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

IF IT IS THURSDAY, WE MUST BE IN BELGIUM, BUT WAIT, BELGIUM IS COMING TO AMERICA

Posted on April 10, 2014 by abyssum

!!!! Wesley J. Smith Belgian Medical Group Gives Doctors Permission to Euthanize Patients Without Consent by Wesley J. Smith | Brussels, Belgium | LifeNews.com | 4/10/14 The Journal of Critical Care Medicine has published a statement by the Belgian Society … Continue reading →

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SISTER JANE DOMINIC, PLEASE TELL US WHAT YOU SAID AT CHARLOTTE CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL

Posted on April 9, 2014 by abyssum

!!!! Sister Jane Dominic Laurel, O.P. Like Dr. Edward Peters in his post from his blog shown below, I am frustrated.  The controversy over the talk Sister Jane Dominic gave recently at the Charlotte Catholic High School has created a … Continue reading →

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IT’S ALL ABOUT MONEY!

Posted on April 9, 2014 by abyssum

!!!! IT IS ALL ABOUT MONEY!  Georges Haussmann gave Paris its marvelous sewer system.  He also gave the world the Cost Benefit Theory.  That Theory had its original application in the design of the the Paris sewer system, but since … Continue reading →

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DO YOU WONDER WHY CANON 915 IS UNIVERSALLY NEGLECTED?

Posted on April 8, 2014 by abyssum

!!!! Cardinal Burke Cardinal Wuerl             Canon Fire: Burke vs. Wuerl April 2014 By Christopher Manion THE NEW OXFORD REVIEW (Christopher Manion is Director of the Campaign for Humanae Vitae™a project of the Bellarmine Forum. … Continue reading →

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MANY WONDER WHY THE GOOD MUST DIE WHILE THE BAD GO FREE; LOOK TO CHRIST FOR THE ANSWER

Posted on April 8, 2014 by abyssum

!!!! Dutch Jesuit priest beaten and killed in Syria By REUTERS 04/07/2014 17: Frans van der Lugt was shot in the head twice in the garden of his monastery in the besieged city of Homs. Frans van der Lugt Photo: … Continue reading →

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FATAL ATTRACTION: MUSLIM IMMIGRATION WILL ONE DAY BITE AMERICA AS IT IS BITING BRITAIN NOW

Posted on April 8, 2014 by abyssum

!!!! April 8, 2014 Fatal Attraction: The Church and Multiculturalism by William Kilpatrick As any number of observers have pointed out, multiculturalism is the Trojan Horse by which militant Islam entered the West.  The spread of the more extreme manifestations … Continue reading →

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PASTORALLY SPEAKING, THE CHURCH IS NOT IN THE BUSINESS OF ADAPTING WHAT IS NOT IN ITS POWER TO ADAPT

Posted on April 7, 2014 by abyssum

!!!! April 7, 2014 St. John Fisher, Marriage, and Moral Absolutes by Samuel Gregg In his October 2013 article on the question of communion for divorced and civilly remarried Catholics, Cardinal Gerhard Müller underscored that the Catholic Church had risked … Continue reading →

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THE NEW EMBODIMENT OF THE VICAR OF CHRIST. SAINT BENEDICT SHOWED US A WAY FOR LIFE, WHETHER ACTIVE OR PASSIVE, IS COMPLETELY GIVEN OVER TO THE WORK OF GOD

Posted on April 7, 2014 by abyssum

!!!!   The Pope’s Third Embodiment It is Benedict XVI’s state of life after the resignation. He is no longer the vicar of Christ, but neither has he returned to private life. He is “pope emeritus,” and he acts as … Continue reading →

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YOUR INNER LIGHT NEEDS TO BE RECHARGED TO FULL CAPACITY DURING HOLY WEEK

Posted on April 6, 2014 by abyssum

!!!! April 6, 2014 by Fr. George W. Rutler Today was a crowded date in history. On April 6 in various years, Julius Caesar was victorious at Thapsus, King Richard I of England died of an infected wound, St. Louis … Continue reading →

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THE SEARCH FOR FLIGHT 370 HAS VALUE IF ONLY FOR PROMOTING RESPECT FOR LIFE IN CHINA

Posted on April 5, 2014 by abyssum

!!!!   Michael Cook Editor BioEdge After a month of false leads and dashed hopes, it is time to question whether the search for the lost Malaysian Airlines flight 370 is worthwhile. This is the question posed by Glenn Cohen, … Continue reading →

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