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  • Italy: Catholic Diocese Urges Faithful to Participate in Islamic Prayers During Ramadan

    03/11/2024 2:09:12 PM PDT · by SeekAndFind · 16 replies
    PJ Media ^ | 03/10/24 | Robert Spencer
    Another Ramadan is upon us, and as is always the case, the eager-to-be-fooled infidels are out in force. A Catholic diocese in Italy has just called upon priests and laypeople to seek out opportunities to participate in Ramadan observances, as a gesture of goodwill toward Muslims. When will Muslim leaders tell Muslims to participate in Christian worship to show friendship with Christians? Don’t hold your breath. The Catholic Herald reported Friday that the Italian diocese of Bergamo is “instructing its priests to participate in Islamic rituals, citing Pope Francis’ directives on interreligious dialogue.” Diocesan officials issued a directive “urging priests...
  • At Least 132 Catholic Clergy and Nuns Arrested, Kidnapped, Murdered in 2023

    01/12/2024 7:53:03 AM PST · by Jacquerie · 8 replies
    Legal Insurrection ^ | January 11th 2024 | Mary Chastain
    Catholic persecution is still rising around the world, especially in Africa. Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) found that 132 of those in the Catholic clergy and nuns were arrested, kidnapped, and murdered in 2023. All of the stats are likely higher. ACN only counts arrests related to persecution. We all know places will trump up charges to avoid persecution accusations. The stats do not include members of the Catholic Church. Terrorists slaughtered almost 200 Catholics across Nigeria and destroyed villages, leaving tens of thousands homeless from December 23-26. Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega has intensified his war on the...
  • Report: FBI 'abused its counterterrorism tools' to target Catholic Americans; would continue doing so but for whistleblower

    12/07/2023 6:03:25 AM PST · by Twotone · 21 replies
    The Blaze ^ | December 5, 2023 | Joseph Mackinnon
    Congressional lawmakers released an interim report Monday titled, "The FBI's Breach of Religious Freedom: The Weaponization of Law Enforcement Against Catholic Americans," providing a glimpse into the lengths the FBI has gone to cast those with conservative religious beliefs as threats apparently requiring state surveillance and "mitigation." The new report from the House Judiciary Committee and its Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government indicates the FBI: "abused its counterterrorism tools to target Catholic Americans as potential domestic terrorists"; "relied on at least one undercover agent to develop its assessment"; "proposed developing sources among the Catholic clergy and...
  • BREAKING: Democrats Hit the Breaks on SCOTUS Witch Hunt

    11/09/2023 12:50:15 PM PST · by Red Badger · 51 replies
    Townhall ^ | November 09, 2023 12:00 PM | Katie Pavlich |
    Democrats hit the brakes on plans to subpoena conservative legal scholar Leonard Leo and billionaire Harlan Crow during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Capitol Hill Thursday, scoring a win for the integrity of the Supreme Court. The move came after Republican Ranking Member Lindsey Graham warned Chairman Dick Durbin and other Democrats that their efforts to intimidate friends and acquaintances of conservative Supreme Court Justices, specifically Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito under the guise of "ethics reform," would backfire. "I promise you, everything that was working well with the committee is now in jeopardy," Graham warned. "You’re going to...
  • New law propels gay rights in Mexico - (Coahuila moves boldly with civil unions as nation watches)

    03/05/2007 11:29:59 AM PST · by NormsRevenge · 23 replies · 854+ views
    San Diego Union - Tribune ^ | 3/5/07 | S. Lynne Walker - Copley News Service
    SALTILLO, Mexico – Gabby and Ana are in love. So are Marco Antonio and Juan Carlos. Under a sweeping new law allowing same-sex couples to form civil unions, they are planning to turn their love into a legal commitment. Legislators in the dusty northern border state of Coahuila have stunned Mexico by giving same-sex couples property and inheritance rights long reserved for married heterosexuals. It is a first for this predominantly Roman Catholic country, a measure so swift and so bold that it surprised even the gay community. All of a sudden, gay rights are on the national agenda. Since...
  • Drag queen whose group was controversially honored by LA Dodgers is arrested 'after being caught masturbating publicly for an HOUR at California beauty spot'

    09/13/2023 1:51:07 AM PDT · by Morgana · 51 replies
    Daily Mail UK ^ | September 13, 2023 | Stephen M. Lepore
    A member of the LGBTQ+ advocacy group Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence who has previously participated in Drag Queen Story Hour was arrested after witnesses alleged he masturbated in public for an hour. Clinton Monroe Ellis-Gilmore, 53, is a member of the group, which created a stir after it was disinvited - and then re-invited - to the Los Angeles Dodgers' Pride Night over protests from conservatives and Catholics. Ellis-Gilmore was arrested at Table Bluff County Park in Loleta, California, on August 12 after police had received reports of a man 'exposing himself in the driver's seat of a parked vehicle.'...
  • Religious persecution in a first-world country: When devout Catholics are labeled "potential domestic terrorists."

    08/17/2023 7:48:23 AM PDT · by SeekAndFind · 12 replies
    American Thinker ^ | 08/17/2023 | Greg Maresca
    In February, an FBI whistleblower from their Richmond, Virginia field office leaked a report about spying on "radical-traditionalist Catholics," labeling them as "potential domestic terrorists." FBI director Christopher Wray claimed the report was "a single product by a single field office." Hearings conducted by chairman of the House Judiciary Committee Rep. Jim Jordan revealed evidence that Wray had perjured himself, as FBI field offices in Los Angeles and Portland and perhaps others were also monitoring Catholics. Perhaps this is why the FBI is too busy to investigate the Richmond riots orchestrated by Antifa in 2020 or those BLM-led riots and...
  • Massachusetts couple denied foster care eligibility because they are believing Catholics

    08/16/2023 9:32:11 AM PDT · by SeekAndFind · 9 replies
    American Thinker ^ | 08/16/2023 | Thomas Lifson
    When I first moved to Massachusetts in 1969 from Protestant-dominated Minnesota, I was struck by the awesome power the Catholic church wielded there. Reverent media attention was afforded the Cardinal, the legendary Richard Cardinal Cushing, who died in 1970 and was replaced by Humberto Cardinal Medeiros. The funeral and selection of a replacement was a major media event in the Boston area. I had never seen the like of it in the Great Plains. There was more than a tinge of class resentment against the formerly dominant Yankees, who were Protestants. Things have changed in 2023, and it appears that...
  • The FBI Targeted Traditional Catholics Because They Will Never Accept The Left’s Pagan Morality

    08/11/2023 10:06:44 AM PDT · by SeekAndFind · 30 replies
    The Federalist ^ | 08/11/2022 | John Daniel Davidson
    It’s not ‘white supremacy’ among Catholics the FBI is really worried about, it’s traditional Catholic morality.It turns out the FBI memo targeting Catholics as potential domestic terrorists wasn’t limited to “a single field office,” as FBI Director Christopher Wray claimed under oath last month to Congress. In addition to the Richmond, Virginia, field office, the agency’s Los Angeles and Portland offices were also involved.The memo, which was leaked earlier this year, singled out what it called “Radical-Traditionalist Catholics” who attend parishes that offer the Latin Mass, which the FBI seems to think are hotbeds of “Racially or Ethnically Motivated Violent...
  • Unredacted FBI Memo Contradicts Christopher Wray’s Claim Only ‘A Single Field Office’ Targeted Traditional Catholics

    08/09/2023 5:18:49 PM PDT · by SeekAndFind · 23 replies
    The Federalist ^ | 08/09/2023 | Shawn Fleetwood
    Multiple FBI field offices were involved in the drafting of a memo targeting Catholics as potential domestic terrorists, a newly unredacted document obtained by House Republicans reveals. The discovery contradicts testimony from FBI Director Christopher Wray, who previously claimed under oath only one field office was involved.“This new information suggests that the FBI’s use of its law enforcement capabilities to intrude on American’s First Amendment rights is more widespread than initially suspected,” House Republicans wrote in a letter sent to Wray on Wednesday.Earlier this year, a leaked FBI memo dated Jan. 23 revealed the agency’s Richmond, Virginia, field office was...
  • First-Of-Its-Kind Meeting Held to Address Concerns of Christians in Morocco

    06/27/2023 6:28:35 PM PDT · by marshmallow · 1 replies
    Syriac Press ^ | 6/21/23
    Sub-Saharan African Christians Attend Mass on the First Sunday of Lent at St. Peter's Roman Catholic Cathedral in the Moroccan Capital Rabat on 10 March 2019 (Image: fadel Senna/AFP)RABAT — In a landmark event, members of the Coordination of Moroccan Christians met with officials from the National Council for Human Rights to discuss the situation faced by Christians in Morocco. During the meeting, a memorandum outlining their requests urging swift action to address their concerns was presented. Mustafa al-Sousi, the official spokesperson for the Coordination of Moroccan Christians, highlighted five key points related to the freedom of practicing the Christian...
  • Pope Francis Welcomes ‘Piss Christ’ Artist in Vatican

    06/26/2023 10:29:37 PM PDT · by NoLibZone · 39 replies
    Breitbart ^ | June 26,2023 | THOMAS D. WILLIAMS, PH.D
    ROME — Pope Francis stunned the faithful this weekend when he welcomed some 200 avant-garde artists in the Sistine Chapel, including photographer Andres Serrano, creator of the controversial “Piss Christ” work showing a crucifix submerged in a glass of urine. The pontiff received the artists to mark the 50th anniversary of the Vatican’s collection of contemporary art, telling them that like the biblical prophets, “you confront things that at times are uncomfortable; you criticize today’s false myths and new idols, its empty talk, the ploys of consumerism, the schemes of power.” “You can see things both in depth and from...
  • Rebellion Spreads as Catholic School Students Reject 'Pride' on Their Campus

    06/18/2023 11:13:03 AM PDT · by SeekAndFind · 11 replies
    PJ Media ^ | 06/18/2023 | Athena Thorne
    A second incident of young people spontaneously rising up against “Pride Month” celebrations in their school occurred on June 8 in Toronto, Canada. The drama started at the end of May, when the York Catholic District School Board (YCDSB ) voted against a proposal to fly the hideous “Progressive Pride” flag at its headquarters in June. This led to a supposedly student-organized walkout and demonstration across the district’s schools. But for the second time this “Pride,” students opposed to having sexualized Leftist dogma forced into their school stood up to it. LGBTQetc. activists had been trying to break into the...
  • WATCH: Empty Stadium as LA Dodgers Honor Anti-Catholic Group 'Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence' Amid Protests

    06/16/2023 7:50:59 PM PDT · by SeekAndFind · 74 replies
    Red State ^ | 06/16/2023 | Brittany Sheehan
    Opposition is in full swing to the Los Angeles Dodgers’ on-field ceremony honoring the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, an organization of “drag nuns” that the Catholic League calls an anti-Catholic hate group. Thousands of Catholics, other Christians, and even some people of the Jewish faith gathered in a parking lot near the Dodgers’ stadium on Friday afternoon to pray ahead of the game. Later, the religious groups marched to Dodger Stadium, shutting down one entryway on Vin Scully Avenue.Weeks of momentous opposition led to the drag nuns being announced on-field to a mostly empty stadium, while receiving some boos from...
  • THOUSANDS of Catholics and Christians Gather Outside Dodger Stadium as Team Honors Demonic Group Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence

    06/16/2023 6:36:04 PM PDT · by bitt · 52 replies
    gateway pundit ^ | 6/16/2023 | jim hoft
    Thousands of Catholics and Christians gathered outside Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles on Friday night to protest the team honoring the demonic group the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence. The Dodgers and Major League Baseball are allowing the radical demonic gay group to mock Catholics and Christianity tonight. They think its funny. LOS ANGELES- A huge group of Catholics and Christians have already arrived outside of Dodger Stadium to pray in protest of the Dodgers honoring the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence. A drag group that has repeatedly mocked Christ and the Catholic faith: pic.twitter.com/oHPIeHoCI3 — Savanah Hernandez (@sav_says_) June 16, 2023
  • Report Alleges Catholic Hospitals Linked To Transgender Surgeries, Abortions

    06/13/2023 9:07:41 PM PDT · by SeekAndFind · 2 replies
    Epoch Times ^ | 06/13/2023 | Brad Jones
    The largest Catholic health system in the nation has allegedly funded and performed transgender surgeries and other “gender-affirming” medical interventions, defying traditional Catholic teachings, according to an investigative report released to The Epoch Times.The report by the Lepanto Institute, a Catholic research and education organization, released on June 12, exposes CommonSpirit Health, a Catholic entity, for its alleged performance and funding of transgender surgeries and therapies,” including prescribing and providing cross-sex hormones and puberty blockers to patients.A promotional video accompanying the report asserts: “The transgender craze has seized the world by the throat and is choking the life out of...
  • Dear Senator Seyarto … Re: California State Senate “Honoring” The Sisters Of Perpetual Indulgence

    06/10/2023 8:26:29 PM PDT · by DogByte6RER · 3 replies
    Dear Senator … I strongly urge you and your State Senate colleagues to vociferously condemn and refuse to participate in the California Senate’s plan to “honor” the bigoted anti-Catholic minstrel performers known as the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence. These so called performers hearken back to the dark days of the Jim Crow Era minstrel shows that routinely demeaned and caricatured Black Americans, all in the name of performance art. If anything, a strong case could be made that the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence is a de facto hate group, and should be reported to Governor Gavin Newsom’s recently launched website...
  • Los Angeles Dodgers Try to Stop the Bleeding, Announce 'Christian Family and Faith Day' to Pander to Angry Catholics

    05/27/2023 7:23:09 PM PDT · by SeekAndFind · 65 replies
    Red State ^ | 05/27/2023 | Bob Hoge
    The Los Angeles Dodgers told many in their fan base to go to hell by inviting, disinviting, and then comically re-inviting the hyper-sexualized, Catholic-mocking LGBTQIA+ activist group “Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence” to come onto the field for Pride Night in June to accept a “community hero” award.Their heroic acts include putting on “Hunky Jesus” revues and showcasing men dressed as Catholic nuns simulating gay sex in obvious (and obscene) attempts to mock the Church. Catholic League president Bill Donohue describes their antics:[The group is] “known for simulating sodomy while dressed as nuns. They like to feature a ‘Condom Savior Mass,’...
  • [Catholic Caucus] The Execution of Blessed Miguel Pro (Part 3): Segura's story & an assassination attempt

    05/14/2023 5:40:32 PM PDT · by ebb tide · 4 replies
    The Remnant Newspaper ^ | May 14, 2023 | Theresa Marie Moreau
    [Catholic Caucus] The Execution of Blessed Miguel Pro (Part 3): Segura's story & an assassination attempt This story is part 3 of a 3-part weekend series from The Remnant Newspaper.See the first installment HERE and the second HERE. After presidential term limits were repealed, in 1926, Obregon announced his intention to run again, in 1928, and formally began his campaign, in May 1927. In November, an assassination attempt was made upon his life.Immediately, the propaganda arm of the regime’s Socialist machine blamed Catholics, even presenting detailed confessions, veracity uncertain.They accused devout Catholic Luis Segura Vilchis (1903-27), created a police report...
  • "Green" Military Will Ensure Peace with China [semi-satire]

    05/12/2023 11:34:24 PM PDT · by John Semmens · 6 replies
    Semi-News/Semi-Satire ^ | 14 May 2023 | John Semmens
    At a recent Senate Armed Services Committee hearing, Department of Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm defended the goal of having all army vehicles be electric-powered, saying "as the President has said on numerous occasions, climate change is a bigger threat to the planet than nuclear war. Converting our armed forces to an all-electric vehicle fleet perfectly prioritizes this bigger threat." "Some have pointed out that the majority of rare materials needed for electric-vehicle batteries come from China," Granholm observed. "The implication is that this would put our military readiness at the mercy of a potentially hostile China. What these critics overlook...