lifesitenews--2020-08-03--WATCH: California church defies gov Newsom’s order to remain closed, backs ‘recall’ effort

CHINO HILLS , California , August 3 , 2020 ( LifeSiteNews ) – Southern California may be the last place someone would expect to find God-fearing , Christian Americans fighting to preserve the constitutional right to religious liberty .
But that ’ s exactly what LifeSite correspondent Jim Hale discovered when he traveled to Chino Hills , California last week .
A month ago , Democratic Governor Gavin Newsom issued a dictatorial measure that essentially forced churches in the state to shut down altogether .
But Calvary Chapel Chino Hills refused to obey and kept its doors open .
“ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ know Christ , ” Gina Gleason , Calvary Chapel ’ s director of faith and public told LifeSite .
“ People are coming here , being saved , hearing the word of God.
” Gleason believes that “ we ’ re just seeing something supernatural here.
” The church ’ s associate pastor , Josh Blevins , said they ’ ve been getting positive responses from all over the world for their courageous decision .
“ I really believe that people are searching for something that transcends the circumstances of their life , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ s going on in our nation , especially when things are being tossed to and fro with waves of difficulty and challenges .
The very things people have been putting their lives ’ hopes and dreams in are now disintegrating from underneath them.
” People want to look to the church for hope , he added .
Members of Calvary Chapel Chino Hills have signed a petition to “ recall ” Governor Newsom from office because of his pro-abortion , anti-religious liberty policies .
In a “ recall election , ” voters remove @ @ @ @ @ @ @ direct vote before that official 's term has ended .
One woman said he is “ destroying ” California .
Another said he ’ s “ acting a little more like a king than a governor.
” Gleason and Blevins re-iterated to LifeSite that the doors of their church will never close and that now is the time to get serious about prayer and fasting and to stand boldly for the truth and to not give in to a culture of fear .

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CHINO HILLS, California, August 3, 2020 (LifeSiteNews) – Southern California may be the last place someone would expect to find God-fearing, Christian Americans fighting to preserve the constitutional right to religious liberty. But that’s exactly what LifeSite correspondent Jim Hale discovered when he traveled to Chino Hills, California last week.
A month ago, Democratic Governor Gavin Newsom issued a dictatorial measure that essentially forced churches in the state to shut down altogether.
But Calvary Chapel Chino Hills refused to obey and kept its doors open.
“Satan doesn’t want people to know Christ,” Gina Gleason, Calvary Chapel’s director of faith and public told LifeSite. “People are coming here, being saved, hearing the word of God.”
Gleason believes that “we’re just seeing something supernatural here.”
The church’s associate pastor, Josh Blevins, said they’ve been getting positive responses from all over the world for their courageous decision.
“I really believe that people are searching for something that transcends the circumstances of their life, of culture, of even what’s going on in our nation, especially when things are being tossed to and fro with waves of difficulty and challenges. The very things people have been putting their lives’ hopes and dreams in are now disintegrating from underneath them.”
People want to look to the church for hope, he added.
Members of Calvary Chapel Chino Hills have signed a petition to “recall” Governor Newsom from office because of his pro-abortion, anti-religious liberty policies. In a “recall election,” voters remove an elected official from office through a direct vote before that official's term has ended.
One woman said he is “destroying” California. Another said he’s “acting a little more like a king than a governor.”
Gleason and Blevins re-iterated to LifeSite that the doors of their church will never close and that now is the time to get serious about prayer and fasting and to stand boldly for the truth and to not give in to a culture of fear.
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lifesitenews--2020-08-03--Mexico City bans treatment for unwanted LGBT attraction, threatens 5-year jail sentence

MEXICO CITY , August 3 , 2020 ( LifeSiteNews ) – Treatment to help overcome unwanted homosexual tendencies will soon be illegal in Mexico City under a new law enacted Friday by the city ’ s Legislative Assembly .
Under the legislation , which was first introduced two years ago , healthcare practitioners could spend up to five years in prison for conducting “ practices consisting of psychological , psychiatric sessions , methods or treatments that are intended to nullify , hinder , modify or impair the expression of gender identity , as well as the sexual orientation of people @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Such treatments are commonly known as reparative or “ conversion ” therapy .
“ There is nothing to cure .
Homosexuality is not a disease , we are not sick , ” declared the bill ’ s author , Morena party lawmaker Temístocles Villanueva .
“ I totally agree .
It seems to me that these measures belong to the era of the Inquisition , ” added Mexico City Mayor Claudia Sheinbaum .
“ It does not correspond to the health systems of the 21st century , it does not correspond to the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is a city of rights.
” Across the world , opponents of reparative therapy commonly elicit opposition to the practice by invoking fringe , abusive practices such as electric shock and other forms of physically-harmful junk science .
In fact , modern reparative treatment consists largely of simple counseling , the effectiveness of which is backed by studies as well as testimony from those who have benefited .
Despite common left-wing insistence that conversion therapy is junk science ( based largely on associating professional counselors with examples of fringe , outdated practices such @ @ @ @ @ @ @ studies that indicate , and former homosexuals who attest to , reparative therapy ’ s success in improving their lives .
“ We ’ re not talking about taking choices off the table , ” said an attendee of a 2018 rally of ex-gays and transgenders outside the California statehouse , a former lesbian who ’ s now happily married to a man and has two children .
“ We are talking about putting more choices on the table.
” Regarding transgenderism , studies also indicate the true harm lies with treatment that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
In 2017 , the University of Cambridge ’ s Stonewall report found that 96 percent of trans students in Scotland attempted self-harm through actions such as cutting themselves , and 40 percent attempted suicide .
Forty percent in the United States have attempted suicide , as well , according to a 2016 survey from the National Center for Transgender Equality ( NCTE ) .
According to a 2011 study out of Sweden , trans people remain 19 times more likely to commit suicide than the general population , even after surgery to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ from the only left-wing curtailment of freedom currently facing Mexico .
The Mexican Supreme Court is currently deliberating over a lawsuit challenging the state of Veracruz ’ s freedom to criminalize abortions beyond the first 12 weeks .

'There is nothing to cure. Homosexuality is not a disease, we are not sick,' declared the bill’s author.
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MEXICO CITY, August 3, 2020 (LifeSiteNews) – Treatment to help overcome unwanted homosexual tendencies will soon be illegal in Mexico City under a new law enacted Friday by the city’s Legislative Assembly.
Under the legislation, which was first introduced two years ago, healthcare practitioners could spend up to five years in prison for conducting “practices consisting of psychological, psychiatric sessions, methods or treatments that are intended to nullify, hinder, modify or impair the expression of gender identity, as well as the sexual orientation of people,” Mexico News Daily reported. Such treatments are commonly known as reparative or “conversion” therapy.
“There is nothing to cure. Homosexuality is not a disease, we are not sick,” declared the bill’s author, Morena party lawmaker Temístocles Villanueva.
“I totally agree. It seems to me that these measures belong to the era of the Inquisition,” added Mexico City Mayor Claudia Sheinbaum. “It does not correspond to the health systems of the 21st century, it does not correspond to the liberty of this city, because this is a city of rights.”
Across the world, opponents of reparative therapy commonly elicit opposition to the practice by invoking fringe, abusive practices such as electric shock and other forms of physically-harmful junk science.
In fact, modern reparative treatment consists largely of simple counseling, the effectiveness of which is backed by studies as well as testimony from those who have benefited.
Despite common left-wing insistence that conversion therapy is junk science (based largely on associating professional counselors with examples of fringe, outdated practices such as electric shock), there are studies that indicate, and former homosexuals who attest to, reparative therapy’s success in improving their lives.
“We’re not talking about taking choices off the table,” said an attendee of a 2018 rally of ex-gays and transgenders outside the California statehouse, a former lesbian who’s now happily married to a man and has two children. “We are talking about putting more choices on the table.”
Regarding transgenderism, studies also indicate the true harm lies with treatment that reinforces gender confusion instead of correcting it.
In 2017, the University of Cambridge’s Stonewall report found that 96 percent of trans students in Scotland attempted self-harm through actions such as cutting themselves, and 40 percent attempted suicide. Forty percent in the United States have attempted suicide, as well, according to a 2016 survey from the National Center for Transgender Equality (NCTE). According to a 2011 study out of Sweden, trans people remain 19 times more likely to commit suicide than the general population, even after surgery to reconstruct their bodies.
This is far from the only left-wing curtailment of freedom currently facing Mexico. The Mexican Supreme Court is currently deliberating over a lawsuit challenging the state of Veracruz’s freedom to criminalize abortions beyond the first 12 weeks.
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lifesitenews--2020-08-03--French National Assembly votes to expand abortion, state-funded artificial procreation for lesbians

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FRANCE , August 3 , 2020 ( LifeSiteNews ) – The French National Assembly voted in favor of an unprecedentedly transgressive bioethics law last Saturday on second reading , adding a number of changes to the draft law that had been partially toned down by the Senate at the beginning of this year .
In particular , the National Assembly approved genetically modified embryos , chimeras , and state-funded artificial procreation for lesbian couples and single women .
A last-minute amendment presented in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ before the vote on the whole text by the head of the socialist parliamentary group , Olivier Faure , was also approved by the majority , creating a new exception allowing so-called “ medical abortion ” up to birth : the “ psycho-social distress ” of the mother .
To date , in France , late-term abortions ( after 12 weeks of gestation ) require medical approval that is legally limited to cases of severe malformation or supposed unviability outside the womb , or when a pregnancy puts the mother ’ s life @ @ @ @ @ @ @ French abortion laws , which allow elective abortion with no conditions during the first three months of pregnancy ( up to 220,000 legal abortions take place each year in France ) , was approved by the representative of the government .
It comes after an informal approval by Health Minister Olivier Véran of “ psychosocial distress ” as an excuse for abortion beyond the legal term in April , during the COVID-19 confinement .
Tugdual Derville , speaking for the pro-life association “ Alliance Vita , ” commented on Twitter : “ Those @ @ @ @ @ @ @ possible to verify distress , that was the former motive for voluntary abortion , will understand where the trap lies.
” Due to the significant amendments voted by the deputies , the law will return to the Senate for a second reading , probably before the end of this year .
The Senate is expected to modify the text once more , at which point a joint committee formed by the Senate and the National Assembly would be formed in order to adopt a compromise text .
However , when a joint committee @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the National Assembly ultimately has the upper hand .
As it stands at present , the legislative journey of the draft bioethics law and its major dispositions are so scandalous that it is hard to know where to begin .
The vote of the law by 60 for and 37 against ( out of a total of 577 members of the National Assembly ) , at 4:00 in the morning on the first Saturday in August when a large proportion of French citizens are either on vacation or on the road going there @ @ @ @ @ @ @ as a “ manipulation ” on the part of the government .
As was the arbitrary reduction of the discussion to 25 hours : one of the law ’ s main opponents , Emmanuelle Ménard , was present throughout but was not able to speak even once to explain her votes on amendments or the text as a whole .
Bishop Bernard Ginoux of Montauban ’ s comment on Twitter , shortly after the result of the vote was made public , puts it in a nutshell : “ # Vote by the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ die and how the spirit of a people is reduced to nothing .
Those who will come after us are in great danger.
” The very principle of periodically revised bioethics laws that was decided upon in France in 1994 inevitably leads to increasing disregard for life and natural law .
The initial idea was to create a framework that would prevent technological innovation from allowing scientists and doctors to work unchecked , while at the same time lifting some restrictions that existing legal principles would impose on them .
In order to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ongoing “ technological progress , ” it was decided that the bioethics laws would be revised by Parliament every five years .
Ultimately the laws were revised less frequently , but the revisions did lead to increasing freedom for medical and research teams to manipulate human embryos , and other transgressive measures such as the genetic selection of embryos in order to obtain the birth of a child who can be “ used ” to cure an older brother or sister waiting for a bone marrow transplant .
The 2020 revision ’ s @ @ @ @ @ @ @ couples access to procreation .
It was discussed at grassroots level during extensive national consultations that rejected both surrogate motherhood and artificial procreation for single women and lesbian couples .
The results of the consultation were set aside regarding medically assisted procreation for all women on the grounds that the more conservative sectors of society had mobilized their forces during the debate , and it was approved in the successive readings of the law to date .
Its funding by the national health insurance system has also been approved .
Surrogate motherhood was @ @ @ @ @ @ @ there is still a loophole for male homosexual couples who can in practice obtain the inscription of a child carried by a surrogate mother abroad into French civil registers via the biological father , with an adoption process for the partner .
The principle of biological filiation itself is being axed by the new law , giving precedence to “ voluntary ” filiation .
Babies born thanks to gamete donation will not be considered as the donors ’ children as the law positively prohibits determination of parentage between the donor and the baby @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the fact of giving birth , but by “ recognition ” of the child by the father or “ second mother.
” All couples , however constituted , are deemed to have the same rights and duties .
According to parliamentary critics of the law this will open the door to the legalization of surrogate motherhood on the grounds of “ equal rights ” for male homosexual couples .
Some amendments presented by members of the ruling government party “ La République en march ” were rejected , such as the possibility for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ s baby , or post-mortem insemination .
The law does permit the elective conservation of ovae without a medical reason .
The new law , as amended by the National Assembly , also allows parents of a child born from donor sperm or ovae to obtain non-identifying information about the donor before the child ’ s 18th birthday .
Beyond that date , access to that information , including the identity of the donor , will be given to the child him or herself .
To date , gamete donations are anonymous @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , under the new law , gamete donors who are married will no longer be required to obtain consent from their partner .
Not content with having revolutionized the juridical framework of filiation – with this law , the systematic destruction of marriage and family has reached a new high – the French National Assembly has attacked the integrity of the human embryo itself .
By allowing genetic engineering of embryos via the CRISPR-Cas 9 technique , it has paved the way for the birth of genetically modified babies .
The National Assembly @ @ @ @ @ @ @ cells into animal embryos , allowing the creation of “ chimeras ” and definitively blurring the frontier between human beings and animals .

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ANALYSIS
FRANCE, August 3, 2020 (LifeSiteNews) – The French National Assembly voted in favor of an unprecedentedly transgressive bioethics law last Saturday on second reading, adding a number of changes to the draft law that had been partially toned down by the Senate at the beginning of this year. In particular, the National Assembly approved genetically modified embryos, chimeras, and state-funded artificial procreation for lesbian couples and single women.
A last-minute amendment presented in the middle of the night, shortly before the vote on the whole text by the head of the socialist parliamentary group, Olivier Faure, was also approved by the majority, creating a new exception allowing so-called “medical abortion” up to birth: the “psycho-social distress” of the mother. To date, in France, late-term abortions (after 12 weeks of gestation) require medical approval that is legally limited to cases of severe malformation or supposed unviability outside the womb, or when a pregnancy puts the mother’s life in danger.
This major change to French abortion laws, which allow elective abortion with no conditions during the first three months of pregnancy (up to 220,000 legal abortions take place each year in France), was approved by the representative of the government. It comes after an informal approval by Health Minister Olivier Véran of “psychosocial distress” as an excuse for abortion beyond the legal term in April, during the COVID-19 confinement.
Tugdual Derville, speaking for the pro-life association “Alliance Vita,” commented on Twitter: “Those who know that it has NEVER been possible to verify distress, that was the former motive for voluntary abortion, will understand where the trap lies.”
Due to the significant amendments voted by the deputies, the law will return to the Senate for a second reading, probably before the end of this year. The Senate is expected to modify the text once more, at which point a joint committee formed by the Senate and the National Assembly would be formed in order to adopt a compromise text. However, when a joint committee fails to agree on a compromise, the National Assembly ultimately has the upper hand.
As it stands at present, the legislative journey of the draft bioethics law and its major dispositions are so scandalous that it is hard to know where to begin.
The vote of the law by 60 for and 37 against (out of a total of 577 members of the National Assembly), at 4:00 in the morning on the first Saturday in August when a large proportion of French citizens are either on vacation or on the road going there or coming back, was widely denounced as a “manipulation” on the part of the government. As was the arbitrary reduction of the discussion to 25 hours: one of the law’s main opponents, Emmanuelle Ménard, was present throughout but was not able to speak even once to explain her votes on amendments or the text as a whole.
Bishop Bernard Ginoux of Montauban’s comment on Twitter, shortly after the result of the vote was made public, puts it in a nutshell: “#Vote by the National Assembly. This is how civilizations die and how the spirit of a people is reduced to nothing. Those who will come after us are in great danger.”
The very principle of periodically revised bioethics laws that was decided upon in France in 1994 inevitably leads to increasing disregard for life and natural law. The initial idea was to create a framework that would prevent technological innovation from allowing scientists and doctors to work unchecked, while at the same time lifting some restrictions that existing legal principles would impose on them. In order to keep up with the new challenges of ongoing “technological progress,” it was decided that the bioethics laws would be revised by Parliament every five years.
Ultimately the laws were revised less frequently, but the revisions did lead to increasing freedom for medical and research teams to manipulate human embryos, and other transgressive measures such as the genetic selection of embryos in order to obtain the birth of a child who can be “used” to cure an older brother or sister waiting for a bone marrow transplant.
The 2020 revision’s most spectacular intent was to give LGBT couples access to procreation. It was discussed at grassroots level during extensive national consultations that rejected both surrogate motherhood and artificial procreation for single women and lesbian couples. The results of the consultation were set aside regarding medically assisted procreation for all women on the grounds that the more conservative sectors of society had mobilized their forces during the debate, and it was approved in the successive readings of the law to date. Its funding by the national health insurance system has also been approved.
Surrogate motherhood was rejected on the other hand, but there is still a loophole for male homosexual couples who can in practice obtain the inscription of a child carried by a surrogate mother abroad into French civil registers via the biological father, with an adoption process for the partner.
The principle of biological filiation itself is being axed by the new law, giving precedence to “voluntary” filiation. Babies born thanks to gamete donation will not be considered as the donors’ children as the law positively prohibits determination of parentage between the donor and the baby. Maternal filiation will be established by the fact of giving birth, but by “recognition” of the child by the father or “second mother.” All couples, however constituted, are deemed to have the same rights and duties. According to parliamentary critics of the law this will open the door to the legalization of surrogate motherhood on the grounds of “equal rights” for male homosexual couples.
Some amendments presented by members of the ruling government party “La République en march” were rejected, such as the possibility for a woman to carry her female partner’s baby, or post-mortem insemination. The law does permit the elective conservation of ovae without a medical reason.
The new law, as amended by the National Assembly, also allows parents of a child born from donor sperm or ovae to obtain non-identifying information about the donor before the child’s 18th birthday. Beyond that date, access to that information, including the identity of the donor, will be given to the child him or herself. To date, gamete donations are anonymous in France.
At the same time, under the new law, gamete donors who are married will no longer be required to obtain consent from their partner.
Not content with having revolutionized the juridical framework of filiation – with this law, the systematic destruction of marriage and family has reached a new high – the French National Assembly has attacked the integrity of the human embryo itself. By allowing genetic engineering of embryos via the CRISPR-Cas 9 technique, it has paved the way for the birth of genetically modified babies.
The National Assembly also authorized the introduction of human stem cells into animal embryos, allowing the creation of “chimeras” and definitively blurring the frontier between human beings and animals.
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lifesitenews--2020-08-03--Catholic families can’t settle for being ordinary, must be extraordinary

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lifesitenews--2020-08-03--UK bishops: Catholics have a ‘duty to be vaccinated,’ even if shots made using aborted babies

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UNITED KINGDOM , August 3 , 2020 ( LifeSiteNews ) — The Catholic Bishops ’ Conference of England & Wales ( CBCEW ) has stated that Catholics have a “ prima facie duty to be vaccinated.
” Moreover , after noting a 2005 Vatican statement focused on the moral question of vaccines which have been prepared from cells derived from aborted baby humans , the U.K bishops state their support for the idea that “ all clinically recommended vaccinations can be used with a clear @ @ @ @ @ @ @ supports vaccination and regards Catholics as having a prima facie duty to be vaccinated , not only for the sake of their own health but also out of solidarity with others , especially the most vulnerable , ” the letter released Thursday , July 30 states .
“ We believe that there is a moral obligation to guarantee the vaccination coverage necessary for the safety of others .
This is especially important for the discovery of a vaccine against COVID-19 , ” the bishops continue .
The statement is co-signed by Bishops Paul @ @ @ @ @ @ @ are referred to on the CBCEW website as “ Lead Bishop for Healthcare ” and “ Lead Bishop for Life Issues ” respectively .
While the letter notes that “ [ t ] he Church is opposed to the production of vaccines using tissue derived from aborted foetuses , ” it also states that “ the Church teaches that the paramount importance of the health of a child and other vulnerable persons could permit parents to use a vaccine which was in the past developed using these diploid cell lines.
” The bishops @ @ @ @ @ @ @ for Life document “ Moral reflections on vaccines prepared from cells derived from aborted human foetuses , ” before quoting a separate 2017 Pontifical Academy for Life statement , which asserts that “ all clinically recommended vaccinations can be used with a clear conscience and that the use of such vaccines does not signify some sort of cooperation with voluntary abortion.
” The bishops later quote the aforementioned 2005 Pontifical Academy for Life document , highlighting a section which says that the burden of combating unethical practices by pharmaceutical companies “ must not @ @ @ @ @ @ @ health situation of the population – especially with regard to pregnant women.
” The CBCEW statement continues to emphasize the role of vaccinations in supposedly “ protecting the most vulnerable.
” “ If a pregnant woman , for example a teacher in a school , comes into contact with unvaccinated children , unfair and complex moral decisions may be imposed upon her , including whether it would be safe for her to work during her pregnancy , ” the letter continues .
“ Exposure to unvaccinated children could incur serious consequences , the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the lives of the mother and her unborn child.
” The CBCEW document does not explain why a teacher who presumably would have received vaccines and thus immunity would be at risk from an unvaccinated child .
The letter also does not account for the fact that parents are expected to keep sick children , whether or not they have received vaccines , home from school .
While acknowledging the “ distress many Catholics experience when faced with a choice of not vaccinating their child or seeming to be complicit in abortion , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ t ] he Church distinguishes between the present unethical sourcing of vaccines and the use of historical cell-lines which were derived from aborted foetuses in the 1970s.
” Without providing any further details on what such distinctions might be , they then provide a July 2019 quote from the U.K. government 's Department of Health and Social Care saying that “ new human foetal tissue ” will not be used in the creation of rubella , rabies , or hepatitis A vaccines .
The bishops also wrote in their letter : They then @ @ @ @ @ @ @ for and encourages all those who are seeking to find a vaccine against this destructive virus .
We hope that ethical sourcing of such a vaccine is possible.
” U.K. Catholic Deacon Nick Donnelly told Church Militant that “ one of the cell lines being exploited in the production of the COVID-19 vaccine at Oxford University is from a healthy baby girl murdered through abortion in 1972 in the Netherlands.
” “ Her kidney cells were harvested for medical research and given the dehumanizing label HEK-293 .
She 'd probably be a 40-year-old @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , ” Donnelly said .
“ I do n't know how CBCEW can say it 's okay for Catholics to use vaccines incorporating cell lines from babies murdered through abortion , ” he continued .
“ Instead , the bishops are saying not only is it morally permissible to benefit from her murder through abortion , but that its a moral obligation for the greater good.
” In an open letter published in May , Catholic clergy and laity led by former papal nuncio Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò and Cardinals Gerhard Ludwig Mueller @ @ @ @ @ @ @ said that “ for Catholics it is morally unacceptable to develop or use vaccines derived from material from aborted fetuses.
” This weekend Bishop Joseph Strickland of Tyler , Texas , reiterated his opposition to vaccines created using cell lines from aborted babies .
“ I renew my call that we reject any vaccine that is developed using aborted children , ” Strickland tweeted .
“ Even if it originated decades ago it still means a child ’ s life was ended before it was born & then their body was used as @ @ @ @ @ @ @ abortion if we do not END THIS EVIL !
” The U.K. government recently signed a deal with Sanofi and GlaxoSmithKline ( GSK ) for the supply of up to 60 million doses of their potential coronavirus vaccine .
Sanofi and GSK are receiving more than $ 2 billion in U.S. federal funding for their coronavirus vaccine project .
Sanofi has received funding from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation for other projects .
It says of its work on the coronavirus vaccine that they are “ a part of a consortium of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Melinda Gates Foundation working to identify concrete actions that will accelerate treatments , vaccines , and diagnostics.
” Last month U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson referred to opponents of vaccines as “ nuts ” and Health Secretary Matt Hancock has called on politicians to “ stand shoulder to shoulder ” against those who “ are threatening lives ” by opposing vaccines .
Phil Lawler , founder of Catholic World News and news director and lead analyst at CatholicCulture.org , says that “ when a Covid vaccine becomes available , this statement by the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ lawmakers campaigning to make the vaccine mandatory—and thus to deprive the English people of the freedom to make their own medical decisions for themselves and for their children.
” “ In fact the bishops ’ statement itself is clearly an argument in favor of mandatory vaccination , and to rally Catholics to that cause , ” Lawler continues .
“ In a release accompanying the statement the bishops ’ conference states that its goal is ‘ to encourage Catholics to commit to protecting the most vulnerable in society ’ — by vaccination , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ signed LifeSiteNews ’ petition calling on governments around the world not to make coronavirus vaccines mandatory .
The signatories of the May open letter by Catholic clergy and lay leaders insist that individuals must be free to reject coronavirus vaccines without any penalties being imposed on them .
“ The fight against Covid-19 , however serious , must not be the pretext for supporting the hidden intentions of supranational bodies that have very strong commercial and political interests in this plan , ” the letter states .
“ In particular , citizens must @ @ @ @ @ @ @ restrictions on personal freedom , without any penalty whatsoever being imposed on those who do not wish to use vaccines , contact tracking or any other similar tool.
” One of the signatories of that letter , environmental lawyer Robert F. Kennedy Jr. , recently warned of the need to be cautious about any new coronavirus vaccine , pointing out that key parts of testing are being skipped .
In an online debate on mandatory vaccinations the son of Senator Robert F. Kennedy and the nephew of President John F. Kennedy pointed out @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a recent trial for a leading coronavirus vaccine have been hospitalized .
Kennedy highlighted the potentially worrying results of trials of the Moderna coronavirus vaccine , which is receiving hundreds of millions of dollars in U.S. federal funding .
The trial had a high-dose group of 15 people , a medium-dose group of 15 people , and a low growth group of 15 people .
“ In the low-dose group , one of the people was so sick from the vaccine they had to be hospitalized , ” he explained .
“ That @ @ @ @ @ @ @ high-dose group , three people got so sick they had to be hospitalized .
That ’ s 20 percent.
” Kennedy also mentioned another reason not to trust blindly any company currently producing vaccines in the United States .
Each one of the four vaccine producers “ is a convicted serial felon : Glaxo , Sanofi , Pfizer , Merck.
” “ In the past 10 years , just in the last decade , those companies have paid 35 billion dollars in criminal penalties , damages , fines , for lying to doctors @ @ @ @ @ @ @ science , for killing hundreds of thousands of Americans knowingly , ” Kennedy stated “ It requires a cognitive dissonance for people who understand the criminal corporate cultures of these four companies to believe that they ’ re doing this in every other product that they have , but they ’ re not doing it with vaccines .
”

'We believe that there is a moral obligation to guarantee the vaccination coverage necessary for the safety of others,' insisted the bishops.
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UNITED KINGDOM, August 3, 2020 (LifeSiteNews) — The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of England & Wales (CBCEW) has stated that Catholics have a “prima facie duty to be vaccinated.”
Moreover, after noting a 2005 Vatican statement focused on the moral question of vaccines which have been prepared from cells derived from aborted baby humans, the U.K bishops state their support for the idea that “all clinically recommended vaccinations can be used with a clear conscience.”
“The Catholic Church strongly supports vaccination and regards Catholics as having a prima facie duty to be vaccinated, not only for the sake of their own health but also out of solidarity with others, especially the most vulnerable,” the letter released Thursday, July 30 states.
“We believe that there is a moral obligation to guarantee the vaccination coverage necessary for the safety of others. This is especially important for the discovery of a vaccine against COVID-19,” the bishops continue.
The statement is co-signed by Bishops Paul Mason and Bishop John Sherrington, who are referred to on the CBCEW website as “Lead Bishop for Healthcare” and “Lead Bishop for Life Issues” respectively.
While the letter notes that “[t]he Church is opposed to the production of vaccines using tissue derived from aborted foetuses,” it also states that “the Church teaches that the paramount importance of the health of a child and other vulnerable persons could permit parents to use a vaccine which was in the past developed using these diploid cell lines.”
The bishops then briefly mention the 2005 Pontifical Academy for Life document “Moral reflections on vaccines prepared from cells derived from aborted human foetuses,” before quoting a separate 2017 Pontifical Academy for Life statement, which asserts that “all clinically recommended vaccinations can be used with a clear conscience and that the use of such vaccines does not signify some sort of cooperation with voluntary abortion.”
The bishops later quote the aforementioned 2005 Pontifical Academy for Life document, highlighting a section which says that the burden of combating unethical practices by pharmaceutical companies “must not fall on innocent children and on the health situation of the population – especially with regard to pregnant women.”
The CBCEW statement continues to emphasize the role of vaccinations in supposedly “protecting the most vulnerable.”
“If a pregnant woman, for example a teacher in a school, comes into contact with unvaccinated children, unfair and complex moral decisions may be imposed upon her, including whether it would be safe for her to work during her pregnancy,” the letter continues.
“Exposure to unvaccinated children could incur serious consequences, the gravest of which include a threat to the lives of the mother and her unborn child.”
The CBCEW document does not explain why a teacher who presumably would have received vaccines and thus immunity would be at risk from an unvaccinated child. The letter also does not account for the fact that parents are expected to keep sick children, whether or not they have received vaccines, home from school.
While acknowledging the “distress many Catholics experience when faced with a choice of not vaccinating their child or seeming to be complicit in abortion,” the bishops state that “[t]he Church distinguishes between the present unethical sourcing of vaccines and the use of historical cell-lines which were derived from aborted foetuses in the 1970s.”
Without providing any further details on what such distinctions might be, they then provide a July 2019 quote from the U.K. government's Department of Health and Social Care saying that “new human foetal tissue” will not be used in the creation of rubella, rabies, or hepatitis A vaccines.
The bishops also wrote in their letter:
Human society has often benefitted [sic] from the wrongs done in the past for which we must repent. We live with the benefits of very questionable medical experimentation. For example, Edward Jenner, who invented vaccination, conducted research by injecting an 8 year old boy with cowpox followed by smallpox. While today such experimentation would be unethical by any standards, we wouldn’t deny life-saving vaccination because of its dubious historic provenance.
They then wrote, “The Catholic Church prays for and encourages all those who are seeking to find a vaccine against this destructive virus. We hope that ethical sourcing of such a vaccine is possible.”
‘Cognitive dissonance’
U.K. Catholic Deacon Nick Donnelly told Church Militant that “one of the cell lines being exploited in the production of the COVID-19 vaccine at Oxford University is from a healthy baby girl murdered through abortion in 1972 in the Netherlands.”
“Her kidney cells were harvested for medical research and given the dehumanizing label HEK-293. She'd probably be a 40-year-old mother with her own family by now,” Donnelly said.
“I don't know how CBCEW can say it's okay for Catholics to use vaccines incorporating cell lines from babies murdered through abortion,” he continued.
“Instead, the bishops are saying not only is it morally permissible to benefit from her murder through abortion, but that its a moral obligation for the greater good.”
In an open letter published in May, Catholic clergy and laity led by former papal nuncio Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò and Cardinals Gerhard Ludwig Mueller, Joseph Zen, and Janis Pujats said that “for Catholics it is morally unacceptable to develop or use vaccines derived from material from aborted fetuses.”
This weekend Bishop Joseph Strickland of Tyler, Texas, reiterated his opposition to vaccines created using cell lines from aborted babies.
“I renew my call that we reject any vaccine that is developed using aborted children,” Strickland tweeted.
“Even if it originated decades ago it still means a child’s life was ended before it was born & then their body was used as spare parts. We will never end abortion if we do not END THIS EVIL!”
I renew my call that we reject any vaccine that is developed using aborted children. Even if it originated decades ago it still means a child’s life was ended before it was born & then their body was used as spare parts. We will never end abortion if we do not END THIS EVIL! — Bishop J. Strickland (@Bishopoftyler) August 1, 2020
The U.K. government recently signed a deal with Sanofi and GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) for the supply of up to 60 million doses of their potential coronavirus vaccine. Sanofi and GSK are receiving more than $2 billion in U.S. federal funding for their coronavirus vaccine project. Sanofi has received funding from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation for other projects. It says of its work on the coronavirus vaccine that they are “a part of a consortium of 15 healthcare companies alongside the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation working to identify concrete actions that will accelerate treatments, vaccines, and diagnostics.”
Last month U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson referred to opponents of vaccines as “nuts” and Health Secretary Matt Hancock has called on politicians to “stand shoulder to shoulder” against those who “are threatening lives” by opposing vaccines.
Phil Lawler, founder of Catholic World News and news director and lead analyst at CatholicCulture.org, says that “when a Covid vaccine becomes available, this statement by the English bishops will be quoted by zealous lawmakers campaigning to make the vaccine mandatory—and thus to deprive the English people of the freedom to make their own medical decisions for themselves and for their children.”
“In fact the bishops’ statement itself is clearly an argument in favor of mandatory vaccination, and to rally Catholics to that cause,” Lawler continues.
“In a release accompanying the statement the bishops’ conference states that its goal is ‘to encourage Catholics to commit to protecting the most vulnerable in society’ — by vaccination, naturally.”
More than 760,000 people have signed LifeSiteNews’ petition calling on governments around the world not to make coronavirus vaccines mandatory.
The signatories of the May open letter by Catholic clergy and lay leaders insist that individuals must be free to reject coronavirus vaccines without any penalties being imposed on them.
“The fight against Covid-19, however serious, must not be the pretext for supporting the hidden intentions of supranational bodies that have very strong commercial and political interests in this plan,” the letter states.
“In particular, citizens must be given the opportunity to refuse these restrictions on personal freedom, without any penalty whatsoever being imposed on those who do not wish to use vaccines, contact tracking or any other similar tool.”
One of the signatories of that letter, environmental lawyer Robert F. Kennedy Jr., recently warned of the need to be cautious about any new coronavirus vaccine, pointing out that key parts of testing are being skipped.
In an online debate on mandatory vaccinations the son of Senator Robert F. Kennedy and the nephew of President John F. Kennedy pointed out that a significant percentage of participants in a recent trial for a leading coronavirus vaccine have been hospitalized.
Kennedy highlighted the potentially worrying results of trials of the Moderna coronavirus vaccine, which is receiving hundreds of millions of dollars in U.S. federal funding. The trial had a high-dose group of 15 people, a medium-dose group of 15 people, and a low growth group of 15 people.
“In the low-dose group, one of the people was so sick from the vaccine they had to be hospitalized,” he explained. “That’s six percent. In the high-dose group, three people got so sick they had to be hospitalized. That’s 20 percent.”
Kennedy also mentioned another reason not to trust blindly any company currently producing vaccines in the United States. Each one of the four vaccine producers “is a convicted serial felon: Glaxo, Sanofi, Pfizer, Merck.”
“In the past 10 years, just in the last decade, those companies have paid 35 billion dollars in criminal penalties, damages, fines, for lying to doctors, for defrauding science, for falsifying science, for killing hundreds of thousands of Americans knowingly,” Kennedy stated
“It requires a cognitive dissonance for people who understand the criminal corporate cultures of these four companies to believe that they’re doing this in every other product that they have, but they’re not doing it with vaccines.”
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lifesitenews--2020-08-03--Washington Post’s hit piece on COVID-stricken priest left out these important facts

August 3 , 2020 ( LifeSiteNews ) – The left-leaning Washington Post published an article this past weekend that seemed to relish over the fact that Monsignor Charles Pope , a popular priest in the nation ’ s capital , has been diagnosed with the coronavirus .
“ The pastor of a Catholic church on Capitol Hill who urged people not to ‘ cower in fear ’ of the novel coronavirus has contracted covid-19 , the disease the virus causes , prompting D.C. health officials to tell about 250 staff and parishioners to self-quarantine for two weeks , ” it @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Rebecca Tan , went on to quote at length left-wing Catholic writer Dawn Eden Goldstein , who for weeks has been attacking Pope on Twitter .
Tan reached out to Eden via Twitter .
Following the announcement of Msgr .
Pope ’ s diagnosis , Goldstein went on a Twitter rampage condemning the priest for allegedly refusing to wear a mask outside and suggesting that had he been more careful , he wouldn ’ t have gotten sick .
The contempt for Msgr .
Pope on display by the Washington Post and Goldstein @ @ @ @ @ @ @ April 2020 mockery of a Virginia pastor who died from the coronavirus after “ def [ ying ] social distancing.
” Their scornful attitude also brings to mind recent media treatment of former Republican presidential candidate Hermann Cain , a cancer survivor who had the coronavirus and died .
The Post ’ s steely , unempathetic ire seems to have been brought upon Msgr .
Pope because of his writing and speaking out against “ the serious and potentially deadly effects of this unprecedented shutdown.
” On May 6 , he wrote the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ I am neither an epidemiologist nor an immunologist , and I accept that some degree of protective measures is necessary to protect the vulnerable and to minimize the spread of the disease .
However , I am also concerned about the serious and potentially deadly effects of this unprecedented shutdown .
I do not support every action or position of the demonstrators , but I am sympathetic to their essential concern that the “ cure should not be worse than the disease.
” The lives of those afflicted by or particularly susceptible to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ do the lives of others who are experiencing mounting losses and struggling to provide for their families .
Many with this concern are demonized and told that they are selfish and don ’ t care if other people die .
This is , of course , an unfair accusation .
Those who are calling for a gradual reopening want people to live , too .
Living consists of more than having a pulse .
Living involves thriving , interacting with others , cultural enrichment .
Living involves the dignity of work , contributing @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
For a Catholic , living means the Holy Mass , receiving the sacraments and gathering for communal worship .
The response to the pandemic has indeed shown that the “ cure is worse than the disease.
” In addition to causing millions of people to lose their jobs and shutter their businesses , the restrictive measures taken by lawmakers have led to a huge uptick in suicides , supposedly virus-positive people being fitted with ankle monitors , and governments telling people they may not sing in church or even while live-streaming services @ @ @ @ @ @ @ many have died alone in hospitals without the comfort of family by their side .
There are even global food shortages causing tens of thousands of children to die from starvation .
Some citizens are being told they must cover their faces in their own homes .
Weddings and funerals in many places have also been banned or severely restricted , although elites have ignored their own rules .
For instance , many U.S. lawmakers packed a Georgia church for the funeral of Rep. John Lewis , and D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser then @ @ @ @ @ @ @ requirement that anyone coming from Georgia quarantine for two weeks .
Millions of people in the U.S. and around the globe generally agree with the sentiments Msgr .
Pope has expressed in his writings – that there is more to life than avoiding disease , that it ’ s unreasonable to indefinitely lock people in their homes , but that at the same time reasonable health precautions should be taken to prevent the spread of the virus .
In an August 1 video , Msgr .
Pope revealed that he ’ d cried @ @ @ @ @ @ @ not out of fear of the virus , but because what he knew it would mean for his parishioners .
He went to an urgent care facility that tested him for the virus , and then “ it came back positive.
” Afterwards they sent him to Georgetown hospital because his oxygen levels and fever were not where they needed to be .
“ I spent all night in the emergency room ...
I got discharged at 3 a.m. , ” he said .
“ When I was told that the test came @ @ @ @ @ @ @ I don ’ t think that the nurse practitioner understood ” why I was crying , he said .
She asked if he was “ that afraid of COVID.
” “ I said not COVID , ” he recalled .
“ But how many lives this is going to affect ... when you ’ re a priest , you literally and figuratively touch hundreds of lives and I can see all the dominos falling ...
I could see huge numbers ” of people being asked to quarantine .
The Post predictably chose not @ @ @ @ @ @ @ instead just reporting , “ He apologized for the ‘ inconvenience ’ he had caused parishioners who were asked to quarantine.
” In its hit piece on Msgr .
Pope , the Post also revealed its deep ignorance of religion by describing Holy Communion – which the Catholic Church teaches is the literal body , blood , soul , and divinity of Jesus Christ – as “ the Catholic ritual of sharing wafers and wine.
” In an interview Sunday night , Msgr .
Pope told LifeSiteNews that his physical symptoms are similar @ @ @ @ @ @ @ flu ” and emphasized that the Post article misrepresented comments he ’ d made on the radio about “ lukewarm Catholics.
” “ The thing that most pained me in the article was that someone accused me of saying anyone who doesn ’ t come back to Mass now is a lukewarm Catholic .
I have not said [ that ] , ” he said .
“ I never meant that .
It was quoted out of context in a much longer conversation on a radio show where I distinguished between Catholics who @ @ @ @ @ @ @ older folks and those with medical conditions and then some younger folks who may be taking care of people with medical conditions – I fully understand that – and people need to make their own prudential decisions.
” Msgr .
Pope said he had been talking about people who were lukewarm in their faith before the coronavirus outbreak started , and are not likely to be rushing back to the pews .
He was not saying anyone who doesn ’ t go to church during the pandemic is lukewarm , as the Post @ @ @ @ @ @ @ comments can be listened to in their entirety here .
He made “ a lot of distinctions ” in his comments on the radio , he said .
“ I am concerned that there are some people out there who we may have lost forever or a long , long time , ” he continued .
“ Even after this crisis is over , we ’ re going to have to work very hard to bring them back to the Church .
There are also others who have felt abandoned and hurt by @ @ @ @ @ @ @ going to have to work very hard to bring them back.
” “ There are lukewarm Catholics .
They do exist .
I ’ m concerned that at some level , the Church wasn ’ t particularly relevant to begin with and after four or five months off they ’ re not exactly gon na be rushing back.
” He continued , “ I think the question is to find balance .
I think that there are legitimate times that we can and should wear masks for now and socially distance and we @ @ @ @ @ @ @ – I continue to ask this question , ‘ what ’ s the endgame ?
When will this [ gripping ] fear let up ?
’ Because we ’ ll never have a completely risk-free world .
So the question is : how do we balance fears on both sides and move forward to the life we once knew in this country ?
” Goldstein chided Msgr .
Pope for drinking water without a mask while protesting racism Yet the Post was not done misrepresenting facts and conflating the truth about Msgr .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ was quoted as saying she felt “ insulted ” by his remarks on the virus .
“ He has used his platform to mock and ridicule Catholics who are taking precautions , ” she claimed .
“ It ’ s so un-pastoral , so unlike a priest.
” Msgr .
Pope provided LifeSite with more context for that interaction .
“ We were praying for an end to racial injustice in all its forms , ” the priest , whose parish is predominantly African American , explained .
This was in the wake @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of George Floyd .
“ We walked over a mile on a hot day .
And we came all the way up to the Capitol .
And there was a little watering hole that St. Joseph ’ s parish had nicely set up .
And so we stopped and got some water.
” “ It was a large area .
We all spread out.
” “ I downed a couple bottles of water because we were all very dehydrated , ” he said .
“ And Dawn [ Goldstein ] comes along at @ @ @ @ @ @ @ got ta wear a mask.
’ [ I said ] , ‘ I ’ m drinking water , and I have a mask in my pocket.
’ ” “ I always carry [ a ] mask in my pocket , in case I need to go into a store [ or ] help somebody close up , ” he added .
“ The only people I was close to were people I already live with .
I think that her request was excessive and I declined .
I said , ‘ I have @ @ @ @ @ @ @ trying to drink water .
How am I going to do that when I ’ m wearing a mask ?
’ And then she left with a huff and next thing I know I ’ m being excoriated on the Internet.
” In August 2019 , Center for Family and Human Rights president Austin Ruse wrote at Crisis magazine an article essentially arguing that Goldstein has gone off the rails .
“ In recent months Dawn [ Goldstein ] has fashioned herself as the scourge of what she sees as right-wing anti-Francis heresy @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ Her specialty is making wild charges against these ‘ heretics ’ and then often having to walk them back and apologize.
” “ I first experienced Dawn ’ s animus during the Viganò-McCarrick controversy .
Dawn was incensed at Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò ’ s claims of deep episcopal corruption and spent weeks on Twitter going after him , ” wrote Ruse , a former friend of Goldstein .
“ I felt it strange that she seemed far less interested in getting the Vatican to release their files on McCarrick .
When @ @ @ @ @ @ @ me on Twitter.
” Goldstein was “ a charming , eccentric , if slightly whacky ( in a good way ) , incredibly fun woman , ” Ruse wrote .
“ But , somewhere along the line , she has become an uncharitable scold who sees herself as a one-woman wrecking crew against those she sees as the enemies of Francis , many of whom are her former friends in the Catholic trenches .
She ’ s on the trajectory of Mark Shea-ing herself—of getting so lost in the battles that she loses @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the expression ) brand , both of which have been quite good.
” One other possible reason Msgr .
Pope is being so unfairly attacked is that he isn ’ t falling over himself apologizing for his past comments about the coronavirus , which are actually helping encourage people to not be paralyzed by fear .
“ COVID ’ s not a terminal illness for most people , ” he said during his interview with LifeSite last night .
“ It ’ s kind of a bad case of the flu ...
I @ @ @ @ @ @ @ recover unless something unfolds that I ’ m not expecting .
And I think most people do recover .
And then very sadly , some have died.
” This is why people should “ act prudently , ” he said , “ but not just [ cower ] in fear .
My concern is the excessive fear , and that ’ s far worse than the disease itself .
Anything is possible if you go out your front door.
” This reporter has known Msgr .
Pope for five or six years now @ @ @ @ @ @ @ an animal lover .
When my dog died in 2016 , Msgr .
Pope called me to see how I was holding up .
Although I ’ m not his parishioner , he officiated my wedding .
He ’ s comforted me when I ’ ve been brokenhearted and helped me navigate crises of all kinds .
More than once I ’ ve called him crying late at night , and he ’ s been there for me .
And something that has always struck me about Msgr .
Pope is his reaction @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
This has happened multiple times when I ’ ve been with him , usually after pro-life activities in the city .
Every single time I ’ ve seen him interact with a person begging , he ’ s opened up his wallet and given away all the cash inside – and then asked the homeless person to pray for him .
( Sadly , city dwellers often ignore the homeless ; that is why I noticed this . )
Msgr .
Pope has always been very gentle and paternal toward me , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ I ’ m grateful to him for caring about the spiritual , emotional , and physical health of all the faithful with whom he comes in contact .
He is everything a priest should be , and the malicious Washington Post piece is everything “ journalism ” should not be .

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August 3, 2020 (LifeSiteNews) – The left-leaning Washington Post published an article this past weekend that seemed to relish the fact that Monsignor Charles Pope, a popular priest in the nation’s capital, has been diagnosed with the coronavirus.
“The pastor of a Catholic church on Capitol Hill who urged people not to ‘cower in fear’ of the novel coronavirus has contracted covid-19, the disease the virus causes, prompting D.C. health officials to tell about 250 staff and parishioners to self-quarantine for two weeks,” it began.
The piece, authored by Rebecca Tan, went on to quote at length left-wing Catholic writer Dawn Eden Goldstein, who for weeks has been attacking Pope on Twitter. Tan reached out to Eden via Twitter.
Following the announcement of Msgr. Pope’s diagnosis, Goldstein went on a Twitter rampage condemning the priest for allegedly refusing to wear a mask outside and suggesting that had he been more careful, he wouldn’t have gotten sick.
The contempt for Msgr. Pope on display by the Washington Post and Goldstein is reminiscent of the media’s April 2020 mockery of a Virginia pastor who died from the coronavirus after “def[ying] social distancing.” Their scornful attitude also brings to mind recent media treatment of former Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain, a cancer survivor who had the coronavirus and died.
The Post’s steely, unempathetic ire seems to have been brought upon Msgr. Pope because of his writing and speaking out against “the serious and potentially deadly effects of this unprecedented shutdown.”
On May 6, he wrote the following at the National Catholic Register:
I am neither an epidemiologist nor an immunologist, and I accept that some degree of protective measures is necessary to protect the vulnerable and to minimize the spread of the disease. However, I am also concerned about the serious and potentially deadly effects of this unprecedented shutdown. I do not support every action or position of the demonstrators, but I am sympathetic to their essential concern that the “cure should not be worse than the disease.” The lives of those afflicted by or particularly susceptible to the new coronavirus matter, but so do the lives of others who are experiencing mounting losses and struggling to provide for their families. Many with this concern are demonized and told that they are selfish and don’t care if other people die. This is, of course, an unfair accusation. Those who are calling for a gradual reopening want people to live, too. Living consists of more than having a pulse. Living involves thriving, interacting with others, cultural enrichment. Living involves the dignity of work, contributing our labors and sharing in their fruits. For a Catholic, living means the Holy Mass, receiving the sacraments and gathering for communal worship.
The response to the pandemic has indeed shown that the “cure is worse than the disease.” In addition to causing millions of people to lose their jobs and shutter their businesses, the restrictive measures taken by lawmakers have led to a huge uptick in suicides, supposedly virus-positive people being fitted with ankle monitors, and governments telling people they may not sing in church or even while live-streaming services in an empty church. Moreover, many have died alone in hospitals without the comfort of family by their side. There are even global food shortages causing tens of thousands of children to die from starvation. Some citizens are being told they must cover their faces in their own homes.
Weddings and funerals in many places have also been banned or severely restricted, although elites have ignored their own rules. For instance, many U.S. lawmakers packed a Georgia church for the funeral of Rep. John Lewis, and D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser then exempted them from the district’s requirement that anyone coming from Georgia quarantine for two weeks.
Millions of people in the U.S. and around the globe generally agree with the sentiments Msgr. Pope has expressed in his writings – that there is more to life than avoiding disease, that it’s unreasonable to indefinitely lock people in their homes, but that at the same time reasonable health precautions should be taken to prevent the spread of the virus.
In an August 1 video, Msgr. Pope revealed that he’d cried upon receiving the positive COVID-19 diagnosis – not out of fear of the virus, but because what he knew it would mean for his parishioners.
He went to an urgent care facility that tested him for the virus, and then “it came back positive.” Afterwards they sent him to Georgetown hospital because his oxygen levels and fever were not where they needed to be.
“I spent all night in the emergency room…I got discharged at 3 a.m.,” he said. “When I was told that the test came back positive, I really wept. I don’t think that the nurse practitioner understood” why I was crying, he said. She asked if he was “that afraid of COVID.”
“I said not COVID,” he recalled. “But how many lives this is going to affect…when you’re a priest, you literally and figuratively touch hundreds of lives and I can see all the dominos falling…I could see huge numbers” of people being asked to quarantine.
The Post predictably chose not to include that sentiment of Pope, instead just reporting, “He apologized for the ‘inconvenience’ he had caused parishioners who were asked to quarantine.”
In its hit piece on Msgr. Pope, the Post also revealed its deep ignorance of religion by describing Holy Communion – which the Catholic Church teaches is the literal body, blood, soul, and divinity of Jesus Christ – as “the Catholic ritual of sharing wafers and wine.”
‘Lukewarm’ Catholic comments completely misrepresented
In an interview Sunday night, Msgr. Pope told LifeSiteNews that his physical symptoms are similar to a “bad case of the flu” and emphasized that the Post article misrepresented comments he’d made on the radio about “lukewarm Catholics.”
“The thing that most pained me in the article was that someone accused me of saying anyone who doesn’t come back to Mass now is a lukewarm Catholic. I have not said [that],” he said. “I never meant that. It was quoted out of context in a much longer conversation on a radio show where I distinguished between Catholics who should not come back to Mass – older folks and those with medical conditions and then some younger folks who may be taking care of people with medical conditions – I fully understand that – and people need to make their own prudential decisions.”
Msgr. Pope said he had been talking about people who were lukewarm in their faith before the coronavirus outbreak started, and are not likely to be rushing back to the pews. He was not saying anyone who doesn’t go to church during the pandemic is lukewarm, as the Post and Goldstein suggested he was. His comments can be listened to in their entirety here. He made “a lot of distinctions” in his comments on the radio, he said.
“I am concerned that there are some people out there who we may have lost forever or a long, long time,” he continued. “Even after this crisis is over, we’re going to have to work very hard to bring them back to the Church. There are also others who have felt abandoned and hurt by the Church, and we’re going to have to work very hard to bring them back.”
“There are lukewarm Catholics. They do exist. I’m concerned that at some level, the Church wasn’t particularly relevant to begin with and after four or five months off they’re not exactly gonna be rushing back.”
He continued, “I think the question is to find balance. I think that there are legitimate times that we can and should wear masks for now and socially distance and we should follow protocols for Communion. And – I continue to ask this question, ‘what’s the endgame? When will this [gripping] fear let up?’ Because we’ll never have a completely risk-free world. So the question is: how do we balance fears on both sides and move forward to the life we once knew in this country?”
Goldstein chided Msgr. Pope for drinking water without a mask while protesting racism
Yet the Post was not done misrepresenting facts and conflating the truth about Msgr. Pope.
In its report, Goldstein was quoted as saying she felt “insulted” by his remarks on the virus.
“He has used his platform to mock and ridicule Catholics who are taking precautions,” she claimed. “It’s so un-pastoral, so unlike a priest.”
The Post continued:
Goldstein said she encountered Pope on June 6, a day of mass racial justice protests in Washington, while he was leading a rosary procession with about 30 priests, nuns and congregants, most of whom were not wearing facial coverings. Goldstein, who was distributing water and masks with other members of St. Joseph’s, said she offered Pope a mask but he declined — a decision she felt was irresponsible. It was not mandatory at the time to wear facial coverings outdoors, though city officials had urged residents who were attending protests to do so.
Msgr. Pope provided LifeSite with more context for that interaction.
“We were praying for an end to racial injustice in all its forms,” the priest, whose parish is predominantly African American, explained. This was in the wake of the national outcry over the killing of George Floyd. “We walked over a mile on a hot day. And we came all the way up to the Capitol. And there was a little watering hole that St. Joseph’s parish had nicely set up. And so we stopped and got some water.”
“It was a large area. We all spread out.”
“I downed a couple bottles of water because we were all very dehydrated,” he said. “And Dawn [Goldstein] comes along at some point and says, ‘you gotta wear a mask.’ [I said], ‘I’m drinking water, and I have a mask in my pocket.’”
“I always carry [a] mask in my pocket, in case I need to go into a store [or] help somebody close up,” he added. “The only people I was close to were people I already live with. I think that her request was excessive and I declined. I said, ‘I have a mask, but I’m trying to drink water. How am I going to do that when I’m wearing a mask?’ And then she left with a huff and next thing I know I’m being excoriated on the Internet.”
In August 2019, Center for Family and Human Rights president Austin Ruse wrote at Crisis magazine an article essentially arguing that Goldstein has gone off the rails.
“In recent months Dawn [Goldstein] has fashioned herself as the scourge of what she sees as right-wing anti-Francis heresy,” the pro-life leader wrote. “Her specialty is making wild charges against these ‘heretics’ and then often having to walk them back and apologize.”
“I first experienced Dawn’s animus during the Viganò-McCarrick controversy. Dawn was incensed at Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò’s claims of deep episcopal corruption and spent weeks on Twitter going after him,” wrote Ruse, a former friend of Goldstein. “I felt it strange that she seemed far less interested in getting the Vatican to release their files on McCarrick. When I told her so, she blocked me on Twitter.”
Goldstein was “a charming, eccentric, if slightly whacky (in a good way), incredibly fun woman,” Ruse wrote. “But, somewhere along the line, she has become an uncharitable scold who sees herself as a one-woman wrecking crew against those she sees as the enemies of Francis, many of whom are her former friends in the Catholic trenches. She’s on the trajectory of Mark Shea-ing herself—of getting so lost in the battles that she loses both her reputation and her (forgive the expression) brand, both of which have been quite good.”
Msgr. Pope is an extraordinary, loving priest
One other possible reason Msgr. Pope is being so unfairly attacked is that he isn’t falling over himself apologizing for his past comments about the coronavirus, which are actually helping encourage people to not be paralyzed by fear.
“COVID’s not a terminal illness for most people,” he said during his interview with LifeSite last night. “It’s kind of a bad case of the flu…I’m recovering and I expect to recover unless something unfolds that I’m not expecting. And I think most people do recover. And then very sadly, some have died.”
This is why people should “act prudently,” he said, “but not just [cower] in fear. My concern is the excessive fear, and that’s far worse than the disease itself. Anything is possible if you go out your front door.”
This reporter has known Msgr. Pope for five or six years now. Like me, he’s an animal lover. When my dog died in 2016, Msgr. Pope called me to see how I was holding up. Although I’m not his parishioner, he officiated my wedding. He’s comforted me when I’ve been brokenhearted and helped me navigate crises of all kinds. More than once I’ve called him crying late at night, and he’s been there for me.
And something that has always struck me about Msgr. Pope is his reaction to the homeless asking him for money. This has happened multiple times when I’ve been with him, usually after pro-life activities in the city. Every single time I’ve seen him interact with a person begging, he’s opened up his wallet and given away all the cash inside – and then asked the homeless person to pray for him. (Sadly, city dwellers often ignore the homeless; that is why I noticed this.)
Msgr. Pope has always been very gentle and paternal toward me, exactly as a priest should be. I’m grateful to him for caring about the spiritual, emotional, and physical health of all the faithful with whom he comes in contact. He is everything a priest should be, and the malicious Washington Post piece is everything “journalism” should not be.
LifeSite’s Stephen Kokx contributed to this article.
Follow Claire As a journalist and editor for LifeSiteNews, Claire Chretien has written more than 1,500 articles about abortion, human dignity, bioethics, the Catholic Church, politics, and related topics. Claire holds a bachelor’s degree from The University of Alabama. It was there that she first became involved in pro-life activism.
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lifesitenews--2020-08-03--Maryland gov. overrides county that threatened to jail parents, teachers if private schools reopened

ANNAPOLIS , Maryland , August 3 , 2020 ( LifeSiteNews ) – Maryland ’ s Republican Gov .
Larry Hogan issued an executive order Monday overriding a county ’ s decision to force private and parochial schools to remain closed against their will .
Under the now-overruled order , parents and educators could have faced up to a year in jail for attempting to open or operate a school .
On Friday , Montgomery County health officer Dr. Travis Gayles announced that private schools in the left-wing county just outside the nation ’ s capital would be forbidden from holding @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , citing the threat of COVID-19 ( despite the county having lower daily increases in cases than the state as a whole ) .
“ A person who knowingly and willfully violates this Order or any Local Order is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction is subject to imprisonment not exceeding one year or a fine not exceeding $ 5,000 or both , ” Gayles ’ order warned .
“ I strongly disagree with Montgomery County ’ s decision to mandate the closure of private and parochial schools , ” Hogan responded @ @ @ @ @ @ @ develop safe plans that follow CDC and state guidelines , they should be empowered to do what ’ s best for their community .
This is a decision for schools and parents , not politicians.
” On Monday , Hogan followed up by issuing an amended emergency order , which states that local school systems retain the primary authority to decide whether to operate for themselves .
“ The recovery plan for Maryland public schools stresses local flexibility within the parameters set by state officials , ” the governor explained .
“ Over @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and superintendents made their own decisions about how and when to reopen public schools , after consultation with state and local health officials.
” “ Private and parochial schools deserve the same opportunity and flexibility to make reopening decisions based on public health guidelines , ” he continued .
“ The blanket closure mandate imposed by Montgomery County was overly broad and inconsistent with the powers intended to be delegated to the county health officer.
” Keeping schools closed is not among the COVID-19 prevention or containment measures advocated by the U.S. Centers @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Last week , CDC director Dr. Robert Redfield said the “ cost to our nation in continuing to keep these schools closed is substantial , ” especially the mental and emotional toll of prolonged social isolation .
“ We ’ re seeing , sadly , far greater suicides now than we are deaths from COVID , ” he said .
“ We ’ re seeing far greater deaths from drug overdose that are above excess that we had as background than we are seeing the deaths from COVID.
” In May , a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ an open letter warning President Donald Trump of the “ short , medium , and long-term harm to people ’ s health with a continued shutdown … The millions of casualties of a continued shutdown will be hiding in plain sight , but they will be called alcoholism , homelessness , suicide , heart attack , stroke , or kidney failure .
In youths it will be called financial instability , unemployment , despair , drug addiction , unplanned pregnancies , poverty , and abuse.
” The Trump administration has forcefully advocated that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ California , the second-largest teachers ’ union in the country said that defunding police and a moratorium on charter schools should be part of coronavirus re-opening plans .
“ This is a painful decision , but we have to keep health and safety first , ” Los Angeles schools superintendent Austin Beutner said .

'As long as these schools develop safe plans that follow CDC and state guidelines, they should be empowered to do what’s best for their community. This is a decision for schools and parents, not politicians.'
ANNAPOLIS, Maryland, August 3, 2020 (LifeSiteNews) – Maryland’s Republican Gov. Larry Hogan issued an executive order Monday overriding a county’s decision to force private and parochial schools to remain closed against their will. Under the now-overruled order, parents and educators could have faced up to a year in jail for attempting to open or operate a school.
On Friday, Montgomery County health officer Dr. Travis Gayles announced that private schools in the left-wing county just outside the nation’s capital would be forbidden from holding in-person classes through at least October 1, citing the threat of COVID-19 (despite the county having lower daily increases in cases than the state as a whole).
“A person who knowingly and willfully violates this Order or any Local Order is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction is subject to imprisonment not exceeding one year or a fine not exceeding $5,000 or both,” Gayles’ order warned.
“I strongly disagree with Montgomery County’s decision to mandate the closure of private and parochial schools,” Hogan responded. “As long as these schools develop safe plans that follow CDC and state guidelines, they should be empowered to do what’s best for their community. This is a decision for schools and parents, not politicians.”
On Monday, Hogan followed up by issuing an amended emergency order, which states that local school systems retain the primary authority to decide whether to operate for themselves.
“The recovery plan for Maryland public schools stresses local flexibility within the parameters set by state officials,” the governor explained. “Over the last several weeks, school boards and superintendents made their own decisions about how and when to reopen public schools, after consultation with state and local health officials.”
“Private and parochial schools deserve the same opportunity and flexibility to make reopening decisions based on public health guidelines,” he continued. “The blanket closure mandate imposed by Montgomery County was overly broad and inconsistent with the powers intended to be delegated to the county health officer.”
Keeping schools closed is not among the COVID-19 prevention or containment measures advocated by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC).
Last week, CDC director Dr. Robert Redfield said the “cost to our nation in continuing to keep these schools closed is substantial,” especially the mental and emotional toll of prolonged social isolation. “We’re seeing, sadly, far greater suicides now than we are deaths from COVID,” he said. “We’re seeing far greater deaths from drug overdose that are above excess that we had as background than we are seeing the deaths from COVID.”
In May, a group of more than 500 doctors signed an open letter warning President Donald Trump of the “short, medium, and long-term harm to people’s health with a continued shutdown … The millions of casualties of a continued shutdown will be hiding in plain sight, but they will be called alcoholism, homelessness, suicide, heart attack, stroke, or kidney failure. In youths it will be called financial instability, unemployment, despair, drug addiction, unplanned pregnancies, poverty, and abuse.”
The Trump administration has forcefully advocated that public schools reopen this fall.
In California, the second-largest teachers’ union in the country said that defunding police and a moratorium on charter schools should be part of coronavirus re-opening plans. “This is a painful decision, but we have to keep health and safety first,” Los Angeles schools superintendent Austin Beutner said.
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lifesitenews--2020-08-03--CNN uses ‘individuals with a cervix’ instead of ‘women’ in report on cervical cancer screening

August 3 , 2020 ( LifeSiteNews ) — In a report on cervical cancer screening , CNN refused to use the word “ women ” when describing people who need such screenings , using instead the phrase “ individuals with a cervix.
” Critics on social media quickly pointed out that the “ woke ” choice of words seemed like something out of a “ Soviet internal memo ” and that CCNN wanted to “ cancel women.
” “ Individuals with a cervix are now recommended to start cervical cancers screening at 25 and continue through age 65 , with @ @ @ @ @ @ @ testing every five years as the preferred method of testing , ” opens the CNN report published Thursday .
The report was about updated cervical cancer screening guidelines issued by the American Cancer Society ( ACS ) in a paper called “ CA : A Cancer Journal for Clinicians.
” The ACS paper that the CNN report is based on also uses an extreme form of “ gender-inclusive ” language , using the phrase “ individuals with a cervix ” and not mentioning “ women.
” The “ gender-inclusive language ” in the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Eric Sammons , who blasted the news network ’ s use of words as something out of a “ Soviet internal memo.
” “ CNN apparently wants to cancel women , but as a full-time writer/editor , I also find the woke need to use clunky language painful to behold .
‘ Women ’ is a beautiful word ; ‘ individuals with a cervix ’ sounds like something you ’ d read in a Soviet internal memo , ” tweeted Sammons this morning .
Lila Rose , founder and president of the pro-life @ @ @ @ @ @ @ as well to blast the CNN report .
“ This language is objectifying and incredibly disrespectful to women , ” tweeted Rose .
The CNN tweet of the report was met with mixed responses , with some replying by saying that the news report should have just used the word “ women.
” “ You could ’ ve just said Women , ” said one user , which prompted someone to reply , “ its not just women.
” This triggered another user to respond in defense of the first , saying , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ replied to the CCN tweet by tweeting , “ Women is not a dirty word.
” Someone else who claimed , “ Men can have a cervix too.
” Another user rebuked the “ men can have a cervix ” commenter by saying , “ Only if you want all categories to become utterly meaningless and language to collapse as a functional tool for navigating social life .
I could insist that my dog is a human being ; do n't make it true or useful.
” In its extreme form , “ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the words “ male , ” “ female , ” “ man , ” “ woman , ” “ boy , ” “ girl , ” and gender-specific pronouns with neutral words such as “ everyone ” and “ they ” or “ their.
” This language is promoted by the pro-LGBT group GLAAD .
PETITION : Break up Big Tech tyrants and defend free speech !
Sign the petition here .
“ How about using folks instead of guys ?
Or try using everyone instead of men or women .
Addressing a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in place of ladies and gentlemen !
It ’ s that easy , ” suggests GLAAD on its website .
The United Nations defines “ gender-inclusive ” language as “ speaking and writing in a way that does not discriminate against a particular sex , social gender or gender identity , and does not perpetuate gender stereotypes.
” “ Given the key role of language in shaping cultural and social attitudes , using gender-inclusive language is a powerful way to promote gender equality and eradicate gender bias.
” The U.N. guidelines list ways @ @ @ @ @ @ @ limit , or eliminate , any reference to sexes .
Despite the CNN report going to the extreme in its omission of the word “ women ” to describe those who have a cervix , there are some high-profile LGBT-supporters , such as the author of the Harry Potter novels , J.K. Rowling , who has spoken out against this extreme form of “ gender-inclusive ” language .
Rowling was hit with a barrage of backlash from the mainstream media , LGBT activists , and even stars of the film adaptations of the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ from Devex titled “ Opinion : Creating a more equal post-COVID-19 world for people who menstruate.
” She responded to the report on Twitter , saying , “ ‘ People who menstruate.
’ I ’ m sure there used to be a word for those people .
Someone help me out .
Wumben ?
Wimpund ?
Woomud ?
” Rowling then went on to say in a follow-up tweet that “ if sex isn ’ t real , there ’ s no same-sex attraction.
” Shortly after her social media message , Rowling @ @ @ @ @ @ @ defended her social messages .
In her essay , she wrote about why she opposes the transgender agenda and added that she refuses to “ bow down ” to it despite massive public pressure to capitulate .
Rowling also argued that trans activism has resulted in the “ erosion of women ’ s and girls ’ rights ” and the erosion of what it means to be female .
“ I ’ ve read all the arguments about femaleness not residing in the sexed body , and the assertions that biological women don @ @ @ @ @ @ @ I find them , too , deeply misogynistic and regressive .
It ’ s also clear that one of the objectives of denying the importance of sex is to erode what some seem to see as the cruelly segregationist idea of women having their own biological realities or — just as threatening — unifying realities that make them a cohesive political class , ” wrote Rowling .
“ But , as many women have said before me , ‘ woman ’ is not a costume .
‘ Woman ’ is not an idea @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ‘ Woman ’ is not a pink brain , a liking for Jimmy Choos or any of the other sexist ideas now somehow touted as progressive .
Moreover , the ‘ inclusive ’ language that calls female people ‘ menstruators ’ and ‘ people with vulvas ’ strikes many women as dehumanising and demeaning .
I understand why trans activists consider this language to be appropriate and kind , but for those of us who ’ ve had degrading slurs spat at us by violent men , it ’ s not neutral , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ” she added .
Rowling ’ s social media comments and her essay were both met with attacks by LGBT activists , including the LGBT rights organization GLAAD .

The CNN tweet of the report was met with mixed responses, with some replying by saying that the news report should have just used the word 'women.'
August 3, 2020 (LifeSiteNews) — In a report on cervical cancer screening, CNN refused to use the word “women” when describing people who need such screenings, using instead the phrase “individuals with a cervix.” Critics on social media quickly pointed out that the “woke” choice of words seemed like something out of a “Soviet internal memo” and that CCNN wanted to “cancel women.”
“Individuals with a cervix are now recommended to start cervical cancers screening at 25 and continue through age 65, with the primary human papillomavirus (HPV) testing every five years as the preferred method of testing,” opens the CNN report published Thursday.
The report was about updated cervical cancer screening guidelines issued by the American Cancer Society (ACS) in a paper called “CA: A Cancer Journal for Clinicians.”
The ACS paper that the CNN report is based on also uses an extreme form of “gender-inclusive” language, using the phrase “individuals with a cervix” and not mentioning “women.”
The “gender-inclusive language” in the report caught the attention of Catholic author Eric Sammons, who blasted the news network’s use of words as something out of a “Soviet internal memo.”
“CNN apparently wants to cancel women, but as a full-time writer/editor, I also find the woke need to use clunky language painful to behold. ‘Women’ is a beautiful word; ‘individuals with a cervix’ sounds like something you’d read in a Soviet internal memo,” tweeted Sammons this morning.
Lila Rose, founder and president of the pro-life group Live Action, took to Twitter as well to blast the CNN report.
“This language is objectifying and incredibly disrespectful to women,” tweeted Rose.
The CNN tweet of the report was met with mixed responses, with some replying by saying that the news report should have just used the word “women.”
“You could’ve just said Women,” said one user, which prompted someone to reply, “its not just women.” This triggered another user to respond in defense of the first, saying, “yes it is.”
Another user replied to the CCN tweet by tweeting, “Women is not a dirty word.” Someone else who claimed, “Men can have a cervix too.”
Another user rebuked the “men can have a cervix” commenter by saying, “Only if you want all categories to become utterly meaningless and language to collapse as a functional tool for navigating social life. I could insist that my dog is a human being; don't make it true or useful.”
In its extreme form, “gender-inclusive” language can mean entirely replacing the words “male,” “female,” “man,” “woman,” “boy,” “girl,” and gender-specific pronouns with neutral words such as “everyone” and “they” or “their.”
This language is promoted by the pro-LGBT group GLAAD.
PETITION: Break up Big Tech tyrants and defend free speech! Sign the petition here.
“How about using folks instead of guys? Or try using everyone instead of men or women. Addressing a more formal crowd? Try distinguished guests in place of ladies and gentlemen! It’s that easy,” suggests GLAAD on its website.
The United Nations defines “gender-inclusive” language as “speaking and writing in a way that does not discriminate against a particular sex, social gender or gender identity, and does not perpetuate gender stereotypes.”
“Given the key role of language in shaping cultural and social attitudes, using gender-inclusive language is a powerful way to promote gender equality and eradicate gender bias.”
The U.N. guidelines list ways a person could write in English that limit, or eliminate, any reference to sexes.
Despite the CNN report going to the extreme in its omission of the word “women” to describe those who have a cervix, there are some high-profile LGBT-supporters, such as the author of the Harry Potter novels, J.K. Rowling, who has spoken out against this extreme form of “gender-inclusive” language.
Rowling was hit with a barrage of backlash from the mainstream media, LGBT activists, and even stars of the film adaptations of the Harry Potter books for blasting an article from Devex titled “Opinion: Creating a more equal post-COVID-19 world for people who menstruate.”
She responded to the report on Twitter, saying, “‘People who menstruate.’ I’m sure there used to be a word for those people. Someone help me out. Wumben? Wimpund? Woomud?”
Rowling then went on to say in a follow-up tweet that “if sex isn’t real, there’s no same-sex attraction.”
Shortly after her social media message, Rowling published a lengthy essay in which she defended her social messages. In her essay, she wrote about why she opposes the transgender agenda and added that she refuses to “bow down” to it despite massive public pressure to capitulate.
Rowling also argued that trans activism has resulted in the “erosion of women’s and girls’ rights” and the erosion of what it means to be female.
“I’ve read all the arguments about femaleness not residing in the sexed body, and the assertions that biological women don’t have common experiences, and I find them, too, deeply misogynistic and regressive. It’s also clear that one of the objectives of denying the importance of sex is to erode what some seem to see as the cruelly segregationist idea of women having their own biological realities or — just as threatening — unifying realities that make them a cohesive political class,” wrote Rowling.
“But, as many women have said before me, ‘woman’ is not a costume. ‘Woman’ is not an idea in a man’s head. ‘Woman’ is not a pink brain, a liking for Jimmy Choos or any of the other sexist ideas now somehow touted as progressive. Moreover, the ‘inclusive’ language that calls female people ‘menstruators’ and ‘people with vulvas’ strikes many women as dehumanising and demeaning. I understand why trans activists consider this language to be appropriate and kind, but for those of us who’ve had degrading slurs spat at us by violent men, it’s not neutral, it’s hostile and alienating,” she added.
Rowling’s social media comments and her essay were both met with attacks by LGBT activists, including the LGBT rights organization GLAAD.
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lifesitenews--2020-08-03--Join our daily worldwide rosary HERE

Join our daily worldwide rosary HERE

August 3 , 2020 ( LifeSiteNews ) – In response to the crisis unfolding in our world and in the Church , LifeSite is offering Catholics throughout the world a chance to be united daily in prayer , in the Our Lady of Fatima Rosary Crusade .
Catholics from all over the world—from Israel , Uganda , Italy , France , Germany , Ireland , Pakistan , Singapore , the Philippines , India , Indonesia , Australia , New Zealand , Thailand , the United Kingdom , the U.S. , Canada , Brazil , and other countries—are gathering daily to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Anthony Pillari , J.C.L.
, an American priest currently studying in Italy .
Our goal is , by means of this daily rosary and by embracing and living out the message given by the Virgin Mary at Fatima , the triumph of Our Lady ’ s Immaculate Heart .
To help obtain that goal , Bishop Athanasius Schneider graciously composed the following prayer for this worldwide rosary crusade : O Immaculate Heart of Mary , you are the holy Mother of God and our tender Mother .
Look upon the distress in which @ @ @ @ @ @ @ are living because of the spread of materialism and the persecution of the Church .
In Fatima you warned against these errors , as you spoke about the errors of Russia .
You are the Mediatrix of all graces .
Implore your Divine Son to grant this special grace for the Pope : that he might consecrate Russia to your Immaculate Heart , so that Russia will be converted , a period of peace will be granted to the world , and your Immaculate Heart will triumph , through an authentic renewal of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ purity of the Catholic Faith , of the sacredness of Divine worship and of the holiness of the Christian life .
O Queen of the holy Rosary and our sweet Mother , turn your merciful eyes to us and graciously hear this our trusting prayer .
Amen .
+ Athanasius Schneider , Auxiliary Bishop of the archdiocese of Saint Mary in Astana To learn more about the urgency of responding to Our Lady ’ s message at Fatima , and about what you can do , please read Cardinal Burke ’ s 2017 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ https : //voiceofthefamily.com/full-text-cardinal-burkes-historic-call-for-consecration-of-russia/ ) .
As St. Padre Pio once said , “ The rosary is the weapon for these times.
” Through prayer , God can shape history , change the world , and bring about a great time of renewal and peace for the Church and for the world , through the triumph of Our Lady ’ s Immaculate Heart .
Join us today !
If you would like to follow along with the prayers said during this rosary , you can access them via this PDF .
This document also @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the daily rosary on LifeSite led by Fr .
Pillari .
Send photos or videos of you and your family praying the rosary with Father Pillari to [ email protected ]

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