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About abyssum

I am a retired Roman Catholic Bishop, Bishop Emeritus of Corpus Christi, Texas

THINKING OF HOSPICE FOR YOURSELF OR FOR YOUR LOVED ONE? THINK AGAIN, THINK TWICE, THINK THREE TIMES! “TIMES, THEY ARE A’CHANGIN!”

Posted on June 19, 2014 by abyssum

!!!! Chris McGonigal / The Huffington Post How Dying Became A Multibillion-Dollar Industry By Ben Hallman Development and data reporting by Shane Shifflett. Additional reporting by Chris Kirkham. Design by Hilary Fung. http://projects.huffingtonpost.com/hospice-inc June 19, 2014 Evelyn Maples’ last day … Continue reading →

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THE TRASH BIN OF HISTORY IS FULL OF ‘UNSTOPABLE’ MOVEMENTS; SAME SEX MARRIAGE IS DESTINED TO END UP THERE ALSO

Posted on June 18, 2014 by abyssum

!!!! Marriage and the ‘wrong side of history’ by Jeff Jacoby The Boston Globe June 18, 2014   http://www.jeffjacoby.com/14908/marriage-and-the-wrong-side-of-history Send RSS Share: Be the first of your friends to like this. Thousands of Americans will rally in Washington, D.C., at … Continue reading →

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‘CATHOLIC’ PELOSI PUSHES PANDERING TO LGBT ACTIVISTS TO NEW LOW

Posted on June 18, 2014 by abyssum

!!!! Nancy Pelosi   House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D- San Francisco) and other liberal luminaries (actually, dim bulbs is the more apt term) in California joined leading “gay” rights militants  in protesting San Francisco Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone’s participation in … Continue reading →

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LIBERALS LIKE TO TALK ABOUT CONSERVATIVES WAGING WAR ON WOMEN, THEY PRETEND NOT TO NOTICE THE REAL WAR ON WOMEN BEING WAGED IN MUSLIM COUNTRIES

Posted on June 17, 2014 by abyssum

!!!! Meriam Ibrahim and her husband GOING AWOL IN THE ‘WAR ON WOMEN’ Obama silent on Sudan’s barbarism to Meriam Ibrahim By Wesley Pruden The Washington Times Monday, June 16, 2014 Barack Obama could use a little relief. The world … Continue reading →

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CAN TECHNOLOGY BE MORE NATURAL THAN NATURE?

Posted on June 14, 2014 by abyssum

!!!! Donald DeMarco, PhD   Prev Next Edit Prev Next Edit WHEN THE UNNATURAL BECOMES NATURAL ETHICS & MEDICS THE NATIONAL CATHOLIC BIOETHICS CENTER June 3, 2014 Has our technological age created the impression that technology can be more natural … Continue reading →

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FREEDOM OF SPEECH WAS NON-EXISTENT IN NAZI GERMANY

Posted on June 14, 2014 by abyssum

!!!!   Take no part in the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather expose them.” Ep: 5:11, Acts Chapter 4: “So they [Annas, the high priest, Caiaphas, John, Alexander, and all who were of the high-priestly class] called them back … Continue reading →

Posted in BISHOPS, CANON LAW, CANONICAL PENALTIES, Freedom of Conscience, FREEDOM OF RELIGION, HATE SPEECH LAWS, INTERDICT, JESUS CHRIST, JUSTICE, MORAL RELATIVISM, POLITICAL LIFE IN AMERICA, RELATIVISM, THE CATHOLIC CHURCH, THE CATHOLIC PRIEST, UNITED STATES CONFERENCE OF CATHOLIC BISHOPS, WITNESS TO THE TRUTH | Tagged , , , , , | Comments Off on FREEDOM OF SPEECH WAS NON-EXISTENT IN NAZI GERMANY

FREEDOM OF SPEECH APPLIES TO PRIESTS AND OTHERS IN THE CHURCH

Posted on June 12, 2014 by abyssum

!!!! James Madison, Jr., fourth President of the United States (1809–1817), is hailed as the “Father of the Constitution” for being the primary author of the United States Constitution and the author of the Bill of Rights. Amendment 1.   … Continue reading →

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THE GREAT GOP DIVIDE: IMMIGRATION

Posted on June 12, 2014 by abyssum

!!!! http://www.texasgopvote.com/issues/fix-immigration/who-responsible-immigration-wedge-republican-party-006746

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ONCE GERMAN BULLDOGS LATCH ONTO A BONE, THEY NEVER LET GO. e.g. MARTIN LUTHER

Posted on June 11, 2014 by abyssum

!!!!   Communion for the Remarried Still a Heated Debate Fresh opposition to Kasper’s ideas from Cardinal Brandmüller. And also from the vicar general of Chur and seven theologians and canonists of four countries. But in the theological faculty of … Continue reading →

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LOOKING FOR A GOOD MOVIE?

Posted on June 8, 2014 by abyssum

!!!! I highly recommend THE JEWISH CARDINAL. I would give it five stars!          

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