[National File] Romania has passed a law banning gender studies and educational institutions from promoting gender identities divorced from biological sex, joining the ranks of Central European countries Hungary and Poland to require a more traditional approach to gender theory.
On Tuesday, Romanian lawmakers passed an amendment to an education law banning educational institutions from “activities propagating theories and opinions on gender identity according to which gender is a separate concept from biological sex,” according to The Swaddle.
The decision elicited widespread condemnation from a variety of activist organizations, with some professors openly intending to defy the law. The amendment was passed without any debate or consultation with teachers or educators. [Many times these laws promoting degeneracy are passed without consultation of parents.]
Heiner Wilmer believes an even more drastic decline in membership in the Catholic Church is possible in 2021 due to the Corona Crisis
Hildesheim (kath.net) Hildesheim Bishop Heiner Wilmer considers an even more drastic decline in membership in the Catholic Church for 2021 because of the Corona crisis is possible. The bishop said to the diocese press office in Osnabrück, "I assume that if the distance regulations and precautionary measures fall, we will have a drastic drop in church visitors again." The increasing number of people leaving the Church is very worrying.
Edit: unlike Thug Gordon who clearly wasn't fired for disparaging Black Lives Matter, since he didn't have any tweets about it till after he was fired... this priest is being suspended by a Bishop eager to please those who will show him no mercy when the time comes.
[WMD] A Catholic priest in Indiana has been suspended by his diocese for condemning the organization Black Lives Matter in his weekly message last Sunday.
Rev. Theodore Rothrock of St. Elizabeth Seton Catholic Church in Carmel described organizers of the Marxist, gay activist, anti-nuclear family organization as "maggots and parasites."
His bishop, Timothy Doherty of the Diocese of Lafayette-in-Indiana, ordered the move Wednesday.
Georg Ratzinger is also not to be buried in the family grave, but in the grave of the Regensburger Cathedral Sparrows at the Lower Catholic Cemetery in Regensburg
Regensburg (kath.net) Benedict XVI will not attend Georg Ratzinger's funeral on Wednesday. This has been reported by "Vatican News". Georg Ratzinger is also not to be buried in the family grave, but in the foundation grave of the Regensburger Dom Sparrows in the Lower Catholic Cemetery in Regensburg, before which the solemn requiem takes place in the cathedral. Georg Ratzinger was the last close family member of the pope emeritus.
Edit: I hope it's Mozart at the funeral Mass. I know I know.
Does he really think the algorithm is smart enough to know he's slandering Trump? How many are interested enough in what this lolcow has to say that Zuckerberg's goons would apply more scrutiny to his posts? Use the phrase Covid-19 is a hoax in a post trying to downplay the virus instead of mocking the president and the results will be the same. Can't do it here. We were banned from Facebook a long time ago for saying far less.
Hey Mark:
Step away from the snack foods and the computer. Spend a little time cleaning up that shit hole.
The exercise would do you a little bit of good too.
And if you're serious about shedding the blubber, give your insufferable blogger buddy Jimmy Akin a call. He may still be hanging on to the Neo-Catholic delusion and not be ready for full-blown Leftism but I think he has enough decency to help out a fellow apologist.
Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, Cardinal Ladaria: "Perverse" when doctors and relatives practice active euthanasia out of false pity - No Catholic identity for psychiatric clinics of the order "Broeders van Liefde
Vatican City / Geneva (kath.net/KAP) The Vatican has confirmed the revocation of Catholic identity for psychiatric clinics of the Belgian order "Broeders van Liefde" (Brothers of Charity). As became known weeks ago, they have not been able to call themselves "Catholic" since the end of March. In a letter published on Tuesday, the Roman Congregation of the Faith justified this step.
After numerous contacts and meetings, one unfortunately had to take note that there was no willingness in the clinics connected to the order to accept the Catholic teaching. Active euthanasia remains inadmissible even in extreme cases, according to the letter signed by Cardinal Luis Ladaria. Human life maintain its dignity under all circumstances. It is all the more "perverse" when doctors and relatives practice active euthanasia out of false pity. It was therefore decided "after a long and painful journey" to no longer consider the clinics concerned as Catholic.
The chairman of the board of the Association of the Brothers of Charity, Raf de Rycke, had already reacted calmly to the withdrawal in May. They have no "consequences in civil law," he said at the time to the Flemish newspaper "De Standaard".
Belgium has allowed active euthanasia since 2002
The dispute as to whether a psychiatric clinic that does not rule out the use of active euthanasia can still call itself Catholic dates back to 2017. At that time, the Belgian organization "Broeders van Liefde" announced that it would no longer rule out active assisted suicide for the mentally ill in its clinics. In Belgium, active euthanasia has been legal under certain conditions since 2002, including for the mentally ill.
The "Broeders van Liefde" run twelve psychiatric clinics in Belgium as well as dozens of schools, crèches and orthopedic centers. According to its own statements, the organization has a total of 14,000 employees nationwide. The religious order is legally, closely linked to the organization.
The specialty of the Order of Brothers of Charity, founded in Ghent in 1807, is the care of the mentally ill. The community, known as "Broeders van Liefde" in Belgium, has around 600 members worldwide and is active in around 30 countries.
Pope Benedict XVI's brother passed away in Regensburg this morning.
Regensburg (kath.net) cathedral bandmaster Georg Ratzinger, the brother of Pope Benedict XVI. passed away in Regensburg this morning. The former director of the world-famous Regensburg Cathedral Sparrows was 96 years old. The Pope Emeritus had recently visited him. Georg Ratzinger was born on January 15, 1924, when he was 11 he played the church organ. After joining in 1935, he entered the small seminary in Traunstein. There he received his first professional instrumental lessons. In 1946 he entered the seminary of the Archdiocese of Munich and Freising together with his younger brother Joseph and studied church music. After ordination in 1951, he became choir director in Traunstein and later in 1964 cathedral conductor of the Cathedral Sparrows.
A handicapped pensioner was taken away by the police in St. Stephen's Cathedral on May 17 - the Archdiocese of Vienna did not comment on the incident
Vienna (kath.net) There was an incident in the Archdiocese of Vienna in May in view of the Corona epidemic, which has now become known in the media via "" initiative-corona.info According to the report, in the largely empty cathedral and at a great distance from others, the woman had refused to wear a Covid mask, "because I want to pray to my Heavenly Father without a mask, there is a right to freedom of religion." When a cathedral supervisor called the police, the police led her out of the church. Gisela R. comments: “Jesus Christ is the Lord of the Church, what is the police doing here, it is like Communism!”
The woman was then taken away by the police via Stephansplatz and taken into custody. Gisela R. told the police that she felt humiliated by the mask because it shows that one is the other's enemy and that many people must now die alone. According to the report, the police are considering her being admitted to the psychiatric ward, and it is only after almost 4 hours of police custody that the official doctor finally released her. She later received a criminal fine of EUR 120 for “disturbing the religious peace”. Gisela R. is appealing "because she is not a dog who needs a mask". and because for medical reasons she was not allowed to wear a mask after a pulmonary embolism. A few days later, three policemen visited her at home to question her again. She was quoted and later questioned at the police station. “I am a free citizen who insists on her human rights and does not have to follow dictatorial laws. Politics overrides the law here, ” says Gisela R. “But there are no longer any laws, now Corona is the law.”
kath.net asked the Archdiocese of Vienna for an opinion last week, but has unfortunately received no answers to the incident to date!
Archbishop Luigi Negri: "I would not have inserted the appeal to migrants into the Lauretian Litany."
(Rome) Archbishop Luigi Negri is a top shepherd of firm faith and clear thoughts and words. Pope Benedict XVI appointed him bishop of San Marino-Montefeltro and then archbishop of Ferrara-Comacchio. No bishop was more opposed to the choice of Pope Francis and he was directly intriguedagainst. Now he commented on Mary's new appeal as "Helping the Migrants".
Now Archbishop Luigi gave an interview on another current, albeit very different, question. The archbishop, the Chapel of the Sacred Heart of Jesus was adapted next to the presbytery for the celebration in the Immemorial Roman Rite in his diocesan church, which his successor again reversed it, commented on the changes in the Litany of Loreto that Pope Francis last made on June 20th.
Monsignor Negri was able to hold office until he was 75. But then he was retired by Francis despite good health and like Cardinal Caffarra in nearby Bologna he was replaced by a " street priest" whose self and understanding of the Church could not be more different. The archbishop is one of the high-ranking prelates who participated in Veritas liberabit vos in early May. In it, they warned of forces that are using the Corona virus as an excuse to establish a new world order. The mainstream media rolled over it with the steamroller.
The ARD Tagesschau knew what it was all about: "Bishops spread conspiracy theories".
The Domradio put one better and said: "With conspiracy against the Pope". The fashion in public discussion is new, but efficient and above all one-sided: Whoever does not want to hear certain voices and opinions talks about the "conspiracy theory". After the press flattened everything, the topic was hushed up.
Francis recently introduced three new invocations of the Virgin Mary: Mater misericordiae (Mother of Mercy), Mater spei (Mother of Hope) and Solacium migrantium (consolation of migrants). The first two appeals come from the first millennium, but the third is a new creation with a hint of daily politics. It is known that Pope Francis sees unrestricted migration as his special concern and is its first apologist. Archbishop Negri, on the other hand, disagrees in an interview with La Fede quotidiana: “It is difficult for the people of God to understand why. I wouldn't have done it."
Question: Excellency, are you convinced by this novelty?
Archbishop Luigi Negri: I'm not surprised about it, but I prefer to go to the roots, to the why. I think that motivation is based on a worldly way of thinking that is also present in the Church, which is connected with the things of the world and not with those of heaven, with the immanent and not with the transcendent. Furthermore, and I affirm this without any polemics, the Church has always lived its millennial tradition. Why question everything with constant changes and additions?
Question: Most of the incoming migrants are Muslims. Do you think it makes sense to call Maria for them?
Archbishop Luigi Negri: Mary is loved from a certain point of view by Catholics and Muslims who respect her. I'm not overly concerned about this. There is an ecumenism that unites Catholics and Muslims in the name of Mary.
Question: What is the essential?
Archbishop Luigi Negri: That we should not forget who Mary is to us. It is not a matter of the world, but a clear statement that God loves us through her. Maria never leaves us, that is our certainty, and she lets us as mother accept the most difficult things and situations. A person who is in daily contact with Maria will never be disappointed.
Question: Would you have introduced this invocation?
Archbishop Luigi Negri: No, I wouldn't have. They could have done without it because it complicates things, but of course it's not a heretical thing. Heresy allegations must be handled with care.
Question: What does this addition call for?
Archbishop Luigi Negri: Probably to employ a worldly key to support the logic of political correctness.
Ohio representative Nino Vitale demonstrates how masks are unsafe. How will his overlords silence him now? So far, they've tried to say he's an anti-semite and a racist.
Maybe call him a gun nut for his NRA rating and for teaching Concealed Carry in Ohio?
Will they say he has too many kids? Or, say he defeated an unqualified sodomite?
The best bet is probably to get the archdiocese of Cincinnati to say he's a schismatic for preferring the TLM.
[BET] J. Alexander Keung was arrested and charged with aiding and abetting murder and manslaughter in the May 25 killing of George Floyd. In court docs filed Monday, June 29, it was revealed that the former police officer will argue self-defense.
According to NBC News, Keung, 26, will plead not guilty and “will argue he acted in self-defense and used reasonable, authorized force to detain Floyd.”
It’s not clear how his attorney will argue or prove self-defense nor how the other three officers will plead.
Hennepin County District Judge Peter Cahill hasn’t decided if the four officers will be tried jointly or separately.
Homepage of Shelanu TV, a Protestant television station that has had its broadcasting license withdrawn in Israel.
(Tel Aviv) The Christian television station is called Shelanu TV and, according to its own statements, was “wonderfully” granted a license to broadcast its program in Israel via cable. Shelanu TV started broadcasting on April 29, 2020, but the problems began after only a few days.
Shelanu TV produces its program in Hebrew. However, the crux of the matter from the very first broadcast days was that the television channel, according to the accusation, wanted to convert the Jews to Christianity.The television station belongs to the American company God TV and is Protestant and pro-Israeli. Nevertheless, there were complaints in the past two months, then protests against the broadcaster. It was accused of proselytism.
The discomfort became a political scandal when the station's director, Ward Simpson, emphasized the "importance" that viewers should convert to Christ.
The Israeli broadcasting agency announced to Shelanu TV on June 25 that the broadcasting license had been withdrawn. The drastic measure was justified by the fact that the broadcaster addressed primarily the Jews and not the Christians of Israel.
God TV claims to reach 300 million viewers worldwide by sharing the Gospel in numerous countries on every continent.
Proselytism is not fundamentally prohibited in Israel, at least not entirely. Officially, the law only provides for a ban on minors unless the parents have given their consent.
Shelanu TV describes the cancellation of its license as "unprecedented" and complains of "overt religious discrimination". After the media had already reported on the move by the Israeli authorities on June 28, it was confirmed by the broadcaster yesterday.
Text: Andreas Becker Image: Shelanu TV (screenshot)
[National File] Parler, which describes itself as a “free speech social network,” has reportedly began banning America First conservatives and Democrats, despite their supposed anti-censorship mission statement.
Founded in 2018, Parler bills itself as a “non-biased, free speech driven entity,” with their goal being to “offer the world a platform that protects user’s rights, supports publishers and builds online communities”:
Parler aims to empower users to control their social experience. Users can be responsible to engage content as they see fit. We are not regulators. We are not governors. We are a community. Parler accepts your right to express your thoughts, opinions and ideals online. Just like in society, Parler interactions are subject to guidelines; and when you respect them, you are free to participate wholly.
In an interview on Thursday, Parler’s founder, John Matze Jr, said that Parler is “a community town square, an open town square, with no censorship,” and that “if you can say it on the street of New York, you can say it on Parler.” Matze also called for liberals to join the platform, offering any liberal commentator with over 50,000 followers $20,000 to set up a Parler account.
11:14 AM PT -- Detroit Police Chief James Craig just defended the officers involved in Thursday night’s incident saying they "did the right thing" after a crowd of about 25-30 people went from agitators to violent. He did not ID the officers involved.
Craig said the officers heard a loud bang — after the rear window was smashed — and “in their mind, they believed they could be shot at.” Craig also said the agitators yelled obscenities at them before some hopped on the hood of the car.
Then there's this ... Craig said, “There was information that officers reported several of the protesters were armed with hammers.” Craig couldn’t point out how many protesters were allegedly armed with hammers.
