lifesitenews--2020-09-29--Are ‘excess deaths’ in 2020 wrongly being attributed to COVID-19?

September 29 , 2020 ( LifeSiteNews ) — A recent article explained that the COVID-19 data provided by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ( CDC ) are both scientifically and medically unlikely to be true .
The article mentioned that dishonesty and deception is observable in certain government entities ’ methods of counting and reporting COVID-19 statistics .
A federal bureau or department should not need deceptive and dishonest methods to prove something to be true .
When one type of deception and dishonesty is discovered in such federal bureaus or departments , one can reasonably expect @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in other ways .
The previous article was unable to mention all of the CDC ’ s questionable methods of reporting and evaluating COVID-19 statistics .
There is still more significant information which suggests that the CDC is either deliberately deceiving , falsifying , or in major error in how it represents COVID-19 data .
One of the main COVID-19 statistics being used by the CDC is referred to as the “ percent of expected deaths ” in 2020 when compared to previous years .
The CDC estimated ( the key word there @ @ @ @ @ @ @ for total deaths it expects in 2020 .
The CDC then compares the actual reported number of deaths in 2020 to the number of deaths that the CDC estimated to be expected in 2020 .
Deaths above the “ expected deaths ” number are then suggested to have been caused by COVID-19 .
On their main COVID-19 data page , the CDC labels the comparison between the reported number of deaths in 2020 and the expected number of deaths in 2020 as the “ percent of expected deaths ” .
To estimate the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is using the average total deaths from 2017 , 2018 , and 2019 .
The CDC ’ s webpage is partially represented ( with added emphasis ) here : While some may not be aware of it , the CDC ’ s method of estimating the number of expected deaths in 2020 likely has had a significant impact on their lives .
Many public health officials , governors , mayors , and others may be using the comparison to presume that deaths above the number of expected deaths for 2020 are caused by @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is also likely used as the basis for legal and political decisions in America and has the potential to result in harm for millions of Americans .
If the CDC ’ s estimate of expected deaths in 2020 is too low , then the actual numbers of deaths in 2020 can wrongly appear to be too high and wrongly attributed to be caused by COVID-19 .
The CDC ’ s number of expected deaths in 2020 , then , requires close evaluation .
And , yet again , one will discover that the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ or erroneous , and quite frankly , absurd , method to estimate the “ expected deaths ” in 2020 .
The CDC ’ s data for 1999-2018 is found here ( click “ I agree ” ) .
Data from 2019 is more difficult to find but is obtainable here ( click “ Downloads ” then “ Download data ” ; the total deaths for 2019 was determined by adding column “ K ” from rows 171 to 222 which are data for weeks 1-52 of 2019 ) .
If the above data @ @ @ @ @ @ @ major questions that should be entering one ’ s mind .
One question is only indirectly related to this article , and a complete commentary is not possible here , but it will be mentioned because of its relevance to the 2020 Presidential election : one has to wonder if legal and illegal immigration and “ refugee re-settlement ” has led to a significantly higher U.S. population than is currently known .
Notice that ( again , if the CDC ’ s data is true ) from 1999 to 2010 the number of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ approximately 2,390,000 to 2,470,000 deaths per year while the total U.S. population increased by about 30 million people .
Since 2010 , though , deaths per year have reportedly ( again , if the data is true ) increased by about 400,000 per year compared to 2009 , while up to 2018 the CDC estimated the population only increased by 20 million people .
Such a difference in reported deaths per year compared to estimated population change is a big deal ; is the huge increase in yearly deaths in America a result @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in population due to legal and illegal immigration and/or “ refugee re-settlement ” ?
Now for the main topic of this article : the CDC misrepresents excess deaths in 2020 and likely falsely attributes them to COVID-19 by using an absurd method to estimate expected deaths .
Look above at the total deaths in 2017 , 2018 , and 2019 compared to the previous years .
The CDC reports the total deaths increased in large amounts from 2009 to 2016 and then suddenly stopped increasing in 2018 and 2019 .
While that is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a potential error or fraudulent representation of the data .
The most obvious falsification or error in the CDC ’ s method , though , is in its estimation of expected deaths in 2020 by averaging the total deaths from 2017 , 2018 , and 2019 .
Using the CDC ’ s numbers provided above , the average total deaths for the years 2017 , 2018 , and 2019 is 2,832,835 .
This means that the CDC expected 2,832,835 deaths in 2020 ; and it means that the CDC expected the total deaths @ @ @ @ @ @ @ previous years .
The CDC ’ s method actually results in a lower number of expected deaths in 2020 than the CDC reports for both 2018 and 2019 .
That is a big deal .
And it is absurd .
The total deaths in the U.S. have reportedly not decreased compared to a previous year since 2009 .
In fact , according to the CDC ’ s data above , the deaths significantly increased several years up until 2017 , 2018 , and 2019 when the CDC reports that total deaths suddenly remain @ @ @ @ @ @ @ at the data from a different perspective to arrive at the conclusion that the CDC is being deceptive or erroneous in their estimation of expected deaths in 2020 .
From 2010 to 2016 , the number of deaths increased by 275,813 .
Using an arbitrary method like the CDC , one could estimate deaths in the U.S. to increase by 275,000 every six years or so .
Such a method of estimation would result in nearly 3,000,000 expected deaths in 2020 − which would be 170,000 more than the CDC ’ s current @ @ @ @ @ @ @ If a more accurate estimate of expected deaths in 2020 is around 3,000,000 , then there may not have been a large excess in deaths in 2020 when compared to previous years .
The significance of the CDC ’ s erroneously or deceptively estimating expected deaths in 2020 , then claiming that total deaths in 2020 are way above what is “ expected ” , and then attributing wrongly too high of “ excess deaths ” in 2020 to be caused by COVID-19 can not be emphasized enough .
And while one should @ @ @ @ @ @ @ doubt , error does not seem to be a likely explanation for the above misrepresentation of the COVID-19 data − particularly for such a large government entity staffed with many who specialize in evaluating and interpreting numbers such as those that are above .
It does not take an epidemiologist or a statistician to determine that averaging the above data from 2017 , 2018 , and 2019 is an absurd method for estimating the number of deaths to expect in 2020 − unless , of course , the intent is to deliberately underestimate @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to wrongly attribute above-expected deaths to COVID-19 .
And as other articles mentioned , there are several more examples of the CDC and other public health officials misrepresenting COVID-19 data .
There is the observation that the CDC and powerful public health officials are almost completely ignoring their own criteria which suggests that COVID-19 is not nearly as severe as they are claiming ; still more is the observation that the CDC and other powerful persons are ignoring basic science and medical fact on pneumonia and respiratory viruses in favor of wrongly increasing @ @ @ @ @ @ @ with genuine motives typically do not make so many “ errors ” − particularly errors which may ultimately cause serious harm to millions of people .
Such examples are significant basis for Americans to question whether certain government entities and their Establishment employees are using falsified COVID-19 data for ulterior motives like suppression of religion and a fundamental transformation of the American way of life .

When one type of deception and dishonesty is discovered in such federal bureaus or departments, one can reasonably expect such entities to be dishonest and deceptive in other ways.
September 29, 2020 (LifeSiteNews) — A recent article explained that the COVID-19 data provided by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) are both scientifically and medically unlikely to be true. The article mentioned that dishonesty and deception is observable in certain government entities’ methods of counting and reporting COVID-19 statistics. A federal bureau or department should not need deceptive and dishonest methods to prove something to be true. When one type of deception and dishonesty is discovered in such federal bureaus or departments, one can reasonably expect such entities to be dishonest and deceptive in other ways.
The previous article was unable to mention all of the CDC’s questionable methods of reporting and evaluating COVID-19 statistics. There is still more significant information which suggests that the CDC is either deliberately deceiving, falsifying, or in major error in how it represents COVID-19 data.
One of the main COVID-19 statistics being used by the CDC is referred to as the “percent of expected deaths” in 2020 when compared to previous years. The CDC estimated (the key word there is “estimated”) a number for total deaths it expects in 2020. The CDC then compares the actual reported number of deaths in 2020 to the number of deaths that the CDC estimated to be expected in 2020. Deaths above the “expected deaths” number are then suggested to have been caused by COVID-19.
On their main COVID-19 data page, the CDC labels the comparison between the reported number of deaths in 2020 and the expected number of deaths in 2020 as the “percent of expected deaths”. To estimate the expected deaths in 2020, the CDC is using the average total deaths from 2017, 2018, and 2019. The CDC’s webpage is partially represented (with added emphasis) here:
While some may not be aware of it, the CDC’s method of estimating the number of expected deaths in 2020 likely has had a significant impact on their lives. Many public health officials, governors, mayors, and others may be using the comparison to presume that deaths above the number of expected deaths for 2020 are caused by COVID-19. The CDC’s information is also likely used as the basis for legal and political decisions in America and has the potential to result in harm for millions of Americans. If the CDC’s estimate of expected deaths in 2020 is too low, then the actual numbers of deaths in 2020 can wrongly appear to be too high and wrongly attributed to be caused by COVID-19.
The CDC’s number of expected deaths in 2020, then, requires close evaluation. And, yet again, one will discover that the CDC is using an arbitrary, falsified or erroneous, and quite frankly, absurd, method to estimate the “expected deaths” in 2020.
The CDC’s data for 1999-2018 is found here (click “I agree”). Data from 2019 is more difficult to find but is obtainable here (click “Downloads” then “Download data”; the total deaths for 2019 was determined by adding column “K” from rows 171 to 222 which are data for weeks 1-52 of 2019).
Year Total Deaths CDC’s Reported Total U.S. Population 1999 2,391,399 279,040,168 2000 2,403,351 281,421,906 2001 2,416,425 284,968,955 2002 2,443,387 287,625,193 2003 2,448,288 290,107,933 2004 2,397,615 292,805,298 2005 2,448,017 295,516,599 2006 2,426,264 298,379,912 2007 2,423,712 301,231,207 2008 2,471,984 304,093,966 2009 2,437,163 306,771,529 2010 2,468,435 308,745,538 2011 2,515,458 311,591,917 2012 2,543,279 313,914,040 2013 2,596,993 316,128,839 2014 2,626,418 318,857,056 2015 2,712,630 321,418,820 2016 2,744,248 323,127,513 2017 2,813,503 325,719,178 2018 2,839,205 327,167,434 2019 2,845,796 Not Available
If the above data is true, then there are some major questions that should be entering one’s mind. One question is only indirectly related to this article, and a complete commentary is not possible here, but it will be mentioned because of its relevance to the 2020 Presidential election: one has to wonder if legal and illegal immigration and “refugee re-settlement” has led to a significantly higher U.S. population than is currently known. Notice that (again, if the CDC’s data is true) from 1999 to 2010 the number of deaths per year stayed relatively constant from approximately 2,390,000 to 2,470,000 deaths per year while the total U.S. population increased by about 30 million people.
Since 2010, though, deaths per year have reportedly (again, if the data is true) increased by about 400,000 per year compared to 2009, while up to 2018 the CDC estimated the population only increased by 20 million people. Such a difference in reported deaths per year compared to estimated population change is a big deal; is the huge increase in yearly deaths in America a result an aging population or a huge increase in population due to legal and illegal immigration and/or “refugee re-settlement”?
(Notably, the population of the U.S., and the identity of each person in the U.S., is probably considered vital national security information for the intelligence community (FBI, CIA, etc.) − government entities which, apparently much like the CDC, “have become bastions of political liberals” with “pro-Democratic Party views” and have gone to extremes in the past. The COVID-19 lockdowns in the U.S. were in March and April when the 2020 census was taking place. Advanced surveillance technologies are probably unable to count and/or identify persons in American households if everyone is travelling and moving about freely; the lockdowns, which included nightly curfews in large cities, were never-used-before extreme measures which forced most persons in the U.S. into dwelling places, providing an opportunity for easy mass surveillance. Also, the United Nations, which is based in New York City and includes the World Health Organization, recommends a census be taken every 10 years; thus, several other countries, including Italy, China, Iran, Russia, and Great Britain, will be taking a census in 2020 or 2021. The aforementioned statements are not theories; they are merely observations.)
Now for the main topic of this article: the CDC misrepresents excess deaths in 2020 and likely falsely attributes them to COVID-19 by using an absurd method to estimate expected deaths. Look above at the total deaths in 2017, 2018, and 2019 compared to the previous years. The CDC reports the total deaths increased in large amounts from 2009 to 2016 and then suddenly stopped increasing in 2018 and 2019. While that is possible, it is worth noting as a potential error or fraudulent representation of the data.
The most obvious falsification or error in the CDC’s method, though, is in its estimation of expected deaths in 2020 by averaging the total deaths from 2017, 2018, and 2019. Using the CDC’s numbers provided above, the average total deaths for the years 2017, 2018, and 2019 is 2,832,835. This means that the CDC expected 2,832,835 deaths in 2020; and it means that the CDC expected the total deaths to actually decrease in 2020 compared to previous years. The CDC’s method actually results in a lower number of expected deaths in 2020 than the CDC reports for both 2018 and 2019.
That is a big deal. And it is absurd. The total deaths in the U.S. have reportedly not decreased compared to a previous year since 2009. In fact, according to the CDC’s data above, the deaths significantly increased several years up until 2017, 2018, and 2019 when the CDC reports that total deaths suddenly remain almost the same.
One can look at the data from a different perspective to arrive at the conclusion that the CDC is being deceptive or erroneous in their estimation of expected deaths in 2020. From 2010 to 2016, the number of deaths increased by 275,813. Using an arbitrary method like the CDC, one could estimate deaths in the U.S. to increase by 275,000 every six years or so. Such a method of estimation would result in nearly 3,000,000 expected deaths in 2020 − which would be 170,000 more than the CDC’s current estimate of expected deaths in 2020. If a more accurate estimate of expected deaths in 2020 is around 3,000,000, then there may not have been a large excess in deaths in 2020 when compared to previous years.
The significance of the CDC’s erroneously or deceptively estimating expected deaths in 2020, then claiming that total deaths in 2020 are way above what is “expected”, and then attributing wrongly too high of “excess deaths” in 2020 to be caused by COVID-19 cannot be emphasized enough. And while one should always give others the benefit of the doubt, error does not seem to be a likely explanation for the above misrepresentation of the COVID-19 data − particularly for such a large government entity staffed with many who specialize in evaluating and interpreting numbers such as those that are above. It does not take an epidemiologist or a statistician to determine that averaging the above data from 2017, 2018, and 2019 is an absurd method for estimating the number of deaths to expect in 2020 − unless, of course, the intent is to deliberately underestimate expected deaths in 2020 as a way to wrongly attribute above-expected deaths to COVID-19.
And as other articles mentioned, there are several more examples of the CDC and other public health officials misrepresenting COVID-19 data. There is the observation that the CDC and powerful public health officials are almost completely ignoring their own criteria which suggests that COVID-19 is not nearly as severe as they are claiming; still more is the observation that the CDC and other powerful persons are ignoring basic science and medical fact on pneumonia and respiratory viruses in favor of wrongly increasing COVID-19 death counts. “Experts” with genuine motives typically do not make so many “errors” − particularly errors which may ultimately cause serious harm to millions of people.
Such examples are significant basis for Americans to question whether certain government entities and their Establishment employees are using falsified COVID-19 data for ulterior motives like suppression of religion and a fundamental transformation of the American way of life.
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lifesitenews--2020-09-29--On the difficulty of learning to suffer well

September 29 , 2020 ( LifeSiteNews ) – I find that I ’ m not good at suffering well .
I just saw the other day a quote from St. Gemma Galgani that made me think of this difficulty again : “ If you really want to love Jesus , first learn to suffer , because suffering teaches you to love.
” And then , of course , do I still marvel at Padre Pio 's attitude who thought that any day he did not suffer was a day lost .
I admit I am not there .
But I @ @ @ @ @ @ @ deepen the soul , and those who have suffered themselves can often empathize with others who suffer .
I am sure there are saintly exceptions to this rule , but suffering can make you deeper .
And suffering can bring you closer to Christ Who showed his loyalty and love by remaining on that Cross and by suffering so unbelievably .
The trouble is , we so quickly forget .
But many of us also have to testify that often these moments of suffering have brought enormous grace into our lives .
But @ @ @ @ @ @ @ when the next spell of suffering comes , or when a pain comes so vividly alive once again ?
I remember reading about the Austrian Catholic writer , Enrica Handel-Mazzetti , who knew that she was “ buying ” the graces for her next novel by way of her illnesses and also by sacrificing most of her own social life .
She was actively working with her suffering in order to gain the graces for her next work .
And , looking for example at her historical novel Stephana Schwertner , she was @ @ @ @ @ @ @ depth of heart and soul that we might otherwise never gain , can be seen in a most piercing commentary recently sent to me , a commentary that inspired me to write this post .
A priest friend of my family is currently in a difficult situation which brings with it a large amount of humiliations and discouragements .
Just the other day , he wrote the following : Today , we celebrate the victory of the Cross .
Also the pagan heroes endured pain , but shame and disdain are now left @ @ @ @ @ @ @ fools and idiots , submitted to all kinds of detraction .
The Divine Majesty is so great that He can even allow himself to be mocked , and us with Him .
The world laughs about God and us .
We are fools who still hold up the Cross and who are lifted above the world by the Cross – without being pulled down by the gravity of sin .
We are nailed to it – who would not flee ?
– and that is our victory .
Like Christ , we cry @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , but that cry is unlike the bitter howling of the demons who may pull on us , but can not pull us to go along with them .
To be crucified means to win .
One does not feel it ; one does not see it ; one does not will it ; but – He may be praised – we have fallen into the trap of the Divine Hunter and we are His .
No , we are His gift to her [ Mary , the Blessed Mother ] .
He @ @ @ @ @ @ @ fished out from the world and whom He has thrown onto the land of heaven .
Tomorrow , I will regret this word , but today I tell you I am filled with holy love : because you are the Son of God , may you not allow me to depart from this wood , since on it I will walk with you to Paradise .
And there , we will be blessed , because we will see her .
Forever .
When I read these words aloud to my husband , tears @ @ @ @ @ @ @ so true !
This is our spiritual struggle with Our Lord who sometimes seems to ask a lot from us – and I think in the current situation in the world , most of us feel some of that suffering in our own lives – yet at the same time that knowledge that , through this suffering , there comes the healing .
God tests us whether we are willing to accept His Divine Will by sending us things we would never freely chose .
My husband , Robert Hickson , recently quoted @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 's 1935 novel Darby and Joan , in which is to be found a very touching insight on suffering as presented by the characters of the novel : “ One has to accept sorrow for it to be of any healing power , and that is the most difficult thing in the world.
” “ I didn ’ t think about it in that way .
I don ’ t think I rebelled against it , because I thought my father was happier dead and at peace , than alive and in pain @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Apart from that , I have not experienced real sorrow ; only disappointment and disillusion.
” “ A priest once said to me , ‘ When you understand what accepted sorrow means , you will understand everything .
It is the secret of life.
’ ” Another priest recently sent to us a video of an Australian priest , Father Michael Rowe , in which he describes how he lost both of his parents while he still was a baby and how he was then raised by his grandmother .
“ That of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ about why we are here , why we came on this world .
And for me it was going into the silence of the Mass .
I somehow knew that there was somebody who cared for me.
” By going to Mass , Father Rowe went on to say , “ I could be at peace with God.
” It is “ often in those sad things , often , that is where we find God .
In one sense , that is where I found God , I found Jesus , I @ @ @ @ @ @ @ knew , even though I had no parents , they were looking after me , ” he concluded .
One must watch this short video and see his eyes and hear his voice .
( He also posts his homilies here . )
Here , once more , a beautiful example of how suffering brings such graces .
But suffering does hurt !
My husband likes to quote Bishop Fulton Sheen who used to speak about “ the tragedy of wasted pain ” when passing by a hospital , where so many people @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Because , as Father John Hardon , S.J .
used to tell my husband : suffering is the consciousness of pain , but sacrifice is the consecration of that suffering .
We need to make use of our sufferings , at least with our act of offering it up , even though we might not see yet the deeper reason for it .
So let us then , in these troubling times , help each other to learn how to accept our intimate sorrows , to turn them into graces by offering them @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Lady .
May she teach us how to suffer well , she who endured in her lifetime so many sufferings , so many intimate sorrows .
Our Lady of Sorrows – pray for us !

'One has to accept sorrow for it to be of any healing power, and that is the most difficult thing in the world'
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September 29, 2020 (LifeSiteNews) – I find that I’m not good at suffering well. I just saw the other day a quote from St. Gemma Galgani that made me think of this difficulty again: “If you really want to love Jesus, first learn to suffer, because suffering teaches you to love.” And then, of course, do I still marvel at Padre Pio's attitude who thought that any day he did not suffer was a day lost.
I admit I am not there. But I do know one thing: suffering can deepen the soul, and those who have suffered themselves can often empathize with others who suffer. I am sure there are saintly exceptions to this rule, but suffering can make you deeper. And suffering can bring you closer to Christ Who showed his loyalty and love by remaining on that Cross and by suffering so unbelievably.
The trouble is, we so quickly forget.
But many of us also have to testify that often these moments of suffering have brought enormous grace into our lives. But then, do we remember that gift when the next spell of suffering comes, or when a pain comes so vividly alive once again?
I remember reading about the Austrian Catholic writer, Enrica Handel-Mazzetti, who knew that she was “buying” the graces for her next novel by way of her illnesses and also by sacrificing most of her own social life. She was actively working with her suffering in order to gain the graces for her next work. And, looking for example at her historical novel Stephana Schwertner, she was right.
That suffering brings us a depth of heart and soul that we might otherwise never gain, can be seen in a most piercing commentary recently sent to me, a commentary that inspired me to write this post.
A priest friend of my family is currently in a difficult situation which brings with it a large amount of humiliations and discouragements. Just the other day, he wrote the following:
Today, we celebrate the victory of the Cross. Also the pagan heroes endured pain, but shame and disdain are now left to us to carry. We are fools and idiots, submitted to all kinds of detraction. The Divine Majesty is so great that He can even allow himself to be mocked, and us with Him. The world laughs about God and us. We are fools who still hold up the Cross and who are lifted above the world by the Cross – without being pulled down by the gravity of sin. We are nailed to it – who would not flee? – and that is our victory. Like Christ, we cry out, because we burn of pain, but that cry is unlike the bitter howling of the demons who may pull on us, but cannot pull us to go along with them. To be crucified means to win. One does not feel it; one does not see it; one does not will it; but – He may be praised – we have fallen into the trap of the Divine Hunter and we are His. No, we are His gift to her [Mary, the Blessed Mother]. He wishes to give her children whom He fished out from the world and whom He has thrown onto the land of heaven. Tomorrow, I will regret this word, but today I tell you I am filled with holy love: because you are the Son of God, may you not allow me to depart from this wood, since on it I will walk with you to Paradise. And there, we will be blessed, because we will see her. Forever.
When I read these words aloud to my husband, tears came into my eyes. They are so true! This is our spiritual struggle with Our Lord who sometimes seems to ask a lot from us – and I think in the current situation in the world, most of us feel some of that suffering in our own lives – yet at the same time that knowledge that, through this suffering, there comes the healing. God tests us whether we are willing to accept His Divine Will by sending us things we would never freely chose.
My husband, Robert Hickson, recently quoted once more the British author Maurice Baring's 1935 novel Darby and Joan, in which is to be found a very touching insight on suffering as presented by the characters of the novel:
“One has to accept sorrow for it to be of any healing power, and that is the most difficult thing in the world.”
“I didn’t think about it in that way. I don’t think I rebelled against it, because I thought my father was happier dead and at peace, than alive and in pain; but I was just stunned. Apart from that, I have not experienced real sorrow; only disappointment and disillusion.”
“A priest once said to me, ‘When you understand what accepted sorrow means, you will understand everything. It is the secret of life.’”
Another priest recently sent to us a video of an Australian priest, Father Michael Rowe, in which he describes how he lost both of his parents while he still was a baby and how he was then raised by his grandmother. “That of course led to a lot of thinking about why we are here, why we came on this world. And for me it was going into the silence of the Mass. I somehow knew that there was somebody who cared for me.” By going to Mass, Father Rowe went on to say, “I could be at peace with God.”
It is “often in those sad things, often, that is where we find God. In one sense, that is where I found God, I found Jesus, I found His Mother Mary, and I knew, even though I had no parents, they were looking after me,” he concluded. One must watch this short video and see his eyes and hear his voice. (He also posts his homilies here.)
Here, once more, a beautiful example of how suffering brings such graces. But suffering does hurt!
My husband likes to quote Bishop Fulton Sheen who used to speak about “the tragedy of wasted pain” when passing by a hospital, where so many people do not offer up their suffering. Because, as Father John Hardon, S.J. used to tell my husband: suffering is the consciousness of pain, but sacrifice is the consecration of that suffering. We need to make use of our sufferings, at least with our act of offering it up, even though we might not see yet the deeper reason for it.
So let us then, in these troubling times, help each other to learn how to accept our intimate sorrows, to turn them into graces by offering them up to Our Lord, through Our Lady. May she teach us how to suffer well, she who endured in her lifetime so many sufferings, so many intimate sorrows.
Our Lady of Sorrows – pray for us!
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--2020-09-29--Pro-life woman punched in face by pro-abortion feminist outside US Supreme Court

WASHINGTON , D.C. , September 29 , 2020 ( LifeSiteNews ) — A young pro-life woman was punched in the face Sunday while witnessing to life outside the U.S. Supreme Court .
The incident took place at the “ No Confirmation Until Inauguration ” rally protesting President Donald Trump ’ s top court nominee Amy Coney Barrett , where abortion advocates made up the majority of the crowd , according to a Student for Life of America ( SFLA ) press release .
Twenty-three-year old Autumn Schimmer , SFLAction Communications and Market Manager , was standing holding a sign “ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ feminists ’ are protesting a woman , ” when an abortion advocate came up to talk to her , and then punched her and pulled off her face mask .
Police were called and arrested a woman in connection with the incident , the SFLA release stated .
Although the actual assault was not caught directly on camera , a Breitbart video [ at about 1:01 ] of the protest shows a tearful and distraught Schimmer talking to reporters and police in the immediate aftermath .
“ I work for Students for Life @ @ @ @ @ @ @ was just having a conversation with a pro-choice woman about what it means to be a feminist , ” she told media .
“ I told her all women have to be born in order for there to be feminism .
If we want to advance this agenda , women ’ s empowerment is women being born .
Women are not empowered from their children being killed , ” related Schimmer , part of SFLA ’ s SCOTUS Squad .
“ So the woman basically got mad at me that I didn ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ hit me in the face and ran into the crowd to hide like a coward , ” she said .
“ This just shows that the left is okay with violence , and why are we okay with violence ?
” In the SFLA press release , Schimmer said that after she explained the pro-life view of feminism , the woman kept “ getting more aggressive ” and “ I took a step back to return to my group.
” The woman then “ approached me and punched me in the face and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is very upsetting .
Being attacked by a pro-choicer just shows that the violence of abortion breeds a culture of violence and normalizes it.
” Demand Justice , Planned Parenthood Action , Sunrise Movement , and March for Our Lives were among the groups organizing Sunday ’ s protest Headquartered in Fredericksburg , Virginia , SFLA is the largest , pro-life , youth organization in the United States , and SFLA president Kristan Hawkins joined other pro-life leaders Saturday to praise Trump ’ s pick of Coney Barrett for the top court .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ mobilize across the country for this qualified jurist who deserves to be heard , ” and that SFLA will be out in front of the Supreme Court .
“ On the 100th anniversary of women ’ s right to vote found in the 19th Amendment , Judge Barrett ’ s nomination to the Supreme Court is a fitting tribute to how far we as women have come , ” Hawkins said in the SFLA press release .
“ This is the opportunity of a lifetime that will determine millions of lifetimes .
It @ @ @ @ @ @ @ : Get ready for a Post-Roe America .
”

'Being attacked by a pro-choicer just shows that the violence of abortion breeds a culture of violence and normalizes it'
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WASHINGTON, D.C., September 29, 2020 (LifeSiteNews) — A young pro-life woman was punched in the face Sunday while witnessing to life outside the U.S. Supreme Court.
The incident took place at the “No Confirmation Until Inauguration” rally protesting President Donald Trump’s top court nominee Amy Coney Barrett, where abortion advocates made up the majority of the crowd, according to a Student for Life of America (SFLA) press release.
Twenty-three-year old Autumn Schimmer, SFLAction Communications and Market Manager, was standing holding a sign “I can’t believe these ‘feminists’ are protesting a woman,” when an abortion advocate came up to talk to her, and then punched her and pulled off her face mask.
Police were called and arrested a woman in connection with the incident, the SFLA release stated.
Although the actual assault was not caught directly on camera, a Breitbart video [at about 1:01] of the protest shows a tearful and distraught Schimmer talking to reporters and police in the immediate aftermath.
“I work for Students for Life. I live in Chicago, I was just having a conversation with a pro-choice woman about what it means to be a feminist,” she told media.
“I told her all women have to be born in order for there to be feminism. If we want to advance this agenda, women’s empowerment is women being born. Women are not empowered from their children being killed,” related Schimmer, part of SFLA’s SCOTUS Squad.
“So the woman basically got mad at me that I didn’t answer one of her questions, hit me in the face and ran into the crowd to hide like a coward,” she said.
“This just shows that the left is okay with violence, and why are we okay with violence?”
In the SFLA press release, Schimmer said that after she explained the pro-life view of feminism, the woman kept “getting more aggressive” and “I took a step back to return to my group.”
The woman then “approached me and punched me in the face and ripped off my face mask. This is very upsetting. Being attacked by a pro-choicer just shows that the violence of abortion breeds a culture of violence and normalizes it.”
Demand Justice, Planned Parenthood Action, Sunrise Movement, and March for Our Lives were among the groups organizing Sunday’s protest
Headquartered in Fredericksburg, Virginia, SFLA is the largest, pro-life, youth organization in the United States, and SFLA president Kristan Hawkins joined other pro-life leaders Saturday to praise Trump’s pick of Coney Barrett for the top court.
Hawkins promised that “our team will mobilize across the country for this qualified jurist who deserves to be heard,” and that SFLA will be out in front of the Supreme Court.
“On the 100th anniversary of women’s right to vote found in the 19th Amendment, Judge Barrett’s nomination to the Supreme Court is a fitting tribute to how far we as women have come,” Hawkins said in the SFLA press release.
“This is the opportunity of a lifetime that will determine millions of lifetimes. It’s go time, Pro-Life Generation: Get ready for a Post-Roe America.”
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lifesitenews--2020-09-29--Minneapolis ballot-harvester caught paying for ballot on undercover video

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MINNEAPOLIS , Minnesota , September 29 , 2020 ( LifeSiteNews ) ― A ballot-harvester was caught paying for a man ’ s vote on an undercover video published by Project Veritas .
In Part 2 of an explosive investigative report on ballot-harvesting and voter fraud in the city of Minneapolis , Project Veritas investigative reporter James O ’ Keefe published a video of one Somali-American man paying another for his voter registration form .
“ The tape shows a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ absentee ballot for a voter , giving him ‘ pocket money ’ of $ 200 , and expecting to collect his ballot when the voter receives it , ” said O ’ Keefe .
In the video , the buyer instructs the voter in Somali how to fill in the registration form .
O ’ Keefe tweeted that within 20 minutes of its publication , the video was viewed 100,000 times .
As of press time it has been viewed 4.5 million times .
Project Veritas seems to have received this and other @ @ @ @ @ @ @ named Omar Jamal .
Disturbed by the implications of voter fraud for the USA , Jamal “ secretly recorded dozens of conversations in and around the Somali community in Minneapolis to expose a rampant voter fraud scheme , ” O ’ Keefe explained .
“ It ’ s an open secret [ in ] that everybody know it , but they don ’ t talk about it , ” said Omar Jamal .
“ 80,000 of [ Somali ] immigrants ’ votes will swing the election to one side [ in Minnesota ] @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of dollars are spent to make sure that … 80 or 100,000 immigrant votes go one way , so it will make a difference.
” In a second secret recording given to Project Veritas , an alleged ballot-harvester , Osman Ali Dahquane , admits to receiving $ 800 for his vote and for bringing 40 other people to vote-buyers who were also all paid $ 800 .
Osman Ali implicated Rep. Ilhan Omar ( D-MN ) , her rival Antone Melton-Meaux , and Minneapolis City Councillor Jamal Osman in the fraud .
He @ @ @ @ @ @ @ money and voting for Ilhan instead .
Osman Ali said also that those who sell their votes don ’ t care that it ’ s illegal .
He himself shook off the implication of personal wrong-doing by saying , “ I was given money , and I was told to vote.
” Nevertheless , Osman Ali admitted that the system is “ very , very corrupt ” and that he and his fellow fraudsters “ are in big trouble if they come after us.
” But he also said that nobody would be @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to prison .
A female source , someone who allegedly previously worked with Rep. Omar , alleged that the far-left congresswoman had herself “ come up with ” the fraudulent pay-for-vote system .
She said that there are people working at the polling stations who also work for Rep. Omar .
The congresswoman ’ s workers are allegedly ballot-counters and apparently even manage the precinct .
“ They do all of it , ” the anonymous informant claimed .
Another anonymous source , allegedly himself a ballot-harvester , was recorded saying that people @ @ @ @ @ @ @ from door to door in the Minneapolis Somali community to strongarm them into voting for her .
He alleged that , posing as translators , Ilhan ’ s compaigers go with Somalis into the polling booths , where they do the actual voting .
A final source alleged that the vote-for-pay scheme on Ilhan ’ s behalf is being financed by Palestinian-American businessman Basim Sabri , in exchange for the congresswoman ’ s efforts to end American financial support for Israel .
Congresswoman Ilhan Omar ’ s senior communications director , Jeremy Slevin @ @ @ @ @ @ @ voter fraud and suggested that there is a right-wing conspiracy against the democratic process .
“ The amount of truth to this story is equal to the amount Donald Trump paid in taxes of ten out of the last fifteen years : zero , ” he stated to the media .
“ And amplifying a coordinated right-wing campaign to delegitimize a free and fair election this fall undermines our democracy , ” he claimed .
One million Americans have already voted in the 2020 presidential election .
In ultra-liberal Fairfax County , Virginia @ @ @ @ @ @ @ absentee ballots in the mail .
Office of Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison 45 Minnesota Street Suite 1400 St. Paul , MN 55101-2131 ( 651 ) 296-3353 ( Within Minneapolis – St. Paul area ) ( 800 ) 657-3787 ( Outside Minneapolis – St. Paul area )

'The tape shows a man buying a registration form for an absentee ballot for a voter, giving him ‘pocket money’ of $200, and expecting to collect his ballot when the voter receives it,' explained James O’Keefe of Project Veritas.
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MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota, September 29, 2020 (LifeSiteNews) ― A ballot-harvester was caught paying for a man’s vote on an undercover video published by Project Veritas.
In Part 2 of an explosive investigative report on ballot-harvesting and voter fraud in the city of Minneapolis, Project Veritas investigative reporter James O’Keefe published a video of one Somali-American man paying another for his voter registration form.
“The tape shows a man buying a registration form for an absentee ballot for a voter, giving him ‘pocket money’ of $200, and expecting to collect his ballot when the voter receives it,” said O’Keefe.
In the video, the buyer instructs the voter in Somali how to fill in the registration form. O’Keefe tweeted that within 20 minutes of its publication, the video was viewed 100,000 times. As of press time it has been viewed 4.5 million times.
Project Veritas seems to have received this and other recordings from a whistleblower and Somali-American insider named Omar Jamal. Disturbed by the implications of voter fraud for the USA, Jamal “secretly recorded dozens of conversations in and around the Somali community in Minneapolis to expose a rampant voter fraud scheme,” O’Keefe explained.
“It’s an open secret [in] that everybody know it, but they don’t talk about it,” said Omar Jamal.
“80,000 of [Somali] immigrants’ votes will swing the election to one side [in Minnesota],” he continued.
“Millions of dollars are spent to make sure that … 80 or 100,000 immigrant votes go one way, so it will make a difference.”
In a second secret recording given to Project Veritas, an alleged ballot-harvester, Osman Ali Dahquane, admits to receiving $800 for his vote and for bringing 40 other people to vote-buyers who were also all paid $800.
Osman Ali implicated Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN), her rival Antone Melton-Meaux, and Minneapolis City Councillor Jamal Osman in the fraud. He admitted to double-crossing Melton-Meaux by taking his money and voting for Ilhan instead. Osman Ali said also that those who sell their votes don’t care that it’s illegal. He himself shook off the implication of personal wrong-doing by saying, “I was given money, and I was told to vote.”
Nevertheless, Osman Ali admitted that the system is “very, very corrupt” and that he and his fellow fraudsters “are in big trouble if they come after us.” But he also said that nobody would be afraid of being caught until people go to prison.
A female source, someone who allegedly previously worked with Rep. Omar, alleged that the far-left congresswoman had herself “come up with” the fraudulent pay-for-vote system. She said that there are people working at the polling stations who also work for Rep. Omar. The congresswoman’s workers are allegedly ballot-counters and apparently even manage the precinct.
“They do all of it,” the anonymous informant claimed.
Another anonymous source, allegedly himself a ballot-harvester, was recorded saying that people from Ilhan Omar’s campaign go from door to door in the Minneapolis Somali community to strongarm them into voting for her. He alleged that, posing as translators, Ilhan’s compaigers go with Somalis into the polling booths, where they do the actual voting.
A final source alleged that the vote-for-pay scheme on Ilhan’s behalf is being financed by Palestinian-American businessman Basim Sabri, in exchange for the congresswoman’s efforts to end American financial support for Israel.
Congresswoman Ilhan Omar’s senior communications director, Jeremy Slevin, denied that she is involved in voter fraud and suggested that there is a right-wing conspiracy against the democratic process.
“The amount of truth to this story is equal to the amount Donald Trump paid in taxes of ten out of the last fifteen years: zero,” he stated to the media.
“And amplifying a coordinated right-wing campaign to delegitimize a free and fair election this fall undermines our democracy,” he claimed.
One million Americans have already voted in the 2020 presidential election. In ultra-liberal Fairfax County, Virginia, at least 1,000 voters received two absentee ballots in the mail.
Contact information for respectful communication:
Office of Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison
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Suite 1400
St. Paul, MN 55101-2131
(651) 296-3353 (Within Minneapolis – St. Paul area)
(800) 657-3787 (Outside Minneapolis – St. Paul area)
President Donald Trump
The White House
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Washington, DC 20500-0003
United States
www.whitehouse.gov/contact/
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lifesitenews--2020-09-29--‘Racist’: Population control group uses black baby in overpopulation billboard

VANCOUVER , British Columbia , September 28 , 2020 ( LifeSiteNews ) – A billboard ad by a population control group uses an image of a black child to advocate for one child per family and is accompanied by the following words : “ The most loving gift you can give your first child is to not have another.
” The ad by OnePlanetOneChild.org recently appeared in Vancouver , British Columbia .
The wording of the ad appears to twist in the opposite direction a saying commonly attributed to Saint John Paul II : “ The greatest gift you can @ @ @ @ @ @ @ A leading black pro-life activist blasted the billboard as “ the only acceptable form of racism today.
” “ This [ is ] an ad by OnePlanetOneChild campaign in Vancouver ... take a good look at it , notice the black baby they ’ ve chosen to use for their population control messaging .
This is perhaps the only acceptable form of racism today , ” wrote pro-life activist Obianuju Ekeocha on her Twitter page Friday .
Ekeocha is the founder and president of Culture of Life Africa and also created the documentary @ @ @ @ @ @ @ author of the book Target Africa : Ideological Neo-colonialism of the Twenty-First Century .
In February , she blasted Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau saying that he is “ not a friend to Africa ” for his pro-abortion views after he toured the continent in a failed bid for a United Nations Security Council seat .
The anti-family and anti-life OnePlanetOneChild ad was placed by the leftist and environmentally charged Minnesota based non-profit World Population Balance , who run OnePlanetOneChild .
World Population Balance ’ s Executive Director Dave Gardner said in a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ want Canadians “ talking ” about “ smaller families.
” “ We want to get Canada talking about overpopulation .
A surprising number of journalists , elected officials , and the public are unaware the world is overpopulated or uncomfortable talking about it .
Many do n't realize the solution to overpopulation – and much of the environmental destruction it causes – is simply to embrace the accelerating trend toward freely chosen smaller families , ” Gardner said in the press release .
The group ’ s main claim that the world is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Tesla CEO and billionaire Elon Musk , who said in 2019 that the “ biggest problem ” facing the world is not population explosion , but “ population collapse.
” “ Most people think we have too many people on the planet , but actually this is an outdated view , ” said Musk in a live-streamed debate with Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. chairman Jack Ma at the August 29 World Artificial Intelligence Conference in Shanghai .
“ Assuming that AI ( artificial intelligence ) is fine — we ’ re assuming there @ @ @ @ @ @ @ — I think the biggest problem the world will face in 20 years is population collapse , ” he continued .
“ Collapse : I want to emphasize this .
The biggest issue in 20 years will be population collapse , not explosion , collapse.
” Josie Luetke , Youth Coordinator for Campaign Life Coalition ( CLC ) told LifeSiteNews that overpopulation is a “ myth , ” and that the OnePlanetOneChild ads are “ racist ” and “ disgustingly paternalistic.
” '' The OnePlanetOneChild ads are disgustingly paternalistic , racist , and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ LifeSiteNews .
“ Overpopulation is a myth perpetrated by those who are greedy , selfish , and ultimately destructive , and children actually benefit from having siblings !
People are the planet 's greatest resource - not burden…I ’ m still waiting for the outrage from Black Lives Matter.
” The OnePlanetOneChild and is part of an extended ad campaign by the group who first placed billboards in Minneapolis and in the Denver area , before expanding to Vancouver with both transit and billboards ads .
The OnePlanetOneChild ’ s website says their @ @ @ @ @ @ @ people to an “ overpopulation crisis ” and that small “ families ” help the earth .
“ The One Planet , One Child Billboard Campaign alerts people to the overpopulation crisis and celebrates the choice to have a small family .
Small families are helping to create a healthy planet , better lives and a promising future , ” reads the group 's website .
As of press time Tuesday , both the OnePlanetOneChild.org website as well as the World Population Balance site were offline showing server errors .
A cached version @ @ @ @ @ @ @ here .
According to the group 's website , they plan on placing other ads which read `` We Chose One ! ''
and another which reads `` We Chose Childfree ! ''
“ What 's growth doing for you ?
” and “ Overpopulation : We 're all solving it , ” reads two more ads .
Another ad takes the tagline used by pro-life groups , “ life begins at conception ” and perverts it into “ Traffic congestion starts at conception.
” Yet another ad reads , “ Thank you @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Steven Mosher , who serves as president of the pro-life Population Research Institute ( PRI ) said in a 2019 opinion piece that a growing human population drives progress and does not destroy the earth .
“ For the radical environmentalists , however , this kind of pro-natal , pro–population growth talk is rank heresy .
They see the planet and people locked in a zero-sum game .
And the planet is losing , ” wrote Mosher .
“ But ignore the hysteria for a moment and ask yourself : do more people @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is obviously ‘ yes.
’ …..Indeed , the whole economic history of the human race may be summed up in the observation that population growth does not only go hand-in-hand with progress , but actually drives progress.
” The PRI ’ s mission according to their website is to “ expose the myth of overpopulation , expose human rights abuses committed in population control programs , and make the case that people are the world 's greatest resource.
” The PRI ’ s website lists the idea of overpopulation as having come from @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 1798 he published the first edition of his work , ` An Essay on the Principle of Population , where he “ speculated that humans reproduce exponentially while their ability to increase agricultural could not sustain growing populations , ” says PRI ’ s website .
Malthus ’ s ideas “ quickly became the foundation for a movement that began to preach population control and contraception as the keys to socioeconomic development and the betterment of Western society.
” The PRI ’ s says that the “ myth ” of overpopulation has led @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ s One-Child Policy , sex-selective abortion in India , forced sterilization programs in Latin America , and United Nations “ education programs ” that promote abortion and contraception , especially in Africa .

OnePlanetOneChild stated in text beneath the image of the black child that the ‘most loving gift you can give your first child is to not have another’
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VANCOUVER, British Columbia, September 28, 2020 (LifeSiteNews) – A billboard ad by a population control group uses an image of a black child to advocate for one child per family and is accompanied by the following words: “The most loving gift you can give your first child is to not have another.”
The ad by OnePlanetOneChild.org recently appeared in Vancouver, British Columbia. The wording of the ad appears to twist in the opposite direction a saying commonly attributed to Saint John Paul II: “The greatest gift you can give your child is another sibling.”
A leading black pro-life activist blasted the billboard as “the only acceptable form of racism today.”
“This [is] an ad by OnePlanetOneChild campaign in Vancouver…take a good look at it, notice the black baby they’ve chosen to use for their population control messaging. This is perhaps the only acceptable form of racism today,” wrote pro-life activist Obianuju Ekeocha on her Twitter page Friday.
This an ad by OnePlanetOneChild campaign in Vancouver…take a good look at it, notice the black baby they’ve chosen to use for their population control messaging. This is perhaps the only acceptable form of racism today. pic.twitter.com/oqjseBQe2U — Obianuju Ekeocha (@obianuju) September 25, 2020
Ekeocha is the founder and president of Culture of Life Africa and also created the documentary Strings Attached. She is also the author of the book Target Africa: Ideological Neo-colonialism of the Twenty-First Century. In February, she blasted Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau saying that he is “not a friend to Africa” for his pro-abortion views after he toured the continent in a failed bid for a United Nations Security Council seat.
The anti-family and anti-life OnePlanetOneChild ad was placed by the leftist and environmentally charged Minnesota based non-profit World Population Balance, who run OnePlanetOneChild. World Population Balance’s Executive Director Dave Gardner said in a press release about the campaign that they want Canadians “talking” about “smaller families.”
“We want to get Canada talking about overpopulation. A surprising number of journalists, elected officials, and the public are unaware the world is overpopulated or uncomfortable talking about it. Many don't realize the solution to overpopulation – and much of the environmental destruction it causes – is simply to embrace the accelerating trend toward freely chosen smaller families,” Gardner said in the press release.
The group’s main claim that the world is overpopulated is challenged by people such as Tesla CEO and billionaire Elon Musk, who said in 2019 that the “biggest problem” facing the world is not population explosion, but “population collapse.”
“Most people think we have too many people on the planet, but actually this is an outdated view,” said Musk in a live-streamed debate with Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. chairman Jack Ma at the August 29 World Artificial Intelligence Conference in Shanghai.
“Assuming that AI (artificial intelligence) is fine — we’re assuming there’s a benevolent future with AI — I think the biggest problem the world will face in 20 years is population collapse,” he continued. “Collapse: I want to emphasize this. The biggest issue in 20 years will be population collapse, not explosion, collapse.”
Josie Luetke, Youth Coordinator for Campaign Life Coalition (CLC) told LifeSiteNews that overpopulation is a “myth,” and that the OnePlanetOneChild ads are “racist” and “disgustingly paternalistic.”
“The OnePlanetOneChild ads are disgustingly paternalistic, racist, and just plain wrong,” Luetke told LifeSiteNews.
“Overpopulation is a myth perpetrated by those who are greedy, selfish, and ultimately destructive, and children actually benefit from having siblings! People are the planet's greatest resource – not burden…I’m still waiting for the outrage from Black Lives Matter.”
The OnePlanetOneChild and is part of an extended ad campaign by the group who first placed billboards in Minneapolis and in the Denver area, before expanding to Vancouver with both transit and billboards ads.
The OnePlanetOneChild’s website says their billboard campaign is about “alerting” people to an “overpopulation crisis” and that small “families” help the earth.
“The One Planet, One Child Billboard Campaign alerts people to the overpopulation crisis and celebrates the choice to have a small family. Small families are helping to create a healthy planet, better lives and a promising future,” reads the group's website.
As of press time Tuesday, both the OnePlanetOneChild.org website as well as the World Population Balance site were offline showing server errors. A cached version of the website can still be viewed here.
According to the group's website, they plan on placing other ads which read “We Chose One!” and another which reads “We Chose Childfree!”
“What's growth doing for you?” and “Overpopulation: We're all solving it,” reads two more ads.
Another ad takes the tagline used by pro-life groups, “life begins at conception” and perverts it into “Traffic congestion starts at conception.”
Yet another ad reads, “Thank you for shrinking your carbon footprint.”
Author Steven Mosher, who serves as president of the pro-life Population Research Institute (PRI) said in a 2019 opinion piece that a growing human population drives progress and does not destroy the earth.
“For the radical environmentalists, however, this kind of pro-natal, pro–population growth talk is rank heresy. They see the planet and people locked in a zero-sum game. And the planet is losing,” wrote Mosher.
“But ignore the hysteria for a moment and ask yourself: do more people equate to more progress? The answer is obviously ‘yes.’…..Indeed, the whole economic history of the human race may be summed up in the observation that population growth does not only go hand-in-hand with progress, but actually drives progress.”
The PRI’s mission according to their website is to “expose the myth of overpopulation, expose human rights abuses committed in population control programs, and make the case that people are the world's greatest resource.”
The PRI’s website lists the idea of overpopulation as having come from the Anglican minister Thomas Malthus.
In 1798 he published the first edition of his work, `An Essay on the Principle of Population, where he “speculated that humans reproduce exponentially while their ability to increase agricultural could not sustain growing populations,” says PRI’s website.
Malthus’s ideas “quickly became the foundation for a movement that began to preach population control and contraception as the keys to socioeconomic development and the betterment of Western society.”
The PRI’s says that the “myth” of overpopulation has led to disastrous anti-life policies such as China’s One-Child Policy, sex-selective abortion in India, forced sterilization programs in Latin America, and United Nations “education programs” that promote abortion and contraception, especially in Africa.
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lifesitenews--2020-09-29--Join our daily worldwide rosary HERE

Join our daily worldwide rosary HERE

September 29 , 2020 ( LifeSiteNews ) – In response to the crisis unfolding in our world and in the Church , LifeSite is offering Catholics throughout the world a chance to be united daily in prayer , in the Our Lady of Fatima Rosary Crusade .
Catholics from all over the world—from Israel , Uganda , Italy , France , Germany , Ireland , Pakistan , Singapore , the Philippines , India , Indonesia , Australia , New Zealand , Thailand , the United Kingdom , the U.S. , Canada , Brazil , and other countries—are gathering daily to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Anthony Pillari , J.C.L.
, an American priest currently studying in Italy .
Our goal is , by means of this daily rosary and by embracing and living out the message given by the Virgin Mary at Fatima , the triumph of Our Lady ’ s Immaculate Heart .
To help obtain that goal , Bishop Athanasius Schneider graciously composed the following prayer for this worldwide rosary crusade : O Immaculate Heart of Mary , you are the holy Mother of God and our tender Mother .
Look upon the distress in which @ @ @ @ @ @ @ are living because of the spread of materialism and the persecution of the Church .
In Fatima you warned against these errors , as you spoke about the errors of Russia .
You are the Mediatrix of all graces .
Implore your Divine Son to grant this special grace for the Pope : that he might consecrate Russia to your Immaculate Heart , so that Russia will be converted , a period of peace will be granted to the world , and your Immaculate Heart will triumph , through an authentic renewal of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ purity of the Catholic Faith , of the sacredness of Divine worship and of the holiness of the Christian life .
O Queen of the holy Rosary and our sweet Mother , turn your merciful eyes to us and graciously hear this our trusting prayer .
Amen .
+ Athanasius Schneider , Auxiliary Bishop of the archdiocese of Saint Mary in Astana To learn more about the urgency of responding to Our Lady ’ s message at Fatima , and about what you can do , please read Cardinal Burke ’ s 2017 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ https : //voiceofthefamily.com/full-text-cardinal-burkes-historic-call-for-consecration-of-russia/ ) .
As St. Padre Pio once said , “ The rosary is the weapon for these times.
” Through prayer , God can shape history , change the world , and bring about a great time of renewal and peace for the Church and for the world , through the triumph of Our Lady ’ s Immaculate Heart .
Join us today !
If you would like to follow along with the prayers said during this rosary , you can access them via this PDF .
This document also @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the daily rosary on LifeSite led by Fr .
Pillari .

(LifeSiteNews) — In response to the crisis unfolding in our world and in the Church, LifeSite is happy to promote Regina Angelorum Press’s Daily Rosary, which is offering Catholics throughout the world the chance to be united daily in prayer, in the Our Lady of Fatima Rosary Crusade.
Catholics from all over the world — from Israel, Uganda, Italy, France, Germany, Ireland, Pakistan, Singapore, the Philippines, India, Indonesia, Australia, New Zealand, Thailand, the United Kingdom, the U.S., Canada, Brazil, and other countries — are gathering daily to pray the Rosary, led by Father Pillari, JCL, MCL, STL, an American priest currently studying in Italy.
The Daily Rosary is being offered each day at 12noon EST through Regina Angelorum Press’ YouTube Channel to which you can subscribe HERE.
The goal is, by means of this Daily Rosary and by embracing and living out the message given by the Virgin Mary at Fatima, the triumph of Our Lady’s Immaculate Heart.
To help obtain that goal, Bishop Athanasius Schneider graciously composed the following prayer for this worldwide Rosary crusade:
O Immaculate Heart of Mary, you are the holy Mother of God and our tender Mother. Look upon the distress in which the Church and the whole of humanity are living because of the spread of materialism and the persecution of the Church. In Fatima you warned against these errors, as you spoke about the errors of Russia. You are the Mediatrix of all graces. Implore your Divine Son to grant this special grace for the Pope: that he might consecrate Russia to your Immaculate Heart, so that Russia will be converted, a period of peace will be granted to the world, and your Immaculate Heart will triumph, through an authentic renewal of the Church in the splendor of the purity of the Catholic Faith, of the sacredness of Divine worship and of the holiness of the Christian life. O Queen of the holy Rosary and our sweet Mother, turn your merciful eyes to us and graciously hear this our trusting prayer. Amen. + Athanasius Schneider, Auxiliary Bishop of the archdiocese of Saint Mary in Astana
To learn more about the urgency of responding to Our Lady’s message at Fatima, and about what you can do, please read Cardinal Burke’s 2017 address at the Rome Life Forum.
As St. Padre Pio once said, “The Rosary is the weapon for these times.” Through prayer, God can shape history, change the world, and bring about a great time of renewal and peace for the Church and for the world, through the triumph of Our Lady’s Immaculate Heart. Join us today!
If you would like to follow along with the prayers said during this Rosary, you can access them HERE. The document also includes a brief F.A.Q. pertaining to the daily Rosary.
You can send your prayer requests to https://reginangelorumpress.com/prayer-intentions/
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lifesitenews--2020-09-29--To flush out invalid sacraments, bishops urgently need to grill their clergy

September 29 , 2020 ( LifeSiteNews ) — The news about the two recent “ priests ” who discovered that they weren ’ t priests at all due to having been “ baptized ” with an invalid formula has caused a furor , and rightly so .
While they have now been baptized , confirmed , and ordained , what of all the souls affected by their lack of orders — the faithful who received mere bread because there was no consecration ; the faithful who went away from confession not having been absolved ; the faithful who went away @ @ @ @ @ @ @ not ; the converts received at Easter who were never confirmed ; the sick and dying who were never anointed ?
And we can be sure that if two priests have already been identified , we are seeing only the tip of the iceberg .
The mind shudders to think what would happen if such a priest did not discover the invalidity of his ordination and were someday appointed a “ bishop.
” We can be grateful for the supernatural common sense by which every episcopal ordination normally has three co-consecrators .
LifeSite @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , “ Reflections on the necessity for widespread access to conditional baptism , ” that details the scope of the crisis and the solutions required .
Sadly , this article does not seem to have attracted the attention it deserves .
It ought to be required reading , certainly for bishops , priests , and deacons .
The following two things must happen , and happen soon .
First , every diocesan bishop should contact every priest or deacon who serves or has ever served in his diocese and ask point-blank : “ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ words when conferring any of the sacraments that differed from the words printed in the official liturgical books ?
I need to have a response from you saying no , you did not , or yes , you did ; and in the latter case , the words you remember using .
This is urgently needed for the good of souls and for setting at ease the minds of many Catholics who are rightly disturbed by recent revelations concerning the invalidity of baptisms and other sacraments due to defects in form.
” Now @ @ @ @ @ @ @ have already done this , and that others are preparing to do it , yet it is also probable that many , if not most , will not perceive the gravity of the situation and will assume that all is well unless someone reports a problem .
They ’ ll assume that God is so merciful that He ’ ll never allow anyone to be lacking in grace if he has good will and that it ’ s better to let sleeping dogs lie .
This is a terribly short-sighted policy .
It @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in which Our Lord instituted specific means for bestowing graces upon the faithful .
No , He is not bound to them , but we are bound to them , and we sin by avoiding them or treating them contemptuously or lightly .
We can not presume that He will always “ give us a pass , ” and this is all the more true for superiors who are entrusted with the good of souls and are responsible for ensuring that they receive what the Lord wishes to give them — including , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ who , knowing what we now know , does not exhaust himself in the effort to find out unworthy ministers of invalid sacraments will face a particularly severe judgment , as he will be responsible for any of the sheep who went astray because they were deprived of divine aids .
The policy is exceedingly harmful , too , because of the “ knock-on ” effects of invalid sacraments : one pseudo-baptism can have exponential effects in the Body of Christ .
To deny this , one would have to be an apostate @ @ @ @ @ @ @ basic tenets of the Faith .
I suggest , therefore , that Catholics everywhere send a respectfully worded letter to their local ordinaries along the following lines : “ The news of two ‘ priests ’ who discovered their baptisms were invalid and who thus had to receive all their sacraments for the first time is terribly disturbing , since there are bound to be many more individuals who think themselves to be baptized ( or confirmed , or married , or ordained ) but who are not .
Please , for the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to all priests and deacons who are serving or who have ever served in your diocese ( including retired ones ) , and ask them if they ever baptized in any form other than ‘ I baptize you in the Name of the Father , and of the Son , and of the Holy Spirit , ’ while pouring water on the head .
It is necessary to find out the individuals who may have used an invalid form or matter so that the people affected may be contacted .
Indeed , it @ @ @ @ @ @ @ they have used an incorrect form for any of the sacraments , including Confession , where laity often complain of ad-libbed ‘ absolutions ’ that leave them in doubt.
” It ’ s not enough for a bishop to issue a generic “ Dear Everyone : Please , pretty please , use the correct words when you administer sacraments ” type of letter .
That may help for the future ; it does nothing to correct past errors .
He needs each cleric to tell him what his sacramental praxis has been — @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , he should seek one on the telephone or in person .
Yes , this might be difficult , painful , awkward , or antagonistic .
So be it .
Those who have abused the sacraments , or those under whose watch they have been abused , deserve some suffering in this life , if they wish to avoid it in the next .
Second , people should begin to research what seminaries and diaconal formation programs were teaching in different parts of the country .
We need to find out , in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to have used a false form got his training .
Ideas this stupid ( “ we baptize you ” ) are usually suggested in workshops by pantsuit space-age nuns or “ just call me Jimmy ” Jesuits ; they are not likely to have originated just in the nutty heads of the ministers who did them .
There are causal nodes waiting to be discovered .
If we can identify the professors or programs that encouraged this nonsense , it will give us further tools for tracking down those who might have been @ @ @ @ @ @ @ business , and it deserves to be taken with utmost seriousness by the bishops of the Church .

September 29, 2020 (LifeSiteNews) — The news about the two recent “priests” who discovered that they weren’t priests at all due to having been “baptized” with an invalid formula has caused a furor, and rightly so. While they have now been baptized, confirmed, and ordained, what of all the souls affected by their lack of orders — the faithful who received mere bread because there was no consecration; the faithful who went away from confession not having been absolved; the faithful who went away thinking they were married when they were not; the converts received at Easter who were never confirmed; the sick and dying who were never anointed? And we can be sure that if two priests have already been identified, we are seeing only the tip of the iceberg. The mind shudders to think what would happen if such a priest did not discover the invalidity of his ordination and were someday appointed a “bishop.” We can be grateful for the supernatural common sense by which every episcopal ordination normally has three co-consecrators.
LifeSite published a superb article by Matthew McCusker, “Reflections on the necessity for widespread access to conditional baptism,” that details the scope of the crisis and the solutions required. Sadly, this article does not seem to have attracted the attention it deserves. It ought to be required reading, certainly for bishops, priests, and deacons.
The following two things must happen, and happen soon.
First, every diocesan bishop should contact every priest or deacon who serves or has ever served in his diocese and ask point-blank: “Did you ever use a form of words when conferring any of the sacraments that differed from the words printed in the official liturgical books? I need to have a response from you saying no, you did not, or yes, you did; and in the latter case, the words you remember using. This is urgently needed for the good of souls and for setting at ease the minds of many Catholics who are rightly disturbed by recent revelations concerning the invalidity of baptisms and other sacraments due to defects in form.”
Now, it is possible that some bishops have already done this, and that others are preparing to do it, yet it is also probable that many, if not most, will not perceive the gravity of the situation and will assume that all is well unless someone reports a problem. They’ll assume that God is so merciful that He’ll never allow anyone to be lacking in grace if he has good will and that it’s better to let sleeping dogs lie.
This is a terribly short-sighted policy. It does not respect the sacramental economy, in which Our Lord instituted specific means for bestowing graces upon the faithful. No, He is not bound to them, but we are bound to them, and we sin by avoiding them or treating them contemptuously or lightly. We cannot presume that He will always “give us a pass,” and this is all the more true for superiors who are entrusted with the good of souls and are responsible for ensuring that they receive what the Lord wishes to give them — including, obviously, valid sacraments. A bishop who, knowing what we now know, does not exhaust himself in the effort to find out unworthy ministers of invalid sacraments will face a particularly severe judgment, as he will be responsible for any of the sheep who went astray because they were deprived of divine aids. The policy is exceedingly harmful, too, because of the “knock-on” effects of invalid sacraments: one pseudo-baptism can have exponential effects in the Body of Christ. To deny this, one would have to be an apostate who no longer believes in the most basic tenets of the Faith.
I suggest, therefore, that Catholics everywhere send a respectfully worded letter to their local ordinaries along the following lines:
“Your Excellency:
“The news of two ‘priests’ who discovered their baptisms were invalid and who thus had to receive all their sacraments for the first time is terribly disturbing, since there are bound to be many more individuals who think themselves to be baptized (or confirmed, or married, or ordained) but who are not. Please, for the good of souls, send a letter to all priests and deacons who are serving or who have ever served in your diocese (including retired ones), and ask them if they ever baptized in any form other than ‘I baptize you in the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit,’ while pouring water on the head. It is necessary to find out the individuals who may have used an invalid form or matter so that the people affected may be contacted. Indeed, it would be an opportunity to ask if they have used an incorrect form for any of the sacraments, including Confession, where laity often complain of ad-libbed ‘absolutions’ that leave them in doubt.”
It’s not enough for a bishop to issue a generic “Dear Everyone: Please, pretty please, use the correct words when you administer sacraments” type of letter. That may help for the future; it does nothing to correct past errors. He needs each cleric to tell him what his sacramental praxis has been — and if he receives no written response, he should seek one on the telephone or in person. Yes, this might be difficult, painful, awkward, or antagonistic. So be it. Those who have abused the sacraments, or those under whose watch they have been abused, deserve some suffering in this life, if they wish to avoid it in the next.
Second, people should begin to research what seminaries and diaconal formation programs were teaching in different parts of the country. We need to find out, in particular, where anyone who is known to have used a false form got his training. Ideas this stupid (“we baptize you”) are usually suggested in workshops by pantsuit space-age nuns or “just call me Jimmy” Jesuits; they are not likely to have originated just in the nutty heads of the ministers who did them. There are causal nodes waiting to be discovered. If we can identify the professors or programs that encouraged this nonsense, it will give us further tools for tracking down those who might have been misled by them.
This is serious business, and it deserves to be taken with utmost seriousness by the bishops of the Church.
Peter Kwasniewski, Thomistic theologian, liturgical scholar, and choral composer, is a graduate of Thomas Aquinas College in California (B.A. Liberal Arts) and The Catholic University of America in Washington, DC (M.A. and Ph.D. in Philosophy). He taught at the International Theological Institute in Austria and the Franciscan University of Steubenville’s Austria Program, then helped establish Wyoming Catholic College in 2006. There he taught theology, philosophy, music, and art history and directed the choirs until leaving in 2018 to devote himself full-time to writing and lecturing. Today he contributes regularly to many websites and publications, including New Liturgical Movement, OnePeterFive, LifeSiteNews, Rorate Caeli, The Remnant, and Catholic Family News, and has published thirteen books, including four on traditional Catholicism: Resurgent in the Midst of Crisis (Angelico, 2014, also available in Czech, Polish, German, Portuguese, Spanish, and Belarusian), Noble Beauty, Transcendent Holiness (Angelico, 2017), Tradition and Sanity (Angelico, 2018), and Reclaiming Our Roman Catholic Birthright: The Genius and Timeliness of the Traditional Latin Mass (Angelico, 2020). His work has been translated into at least eighteen languages. Kwasniewski is a scholar of The Aquinas Institute in Green Bay, which is publishing the Opera Omnia of the Angelic Doctor, a Fellow of the Albertus Magnus Center for Scholastic Studies, and a Senior Fellow of the St. Paul Center. He has published over a thousand articles on Thomistic thought, sacramental and liturgical theology, the history and aesthetics of music, and the social doctrine of the Church. For news, information, article links, sacred music, and the home of Os Justi Press, visit his personal website, www.peterkwasniewski.com.
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lifesitenews--2020-09-28--Ethics textbook in Communist China: Jesus killed woman caught in adultery

CHINA , September 28 , 2020 ( LifeSiteNews ) ― A Chinese ethics textbook developed with some oversight from the communist Chinese government depicts Jesus killing the woman caught in adultery .
The Union of Catholic Asian News ( UCA News ) reported last week that a textbook produced for vocational students by the Chinese University of Electronic Science and Technology Press changed the ending of the famous Gospel story .
As in the original , the crowd cites law as their justification for stoning an adulteress to death .
Jesus says “ Let the one who has never sinned @ @ @ @ @ @ @ leave , one by one .
But then , according to the textbook , “ When the crowd disappeared , Jesus stoned the sinner to death saying , ‘ I too am a sinner .
But if the law could only be executed by men without blemish , the law would be dead ’ . ''
The correct ending to the Gospel account , which is in John 8:3-11 , shows Jesus refusing to condemn the woman : “ Jesus again straightened up and said , 'Woman , where are they ?
Has @ @ @ @ @ @ @ one , sir , ' she replied .
'Neither do I condemn you , ' said Jesus .
'Go away , and from this moment sin no more.
’ ” According to UCA News , the textbook is used to teach “ professional ethics and law.
” Both education and publishing are strictly controlled by the totalitarian communist Chinese government .
According to UCA , a Catholic in China published the textbook on social media , suggesting that this warped version of the Gospel was a communist attack on the Catholic Church .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ the Chinese Communist Party has always tried to distort the history of the Church , to slander our Church , and to make people hate our Church , '' he wrote .
UCA also quoted a Christian vocational teacher , Matthew Wang , who confirmed that the textbook did contain the story , but said that its “ content varies from place to place within China.
” Massimo Introvigne of Bitter Winter , a magazine about “ religious liberty and human rights in China ” , wrote that the point of the story @ @ @ @ @ @ @ law as handed down by the Chinese Communist Party .
“ As told to Chinese students , the story teaches that the law and the Party are good and pure , and transcend the impure human beings who happen to represent them , ” the Italian sociologist of religions wrote .
“ Even if the officers are corrupted , their decision should be accepted—because , honest or corrupted , they represent the Party , and the Party ’ s law should never be questioned.
” “ This is standard CCP theory , but @ @ @ @ @ @ @ teaching in John 8 .
Mobilizing Jesus for the CCP propaganda is blasphemous and offensive to Christians.
” According to UCA , at least one Chinese Catholics has complained that the Church in China does not fight back against this kind of distortion .
Sociologist Introvigne wrote that Christians can expect more of the same from the Chinese government as it continues its policy of making Christianity more “ sinicized ” ( Chinese ) .
Sinicization does not mean incorporating more Chinese cultural aspects into Chinese Christianity , as the destruction of beautiful @ @ @ @ @ @ @ architecture attests .
It effectively means watering down Christianity so that it is not a threat to the values of the Chinese Communist Party .
In 2019 , French daily Le Figaro reported that the Chinese government had demanded that Christians , Buddhists , and Muslims alter their respective sacred texts so as to conform with `` the requirements of the new era . ''
According to this report , Christians ’ Gospel parables should fall `` in line with the Communist Party , failing which they run the risk of being purged @ @ @ @ @ @ @ . ''

According to the textbook, 'When the crowd disappeared, Jesus stoned the sinner to death'
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CHINA, September 28, 2020 (LifeSiteNews) ― A Chinese ethics textbook developed with some oversight from the communist Chinese government depicts Jesus killing the woman caught in adultery.
The Union of Catholic Asian News (UCA News) reported last week that a textbook produced for vocational students by the Chinese University of Electronic Science and Technology Press changed the ending of the famous Gospel story.
As in the original, the crowd cites law as their justification for stoning an adulteress to death. Jesus says “Let the one who has never sinned throw the first stone.” The accusers leave, one by one.
But then, according to the textbook, “When the crowd disappeared, Jesus stoned the sinner to death saying, ‘I too am a sinner. But if the law could only be executed by men without blemish, the law would be dead’.”
The correct ending to the Gospel account, which is in John 8:3-11, shows Jesus refusing to condemn the woman: “Jesus again straightened up and said, 'Woman, where are they? Has no one condemned you?' 'No one, sir,' she replied. 'Neither do I condemn you,' said Jesus. 'Go away, and from this moment sin no more.’”
According to UCA News, the textbook is used to teach “professional ethics and law.”
Both education and publishing are strictly controlled by the totalitarian communist Chinese government. According to UCA, a Catholic in China published the textbook on social media, suggesting that this warped version of the Gospel was a communist attack on the Catholic Church.
“I want everyone to know that the Chinese Communist Party has always tried to distort the history of the Church, to slander our Church, and to make people hate our Church,” he wrote.
UCA also quoted a Christian vocational teacher, Matthew Wang, who confirmed that the textbook did contain the story, but said that its “content varies from place to place within China.”
Massimo Introvigne of Bitter Winter, a magazine about “religious liberty and human rights in China”, wrote that the point of the story was to underscore the supremacy of the law as handed down by the Chinese Communist Party.
“As told to Chinese students, the story teaches that the law and the Party are good and pure, and transcend the impure human beings who happen to represent them,” the Italian sociologist of religions wrote.
“Even if the officers are corrupted, their decision should be accepted—because, honest or corrupted, they represent the Party, and the Party’s law should never be questioned.”
“This is standard CCP theory, but totally distorts the meaning of Jesus’ teaching in John 8. Mobilizing Jesus for the CCP propaganda is blasphemous and offensive to Christians.”
According to UCA, at least one Chinese Catholics has complained that the Church in China does not fight back against this kind of distortion. Sociologist Introvigne wrote that Christians can expect more of the same from the Chinese government as it continues its policy of making Christianity more “sinicized” (Chinese).
Sinicization does not mean incorporating more Chinese cultural aspects into Chinese Christianity, as the destruction of beautiful Christian churches designed according to traditional Chinese architecture attests. It effectively means watering down Christianity so that it is not a threat to the values of the Chinese Communist Party.
In 2019, French daily Le Figaro reported that the Chinese government had demanded that Christians, Buddhists, and Muslims alter their respective sacred texts so as to conform with “the requirements of the new era.”
According to this report, Christians’ Gospel parables should fall “in line with the Communist Party, failing which they run the risk of being purged from the Bibles available to the faithful.”
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lifesitenews--2020-09-30--Poll says employees worry microchip implants will put them out of work

September 28 , 2020 ( LifeSiteNews ) — A science fiction plot could soon become a reality in our society and workforce : a majority of humans implanted with microchips to enhance performance capabilities .
According a recent Citrix survey , two thirds of employees in the United States and Europe are worried that by 2035 , “ humans with chips implanted in their bodies will have an unfair advantage in the labor market.
” In Sweden and the United States , people have already started to insert microchips into their bodies , and notable figures such as Elon Musk @ @ @ @ @ @ @ A.I . )
technology .
Supporters say that having this technology implanted in the body creates a faster work environment , boosts worker performance , and adds convenience .
But ethical scrutiny of these initiatives is on the rise , along with concern not only for the economic unfairness created by microchip implants , but also for violations of privacy and the dignity of the human person .
The Citrix survey found that 57 percent of the workers would implant the chips in their bodies if the microchips were safe and boosted performance @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , “ thousands of people in Sweden … inserted microchips in their hands that could one day replace keys and cards.
” Elon Musk , the business magnate and CEO of SpaceX , “ recently showed off a working brain implant in pigs made by Neuralink , ” which is another company founded by Musk to develop brain-computer interfaces .
Also detailed by CNN , a San Francisco–based startup called Synchron , partially funded by the United States Defense Department , has begun testing on “ an implant wireless device that can stimulate @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a blood vessel.
” Though these ideas may sound convenient for today ’ s fast-paced , materialistic society , several ethical problems arise .
As the Citrix survey illustrates , there is a divide between what the employer or business leader wants to achieve through this A.I .
technology and the worries and doubts of the workers .
In reality , although “ seventy-seven percent of business leaders believe that under-the-skin chips and sensors will boost worker performance and productivity by 2035 , ” nearly half of the workers surveyed — 43 % @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
As the report highlights , this negativity shifts toward the economic unfairness of human-implanted microchips , since humans without the performance boost could be treated unjustly compared to those who “ work ” faster or better thanks to artificial intelligence .
Some have pointed to the security and privacy risks microchips pose — for example , the idea that with this technology , human beings lose their autonomy in exchange for being digital slaves to the owners of the microchip companies .
Many of these companies are run by governments , corporations @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that also silence conservative , pro-life , and pro-family voices through social media .

According to a recent survey, two thirds of employees in the U.S. and Europe are worried that by 2035, 'humans with chips implanted in their bodies will have an unfair advantage in the labor market.'
September 28, 2020 (LifeSiteNews) — A science fiction plot could soon become a reality in our society and workforce: a majority of humans implanted with microchips to enhance performance capabilities. According a recent Citrix survey, two thirds of employees in the United States and Europe are worried that by 2035, “humans with chips implanted in their bodies will have an unfair advantage in the labor market.”
In Sweden and the United States, people have already started to insert microchips into their bodies, and notable figures such as Elon Musk are investing into the artificial intelligence (A.I.) technology. Supporters say that having this technology implanted in the body creates a faster work environment, boosts worker performance, and adds convenience. But ethical scrutiny of these initiatives is on the rise, along with concern not only for the economic unfairness created by microchip implants, but also for violations of privacy and the dignity of the human person.
The Citrix survey found that 57 percent of the workers would implant the chips in their bodies if the microchips were safe and boosted performance. CNN reported that back in 2018, “thousands of people in Sweden … inserted microchips in their hands that could one day replace keys and cards.” Elon Musk, the business magnate and CEO of SpaceX, “recently showed off a working brain implant in pigs made by Neuralink,” which is another company founded by Musk to develop brain-computer interfaces. Also detailed by CNN, a San Francisco–based startup called Synchron, partially funded by the United States Defense Department, has begun testing on “an implant wireless device that can stimulate the nervous system from the inside of a blood vessel.”
Though these ideas may sound convenient for today’s fast-paced, materialistic society, several ethical problems arise. As the Citrix survey illustrates, there is a divide between what the employer or business leader wants to achieve through this A.I. technology and the worries and doubts of the workers. In reality, although “seventy-seven percent of business leaders believe that under-the-skin chips and sensors will boost worker performance and productivity by 2035,” nearly half of the workers surveyed — 43% — have a negative view of microchips. As the report highlights, this negativity shifts toward the economic unfairness of human-implanted microchips, since humans without the performance boost could be treated unjustly compared to those who “work” faster or better thanks to artificial intelligence.
Some have pointed to the security and privacy risks microchips pose — for example, the idea that with this technology, human beings lose their autonomy in exchange for being digital slaves to the owners of the microchip companies. Many of these companies are run by governments, corporations, networks, and Big Tech companies that also silence conservative, pro-life, and pro-family voices through social media.
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lifesitenews--2020-09-30--Biden: If Amy Coney Barrett is confirmed Roe v. Wade is on the chopping block

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September 29 , 2020 ( LifeSiteNews ) – President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden argued about the propriety of filling a Supreme Court vacancy in an election year Tuesday evening during the first presidential debate .
“ We won the election , elections have consequences , we have the Senate , we have the White House , and we have a phenomenal nominee , ” Trump answered simply , calling his nominee to replace the late Justice Ruth Bader @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ good in every way.
” There ’ s “ plenty of time ” to hold confirmation hearings , he added , even if it extends to after the election .
He also stressed that Democrats “ wouldn ’ t even think about not doing it ” if the situation were reversed ( for years Democrats have bitterly complained about the Republican Senate ’ s refusal to hold hearings on Barack Obama ’ s nominee to replace the late Antonin Scalia , Merrick Garland , in 2016 ) .
In response , Biden @ @ @ @ @ @ @ would deprive the country of the opportunity to have a say in the process , especially in light of the fact that “ the election has already started ” thanks to early voting .
Biden also invoked fears that Barrett could contribute to the Supreme Court overturning Obamacare and Roe v. Wade .
While much of the segment was mired in arguments regarding tangential issues , particularly Obamacare , Trump responded by merely insisting that Biden ’ s prediction of the Court taking up Roe was premature , and that Biden did not @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ( much of Trump ’ s base supports him , and Barrett , on the hope that she will vote to overturn Roe ) .

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September 29, 2020 (LifeSiteNews) – President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden argued about the propriety of filling a Supreme Court vacancy in an election year Tuesday evening during the first presidential debate.
“We won the election, elections have consequences, we have the Senate, we have the White House, and we have a phenomenal nominee,” Trump answered simply, calling his nominee to replace the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Judge Amy Coney Barrett, “good in every way.”
There’s “plenty of time” to hold confirmation hearings, he added, even if it extends to after the election. He also stressed that Democrats “wouldn’t even think about not doing it” if the situation were reversed (for years Democrats have bitterly complained about the Republican Senate’s refusal to hold hearings on Barack Obama’s nominee to replace the late Antonin Scalia, Merrick Garland, in 2016).
In response, Biden argued that filling the seat this year would deprive the country of the opportunity to have a say in the process, especially in light of the fact that “the election has already started” thanks to early voting.
Biden also invoked fears that Barrett could contribute to the Supreme Court overturning Obamacare and Roe v. Wade. While much of the segment was mired in arguments regarding tangential issues, particularly Obamacare, Trump responded by merely insisting that Biden’s prediction of the Court taking up Roe was premature, and that Biden did not know Barrett’s position on Roe (much of Trump’s base supports him, and Barrett, on the hope that she will vote to overturn Roe).
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