49% of Americans Now Believe Abortion Is Immoral

In August, the Pew Research Foundation released survey results which focused on the morality of abortion, and indicate that just about half of the population (49%) views abortion as flat-out immoral. But that does NOT mean that the remaining 51% view having an abortion as a morally acceptable choice. In fact, only 15% of Americans consider having an abortion morally acceptable, according to the survey, while 23% hold that it is not a moral issue.

While the religion that identifies individual Americans plays a significant role in predicting their stance on abortion, church attendance is a stronger indicator of where an individual will stand on abortion.

Notably, the survey also revealed that more women than men find abortion morally unacceptable, at 50% versus 48%. The Republican versus Democrat views reflect that 64% of Republicans view abortion as morally wrong, while only 38% of Democrats do, with an even larger gap between those who view themselves as conservative versus liberal, at 67% versus 31% holding abortion to be morally wrong, respectively.

For more, click here

10,000 Public Square Rosary Rallies…and Counting!

On September 24, 2013, Feast of Our Lady of Ransom, volunteers with America Needs Fatima achieved the goal of organizing 10,000 Public Square Rosary Rallies. This impressive milestone was reached more than two weeks prior to the official date for this year’s rallies, October 12.

Though an inherently ambitious goal, the hand of Divine Providence has been active in the promotion of these Rosary Rallies, ever since the first ones organized in 2007. On October 13 of that year, to commemorate the 90th anniversary of the Miracle of the Sun at Fatima, more than 2,000 rallies were held in public squares across America. Through no small grace of the Mother of God, these rallies have seen an increase every year, both in the amount of rallies and in the number of participants.

With so many Rosary Rallies now scheduled for October 12, 2013, one thing remains abundantly clear: impressive numbers of Catholics are willing to step out in public and proclaim their faith, this act of public prayer a clarion call to defend the Church’s teachings.

As the historic day approaches, no effort is being spared to further increase the numbers and encourage as many Catholics as possible to profess their faith in public and pray for the conversion of our nation. May Our Lady Queen of Angels send the multitudes of her heavenly armies to embolden all of the participants, and give them unshakeable confidence in her promise at Fatima: “Finally, my Immaculate Heart will triumph!”

Make it 10,001, by clicking here and becoming a Rosary Rally Captain Today!
 
10,000 Public Square Rosary Rallies…and Counting!

Ready to Be Even More Confused About Syria!

Who are the approximately 100,000 rebels fighting to topple Syrian President Bashar al Assad?

Assad claims that “80 to 90% of those [the Syrian government is] fighting belong to al Qaeda."

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry claims that 15% to 25% of the opposition is "bad guys" who belong to an extremist groups.

Neither is accurate.

The complex reality is that there are as many as 1,000 individual armed rebel groups, each of which fall somewhere on the spectrum from al-Qaeda ideologue to secular Syrian Arab Army defector.

Charles Lister of IHS Jane's Terrorism and Insurgency Center recently published a fantastic article detailing "specific nature and composition of the insurgency itself." According to Lister, nearly half of the rebel forces are jihadist or hardline Islamists.

We've drawn on Lister's insights and other estimates to establish a rough breakdown of the rebels fighting Assad:

http://www.businessinsider.com/graphic-the-most-accurate-breakdown-of-the-syrian-rebels-2013-9

Over 9,800 Rosary Rally Captains Get Ready

ROSSVILLE, Kans., Sept. 23, 2013 /Christian Newswire/ -- Thousands of Catholic volunteers are preparing to pray the Public Square Rosary to save America from the sins of abortion and same-sex "marriage."

America Needs Fatima coordinated 9,077 Rosary Rallies last year.

This year, the goal is 10,000 Public Square Rosary Rallies nationwide and the target date is Saturday, October 12, at noon, local time.

At the group's campaign headquarters in Rossville, Kansas, national coordinator Francis Slobodnik announced that they had crossed the threshold of 9,800 Rosary Rally Captains and are fast reaching their goal of 10,000 rallies.

"We're almost at our goal of 10,000 rosary rallies. Rally captains are really excited and momentum is picking up fast," noted Mr. Slobodnik. "Catholics will proclaim their faith publicly, pray for America, and send a strong pro-life and pro-family message in the public square."

"The office is buzzing with activity. Rosary volunteers and staff are busy contacting new rosary captains, answering questions and sending out supplies. Our biggest challenge is not recruiting rally captains, but rather finding the time to speak with all the people who call in and express interest," Mr. Slobodnik said.

"More and more people are looking to the Fatima message as a secure beacon in the moral crisis in society." Mr. Slobodnik continued. "In other words, prayer, penance and conversion are the answer to our nation's pressing problems."

To find a Rosary Rally near you, call toll-free: 1-866-584-6012.

For interviews:
Contact: Francis Slobodnik
Phone: 866-584-6012
E-mail: FJSlo@aol.com
Web site: www.anf.org

Why is a Communist Leader Speaking at a Catholic University? Protest!

Remember Angela Davis? It would be difficult to find a speaker who contradicts the teaching of the Catholic Church on more levels than Angela Davis.  Stalin maybe?  She is a notorious feminist, Marxist, communist, socialist who engages in pro-abortion, pro-same-sex "marriage" activism.

Sign the petition asking Seattle University to cancel Angela Davis' speech.

Read more:
http://www.tfpstudentaction.org/get-involved/online-petitions/communist-activist-angela-davis-at-catholic-seattle-university.html

St. Joseph Helps Owner in Colorado

Long-time TFP friend Art Maestas was forced to evacuate his restaurant in Longmont, Colorado last Thursday during the recent flooding. He did not know what to expect when he returned on Saturday to his business, the Santa Fe Coffee and Burrito Co. on Main Street.

While other businesses in the area were hard hit, Mr. Maestas had specal protection. He explained to reporters that, before leaving, he left a statue of the Saint Joseph on top of a bowl on his carpet before he left the store. When he returned, he found the statue still standing and mud that had not gone past the tile near the entrance.

"I've always had that (statue) here," said Mr. Maestas, pointing out that the carpet was only slightly damp. After cleaning off the mud in the parking lot, he was open for business on Monday.

Saint Joseph, pray for us!

True Martyrs in Maalula in Syria

Damascus - For Syrian Christians, Maalula, the Christian village in the north of Damascus, attacked in recent days by armed Islamist groups, is already a "land of martyrs". 

Thanks to an eyewitness, a Christian woman named A. , currently in a hospital in Damascus, Fides New Agency has reconstructed in detail the fate of three Christians killed in Maalula. Their funerals were celebrated on September 10 in Damascus, in the Greek-Catholic cathedral, in a celebration presided over by Melkite Patriarch Gregory III Laham.

According to what the woman told Fides, the armed groups entered many homes of civilians on September 7, destroying items, terrorizing people, and damaging all the sacred images. In one house there were three Greek Catholic men Mikhael, Taalab, his cousin Antoun Taalab, Sarkis el Zakhm, Mikhael’s grandson, and the woman A. , their relative, who says what happened. 

The Islamists warned everyone present to convert to Islam. Sarkis answered clearly: "I am a Christian and if you want to kill me because I am a Christian, do it". The young man together with the other two were killed in cold blood. 

 The woman was injured and was saved and later taken to a hospital in Damascus. "What Sarkis did is true martyrdom, a death in odium fidei", said Sister Carmel to Fides, who was among the Christians of Damascus who assist the displaced in Maalula. Those present at the funeral were very moved. Today 's displaced in Maalula, are mostly in Damascus, emphasizes the nun, " They ask to be able to return to their homes, in peace and security."

Incredible Story of Man Saved by Rosary in WTC on 9/11

The Rosary can save America, like it saved a man in the Twin Towers on 9-11.  Please lead a Rosary in your town on October 12th...
Become a Rosary Rally Captain

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A friend of America Needs Fatima was in the World Trade Center on 9/11.
Seeing the fireball from the plane crash, he ran out of his office and down the stairs. But the fire doors were locked and he was trapped in the stairwell, where he heard the screams of the people who were unable to escape.

But instead of panicking, he grabbed his Rosary and started praying to the Blessed Mother.
And within minutes, the firemen reached his floor, broke down the fire doors and set him free. He ran downstairs to safety…he was saved by the Most Holy Rosary.

Today, our entire country desperately needs the saving power of the Holy Rosary.
Human efforts cannot stop the sins of abortion, same-sex "marriage," pornography and more that are provoking God's wrath.

Time is running out. Rosaries of reparation are desperately needed.

That's why we're organizing 10,000 Rosary rallies on Saturday October 12th at noon.
Will you please say a public Rosary of reparation? All it takes are a few people praying in a public place.

If you have not yet signed up:
Please become a Rosary Rally Captain today.
P.S. If you are unsure about becoming a Rosary Rally Captain, and you need to talk to someone, please get the very best help, advice and suggestions from our patient and dedicated staff by calling: 1-866-584-6012

Obamacare Regulations Are 8 Times Longer Than Bible | CNS News

CNSNews.com) – Since March 2010, when President Barack Obama signed the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) and its companion Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act (HCERA), the administration has published in the Federal Register 109 final regulations governing how Obamacare will be implemented.
These regulations add up to 10,516 pages in the Federal Register—or more than eight times as many pages as there are in the Gutenberg Bible, which has 642 two-sided leaves or 1,286 pages.
Using the regulations.gov website and the Federal Register itself, CNSNews.com found 109 distinct regulations for the implementation of PPACA and the health-care related provisions of HCERA that had been finalized by various federal agencies and published in the Federal Register as of Sept. 9, 2013.
- See more at: http://cnsnews.com/news/article/penny-starr/obamacare-regulations-are-8-times-longer-bible#sthash.d9EZ08eg.dpuf

(CNSNews.com) – Since March 2010, when President Barack Obama signed the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) and its companion Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act (HCERA), the administration has published in the Federal Register 109 final regulations governing how Obamacare will be implemented.

These regulations add up to 10,516 pages in the Federal Register—or more than eight times as many pages as there are in the Gutenberg Bible, which has 642 two-sided leaves or 1,286 pages.

Using the regulations.gov website and the Federal Register itself, CNSNews.com found 109 distinct regulations for the implementation of PPACA and the health-care related provisions of HCERA that had been finalized by various federal agencies and published in the Federal Register as of Sept. 9, 2013.

Obamacare Regulations Are 8 Times Longer Than Bible | CNS News

Miami Protest of Paradise Faith

I received an email alert from America Needs Fatima’s email communications on Tuesday afternoon, Sep. 3. The email was about the sacrilegious film, Paradise: Faith, that was showing here in Miami for just two more days.
Somehow, the showing in Miami had escaped ANF's previous research: they had already protested the movie in West Hollywood, California and East Village, NYC., and since the showing here in Miami was only for the next two days, they didn’t think we would be able to take much action on such short notice. 
“Ask Our Lady for an egg, and She gives you an Ox.” 
When I read America Needs Fatima’s protest description of this film, I knew that Our Lord must be defended yet again. I quickly sent an email alert to my personal contact list.
My friends Mr. V. and Dr. C. immediately agreed that no matter how few people joined us, we simply had to protest in public. Send Your Protest Message
On Wednesday night, we drove by the theater and saw that it was in a safe area. We decided to pray a public Rosary of reparation the next evening during the film’s 7 PM showing. The next evening, as we prayed in front of the theater, we were joined on the sidewalk by two other sacrificing souls, Mrs. L. and her sister, Mrs. K. Both are ANF Rosary Rally Captains who had just arrived home from a visit to Massachusetts. 
Less than a dozen people came to see the film.
Our Lady used our presence for her action in a soul. 
While we were praying, a young lady that works at the theater came outside to speak with us and take our picture. "I want you to know that I am Catholic" she said, "and I really appreciate what you are doing defending the Faith."  Before she returned to her work, I gave her the "Look deep into Her eyes" Fatima flier. 
As we were leaving, she came back out and said, "Please don’t go! I enjoy your presence here." She must have received a grace from Our Lady! It seemed Our Lady used our presence outside the theater to draw a specific soul closer to Her.  It goes to show that if we hadn’t made this effort and protested the film, we would have spoiled part of Our Lady’s plan for that young lady, and perhaps the plans that She may have had for the many onlookers and passersby.
May we all correspond to the inspirations we are given, and act promptly for the triumph of Our Lady’s Immaculate Heart, foretold at Fatima.

Viva Our Lady of Fatima! Viva Cristo Rey!

- See more at: http://www.americaneedsfatima.org/Articles/miami-protest-of-paradise-faith.html#sthash.HUVLiZhB.dpuf

I received an email alert from America Needs Fatima’s email communications on Tuesday afternoon, Sep. 3. The email was about the sacrilegious film, Paradise: Faith, that was showing here in Miami for just two more days.
Somehow, the showing in Miami had escaped ANF's previous research: they had already protested the movie in West Hollywood, California and East Village, NYC., and since the showing here in Miami was only for the next two days, they didn’t think we would be able to take much action on such short notice. 
“Ask Our Lady for an egg, and She gives you an Ox.” 
When I read America Needs Fatima’s protest description of this film, I knew that Our Lord must be defended yet again. I quickly sent an email alert to my personal contact list.
My friends Mr. V. and Dr. C. immediately agreed that no matter how few people joined us, we simply had to protest in public. Send Your Protest Message
On Wednesday night, we drove by the theater and saw that it was in a safe area. We decided to pray a public Rosary of reparation the next evening during the film’s 7 PM showing. The next evening, as we prayed in front of the theater, we were joined on the sidewalk by two other sacrificing souls, Mrs. L. and her sister, Mrs. K. Both are ANF Rosary Rally Captains who had just arrived home from a visit to Massachusetts. 
Less than a dozen people came to see the film.
Our Lady used our presence for her action in a soul. 
While we were praying, a young lady that works at the theater came outside to speak with us and take our picture. "I want you to know that I am Catholic" she said, "and I really appreciate what you are doing defending the Faith."  Before she returned to her work, I gave her the "Look deep into Her eyes" Fatima flier. 
As we were leaving, she came back out and said, "Please don’t go! I enjoy your presence here." She must have received a grace from Our Lady! It seemed Our Lady used our presence outside the theater to draw a specific soul closer to Her.  It goes to show that if we hadn’t made this effort and protested the film, we would have spoiled part of Our Lady’s plan for that young lady, and perhaps the plans that She may have had for the many onlookers and passersby.
May we all correspond to the inspirations we are given, and act promptly for the triumph of Our Lady’s Immaculate Heart, foretold at Fatima.

Viva Our Lady of Fatima! Viva Cristo Rey!

- See more at: http://www.americaneedsfatima.org/Articles/miami-protest-of-paradise-faith.html#sthash.HUVLiZhB.dpuf

by Sergio de Paz

I received an email alert from America Needs Fatima’s email communications on Tuesday afternoon, Sep. 3. The email was about the sacrilegious film, Paradise: Faith, that was showing here in Miami for just two more days.

Somehow, the showing in Miami had escaped ANF's previous research: they had already protested the movie in West Hollywood, California and East Village, NYC., and since the showing here in Miami was only for the next two days, they didn’t think we would be able to take much action on such short notice. 

“Ask Our Lady for an egg, and She gives you an Ox.” 
When I read America Needs Fatima’s protest description of this film, I knew that Our Lord must be defended yet again. I quickly sent an email alert to my personal contact list.
My friends Mr. V. and Dr. C. immediately agreed that no matter how few people joined us, we simply had to protest in public. Send Your Protest Message

On Wednesday night, we drove by the theater and saw that it was in a safe area. We decided to pray a public Rosary of reparation the next evening during the film’s 7 PM showing. The next evening, as we prayed in front of the theater, we were joined on the sidewalk by two other sacrificing souls, Mrs. L. and her sister, Mrs. K. Both are ANF Rosary Rally Captains who had just arrived home from a visit to Massachusetts. 
Less than a dozen people came to see the film
.
Our Lady used our presence for her action in a soul. 
While we were praying, a young lady that works at the theater came outside to speak with us and take our picture. "I want you to know that I am Catholic" she said, "and I really appreciate what you are doing defending the Faith."  Before she returned to her work, I gave her the "Look deep into Her eyes" Fatima flier. 

As we were leaving, she came back out and said, "Please don’t go! I enjoy your presence here." She must have received a grace from Our Lady! It seemed Our Lady used our presence outside the theater to draw a specific soul closer to Her.  It goes to show that if we hadn’t made this effort and protested the film, we would have spoiled part of Our Lady’s plan for that young lady, and perhaps the plans that She may have had for the many onlookers and passersby.
May we all correspond to the inspirations we are given, and act promptly for the triumph of Our Lady’s Immaculate Heart, foretold at Fatima.

Viva Our Lady of Fatima! Viva Cristo Rey!

I received an email alert from America Needs Fatima’s email communications on Tuesday afternoon, Sep. 3. The email was about the sacrilegious film, Paradise: Faith, that was showing here in Miami for just two more days.
Somehow, the showing in Miami had escaped ANF's previous research: they had already protested the movie in West Hollywood, California and East Village, NYC., and since the showing here in Miami was only for the next two days, they didn’t think we would be able to take much action on such short notice. 
“Ask Our Lady for an egg, and She gives you an Ox.” 
When I read America Needs Fatima’s protest description of this film, I knew that Our Lord must be defended yet again. I quickly sent an email alert to my personal contact list.
My friends Mr. V. and Dr. C. immediately agreed that no matter how few people joined us, we simply had to protest in public. Send Your Protest Message
On Wednesday night, we drove by the theater and saw that it was in a safe area. We decided to pray a public Rosary of reparation the next evening during the film’s 7 PM showing. The next evening, as we prayed in front of the theater, we were joined on the sidewalk by two other sacrificing souls, Mrs. L. and her sister, Mrs. K. Both are ANF Rosary Rally Captains who had just arrived home from a visit to Massachusetts. 
Less than a dozen people came to see the film.
Our Lady used our presence for her action in a soul. 
While we were praying, a young lady that works at the theater came outside to speak with us and take our picture. "I want you to know that I am Catholic" she said, "and I really appreciate what you are doing defending the Faith."  Before she returned to her work, I gave her the "Look deep into Her eyes" Fatima flier. 
As we were leaving, she came back out and said, "Please don’t go! I enjoy your presence here." She must have received a grace from Our Lady! It seemed Our Lady used our presence outside the theater to draw a specific soul closer to Her.  It goes to show that if we hadn’t made this effort and protested the film, we would have spoiled part of Our Lady’s plan for that young lady, and perhaps the plans that She may have had for the many onlookers and passersby.
May we all correspond to the inspirations we are given, and act promptly for the triumph of Our Lady’s Immaculate Heart, foretold at Fatima.

Viva Our Lady of Fatima! Viva Cristo Rey!

- See more at: http://www.americaneedsfatima.org/Articles/miami-protest-of-paradise-faith.html#sthash.HUVLiZhB.dpuf

Miami Protest of Paradise: Faith

U.K. Toys ‘R’ Us Going Gender Neutral

By  Alec Torres

Toys “R” Us, a retail giant in the toy industry, bowed to pressure from U.K.-based lobbying group Let Toys Be Toys and will now market its products in a “gender-neutral” fashion within the U.K. Not only will advertisements eventually depict both boys and girls playing with the same toys—everything from guns to dolls to kitchen sets—Toys “R” Us stores will also be removing any explicit references to gender within their stores.

In a press release, a Let Toys be Toys campaigner said, “We’re delighted to be working so closely with a major toy retailer and believe there is much common ground here. Even in 2013, boys and girls are still growing up being told that certain toys are ‘for’ them, while others are not.”

For more details, click below:

U.K. Toys ‘R’ Us Going Gender Neutral

New York Clerk Refuses Same-Sex Marriage License

by John Horvat II

I was surprised by the following article:

Jefferson Center — Joan MacIntryre and Jane Andrews have dreamed of a wedding with all the trappings. Joan has pulled out all the stops to bring it all together. Jane is taking care of the flowers. Relatives are coming in from all over. The event is planned for late October, but now it seems it is not going to happen.

To read, the full article click here

Blasphemy Protest in New York City and Los Angeles!

How many of us can remember where we were and what we were doing over any given Labor Day weekend in our lives? Well,twenty-one intrepid souls from America Needs Fatima’s New York City area, led by twenty men of the American TFP’s Student Action campaign and their Holy Guardian Angels band will be hard pressed to forget where they were this past Labor Day weekend of Sunday, September 1, at 2 PM. 

Instead of joining their countrymen in the enjoyment of a legitimate national “day off” from the stress of working to support themselves, these modern day Friends of the Cross stood proudly out in the public square protesting the outrageously blasphemous movie Paradise:Faith 
Protest NOW!  They were inspired to come,a few from over 100 miles, by wholesome indignation at the incessant, not-for-profit insults and degradations (these blasphemies are not produced with a profit motive and seldom even break-even) made against Our Lord, Our Lady,and anything Catholic.
The Catholic Church’s beloved priesthood was well represented by Father Christopher Salvatori. His arrival bolstered our intrepidity and we all felt cleansed of the film and refreshed when, just after the protest, he gave us all his priestly blessing right there on the sidewalk. 

Much of the enthusiasm of our New York City rally of reparation had been earned and sparked through the Communion of Saints by another
twenty-one of our wonderful America Needs Fatima members in Los Angeles, who, five days earlier, with only two days notice, protested the same vile film at a theater in West Hollywood. Led by American TFP member Michael Whitcraft, these dear souls delivered this same fulminating and prayerful “rosary slap” to the face of Our Lord’s enemies in the West Hollywood section of Los Angeles.
America Needs Fatima and its anti-blasphemy network of members proudly stand alongside the brave members of the American TFP as one of their apostolic actions out in the public square of America. Stay in email contact with us at www.ANF.org/Alerts.
If you would like to do more, pray these beautiful prayers of reparation:
Prayer before a crucifix
Reparations prayer to the Sacred Heart of Jesus
Fatima prayers of reparation
- See more at: http://www.americaneedsfatima.org/Articles/protest-in-new-york-city-and-los-angeles.html#sthash.n5FfbQ3T.dpuf

How many of us can remember where we were and what we were doing over any given Labor Day weekend in our lives? Well,twenty-one intrepid souls from America Needs Fatima’s New York City area, led by twenty men of the American TFP’s Student Action campaign and their Holy Guardian Angels band will be hard pressed to forget where they were this past Labor Day weekend of Sunday, September 1, at 2 PM. 

Instead of joining their countrymen in the enjoyment of a legitimate national “day off” from the stress of working to support themselves, these modern day Friends of the Cross stood proudly out in the public square protesting the outrageously blasphemous movie Paradise:Faith 
Protest NOW!  They were inspired to come,a few from over 100 miles, by wholesome indignation at the incessant, not-for-profit insults and degradations (these blasphemies are not produced with a profit motive and seldom even break-even) made against Our Lord, Our Lady,and anything Catholic.
The Catholic Church’s beloved priesthood was well represented by Father Christopher Salvatori. His arrival bolstered our intrepidity and we all felt cleansed of the film and refreshed when, just after the protest, he gave us all his priestly blessing right there on the sidewalk. 

Much of the enthusiasm of our New York City rally of reparation had been earned and sparked through the Communion of Saints by another
twenty-one of our wonderful America Needs Fatima members in Los Angeles, who, five days earlier, with only two days notice, protested the same vile film at a theater in West Hollywood. Led by American TFP member Michael Whitcraft, these dear souls delivered this same fulminating and prayerful “rosary slap” to the face of Our Lord’s enemies in the West Hollywood section of Los Angeles.
America Needs Fatima and its anti-blasphemy network of members proudly stand alongside the brave members of the American TFP as one of their apostolic actions out in the public square of America. Stay in email contact with us at www.ANF.org/Alerts.
If you would like to do more, pray these beautiful prayers of reparation:
Prayer before a crucifix
Reparations prayer to the Sacred Heart of Jesus
Fatima prayers of reparation
- See more at: http://www.americaneedsfatima.org/Articles/protest-in-new-york-city-and-los-angeles.html#sthash.n5FfbQ3T.dpuf

 How many of us can remember where we were and what we were doing over any given Labor Day weekend in our lives? Well,twenty-one intrepid souls from America Needs Fatima’s New York City area, led by twenty men of the American TFP’s Student Action campaign and their Holy Guardian Angels band will be hard pressed to forget where they were this past Labor Day weekend of Sunday, September 1, at 2 PM. 
 

Instead of joining their countrymen in the enjoyment of a legitimate national “day off” from the stress of working to support themselves, these modern day Friends of the Cross stood proudly out in the public square protesting the outrageously blasphemous movie Paradise:Faith 

Protest NOW!  They were inspired to come,a few from over 100 miles, by wholesome indignation at the incessant, not-for-profit insults and degradations (these blasphemies are not produced with a profit motive and seldom even break-even) made against Our Lord, Our Lady,and anything Catholic.

The Catholic Church’s beloved priesthood was well represented by Father Christopher Salvatori. His arrival bolstered our intrepidity and we all felt cleansed of the film and refreshed when, just after the protest, he gave us all his priestly blessing right there on the sidewalk.

For more see link below:


Protest in New York City and Los Angeles

Belgian Doctors looking for Euthanized Patients to Donate Organs

by Wesley J. Smith

It’s sackcloth and ashes time.

Belgium is really gearing up its euthanasia followed by organ harvesting regime–and apparently the transplant medical community has no moral qualms. In fact, it has become so morally ho-hum, that it was the subject of discussion at the 21st European Conference on General Thoracic Surgery held in the UK in May.

It’s all just peachy keen. From the Abstract (0-099) of “Lung Transplantation with Grafts Recovered From Euthanasia Donors:

January 2007 and December 2012, 47/350 (13.4%) patients received pulmonary grafts from controlled DCDs [donation after cardiac death], including 6 (1.7%) after euthanasia in accordance with state legislation and approval by Ethics Committee. Patients suffered from an unbearable neuromuscular (n = 3) or neuropsychiatric (n = 3) disorder with explicit wish to donate organs. Euthanasia was executed by an independent physician in a room adjacent to the operating room in the absence of the retrieval team.

Did you get that? One set of doctors killed the patient, stepped out of the room, and another set of doctors entered for the harvest.

Now, the hunt is on for mentally ill and patients with disabling conditions such as MS to become “euthanasia organ donors.”

Euthanasia donors accounted for 12.8% of all lung DCDs. Immediate post-transplant graft function and long-term outcome in recipients was excellent. More euthanasia donors are to be expected with more public awareness.

In a better world, increased public awareness would cause universal public revulsion.
I can think of nothing more dangerous than making mentally ill and despairing disabled people believe their deaths have greater value than their lives. Well one thing, perhaps: Having a society accept the idea that it can benefit at the expense of people in desperate need of care–and whose care is very expensive.

HARVARD STUDY: Banning guns DOES NOT stop gun violence - Politics & Policy - Catholic Online

LOS ANGELES, CA (Catholic Online) - In fact, these findings clearly demonstrate that more gun laws may in fact increase death rates. According to the study, "the mantra that more guns mean more deaths and that fewer guns, therefore, mean fewer deaths" is wrong.

The figures on Eastern European gun ownership and corresponding murder rates clearly show that fewer guns do not mean less death. The rate of gun ownership is 4,000 per 100,000 inhabitants in Russia. The murder rate in Russia was 20.52 per 100,000 in 2002. In Finland, where the rater of gun ownership is exceedingly higher -- 39,000 per 100,000--the murder rate was almost nonexistent at 1.98 per 100,000.

In regards to Western Europe, the study shows that Norway "has far and away Western Europe's highest household gun ownership rate (32 percent), but also its lowest murder rate."

Focusing on intentional deaths by examining U.S. versus Continental Europe, the study found similarly revelatory figures. The U.S., which is so often labeled as the most violent nation in the world by gun control proponents, comes in seventh place behind Russia, Estonia, Lativa, Lithuania, Belarus, and the Ukraine -- in murders. America also only ranks 22nd in suicides.

The murder rate in Russia, where handguns are banned, is 30.6 percent; the rate in the U.S. is 7.8 percent.



HARVARD STUDY: Banning guns DOES NOT stop gun violence - Politics & Policy - Catholic Online