lifesitenews--2020-08-12--California county becomes ‘sanctuary’ for faithful to worship together during COVID-19

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August 12 , 2020 ( LifeSiteNews ) – Amid ongoing tensions over California ’ s efforts to quash religious assembly across most of the state , one district attorney says he will not enforce Democrat Gov .
Gavin Newsom ’ s executive order on churches in his jurisdiction .
Newsom has banned indoor religious services ( along with various types of secular gatherings ) in 29 counties representing 80 percent of the state ’ s population in the name of containing the spread of COVID-19 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , including Grace Community Church of Sun Valley , Cornerstone Church of Fresno , Destiny Christian Church of Rocklin , and Harvest Rock Church of Pasadena .
In Los Angeles , conflict over the order has intensified to the point that Democrat Mayor Eric Garcetti has ordered that power and water be shut off to buildings where “ selfish and irresponsible ” gatherings continue to take place .
San Luis Obispo County District Attorney Dan Dow , however , is taking the opposite approach , he told CBN News .
`` I strongly @ @ @ @ @ @ @ interest of justice for us to punish criminally citizens choosing to worship God or whatever religion they have at a time when we are going through a pandemic , '' Dow said .
`` I mean , if anything , we need people to spend more time in their faith seeking help from the Almighty to answer this coronavirus and to protect our communities and our nation.
” San Luis Obispo County is not among the counties Newsom ordered to close but is on a state watch list due to a rise in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ increase in certain community sector perception that the pandemic is not serious . ''
“ When officials restrict church attendance to a certain number , they attempt to impose a restriction that in principle makes it impossible for the saints to gather as the church , ” declared Pastor John MacArthur and the elders of California ’ s Grace Community Church .
“ When officials mandate distancing , they attempt to impose a restriction that in principle makes it impossible to experience the close communion between believers that is commanded in Romans 16:16 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 13:12 , and 1 Thessalonians 5:26 .
In all those spheres , we must submit to our Lord.
” Across the world , many secular authorities have heavily restricted the right to religious assembly over COVID-19 , from in-person gathering to singing to the distribution of Holy Communion , even in some cases banning people from gathering in parking lots and worshipping from within their individual cars .

'I strongly feel that it would be against the interest of justice for us to punish criminally citizens choosing to worship God or whatever religion they have,' a district attorney said.
PETITION: Support pastors fighting against oppressive state mandates! Sign the petition here.
August 12, 2020 (LifeSiteNews) – Amid ongoing tensions over California’s efforts to quash religious assembly across most of the state, one district attorney says he will not enforce Democrat Gov. Gavin Newsom’s executive order on churches in his jurisdiction.
Newsom has banned indoor religious services (along with various types of secular gatherings) in 29 counties representing 80 percent of the state’s population in the name of containing the spread of COVID-19. Numerous churches have defied the order, including Grace Community Church of Sun Valley, Cornerstone Church of Fresno, Destiny Christian Church of Rocklin, and Harvest Rock Church of Pasadena.
In Los Angeles, conflict over the order has intensified to the point that Democrat Mayor Eric Garcetti has ordered that power and water be shut off to buildings where “selfish and irresponsible” gatherings continue to take place.
San Luis Obispo County District Attorney Dan Dow, however, is taking the opposite approach, he told CBN News.
“I strongly feel that it would be against the interest of justice for us to punish criminally citizens choosing to worship God or whatever religion they have at a time when we are going through a pandemic,” Dow said. “I mean, if anything, we need people to spend more time in their faith seeking help from the Almighty to answer this coronavirus and to protect our communities and our nation.”
San Luis Obispo County is not among the counties Newsom ordered to close but is on a state watch list due to a rise in coronavirus cases officials blame on an “increase in certain community sector perception that the pandemic is not serious.”
“When officials restrict church attendance to a certain number, they attempt to impose a restriction that in principle makes it impossible for the saints to gather as the church,” declared Pastor John MacArthur and the elders of California’s Grace Community Church. “When officials mandate distancing, they attempt to impose a restriction that in principle makes it impossible to experience the close communion between believers that is commanded in Romans 16:16, 1 Corinthians 16:20, 2 Corinthians 13:12, and 1 Thessalonians 5:26. In all those spheres, we must submit to our Lord.”
Across the world, many secular authorities have heavily restricted the right to religious assembly over COVID-19, from in-person gathering to singing to the distribution of Holy Communion, even in some cases banning people from gathering in parking lots and worshipping from within their individual cars.
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lifesitenews--2020-08-12--Court axes ‘Save James’ ruling, mom who wants gender ‘transition’ for 8-yr-old regains decision righ

Court axes ‘Save James’ ruling, mom who wants gender ‘transition’ for 8-yr-old regains decision rights

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August 12 , 2020 ( LifeSiteNews ) – Yesterday , a Dallas judge took away Jeffrey Younger ’ s say in his son James ’ medical , psychological , and psychiatric care , giving that power to James ’ mother , who wants to “ transition ” him into a “ girl.
” After receiving national attention in October 2019 , the bitter parental dispute had ultimately resulted in both parents @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and his twin , Jude ; this ruling effectively reverses that .
James Younger ’ s mother , Dr. Anne Georgulas , will now be able to enroll the eight-year-old in school as a “ girl ” named “ Luna ” and subject him to transgender medical procedures .
Texas Senator Ted Cruz , Governor Greg Abbott , Attorney General Ken Paxton , and many others commented on the case last year as the # SaveJamesYounger hashtag blew up on Twitter .
Yesterday ’ s ruling effectively reverses Judge Kim Cooks ’ October @ @ @ @ @ @ @ court , in October Cooks had granted both parents , Mr .
Younger and his ex-wife Dr. Georgulas , a say in medical , psychological , and psychiatric decisions for James and Jude .
If the parents could not agree , a court-appointed parenting coordinator would be the tie-breaker .
Now , Georgulas – who supports subjecting James to a gender “ transition ” – will be in charge of those decisions .
Georgulas is not even James and Jude ’ s biological mother ; she and her now-ex-husband used an egg donor @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Additionally , Judge Cooks had granted the father , Jeffery Younger , 50-50 custody if he attended family counseling with his twin boys and Georgulas .
This 50-50 possession was set to begin by January 2020 or June 2020 “ as the counselor determines it is appropriate.
” Mr .
Younger was especially concerned about medical , psychological , and psychiatric decision making as medical records indicated James had been referred to a local gender “ transition ” clinic and Georgulas was looking to start the process of medically “ transitioning ” @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in October , Judge Kim Cooks ’ ruling found that Georgulas was overly affirming in instances when James supposedly showed a desire to be a girl , including taking him to LGBTQ parades , buying him dresses and fake hair , and enrolling him in kindergarten as a “ girl ” named “ Luna.
” Mr .
Younger claims that James does not show any signs of wanting to be a girl when he is with James .
He shared with the court that he initially allowed James to wear dresses and girls @ @ @ @ @ @ @ found the girls ’ clothing in his trash one morning .
Since then , Georgulas ’ attorneys have challenged Cooks ’ ruling .
They filed multiple motions requesting Georgulas be granted additional rights and exclusive decision-making abilities for the boys .
Yesterday , Judge Mary Brown , who was appointed to the case in January , granted Georgulas ’ requests to force Mr .
Younger to pay for counseling for James and Jude and attend family counseling .
Mr .
Younger previously objected to both of these requests as he was not allowed @ @ @ @ @ @ @ boys ’ counselor or the family counselor .
The “ Save James ” Facebook page , run by individuals who support Mr.
Younger ’ s cause , claims counseling will cost Mr .
Younger $ 5,000 a month , in addition to a $ 10,000 retainer required by the counselor .
Court documents do not specify the cost for counseling or the retainer .
According to the “ Save James ” Facebook page , Judge Brown ’ s order will also allow Georgulas to enroll James in school as “ Luna.
” Court @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the boys out of school in favor of homeschooling .
Judge Brown ’ s ruling came without the hearing that was scheduled to take place yesterday .
There was no explanation why Judge Brown issued her order without the proper hearing .
According to the “ Save James ” Facebook page , there is “ a special evidentiary hearing is scheduled for September , ” to review the current orders .

The order, issued without a proper hearing, allows mother Anne Georgulas power over her son James' medical decisions – and apparently forces James' father to pay for pro-trans counseling that costs $5,000 a month.
PETITION: Support Dad and Texas Governor’s bid to save 8-year-old boy from being ‘turned’ into girl #ProtectJamesYounger! Sign the petition here.
August 12, 2020 (LifeSiteNews) – Yesterday, a Dallas judge took away Jeffrey Younger’s say in his son James’ medical, psychological, and psychiatric care, giving that power to James’ mother, who wants to “transition” him into a “girl.” After receiving national attention in October 2019, the bitter parental dispute had ultimately resulted in both parents getting a say in decisions regarding James and his twin, Jude; this ruling effectively reverses that.
James Younger’s mother, Dr. Anne Georgulas, will now be able to enroll the eight-year-old in school as a “girl” named “Luna” and subject him to transgender medical procedures.
Texas Senator Ted Cruz, Governor Greg Abbott, Attorney General Ken Paxton, and many others commented on the case last year as the #SaveJamesYounger hashtag blew up on Twitter.
Yesterday’s ruling effectively reverses Judge Kim Cooks’ October order. After almost a week in court, in October Cooks had granted both parents, Mr. Younger and his ex-wife Dr. Georgulas, a say in medical, psychological, and psychiatric decisions for James and Jude. If the parents could not agree, a court-appointed parenting coordinator would be the tie-breaker. Now, Georgulas – who supports subjecting James to a gender “transition” – will be in charge of those decisions. Georgulas is not even James and Jude’s biological mother; she and her now-ex-husband used an egg donor to conceive the boys via in-vitro fertilization.
Additionally, Judge Cooks had granted the father, Jeffery Younger, 50-50 custody if he attended family counseling with his twin boys and Georgulas. This 50-50 possession was set to begin by January 2020 or June 2020 “as the counselor determines it is appropriate.”
Mr. Younger was especially concerned about medical, psychological, and psychiatric decision making as medical records indicated James had been referred to a local gender “transition” clinic and Georgulas was looking to start the process of medically “transitioning” James into a “girl.”
But in October, Judge Kim Cooks’ ruling found that Georgulas was overly affirming in instances when James supposedly showed a desire to be a girl, including taking him to LGBTQ parades, buying him dresses and fake hair, and enrolling him in kindergarten as a “girl” named “Luna.”
Mr. Younger claims that James does not show any signs of wanting to be a girl when he is with James. He shared with the court that he initially allowed James to wear dresses and girls’ clothing at his home until he found the girls’ clothing in his trash one morning.
Since then, Georgulas’ attorneys have challenged Cooks’ ruling. They filed multiple motions requesting Georgulas be granted additional rights and exclusive decision-making abilities for the boys.
Yesterday, Judge Mary Brown, who was appointed to the case in January, granted Georgulas’ requests to force Mr. Younger to pay for counseling for James and Jude and attend family counseling. Mr. Younger previously objected to both of these requests as he was not allowed a say in the selection of the boys’ counselor or the family counselor.
The “Save James” Facebook page, run by individuals who support Mr. Younger’s cause, claims counseling will cost Mr. Younger $5,000 a month, in addition to a $10,000 retainer required by the counselor. Court documents do not specify the cost for counseling or the retainer.
According to the “Save James” Facebook page, Judge Brown’s order will also allow Georgulas to enroll James in school as “Luna.” Court documents indicate that Younger wanted to pull the boys out of school in favor of homeschooling.
Judge Brown’s ruling came without the hearing that was scheduled to take place yesterday. There was no explanation why Judge Brown issued her order without the proper hearing.
According to the “Save James” Facebook page, there is “a special evidentiary hearing is scheduled for September,” to review the current orders.
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lifesitenews--2020-08-12--Ap. Viganò: Christ the King has been ‘dethroned’ not only ‘from society but also from the Church’

August 12 , 2020 ( LifeSiteNews ) – Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò , in a mediation delivered at the recent annual meeting of the staff of LifeSiteNews , described how important the Kingship of Christ is and how it has been undermined in society , under the influence of Masonic forces .
But also in the Church , he added , the papal monarchy and with it the Kingship of Christ have been undermined since the Second Vatican Council .
“ And when Paul VI deposed the triple royal diadem with an ostentatious gesture , ” the Italian prelate explained @ @ @ @ @ @ @ below ) , “ as if he was renouncing the sacred vicarious Monarchy , he also removed the Crown from Our Lord , confining His Kingship to a merely eschatological sphere.
” As a proof for this diminishment of the Social Kingship of Christ – also within the Church – Viganò points to the fact that the Liturgy of the Feast of Christ the King has been moved to the end of the liturgical year , thereby giving it a more eschatological meaning and less of a meaning in our daily lives .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ , which Archbishop Viganò delivered via telephone to some 40 members of the LifeSiteNews team during our annual meeting on August 6 , he referred to the Feast of the Transfiguration of Our Lord of that day .
Referring to the scriptural passage speaking on this event , as well as other scriptural passages , the Italian prelate then established the Kingship of Christ over mankind .
He explicitly chose this topic for his mediation for LifeSite , “ because I believe that in a certain way the focal point of our and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in it ; not only in private and family life but also and above all in social and political life.
” With it , the prelate reminded us that all mankind is called to follow Christ and His Commandments , or , as the Our Father prayer says , “ Thy will be done , on earth as it is in heaven.
” Viganò therefore called upon us to “ revive our faith in the Universal Kingship of Our Divine Savior , ” and he later added that “ it is not possible @ @ @ @ @ @ @ work of Jesus Christ .
He is King.
” After establishing and reminding us of these crucial facts , Archbishop Viganò went on to describe our current situation .
“ The fury of the Enemy , who hates the human race , ” he expounded , “ is unleashed primarily against the doctrine of the Kingship of Christ , because that Kingship is united in the Person of Our Lord , True God and True Man .
The secularism of the nineteenth century , fueled by Freemasonry , has succeeded in reorganizing itself @ @ @ @ @ @ @ since it has extended the denial of the royal rights of the Redeemer not only to civil society but also to the Body of the Church.
” That is to say , not only has the Kingship of Christ been increasingly denied in civil society , but also in the Catholic Church .
Here , Viganò pointed to the Second Vatican Council which he argued undermined , by weakening the principle of papal monarchy ( that is , by strengthening the aspect of collegiality ) also the Kingship of Christ , since the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ earth .
By weakening the “ sovereignty of the Vicar , ” the “ sovereign rights of Christ over His Mystical Body ” were weakened .
Here , Archbishop Viganò refers to an important and symbolic act by Pope Paul VI on November 13 , 1964 , when the Pope removed his papal crown from his head and placed it on the altar , in front of 2,000 bishops .
As an Aleteia article states : “ Following a Mass , attended by 2,000 bishops , the pope rose from his chair and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
According to news accounts at the time , Pope Paul VI was said to have been moved to make the gesture by discussions of world poverty during meetings of the Ecumenical Council Vatican II.
” Archbishop Viganò , in his meditations , commented on this event as follows : “ And when Paul VI deposed the triple royal diadem with an ostentatious gesture , as if he was renouncing the sacred vicarious Monarchy , he also removed the Crown from Our Lord , confining His Kingship to a merely eschatological sphere .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ changes made to the Liturgy of the Feast of Christ the King and its transfer to the end of the liturgical year.
” The prelate then also reflected upon the question as to whether the Council Fathers were aware that “ they in fact ousted Our Lord Jesus Christ , stripping him of the Crown of his social Kingship ?
” This act , however , had grave consequences .
In Viganò 's eyes , “ the Authority conferred by Our Lord on the Prince of the Apostles has substantially disappeared.
” Instead @ @ @ @ @ @ @ post-conciliar popes rather chose to speak “ in favor of pastorality that created the conditions for equivocal formulations that are strongly suspected of heresy if not bluntly heretical.
” The Italian archbishop and former papal nuncio of Washington , D.C. concluded : “ We therefore find ourselves not only besieged in the civil sphere , in which for centuries dark forces have refused the gentle yoke of Christ and imposed the hateful tyranny of apostasy and sin on the nations ; but also in the religious sphere , in which the Authority demolishes @ @ @ @ @ @ @ should also reign over the Church , her Pastors and her faithful.
” The consequence of this abandonment of the social Kingship of Christ is , according to Viganò , tyranny : “ Also in this case , the sweet yoke of Christ is replaced by the hateful tyranny of the Innovators , who with an authoritarianism not dissimilar to that of their secular counterparts impose a new doctrine , a new morality , and a new liturgy in which the only mention of the Kingship of Our Lord is considered as an @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Church.
” This new church can be characterized by “ clergy who give scandal to the faithful by their reprehensible moral conduct , spreading heresy from the pulpits , favoring idolatry by celebrating the pachamama and the worship of Mother Earth in the name of an eccologism of a clearly Masonic matrix , ” he added .
But Archbishop Viganò does not leave us with these distressing insights ; on the contrary , he stated , “ we have the joy and honor of rebuilding.
” There is “ a new generation of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ participating with zeal in this work of reconstruction of the Church for the salvation of souls.
” They allow themselves , weak and humble as they are , to be “ used by God as docile instruments in his hands.
” With our humility and docility , the prelate explained , we may counter those who “ rebel against the King in a delusion of omnipotence , uttering their own non serviam.
” Here , Our Lady will be at our side .
Viganò went on to say that “ there can be @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and maternal Queenship of Mary.
” Below is the full text of Viganò ’ s remarks .
Thrice happy city , basking fair beneath His royal sway , where at the mandates from His throne all hearts with joy obey !
Jesus took Peter , James , and his brother John and led them up a high mountain by themselves .
And he was transfigured before them ; his face shine like the sun and his clothes became white as light .
And behold , Moses and Elijah appeared to them , conversing @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Jesus in reply , “ Lord , it is good that we are here .
If you wish , I will make three tents here , one for you , one for Moses , and one for Elijah.
” While he was still speaking , behold , a bright cloud cast a shadow over them , then from the cloud came a voice that said : “ This is my beloved Son , with whom I am well-pleased ; listen to him.
” When the disciples heard this , they felt prostrate and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ came and touched them , saying : “ Rise , and do not be afraid.
” And when the disciples raised their eyes , they saw no one else but Jesus alone .
As they were coming down the mountain , Jesus charged them , “ Do not tell the vision to anyone until the Son of man has been raised from the dead ” ( Mt 17 : 1-9 ) .
Permit me , dear friends , to share with you some reflections on the Kingship of Our Lord Jesus Christ , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ today , after other significant episodes of the earthly life of the Lord : from the Angels over the Cave of Bethlehem to the Adoration of the Magi to His Baptism in the Jordan River .
I have chosen this theme because I believe that in a certain way the focal point of our and your commitment as Catholics may be summarized in it ; not only in private and family life but also and above all in social and political life .
First of all , let us revive our faith in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
He is truly the Universal King , that is , he possesses absolute Sovereignty over all creation , over the human race , over all people , even over those who are outside his fold , the Holy Catholic , Apostolic , Roman Church .
Each person is truly a creature of God .
Every person owes his entire being to Him , both in his nature as a whole and in each of the individual parts that compose it : body , soul , faculties , intelligence , will , and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , as well as the actions of all the organs of the body , are gifts of God , whose dominion extends to all of his goods as fruits of His ineffable liberality .
The simple consideration of the fact that no one chooses or can choose the family to which he belongs on earth is sufficient to convince us of this fundamental truth of our existence .
From this it follows that Our Lord God is the Sovereign of all men , both considered individually and also united in social groups , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ communities does not mean that they lose their condition as creatures .
In fact , the very existence of civil society obeys the designs of God , who made human nature to be social .
Thus all people , all nations , from the most primitive to the most civilized , from the very smallest to the superpowers , are all subjected to the Divine Sovereignty and , in and of themselves , have the obligation to recognize this sweet celestial Dominion .
As the Sacred Scriptures frequently attest , God has conferred @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Saint Paul affirms , in a general way , that God made his Son “ heir of all things ” ( Heb 1:2 ) .
Saint John , for his part , confirms the thought of the Apostle of the Gentiles in many passages of his Gospel : for example , when he recalls that “ the Father does not judge anyone , but He has given all judgment to His Son ” ( Jn 5:22 ) .
The prerogative of administering justice belongs , in fact , to the king , and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is invested with sovereign power .
This Universal Kingship that the Son has inherited from his Father should not be understood only as the eternal inheritance through which , in his Divine Nature , He has received all of the attributes that make him equal and consubstantial to the First Person of the Most Holy Trinity , in the unity of the Divine Essence .
This Kingship is also attributed in a special way to Jesus Christ inasmuch as he is truly man , the Mediator between heaven and earth .
In fact @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is precisely the establishment on earth of the Kingdom of God .
We observe that the expressions of Sacred Scripture relative to the Kingship of Jesus Christ refer , without a shadow of a doubt , to his condition as man .
He is presented to the world as the Son of King David , for whom he comes to inherit the Throne of his Father , extended to the ends of the earth and made eternal , without a count of years .
Thus it was that the Archangel Gabriel announced the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ You shall bear a Son , and you shall name Him Jesus .
He will be great and will be called Son of the Most High .
The Lord God will give him the throne of David , his father , and he will rule over the house of Jacob forever and his kingdom shall have no end ” ( Lk 1:31-33 ) .
And , furthermore , the Magi who came from the East to adore him seek him as a King : “ Where is the newborn King of the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ on their arrival in Jerusalem ( Mt 2:2 ) .
The mission that the Eternal Father entrusts to the Son in the mystery of the Incarnation is to establish a Kingdom on earth , the Kingdom of Heaven .
Through the establishment of this Kingdom , the ineffable Charity with which God has loved men from all eternity , mercifully drawing them to Himself , becomes concrete : “ Dilexi te , ideo attraxite , miserans ” .
“ I have loved thee with an everlasting love , therefore with loving kindness have @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ) Jesus consecrates his public life to the proclamation and establishment of his Kingdom , at times referred to as the Kingdom of God and at others as the Kingdom of Heaven .
Following the Eastern practice , Our Lord makes use of fascinating parables in order to inculcate the idea and the nature of this Kingdom that he has come to establish .
His miracles aim to convince the people that his Kingdom has already come ; it is found in the midst of the people .
“ Si in digito Dei @ @ @ @ @ @ @ regnum Dei ” – “ If it is by the finger of God that I cast out demons , then the Kingdom of God is upon you ” ( Lk 11:20 ) .
The constitution of his Kingdom so absorbed his mission that the apostasy of his enemies took advantage of this idea to justify the accusation raised against him before Pilate ’ s tribunal : “ Si hunc dimittis , non es amicus Caesaris ” – “ If you release him , you are not a friend of Caesar.
” They cried @ @ @ @ @ @ @ who makes himself king opposes Caesar ” ( Jn 19:12 ) .
Validating the opinion of his enemies , Jesus Christ confirms to the Roman governor that He is truly a King : “ You say : I am a king ” ( Jn 18:37 ) .
It is not possible to question the regal character of the work of Jesus Christ .
He is King .
Our faith , however , requires that we understand well the scope and meaning of the Royalty of the Divine Redeemer .
Pius XI immediately excludes @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ king ” and “ kingly ” whatever is excellent in a human way of being or acting .
No : Jesus Christ is not king in this metaphorical sense .
He is King in the proper sense of the word .
In Sacred Scripture , Jesus appears exercising royal prerogatives of sovereign government , dictating laws and ordering punishments against transgressors .
In the famous Sermon on the Mount , we may say that the Savior promulgated the Law of his Kingdom .
As a true Sovereign , He requires obedience to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ than eternal condemnation .
And also in the scene of the Judgment , which announces the end of the world , when the Son of God will come to administer His judgment to the living and the dead : “ The Son of Man will come in his glory [ ... ] and He will separate them one from another , as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats [ ... ] .
Then the King will say to those on his right : “ Come , you who are blessed by @ @ @ @ @ @ @ He will say to those on his left : “ Depart from me , you accursed , into the everlasting fire [ ... ] .
And these will go off to eternal punishment , but the righteous to eternal life ” ( Mt 25:31 ff. )
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A sentence that is both sweet and terrible .
Sweet for the good , because of the unparalleled excellence of the prize that awaits them ; terrible and frightening for the wicked , because of the terrifying judgment to which they are condemned for eternity .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ in order to realize how it is of the highest importance for people to identify rightly where the Kingdom of Jesus Christ is here on earth , because belonging or not belonging to it decides our eternal destiny .
We have said “ here on earth ” since man merits the reward or punishment for the afterlife in this world .
On earth , therefore , men ought to enter and become part of this ineffable Kingdom of God , which is both temporal and eternal , because it is formed in this @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
The fury of the Enemy , who hates the human race , is unleashed primarily against the doctrine of the Kingship of Christ , because that Kingship is united in the Person of Our Lord , True God and True Man .
The secularism of the nineteenth century , fueled by Freemasonry , has succeeded in reorganizing itself into an even more perverse ideology , since it has extended the denial of the royal rights of the Redeemer not only to civil society but also to the Body of the Church .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ by the Papacy of the very concept of this vicarious Kingship of the Roman Pontiff , thereby bringing into the very heart of the Church the demands for democracy and parliamentarianism which had already been used to undermine nations and the authority of rulers .
The Second Vatican Council greatly weakened the papal monarchy as a consequence of the implicit denial of the Divine Kingship of the Eternal High Priest , and by doing so inflicted a masterful blow against the institution which until then had stood as a wall of defense against @ @ @ @ @ @ @ sovereignty of the Vicar was diminished , and this was progressively followed by the denial of the sovereign rights of Christ over His Mystical Body .
And when Paul VI deposed the triple royal diadem with an ostentatious gesture , as if he was renouncing the sacred vicarious Monarchy , he also removed the Crown from Our Lord , confining His Kingship to a merely eschatological sphere .
The proof of this is the significant changes made to the Liturgy of the Feast of Christ the King and its transfer to the end @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of the Feast , namely the celebration of the social Kingship of Christ , also illuminates its place in the calendar .
In the Traditional Liturgy it was assigned to the last Sunday of October , so that the Feast of All Saints , who reign by participation , would be preceded by the Feast of Christ , who reigns by his own right .
With the liturgical reform approved by Paul VI in 1969 , the Feast of Christ the King was moved to the last Sunday of the Liturgical Year , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of Christ and relegating him to the merely spiritual and eschatological dimension .
Did all these Council Fathers , who voted for Dignitatis Humanae and proclaimed religious freedom with Paul VI , realize that they in fact ousted Our Lord Jesus Christ , stripping him of the Crown of his social Kingship ?
Did they understand that they had very concretely dethroned Our Lord Jesus Christ from the throne of his divine Kingship over us and over the whole world ?
Did they understand that , making themselves the spokesmen of apostate nations @ @ @ @ @ @ @ towards His Throne : “ We do not want this man to be our king ” ( Lk 19:14 ) ; “ We have no king but Caesar ” ( Jn 19:15 ) ?
But He , faced with that confused rumor of senseless men , withdrew his Spirit from them .
For those who are not blinded by bias , it is impossible not to see the perverse intention to downsize the Feast instituted by Pius XI and the doctrine expressed by it .
Having dethroned Christ not only from society but @ @ @ @ @ @ @ crime with which the Hierarchy could have been stained , failing in its role as the custodian of the Savior ’ s teaching .
As an inevitable consequence of this betrayal , the Authority conferred by Our Lord on the Prince of the Apostles has substantially disappeared .
We have had confirmation of this ever since the edict of Vatican II , when the infallible authority of the Roman Pontiff was deliberately excluded in favor of a pastorality that created the conditions for equivocal formulations that are strongly suspected of heresy if not @ @ @ @ @ @ @ not only besieged in the civil sphere , in which for centuries dark forces have refused the gentle yoke of Christ and imposed the hateful tyranny of apostasy and sin on the nations ; but also in the religious sphere , in which the Authority demolishes itself and denies that the Divine King should also reign over the Church , her Pastors and her faithful .
Also in this case , the sweet yoke of Christ is replaced by the hateful tyranny of the Innovators , who with an authoritarianism not dissimilar to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ new doctrine , a new morality , and a new liturgy in which the only mention of the Kingship of Our Lord is considered as an awkward legacy from another religion , another Church .
As Saint Paul said : “ God is sending them a deceiving power so that they may believe the lie ” ( 2 Thess 2:11 ) .
It is therefore not surprising to see that , just as in the secular world judges subvert justice by condemning the innocent and acquitting the guilty , rulers abuse their power @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Hippocratic oath by making themselves accomplices of those who want to spread disease and transform the sick into chronic patients , and teachers do not teach love of knowledge but cultivate ignorance in and ideological manipulation of their students , so also in the heart of the Bride of Christ there are Cardinals , Bishops , and clergy who give scandal to the faithful by their reprehensible moral conduct , spreading heresy from the pulpits , favoring idolatry by celebrating the pachamama and the worship of Mother Earth in the name of an @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is perfectly in accord with the plan of dissolution intended by globalism .
“ This is your hour , the hour of darkness ” ( Lk 22:53 ) .
The kathèkon wouldseem to have disappeared , if we did not have the certainty of the promises of Our Savior , Lord of the world , of history , and of the Church herself .
And yet , while they destroy , we have the joy and honor of rebuilding .
And there is a still greater happiness : a new generation of laity @ @ @ @ @ @ @ this work of reconstruction of the Church for the salvation of souls , and they do so well aware of their own weaknesses and miseries , but also allowing themselves to be used by God as docile instruments in his hands : helpful hands , strong hands , the hands of the Almighty .
Our fragility highlights the fact that this is the Lord ’ s work even more , especially where this human fragility is accompanied by humility .
This humility ought to lead us to instaurare omnia in Christo , beginning @ @ @ @ @ @ @ which is the official prayer of the Church .
Let us return to the Liturgy in which Our Lord is recognized in his absolute Primacy , to the worship that the Innovators adulterated precisely out of hatred for the Divine Majesty in order to proudly exalt the creature by humiliating the Creator , claiming the right to rebel against the King in a delusion of omnipotence , uttering their own non serviam against the adoration that is owed to the Lord .
Our life is a war : Sacred Scripture reminds us of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in which “ sub Christi Regis vexillis militare gloriamur , ” ( Postcommunio Missae Christi Regis ) and in which we have at our disposal very powerful spiritual weapons , a deployment of angelic forces before which no earthly or infernal stronghold has any power .
If Our Lord is King by hereditary right ( since he is of royal lineage ) , by divine right ( in virtue of the hypostatic union ) , and by right of conquest ( having redeemed us by his Sacrifice on the Cross ) , we @ @ @ @ @ @ @ plans of Divine Providence , this Divine Sovereign has at his side as Our Lady and Queen , His own August Mother , Mary Most Holy .
There can be no Kingship of Christ without the sweet and maternal Queenship of Mary , whom Saint Louis Marie Grignon de Montfort reminds us is our Mediatrix before her Son ’ s Majestic Throne , where she stands as a Queen interceding before the King .
The premise of the triumph of the Divine King in society and in nations is that He already reigns @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and our families .
May Christ also reign in us , and His Most Holy Mother along with him .
Adveniat regnum tuum : adveniat per Mariam .

August 12, 2020 (LifeSiteNews) – Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò, in a meditation delivered at the recent annual meeting of the staff of LifeSiteNews, described how important the Kingship of Christ is and how it has been undermined in society, under the influence of Masonic forces. But also in the Church, he added, the papal monarchy and with it the Kingship of Christ have been undermined since the Second Vatican Council.
“And when Paul VI deposed the triple royal diadem with an ostentatious gesture,” the Italian prelate explained in his meditation (see full text below), “as if he was renouncing the sacred vicarious Monarchy, he also removed the Crown from Our Lord, confining His Kingship to a merely eschatological sphere.” As a proof for this diminishment of the Social Kingship of Christ – also within the Church – Viganò points to the fact that the Liturgy of the Feast of Christ the King has been moved to the end of the liturgical year, thereby giving it a more eschatological meaning and less of a meaning in our daily lives.
In the first part of his reflection, which Archbishop Viganò delivered via telephone to some 40 members of the LifeSiteNews team during our annual meeting on August 6, he referred to the Feast of the Transfiguration of Our Lord of that day. Referring to the scriptural passage speaking on this event, as well as other scriptural passages, the Italian prelate then established the Kingship of Christ over mankind. He explicitly chose this topic for his meditation for LifeSite, “because I believe that in a certain way the focal point of our and your commitment as Catholics may be summarized in it; not only in private and family life but also and above all in social and political life.”
With it, the prelate reminded us that all mankind is called to follow Christ and His Commandments, or, as the Our Father prayer says, “Thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.” Viganò therefore called upon us to “revive our faith in the Universal Kingship of Our Divine Savior,” and he later added that “it is not possible to question the regal character of the work of Jesus Christ. He is King.”
After establishing and reminding us of these crucial facts, Archbishop Viganò went on to describe our current situation. “The fury of the Enemy, who hates the human race,” he expounded, “is unleashed primarily against the doctrine of the Kingship of Christ, because that Kingship is united in the Person of Our Lord, True God and True Man. The secularism of the nineteenth century, fueled by Freemasonry, has succeeded in reorganizing itself into an even more perverse ideology, since it has extended the denial of the royal rights of the Redeemer not only to civil society but also to the Body of the Church.”
That is to say, not only has the Kingship of Christ been increasingly denied in civil society, but also in the Catholic Church. Here, Viganò pointed to the Second Vatican Council which he argued undermined, by weakening the principle of papal monarchy (that is, by strengthening the aspect of collegiality) also the Kingship of Christ, since the Pope is the vicar of Christ on earth.
Stated the prelate:
This attack was consummated with the renunciation by the Papacy of the very concept of this vicarious Kingship of the Roman Pontiff, thereby bringing into the very heart of the Church the demands for democracy and parliamentarianism which had already been used to undermine nations and the authority of rulers. The Second Vatican Council greatly weakened the papal monarchy as a consequence of the implicit denial of the Divine Kingship of the Eternal High Priest, and by doing so inflicted a masterful blow against the institution which until then had stood as a wall of defense against the secularization of Christian society.
By weakening the “sovereignty of the Vicar,” the “sovereign rights of Christ over His Mystical Body” were weakened. Here, Archbishop Viganò refers to an important and symbolic act by Pope Paul VI on November 13, 1964, when the Pope removed his papal crown from his head and placed it on the altar, in front of 2,000 bishops. As an Aleteia article states: “Following a Mass, attended by 2,000 bishops, the pope rose from his chair and solemnly placed his tiara on the altar. According to news accounts at the time, Pope Paul VI was said to have been moved to make the gesture by discussions of world poverty during meetings of the Ecumenical Council Vatican II.”
Archbishop Viganò, in his meditations, commented on this event as follows: “And when Paul VI deposed the triple royal diadem with an ostentatious gesture, as if he was renouncing the sacred vicarious Monarchy, he also removed the Crown from Our Lord, confining His Kingship to a merely eschatological sphere. The proof of this is the significant changes made to the Liturgy of the Feast of Christ the King and its transfer to the end of the liturgical year.”
The prelate then also reflected upon the question as to whether the Council Fathers were aware that “they in fact ousted Our Lord Jesus Christ, stripping him of the Crown of his social Kingship?” This act, however, had grave consequences. In Viganò's eyes, “the Authority conferred by Our Lord on the Prince of the Apostles has substantially disappeared.” Instead of speaking authoritatively and infallibly, the post-conciliar popes rather chose to speak “in favor of pastorality that created the conditions for equivocal formulations that are strongly suspected of heresy if not bluntly heretical.”
The Italian archbishop and former papal nuncio of Washington, D.C. concluded: “We therefore find ourselves not only besieged in the civil sphere, in which for centuries dark forces have refused the gentle yoke of Christ and imposed the hateful tyranny of apostasy and sin on the nations; but also in the religious sphere, in which the Authority demolishes itself and denies that the Divine King should also reign over the Church, her Pastors and her faithful.”
The consequence of this abandonment of the social Kingship of Christ is, according to Viganò, tyranny: “Also in this case, the sweet yoke of Christ is replaced by the hateful tyranny of the Innovators, who with an authoritarianism not dissimilar to that of their secular counterparts impose a new doctrine, a new morality, and a new liturgy in which the only mention of the Kingship of Our Lord is considered as an awkward legacy from another religion, another Church.”
This new church can be characterized by “clergy who give scandal to the faithful by their reprehensible moral conduct, spreading heresy from the pulpits, favoring idolatry by celebrating the pachamama and the worship of Mother Earth in the name of an eccologism of a clearly Masonic matrix,” he added.
But Archbishop Viganò does not leave us with these distressing insights; on the contrary, he stated, “we have the joy and honor of rebuilding.” There is “a new generation of laity and priests” who are “participating with zeal in this work of reconstruction of the Church for the salvation of souls.” They allow themselves, weak and humble as they are, to be “used by God as docile instruments in his hands.” With our humility and docility, the prelate explained, we may counter those who “rebel against the King in a delusion of omnipotence, uttering their own non serviam.” Here, Our Lady will be at our side. Viganò went on to say that “there can be no Kingship of Christ without the sweet and maternal Queenship of Mary.”
Below is the full text of Viganò’s remarks.
TE ADORET ORBIS SUBDITUS
O ter beata civitas
cui rite Christus imperat,
quae jussa pergit exsequi
edicta mundo caelitus!
Thrice happy city, basking fair
beneath His royal sway,
where at the mandates from His throne
all hearts with joy obey!
Jesus took Peter, James, and his brother John and led them up a high mountain by themselves. And he was transfigured before them; his face shine like the sun and his clothes became white as light. And behold, Moses and Elijah appeared to them, conversing with him. Then Peter said to Jesus in reply, “Lord, it is good that we are here. If you wish, I will make three tents here, one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah.” While he was still speaking, behold, a bright cloud cast a shadow over them, then from the cloud came a voice that said: “This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well-pleased; listen to him.” When the disciples heard this, they felt prostrate and were very much afraid. But Jesus came and touched them, saying: “Rise, and do not be afraid.” And when the disciples raised their eyes, they saw no one else but Jesus alone. As they were coming down the mountain, Jesus charged them, “Do not tell the vision to anyone until the Son of man has been raised from the dead” (Mt 17: 1-9).
Permit me, dear friends, to share with you some reflections on the Kingship of Our Lord Jesus Christ, manifested in the Transfiguration that we celebrate today, after other significant episodes of the earthly life of the Lord: from the Angels over the Cave of Bethlehem to the Adoration of the Magi to His Baptism in the Jordan River.
I have chosen this theme because I believe that in a certain way the focal point of our and your commitment as Catholics may be summarized in it; not only in private and family life but also and above all in social and political life.
First of all, let us revive our faith in the Universal Kingship of Our Divine Savior.
He is truly the Universal King, that is, he possesses absolute Sovereignty over all creation, over the human race, over all people, even over those who are outside his fold, the Holy Catholic, Apostolic, Roman Church.
Each person is truly a creature of God. Every person owes his entire being to Him, both in his nature as a whole and in each of the individual parts that compose it: body, soul, faculties, intelligence, will, and senses. The actions of these faculties, as well as the actions of all the organs of the body, are gifts of God, whose dominion extends to all of his goods as fruits of His ineffable liberality. The simple consideration of the fact that no one chooses or can choose the family to which he belongs on earth is sufficient to convince us of this fundamental truth of our existence.
From this it follows that Our Lord God is the Sovereign of all men, both considered individually and also united in social groups, since the fact that they form various communities does not mean that they lose their condition as creatures. In fact, the very existence of civil society obeys the designs of God, who made human nature to be social. Thus all people, all nations, from the most primitive to the most civilized, from the very smallest to the superpowers, are all subjected to the Divine Sovereignty and, in and of themselves, have the obligation to recognize this sweet celestial Dominion.
THE KINGSHIP OF JESUS CHRIST
As the Sacred Scriptures frequently attest, God has conferred this Sovereignty on his Only-Begotten Son.
Saint Paul affirms, in a general way, that God made his Son “heir of all things” (Heb 1:2). Saint John, for his part, confirms the thought of the Apostle of the Gentiles in many passages of his Gospel: for example, when he recalls that “the Father does not judge anyone, but He has given all judgment to His Son” (Jn 5:22). The prerogative of administering justice belongs, in fact, to the king, and whoever possesses it does so because he is invested with sovereign power.
This Universal Kingship that the Son has inherited from his Father should not be understood only as the eternal inheritance through which, in his Divine Nature, He has received all of the attributes that make him equal and consubstantial to the First Person of the Most Holy Trinity, in the unity of the Divine Essence.
This Kingship is also attributed in a special way to Jesus Christ inasmuch as he is truly man, the Mediator between heaven and earth. In fact, the mission of the Word Incarnate is precisely the establishment on earth of the Kingdom of God. We observe that the expressions of Sacred Scripture relative to the Kingship of Jesus Christ refer, without a shadow of a doubt, to his condition as man.
He is presented to the world as the Son of King David, for whom he comes to inherit the Throne of his Father, extended to the ends of the earth and made eternal, without a count of years. Thus it was that the Archangel Gabriel announced the dignity of the Son of Mary: “You shall bear a Son, and you shall name Him Jesus. He will be great and will be called Son of the Most High. The Lord God will give him the throne of David, his father, and he will rule over the house of Jacob forever and his kingdom shall have no end” (Lk 1:31-33). And, furthermore, the Magi who came from the East to adore him seek him as a King: “Where is the newborn King of the Jews?” they ask Herod, on their arrival in Jerusalem (Mt 2:2). The mission that the Eternal Father entrusts to the Son in the mystery of the Incarnation is to establish a Kingdom on earth, the Kingdom of Heaven. Through the establishment of this Kingdom, the ineffable Charity with which God has loved men from all eternity, mercifully drawing them to Himself, becomes concrete: “Dilexi te, ideo attraxite, miserans”. “I have loved thee with an everlasting love, therefore with loving kindness have I drawn thee.” (Jer 31:3)
Jesus consecrates his public life to the proclamation and establishment of his Kingdom, at times referred to as the Kingdom of God and at others as the Kingdom of Heaven. Following the Eastern practice, Our Lord makes use of fascinating parables in order to inculcate the idea and the nature of this Kingdom that he has come to establish. His miracles aim to convince the people that his Kingdom has already come; it is found in the midst of the people. “Si in digito Dei eiicio daemonia, profecto pérvenit in vos regnum Dei” – “If it is by the finger of God that I cast out demons, then the Kingdom of God is upon you” (Lk 11:20).
The constitution of his Kingdom so absorbed his mission that the apostasy of his enemies took advantage of this idea to justify the accusation raised against him before Pilate’s tribunal: “Si hunc dimittis, non es amicus Caesaris” – “If you release him, you are not a friend of Caesar.” They cried out to Pontius Pilate: “Everyone who makes himself king opposes Caesar” (Jn 19:12). Validating the opinion of his enemies, Jesus Christ confirms to the Roman governor that He is truly a King: “You say: I am a king” (Jn 18:37).
A KING IN A TRUE SENSE
It is not possible to question the regal character of the work of Jesus Christ. He is King.
Our faith, however, requires that we understand well the scope and meaning of the Royalty of the Divine Redeemer. Pius XI immediately excludes the metaphorical sense by which we call “king” and “kingly” whatever is excellent in a human way of being or acting. No: Jesus Christ is not king in this metaphorical sense. He is King in the proper sense of the word. In Sacred Scripture, Jesus appears exercising royal prerogatives of sovereign government, dictating laws and ordering punishments against transgressors. In the famous Sermon on the Mount, we may say that the Savior promulgated the Law of his Kingdom. As a true Sovereign, He requires obedience to His laws under pain of nothing less than eternal condemnation. And also in the scene of the Judgment, which announces the end of the world, when the Son of God will come to administer His judgment to the living and the dead: “The Son of Man will come in his glory […] and He will separate them one from another, as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats […]. Then the King will say to those on his right: “Come, you who are blessed by my Father […]. Then He will say to those on his left: “Depart from me, you accursed, into the everlasting fire […]. And these will go off to eternal punishment, but the righteous to eternal life” (Mt 25:31 ff.). A sentence that is both sweet and terrible. Sweet for the good, because of the unparalleled excellence of the prize that awaits them; terrible and frightening for the wicked, because of the terrifying judgment to which they are condemned for eternity.
A consideration of this sort is sufficient in order to realize how it is of the highest importance for people to identify rightly where the Kingdom of Jesus Christ is here on earth, because belonging or not belonging to it decides our eternal destiny. We have said “here on earth” since man merits the reward or punishment for the afterlife in this world. On earth, therefore, men ought to enter and become part of this ineffable Kingdom of God, which is both temporal and eternal, because it is formed in this world and flowers forth fully in heaven.
THE PRESENT SITUATION
The fury of the Enemy, who hates the human race, is unleashed primarily against the doctrine of the Kingship of Christ, because that Kingship is united in the Person of Our Lord, True God and True Man. The secularism of the nineteenth century, fueled by Freemasonry, has succeeded in reorganizing itself into an even more perverse ideology, since it has extended the denial of the royal rights of the Redeemer not only to civil society but also to the Body of the Church.
This attack was consummated with the renunciation by the Papacy of the very concept of this vicarious Kingship of the Roman Pontiff, thereby bringing into the very heart of the Church the demands for democracy and parliamentarianism which had already been used to undermine nations and the authority of rulers. The Second Vatican Council greatly weakened the papal monarchy as a consequence of the implicit denial of the Divine Kingship of the Eternal High Priest, and by doing so inflicted a masterful blow against the institution which until then had stood as a wall of defense against the secularization of Christian society. The sovereignty of the Vicar was diminished, and this was progressively followed by the denial of the sovereign rights of Christ over His Mystical Body. And when Paul VI deposed the triple royal diadem with an ostentatious gesture, as if he was renouncing the sacred vicarious Monarchy, he also removed the Crown from Our Lord, confining His Kingship to a merely eschatological sphere. The proof of this is the significant changes made to the Liturgy of the Feast of Christ the King and its transfer to the end of the liturgical year.
The purpose of the Feast, namely the celebration of the social Kingship of Christ, also illuminates its place in the calendar. In the Traditional Liturgy it was assigned to the last Sunday of October, so that the Feast of All Saints, who reign by participation, would be preceded by the Feast of Christ, who reigns by his own right. With the liturgical reform approved by Paul VI in 1969, the Feast of Christ the King was moved to the last Sunday of the Liturgical Year, erasing the social dimension of the Kingship of Christ and relegating him to the merely spiritual and eschatological dimension.
Did all these Council Fathers, who voted for Dignitatis Humanae and proclaimed religious freedom with Paul VI, realize that they in fact ousted Our Lord Jesus Christ, stripping him of the Crown of his social Kingship? Did they understand that they had very concretely dethroned Our Lord Jesus Christ from the throne of his divine Kingship over us and over the whole world? Did they understand that, making themselves the spokesmen of apostate nations, they made these execrable blasphemies ascend towards His Throne: “We do not want this man to be our king” (Lk 19:14); “We have no king but Caesar” (Jn 19:15)? But He, faced with that confused rumor of senseless men, withdrew his Spirit from them.
For those who are not blinded by bias, it is impossible not to see the perverse intention to downsize the Feast instituted by Pius XI and the doctrine expressed by it. Having dethroned Christ not only from society but also from the Church was the greatest crime with which the Hierarchy could have been stained, failing in its role as the custodian of the Savior’s teaching. As an inevitable consequence of this betrayal, the Authority conferred by Our Lord on the Prince of the Apostles has substantially disappeared. We have had confirmation of this ever since the edict of Vatican II, when the infallible authority of the Roman Pontiff was deliberately excluded in favor of a pastorality that created the conditions for equivocal formulations that are strongly suspected of heresy if not bluntly heretical. We therefore find ourselves not only besieged in the civil sphere, in which for centuries dark forces have refused the gentle yoke of Christ and imposed the hateful tyranny of apostasy and sin on the nations; but also in the religious sphere, in which the Authority demolishes itself and denies that the Divine King should also reign over the Church, her Pastors and her faithful. Also in this case, the sweet yoke of Christ is replaced by the hateful tyranny of the Innovators, who with an authoritarianism not dissimilar to that of their secular counterparts impose a new doctrine, a new morality, and a new liturgy in which the only mention of the Kingship of Our Lord is considered as an awkward legacy from another religion, another Church. As Saint Paul said: “God is sending them a deceiving power so that they may believe the lie” (2 Thess 2:11).
It is therefore not surprising to see that, just as in the secular world judges subvert justice by condemning the innocent and acquitting the guilty, rulers abuse their power and tyrannize citizens, doctors violate the Hippocratic oath by making themselves accomplices of those who want to spread disease and transform the sick into chronic patients, and teachers do not teach love of knowledge but cultivate ignorance in and ideological manipulation of their students, so also in the heart of the Bride of Christ there are Cardinals, Bishops, and clergy who give scandal to the faithful by their reprehensible moral conduct, spreading heresy from the pulpits, favoring idolatry by celebrating the pachamama and the worship of Mother Earth in the name of an ecologism of a clearly Masonic matrix that is perfectly in accord with the plan of dissolution intended by globalism. “This is your hour, the hour of darkness” (Lk 22:53). The kathèkon wouldseem to have disappeared, if we did not have the certainty of the promises of Our Savior, Lord of the world, of history, and of the Church herself.
CONCLUSION
And yet, while they destroy, we have the joy and honor of rebuilding. And there is a still greater happiness: a new generation of laity and priests are participating with zeal in this work of reconstruction of the Church for the salvation of souls, and they do so well aware of their own weaknesses and miseries, but also allowing themselves to be used by God as docile instruments in his hands: helpful hands, strong hands, the hands of the Almighty. Our fragility highlights the fact that this is the Lord’s work even more, especially where this human fragility is accompanied by humility.
This humility ought to lead us to instaurare omnia in Christo, beginning from the heart of the Faith, which is the official prayer of the Church. Let us return to the Liturgy in which Our Lord is recognized in his absolute Primacy, to the worship that the Innovators adulterated precisely out of hatred for the Divine Majesty in order to proudly exalt the creature by humiliating the Creator, claiming the right to rebel against the King in a delusion of omnipotence, uttering their own non serviam against the adoration that is owed to the Lord.
Our life is a war: Sacred Scripture reminds us of this. But it is a war in which “sub Christi Regis vexillis militare gloriamur,” (Postcommunio Missae Christi Regis) and in which we have at our disposal very powerful spiritual weapons, a deployment of angelic forces before which no earthly or infernal stronghold has any power.
If Our Lord is King by hereditary right (since he is of royal lineage), by divine right (in virtue of the hypostatic union), and by right of conquest (having redeemed us by his Sacrifice on the Cross), we must not forget that, in the plans of Divine Providence, this Divine Sovereign has at his side as Our Lady and Queen, His own August Mother, Mary Most Holy. There can be no Kingship of Christ without the sweet and maternal Queenship of Mary, whom Saint Louis Marie Grignon de Montfort reminds us is our Mediatrix before her Son’s Majestic Throne, where she stands as a Queen interceding before the King.
The premise of the triumph of the Divine King in society and in nations is that He already reigns in our hearts, our souls, and our families. May Christ also reign in us, and His Most Holy Mother along with him. Adveniat regnum tuum: adveniat per Mariam.
Marana Tha, Veni Domine Iesu ! Oh come Lord Jesus!
+ Carlo Maria Viganò, Archbishop
Translated from Italian by Giuseppe Pellegrino
Follow Maike Dr. Maike Hickson was born and raised in Germany. She holds a PhD from the University of Hannover, Germany, after having written in Switzerland her doctoral dissertation on the history of Swiss intellectuals before and during World War II. She now lives in the U.S. and is married to Dr. Robert Hickson, and they have been blessed with two beautiful children. She is a happy housewife who likes to write articles when time permits. Dr. Hickson published in 2014 a Festschrift, a collection of some thirty essays written by thoughtful authors in honor of her husband upon his 70th birthday, which is entitled A Catholic Witness in Our Time. Hickson has closely followed the papacy of Pope Francis and the developments in the Catholic Church in Germany, and she has been writing articles on religion and politics for U.S. and European publications and websites such as LifeSiteNews, OnePeterFive, The Wanderer, Rorate Caeli, Catholicism.org, Catholic Family News, Christian Order, Notizie Pro-Vita, Corrispondenza Romana, Katholisches.info, Der Dreizehnte, Zeit-Fragen, and Westfalen-Blatt.
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lifesitenews--2020-08-12--Pro-life leaders urge Trump FDA to ban abortion pill: ‘imminent hazard to public health’

URGENT PETITION : Tell the Supreme Court to overturn Roe v. Wade !
Sign the petition here .
WASHINGTON , D.C. , August 12 , 2020 ( LifeSiteNews ) – As the U.S. Food & Drug Administration ( FDA ) goes to court to prevent the abortion pill RU-486 from being distributed without an in-person medical consultation , two prominent pro-life figures are making the case for federal health officials to pull the drug from the market entirely .
Earlier this year , the FDA restricted abortionists from dispensing the pill without seeing their patients in-person on the grounds that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ) at the time of dispensing , the patient has the opportunity to receive counseling about the risk of serious complications associated with Mifeprex and what to do should they arise ; and ( 2 ) there is no delay in the patient receiving their Mifeprex prescription , which could increase the risks of serious bleeding or infection.
” Left-wing groups have challenged the measure , which is currently pending in federal court .
On Wednesday , Live Action president Lila Rose and the Charlotte Lozier Institute ’ s professor Michael New published @ @ @ @ @ @ @ demanding the removal of this deadly drug from the U.S. market.
” “ In addition to the more than 3.7 million children legally killed by the abortion pill , there is a significant body of research showing that chemical abortions pose serious health risks to women , ” Rose and New argued .
“ For instance , a 2015 study that appeared in Obstetrics and Gynecology analyzed comprehensive data from Medicaid billing records in California .
It found that chemical abortions result in a complication rate four times higher than that of first-trimester @ @ @ @ @ @ @ major complication with a chemical abortion was nearly twice as high as the risk of a major complication with a first-trimester surgical abortion .
Additionally , a 2009 study of over 42,000 women from Finland found that 20 percent of women who obtained chemical abortions experienced an ‘ adverse event ’ afterward.
” The piece goes on to detail a Live Action-commissioned survey that found evidence that misinformation is driving public support for RU-486 , and that public opinion would significantly change if given the facts , even among those who said they @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ” on abortion .
“ Forty-five percent of people initially thought the abortion pill should be available , ” the piece states .
“ Participants then watched a video that informed viewers of how the abortion pill works to end pregnancy , explaining that during a chemical abortion , a woman will experience heavy bleeding and likely encounter the remains of her baby .
After the video , a plurality opposed the abortion pill , and net approval of the abortion pill regimen fell by 17 percentage points.
” The op-ed complements a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Stephen Hahn , signed by 23 pro-life leaders including Rose , the American Association of Pro-Life OB/GYNs ’ Donna Harrison , the Radiance Foundation ’ s Ryan Bomberger and the Center for Medical Progress ’ s David Daleiden .
“ According to the Association of Pro-Life Obstetricians and Gynecologists , the abortion pill poses a four-times higher risk of complication than surgical abortion in the first trimester , ” the letter says .
“ Despite these risks , the abortion industry has , for years , sought the total removal of all safety @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to circumvent REMS ” ( Risk Evaluation Mitigation Strategy requirements ) .
“ For these reasons , we urge you to pull the abortion pill from the U.S. market immediately and declare it an imminent hazard to the public health under 21 CFR § 2.5 , ” the letter concluded .
“ We also encourage your continued efforts to stop the illegal trafficking of black market abortion pills into US commerce , and to fight back against the abortion industry ’ s radical push to overturn REMS in the courts .
”

'In addition to the more than 3.7 million children legally killed by the abortion pill, there is a significant body of research showing that chemical abortions pose serious health risks to women.'
URGENT PETITION: Tell the Supreme Court to overturn Roe v. Wade! Sign the petition here.
WASHINGTON, D.C., August 12, 2020 (LifeSiteNews) – As the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) goes to court to prevent the abortion pill RU-486 from being distributed without an in-person medical consultation, two prominent pro-life figures are making the case for federal health officials to pull the drug from the market entirely.
Earlier this year, the FDA restricted abortionists from dispensing the pill without seeing their patients in-person on the grounds that “to ensure that: (1) at the time of dispensing, the patient has the opportunity to receive counseling about the risk of serious complications associated with Mifeprex and what to do should they arise; and (2) there is no delay in the patient receiving their Mifeprex prescription, which could increase the risks of serious bleeding or infection.”
Left-wing groups have challenged the measure, which is currently pending in federal court. On Wednesday, Live Action president Lila Rose and the Charlotte Lozier Institute’s professor Michael New published an op-ed in the Washington Examiner “demanding the removal of this deadly drug from the U.S. market.”
“In addition to the more than 3.7 million children legally killed by the abortion pill, there is a significant body of research showing that chemical abortions pose serious health risks to women,” Rose and New argued. “For instance, a 2015 study that appeared in Obstetrics and Gynecology analyzed comprehensive data from Medicaid billing records in California. It found that chemical abortions result in a complication rate four times higher than that of first-trimester surgical abortions. The risk of a major complication with a chemical abortion was nearly twice as high as the risk of a major complication with a first-trimester surgical abortion. Additionally, a 2009 study of over 42,000 women from Finland found that 20 percent of women who obtained chemical abortions experienced an ‘adverse event’ afterward.”
The piece goes on to detail a Live Action-commissioned survey that found evidence that misinformation is driving public support for RU-486, and that public opinion would significantly change if given the facts, even among those who said they were “unsure” or “pro-choice” on abortion.
“Forty-five percent of people initially thought the abortion pill should be available,” the piece states. “Participants then watched a video that informed viewers of how the abortion pill works to end pregnancy, explaining that during a chemical abortion, a woman will experience heavy bleeding and likely encounter the remains of her baby. After the video, a plurality opposed the abortion pill, and net approval of the abortion pill regimen fell by 17 percentage points.”
The op-ed complements a letter sent least month to FDA commissioner Stephen Hahn, signed by 23 pro-life leaders including Rose, the American Association of Pro-Life OB/GYNs’ Donna Harrison, the Radiance Foundation’s Ryan Bomberger and the Center for Medical Progress’s David Daleiden.
“According to the Association of Pro-Life Obstetricians and Gynecologists, the abortion pill poses a four-times higher risk of complication than surgical abortion in the first trimester,” the letter says. “Despite these risks, the abortion industry has, for years, sought the total removal of all safety protocols and has even encouraged illegal means to circumvent REMS” (Risk Evaluation Mitigation Strategy requirements).
“For these reasons, we urge you to pull the abortion pill from the U.S. market immediately and declare it an imminent hazard to the public health under 21 CFR § 2.5,” the letter concluded. “We also encourage your continued efforts to stop the illegal trafficking of black market abortion pills into US commerce, and to fight back against the abortion industry’s radical push to overturn REMS in the courts.”
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lifesitenews--2020-08-12--‘Greatest threat to civil rights we’ve ever seen’: pro-life leaders react to Biden’s VP pick Kamala

‘Greatest threat to civil rights we’ve ever seen’: pro-life leaders react to Biden’s VP pick Kamala Harris

August 12 , 2020 ( LifeSiteNews ) – The pro-life movement has strong opinions about former Vice President Joe Biden ’ s selection of California Sen. Kamala Harris to be his running mate , arguing that it brings the pro-abortion absolutism of the Democrat presidential ticket into sharper focus .
Biden made the announcement Tuesday , calling Harris a “ fearless fighter for the little guy , and one of the country ’ s finest public servants.
” Both have endorsed plans to enshrine effectively unlimited abortion-on-demand into federal law , which would use the federal Justice Department to tie @ @ @ @ @ @ @ enact even modest pro-life restrictions .
David Daleiden , head of the pro-life investigative group Center for Medical Progress , wrote that from his firsthand experience , he considered Harris the “ greatest threat to First Amendment civil rights our country has ever seen ” : 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 ) .
Most of the footage was @ @ @ @ @ @ @ she would investigate CMP journalists rather than Planned Parenthood , and went on to raid Daleiden ’ s home while accepting the abortion giant ’ s donations for her Senate run .
Numerous pro-life organizations called on Harris to resign over the apparent conflict of interest , and Daleiden ’ s attorneys cited leaked emails that showed Harris ’ office coordinating with Planned Parenthood to draft legislation to criminalize undercover investigations like CMP ’ s .
In May , Daleiden filed a lawsuit against Harris , Planned Parenthood , and California Attorney General @ @ @ @ @ @ @ unprecedented , and ongoing conspiracy to selectively use California ’ s video recording laws as a political weapon to silence disfavored speech.
” Many prominent pro-life figures had much to say about Harris ’ s record , as well : “ For Americans who vote pro-life first the choice is clear for November , if they check the record , ” Students for Life president Kristan Hawkins said .
“ Sen .
Kamala Harris has already proved that she will use any legal authority available to her to target pro-life Americans , and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ run , she was direct in saying she wanted more power.
” “ Kamala Harris has been bought and paid for by Planned Parenthood , which wields incredible political power on the left , ” Operation Rescue president Troy Newman said .
“ Whatever Planned Parenthood says , goes in the Democrat Party .
Harris was Planned Parenthood ’ s pick.
” Harris “ believes that no one should be allowed to be appointed to the court or any administrative government post who ever belonged to a religious institution , organization , club @ @ @ @ @ @ @ abortion , homosexual practice , or transgenderism as sin , ” noted Houston Baptist University theology professor Robert A. J. Gagnon .
“ How can any Christian vote for such a person or even fail to cast an effective vote to stop her election ?
” Gagnon added that a “ vote for Biden/Harris is a vote for child abuse ( cross-sex puberty blockers , mutilation surgery ) , mandatory Drag Queen Story Hour and “ transgender ” speech rules , and abortion ; in short , an all-out assault on the youngest @ @ @ @ @ @ @ persecution of parents and other adults who come to their defense .
Don ’ t be foolish.
” As a Senate candidate , Harris bragged about forcing religiously-owned companies and pro-life pregnancy centers to violate their consciences .
During Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh ’ s confirmation hearings , Harris tried to get him to call the Obergefell ruling that forced states to recognize same-sex “ marriage ” one of the “ great moments in the history of the Supreme Court.
” In December 2018 , she suggested Trump judicial nominee Brian Buescher @ @ @ @ @ @ @ organization Knights of Columbus was problematic because of its pro-life , pro-marriage stances .
In addition to their shared support of abortion-on-demand , both Biden and Harris have positioned themselves as firm allies of the LGBT lobby , from Biden ’ s support of writing transgenderism into federal nondiscrimination law to Harris pandering to LGBT audiences by declaring her gender pronouns .

David Daleiden: 'I know because she had my home raided for speaking the truth about her political patrons at Planned Parenthood'
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August 12, 2020 (LifeSiteNews) – The pro-life movement has strong opinions about former Vice President Joe Biden’s selection of California Sen. Kamala Harris to be his running mate, arguing that it brings the pro-abortion absolutism of the Democrat presidential ticket into sharper focus.
Biden made the announcement Tuesday, calling Harris a “fearless fighter for the little guy, and one of the country’s finest public servants.” Both have endorsed plans to enshrine effectively unlimited abortion-on-demand into federal law, which would use the federal Justice Department to tie the hands of states that try to enact even modest pro-life restrictions.
David Daleiden, head of the pro-life investigative group Center for Medical Progress, wrote that from his firsthand experience, he considered Harris the “greatest threat to First Amendment civil rights our country has ever seen”:
Lots of people are asking me what I think of the news tonight—@KamalaHarris is the greatest threat to First Amendment civil rights our country has ever seen. I know because she had my home raided for speaking the truth about her political patrons at Planned Parenthood. ���� — David Daleiden (@daviddaleiden) August 12, 2020
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). Most of the footage was taken in California, yet Harris announced she would investigate CMP journalists rather than Planned Parenthood, and went on to raid Daleiden’s home while accepting the abortion giant’s donations for her Senate run.
Numerous pro-life organizations called on Harris to resign over the apparent conflict of interest, and Daleiden’s attorneys cited leaked emails that showed Harris’ office coordinating with Planned Parenthood to draft legislation to criminalize undercover investigations like CMP’s.
In May, Daleiden filed a lawsuit against Harris, Planned Parenthood, and California Attorney General Xavier Becerra for a “brazen, unprecedented, and ongoing conspiracy to selectively use California’s video recording laws as a political weapon to silence disfavored speech.”
Many prominent pro-life figures had much to say about Harris’s record, as well:
Kamala Harris — a fearless fighter so that Planned Parenthood can freely dismember, slaughter and sell the body parts of this little guy. https://t.co/W29xGcg7j9 pic.twitter.com/S1CnKwSEZz — Lila Rose (@LilaGraceRose) August 12, 2020
Years ago my friend @daviddaleiden home was raided by officials under the office of then California AG @SenKamalaHarris for exposing @PPFA selling baby body parts… CNN, MSNBC, NYT, WaPo, etc will not be mentioning this…as if it never happened…#VPPick pic.twitter.com/ZWYSwPi6Xy — James O'Keefe (@JamesOKeefeIII) August 11, 2020
Remember pro-lifers It was #BidenVP @KamalaHarris who selectively used California’s video recording laws to prosecute David Daleiden. Kamala's friends Planned Parenthood (who donate to her campaigns) wanted to retaliate for having their misconduct exposed. — Michael New (@Michael_J_New) August 11, 2020
“For Americans who vote pro-life first the choice is clear for November, if they check the record,” Students for Life president Kristan Hawkins said. “Sen. Kamala Harris has already proved that she will use any legal authority available to her to target pro-life Americans, and, in plans announced during her Presidential run, she was direct in saying she wanted more power.”
“Kamala Harris has been bought and paid for by Planned Parenthood, which wields incredible political power on the left,” Operation Rescue president Troy Newman said. “Whatever Planned Parenthood says, goes in the Democrat Party. Harris was Planned Parenthood’s pick.”
Harris “believes that no one should be allowed to be appointed to the court or any administrative government post who ever belonged to a religious institution, organization, club, school, or denomination that views abortion, homosexual practice, or transgenderism as sin,” noted Houston Baptist University theology professor Robert A. J. Gagnon. “How can any Christian vote for such a person or even fail to cast an effective vote to stop her election?”
Gagnon added that a “vote for Biden/Harris is a vote for child abuse (cross-sex puberty blockers, mutilation surgery), mandatory Drag Queen Story Hour and “transgender” speech rules, and abortion; in short, an all-out assault on the youngest in our society and the marginalization and persecution of parents and other adults who come to their defense. Don’t be foolish.”
BREAKING: Biden picks pro-abortion extremist @KamalaHarris for VP. Harris: ❌ Blocked Senate vote to protect babies born alive during abortion (TWICE)
❌ Unveiled a plan to prevent #ProLife states from passing pro-life laws
❌ Voted to force taxpayers to pay for abortions
1/6 pic.twitter.com/MHv7BLdzK1 — Susan B. Anthony List (@SBAList) August 11, 2020
As a Senate candidate, Harris bragged about forcing religiously-owned companies and pro-life pregnancy centers to violate their consciences. During Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation hearings, Harris tried to get him to call the Obergefell ruling that forced states to recognize same-sex “marriage” one of the “great moments in the history of the Supreme Court.” In December 2018, she suggested Trump judicial nominee Brian Buescher’s membership in the Catholic fraternal organization Knights of Columbus was problematic because of its pro-life, pro-marriage stances.
In addition to their shared support of abortion-on-demand, both Biden and Harris have positioned themselves as firm allies of the LGBT lobby, from Biden’s support of writing transgenderism into federal nondiscrimination law to Harris pandering to LGBT audiences by declaring her gender pronouns.
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lifesitenews--2020-08-12--Eric Metaxas: Riots spurred by Cultural Marxists could destroy America

Conservative author , speaker , and radio host , Eric Metaxas tells Jonathon , “ I 'm very glad they @ @ @ @ @ ] burning Bibles because we can see very clearly what the agenda is behind the @ @ @ @ @ are Cultural Marxists . ''
In this week ’ s episode of The Van Maren @ @ @ @ @ Maren discuss the riots , cultural Marxism , and how America is “ on the @ @ @ @ @ .
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Conservative author, speaker, and radio host, Eric Metaxas tells Jonathon, “I'm very glad they're [the rioters are] burning Bibles because we can see very clearly what the agenda is behind the BLM/ANTIFA movement. These people are Cultural Marxists.”
In this week’s episode of The Van Maren Show, Metaxas and Van Maren discuss the riots, cultural Marxism, and how America is “on the brink now of losing everything.”


lifesitenews--2020-08-12--Join our daily worldwide rosary HERE

Join our daily worldwide rosary HERE

August 12 , 2020 ( LifeSiteNews ) – In response to the crisis unfolding in our world and in the Church , LifeSite is offering Catholics throughout the world a chance to be united daily in prayer , in the Our Lady of Fatima Rosary Crusade .
Catholics from all over the world—from Israel , Uganda , Italy , France , Germany , Ireland , Pakistan , Singapore , the Philippines , India , Indonesia , Australia , New Zealand , Thailand , the United Kingdom , the U.S. , Canada , Brazil , and other countries—are gathering daily to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Anthony Pillari , J.C.L.
, an American priest currently studying in Italy .
Our goal is , by means of this daily rosary and by embracing and living out the message given by the Virgin Mary at Fatima , the triumph of Our Lady ’ s Immaculate Heart .
To help obtain that goal , Bishop Athanasius Schneider graciously composed the following prayer for this worldwide rosary crusade : O Immaculate Heart of Mary , you are the holy Mother of God and our tender Mother .
Look upon the distress in which @ @ @ @ @ @ @ are living because of the spread of materialism and the persecution of the Church .
In Fatima you warned against these errors , as you spoke about the errors of Russia .
You are the Mediatrix of all graces .
Implore your Divine Son to grant this special grace for the Pope : that he might consecrate Russia to your Immaculate Heart , so that Russia will be converted , a period of peace will be granted to the world , and your Immaculate Heart will triumph , through an authentic renewal of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ purity of the Catholic Faith , of the sacredness of Divine worship and of the holiness of the Christian life .
O Queen of the holy Rosary and our sweet Mother , turn your merciful eyes to us and graciously hear this our trusting prayer .
Amen .
+ Athanasius Schneider , Auxiliary Bishop of the archdiocese of Saint Mary in Astana To learn more about the urgency of responding to Our Lady ’ s message at Fatima , and about what you can do , please read Cardinal Burke ’ s 2017 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ https : //voiceofthefamily.com/full-text-cardinal-burkes-historic-call-for-consecration-of-russia/ ) .
As St. Padre Pio once said , “ The rosary is the weapon for these times.
” Through prayer , God can shape history , change the world , and bring about a great time of renewal and peace for the Church and for the world , through the triumph of Our Lady ’ s Immaculate Heart .
Join us today !
If you would like to follow along with the prayers said during this rosary , you can access them via this PDF .
This document also @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the daily rosary on LifeSite led by Fr .
Pillari .
Send photos or videos of you and your family praying the rosary with Father Pillari to [ email protected ]

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