Saturday, June 21, 2014

When Will the Multi-Trillion-Dollar Debt Parties Stop? |




The Problem with MoneyThe $18 trillion national debt is commonly used as a sign of the sad state of the American economy.

However, America is not alone in its debt woes. If misery loves company, then America has plenty, with most major countries ringing up similar arrears.

The world debt figure has now reached an alarming $100 trillion with no end in sight.

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When Will the Multi-Trillion-Dollar Debt Parties Stop? |

Thursday, June 19, 2014

The Feast of Corpus Christi in Toledo

The Feast of Corpus Christi in Toledo
According to an ancient Spanish proverb, there are three Thursdays that shine more than the sun: Holy Thursday, Ascension Thursday and Corpus Christi.

The morning is bright. I climb the steep slopes of the city on foot, panting. My car has been left by the river. If driving around Toledo is usually a complex task, on Corpus Christi it is impossible, since the city’s narrow streets are closed. I am short of breath because the cityis located on top of a steep hill, defended by the Tagus River and medieval walls.

As I walk, I join many other Toledo residents and visitors who, like me, hasten to attend the grand procession.

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The Feast of Corpus Christi in Toledo

Friday, June 13, 2014

Video: 5 Ugly Cases of Pro-Homosexual Rainbow Rage



Have you ever seen pro-homosexual advocates just lose it? Cry, stomp
their feet, throw things, blast you with insults, and then call you
judgmental?  Well, here are 5 examples of what happened to TFP
volunteers while on tour for traditional marriage throughout
Pennsylvania, Indiana and Ohio in April, 2014. 

The Blessed Mother is Attacked Again: Please Protest

WARNING!
Be aware…this is deeply disturbing.
The Blessed Virgin Mary is under a brutal attack on Facebook!

And because I know that you dearly love Our Lady and the Mother of Jesus, I believe that you will help us put a stop to this terrible sacrilege.
And do this by telling Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg: 
“Take Down This Page!” 

Will you?
We must stop the giant social media site Facebook from continuing to carry this brutal attack on the Virgin Mary:

Yes, it’s hard to believe, but the page has a top banner headlined with the blasphemous message…
“Virgin Mary Should’ve Aborted.”
That blasphemy is bad enough, but…
…it is matched in blasphemous messaging by an image of Our Lord Jesus Christ as a fetus:
  1. complete with umbilical cord (as if still in the womb, hence He should’ve been aborted)
  2. with a bloody crown of thorns
  3. with His five bleeding Sacred Wounds of the Crucifixion
  4. and with the word ‘YAHWE’ tattooed onto His arm; evidently to make sure people understand exactly of Whom they are referring: the Son of God and His most holy mother.
On top of that, Our Lady is pictured…
… with a cigar hanging out of her mouth.

And last but not least…
…a smaller picture on the left shows a traditionally veiled “Mary,” nine months pregnant, with her robe pulled up over her most holy womb, swearing with a four-letter word as she looks with implied anger, irritation, and revolt at her pregnant belly.

My friend, how can we just ignore this?  We can’t!

Godless, impure, sexual, and mocking language, comments, and opinions are made throughout the entire page especially directed against Our Lady’s ever-virginity.

So we must defend Mary’s honor.
Tell Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg:
“Take Down This Page!”

If tens of thousands of Catholics pray and speak up, we hope and pray Facebook will enforce its hate-speech policy and remove this blasphemous page.

We’ve been successful in getting YouTube to remove many blasphemous videos in the past!
Remember: The Facebook Policies/Statement of Rights and Responsibilities, Category 3 (Safety), item 7, says:

“You will not post content that is hate speech…”
And Facebook clarifies what they consider to be Hate Speech on their Community Standards page:
“Facebook distinguishes between serious and humorous speech…we do not permit individuals or groups to attack others based on their…religion…”

And yet, here is an entire page devoted to blaspheming and mocking Our Lady’s holy and divine pregnancy.

And with the evident intent to demean and insult the faith of Catholics.
Isn’t that "hate speech"?
It is in  my  book.

Thank you for speaking out. And may Our Lord Jesus Christ reward you!

Thursday, June 12, 2014

Poland's PM: Catholic Doctors Must Perform Abortions

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland's prime minister, Donald Tusk, on Tuesday weighed into an abortion debate that is roiling emotions in the largely Catholic country, saying doctors have to put their obligation to the patient and the law above their religious beliefs.

Tusk's comment came after a well-known obstetrician in Warsaw, Bogdan Chazan, caused uproar by refusing to allow a woman to abort a fetus with serious head and brain defects. A declared Catholic, Chazan argued that an abortion would be against his personal beliefs and the woman now has to give birth to the child.

In Poland, abortion is legal until the 25th week of pregnancy when the mother's life is at risk or if the fetus is badly damaged or the result of rape or incest.

"Regardless of what his conscience is telling him, (a doctor) must carry out the law," Tusk said. "Every patient must be sure that ... the doctor will perform all procedures in accordance with the law and in accordance with his duties."