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A Catholic Louisiana farm owner has reportedly lost two-thirds of his business for daring to take a stand against the LGBT community. As most people are already aware, June is so-called “Pride” month. But June is also something else — it’s the month of the Catholic Church’s Sacred Heart of Jesus devotion. On June 2nd, farm owner Ross McKnight of the Backwater Foie Gras farmstead published an Instagram post essentially urging Catholics to ignore “Pride” month and instead stick to the Sacred Heart devotion. View the post below: View this post on Instagram A post shared by Backwater Farmstead (@backwaterfoiegras)...

Alex Jones breaks down the details of the books child groomers are fighting to keep in the hands of children by placing them in school libraries.

Polish priest Father Dariusz Oko said he is facing a ‘lavender trial.’COLOGNE, Germany (LifeSiteNews) – A Polish priest is due in a German court today to face a sentence of up to 120 days in prison for condemning homosexual predators in the Catholic Church. Over 77,000 people have signed a petition in support of Father Dariusz Oko, and his publisher, 90-year-old German priest, Prof. Johannes Stöhr. In August, a Cologne District Court ruled that Oko’s article, entitled “On the need to curb homosexual cliques in the Church,” constituted “incitement to hatred” against homosexual people. The court demanded that Oko pay...

<p>During a private meeting with bishops from the southwestern United States, Pope Francis talked about his 2019 meeting with Fr. James Martin, SJ, and about pastoral care and assisted suicide. The pope met Feb. 10 for more than two hours with bishops from New Mexico, Arizona, Colorado, Utah, and Wyoming. Several bishops present at the meeting told CNA that in addition to discussions about his then-pending exhortation on the Amazon region, and on the challenges of transgenderism and gender ideology, Pope Francis discussed his Sept. 30 meeting with Martin, an American Jesuit who is well-known for speaking and writing about the Church’s ministry to people who identify themselves as LGBT. “The Holy Father’s disposition was very clear, he was most displeased about the whole subject of Fr. Martin and how their encounter had been used. He was very expressive, both his words and his face — his anger was very clear, he felt he’d been used,” one bishop told CNA.</p>

[Catholic Caucus] International Arrest Warrant For Francis Protégé Zanchetta Requested The Argentinean prosecutor María Soledad Filtrín Cuezzo has requested international help to arrest Bishop Gustavo Zanchetta, who is accused of “homosexually abusing two seminarians”. According to AciPrensa.com, the request was made because Zanchetta has not responded to repeated telephone calls or emails. It is assumed that he is hiding in the Vatican. Earlier this month, police raided offices in his former diocese Orán. Zanchetta is a Francis' protégé and the first Argentinean bishop named by Francis. The first accusations against him were made in 2015 and involved nude selfies on...

LEXINGTON, Kentucky, August 23, 2019 (LifeSiteNews) – The Christian owner of a Kentucky print shop who has spent years fighting for his right not to create “gay pride” T-shirts has taken his case to the state Supreme Court. Blaine Adamson is the owner of Hands On Originals Christian Outfitters, a Lexington company that advertises "high quality, customized Christian apparel.” For the past several years, he has been fighting the Lexington Human Rights Commission over his polite refusal of the Gay and Lesbian Services Organization’s (now called the Pride Community Services Organization) request to print shirts for the Lexington Pride Festival....

[Catholic Caucus] Bp. Malone Again Under Fire for Buffalo Mess Continues record of sexual abuse cover-ups and other malfeasance BUFFALO, N.Y. (ChurchMilitant.com) - Apparently oblivious to recent criticism of his handling of multiple cases of rampant illegal activities and other improprieties in the Buffalo diocese, Bp. Richard Malone most recently has been reported turning a tin ear to a sexual abuse victim's attempt priest to speak at the bishop's listening session. Additionally, he has reinstated three priests sidelined two months ago for engaging in sexually charged and lewd conversation with several seminarians. Malone took heat from Church Militant and many members...

[Catholic Caucus] Viganò: Complaints of Homosexual Abuse Filed Against Msgr. Walter Rossi Says rector of Washington, D.C. basilica is 'without a doubt a member of the gay mafia' WASHINGTON (ChurchMilitant.com) - Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò is confirming that, as papal nuncio, he received complaints of homosexual predation and harassment by Msgr. Walter Rossi, rector of the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, D.C. "Monsignor Rossi is, without a doubt, a member of the 'gay mafia,'" Viganò said in remarks to Italian journalist Marco Tosatti on Saturday.  Handpicked by Cdl. Theodore McCarrick Msgr. Walter Rossi The former papal...

[Catholic Caucus] Viganò: Bp. Bransfield a ‘Perfect Example’ of Gay Mafia in the Church Latest comments touch on predator bishop's powerful connections WASHINGTON (ChurchMilitant.com) - Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò is offering further confirmation of the "gay mafia" in the Church. In comments to Italian journalist Marco Tosatti over the weekend, the papal nuncio-turned-whistleblower confirmed that Bp. Michael Bransfield, the subject of a Vatican investigation that revealed extensive sexual and financial malfeasance, is part of a wider network of corrupt gay clergy in positions of power, connected to Theodore McCarrick, Cdl. Donald Wuerl and others. "Bishop Bransfield is a perfect example of...

[Catholic Caucus] ‘Corrupt Mafia’ Is Exploiting the Church and the Faithful Archbishop Viganò breaks silence in extended interview DETROIT (ChurchMilitant.com) - Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò has sounded the alarm that a "corrupt mafia" has control of many Church institutions. Soon after releasing his testimony in August 2018, Viganò went dark. Soon after releasing his testimony in August 2018, Viganò went dark.Tweet He was two years into retirement and known to attend conservative Church conferences and pro-life events prior to his testimony in August 2018. He has not been seen at any of these events since giving his testimony. Viganò stays...

Australian rugby star fights back after being ousted from his sport for offending gays MELBOURNE, Australia, June 7, 2019 (LifeSiteNews) — Committed Christian and Australian rugby star Israel Folau is claiming before Australia’s Fair Work Commission that he was dismissed by his team because of his religion. Lawyers for the former Wallabies standout confirmed Thursday that they filed papers against  Rugby Australia and the New South Wales Waratahs for breach of contract. Folau, a 30-year-old fullback, is seeking “substantial remedies” from his former employers, arguing that his termination was unlawful, according to Section 772 of the Fair Work Act that...

ATLANTA -- Left-hander Sean Newcomb apologized to his Atlanta Braves teammates on Monday for a series of offensive tweets he sent as a teenager. Newcomb's apology was delivered in a meeting attended by players, coaches, manager Brian Snitker and Atlanta staff. Ender Inciarte and Dansby Swanson said players accepted the apology. Each said tweets made public on Sunday did not represent Newcomb's actions on the team.

Do you support the 51st State Initiative forming North Colorado? Yes No AND Should a private business owner be prosecuted for refusing to bake a wedding cake for a gay couple? Yes No

The Italian daily newspaper La Republica said the pope decided to resign on 17 December – the day he received a dossier compiled by three cardinals delegated to look into the so-called "Vatileaks" affair. Last May Pope Benedict's butler, Paolo Gabriele, was arrested and charged with stealing leaked papal correspondence that depicted the Vatican as a seething hotbed of intrigue and infighting. The newspaper said the cardinals described a number of factions, including one whose members were "united by sexual orientation". It added that some Vatican officials had been subjected to "external influence" from laymen with whom they had links...

With a majority of the state's precincts reporting early Wednesday, Nov. 7, a proposed constitutional amendment to write man-woman marriage into the constitution has apparently lost. The defeat is historic, making Minnesota the first state to turn back an attempt to write man-woman marriage into a state constitution. The Associated Press said around 1:45 a.m. that the marriage amendment was defeated. But Chuck Darrell of Minnesota for Marriage, the lead group supporting the amendment, wasn't giving up. "No, we're not conceding. There's just too many counties out there," he said. Meanwhile, Richard Carlbom, campaign manager for Minnesotans United for All...

Chick-fil-A boycott? You’re doing it wrong: Reports, photos show it is a total fail Even as Chicago, Boston and now other cities are trying to shut out Chick-fil-A for not toeing a leftist line, citizens are supporting free speech and opposing tolerance tyrants. (Lots of pictures and tweets showing the boycott failed at the site.)

ST. PAUL, Minn. — A new TV ad from the liberal advocacy group MoveOn.org goes after Target Corp. for making a political campaign donation in Minnesota. MoveOn.org spokeswoman Ilyse Hogue said Tuesday that the group will spend $35,000 to air the ad for a week on three networks in Minnesota and on the MSNBC cable channel nationally.