prevent and combat violence against women, from marital rape to female genital mutilation.” Hungary signed the document in 2014, according to the U.K.’s Guardian.
However, the governing Fidesz party backed a declaration put forward May 6 by its junior coalition partner, the Christian Democrats, not to ratify the treaty because it promotes gender ideology, and because its gender-based asylum measures promoted illegal immigration.
“Had the Convention stuck to the protection of women’s rights, Hungary would have been among the first countries to ratify it and adopt corresponding domestic legislation,” wrote Zoltan Kovacs, Hungary’s secretary of state for public diplomacy and relations, in a Thursday blog post on the government website.
According to Kovacs, Hungary has already incorporated most of the treaty’s recommendations on protecting women from violence into its national laws but cannot accept other measures that run “counter” to the country’s constitution.
Notably, the Istanbul Convention defines “gender” as “socially constructed roles, behaviours, activities and attributes that a given society considers appropriate for women and men,” said Kovacs.
“This ‘social gender’ definition, however, conflicts with Hungary’s constitution because the clause denies that there are only two biological genders, male and female,” he said.
“Without biological genders, for example, Hungary’s constitutional definition of marriage (the matrimony of a man and a woman) would become void. And if something contradicts the Fundamental Law, it cannot be adopted by Parliament.”
PETITION: No to mandatory vaccination for the coronavirus Sign the petition here.
Hungary’s coalition government also objected to Article 60, which requires that signatories “take the necessary legislative or other measures to ensure that gender-based violence against women may be recognized as a form of persecution.”
However, this could “clearly lead to a dramatic increase in the number of migrants who set out westward to Europe,” Kovacs said.
Articles 60 and 61 could also be interpreted to “automatically grant ‘gender-based asylum’ to applicants,” he added.
If Hungary ratified the European treaty, it might then “under certain conditions” be compelled “to grant entry to illegal migrants on grounds that run contrary to Hungary’s well-established policy of discouraging and putting an end to migration.”
Orbán, who has been prime minister of Hungary since 2010, declared in his 2018 State of the Nation speech that “Christianity is Europe’s last hope” and warned that European countries that have encouraged migration “opened the way to the decline of Christian culture and the advance of Islam.”
“By refusing the ratification of the Istanbul Convention, Hungary, says ‘Yes!’ to the protection of women but ‘No!’ to gender ideology and illegal migration,” stated Kovacs.
Hungary’s rejection of the Istanbul Convention comes in the wake of controversy over a bill it introduced in early April to define gender solely as “biological sex based on primary sex characteristics and chromosomes.”
The proposed law would limit identifying persons in official documents to their sex recorded at birth — a classification that would then be legally impossible to change.
The bill sparked massive backlash from the LGBT lobby, which accused the Orbán government of discrimination for no longer allowing Hungarians to choose their preferred gender identity, as LifeSiteNews reported last week.
Critics also claimed that Orbán was using the additional powers Parliament granted him to deal with the coronavirus pandemic to push through the legislation.
Most recently, the United States watchdog organization Freedom House released a report Wednesday downgrading Hungary from a democracy to a “transitional/hybrid regime” in which citizens allegedly face “substantial challenges” to rights and liberties, reported Germany’s international news site Deutsche Welle.
Zovacs responded by alleging on Twitter that Freedom House has ties to Hungarian-born globalist billionaire George Soros, the Orbán government’s bête noire, and contending that “[a]nyone who doesn’t conform to their liberal view, gets downgraded.”
In an apparent effort to curtail Soros’s interference in Hungary’s politics, the Orbán government introduced a measure in 2017 to audit all foreign organizations.
At the time, the Soros Open Society Foundations (OSF) funded more than 60 Hungarian NGOs and had spent more than $1.6 billion in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union over the last 30 years.
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lifesitenews--2020-05-12--‘Politically correct’ modifications to prayers do not help the Church to know the truth

May 12 , 2020 ( LifeSiteNews ) -- If one pays close attention to the differences between older ( pre-Vatican II ) and newer ( post-Vatican II ) prayers that are supposed to be for the same intention , one sees ample evidence of a disturbing tendency : the “ doctoring ” of prayers to say something softer and “ nicer ” than they used to say .
This was no mere accident ; it was part of a deliberate program to encourage a vaguer sort of ecumenism — one that did not have conversion as its goal — and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ other Christians , between Christians and Jews , between believers and unbelievers , and so forth .
The problem is that in downplaying the differences , one also downplays their serious consequences for the sanctification and salvation of souls .
In other words , one risks betraying Christ Himself , who is the Truth and who calls us to a total assent to the full truth .
I will illustrate this problem with three striking examples : two drawn from the sacred liturgy and one drawn from popular devotion .
My first example @ @ @ @ @ @ @ St. Robert Bellarmine , the great Counter-Reformation Doctor of the Church whose feast is traditionally celebrated tomorrow , May 13th .
( In the revision of the general calendar in 1969 , his feast was moved to September 17th . )
In the traditional Latin Mass , the Collect goes as follows : In the Novus Ordo Missae , the foregoing prayer , dating from 1932 , was replaced with this : Note how openly the traditional Collect speaks of “ laying bare the snares of error ” and of upholding “ the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the Protestant reformers , and prays that “ the wayward may return to the unity of Thy Church.
” In the newly-published book The Traditional Mass : History , Form , and Theology of the Classical Roman Rite , Michael Fiedrowicz comments : This ( older ) prayer does not lessen the charism of this saint , but rather increases it .
It was precisely his astute refutation of the Protestant errors that made Cardinal Bellarmine the Catholic theological controversialist most feared by the Protestant Reformers , and to whose refutation several “ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ were established .
Furthermore , it is only the traditional prayer that speaks of the necessity of a return of heretics to the true religion of the Catholic Faith .
The classical missal opposes an abandonment of the so-called ecumenism of return , the conviction of the Church of all ages that all confessions are in no way equally on the path to truth .
The traditional orations recall in an uncomfortable way that in questions of faith there are not only various opinions , but also errors that must be overcome , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ abandonment of this battle would amount to a victory of relativism .
( 245–46 ) My second example is from the Good Friday orations .
In the usus antiquior or Extraordinary Form of the Roman rite ( whether its Tridentine recension or the revised Holy Week of Pius XII ) , the Church prays as follows : University of Dallas theologian Dr. Christopher Malloy points out on his blog Theological Flint : In the Novus Ordo , however , the analogous prayer on Good Friday has been rewritten as “ For the unity @ @ @ @ @ @ @ may sound a lot nicer and less scary and more “ generous , ” but , in fact , it is a disservice both to Catholics — insofar as it does not communicate the full teaching of our own Church on the evils that weigh down those in error and the necessity of clinging to revealed dogmatic truths — and to separated Christians themselves , because they would never be able to see , in the nebulous witness of such a liturgy , that they are lacking in something of essential importance .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ or the way we pray has distorted , or at any rate , inadequately conveyed , the lex credendi or beliefs we ought to profess .
Exactly the same pattern obtains here as in the old and new Collects for St. Robert Bellarmine .
My third example comes from the popular Divine Mercy novena that many Catholics pray from Good Friday until Low Sunday or the octave day of Easter .
In the original wording that St. Faustina Kowalska copied down , piously believed to be from divine dictation , the texts for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ bring to Me the souls of heretics and schismatics and immerse them in the ocean of My mercy .
During My bitter Passion they tore at My Body and Heart , that is , My Church .
As they return to unity with the Church My wounds heal and in this way they alleviate My Passion .
Most Merciful Jesus , Goodness Itself , You do not refuse light to those who seek it of You .
Receive into the abode of Your Most Compassionate Heart the souls of heretics and schismatics .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ unity of the Church , and do not let them escape from the abode of Your Most Compassionate Heart ; but bring it about that they , too , come to glorify the generosity of Your mercy .
Eternal Father , turn Your merciful gaze upon the souls of heretics and schismatics , who have squandered Your blessings and misused Your graces obstinately persisting in their errors .
Do not look upon their errors , but upon the love of Your Own Son and upon His bitter Passion , which He underwent for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , are enclosed in the Most Compassionate Heart of Jesus .
Bring it about that they also may glorify Your great mercy for endless ages .
Amen .
This original formulation can still be found on the internet .
Some time after the Second Vatican Council , someone ( I have not been able to find out exactly who ) in charge of the Divine Mercy devotion in the United States decided that this language wasn ’ t going to cut it anymore and modified the texts so that they would conform to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of the Marian Fathers offers a somewhat lame explanation of the change , saying , basically , that “ after the Council we don ’ t speak that way anymore.
” But why ?
What was erroneous or misleading about the Collect of St. Robert Bellarmine , the Good Friday prayer , or St. Faustina ’ s texts ?
They are general prayers and , as such , do not attribute degrees of culpability to any individuals .
They simply point to an objectively deficient , harmful , and serious situation , and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ those who may be trapped in it .
This is true mercy : to speak the full truth in real charity for the salvation of souls .
Schism and heresy are gravely evil .
Those who live in schism and heresy are thus in a gravely evil state .
Why ?
Heresy is the denial of God ’ s truths .
But knowing God ’ s truths leads us to heaven .
Schism is the denial of the ecclesial communion and authority , but Christ guides us through the hierarchy .
How well @ @ @ @ @ @ @ alone ?
Or when we go with a community that goes off on its own ?
Now , what if it is not their fault ?
1 ) God alone judges the heart ; it is not our business to judge the heart .
2 ) God has charged us with a mandate : to preach the truth in season and out of season .
3 ) Even if they are “ not at fault ” for schism and heresy , they nonetheless necessarily lack many of the graces that will speed their @ @ @ @ @ @ @ salvation .
Let us not fail God ’ s charge ( # 2 ) because we acknowledge our incapacity to judge ( # 1 ) , because if we fail to offer the good news to everyone , we sin against our neighbor by leaving him in the darkness of error ( # 3 ) .
Although invincible ignorance can not condemn us ( # 1 ) , neither can it save us ( # 3 ) .
Once again , and always , we see that the integral , all-encompassing lex credendi @ @ @ @ @ @ @ intact in the lex orandi of the traditional Roman rite of the Mass and of all the other sacramental rites , consecrations , blessings , and devotions that exist in its ambit .
It is not to be found in the reformed liturgy of Paul VI or in anything that has been forcibly conformed to its fashion .

May 12, 2020 (LifeSiteNews) — If one pays close attention to the differences between older (pre-Vatican II) and newer (post-Vatican II) prayers that are supposed to be for the same intention, one sees ample evidence of a disturbing tendency: the “doctoring” of prayers to say something softer and “nicer” than they used to say. This was no mere accident; it was part of a deliberate program to encourage a vaguer sort of ecumenism — one that did not have conversion as its goal — and to downplay real differences between Catholics and other Christians, between Christians and Jews, between believers and unbelievers, and so forth. The problem is that in downplaying the differences, one also downplays their serious consequences for the sanctification and salvation of souls. In other words, one risks betraying Christ Himself, who is the Truth and who calls us to a total assent to the full truth.
I will illustrate this problem with three striking examples: two drawn from the sacred liturgy and one drawn from popular devotion.
My first example is the Collect for the feast of St. Robert Bellarmine, the great Counter-Reformation Doctor of the Church whose feast is traditionally celebrated tomorrow, May 13th. (In the revision of the general calendar in 1969, his feast was moved to September 17th.) In the traditional Latin Mass, the Collect goes as follows:
O God, who didst adorn blessed Robert Thy Bishop and Doctor with wondrous learning and virtue that he might lay bare the snares of error and maintain the rights of the Apostolic See: grant by his merits and intercession that we may grow in love of the truth, and that the hearts of the wayward may return to the unity of Thy Church.
In the Novus Ordo Missae, the foregoing prayer, dating from 1932, was replaced with this:
O God, who adorned the Bishop Saint Robert Bellarmine with wonderful learning and virtue to vindicate the faith of your Church, grant, through his intercession, that in the integrity of that same faith your people may always find joy.
Note how openly the traditional Collect speaks of “laying bare the snares of error” and of upholding “the rights of the Apostolic See” against the Protestant reformers, and prays that “the wayward may return to the unity of Thy Church.” In the newly-published book The Traditional Mass: History, Form, and Theology of the Classical Roman Rite, Michael Fiedrowicz comments:
This (older) prayer does not lessen the charism of this saint, but rather increases it. It was precisely his astute refutation of the Protestant errors that made Cardinal Bellarmine the Catholic theological controversialist most feared by the Protestant Reformers, and to whose refutation several “cathedrae anti-Bellarminianae” (anti-Bellarmine professorships) were established. Furthermore, it is only the traditional prayer that speaks of the necessity of a return of heretics to the true religion of the Catholic Faith. The classical missal opposes an abandonment of the so-called ecumenism of return, the conviction of the Church of all ages that all confessions are in no way equally on the path to truth. The traditional orations recall in an uncomfortable way that in questions of faith there are not only various opinions, but also errors that must be overcome, or at least fought against. An abandonment of this battle would amount to a victory of relativism. (245–46)
My second example is from the Good Friday orations. In the usus antiquior or Extraordinary Form of the Roman rite (whether its Tridentine recension or the revised Holy Week of Pius XII), the Church prays as follows:
Let us pray also for heretics and schismatics: that our God and Lord would rescue them from all their errors, and vouchsafe to recall them to our holy Mother, the Catholic and Apostolic Church. … O almighty and everlasting God, who savest all, and willest not that anyone should perish: look upon the souls of those deceived by the wiles of the devil; that all heretical perverseness being removed, the hearts of those in error may become reasonable again and may return to the unity of Thy truth. Through our Lord Jesus Christ … Amen.
University of Dallas theologian Dr. Christopher Malloy points out on his blog Theological Flint:
The Extraordinary Form of the Mass instructs us with careful precision on the precise goal of our prayers for all those in the world who are not Catholic. … These prayers instruct us clearly about the objectively grave state (of deprivation) in which those who are not Catholic live. Deprived of so many gifts and truths present or taught only in the Catholic Church, they face grave difficulties in coming to eternal salvation. It is understandable that non-Catholics would not agree to this proposition. What is sad is that Catholics have forgotten this element of faith. Only in the Catholic Church can one find the fullness of the means of salvation (Vatican II, Unitatis redintegratio, art. 3).
In the Novus Ordo, however, the analogous prayer on Good Friday has been rewritten as “For the unity of Christians” and reads:
Let us pray also for all our brothers and sisters who believe in Christ, that our God and Lord may be pleased, as they live the truth, to gather them together and keep them in his one Church. Almighty ever-living God, who gather what is scattered and keep together what you have gathered, look kindly on the flock of your Son, that those whom one Baptism has consecrated may be joined together by integrity of faith and united in the bond of charity. Through Christ our Lord. Amen.
This may sound a lot nicer and less scary and more “generous,” but, in fact, it is a disservice both to Catholics — insofar as it does not communicate the full teaching of our own Church on the evils that weigh down those in error and the necessity of clinging to revealed dogmatic truths — and to separated Christians themselves, because they would never be able to see, in the nebulous witness of such a liturgy, that they are lacking in something of essential importance. In other words, the lex orandi or the way we pray has distorted, or at any rate, inadequately conveyed, the lex credendi or beliefs we ought to profess. Exactly the same pattern obtains here as in the old and new Collects for St. Robert Bellarmine.
My third example comes from the popular Divine Mercy novena that many Catholics pray from Good Friday until Low Sunday or the octave day of Easter.
In the original wording that St. Faustina Kowalska copied down, piously believed to be from divine dictation, the texts for Easter Tuesday read as follows:
Today bring to Me the souls of heretics and schismatics and immerse them in the ocean of My mercy. During My bitter Passion they tore at My Body and Heart, that is, My Church. As they return to unity with the Church My wounds heal and in this way they alleviate My Passion. Most Merciful Jesus, Goodness Itself, You do not refuse light to those who seek it of You. Receive into the abode of Your Most Compassionate Heart the souls of heretics and schismatics. Draw them by Your light into the unity of the Church, and do not let them escape from the abode of Your Most Compassionate Heart; but bring it about that they, too, come to glorify the generosity of Your mercy. Eternal Father, turn Your merciful gaze upon the souls of heretics and schismatics, who have squandered Your blessings and misused Your graces obstinately persisting in their errors. Do not look upon their errors, but upon the love of Your Own Son and upon His bitter Passion, which He underwent for their sake, since they, too, are enclosed in the Most Compassionate Heart of Jesus. Bring it about that they also may glorify Your great mercy for endless ages. Amen.
This original formulation can still be found on the internet.
Some time after the Second Vatican Council, someone (I have not been able to find out exactly who) in charge of the Divine Mercy devotion in the United States decided that this language wasn’t going to cut it anymore and modified the texts so that they would conform to the new theological fashion:
Today bring to me the souls who have separated from my Church and immerse them in the ocean of my mercy. … Most Merciful Jesus, Goodness Itself, You do not refuse light to those who seek it of You. Receive into the abode of Your Most Compassionate Heart the souls of those who have separated from Your Church. … Eternal Father, turn Your Merciful gaze upon the souls of those who are separated from Your Son’s Church, especially those who have squandered Your Blessings and misused Your Graces by obstinately persisting in their errors.
The website of the Marian Fathers offers a somewhat lame explanation of the change, saying, basically, that “after the Council we don’t speak that way anymore.” But why? What was erroneous or misleading about the Collect of St. Robert Bellarmine, the Good Friday prayer, or St. Faustina’s texts? They are general prayers and, as such, do not attribute degrees of culpability to any individuals. They simply point to an objectively deficient, harmful, and serious situation, and ask God in His mercy to rescue those who may be trapped in it. This is true mercy: to speak the full truth in real charity for the salvation of souls.
As Dr. Malloy points out:
Schism and heresy are gravely evil. Those who live in schism and heresy are thus in a gravely evil state. Why? Heresy is the denial of God’s truths. But knowing God’s truths leads us to heaven. Schism is the denial of the ecclesial communion and authority, but Christ guides us through the hierarchy. How well can we act when we go it alone? Or when we go with a community that goes off on its own? Now, what if it is not their fault? 1) God alone judges the heart; it is not our business to judge the heart. 2) God has charged us with a mandate: to preach the truth in season and out of season. 3) Even if they are “not at fault” for schism and heresy, they nonetheless necessarily lack many of the graces that will speed their sanctity and more securely provide for their salvation. Let us not fail God’s charge (#2) because we acknowledge our incapacity to judge (#1), because if we fail to offer the good news to everyone, we sin against our neighbor by leaving him in the darkness of error (#3). Although invincible ignorance cannot condemn us (#1), neither can it save us (#3).
Once again, and always, we see that the integral, all-encompassing lex credendi or creed of Roman Catholicism is found intact in the lex orandi of the traditional Roman rite of the Mass and of all the other sacramental rites, consecrations, blessings, and devotions that exist in its ambit. It is not to be found in the reformed liturgy of Paul VI or in anything that has been forcibly conformed to its fashion.
Peter Kwasniewski, Thomistic theologian, liturgical scholar, and choral composer, is a graduate of Thomas Aquinas College in California (B.A. Liberal Arts) and The Catholic University of America in Washington, DC (M.A. and Ph.D. in Philosophy). He taught at the International Theological Institute in Austria and the Franciscan University of Steubenville’s Austria Program, then helped establish Wyoming Catholic College in 2006. There he taught theology, philosophy, music, and art history and directed the choirs until leaving in 2018 to devote himself full-time to writing and lecturing. Today he contributes regularly to many websites and publications, including New Liturgical Movement, OnePeterFive, LifeSiteNews, Rorate Caeli, The Remnant, and Catholic Family News, and has published thirteen books, including four on traditional Catholicism: Resurgent in the Midst of Crisis (Angelico, 2014, also available in Czech, Polish, German, Portuguese, Spanish, and Belarusian), Noble Beauty, Transcendent Holiness (Angelico, 2017), Tradition and Sanity (Angelico, 2018), and Reclaiming Our Roman Catholic Birthright: The Genius and Timeliness of the Traditional Latin Mass (Angelico, 2020). His work has been translated into at least eighteen languages. Kwasniewski is a scholar of The Aquinas Institute in Green Bay, which is publishing the Opera Omnia of the Angelic Doctor, a Fellow of the Albertus Magnus Center for Scholastic Studies, and a Senior Fellow of the St. Paul Center. He has published over a thousand articles on Thomistic thought, sacramental and liturgical theology, the history and aesthetics of music, and the social doctrine of the Church. For news, information, article links, sacred music, and the home of Os Justi Press, visit his personal website, www.peterkwasniewski.com.
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lifesitenews--2020-05-12--WATCH: Day 2 of Canada’s virtual March for Life features two powerful pro-life films

PETITION : Support pro-lifers threatened and arrested for praying outside of abortion facilities Sign the petition here .
OTTAWA , May 12 , 2020 ( LifeSiteNews ) – More than a thousand Canadians tuned in to view two “ impactful ” pro-life films and hear from one of the movie ’ s producers during day two of Campaign Life Coalition ’ s 22nd annual Canadian March for Life .
The event is taking place virtually this year because of the coronavirus .
The movie night featured the live streaming of two pro-life films , “ Crescendo ” and “ Sing @ @ @ @ @ @ @ conversation with pro-life activist and film producer Jason Jones and CLC ’ s Global Policy and Advocacy adviser Mattea Merta .
Jones is the founder and president of Movie to Movement .
Debbie Duval , the national capital organizer for CLC , told LifeSiteNews that day two of the virtual March for Life went well , and the conversation with Jones and Merta was enlightening .
“ The second day of the virtual National March for Life went on without a hitch , ” said Duval .
On the first night , the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ The conversation with Jason Jones and Mattea Merta was really interesting discussing all aspects of the most vulnerable groups in our society .
The films Crescendo and Sing a Little Louder were short but very impactful.
” The live stream of day two of the 2020 Virtual National March for Life can be seen on the March for Life Canada ’ s YouTube channel .
In his conversation with Merta , Jones said the award-winning film “ Crescendo ” is a story “ to promote the beauty of the human person.
” @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ” is a work of art that celebrates the dignity of the child in the womb and the mother .
“ I never make a film to make a film .
I make a film to change culture , ” said Jones to Merta in their conversation .
The second film of the evening was the short picture “ Sing a Little Louder.
” It is a movie inspired by the true story of a man who in his youth witnessed the horrors of the Jewish Holocaust from the pews of his Church @ @ @ @ @ @ @ one pro-life viewer comment to her that the film left him speechless .
“ One viewer said he was speechless and had not realized the similarities between the Jews and the current dehumanizing of the preborn children whilst we are all singing louder by watching TV and many other entertainment escapes , ” said Merta .
“ The comment was just from a viewer that spoke directly to me .
They are pro-life but shocked and really made the correlation between the Christians singing louder to avoid taking action and our current society @ @ @ @ @ @ @ avoid dealing with it including being afraid to stand up and be persecuted.
” Today ’ s pro-life movie night will feature the film Fatal Flaws : Legalizing Assisted Death .
It can be viewed at marchforlife.ca and CLC ’ s YouTube channel starting at 8 p.m. EST .
It will be followed by a conversation with Alex Schadenberg , who is the executive director of the Euthanasia Prevention Coalition .
CLC decided in April to hold this year ’ s March for Life virtually , as the coronavirus health restrictions on public @ @ @ @ @ @ @ event as usual in Ottawa .
CLC is the largest leading national pro-life and pro-family political lobbying group in Canada .
The CLC virtual Canadian March for Life started Sunday and will continue until May 15 .
This year ’ s theme is “ Be not afraid Canada !
” Despite being in a virtual format , the 2020 March for Life will replicate some of the March ’ s usual mainstays , such as the candlelight vigil , Masses , and a rally .
For Sunday ’ s kickoff , more than @ @ @ @ @ @ @ screening of global pro-life advocate Obianuju Ekeocha ’ s documentary Strings Attached .
Sunday ’ s event saw such a high demand that for a brief time the site , marchforlife.ca , crashed .
CLC noted that although the free screening is no longer available , the film can be viewed for a small fee at stringsattachedfilm.com .
The “ virtual ” march will take place on Thursday , May 14 .
This day is chosen for the March as it is the same day 51 years ago in 1969 when abortion was @ @ @ @ @ @ @ day when then-Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau ( Justin Trudeau ’ s father ) passed a heavily criticized Omnibus Bill that amended the Criminal Code to allow abortions to be done in hospitals .
This law remained in effect until the Supreme Court of Canada struck down the 1969 law as unconstitutional in the 1988 Morgentaler decision .
The law was removed on a technicality , however .
The court ruled that it violated a woman ’ s Charter right to security of the person since the law could not be applied equally across @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Canadian Parliament to come up with replacement abortion legislation .
This effort failed when then-Prime Minister Brian Mulroney ’ s draft law failed in a Senate tie vote .
Canada has since had no abortion law at all , and thus abortion is permitted up through all nine months of pregnancy .
On Wednesday , the pro-life Mass in memory of Fr .
Alphonse de Valk , C.S.B at will take place starting at 6 p.m. EST , followed by the virtual Candlelight Vigil for victims of abortion at 8 p.m. EST .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ program begins with the National Mass for Life from Ottawa ’ s Notre-Dame Cathedral starting at noon EST .
It will be celebrated by Archbishop Terrence Prendergast .
The Mass will be followed by a “ Be Not Afraid ” pro-life special hosted by EWTN ’ s Doug Keck .
The virtual march will then take place from 2:30 to 4:40 p.m. EST , which will include a “ great lineup of pro-life , religious , and political leaders , ” according to the March for Life website .
The Virtual March for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , with a pro-life webinar organized by CLC ’ s Youth and Niagara Region Right to Life .
Before the evening ends , there will be a free one-time screening of the film “ Because of Grácia , ” which will include an interview with the film ’ s director , Tom Simes .

The movie night featured the live streaming of 'Crescendo' and 'Sing a Little Louder.'
PETITION: Support pro-lifers threatened and arrested for praying outside of abortion facilities Sign the petition here.
OTTAWA, May 12, 2020 (LifeSiteNews) – More than a thousand Canadians tuned in to view two “impactful” pro-life films and hear from one of the movie’s producers during day two of Campaign Life Coalition’s 23rd annual Canadian March for Life. The event is taking place virtually this year because of the coronavirus.
The movie night (click here to watch) featured the live streaming of two pro-life films, “Crescendo” and “Sing a Little Louder.” It included a conversation with pro-life activist and film producer Jason Jones and CLC’s Global Policy and Advocacy adviser Mattea Merta. Jones is the founder and president of Movie to Movement.
Debbie Duval, the national capital organizer for CLC, told LifeSiteNews that day two of the virtual March for Life went well, and the conversation with Jones and Merta was enlightening.
“The second day of the virtual National March for Life went on without a hitch,” said Duval. On the first night, the website crashed due to overwhelming traffic.
“The conversation with Jason Jones and Mattea Merta was really interesting discussing all aspects of the most vulnerable groups in our society. The films Crescendo and Sing a Little Louder were short but very impactful.”
The live stream of day two of the 2020 Virtual National March for Life can be seen on the March for Life Canada’s YouTube channel.
In his conversation with Merta, Jones said the award-winning film “Crescendo” is a story “to promote the beauty of the human person.” He also told Merta that “Crescendo” is a work of art that celebrates the dignity of the child in the womb and the mother.
“I never make a film to make a film. I make a film to change culture,” said Jones to Merta in their conversation.
The second film of the evening was the short picture “Sing a Little Louder.” It is a movie inspired by the true story of a man who in his youth witnessed the horrors of the Jewish Holocaust from the pews of his Church.
Duval told LifeSiteNews that she had one pro-life viewer comment to her that the film left him speechless.
“One viewer said he was speechless and had not realized the similarities between the Jews and the current dehumanizing of the preborn children whilst we are all singing louder by watching TV and many other entertainment escapes,” said Duval.
“The comment was just from a viewer that spoke directly to me. They are pro-life but shocked and really made the correlation between the Christians singing louder to avoid taking action and our current society, with all our escape measures to avoid dealing with it including being afraid to stand up and be persecuted.”
Today’s pro-life movie night will feature the film Fatal Flaws: Legalizing Assisted Death. It can be viewed at marchforlife.ca and CLC’s YouTube channel starting at 8 p.m. EST. It will be followed by a conversation with Alex Schadenberg, who is the executive director of the Euthanasia Prevention Coalition.
CLC decided in April to hold this year’s March for Life virtually, as the coronavirus health restrictions on public gatherings made it impossible to conduct the event as usual in Ottawa.
CLC is the largest leading national pro-life and pro-family political lobbying group in Canada. The CLC virtual Canadian March for Life started Sunday and will continue until May 15. This year’s theme is “Be not afraid Canada!”
Despite being in a virtual format, the 2020 March for Life will replicate some of the March’s usual mainstays, such as the candlelight vigil, Masses, and a rally.
For Sunday’s kickoff, more than 3,000 tuned in to view a free screening of global pro-life advocate Obianuju Ekeocha’s documentary Strings Attached. Sunday’s event saw such a high demand that for a brief time the site, marchforlife.ca, crashed.
CLC noted that although the free screening is no longer available, the film can be viewed for a small fee at stringsattachedfilm.com.
The “virtual” march will take place on Thursday, May 14. This day is chosen for the March as it is the same day 51 years ago in 1969 when abortion was legalized in Canada. This was the day when then-Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau (Justin Trudeau’s father) passed a heavily criticized Omnibus Bill that amended the Criminal Code to allow abortions to be done in hospitals.
This law remained in effect until the Supreme Court of Canada struck down the 1969 law as unconstitutional in the 1988 Morgentaler decision. The law was removed on a technicality, however. The court ruled that it violated a woman’s Charter right to security of the person since the law could not be applied equally across the country.
The court encouraged the Canadian Parliament to come up with replacement abortion legislation. This effort failed when then-Prime Minister Brian Mulroney’s draft law failed in a Senate tie vote. Canada has since had no abortion law at all, and thus abortion is permitted up through all nine months of pregnancy.
On Wednesday, the pro-life Mass in memory of Fr. Alphonse de Valk, C.S.B will take place starting at 6 p.m. EST, followed by the virtual Candlelight Vigil for victims of abortion at 8 p.m. EST.
For Thursday, the day's online program begins with the National Mass for Life from Ottawa’s Notre-Dame Cathedral starting at noon EST. It will be celebrated by Archbishop Terrence Prendergast.
The Mass will be followed by a “Be Not Afraid” pro-life special hosted by EWTN’s Doug Keck. The virtual march will then take place from 2:30 to 4:40 p.m. EST, which will include a “great lineup of pro-life, religious, and political leaders,” according to the March for Life website.
The Virtual March for Life will end Friday, May 15, with a pro-life webinar organized by CLC’s Youth and Niagara Region Right to Life.
Before the evening ends, there will be a free one-time screening of the film “Because of Grácia,” which will include an interview with the film’s director, Tom Simes.
May 14, 2020 update: Proper attribution has now been given to two quotes.
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lifesitenews--2020-05-12--Telltale signs that your child may be viewing pornography during lockdown

May 12 , 2020 ( LifeSiteNews ) — Throughout the course of the COVID-19 lockdown , I ’ ve consistently noted that parents need to be even more vigilant than usual .
With many children spending far more time than usual in front of screens , it is necessary for parents to be aware of the fact that even entertainment targeted at children is now infused with a sexual and progressive agenda — and worse , that the porn industry is specifically targeting children by tagging hardcore porn content with the names of characters from Disney films and Paw Patrol @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , a trend that many schools were pursuing prior to the lockdown , a move I believe is a mistake — the last thing children need these days is more screen time .
( Educators defend this move by saying kids need to learn how to be tech-savvy in a digital world , but I ’ ve seen toddlers using a smartphone with frightening adeptness — it is far more likely that children will not learn how to handwrite than not be able to work a digital device . )
And the longer @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the porn companies have to win new customers .
One tech expert wryly observed a few years ago that first human beings invent a new technological device , and then they figure out how to watch porn on it .
This is also true , as it turns out , for the devices children in lockdown are being provided for educational purposes .
Parents are responding to this unfortunately predictable outcome with appropriate alarm .
According to one news outlet in Oregon , it has now been “ estimated that most kids have @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and others unintentionally.
” One mother , Emerald Cumberland , was “ blown away ” to discover that “ her 10-year-old son has been searching for pornography on his school learning device ” after her husband checked the boy ’ s browser history .
Experts are now warning parents that they should have filters on their digital devices ( I recommend Covenant Eyes ) and that they should be watching their children very carefully , especially if they are spending more time using a device in the bathroom or during the night .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ the child is viewing pornography .
Too many parents still fail to realize that screen time can be genuinely dangerous , especially if the device they have provided to their child is unfiltered and unrestricted .
Many parents believe that it “ won ’ t be my kid , ” and those parents are wrong .
The documentary Over 18 , for example , followed the story of a young boy named Joseph who began using hardcore porn at age 9 .
He was homeschooled and began looking at porn sitting across the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is everywhere , and millions of children — children — are viewing it every day .
That very well may include your children .
While filters on digital devices and your home Wi-Fi connection are important , nothing can replace having open conversations with your children .
I recognize that these subjects can be difficult to broach , which is why some time ago I had a conversation with an expert on the subject — Kristen Jenson of Protect Young Minds — on my LifeSiteNews podcast .
Many parents will be spending far @ @ @ @ @ @ @ right now , especially as most schools have not yet re-opened .
This is the perfect opportunity to talk to your children about the danger pornography poses to their future , minds , and souls .
A final note : I ’ ve said it before , but I ’ ll say it again .
I know that the temptation for many parents right now is to put their kids in front of screens to distract them for a while or gain a few hours ’ respite from an exhausting and hectic day @ @ @ @ @ @ @ please , please be watching what they are watching like a hawk .
If they have a smartphone , don ’ t let them take it to bed with them at night .
Make them leave it with you .
Don ’ t allow them to be in a private area with screens .
As parents in Oregon found out the hard way , most kids have already viewed pornography online during the COVID-19 lockdowns .
We have a responsibility to ensure that our children are protected from these digital toxins — now @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 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 Scott Klusendorf about the fundamental flaw Klusendorf sees in the idea of locking down the country under the guise of preventing people from getting coronavirus .
You can subscribe here and listen to the episode below :

May 12, 2020 (LifeSiteNews) — Throughout the course of the COVID-19 lockdown, I’ve consistently noted that parents need to be even more vigilant than usual. With many children spending far more time than usual in front of screens, it is necessary for parents to be aware of the fact that even entertainment targeted at children is now infused with a sexual and progressive agenda — and worse, that the porn industry is specifically targeting children by tagging hardcore porn content with the names of characters from Disney films and Paw Patrol.
Schooling is also moving largely online, a trend that many schools were pursuing prior to the lockdown, a move I believe is a mistake — the last thing children need these days is more screen time. (Educators defend this move by saying kids need to learn how to be tech-savvy in a digital world, but I’ve seen toddlers using a smartphone with frightening adeptness — it is far more likely that children will not learn how to handwrite than not be able to work a digital device.) And the longer kids spend online, the more opportunities the porn companies have to win new customers.
One tech expert wryly observed a few years ago that first human beings invent a new technological device, and then they figure out how to watch porn on it. This is also true, as it turns out, for the devices children in lockdown are being provided for educational purposes. Parents are responding to this unfortunately predictable outcome with appropriate alarm. According to one news outlet in Oregon, it has now been “estimated that most kids have viewed pornography while online — some intentionally and others unintentionally.”
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One mother, Emerald Cumberland, was “blown away” to discover that “her 10-year-old son has been searching for pornography on his school learning device” after her husband checked the boy’s browser history. Experts are now warning parents that they should have filters on their digital devices (I recommend Covenant Eyes) and that they should be watching their children very carefully, especially if they are spending more time using a device in the bathroom or during the night. Those are key, tell-tale signs that the child is viewing pornography.
Too many parents still fail to realize that screen time can be genuinely dangerous, especially if the device they have provided to their child is unfiltered and unrestricted. Many parents believe that it “won’t be my kid,” and those parents are wrong. The documentary Over 18, for example, followed the story of a young boy named Joseph who began using hardcore porn at age 9. He was homeschooled and began looking at porn sitting across the kitchen table from his mother. Porn is everywhere, and millions of children — children — are viewing it every day. That very well may include your children.
While filters on digital devices and your home Wi-Fi connection are important, nothing can replace having open conversations with your children. I recognize that these subjects can be difficult to broach, which is why some time ago I had a conversation with an expert on the subject — Kristen Jenson of Protect Young Minds — on my LifeSiteNews podcast. Many parents will be spending far more time with their children than usual right now, especially as most schools have not yet re-opened. This is the perfect opportunity to talk to your children about the danger pornography poses to their future, minds, and souls.
A final note: I’ve said it before, but I’ll say it again. I know that the temptation for many parents right now is to put their kids in front of screens to distract them for a while or gain a few hours’ respite from an exhausting and hectic day. If you are doing that, please, please be watching what they are watching like a hawk.
If they have a smartphone, don’t let them take it to bed with them at night. Make them leave it with you.
Don’t allow them to be in a private area with screens.
As parents in Oregon found out the hard way, most kids have already viewed pornography online during the COVID-19 lockdowns. We have a responsibility to ensure that our children are protected from these digital toxins — now more than ever.
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 Scott Klusendorf about the fundamental flaw Klusendorf sees in the idea of locking down the country under the guise of preventing people from getting coronavirus.
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--2020-05-12--Over 350K sign petition against mandatory coronavirus vaccination

May 12 , 2020 ( LifeSiteNews ) — In only the last four days , LifeSite ’ s petition rejecting mandatory coronavirus vaccination* has exceeded 350,000 signatures .
“ The enormous response to this petition shows that many people around the world absolutely will not accept a mandatory vaccine for the coronavirus , ” said Gualberto Garcia Jones , director of advocacy of LifeSite .
Over the next couple of weeks , LifeSite will be delivering this petition to governments around the world — in person , where possible — to make sure this message is heard , loud and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ help make sure the American government knows about hundreds of thousands of people objecting to mandatory vaccination by going to the White House Facebook page and posting this story as a comment under a White House post .
PETITION : No to mandatory vaccination for the coronavirus Sign the petition here .
This petition is necessary because of the rush to produce a vaccine , as well as the recent suggestions made by a variety of policy-makers and “ influencers ” supporting coronavirus vaccination .
• The coronavirus crisis has led to more @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ tattoos ” for kids .
• California ’ s Democratic governor , Gavin Newsom , said he thinks society can fully re-open only after a vaccine for the coronavirus has been produced .
• In Canada , Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has also been “ reflecting on ” the implications of a protocol forcing all Canadians to be vaccinated .
• Arch-globalist Bill Gates , who seems to believe that being a billionaire somehow confers expertise in a vast array of topics , has also asserted that society will not return to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the coronavirus has taken place .
But unwitting citizens must not be used as guinea pigs for New World Order ideologues , or Big Pharma , in pursuit of a vaccine ( and profits ) that may not even protect against future mutated strains of the coronavirus .
This petition calls on policy-makers to be cool-headed in this regard , not allowing the rush to produce a new vaccine to , itself , become the driving force behind a vaccination program .
“ We can now see more clearly that some of our @ @ @ @ @ @ @ work for the public — are attempting to use this health crisis as an excuse to curtail our personal freedoms , ” Garcia Jones said , adding : “ We can not allow them to achieve that goal.
” People need to continue to speak up all around the world , so if you haven ’ t yet signed the petition , please consider signing and sharing with your like-minded family , friends , and colleagues .
Please CLICK HERE to read and sign the petition .
Thank you !
*While LifeSite opposes @ @ @ @ @ @ @ lines , we do not have a position on any particular coronavirus vaccines produced without such moral problems .
We realize many have general concerns about vaccines , but also recognize that millions of lives have been saved due to vaccines .
The issue at stake here , and in our petition , is whether the government has the authority to force adults and their children to take a coronavirus vaccine .
The position that we take is that the government does not possess that authority .

In only the last four days, LifeSite’s petition rejecting mandatory coronavirus vaccination has garnered huge support.
May 12, 2020 (LifeSiteNews) — In only the last four days, LifeSite’s petition rejecting mandatory coronavirus vaccination* has exceeded 350,000 signatures.
“The enormous response to this petition shows that many people around the world absolutely will not accept a mandatory vaccine for the coronavirus,” said Gualberto Garcia Jones, director of advocacy of LifeSite.
Over the next couple of weeks, LifeSite will be delivering this petition to governments around the world — in person, where possible — to make sure this message is heard, loud and clear.
Right now, you can help make sure the American government knows about hundreds of thousands of people objecting to mandatory vaccination by going to the White House Facebook page and posting this story as a comment under a White House post.
PETITION: No to mandatory vaccination for the coronavirus Sign the petition here.
This petition is necessary because of the rush to produce a vaccine, as well as the recent suggestions made by a variety of policy-makers and “influencers” supporting coronavirus vaccination.
For example:
Leading coronavirus vaccine development goes forward using unethical techniques.
The coronavirus crisis has led to more digital surveillance and talk of mandatory vaccine “tattoos” for kids.
California’s Democratic governor, Gavin Newsom, said he thinks society can fully re-open only after a vaccine for the coronavirus has been produced.
In Canada, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has also been “reflecting on” the implications of a protocol forcing all Canadians to be vaccinated.
Arch-globalist Bill Gates, who seems to believe that being a billionaire somehow confers expertise in a vast array of topics, has also asserted that society will not return to “normal” until widespread vaccination for the coronavirus has taken place.
But unwitting citizens must not be used as guinea pigs for New World Order ideologues, or Big Pharma, in pursuit of a vaccine (and profits) that may not even protect against future mutated strains of the coronavirus.
This petition calls on policy-makers to be cool-headed in this regard, not allowing the rush to produce a new vaccine to, itself, become the driving force behind a vaccination program.
“We can now see more clearly that some of our politicians — people who are supposed to work for the public — are attempting to use this health crisis as an excuse to curtail our personal freedoms,” Garcia Jones said, adding: “We cannot allow them to achieve that goal.”
People need to continue to speak up all around the world, so if you haven’t yet signed the petition, please consider signing and sharing with your like-minded family, friends, and colleagues.
Please CLICK HERE to read and sign the petition. Thank you!
*While LifeSite opposes immorally produced vaccines using aborted fetal cell lines, we do not have a position on any particular coronavirus vaccines produced without such moral problems. We realize many have general concerns about vaccines, but also recognize that millions of lives have been saved due to vaccines. The issue at stake here, and in our petition, is whether the government has the authority to force adults and their children to take a coronavirus vaccine. The position that we take is that the government does not possess that authority.
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lifesitenews--2020-05-12--Twitter begins to censor ‘disputed or misleading’ tweets with warning label

PETITION : Urge your governor to reject mandatory government surveillance post COVID-19 Sign the petition here .
May 12 , 2020 ( LifeSiteNews ) – Social media giant Twitter announced that it began to attach warning labels to “ some tweets containing disputed or misleading information ” in the context of the coronavirus pandemic .
“ In serving the public conversation , our goal is to make it easy to find credible information on Twitter and to limit the spread of potentially harmful and misleading content , ” Twitter said in a statement on Monday .
The company introduced “ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ provide additional context and information.
” Twitter indicated that in the future , “ we may use these labels and warning messages to provide additional explanations or clarifications in situations where the risks of harm associated with a tweet are less severe but where people may still be confused or misled by the content.
” The warning labels will send users either to a website curated directly by Twitter and containing more information on whatever the subject of the Tweet was , or to an “ external trusted source.
” In certain cases @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ harmful and misleading ” tweet to users .
Instead , it will display a message similar to those warning of potentially “ sensitive material.
” “ Some or all of the content shared in this tweet conflicts with guidance from public health experts regarding COVID-19 , ” the new warning message reads .
Twitter users can still view the tweet , or they can choose to move along to a “ trusted source.
” Severe misleading information , which is described as “ statements or assertions that have been confirmed to be @ @ @ @ @ @ @ such as public health authorities , ” is even removed by Twitter .
Information “ which could be true or false ” and is not yet confirmed remains without any warning labels , for now .
Nonetheless , Twitter already said the company “ will continue to introduce new labels to provide context around different types of unverified claims and rumors as needed.
” The social media giant remained vague on who determines whether a tweet is trustworthy .
Brit Hume , senior political analyst for Fox News , pointed out that within @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the information provided to the public on COVID-19 has changed .
He asked , “ Will the ‘ disputed ’ tweets include the authorities telling us not to wear masks and then telling us we must wear them ?
Or tweets involving the wildly off-base model projections ?
How about China ’ s claims the virus did not escape from one of their labs ?
” Twitter is not the only tech company implementing these kinds of measures .
At the end of April , YouTube , which is owned by Google , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in the United States , flagging , among other things , what the company deems to be “ misinformation ” regarding the coronavirus pandemic .
The company claimed the fact-check information panels are necessary in order “ for viewers to get accurate information during fast-moving events.
” On April 19 , Susan Wojcicki , the CEO of YouTube , announced that all content contradicting the Word Health Organization ( WHO ) on the coronavirus pandemic would be removed from the video streaming platform .
“ We also talk about removing information that is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Of course , anything that is medically unsubstantiated .
So people saying , like , take vitamin C , you know , take turmeric , like , those are – will cure you .
Those are the examples of things that would be a violation of our policy.
” She then specified that any content going “ against World Health Organization recommendations would be a violation of our policy .
And so remove is another really important part of our policy.
” Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg said during an interview in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ orders , which are often planned via Facebook , to be “ harmful misinformation ” that must be deleted .
While claiming that “ it ’ s important that people can debate policies , ” Zuckerberg indicated that there is a limit to how much freedom he will allow Facebook ’ s users to do this .
“ But , you know , more than normal political discourse , I think a lot of the stuff that people are saying that is false around a health emergency like this can be classified as @ @ @ @ @ @ @ leading to imminent physical danger and we ’ ll just take that kind of content down , ” he said .
Facebook also introduced an international Oversight Board packed with leftists and those with ties to globalist George Soros , wielding massive power to judge what is acceptable free speech .
The Oversight Board was created to “ help Facebook answer some of the most difficult questions around freedom of expression online : what to take down , what to leave up , and why.
” On March 16 , Facebook , Google @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Twitter , and YouTube , which is part of Google , issued a joint statement regarding “ fraud and misinformation ” amid the coronavirus pandemic .
“ We are working closely together on COVID-19 response efforts , ” the tech giants wrote .
“ We ’ re helping millions of people stay connected while also jointly combating fraud and misinformation about the virus , elevating authoritative content on our platforms , and sharing critical updates in coordination with government healthcare agencies around the world .
”

Twitter defended its censorship, saying its goal is to ‘limit the spread of potentially harmful and misleading content.’
PETITION: Urge your governor to reject mandatory government surveillance post COVID-19 Sign the petition here.
May 12, 2020 (LifeSiteNews) – Social media giant Twitter announced that it began to attach warning labels to “some tweets containing disputed or misleading information” in the context of the coronavirus pandemic.
“In serving the public conversation, our goal is to make it easy to find credible information on Twitter and to limit the spread of potentially harmful and misleading content,” Twitter said in a statement on Monday. The company introduced “new labels and warning messages that will provide additional context and information.”
Twitter indicated that in the future, “we may use these labels and warning messages to provide additional explanations or clarifications in situations where the risks of harm associated with a tweet are less severe but where people may still be confused or misled by the content.”
The warning labels will send users either to a website curated directly by Twitter and containing more information on whatever the subject of the Tweet was, or to an “external trusted source.”
In certain cases, Twitter might not even show a “harmful and misleading” tweet to users. Instead, it will display a message similar to those warning of potentially “sensitive material.”
“Some or all of the content shared in this tweet conflicts with guidance from public health experts regarding COVID-19,” the new warning message reads. Twitter users can still view the tweet, or they can choose to move along to a “trusted source.”
Severe misleading information, which is described as “statements or assertions that have been confirmed to be false or misleading by subject-matter experts, such as public health authorities,” is even removed by Twitter.
Information “which could be true or false” and is not yet confirmed remains without any warning labels, for now. Nonetheless, Twitter already said the company “will continue to introduce new labels to provide context around different types of unverified claims and rumors as needed.”
The social media giant remained vague on who determines whether a tweet is trustworthy.
Brit Hume, senior political analyst for Fox News, pointed out that within the past few months a lot of the information provided to the public on COVID-19 has changed.
He asked, “Will the ‘disputed’ tweets include the authorities telling us not to wear masks and then telling us we must wear them? Or tweets involving the wildly off-base model projections? How about China’s claims the virus did not escape from one of their labs?”
Will the “disputed” tweets include the authorities telling us not to wear masks and then telling us we must wear them? Or tweets involving the wildly off-base model projections? How about China’s claims the virus did not escape from one of their labs? https://t.co/SUAsiEjoGb — Brit Hume (@brithume) May 11, 2020
Twitter is not the only tech company implementing these kinds of measures.
At the end of April, YouTube, which is owned by Google, started using fact-check information panels for viewers in the United States, flagging, among other things, what the company deems to be “misinformation” regarding the coronavirus pandemic. The company claimed the fact-check information panels are necessary in order “for viewers to get accurate information during fast-moving events.”
On April 19, Susan Wojcicki, the CEO of YouTube, announced that all content contradicting the Word Health Organization (WHO) on the coronavirus pandemic would be removed from the video streaming platform.
“We also talk about removing information that is problematic,” she said. “Of course, anything that is medically unsubstantiated. So people saying, like, take vitamin C, you know, take turmeric, like, those are – will cure you. Those are the examples of things that would be a violation of our policy.”
She then specified that any content going “against World Health Organization recommendations would be a violation of our policy. And so remove is another really important part of our policy.”
Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg said during an interview in mid-April that he considers protests against stay-at-home orders, which are often planned via Facebook, to be “harmful misinformation” that must be deleted.
While claiming that “it’s important that people can debate policies,” Zuckerberg indicated that there is a limit to how much freedom he will allow Facebook’s users to do this.
“But, you know, more than normal political discourse, I think a lot of the stuff that people are saying that is false around a health emergency like this can be classified as harmful misinformation that has a risk of leading to imminent physical danger and we’ll just take that kind of content down,” he said.
Facebook also introduced an international Oversight Board packed with leftists and those with ties to globalist George Soros, wielding massive power to judge what is acceptable free speech.
The Oversight Board was created to “help Facebook answer some of the most difficult questions around freedom of expression online: what to take down, what to leave up, and why.”
Dozens of conservative organizations denounced Facebook’s move.
On March 16, Facebook, Google, LinkedIn, Microsoft, Reddit, Twitter, and YouTube, which is part of Google, issued a joint statement regarding “fraud and misinformation” amid the coronavirus pandemic.
“We are working closely together on COVID-19 response efforts,” the tech giants wrote. “We’re helping millions of people stay connected while also jointly combating fraud and misinformation about the virus, elevating authoritative content on our platforms, and sharing critical updates in coordination with government healthcare agencies around the world.”
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lifesitenews--2020-05-12--Famous Catholic Convert reveals his take on Pope Francis

Steve Ray converted to Catholicism in his late 30s after being raised Baptist .
After studying Catholic theology on worship @ @ @ @ @ the Catholic Church in 1994 on Pentecost Sunday .
Today , he speaks with John-Henry @ @ @ @ @ crisis in the Catholic Church .
`` There are elements in the church today trying @ @ @ @ @ deposit of faith ] and change things around — put things in and take things @ @ @ @ @ I object .
”

Steve Ray converted to Catholicism in his late 30s after being raised Baptist. After studying Catholic theology on worship and authority, he entered the Catholic Church in 1994 on Pentecost Sunday. Today, he speaks with John-Henry about the coronavirus and the crisis in the Catholic Church. “There are elements in the church today trying to reach in that [deposit of faith] and change things around — put things in and take things out. And frankly, I object.”
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