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Tuesday, April 16, 2013

Political cartoonists mock media silence on Gosnell trial | LifeSiteNews.com


The following cartoon cariatures and comments speak well of the Gosnell trial blackout.

Thanks to Bucks County Courier Times columnist for shedding light on the blackout.

Political cartoonists mock media silence on Gosnell trial | LifeSiteNews.com

Wednesday, April 10, 2013

By, Naraj Warkioo – Detroit professor and legal adviser to the Vatican says Catholics who promote gay marriage should not try to receive holy Communion, a key part of Catholic identity.


By, Naraj Warkioo –  Detroit professor and legal adviser to the Vatican says Catholics who promote gay marriage should not try to receive holy Communion, a key part of Catholic identity.
And the archbishop of Detroit, Allen Vigneron, told the Free Press Sunday that Catholics who receive Communion while advocating gay marriage would “logically bring shame for a double-dealing that is not unlike perjury.”;
The comments of Vigneron and Edward Peters, who teaches Catholic canon law at Sacred Heart Major Seminary in Detroit, are part of a polarizing discussion about gay marriage that echoes debate over whether politicians who advocate abortion rights should receive Communion.
In a post on his blog last week, Peters said that Catholic teachings make it clear that marriage is between one man and one woman. And so, “Catholics who promote ‘same-sex marriage’ act contrary to” Catholic law “and should not approach for holy Communion,” he wrote. “They also risk having holy Communion withheld from them … being rebuked and/or being sanctioned.”;
Peters didn’t specify a Catholic politician or public figure in his post. But he told the Free Press that a person’s “public efforts to change society’s definition of marriage … amount to committing objectively wrong actions.”;
Peters, an attorney who holds the Edmund Cardinal Szoka Chair at Sacred Heart, was appointed by Pope Benedict XVI in 2010 to be a referendary of the Apostolic Sinatura, which means he helps advise the top judicial authority in the Catholic Church. Peters’ blog, “In Light of the Law,” is popular among Catholic experts, but not everyone agrees with his traditional views.
Peters has said before that liberal Catholic Democrats, such as U.S. Rep. Nancy Pelosi of California and New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, should be denied Communion because of their statements and positions.
In 2011, Peters said that Cuomo should not receive Communion because he is an outspoken proponent of gay marriage. Last month, Peters said, “Pelosi suffers from one of the most malformed consciences in the annals of American Catholic politics or … she is simply hell-bent on using her Catholic identity to attack Catholic values at pretty much every opportunity.”;
In 2002, Catholic Jennifer Granholm’s support of abortion rights became an issue in the gubernatorial race a month before the election, when Detroit Cardinal Adam Maida released a letter saying Catholic politicians had a “special moral obligation”  to oppose abortion.
Last month, Vigneron said at a news conference that maintaining views that oppose abortion and support traditional marriage are important for Catholics.
“Were we to abandon them, we would be like physicians who didn’t tell their patients that certain forms of behavior are not really in their best interest,” said Vigneron, who oversees 1.3 million Catholics in southeastern Michigan.
Asked by the Free Press about Catholics who publicly advocate for gay marriage and receive Communion, Vigneron said Sunday: “For a Catholic to receive holy Communion and still deny the revelation Christ entrusted to the church is to try to say two contradictory things at once: ‘I believe the church offers the saving truth of Jesus, and I reject what the church teaches.’ In effect, they would contradict themselves. This sort of behavior would result in publicly renouncing one’s integrity and logically bring shame for a double-dealing that is not unlike perjury.”;
Vigneron said the church wants to help Catholics “avoid this personal disaster.”;
 

No Communion for those who support Gay Marriagr


By, Naraj Warkioo –  Detroit professor and legal adviser to the Vatican says Catholics who promote gay marriage should not try to receive holy Communion, a key part of Catholic identity.
And the archbishop of Detroit, Allen Vigneron, told the Free Press Sunday that Catholics who receive Communion while advocating gay marriage would “logically bring shame for a double-dealing that is not unlike perjury.”;
The comments of Vigneron and Edward Peters, who teaches Catholic canon law at Sacred Heart Major Seminary in Detroit, are part of a polarizing discussion about gay marriage that echoes debate over whether politicians who advocate abortion rights should receive Communion.
In a post on his blog last week, Peters said that Catholic teachings make it clear that marriage is between one man and one woman. And so, “Catholics who promote ‘same-sex marriage’ act contrary to” Catholic law “and should not approach for holy Communion,” he wrote. “They also risk having holy Communion withheld from them … being rebuked and/or being sanctioned.”;
Peters didn’t specify a Catholic politician or public figure in his post. But he told the Free Press that a person’s “public efforts to change society’s definition of marriage … amount to committing objectively wrong actions.”;
Peters, an attorney who holds the Edmund Cardinal Szoka Chair at Sacred Heart, was appointed by Pope Benedict XVI in 2010 to be a referendary of the Apostolic Sinatura, which means he helps advise the top judicial authority in the Catholic Church. Peters’ blog, “In Light of the Law,” is popular among Catholic experts, but not everyone agrees with his traditional views.
Peters has said before that liberal Catholic Democrats, such as U.S. Rep. Nancy Pelosi of California and New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, should be denied Communion because of their statements and positions.
In 2011, Peters said that Cuomo should not receive Communion because he is an outspoken proponent of gay marriage. Last month, Peters said, “Pelosi suffers from one of the most malformed consciences in the annals of American Catholic politics or … she is simply hell-bent on using her Catholic identity to attack Catholic values at pretty much every opportunity.”;
In 2002, Catholic Jennifer Granholm’s support of abortion rights became an issue in the gubernatorial race a month before the election, when Detroit Cardinal Adam Maida released a letter saying Catholic politicians had a “special moral obligation”  to oppose abortion.
Last month, Vigneron said at a news conference that maintaining views that oppose abortion and support traditional marriage are important for Catholics.
“Were we to abandon them, we would be like physicians who didn’t tell their patients that certain forms of behavior are not really in their best interest,” said Vigneron, who oversees 1.3 million Catholics in southeastern Michigan.
Asked by the Free Press about Catholics who publicly advocate for gay marriage and receive Communion, Vigneron said Sunday: “For a Catholic to receive holy Communion and still deny the revelation Christ entrusted to the church is to try to say two contradictory things at once: ‘I believe the church offers the saving truth of Jesus, and I reject what the church teaches.’ In effect, they would contradict themselves. This sort of behavior would result in publicly renouncing one’s integrity and logically bring shame for a double-dealing that is not unlike perjury.”;
Vigneron said the church wants to help Catholics “avoid this personal disaster.”;
 

Saturday, April 6, 2013

Catholics rally behind DC priest amid controversy :: Catholic News Agency (CNA)

Catholics rally behind DC priest amid controversy :: Catholic News Agency (CNA)

‘Outlawing abortion won’t help children with Down syndrome.’ But killing them will? | LifeSiteNews.com

‘Outlawing abortion won’t help children with Down syndrome.’ But killing them will? | LifeSiteNews.com

NY judge: FDA must make morning after pill available to girls of all ages without prescription

April 5, 2013 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A federal judge has ordered the FDA to make the morning after pill, known as Plan B, available to girls of all ages without prescription within 30 days.
The order overturns a 2011 decision by the Secretary of Health and Human Services, Kathleen Sebelius, to continue to restrict over-the-counter availability of the drug to girls ages 17 and over. In so doing, Sebelius had overruled the FDA, which had been poised to lift the remaining age restrictions.
New York Judge Edward Korman ruled today that the administration’s age restriction on the potentially abortifacient drug, which is designed to be taken within 72 hours of "unprotected" sex, is “arbitrary, capricious and unreasonable.”
“We are reviewing the decision and evaluating the government’s options,” said F. Franklin Amanat, a lawyer for the government. 
Korman is the same judge who in 2009 had ordered the FDA to make Plan B available over-the-counter to girls 17 and older, in a case brought forward by the Center for Reproductive Rights. Before that, it had only been available over-the-counter to girls 18 and older.
Anna Higgins, J.D., director of the Center for Human Dignity at the Family Research Council, slammed today’s decision, arguing that it “places the health of young girls at risk.”
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Higgins said she is “troubled” that the judge had ignored concerns raised by the HHS and other medical experts that there is little data on the health consequences of Plan B on adolescent girls.
She also raised concerns that making Plan B available over the counter will encourage reckless sexual behavior, and could expose young girls to sexual predators. 
"There is a real danger that Plan B may be given to young girls, under coercion or without their consent,” she said. “The involvement of parents and medical professionals act as a safeguard for these young girls. However, today's ruling removes these commonsense protections.”
Karen Brauer, president of Pharmacists for Life, agreed. "When these are right out there with the bubble gum, they're going to be part of the date rape cocktail," she said to Reuters.
Over-the-counter access to Plan B has been a major goal of the pro-abortion movement for the past decade.
The decision comes only months after the American Academy of Pediatricians (AAP), The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, Planned Parenthood, and several other pro-abortion organizations had issued statements supporting making the drug available to sexually active teens. 
Planned Parenthood President Cecile Richards applauded today’s decision. “Lifting the age restrictions on over-the-counter emergency contraception is a significant and long-overdue step forward for women’s health that will benefit women of all ages,” she said.  
Ilyse Hogue, president of NARAL Pro-Choice America, also chimed in with her approval, saying, “Today’s ruling brings us one step closer to putting women in control of our destinies.” 
Kathleen Sebelius’s 2011 decision to uphold the age restriction on Plan B had shocked both pro-abortion and pro-life advocates. 
In a memorandum explaining her decision, Sebelius had expressed concern that the “label comprehension and actual use studies submitted to FDA do not include data on all ages for which the drug would be approved and available over-the-counter.”
“Yet,” she continues, “it is commonly understood that there are significant cognitive and behavioral differences between older adolescent girls and the youngest girls of reproductive age, which I believe are relevant to making this determination as to the non-prescription availability of this product for all ages.”
President Obama had himself issued a statement supporting Sebelius. “I will say this, as the father of two daughters: I think it is important for us to make sure that we apply some common sense to various rules when it comes to over-the-counter medicine,” he said.
He added: “And as I understand it, the reason Kathleen made this decision was she could not be confident that a 10-year-old or an 11-year-old going into a drugstore should be able — alongside bubble gum or batteries — be able to buy a medication that potentially, if not used properly, could end up having an adverse effect. And I think most parents would probably feel the same way.”
Popular pro-life writer Jill Stanek had called that decision by the pro-abortion Sebelius “a shocking dose of sanity.” 
Plan B delivers a massive dose of the synthetic hormon levonorgestrel, which is similar to the naturally occurring hormone progesterone, into the body of a woman. In addition to preventing ovulation, it can also act by preventing a newly conceived embryo from implanting in the uterine wall.

Gay students organize campaign to kick out Catholic priest for saying homosexuality, abortion sinful

WASHINGTON, D.C., April 5, 2013 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Catholic students at George Washington University are rallying to the support of their beloved priest after two gay seniors launched a campaign to kick him out of his post at the university’s Newman Center for preaching that homosexuality and abortion are sinful.
The GW Hatchet, a campus newspaper, reported this week that seniors Damian Legacy and Blake Bergen are spearheading the campaign. The story has since been picked up by numerous other news outlets.
Fr. Greg Shaffer
The students say that they will file a formal complaint with the university, release a video featuring ten other students who share their opinion, and hold prayer vigils until the priest is removed from his post. They are also demanding that the university’s Student Association defund the Newman Center, which receives $10,000 a year.
In their letter of complaint the pair will reportedly cite studies showing how being around “homophobic” behavior can lead to loss of appetite and problems sleeping.
The students complain that Fr. Greg Shaffer has spoken out against gay “marriage” and abortion, and has counseled homosexual Catholic students to embrace celibacy. They said they were disturbed when Fr. Shaffer quoted the Book of Romans and the Catechism of the Catholic Church.
One of the two students, Damian Legacy, says he spent a large portion of his free time at the Newman Center during his freshman year at the university, including serving at Mass, and that he had hoped to become a priest. However, Fr. Shaffer reportedly disapproved when he found out that Legacy was in a relationship with another male student, and that he and Bergen were both running for offices with the gay rights organization Allied in Pride. 
“To have my faith leader view me that way, just because of one piece of the way that God made me, and to think that one part is responsible for the destruction of my human dignity, it just didn't, I can’t even begin to describe the mental conflict that it creates,” Legacy said. 
The Hatchet reports Bergen was "raised Jewish" and "identifies as agnostic." Legacy has since been ordained in the North American Old Catholic Church, which encourages homosexuals to become clergy.
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Catholic students rally to defense of Fr. Shaffer
Meanwhile, a student at the university has launched a website in support of Fr. Shaffer. Entitled The Chaplain We Know, the site features dozens of glowing testimonies from students about how the priest has touched their lives, and paying tribute to his spirit of service and passion for the Catholic faith.
Several students spoke of the priest’s willingness to meet with them at any time of day or night when they were in crisis or needed support. One described how, overcome with guilt during her freshman year, she had randomly called the priest at 2:00 in the morning on a Friday. 
“I don’t even know why,” she said. “I was a freshman, and I wasn’t even that Catholic yet. I dialed his number because I found his business card in the chapel. And he answered, and I was sobbing like a little baby and he didn’t even know who I was but he met me at the Foggy Bottom metro, and we talked and he got me Confession.”
Another student described how, after he learned that his father was dying from cancer this past Christmas, Fr. Shaffer cancelled his plans and drove nine hours to be with the student’s family. There he celebrated Mass and prayed over the student’s father. 
“I will never forget or be able to truly express my gratitude for the selflessness and charity he showed by coming to be with my family over this past Christmas break,” wrote the student, who said that his father has since defied the doctors’ prognosis and dramatically improved.
Interestingly, one of the gay students who is seeking to oust the priest shared a similar story about Fr. Shaffer’s dedication, telling The Hatchet that he knew the priest would always answer his telephone, even if he called him in the middle of the night. 
Chris Crawford, the student behind The Chaplain We Know, told LifeSiteNews.com that he was motivated to start the site because "Fr. Greg has been an enormous source of strength for GW Catholics."
"He is like a father to many of us. When we need someone to turn to, he is always there to answer our call - even if we call his cell phone in the middle of the night," said Crawford. "Whenever we need him, he is there to help us and to show us love and support. Lately, a false caricature of Fr. Greg has been created by some of the media on campus. This caricature is not in line with the loving, supportive Chaplain that we know. I wanted people to know the loving, supportive chaplain that we know."
Crawford said since the story broke, Fr. Shaffer, GW Catholics, and The Chaplain We Know, have "received an overwhelming outpouring of support."
He said he hopes that the publicity around the campaign from the students will lead people to check out the Newman Center. "If people, even those who expect to dislike us, come to The Newman Center to learn more about us, they will become closer to Christ. The Newman Center is a welcoming place in which everyone is loved. This is like our home away from home."
Meanwhile, he said, he is praying for the two students who have launched the campaign, whom he doesn't personally know.
Archdiocese, other Catholic organizations support Fr. Shaffer
Other Catholic organizations have also stepped up in support of the priest. In a letter to the university, Bill Donohue of the Catholic League described the two students’ complaint as “an attack on the freedom of expression of Catholics on campus to discuss their religious beliefs and practices with impunity.” 
Patrick O’Reilly of the Cardinal Newman Society, a Catholic education watchdog organization, told Fox News he found the whole incident “absolutely disturbing.” 
"Chastity outside of marriage has been the Catholic church teaching for more than 2,000 years," he said. "The only discrimination occurring there is trying to silence a priest for trying to teach the Catholic faith."
The Archdiocese of Washington has responded to the controversy with a statement defending their priest. While the GW Newman Center is affililated with the university, it is officially part of the archdiocese.
"Fr. Greg Shaffer, chaplain at the Newman Center on the campus of the George Washington University, shares the teachings of the Catholic Church in a welcoming and joyful manner. His ministry is a vital component of the vibrant faith community on campus," reads the statement.
"The Catholic Church welcomes everyone. The teachings, however, are not tailored to an individual's personal beliefs," it continues. "Thus, priests have a commitment to educate people in the truths of our faith, regardless of the current cultural trend." 
“Forgive them, Father”
The university has said it is investigating the complaint. Vice Provost for Diversity and Inclusion Terri Harris Reed released a statement saying that the university "strives to embody the spirit of mutual respect and reasoned debate that is essential to our academic mission." 
"We are therefore committed to ensuring that all members of our community are free to express their religious beliefs while honoring the right of others to express theirs," the statement read. 
Fr. Greg has not yet responded at length to the accusations, other than in one quote included in theHatchet article, in which he said that freedom of religion and freedom of speech are “important rights that play a vital role at a diverse university like GW,” and that they are on his side.
However, in a blog post Wednesday, the day before the story was published in the Hatchet, he posted a photo of Jesus sitting on some rocks, with the words “Forgive them, Father, for they know not what they do.”
A message left with Fr. Shaffer was not returned by press time. 

Meet Maine 's New Governor - - - In case you haven't heard about this guy before, his name will stick in your mind!
              
The new Maine Governor, Paul LePageis making New Jersey 's Chris Christie look like an enabler.He isn't afraid to say what he thinks.  Judging by the comments, every time he opens his mouth, his popularity goes up.
 
            
He brought down the house at his inauguration when he shook his fist toward the media box and said, "You're on notice! I've inherited a financially troubled State to run. Observe . . . cover what we do . . . but don't whine if I don't waste time responding to your every whim just for your amusement."

            
During his campaign for Governor, he was talking to commercial fishermen who are struggling because of federal fisheries rules.  They complained that Obama brought his family to Bar Harbor andAcadia National Park for a long Labor Day holiday and found time to meet with union leaders, but wouldn't talk to the fishermen.  LePage replied, "I'd tell him to go to hell and get out of my State." The Lame Stream Media crucified LePage, but he jumped 6 points in the pre-election poll.

            
The Martin Luther King incident was a political sandbag, which brought him National exposure. The 'lame stream' media crucified him, but word on the street is very positive. The NAACP specifically askedLePage to spend MLK Day visiting black inmates at the Maine State Prison.  He told them that he would meet with ALL inmates, regardless of race, if he were to visit the prison.  The NAACP balked and then put out a news release claiming falsely that he refused to participate in any MLK events.  He read it in the paper for the first time the next morning while being driven to an event and went ballistic because none of the reporters had called him for comment before running the NAACP release.

             
He arrived at that event and said in front of a TV camera, "If they want to play the race card on me they can kiss my ass!", and he reminded them that he has an adopted black son from Jamaica and that he attended the local MLK Breakfast every year that he was mayor of Waterville.  (He started his morning there on MLK Day.)
 
            
He then stated that there's a right way and a wrong way to meet with the Governor, and he put all special interests on notice that press releases, media leaks, and all demonstrations would prove to be the wrong way.  He said any other group, which acted like the NAACP could expect to be at the bottom of the Governor's priority list!
  
            
He then did the following, and judging from local radio talk show callers, his popularity increased even more: The State employees union complained because he waited until 3 P.M. before closing State offices and facilities and sending non-emergency personnel home during the last blizzard.  The prior Governor would often close offices for the day with just a forecast before the first flakes.  (Each time the State closes for snow, it costs the taxpayers about $1 million in wages for no work in return.)

              
LePage was CEO of the Marden's chain of discount family bargain retail stores before election as governor.  He noted that State employees getting off work early could still find lots of retail stores open to shop.  So, he put the State employees on notice by announcing:  "If Marden's is open, Maine is open!"
   
            
He told State employees: "We live in Maine in the winter, for heaven's sake, and should know how to drive in it.  Otherwise, apply for a State job in Florida !"
             
Governor LePage symbolizes what America needs! Refreshing politicians who aren't self-serving and who exhibit common sense.
 
   
THE LAW IS THE LAW!
 
            
I really love this one!!

       
This is one of the better e-mails I have received in a long time! I hope this makes its way around the USA several times over!!!!!  HERE IS WHAT Governor LaPage said,
 
            
"THE LAW IS THE LAW So "if" the U.S. government determines that it is against the law for the words "under God" to be on our money, then, so be it.
 
            
And "if" that same government decides that the "Ten Commandments" are not to be used in or on a government installation, then, so be it.

            
I say, "so be it," because I would like to be a law- abiding U.S. citizen
            
I say, "so be it," because I would like to think that smarter people than I are in positions to make good decisions.

              
I would like to think that those people have the American public's best interests at heart.

              
BUT, he said, "YOU KNOW WHAT ELSE I'D LIKE?
   
            
Since we can't pray to God, can't Trust in God and cannot post His Commandments in Government buildings, I don't believe Government (Federal, State and Local) and its employees should participate in Easter and Christmas celebrations which honor the God that our government is eliminating from many facets of American life.

 
            
I'd like my mail delivered on Christmas, Good Friday, Thanksgiving and Easter. After all, it's just another day.

 
            
I'd like the" U.S. Supreme Court to be in session on Christmas, Good Friday, Thanksgiving and Easter as well as Sundays." After all, it's just another day.
 
  
I'd like the Senate and the House of Representatives to not have to worry about getting home for the "Christmas Break." After all it's just another day.
 
            
I'm thinking a lot of my taxpayer dollars could be saved, if all government offices and services would work on Christmas, Good Friday and Easter.  It shouldn't cost any overtime since those would be just like any other day of the week to a government that is trying to be "politically correct."

  
            
In fact.... I think our government should work on Sundays (initially set aside for worshipping God . . .) because, after all, our government says that it should be just another day . . ."


            
What do you all think????  If this idea gets to enough people, maybe our elected officials will stop giving in to the "minority opinions" and begin, once again, to represent the "majority" of ALL of the American people!!
 
            
SO BE IT........... Please, Dear Lord, Give us the help needed to keep you in our country! 'Amen' and 'Amen'!
 
If this gets around the country a few times, perhaps we will see a better day!!!