Is Bergoglio Going After Poland's Radio Maryja Next?

Radio Maryja, the idiosyncratic Catholic radio station in Poland, is a thorn in the side of some.

(Rome) Since in Poland the Catholic national conservative party Law and Justice (PiS) is in power, the country is "under observation" by the EU. In Brussels, political forces set the tone, which are much further to the left and can hardly stand it when the sovereign electorate chooses other political forces. In turn, the EU Commission, the EU Parliament or the EU jurisdiction and, of course, the Western media, both Poland's and Hungary's government are disparaged as a "dirty children" of the "community."  The aim of the permanent pressure is either to induce the government to give in or to urge the electorate to choose a government to the left. Does the Vatican also participate in this under Pope Francis?

Specifically, it's about the radio station Radio Maryja. In 1991, soon after the end of Communist rule, a launched station was started that was modeled upon Radio Maria Italy . The founder and program director is the Redemptorist, Father Tadeusz Rydzyk. With the so-called “world family” of the Radio Maria stations, however, there was a split in the mid-1990s. In the Federal Republic of Germany in particular, efforts were made to keep a distance because of a different approach to one's own history. Radio Maryja is one of the five most listened to channels in Poland. In contrast to the other Radio Maria stations,  Fr. Rydzyk  pursued - since Poland had just over 40 years of an anti-church Communist dictatorship -   a political line and cultivated clearer language.

This was mainly due to the fact that the dictatorship had been overcome, but that the former Communist rulers outside the government and parliament were still at many levers, not least in the judiciary. Under the changed name, they even briefly returned to power in the 1990s. The way to overcome the dictatorship personally and above all, spiritually proved to be long and rocky.

The radio station, to which the TV station TV Trwam now belongs, supports the PiS without, however, becoming dependent. From left media, especially the left-liberal Gazeta Wyborcza, has repeatedly campaigned against the channel. A look at the German Wikipedia page provides an insight into this.

But the Church hierarchy was not always happy with the broadcaster, which has more to do with its independent willfulness. Pope Benedict XVI congratulated Radio Maryja on its 20th anniversary.

The leftist opposition in Poland, but also outside, is a thorn in the side because of its Catholic and conservative positions and even more because of its influence on public opinion. The most recent attempt to silence the transmitter has just started.

According to Wirtualna Polska, a mainstream medium owned by France Telecom, a request to the Vatican Secretariat of State was sent in December 2019 on "limiting" the political positioning of Radio Maryja. The transmitter should have a purely "religious character."

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The initiators of the claim, an Adam N. and a Witek M., remain anonymous. They sent their petition to the Vatican in several languages through Canadian middlemen. Wirtualna Polska is one of the mass media, of which Radio Maryja has been attacked in the past. In 2018, a Warsaw court sentenced the online portal to apologize to P. Rydzyk for spreading false allegations.

According to La Fede Quotidiana the request to the Vatican to proceed against Radio Maryja  was treated on March 26 by Pope Francis. He asked Msgr. Roberto Cona of the Secretary of State to review the matter and prepare a response.

A central role in the new attack on the conservative radio station is played by the Polish-Canadian politician Thomas Lukaszuk who actively supported the petition against Radio Maryja. The internet portal onet.pl , with good connections to Lukaszuk, promoted the petition to the Vatican for a long time last year. Onet.pl is largely owned by Ringier Axel Springer Media AG and is comparable to Web.de and Gmx.at in the left- justification of news reporting .

Lukaszuk's father had fled to Canada from Communist Poland. In 1982 his family was also able to follow him. Thomas Lukaszuk was a member of Parliament in Alberta from 2001 to 2015. From 2010 to 2014, he was Minister of the Government of the Canadian state, including 2012/2013 as Deputy Prime Minister.

Text: Giuseppe Nardi
Image: Radio Maryja (screenshot)
Trans: Tancred vekron99@hotmail.com
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Two More Accusers Come Forward Against Pell

For decades, 53-year-old Bernie* kept the secrets of his childhood deeply buried.

As a boy growing up in a Ballarat orphanage in the 1970s, Bernie told the ABC's Revelation program that he was abused on multiple occasions by George Pell, then a priest in the diocese of Ballarat.

For years Bernie was convinced that if he reported the abuse, he would not be believed.

"I would hear Pell's become Bishop," Bernie says.

"Pell's become Archbishop. Pell's become a Cardinal. Who's gonna believe a little boy from a home against that conglomerate? You know against that bloody goliath?"

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-04-02/george-pell-ballarat-allegations-revelation/12109952

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Pell to Go Free -- Conviction Overturned

[smh] Cardinal George Pell will be freed from jail after the High Court overturned his conviction for historic child sex offences.

The stunning High Court intervention in Australia’s most contentious case of alleged clerical abuse will reverberate from Canberra to the Vatican and among abuse survivors in Melbourne and Ballarat.

It will also trigger a searing examination of how Victoria’s criminal justice system allowed the case against Cardinal Pell to proceed so far on evidence which, according to the unanimous view of all seven High Court judges, could not support a guilty verdict.

"The jury, acting rationally on the whole of the evidence, ought to have entertained a doubt as to the applicant's guilt with respect to each of the offences for which he was convicted,'' the court said in a summary judgment published on Tuesday morning.

https://www.smh.com.au/national/pell-to-walk-free-after-high-court-overturns-conviction-20200407-p54hqe.html

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US Bishops Forbid Sign of Cross

APRIL 6, 2020 By Elizabeth Kantor

The U.S. bishops announced on Friday that the sign of the cross would no longer be permitted. The precaution was instituted to protect Catholics who might accidentally stick their fingers in their eyes and blind themselves.

The latest announcement was the most recent of a series of changes—beginning with the indefinite suspension of all public Masses and the abolition of meatless Fridays in Lent—designed to bring the Barque of Peter in line with the latest developments in Catholic theology. As Archbishop Wilton Gregory of Washington, D.C., explained in a pastoral letter, “The first priority of the Church is the physical safety of her flock. It is better for you to be thrown into fiery Gehenna than to enter into life with one eye.”

Government authorities enthusiastically welcomed the new change. California Gov. Gavin Newsom said, “We had to sue the Little Sisters of the Poor and get a court order to force them to violate their consciences and buy contraceptives. The bishops are much easier to work with. They’re really greasing the skids on the slippery slope to a religion-free America.”

https://thefederalist.com/2020/04/06/catholic-bishops-forbid-making-sign-of-the-cross-you-could-poke-your-eye-out-and-go-blind/

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Pope Drops “Vicar of Christ”

April 2, 2020 (LifeSiteNews) – In a surprise move, Pope Francis has dropped the historic and essential title “Vicar of Christ” from the 2020 Pontifical Yearbook, the Holy See’s annual directory, relegating the title to a footnote, calling it a “historical title.”

While previous yearbooks listed the title “Vicar of Christ” and the name of the reigning Pope under that title, this year’s annual directory simply lists the name “Jorge Mario Bergoglio,” the name of the man who became Pope Francis in 2013. A photo of this year’s yearbook was published by Rome-based journalist Marco Tosatti.

Cardinal Gerhard Müller, former prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, called the change “theological barbarism.”

https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/pope-francis-drops-vicar-of-christ-title-in-vatican-yearbook

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Covid-19 Rulezz!!

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Latin Americas Bishops Consecrate Continent to the Protection of Our Lady of Guadalupe

Marian celebration on the occasion of the threat of the coronavirus pandemic on Easter Sunday in the Guadalupe Basilica of Mexico City and in the local churches

Rome (kath.net/KAP) The Council of Latin American Episcopal Conferences (CELAM) is taking an extraordinary step to solicit intercession for the "early end of the pandemic" together with the Bishops of Mexico (CEST), Latin America and the Caribbean are dedicated to the Mother of God of Guadalupe, who is also the patron saint of the continent, said the Roman news service "Fides" on Wednesday. The main event is at the Guadalupe Basilica in Mexico City.

The current situation requires that "as shepherds we see and hear the suffering of our peoples and awaken hope by looking at our mother in heaven," said CELAM President Miguel Cabrejos Vidarte, Archbishop of Trujillo. All countries in Latin America and the Caribbean are invited to join the celebration through the media. At the same time, the bells of all churches should ring.

The program of the celebration initially includes the prayer of a "missionary rosary for the health of people on the five continents." The Easter service will follow and at the end there is the act of consecration of the continent to "Our Lady of Guadalupe." The contemplation of the Mother of Jesus strengthens faith and hope, and it also strengthens "that we use love based on solidarity, especially for those who today feel sick, pain, poverty, loneliness, fear or unrest," says the CELAM letter.

The decision of the bishops was preceded by several appeals to the Virgin Mary by Latin American presidents in the wake of the Corona crisis, including Colombia's head of state Ivan Duque. In Paraguay, President Mario Abdo Benitez, in El Salvador his counterpart Nayib Bukele, and in Mexico Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador called for prayers. US President Donald Trump declared March 15th the "National Day of Prayer" in his country when the Coronavirus pandemic began.

Protector in distress

The consecration to the Blessed Virgin Mary is a form of piety of the Catholic Church. Individuals or groups, churches, monasteries, dioceses or even nations are entrusted to the intercession of Mary and her special protection. The consecration of the Virgin Mary is practiced frequently, but not only in exceptional situations.

Traditional Marian piety sees Mary as a protector in distress. In many devotional pictures and works of art history, she is depicted with a protective coat under which those in need find refuge. Pope John Paul II (1978-2005) has consecrated the whole of humanity to the Blessed Mother several times, which Pope Pius XII. did in 1942. There were also several consecrations of the Virgin Mary in Austria, most recently on Thursday of the previous week - the Feast of the Annunciation - the consecration of Tyrol by Bishop Hermann Glettler.

Trans: Tancred vekron99@hotmail.com

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Bishop Schneider: Priests do not have to obey bishops’ orders to suspend Mass over COVID-19

By David Martin

In response to Catholic bishops who are abusing their power by ordering the suspension of Masses over COVID-19, Bishop Athanasius Schneider has said that a priest, observing due prudence and following necessary health precautions, "has not to obey the directives of his bishop or the government to suspend Mass for the faithful."

He has also criticized episcopal orders forbidding priests from visiting the sick and dying. "Such a prohibition is an abuse of power. Christ did not give a bishop the power to forbid visiting the sick and dying. A true priest will do everything he can to visit a dying person."

Schneider laments how "the prevailing majority of bishops" have reacted "precipitously and out of panic in prohibiting all public Masses and – what is even more incomprehensible – in closing churches."

He says that "Such bishops” have "reacted more like civil bureaucrats than shepherds. In focusing too exclusively on all the hygienic protective measures, they have lost a supernatural vision and have abandoned the primacy of the eternal good of souls."

"A quasi-pathological fear has overcome common reason and a supernatural vision," He adds.

Bishop Schneider is certainly justified in what he says. It is an indictment of our times that supermarkets, liquor stores, abortion mills and transportation lines are allowed to operate while churches are required to shut down. Attending Mass is every bit as "essential" as these busy-body activities, so why have the churches been ordered locked? "One could guarantee in churches the same and even better hygienic protective measures,” the bishop said.

IT IS GOOD to finally hear a religious leader say the truth. The state, under no condition, may impose rules on the Church, so that if it does—either directly or through fallen bishops—priests need not obey. The rule is that when obedience is going to mean committing a sin or fault, one must not obey, and this applies to laity as well.

Note that it is deep-state socialists like Bernie Sanders and California governor Gavin Newsom who are pushing this COVID-19 lockdown, which is every reason to resist it. The bishops have a solemn duty to stand firm in defense of the Church and instead they are bowing to political deities that are using them to close down the church. It appears that persecuting humanity under the guise of "public health and safety" is what this Coronavirus fuss is all about.

Chastisement for Sin

In the final analysis, the COVID-19 crisis is a punishment for sin, especially those of the Church.

Note that it isn't Beijing or Hong Kong that have been the hardest hit with COVID-19, but the relatively small town of Bergamo, Italy (pop. 122,000), the epicenter of the epidemic, where over 600 people are dying each day from the virus.

Interestingly, it was the bishop and diocese of Bergamo that published the prayer to Pachamama on its website and that Pope Francis and his cardinals used in venerating the idol during the Amazonian Synod that convened Oct. 6-27.

Note too, that the Coronavirus first began infecting people in Wuhan just around the time when Francis and his cardinals were "praying" before the idol in Rome. It appears that Rome’s profanation of the temple is what spawned this plague!

Unfortunately, the Church is not responding to this chastisement. What God expects is for bishops and priests to open up the churches and go upon their knees, acknowledging sincerely that their manifold sins against the Faith—Communion in the hand, ecumenism, socializing in church, bowing to Pachamama, colluding with U.N. pro-abortion advocates, allowing women on the altar, appointing homosexuals to clerical positions—have brought this plague upon us. According to Bishop Schneider, the Eucharist has been trampled underfoot for the past fifty years though the pestilent practice of Communion in the hand.

Lenten Repentance Needed

Lent is a time to make amends, so a healthy amendment is for clergy and laity to make public reparation in the churches, confessing sincerely that they have offended by their modern-day attempts to change the Catholic Church. The present crisis is a wake-up call to either cleanse the Church of modernism or suffer a just punishment in the form of communist oppression and slavery.

Already, the storm clouds of Socialism are gathering, so this is no time to close the churches but to bring the people into the Church that they may be on their knees in reparation to God who is "much offended."

Bishop Schneider says that "A worldwide chain of monstrances carrying the Eucharistic Lord through the streets of this world could be launched. Such mini-Eucharistic processions, even if carried out only by a bishop or a priest alone, will implore graces of physical and spiritual healing and conversion."

https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/bishop-schneider-priests-dont-have-to-obey-bishops-govt-who-suspend-mass-over-covid-19

Six Italian Nuns Die of Chinese Flu

Vatican City, Mar 30, 2020 / 09:06 am (CNA).- Six sisters in one northern Italian convent have died of coronavirus, and nine sisters are being treated in the hospital after testing positive for COVID-19, according to Italian media. Coronavirus is spreading among several religious houses in Italy.

An outbreak in the Little Missionary Sisters of Charity Mother House in Tortona, Italy led half of its 40 sisters to test positive for COVID-19 earlier this month.

“Many times as Little Missionary Sisters of Charity we have set ourselves the goal of sharing the lives of the poor and the least, the fragile lives,” Sister Gabriella Perazzi told Vatican News.

https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/six-sisters-from-same-italian-convent-have-died-as-coronavirus-spreads-among-religious-orders-83883

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Plague Crucifix “Explodes” as it is Exposed to Rain During Urbi et Orbi

VATICAN CITY (ChurchMilitant.com) - A "miraculous crucifix," which survived a fire in 1519 and halted the great plague of Rome in 1522, has suffered potentially irreparable damage after being exposed to pouring rain for over two hours during Pope Francis' special Urbi et Orbi blessing in St. Peter's Square on Friday. The wood on the sculpture tumefied and "exploded" as the rainwater penetrated the priceless work of art. The stuccos in various places used to plaster-coat the body of Jesus were severely eroded and much of the ancient light paint was wiped off the wood. The tempera pigments used by the artist to paint the blood flowing from the side of Jesus was also  undone. Ripples have formed on the wooden surface on the hair and details on the arms are ruined.

 The artifact, from the 14th century Sienese School, is housed at the Church of San Marcello al Corso, where it escaped destruction when a fire destroyed the church on May 22, 1519. This miracle gave birth to a prayer group called "Company of the Holy Crucifix."

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Archbishop Cupich is Banning Baptisms

Edit: Cupich is evilly using the Coronavirus to further attack the Sacraments.

CHICAGO, March 27, 2020 (LifeSiteNews) ― The Archdiocese of Chicago, under the leadership of Cardinal Blase Cupich, has reportedly told its priests that all baptisms “must be postponed” in response to the coronavirus pandemic and that even an “emergency” baptism requires the “permission” of the bishop. 

In an analysis published yesterday, Ed Condon and J.D. Flynn of Catholic News Agency (CNA) reported that Archbishop Cupich’s priests “have been told that during the (coronavirus) pandemic, the emergency celebration of baptism requires permission of the bishop ― despite canonical norms permitting anyone, even a layperson, to celebrate baptism in a true emergency.” 

LifeSiteNews has been informed that this policy has not been publicly posted. However, when challenged by Twitter users, Condon posted parts of a document, including a paragraph stating, “All weddings and baptisms must be postponed and can be rescheduled only when the order is lifted. There is no exception to this, regardless of the size of the group. However, in case of an extreme emergency for baptism, please seek the permission of your bishop.” 

https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/chicago-archdiocese-demands-bishops-approval-for-emergency-baptisms

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Hagia Sophia to be Used For Islamic Prayers Again

[Greek City Times] As much of the world is struggling against the coronavirus pandemic, the Islamists in Turkey appear to hold on to their everlasting agenda: Forced Islamization and violation of non-Muslims.

Adhan (Islamic call to prayer) and the Koranic verses  Surat Al-Fath and Surat An Nasr were recited by two “imams” of the Hagia Sophia Church/museum, the pro-government newspaper Yeni Akit reported on March 23. The paper called the historic Cathedral the “Grand Hagia Sophia Mosque”.

“For the first time in history, acoustic test recordings of adhan and the Koran, which were recited with naked voice, were made in Hagia Sophia,” the paper said.

https://greekcitytimes.com/2020/03/29/turkey-uses-hagia-sophia-as-mosque-for-islamic-prayer-again/

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Toronto: Beer and Pot Stores Stay Open While Churches Close

TORONTO, March 25, 2020 (LifeSiteNews) — At least four Ontario Catholic archdioceses — including the province’s largest dioceses of Ottawa and Toronto — have locked their churches indefinitely in the face of the Wuhan flu pandemic even as the province’s pot, beer, and liquor stores remain open.

Premier Doug Ford’s government ordered a mandatory shutdown of all non-essential services that begins at midnight March 24 and will last at least 14 days, and which exempts 74 businesses or services deemed “essential” — including beer stores, the provincial Liquor Control Board of Ontario (LCBO) outlets, and cannabis stores.

But it is not clear at this point exactly what health authority ordered the closure of churches in particular regions, and specifically in Toronto.

https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/ontario-catholic-churches-locked-beer-and-pot-stores-stay-open

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Extraordinary Blessing Urbi et Orbi at 1800 Hours

The Vatican is in fact in self-quarantine. At 6:00 p.m. Pope Francis blesses Urbi et Orbi.


(Rome) The good news: Pope Francis also tested negative for coronavirus in the second test. The bad news: The Church of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem was closed due to the coronavirus pandemic. And two more messages: The Osservatore Romano has stopped printing because of the pandemic and today at 6 p.m. Pope Francis is giving an extraordinary blessing to Urbi et Orbi.

The closure of the Church of the Holy Sepulcher dates back to the Israeli government, which issued the order to curb the spread of the Coronavirus on March 25, the Feast of the Annunciation.
For the time being, the closure is for a week, as representatives of the Israeli police and the five churches that have a stake in the Church of the Holy Sepulcher announced at a joint press conference. The communities located in the Church of the Holy Sepulcher, where they are traditionally locked up at night, have announced that they will continue to celebrate the sacred liturgy at the usual times.

The Church of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem was closed by the Israeli government until Palm Sunday

"The prayers in the basilica continue with greater intensity."

"We will pray to ask Heavenly Father to end the pandemic, to heal the sick, to protect health workers, for wisdom for the shepherds and rulers, for the salvation of those who have lost their lives."

This is the statement in a statement released yesterday by the Franciscan Custos of the Holy Land, Fr. Francesco Patton OFM, the Greek Orthodox and the Armenian Apostolic Patriarch of Jerusalem. According to the status quo regulation, these three churches share the administration of the Church of the Holy Sepulcher.

Pope Francis has since been tested for a second time for coronavirus. A prelate from the Vatican Ministry of Foreign Affairs, who lives in Santa Marta, had to be admitted to the Pontifical Gemelli Clinic because of the coronavirus. The second test also showed that the Pope was not infected.
Almost the entire Vatican is now in voluntary quarantine. Because of their old age, an above-average number of prelates belong to the risk groups.

A second test on Pope Francis was also negative.

Meanwhile, the Osservatore Romano has discontinued the printed edition with reference to the pandemic. There have long been plans to forego the costly paper output and to appear in a completely different form or only digitally. The Vatican is currently lacking the most important source of income, the endless queues of tourists who want to visit the Papal States.

As he announced last Sunday, the church leader will be leading the prayer of the faithful around the world at 6:00 pm tonight and praying for an end to the pandemic.

Pope Francis will say the prayer in front of St. Peter's Basilica, although St. Peter's Square will be deserted. The head of the church called on all Catholics to connect with him on the occasion through the various means of communication. During the prayer the word of God is read, followed by a few words of the Pope, then the adoration of the Blessed Sacrament and finally the papal blessing Urbi et Orbi, with which the possibility of obtaining a complete indulgence is connected.

This special blessing is usually only donated twice a year: on Christmas Day and Easter Sunday. Because of the ongoing pandemic, Pope Francis decided to donate him today.

The Pope, through the great penitentiary, already last week gave all believers who pray for the end of the pandemic and for the dying the opportunity to have complete indulgences provided they meet the usual conditions as soon as they are able to do so again.

Text: Giuseppe Nardi
Image: InfoVaticana
Trans: Tancred vekron@hotmail.com

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At Least 65 Priests Have Fallen to Corona in Italy

 At least 65 priests have already fallen victim to the corona virus in Italy.

(Rome) The count hurts. However, it is part of reality and therefore necessary: ​​at least 65 priests (as of March 23) have already died in Italy as a result of the coronavirus infection. The Avvenire, the daily newspaper of the Italian Bishops' Conference, documents their names. The oldest of these priests was 104 years old, the youngest 45 years old.

While devout Catholics criticize the pastoral measures in connection with the coronavirus or at least complain about a hesitant attitude, many priests are exposed in particularly hard-hit areas.
Although the diocesan priests make up only 0.05 percent of the total population, they make up one percent of the dead. This means that their share of coronavirus victims is twenty times higher than their share of the population. Numbers that say something.
The Bergamo diocese, like the province of the same name in Lombardy, is most severely affected by the coronavirus epidemic. At least 20 priests of the diocese have succumbed to the coronavirus. Most of them were still involved in pastoral care, despite some of them having advanced ages. They should be named as witnesses
Diocese of Bergamo
Monsignor Achille Belotti
Monsignor Tarcisio Ferrari
Don Mariano Carrara
Don Savino Tamanza
Don Battista Mignani
Don Alessandro Longo
Don Adriano Locatelli
Don Ettore Persico
Don Donato Forlani
Don Enzo Zoppetti
Don Francesco Perico
Don Gianni Pietro Paganessi
Don Remo Luiselli
Don Gaetano Burini
Don Umberto Tombini
Don Giuseppe Berardelli
Don Giancarlo Nava
Don Silvano Sirtoli
Don Tarcisio Casali

The oldest priest among the mountain masks was 91, the youngest 59 years old.
Pastoral care in the age of the corona virus presents priests with new challenges. The bodies are all being cremated in Italy by government order. A funeral is made impossible by the state because of curfew or restrictions on meetings, and by the church because of the suspension of Mass and religious ceremonies. The coronavirus infected mostly die lonely in intensive care units. The relatives cannot even say goodbye. Not to mention the concerns about cremation.
The dead among the priests who are mourned by the other dioceses:

Archdiocese of Milan

Don Giancarlo Quadri
Don Franco Carnevali
Don Cesare Meazza
Don Marco Barbetta
Don Luigi Giussani
Don Ezio Bisiello
Diocese of Parma
Don Giorgio Bocchi
Don Pietro Montali
Don Andrea Avanzini
Don Franco Minardi
Don Fermo Fanfoni
Don Giuseppe Fadani
Diocese of Piacenza-Bobbio
Don Giorgio Bosini
Don Mario Boselli
Don Giovanni Boselli
Don Giovanni Cordani
Don Paolo Camminati
Don Giuseppe Castelli
Don Giovanni and Don Mario Boselli are twin brothers. Both died a few days apart.
Diocese of Cremona
Monsignor Giuseppe Aresi
Don Vincenzo Rini
Don Mario Cavalleri
Don Albino Aglio
Diocese of Brescia
Monsignor Domenico Gregorelli
Don Giuseppe Toninelli
Don Giovanni Girelli
Diocese of Pesaro
Don Zenaldo del Vecchio
Don Graziano Ceccolini
Don Giuseppe Scarpetti
Archdiocese of Trento
Don Luigi Trottner
Don Salvatore Tonini

The names of the priests who died in the other Italian dioceses:
Don Guido Mortari, Diocese of Reggio Emilia-Guastalla
Don Luigi Bosotti, Diocese of Pavia
Don Carlo Patti, Diocese of Lodi
Don Mario Defechi, Diocese of Casale Monferrato
Don Giacomo Buscaglia, Diocese of Tortona
Don Alessandro Brignone, Diocese of Salerno-Campagna-Acerno
Don Antonio Di Stasio, Diocese of Ariano Irpino-Lacedonia
Don Pietro Muggianu, Diocese of Nuoro

Dozens of diocesan priests are infected with the corona virus, some are in mortal danger.
Religious priest

The situation among religious has hardly been reconstructed. The Avvenire lists the following deaths:

P. Giuseppe Serighelli, Passionist (CP)
P. Edmondo Zagano, Passionist (CP)
P. Gerardo Bottarelli, Passionist (CP)
P. Remo Rota, Eucharist (SSS)
P. Nicola Masi, Xaverian Missionary (SX)
P. Kidane Berhane, Cistercian (OCist)
P. Tarcisio Stramare, Oblate of Saint Joseph (OSI)

Text: Giuseppe Nardi
Image: Avvenire (screenshot)
Trans: Tancred vekron99@hotmail.com

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Italian Priest Sacrifices His Life for Younger Patient

[Daily Mail] An Italian priest died of coronavirus after giving a respirator that his parishioners bought for him to a younger patient, it has been revealed. 

 Giuseppe Berardelli, 72, from Casigno in Italy's hardest-hit Lombardy region, died in a local hospital in recent days after being diagnosed with the virus.

Berardelli had been given a respirator - which are in desperately short supply - by parishioners concerned about his health but decided to give it to a younger patient who he didn't know but was struggling to breathe because of the virus. 

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8145967/Italian-priest-72-dies-coronavirus-giving-away-respirator.html

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War: Turkish Security Forces Shoot at Greek Border Guards

As the Corona crisis paralyzes the world, the Islamic rush to Europe continues: Sunday evening hundreds of invaders tried to storm the Greek border. Turkish officials shot over 1,000 tear gas grenades at Greek border officials.

“At the Greek-Turkish border, there were again incidents at the Kastanies / Pazarkule crossing. A group of around 200 migrants felled a tree on Sunday evening and damaged the border fence on the Greek side,” reports Oe24.

"Turkish security forces have tried to help hundreds of Afghan, Pakistani and Syrian migrants across the Greek border," BBC commentator Babak Taghvaee reported on Twitter. "Turkish plainclothes intelligence officers fired tear gas grenades at Greek border guards."

"Is that a declaration of war by Turkey against Greece?" Asked the BBC correspondent. "The video clearly shows that Turkish officials fired tear gas and smoke grenades at Greek border guards to help Afghan, Pakistani and Syrian migrants cross the Greek border."

“On Sunday, Turkish police officers in Evros shot over 1,000 tear gas grenades at Greek border guards in the evenings. This is an attack on the EU's external border. Where's the reporting on that?” Said Petr Bystron, AfD chairman in the Foreign Affairs Committee. “It is always astonishing that the public service broadcaster wants to convince us that the illegal migrants are primarily children and families - although recordings circulating almost simultaneously on the Internet showed that the rush on the Turkish-Greek border was above all, done by young men from Pakistan and Afghanistan and not by families with young children.”

"The Federal Government continues to violate Article 16a of the Basic Law, the Schengen and Dublin rules and the Residence and Asylum Act through the additional admissions. The - purely verbal - ministerial decree of Thomas de Maiziere from 2015, according to which everyone should be admitted to Germany, must be lifted immediately by Interior Minister Seehofer and the effective border control restored,” said Bystron.

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