lifesitenews--2020-10-16--WHO’s COVID infection number when compared to death number indicates virus no more dangerous than fl

WHO’s COVID infection number when compared to death number indicates virus no more dangerous than flu

GENEVA , October 16 , 2020 ( LifeSiteNews ) – In an apparent attempt to incite a level of fear regarding the spread of COVID-19 , World Health Organization ( WHO ) officials released what at first glance appears to be an alarming infection rate number .
When that number is compared to the number of deaths , however , it proves that the death rate of the novel coronavirus is comparable to the seasonal flu , something that many experts and close observers have been claiming for months .
According to the AP , the WHO ’ s executive @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , indicated as much on October 5th during a “ special session of the WHO ’ s 34-member executive board focusing on COVID-19.
” “ The disease continues to spread .
It is on the rise in many parts of the world , ” Ryan stated .
“ Our current best estimates tell us that about 10 percent of the global population may have been infected by this virus.
” WHO spokeswoman Dr. Margaret Harris elaborated further explaining this “ best estimate ” of 10 percent , came from averaging the results of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ emphasized that the virus still had “ opportunity ” to continually spread to the remaining 90 percent “ if we don ’ t take action to stop it.
” Though reporting by many news outlets remained consistent with the words and tone of the WHO officials , promoting a pronounced fear of the virus and of a resulting “ difficult period ” ahead , Kit Knightly of OffGuardian observed that this 10 percent figure is “ actually good news.
” Given a world population of approximately 7.8 billion people , the total number @ @ @ @ @ @ @ million individuals .
With “ the global death toll currently attributed to Sars-Cov-2 infections at 1,061,539 , ” this would equate to “ an infection fatality rate of roughly 0.14 % , ” which Knightly affirms is “ right in line with seasonal flu , ” along with the research and “ predictions of many experts from all around the world.
” Indeed , even Dr. Anthony Fauci , on February 28 of this year , published a paper with two colleagues which predicted that “ the overall clinical consequences of Covid-19 may @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a severe seasonal influenza ( which has a case fatality rate of approximately 0.1 % ) or a pandemic influenza ( similar to those in 1957 and 1968 ) .
” Just 12 days later , however , while advocating for severe lockdown measures at a congressional hearing , Dr. Fauci stated that the novel coronavirus had “ a mortality rate of 10 times ” that of the seasonal flu .
Contributing to such alarm in early March , helping justify severe lockdown measures around the globe , the WHO asserted that the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ % globally , more than 24 times larger than the 0.14 % result from their “ best estimate ” above .
According to several months of data , as tracked and presented by Swiss Policy Research ( SPR ) , it is the early Fauci prediction and the current “ best estimate ” of the WHO which remains correct : the overall death rate of COVID-19 “ ranges between 0.1 % and 0.5 % in most countries , which is comparable to the medium influenza pandemics of 1957 and 1968.
” Knightly emphasizes @ @ @ @ @ @ @ inflated due to “ over-reporting ” for which there remains ample evidence ( here , here , here , here ) .
Still , SPR clarifies that , even according to the present numbers , the risk of death “ for the healthy general population of school and working age is comparable to a daily car ride to work .
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GENEVA, October 16, 2020 (LifeSiteNews) – In an apparent attempt to incite a level of fear regarding the spread of COVID-19, World Health Organization (WHO) officials released what at first glance appears to be an alarming infection rate number. When that number is compared to the number of deaths, however, it proves that the death rate of the novel coronavirus is comparable to the seasonal flu, something that many experts and close observers have been claiming for months.
According to the AP, the WHO’s executive director of emergencies, Dr. Michael Ryan, indicated as much on October 5th during a “special session of the WHO’s 34-member executive board focusing on COVID-19.”
“The disease continues to spread. It is on the rise in many parts of the world,” Ryan stated. “Our current best estimates tell us that about 10 percent of the global population may have been infected by this virus.”
WHO spokeswoman Dr. Margaret Harris elaborated further explaining this “best estimate” of 10 percent, came from averaging the results of antibody studies around the globe, and emphasized that the virus still had “opportunity” to continually spread to the remaining 90 percent “if we don’t take action to stop it.”
Though reporting by many news outlets remained consistent with the words and tone of the WHO officials, promoting a pronounced fear of the virus and of a resulting “difficult period” ahead, Kit Knightly of OffGuardian observed that this 10 percent figure is “actually good news.”
Given a world population of approximately 7.8 billion people, the total number of COVID-19 infections would be around 780 million individuals. With “the global death toll currently attributed to Sars-Cov-2 infections at 1,061,539,” this would equate to “an infection fatality rate of roughly 0.14%,” which Knightly affirms is “right in line with seasonal flu,” along with the research and “predictions of many experts from all around the world.”
Indeed, even Dr. Anthony Fauci, on February 28 of this year, published a paper with two colleagues which predicted that “the overall clinical consequences of Covid-19 may ultimately be more akin to those of a severe seasonal influenza (which has a case fatality rate of approximately 0.1%) or a pandemic influenza (similar to those in 1957 and 1968).”
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Just 12 days later, however, while advocating for severe lockdown measures at a congressional hearing, Dr. Fauci stated that the novel coronavirus had “a mortality rate of 10 times” that of the seasonal flu.
Contributing to such alarm in early March, helping justify severe lockdown measures around the globe, the WHO asserted that the death toll from the virus was 3.4% globally, more than 24 times larger than the 0.14% result from their “best estimate” above.
According to several months of data, as tracked and presented by Swiss Policy Research (SPR), it is the early Fauci prediction and the current “best estimate” of the WHO which remains correct: the overall death rate of COVID-19 “ranges between 0.1% and 0.5% in most countries, which is comparable to the medium influenza pandemics of 1957 and 1968.”
On October 5th, Dr Michael Ryan told a special session of the #WHO that their “best estimate” is that 10% of the world has already been infected with #SarsCov2/#Covid19. That would be 780mn infections, with just over 1mn deaths for an #IFR of 0.14%. Roughly the same as flu. pic.twitter.com/b2nzIBj2JI — OffGuardian (@OffGuardian0) October 13, 2020
Knightly emphasizes that even these numbers may be significantly inflated due to “over-reporting” for which there remains ample evidence (here, here, here, here). Still, SPR clarifies that, even according to the present numbers, the risk of death “for the healthy general population of school and working age is comparable to a daily car ride to work.”


lifesitenews--2020-10-16--French government imposes curfew on 20 million citizens to handle COVID crisis

PARIS , France , October 16 , 2020 ( LifeSiteNews ) — A strict curfew will take effect as of Saturday in eight major cities in the Eastern half of France as well as the greater Paris region , affecting over 20 million people — close to one third of the French population .
By ordering people off the streets from 9 p.m. to 6 a.m. for four weeks — or six , if Parliament approves the “ state of sanitary emergency ” law until April 1 , 2021 , that has already obtained the vote of the National Assembly @ @ @ @ @ @ @ government officially aims to slow down hospitalizations and occupation of ICU beds in hospitals due to COVID-19 .
How such closures — when only about 10 percent of known contamination clusters appear in restaurants , bars and other evening venues — are going to change anything remains a mystery .
The announcement was made on Wednesday evening during a television interview that saw French president Emmanuel Macron explain , “ We are slowly learning again how fully to be a nation ; we had gradually become used to being a society of free @ @ @ @ @ @ @ citizens in solidarity.
” His words were widely interpreted , both on social media and by a small but slowly increasing number of journalists , as meaning that personal freedoms are no longer acceptable in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic — which is now sending ten times fewer people to the hospital than at the height of the pandemic in March and April , and causes only slightly more daily deaths at present than an above average flu season .
The Wuhan coronavirus appears to have weakened in strength even though it @ @ @ @ @ @ @ country , as the authorities repeatedly warned .
The curfew , which is enforced with a €135 fine ( about $ 150 ) for first-time offenders , and €1,500 to €6,000 , and even up to six months imprisonment , for repeat offenders , came as a shock to the French because it is reminiscent of the time of the German occupation in 1940–1944 during the Second World War .
The only other curfew Parisians can remember dates back to the “ Guerre d ’ Algérie , ” the war of independence of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the beginning of the 1960s .
It is in practice a death penalty for an estimated 30 percent of restaurants in the affected areas , with bankruptcies , job losses and indirect losses to suppliers and related businesses , as many of these establishments , especially the most prestigious ones , make a large proportion of their income from dinner guests after 8 p.m .
Bars , theaters , cultural activities and cinemas will also be heavily hit as young people are deprived of their meeting points , while families will not be @ @ @ @ @ @ @ hours up to 7 p.m. or later , and the time it takes to reach home before the fatal “ 21 hours ” mark turns all and sundry into potential delinquents .
In any case , Emmanuel Macron told the two adoring journalists who carefully served him softball questions that the French must observe the “ rule of six ” : no more than six people at restaurant tables , no more than six people grouped in the street , and the “ strong recommendation ” not to exceed six people at dinner @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Wedding receptions and students ’ parties in public places have also been outlawed in the whole of France .
Many cities and smaller towns , including Paris , have mandatory mask rules both indoors and outdoors , despite the avowed ineffectiveness — and even harm — of face coverings in the context of the coronavirus , especially in the way they are worn : repeatedly put on and taken off , shoved in pockets and continually reused .
On the other hand , public transport will run as usual , with crowded @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the French that they should wash their hands , under some circumstances wear masks even in the home , and open windows for ten minutes three times a day .
He also announced that further millions of euros would be injected into the economy to help businesses hurt by the curfew decisions and restrictions on receiving the public : this help will take the form of government loans that will have to be repaid in a context of economic contraction and a depression that will be much worse than in 1929 .
This @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a curfew is really something to complain about when so many people live in warzones or in poverty and distress .
But the loss of personal freedoms , the crackdown on social life and person-to-person meetings and interaction , risking a heavy fine even if you pull your mask under your nose or step outside after a given time , being told where to stand and sit and walk , being considered as an enemy of society by virtue of your very existence , is the sure sign of totalitarianism .
With modern @ @ @ @ @ @ @ identification and artificial intelligence algorithms , the path is wide open towards a China-like society , where the mainstream media systematically ridicules those who question the set-up .
“ Why ?
” many people ask .
Is the threat of a modern-day plague so great ?
But not all question government decisions : a remarkable proportion of the population is actually complaining that the curfew is not nationwide , and in towns where masks are not compulsory , up to two thirds of the population wear them in the streets .
The truth @ @ @ @ @ @ @ statistics are broadcast in an incomplete way , and gauges keep changing without notice .
At the height of the pandemic , which claimed about 30,000 lives in France from March to the end of May ( the lockdown in France was from March 17 to May 11 ) , including the very old and frail with many comorbidities , only some regions were hit and faced full ICU and COVID-19 sections .
However , private clinics received no COVID patients although they begged to help , and in the provinces most hospitals @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a “ wave ” that never came , and prevented from caring for any but the most urgently ill — although abortions continued to take place as an “ essential ” service .
At the end of August , health minister Olivier Véran announced that ICU beds would soon double as compared to those available during the “ first wave ” — it was their scarcity , about 6,000 to 7,000 nationwide , that was invoked in order to impose the lockdown , to “ flatten the curve , ” as they said @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , massive amounts of PCR tests have been conducted , revealing thousands of new “ cases ” as positive results roll in due to their sensitivity that identifies people who may have been infected months ago or who have such small viral charges that they can infect no one .
“ Asympomatic ” patients are all the rage : they are well and feel well , but are considered as dangerously contagious .
Hence masks , seven day quarantines for “ contact cases , ” curfews and the obstacles to social life .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ infections ” have risen sharply , while deaths have risen somewhat but are nowhere near March and April figures , as this diagram shows .
It is not clear whether these deaths are “ COVID deaths ” or deaths of severely ill people who happen to be COVID-positive .
ICU beds are at present occupied to the tune of 1,600 by COVID positive patients , who are not necessarily true COVID patients , while the “ red alert ” threshold for occupation has been surreptitiously brought down from 40 to 30 percent .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ ” is here — as they have been doing for over a month , but in many zones the peak of the wavelet seems to have passed — and many scientists and health professionals are accusing the French government of outright lying and manipulation — but that ’ s another story .
Hospital admissions appear to be on the rise — as they are every fall and winter , with recurring media coverage about the saturation of emergency wards — but not many people are dying of COVID : they receive anticoagulants early @ @ @ @ @ @ @ which was banned in spring .
Less than a third of ICU COVID patients are receiving invasive respiratory treatment , which has been mostly replaced by the plain administration of oxygen .
Stays in ICU units have shortened dramatically , and COVID-19 is now considered to be a condition that is treatable for the most part .
So how long will restrictive measures and curbs on fundamental liberties continue , at a time when many only observe them nominally to avoid being fined ?
It ’ s anyone ’ s guess : clearly @ @ @ @ @ @ @ population will clamor for a vaccine .
There are also local political considerations for Macron who portrays himself as the savior of the nation ; beyond that , the crisis is being used to impose even more anti-life laws and to adopt “ greening ” measures that have already included the closure of nuclear plants .
The slow collapse of the French economy will also make an increasing number of citizens dependent on the State , while at the same time workers ’ unions are complaining of having to work in “ dangerous @ @ @ @ @ @ @ complete .
If there ’ s a war on in France — a war against the virus , Macron said in March — morale is sadly low .
And that is much worse than the “ invisible enemy ” which is achieving less and less .

Meanwhile, the ‘second wave’ of COVID-19 infections in France appears to be only a wavelet.
PARIS, France, October 16, 2020 (LifeSiteNews) — A strict curfew will take effect as of Saturday in eight major cities in the Eastern half of France as well as the greater Paris region, affecting over 20 million people — close to one third of the French population.
By ordering people off the streets from 9 p.m. to 6 a.m. for four weeks — or six, if Parliament approves the “state of sanitary emergency” law until April 1, 2021, that has already obtained the vote of the National Assembly (or lower chamber) — the government officially aims to slow down hospitalizations and occupation of ICU beds in hospitals due to COVID-19.
How such closures — when only about 10 percent of known contamination clusters appear in restaurants, bars and other evening venues — are going to change anything remains a mystery.
The announcement was made on Wednesday evening during a television interview that saw French president Emmanuel Macron explain, “We are slowly learning again how fully to be a nation; we had gradually become used to being a society of free individuals. We are a nation of citizens in solidarity.”
His words were widely interpreted, both on social media and by a small but slowly increasing number of journalists, as meaning that personal freedoms are no longer acceptable in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic — which is now sending ten times fewer people to the hospital than at the height of the pandemic in March and April, and causes only slightly more daily deaths at present than an above average flu season. The Wuhan coronavirus appears to have weakened in strength even though it is “circulating actively” throughout the country, as the authorities repeatedly warned.
The curfew, which is enforced with a €135 fine (about $150) for first-time offenders, and €1,500 to €6,000, and even up to six months imprisonment, for repeat offenders, came as a shock to the French because it is reminiscent of the time of the German occupation in 1940–1944 during the Second World War. The only other curfew Parisians can remember dates back to the “Guerre d’Algérie,” the war of independence of France’s former colony Algeria at the beginning of the 1960s.
It is in practice a death penalty for an estimated 30 percent of restaurants in the affected areas, with bankruptcies, job losses and indirect losses to suppliers and related businesses, as many of these establishments, especially the most prestigious ones, make a large proportion of their income from dinner guests after 8 p.m. Bars, theaters, cultural activities and cinemas will also be heavily hit as young people are deprived of their meeting points, while families will not be able to invite their friends given working hours up to 7 p.m. or later, and the time it takes to reach home before the fatal “21 hours” mark turns all and sundry into potential delinquents.
In any case, Emmanuel Macron told the two adoring journalists who carefully served him softball questions that the French must observe the “rule of six”: no more than six people at restaurant tables, no more than six people grouped in the street, and the “strong recommendation” not to exceed six people at dinner parties at home all over the country. Wedding receptions and students’ parties in public places have also been outlawed in the whole of France. Many cities and smaller towns, including Paris, have mandatory mask rules both indoors and outdoors, despite the avowed ineffectiveness — and even harm — of face coverings in the context of the coronavirus, especially in the way they are worn: repeatedly put on and taken off, shoved in pockets and continually reused.
On the other hand, public transport will run as usual, with crowded subways and stuffy trains.
Macron told the French that they should wash their hands, under some circumstances wear masks even in the home, and open windows for ten minutes three times a day.
He also announced that further millions of euros would be injected into the economy to help businesses hurt by the curfew decisions and restrictions on receiving the public: this help will take the form of government loans that will have to be repaid in a context of economic contraction and a depression that will be much worse than in 1929.
This fact partly answers the question about whether a curfew is really something to complain about when so many people live in warzones or in poverty and distress. But the loss of personal freedoms, the crackdown on social life and person-to-person meetings and interaction, risking a heavy fine even if you pull your mask under your nose or step outside after a given time, being told where to stand and sit and walk, being considered as an enemy of society by virtue of your very existence, is the sure sign of totalitarianism. With modern surveillance that rests on ever more efficient identification and artificial intelligence algorithms, the path is wide open towards a China-like society, where the mainstream media systematically ridicules those who question the set-up.
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Please SIGN this petition which asks policymakers at all levels of government to reverse mandatory mask mandates within their borders. Public health policies should be based on science and logic, not on the type of political posturing and virtue-signaling which led Joe Biden to recently call for a national mask mandate. And, public health policies certainly shouldn't lead to a situation where more people could become sick. But, that is exactly what these mandatory mask mandates are doing. Here are four inconvenient facts about masks: 1) Masks** are largely ineffective at stopping the transmission of viruses. The vast majority of masks worn by the public are made from material which cannot filter-out viruses because virus particles are too small to catch or obstruct. Wearing cloth masks to stop a virus is like putting a bee in a bird cage to keep it from flying away. Wearing a mask for long periods of time ensures that the wearer has a warm and moist receptacle around his or her mouth, on which viruses and bacteria can land and accumulate. Thus, masks are actually likely to have little effect in stopping the spread of COVID-19 acting as a barrier, but could actually make things worse acting as a receptacle. 2) Mandates which call for masks to be worn outdoors are both absurd and oppressive. 3) There are clearly documented hazards of wearing masks for long periods of time. 4) And, since school is on everyone's mind... Notwithstanding the above information on the ineffectiveness of most masks against viruses, we don't know if asymptomatic children can even transmit the virus. But, it was a reported in an article in the July 21, 2020 Uk Times that: "There has been no recorded case of a teacher catching the coronavirus from a pupil anywhere in the world, according to one of the UK government's leading scientific advisers." And, we also know that children are extremely unlikely to get seriously ill or die from COVID infections. In any case, children cannot possibly be expected to wear a mask properly in a way that would cut transmission. There are still a lot of unknowns about COVID-19, but we have grown in our understanding of this disease since the beginning of the crisis. The knowledge we have gained should allow government and health authorities to make more nuanced policies than the current one-size-fits-all mask mandates. Where are the legislative hearings in county commissions, and state, provincial or federal legislatures before these drastic actions are mandated? Where are the open and transparent debates among experts that provide our representatives with the necessary information to make good policy decisions? The real pandemic is the panic and the resulting tyranny that is being caused by dictatorial governors, corporate media and the monopolistic Big Tech. The truth is that COVID-19 is like a bad cold for most people; this is not ebola or the plague. Of course, the very elderly and those with serious health conditions should take precautions or be quarantined, but the rest of society should begin the long process of returning to normality. The frenzy to force everyone to wear a mask, at all times, has gone beyond all comprehension, and goes against science and logic. Please SIGN this petition which asks policymakers at all levels of government to reverse any mandatory mask order within the borders of their county, state, province, or country. Thank you! 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“Why?” many people ask. Is the threat of a modern-day plague so great? But not all question government decisions: a remarkable proportion of the population is actually complaining that the curfew is not nationwide, and in towns where masks are not compulsory, up to two thirds of the population wear them in the streets.
The truth is hard to come by because government statistics are broadcast in an incomplete way, and gauges keep changing without notice. At the height of the pandemic, which claimed about 30,000 lives in France from March to the end of May (the lockdown in France was from March 17 to May 11), including the very old and frail with many comorbidities, only some regions were hit and faced full ICU and COVID-19 sections. However, private clinics received no COVID patients although they begged to help, and in the provinces most hospitals and clinics were empty, waiting for a “wave” that never came, and prevented from caring for any but the most urgently ill — although abortions continued to take place as an “essential” service.
At the end of August, health minister Olivier Véran announced that ICU beds would soon double as compared to those available during the “first wave” — it was their scarcity, about 6,000 to 7,000 nationwide, that was invoked in order to impose the lockdown, to “flatten the curve,” as they said.
This has not happened. Instead, massive amounts of PCR tests have been conducted, revealing thousands of new “cases” as positive results roll in due to their sensitivity that identifies people who may have been infected months ago or who have such small viral charges that they can infect no one. “Asympomatic” patients are all the rage: they are well and feel well, but are considered as dangerously contagious. Hence masks, seven day quarantines for “contact cases,” curfews and the obstacles to social life.
Since the beginning of September, “infections” have risen sharply, while deaths have risen somewhat but are nowhere near March and April figures, as this diagram shows. It is not clear whether these deaths are “COVID deaths” or deaths of severely ill people who happen to be COVID-positive. ICU beds are at present occupied to the tune of 1,600 by COVID positive patients, who are not necessarily true COVID patients, while the “red alert” threshold for occupation has been surreptitiously brought down from 40 to 30 percent.
Authorities insist that the “second wave” is here — as they have been doing for over a month, but in many zones the peak of the wavelet seems to have passed — and many scientists and health professionals are accusing the French government of outright lying and manipulation — but that’s another story.
Hospital admissions appear to be on the rise — as they are every fall and winter, with recurring media coverage about the saturation of emergency wards — but not many people are dying of COVID: they receive anticoagulants early on, as well as corticotherapy, which was banned in spring. Less than a third of ICU COVID patients are receiving invasive respiratory treatment, which has been mostly replaced by the plain administration of oxygen. Stays in ICU units have shortened dramatically, and COVID-19 is now considered to be a condition that is treatable for the most part.
So how long will restrictive measures and curbs on fundamental liberties continue, at a time when many only observe them nominally to avoid being fined? It’s anyone’s guess: clearly, the government is hoping that the population will clamor for a vaccine. There are also local political considerations for Macron who portrays himself as the savior of the nation; beyond that, the crisis is being used to impose even more anti-life laws and to adopt “greening” measures that have already included the closure of nuclear plants. The slow collapse of the French economy will also make an increasing number of citizens dependent on the State, while at the same time workers’ unions are complaining of having to work in “dangerous” conditions because the lockdown is not complete.
If there’s a war on in France — a war against the virus, Macron said in March — morale is sadly low. And that is much worse than the “invisible enemy” which is achieving less and less.
Follow Jeanne Jeanne Smits has worked as a journalist in France since 1987 after obtaining a Master of Arts in Law. She formerly directed the French daily Présent and was editor-in-chief of an all-internet French-speaking news site called reinformation.tv. She writes regularly for a number of Catholic journals (Monde & vie, L’Homme nouveau, Reconquête…) and runs a personal pro-life blog. In addition, she is often invited to radio and TV shows on alternative media. She is vice-president of the Christian and French defense association “AGRIF.” She is the French translator of The Dictator Pope by Henry Sire and Christus Vincit by Bishop Schneider, and recently contributed to the Bref examen critique de la communion dans la main about Communion in the hand. She is married and has three children, and lives near Paris.
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lifesitenews--2020-10-16--Joe Biden’s son sought $30M for introducing VP to shady Chinese energy exec: email leak

October 16 , 2020 ( LifeSiteNews ) – Among the revelations contained in the bombshell Robert Hunter Biden emails obtained by the New York Post are details on precisely how the son of former Vice President Joe Biden enriched himself by arranging meetings between his family and influential international figures , including those with ties to the government of Communist China .
The Post ’ s first report detailed emails indicating that Hunter introduced his father to Vadym Pozharskyi , a top adviser to the board of Ukrainian energy company Burisma , less than a year before the elder Biden @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a prosecutor tasked with investigating the company .
It went viral after Facebook and Twitter attempted to block the link and limit its reach .
A follow-up report in the Post sheds more light on Hunter ’ s activities , including a deal in which he would receive $ 10 million a year for three years from a “ consulting ” contract with CEFC China Energy Co. “ for introductions alone.
” CEFC chairman Ye Jianming “ Changed that deal after we me ( t ) in MIAMI TO A MUCH MORE LASTING @ @ @ @ @ @ @ company 50 % percent ( sic ) owned by ME and 50 % owned by him , ” the vice presidential son wrote in an August 2017 email chain .
“ Consulting fees is one piece of our income stream but the reason this proposal by the chairman was so much more interesting to me and my family is that we would also be partners inn ( sic ) the equity and profits of the JV ’ s ( joint venture ’ s ) investments.
” The Post noted that Ye “ has @ @ @ @ @ @ @ disappeared in 2018 after being charged with bribing foreign government officials .
CEFC went bankrupt earlier in 2020 .
Regarding Wednesday ’ s original allegation , the Biden campaign told Politico that no meeting between the former vice president and Pozharskyi appears on his official schedules , though it “ would not rule out the possibility that the former VP had some kind of informal interaction with Pozharskyi.
” Biden representatives have yet to respond to inquiries about Ye .

The latest revelation comes a day after the New York Post reported the Bidens' link to a Ukrainian energy company.
October 16, 2020 (LifeSiteNews) – Among the revelations contained in the bombshell Robert Hunter Biden emails obtained by the New York Post are details on precisely how the son of former Vice President Joe Biden enriched himself by arranging meetings between his family and influential international figures, including those with ties to the government of Communist China.
The Post’s first report detailed emails indicating that Hunter introduced his father to Vadym Pozharskyi, a top adviser to the board of Ukrainian energy company Burisma, less than a year before the elder Biden openly pressured the Ukrainian government to fire a prosecutor tasked with investigating the company. It went viral after Facebook and Twitter attempted to block the link and limit its reach.
A follow-up report in the Post sheds more light on Hunter’s activities, including a deal in which he would receive $10 million a year for three years from a “consulting” contract with CEFC China Energy Co. “for introductions alone.”
CEFC chairman Ye Jianming “Changed that deal after we me(t) in MIAMI TO A MUCH MORE LASTING AND LUCRATIVE ARRANGEMENT to create a holding company 50% percent (sic) owned by ME and 50% owned by him,” the vice presidential son wrote in an August 2017 email chain. “Consulting fees is one piece of our income stream but the reason this proposal by the chairman was so much more interesting to me and my family is that we would also be partners inn (sic) the equity and profits of the JV’s (joint venture’s) investments.”
The Post noted that Ye “has ties to the Chinese military” and disappeared in 2018 after being charged with bribing foreign government officials. CEFC went bankrupt earlier in 2020.
Regarding Wednesday’s original allegation, the Biden campaign told Politico that no meeting between the former vice president and Pozharskyi appears on his official schedules, though it “would not rule out the possibility that the former VP had some kind of informal interaction with Pozharskyi.” Biden representatives have yet to respond to inquiries about Ye.
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lifesitenews--2020-10-16--Trudeau slams Tories for investigating WE Charity corruption amid COVID crisis

OTTAWA , Canada , October 16 , 2020 ( LifeSiteNews ) — Liberal Prime Minister Justin Trudeau criticized Conservatives this week for trying to renew investigations into the WE Charity corruption scandal that were cut short in August when he chose to prorogue Parliament .
Trudeau said at a press conference Tuesday that the government ’ s priority is to help Canadians deal with the coronavirus crisis , the National Post reported .
“ We are entirely focused on the second wave of COVID-19 , ” the pro-abortion prime minister emphasized .
“ We will continue to stay focused on @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Canadians facing a very difficult time right now .
The Conservatives continue to want to focus on WE Charity , so be it.
” Trudeau ’ s remarks came a day after Conservative MPs Michael Barrett and Pierre Poilievre announced that they are asking that a special “ anti-corruption ” committee be formed to investigate the WE affair .
The Bloc and NDP also tabled separate motions to create a special committee to look into the matter , reported Canadian Press .
Before Parliament was prorogued , four Commons committees had started , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ into details of the Liberals ’ decision to award WE Charity a now-cancelled no-bid contract to manage a CA $ 902 million national student volunteer grant program .
WE would have received CA $ 43.5 million to administer the now-defunct program .
The Liberals were already under fire over the sole-source contract when it emerged that Trudeau ’ s mother , Margaret Trudeau , and brother , Alexandre Trudeau , had received hundreds of thousands of dollars in speaking fees and expenses from WE over the last four years , the National Post @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the ethics commissioner launched an investigation of Trudeau and then-Finance Minister Bill Morneau , whose family also had close ties to the charity founded by Ontario brothers Marc and Craig Kielburger .
Both Trudeau and Morneau apologized for not recusing themselves from cabinet discussions on the WE contract , and Trudeau insisted the decision was made by public servants .
On August 17 , Morneau resigned his seat , and a month later , WE Charity announced it was closing its Canadian operations .
Meanwhile , the RCMP “ continues to examine this @ @ @ @ @ @ @ will take appropriate actions as required , ” a spokesman told LifeSiteNews in an email statement .
“ However , we generally would not confirm or deny if an investigation is underway unless criminal charges would be laid .
It would therefore be inappropriate for us to provide any more comments on this matter at this time.
” Trudeau suggested Tuesday that there are more important issues to deal with , and he dodged a question asking if he opposes a special committee to investigate the WE affair , Huffington Post reported .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ work to do , we ’ re going to continue doing it , but that needs to remain our focus , ” Trudeau said .
“ The opposition can focus on whatever it is they want .
We will stay focused on Canadians.
” He contended the Liberals have been open about the circumstances surrounding the WE deal .
“ I appeared at committee myself months ago , we released thousands of pages of documents , we ’ ve been open and transparent on these questions , ” the prime minister said .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ to focus on that .
They certainly can .
We will stay focused on Canadians while we let committees do their work independently.
” However , the Conservatives , NDP and Bloc Québécois have all criticized the extensive redactions in the documents the Liberals provided , according to the National Post .
Moreover , the non-partisan House of Commons law clerk told the pre-prorogation committee in August that the government appeared to have redacted more information than was necessary .
Despite this , the documents seemed to suggest the public service was “ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Youth Minister Bardish Chagger , ” Huffington Post noted .
The legislative session ended when Trudeau prorogued Parliament in August , and when the House resumed sitting on September 23 , committees were reconstituted with new agendas .
As a minority government , the Liberals do not have the majority of votes on committees , and opposition parties can control agendas if they vote together , noted the National Post .
But opposition members of both the ethics and the finance committees attempting to renew investigations of the WE affair have been met @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the ethics committee met to vote on a motion to have the agency used by WE Charity , Speakers ’ Spotlight Bureau , provide details of speaking fees paid since 2008 for Trudeau , his wife Sophie Grégoire Trudeau , as well as Margaret Trudeau and Alexandre Trudeau .
The Liberal members of the committee filibustered for four-and-a-half hours and the meeting ended without a vote when a Bloc Québécois MP joined the Liberals to vote to adjourn .
The Liberals employed the same strategy at Thursday ’ s meeting .
Barrett , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that the opposition wants to know what ’ s in the redacted documents .
“ There has to be something pretty significant , pretty explosive in those documents , to shut down Parliament , to stop their release and then , once Parliament resumes , to filibuster committee for days on end to prevent their further release , ” he said .
He told Canadian Press that the Conservatives will persevere no matter how long the Liberals filibuster .
It ’ s not clear when the finance committee will convene again after chair @ @ @ @ @ @ @ suspended last Thursday ’ s meeting to assess if a motion on WE Charity was in order , the National Post reported .
The NDP ’ s motion proposes the special committee also look into the Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy , “ which was allegedly the target of a line-crossing lobby campaign by Rob Silver , who is married to Trudeau ’ s chief of staff , Katie Telford , ” political analyst Kady O ’ Malley wrote in iPolitics .
The NDP also wants the committee to investigate “ the procurement of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ Malley interpreted as an implicit reference “ to a COVID-19-related contract awarded to a Quebec ventilator manufacturer owned by a former Liberal MP.
” Scandal-plagued WE Charity shuts down Canadian operations , will leave ‘ endowment ’ Trudeau govt in ‘ chaos ’ as finance minister resigns amid WE Charity scandal Top pro-life org hopes WE Scandal will take down pro-abortion Trudeau regime Why I would never let my kids go to WE Day ‘ Trudeau !
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PETITION UPDATE (12/11/2020)
Right before Thanksgiving, YouTube deleted a LifeSite video of a distinguished Canadian physician protesting the "unfounded public hysteria" over COVID-19 and accused us of spreading "medical misinformation."
Our account was suspended, and we were prohibited from posting videos on our YouTube channel for one week. And, while that may not seem like a big deal, it's a huge deal for a news organization like LifeSite.
Then, earlier this week, YouTube again suspended our account – this time for two weeks – over an episode of The Bishop Strickland Show wherein Bishop Strickland said he would not take an unethical COVID-19 vaccine.
We were able to appeal the suspension, and our request was granted.
This means that in YouTube's three-strikes-and-you're-out content-policing, idea-cleansing scheme, we are back down to one strike. But, we still face the threat of losing our account permanently.
And, we're not the only ones.
In a recent turn of events, YouTube just announced that it will remove videos alleging widespread voter fraud in the 2020 presidential election.
But, what is YouTube afraid of? The truth???
Thankfully, however, there is a one, big bright spot on the horizon: 48 states filed suit against Facebook just this week.
And, although this seems like a step in the right direction, the draconian measures which YouTube just rolled out, which are already wielded by Twitter, are an assault against free speech.
So, the fight for freedom of speech against Big Tech goes on. And, we must do everything we can to protect it!
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PETITION UPDATE (11/18/2020)
Everyone thought the censorship by Big Tech corporations would decrease after the 2020 election, but the truth is that censorship is being felt just as much as it was before the election.
And, given the election outcome, perhaps Big Tech censorship now is even more consequential than it was before the election!
The two biggest social media platforms, Facebook and Twitter, and other Big Tech companies, are still censoring and suppressing stories and posts favorable to conservatives, and especially anything that has to do with election fraud.
Here are a few recent examples:
Women for America First organized the March for Trump on November 14, which was shut down by Facebook, MailChimp and Eventbrite. Despite Big Tech’s best efforts to cancel the event, the march went on and gathered a huge crowd.
Twitter has been suppressing a large number of President Trump’s Tweets. Most of his Tweets have been flagged arbitrarily with a warning stating: “This claim about election fraud is disputed."
Please READ this recent article about Big Tech's attempt to choke information conerning the recent Million MAGA March in Washington, DC: '5 things mainstream media won’t tell you about massive DC ‘Stop the Steal’ rally'
Then, please SIGN and SHARE this urgent petition, which calls on the Congress, the president, and governors to defend freedom of speech as Big Tech continues their rampant censorship.
PETITION UPDATE (10/15/2020)
In a remarkable development, Republican Senators Ted Cruz and Lindsey Graham have announced that the Senate Judiciary Committee will be issuing subpoenas to Twitter's Jack Dorsey and Facebook's Mark Zuckerburg for their company's suppression of two critical expose news stories about how Hunter Biden and the Biden Family allegedly profited from business deals made because of Joe Biden's position as Vice President.
Please WATCH LifeSite's exclusive video of the announcement by Senator Ted Cruz below.
According to the Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, Senator Lindsey Graham, the subpoenas will be issued next Tuesday, for hearings to be held on Friday of next week.
This is a MASSIVE development, and should be welcomed by those who champion freedom of speech.
Again, this is all happening because Twitter and Facebook refuse to allow their members to share stories which would be favorable to conservatives.
Here's the timeline:
Yesterday, Twitter and Facebook suppressed a NY Post story about how Hunter Biden allegedly profited from introducing a Ukrainian businessman to his then-Vice President father, Joe Biden. The story also alleges that Vice President Biden then subsequently pressured Ukrainian authorities to fire a prosecutor who was investigating the businessman's company.
And, just this morning, Twitter suppressed another expose by the NY Post alleging that the Biden Family improperly profitted from deals made with one of the largest Chinese energy companies because of Vice President Biden's position in government.
But, right after the story broke, Senator Cruz tried to share the latest story on Twitter and was blocked. Twitter says that they are blocking the stories because they claim that the information was obtained illegally. However, Twitter showed no problem allowing illegally obtained information about President Trump's tax returns to be shared.
Please SIGN and SHARE this urgent petition, which calls on the Congress, the president, and governors to defend freedom of speech as Big Tech continues their rampant censorship.
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'GOP senators decry Big Tech censorship of NY Post story exposing Biden corruption' - https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/gop-senators-decry-big-tech-censorship-of-ny-post-story-exposing-biden-corruption
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PETITION UPDATE (9/17/2020)
Big Tech is out to kill free speech. LifeSite is out to protect it!
LifeSite has been digging deep into the many claims of liberal bias and selective censorship of pro-life, pro-family, and conservative voices on social media.
And, we are now launching our new series 'Uncensored: Big Tech vs. Free Speech', which will unpack how the actions of Big Tech censors actually affect conservative and Christian organization and individuals.
Please WATCH the first video in our series featuring Brigitte Gabriel, the Founder of ACT For America, one of the nation's premier national security grassroots organizations.
Ms. Gabriel's organization, ACT For America, has been targeted by Big Tech especially in the manipulation of search results.
Big Tech “think[s] they are God and they are exercising their godly power over everybody else,” Gabriel explained. "Because in today's world, anytime you want to find out any information about somebody, what do you do? Google. You go to the internet to find out some information about them. When you research anything about somebody, the first thing that comes up [in the search results] is the Southern Poverty Law Center’s labeling of ‘hate groups.’”
“And who are the ‘hate groups’? Family Research Council is a hate group because they are pro-family. American Family Radio is a hate group…LifeSiteNews is a hate group. My organization is a hate group because we sound the alarm about terrorism and protecting our constitutional freedom. And so they try to character assassinate you. And they control the language.”
LifeSite's research shows that Facebook, Google, YouTube, Twitter, and others have become far too dangerous for democracy.
They can and do sway elections and public opinion in whatever direction they want, primarily by manipulating search results, tracking our online behavior, and by blocking truthful content from their platforms.
Today, LifeSite is starting to fight back, with facts and with stories of conservatives and Christians who are being negatively impacted by Big Tech's liberal bias.
Please continue to follow our 'Big Tech vs. Free Speech' series which aims to launch a new video each week for the next eight weeks.
And, please sign our petition demanding that Big Tech monopolies are broken up. Thank you!
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ORIGINAL PETITION BACKGROUND TEXT:
The outrageous erasing of the White Coat Summit from the internet is only the latest in a long series of brazen acts of censorship against conservatives and all those who support legitimate free speech.
You may agree or disagree with the efficacy of Hydroxychloroquine against the coronavirus, but everyone should agree on this point:
No Big Tech company should have the power to erase from the internet the medical opinions of licensed practicing doctors simply because they do not like what they have to say about the coronavirus or their experience treating it. Americans and other free peoples do not need leftist computer programmers deciding what the best course of medical treatment is for them.
Google/Youtube, Facebook, Twitter, Apple and their Big Tech friends want to control what you see, what you read, what you think, and ultimately, how you vote. Not only do they spend hundreds of millions of dollars on lobbying congress and buttering up big Washington DC think tanks, but now they brazenly and directly censor any content they don't want you to see.
Big Tech, like other interest groups, aggressively lobby to help their businesses thrive, but increasingly, Big Tech is using blatant internet censorship to impose its radical world view over those they consider to be "deplorables."
This must stop, but it won't unless we demand it as forcefully as legally possible. We believe that we have reached the point were Big Tech must be broken up if legitimate free speech is going to survive and continue to thrive on the internet.
Please sign our petition to demand real consequences for Big Tech's suppression of legitimate free speech.
In 2016, emails revealed by Fox News' Tucker Carlson proved that Google tried to influence the election by affecting voter turnout. Thankfully they failed. But they didn't give up. Instead, they have been preparing and testing how to manipulate information to continue to abuse their monopolistic power.
In 2018, Google/Youtube et. al. succeeded in manipulating the Irish abortion referendum by blacklisting pro-life videos, manipulating pro-life search terms and results and intentionally withholding pro-life information. Again, this is not an opinion or a conspiracy theory, Project Veritas obtained first hand information proving the intentional censorship by Big Tech.
And the Coronavirus has just made things worse. You see, scared people are more easily manipulated into giving up their freedom of speech. Children are being kept from going to school, tens of millions of Americans are out of work, and rioting has broken out in most major American cities.
Now, more than ever, freedom of speech is necessary to secure all of our freedoms. Freedom of speech is crucial to truly exercise the freedom to vote for the person that best represents one's own views, or the freedom to decide what course of medical treatment to accept - especially the decision to control what vaccines are administered to our children.
Some experts, like Dr. Robert Epstein, a behavioral psychologist who has testified before congress against Big Tech believes that we may already be too late to control Big Tech's tyrannical control over information.
President Trump took a step in the right direction with his Executive Order calling for increased regulation of Big Tech. But much more can be done and needs to be done right now.
In an era where almost everything is polarized, there is an overwhelming support for breaking up the Big Tech monopolies. A recent Pew poll found that 75% of Americans believe that Big Tech companies have too much influence.
It is time to bring serious accountability to Big Tech for their attempts to use their monopolies to kill free speech.
It is time to break up Big Tech.
FOR MORE INFORMATION:
Google, Facebook, Twitter shut down ‘frontline’ US doctors who promote ‘cure for COVID’ - https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/google-facebook-twitter-shut-down-frontline-us-doctors-who-promote-cure-for-covid?utm_source=featured&utm_campaign=standard
Americans overwhelmingly agree Big Tech has too much power: Pew poll - https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/americans-overwhelmingly-agree-big-tech-has-too-much-power-pew-poll
Leaked Google employee's email reveals effort to boost Latino vote, surprise that some voted for Trump - https://www.foxnews.com/tech/leaked-google-employees-email-reveals-effort-to-boost-latino-vote-surprise-that-some-voted-for-trump
Undercover video proves Google interfered in Irish abortion referendum - https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/americans-overwhelmingly-agree-big-tech-has-too-much-power-pew-poll


lifesitenews--2020-10-16--Pope Francis calls for a global education pact with humanity at its center

ROME , Italy , October 16 , 2020 ( LifeSiteNews ) — Pope Francis has called for the creation of a global education system yesterday with humanity , not God , at its center .
The Argentinian pontiff introduced his plan in a video released at the delayed “ Global Compact on Education ” event at the Pontifical Lateran University yesterday afternoon .
In the Italian-language video , Pope Francis reflected on the Covid-19 pandemic ’ s impact on children ’ s education , called “ an education catastrophe ” , but did not focus on reading , writing or @ @ @ @ @ @ @ education that will create a new , universal , “ culture ” that will serve the whole world .
“ Education , as we know , is meant to be transformative , ” the pope declared .
“ To educate is to take a risk and to hold out to the present a hope that can shatter the determinism and fatalism that the selfishness of the strong , the conformism of the weak and the ideology of the utopians would convince us is the only way forward , ” he continued .
The @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ” is not about imparting facts and developing skills but grasping the interdependence of humanity .
“ To educate is always an act of hope , one that calls for cooperation in turning a barren and paralyzing indifference into another way of thinking that recognizes our interdependence , ” he declared .
“ If our educational systems are presently marked by a mindset of replacement and repetition , and are incapable of opening up new horizons in which hospitality , intergenerational solidarity and the value of transcendence can give birth to a new @ @ @ @ @ @ @ we are failing to take advantage of the opportunity offered by this historic moment ?
” The historic moment to which the pontiff referred is apparently the coronavirus epidemic , which he had said had added 10 million children to the 250 million children already out of school .
Pope Francis wants a “ process of education ” that leads future generations to pay attention to “ grave social injustices , violations of rights , terrible forms of poverty , and the waste of human lives.
” He wants the “ integral process @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that beset young people today , such as “ depression , addiction , aggressiveness , verbal hatred , and bullying.
” This process should also pay attention to the “ scourge of violence , the abuse of minors , the phenomenon of child marriage and child soldiers [ and ] the tragedy of children sold into slavery ” as well as the “ sufferings ’ endured by our planet.
” The pope included neither abortion nor gender ideology among the injustices to children he listed .
Pope Francis called for an end to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ” , “ bureaucratic ” and “ atomized ” in favor of one that will create a new worldwide culture .
“ Today , we are called to have the necessary parrhesía [ frankness ] to leave behind superficial approaches to education and the many short-cuts associated with utility , ( standardized ) test results , functionality and bureaucracy , which confuse education with instruction and end up atomizing our cultures , ” he said .
“ Instead , we should aim to impart an integral , participatory and polyhedral [ many-sided ] @ @ @ @ @ @ @ The value of our educational practices will be measured not simply by the results of standardized tests , but by the ability to affect the heart of society and to help give birth to a new culture.
” The pontiff read a list defining the principles of his global education pact .
The first declared “ human persons ” at the center of this initiative : The others were to “ listen ” to children and young people ; to “ encourage ” the education of women ; to understand the family as @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and be educated ” about the need to accept and be open to “ the most vulnerable and marginalized ” ; to create new concepts of economics , politics , growth , and progress that serve everyone “ within the context of an integral ecology ” ; and to preserve the environment .
On this seventh point , Pope Francis committed himself to a radical environmentalism , one that calls for a “ circular economy ” where waste and pollution are eliminated and all resources are renewable .
The partners in the “ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ therefore , “ to safeguard and cultivate our common home , protecting it from the exploitation of its resources , and to adopt a more sober lifestyle marked by the use of renewable energy sources and respect for the natural and human environment , in accordance with the principles of subsidiarity , solidarity , and a circular economy.
” The pontiff stated also that “ radical decisions ” must be made “ at certain moments in history ” and that this is one of those moments .
“ Amid the present health crisis @ @ @ @ @ @ @ has caused – we believe that it is time to subscribe to a global pact on education for and with future generations , ” he said .
“ This calls for a commitment on the part of families , communities , schools , universities , institutions , religions , governments and the entire human family to the training of mature men and women .
Pope Francis declared that he and his partners are committed to implementing this plan within “ all of our countries.
” The Holy See ’ s contribution alone would @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Global Catholic Education Report for 2020 , over 62.2 million children are educated in Catholic schools .
Although he made a reference to social doctrine being inspired by “ the Word of God and Christian humanism , ” the pontiff did not mention Jesus Christ .
“ Fraternity ” , however , was mentioned several times .
The pope ’ s speech was followed by presentations by a panel and by video messages from collaborators in the Holy Global Education Pact .
The panel included Cardinal Giuseppe Versaldi , Prefect of the Congregation @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Zani , secretary of the dicastery ; Vincenzo Buonuomo , the Rector of the Pontifical Lateran University ; Professor Franco Anelli , Rector of Rome ’ s University of the Sacred Heart ; and Professor Silvia Cataldi , a lecturer in sociology at Rome ’ s Sapienza University .
Cardinal Versaldi clarified that Pope Francis feels that the current “ development model ” for poor parts of the world does not work and that which is needed is “ a new cultural model ” .
This is the motivation for the pope ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ don ’ t change our thoughts , if we don ’ t change the way in which we see the world , if we don ’ t change our approach to reaching our goals , we can not change our development model , ” Versaldi explained .
“ That ’ s why , according to the pope , the new cultural process starts from education .
It ’ s difficult to change the mentality of the older generations , and that ’ s why we have to focus on the newer ones , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to change the way young people think so , as the pope says , they can break that chain of events and pessimism which are the result of ideologies that oppose the true good for humanity .
That ’ s why the pope wishes to launch this initiative.
” The Director-General of UNESCO also took part in yesterday ’ s event .
A message by Audrey Azoulay was streamed to the audience in which she expressed her gratitude to Pope Francis for his commitment to peace , education , and the role the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ his mission .
Azoulay said that UNESCO was “ delighted ” to be part of the pontiff ’ s Global Education Pact because “ its goals reflect our own.
” Jose Maria Del Corral , the Argentine president of the “ Foundation Scholas Occurrentes ” and a long-time collaborator of the then-Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio , gave a video presentation in Spanish .
He reflected that Scholas was created for a global education pact , for even thirty years ago , Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio thought the education system was “ broken.
” Professor Diane @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Affairs atNotre Dame University in South Bend , Indiana also sent a video message to express Notre Dame ’ s support for the pope ’ s initiative .
There were also remarks from a number of students and professors from the audience .
They included a Buddhist student from Japan , a Muslim student from Algeria , and a woman religious from Congo .
A short film about the hope a Catholic vocational school gives poor young people in Cambodia was aired .
The Global Compact on Education event was supposed to take @ @ @ @ @ @ @ yesterday because of the coronavirus pandemic .
Currently in Italy people are allowed to gather indoors as long as they wear masks and can maintain social distancing .

PETITION UPDATE (3/15/21) -
Reports suggest that the U.S. Catholic Bishops' Conference (USCCB) is preparing a vote on what to do about pro-abortion Joe Biden (and, presumably, other abortion-promoting politicians) who continues to present himself (themselves) for Holy Communion.
Public excommunication would be a suitable response for Biden's obstinate, public and grave sin of scandalously promoting abortion.
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PETITION UPDATE (2/4/20)
Since Joe Biden was sworn-in on the 20th of January, he has wasted no time in signing Executive Orders to destroy the protections which former President Trump offered to the unborn and to the innocence and modesty of children of the United States.
In one executive order, Biden rescinded the Mexico City Policy prohibiting the federal government from spending taxpayer monies on abortion and the promotion of abortion.
And, in another executive order, Biden seeks to force girls' athletic programs, restrooms, and locker rooms to accept gender-confused males.
Since the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops was shamefully silent throughout the presidential campaign on the pre-eminent issues of abortion and gender ideology, and what Biden vowed he would do as president, it is cold comfort that their pro-life office is now speaking up about this Administration's wilful disregard for human life and for God's design of human nature (i.e., two biological sexes).
Stated plainly, Joe Biden is as bad as he said he would be, and the bishop, acting in unison (as the USCCB) have an obligation to the Lord (first) and to the faithful (second) to refuse Holy Communion to this grave public sinner.
With all due respect to these bishops, they diminish the Holy Eucharist and their high office, as well as cause grave scandal to the faithful, by dialoguing with a man who is promoting mass murder of the unborn against the constant teaching of the Church.
A man who continues to use the church as a backdrop for statements about how "Catholic/religious" he is, but, at the same time, is now doing everything in his power to protect the murder of the innocent, needs to publicly repent before dialogue can begin.
The bishops should not dialogue with or congratulate someone who has publicly betrayed the Church's teaching and who is leading others astray.
It's an embarrassment and a scandal for the bishops to continue to allow him to receive Holy Communion.
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PETITION UPDATE (12/10/20)
Prior to the election on November 3, the U.S. bishops did not address Joe Biden’s anti-Catholic position regarding faith and morals as a unified body.
The USCCB, the organization to which every U.S. bishop belongs and which is staffed and led by bishops, remained disgracefully silent in the run-up to the election.
What were the bishops afraid of, losing their charitable tax status with the IRS, or being deprived of fat checks from the HHS (immigration programs) and USAID (foreign aid programs)?
Or, were they just too cowardly to clearly declare Christ's law to be above man's law and risk the ire of a Joe Biden as president?
Either way, the bishops’ lack of clarity in this regard is a terrible scandal in itself and probably greatly contributed to the possible election of a pro-abortion, anti-Catholic Catholic to the presidency.
Given the fact that exit polling shows Catholics split their vote 50-50 for Trump and Biden, even a slight deviation in the heavily-Catholic swing-states of Michigan, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania could have produced different results.
The bishops could have spoken out against Biden’s pro-abortion stance collectively, but, again, they were overwhelmingly and shamefully silent.
Because of this, they will be at least partly responsible for the policies advanced by a Biden administration, in the event that Biden is sworn into office.
However, the bishops can, even now, mitigate the damage done by their inaction by taking the following steps: 1) Speak with one voice, as the USCCB, and plainly condemn Biden's pro-abortion stance; 2) Publicly advise Biden not to present himself for Holy Communion because of his scandalous position on abortion and homosexual "marriage;" and, 3) Tell Biden to publicly repent of publicly promoting the wilfull murder of the preborn, sins against nature, and diminishing the natural family.
Thankfully, some individual bishops have spoken out forcefully on Biden's scandalous behavior, and his standing in the Church.
On November 9, Archbishop Strickland of Tyler, Texas tweeted: “A dark cloud has descended on this nation when the USCCB and Planned Parenthood speak in unison in support of a Biden-Harris administration that supports the slaughter of innocents by abortion for all 9 months of pregnancy.”
Additionally, Archbishop Samuel Aquila of Denver, Colorado and Archbishop Charles Chaput have both declared publicly that Joe Biden “should not receive Holy Communion."
But, to add insult to injury, Cardinal Wilton Gregory of Washington, D.C. has said that he will give Holy Communion to Biden because “it’s a matter of the responsibility that I have as the archbishop to be engaged and to be in dialogue with him, even in those areas where we obviously have some differences.”
And, Bishop W. Francis Malooly of Wilmington, Delaware and Bishop McElroy of San Diego also congratulated Biden in statements, but they have not indicated whether or not they would administer Holy Communion to him.
With all due respect to these bishops, they diminish the Holy Eucharist and their high office, as well as cause grave scandal to the faithful, by dialoguing with a man who is promoting mass murder of the unborn against the constant teaching of the Church.
A man who uses the church as a backdrop to make sickening political advertisements about how "Catholic/religious" he is, but, at the same time, says that he will do everything in his power to protect the murder of the innocent, needs to publicly repent before dialogue can begin.
The bishops should not dialogue with or congratulate someone who has publicly betrayed the Church's teaching and who is leading others astray.
It's an embarrassment and a scandal for the bishops to continue to allow him to receive Holy Communion.
Please SIGN and SHARE this petition today!
FOR MORE INFORMATION:
https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/us-bishops-concerned-about-pro-abortion-biden-previously-hailed-him-as-second-catholic-president
https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/abp-aquila-backs-call-for-pro-abortion-catholic-joe-biden-to-be-denied-holy-communion?utm_source=top_news&utm_campaign=standard
https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/former-philly-archbishop-biden-not-in-full-communion-with-the-catholic-church
https://www.thesoutherncross.org/news/bishop-mcelroy-offers-prayers-and-congratulations-to-president-elect-biden/
https://www.ncronline.org/news/politics/us-catholics-weigh-mixed-reaction-biden-win
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PETITION UPDATE (9/29/20)
Cardinal Raymond Burke has stated that Democratic candidate Joe Biden should not receive Holy Communion because of his support for abortion.
In an interview for Thomas McKenna's Catholic Action for Faith and Family podcast, Cardinal Burke states the following (starting around 5:00):
First of all, I would tell him [Biden] not to approach to receive Holy Communion, out of charity toward him, because that would be a sacrilege and endanger the salvation of his own soul.
But, also, he should not approach to receive Holy Communion because he gives scandal to everyone, because if someone says, 'I'm a devout Catholic," and, at the same time is promoting abortion, it gives the impression to others that it's acceptable for a Catholic to be in favor of abortion.
Of course, it's absolutely not acceptable, and never has been, and never will be.
We give thanks for Cardinal Burke's frankness and clarity. And, we call on every U.S. Catholic bishop to follow Cardinal Burke's lead and call out Joe Biden for his bloody-minded hypocrisy on the issue of abortion.
To reiterate: You cannot be a Catholic and support abortion.
Thank you for continuing to sign this urgent petition.
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PETITION UPDATE (8/17/20)
The Democratic presidential candidate, Joe Biden, keeps claiming to be Catholic but has said he will do everything in his power to support abortion.
And, with his pick of California Senator Kamala Harris as his running mate, Biden has just cemented abortion into the Democrats' 2020 presidential ticket.
Indeed, Harris is vehemently pro-abortion.
During her time as attorney general of California, Harris played a key role in defending Planned Parenthood over its sale of aborted baby parts (which violated multiple federal laws, according to undercover video of abortion industry personnel).
And, last year, Harris unveiled a plan to essentially force pro-life states to seek permission from the federal government before pro-life laws can take effect.
Additionally, Harris has dangerous views on religious liberty and freedom of speech.
Harris displayed anti-Catholic bigotry in the confirmation hearings of Judge Brian Buescher. Harris cited his membership in the “all-male society” the Knights of Columbus and its stances against abortion and same-sex “marriage” as grounds for rejecting Buescher for a federal district court in Nebraska.
And, David Daleiden, head of the pro-life investigative group Center for Medical Progress, wrote that from his firsthand experience, he considers Harris the “greatest threat to First Amendment civil rights our country has ever seen.”
Joe Biden has seriously erred by taking on Kamala Harris as his running mate, further distancing himself from the truths of the Catholic Faith, especially that every life is sacred from conception till natural death.
Please CLICK HERE to read an article which details one U.S. bishop's warning about the Biden-Harris ticket.
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Of course, these two things are incompatible: you cannot be Catholic and pro-abortion.
And, a "Catholic" politician's responsibility in this regard is absolute: On pain of serious sin, he or she can never promote abortion because abortion is the wilful murder of innocent preborn human beings, and also because doing so causes grave scandal to the Church and the faithful.
Please SIGN this urgent petition asking the bishops of the United States to refuse to give Holy Communion to Joe Biden until he publicly repents from his scandalous promotion of abortion.
Biden recently promised to “codify Roe v. Wade” as president, adding, "my Justice Department will do everything in its power to stop the rash of state laws that so blatantly violate a woman’s protected, constitutional right to choose."
And, since starting his latest run for the presidency, Biden also flip-flopped against the Hyde Amendment, saying that he would allow federal funds to be spent on abortion - a position he claimed to be against for more than 40 years.
In short, Joe Biden will do everything in his power to enable and defend the wilful murder of innocent preborn human beings.
So, this should not be a hard decision for our U.S. bishops. In fact, in another circumstance, it was already done by an Illinois bishop.
Indeed, Bishop Paprocki, of Springfield, Illinois, invoked Canon 915 of the Code of Canon Law to withdraw Holy Communion from two Illinois state politicians who had worked to enact radical new abortion legislation in 2019.
Canon 915 states: "Those who have been excommunicated or interdicted after the imposition or declaration of the penalty and others obstinately persevering in manifest grave sin are not to be admitted to Holy Communion."
Of course, no-one, least of all the bishops, wants anyone to be deprived of Holy Communion.
A politician who publicly and obstinately advocates for the murder of innocent preborn babies puts himself out-of-communion with the Church and her teaching.
Pro-abortion politicians should not think that they can advocate for the murder of the unborn and receive the Body of Christ at the same time. This would be to defile the Eucharist while giving scandal to the faithful.
Depriving politicians of Holy Communion is not just meant to prevent scandal; it is also designed to bring a grave public sinner to repentance. In this way, such an action is meant to be for the good of their souls, too.
Thank you for SIGNING this urgent petition which calls on the U.S. Catholic bishops to refuse to admit Joe Biden to Holy Communion until he publicly repents from his scandalous promotion of abortion.
FOR MORE INFORMATION:
Joe Biden: I support abortion ‘under any circumstance’ - https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/joe-biden-i-support-abortion-under-any-circumstance
Catholic priest denies Joe Biden Holy Communion for pro-abortion stance - https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/catholic-priest-denies-joe-biden-holy-communion-for-pro-abortion-stance
Cardinal McCarrick and the Concealing of Rome’s Position on Denying Communion - https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/cardinal-mccarrick-and-the-concealing-of-romes-position-on-denying-communio
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