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

HERE IS ANOTHER EXAMPLE WHY JUSTICE CLARENCE THOMAS IS THE ABSOLUTELY BEST JUSTICE ON THE UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT

Posted on April 4, 2014 by abyssum

!!!! Brow(ser) Beaten By ALLYSIA FINLEY THE WALL STREET JOURNAL ONLINE 04 APRIL 14 Mozilla ex-CEO Brendan Eich has been publicly crucified because he donated $1,000 to a 2008 California ballot measure (Proposition 8) that banned same-sex marriage (and has … Continue reading →

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BRAVO BISHOP THOMAS J. PAPROCKI FOR UPHOLDING THE APPLICATION OF CANONS 915 & 916

Posted on April 4, 2014 by abyssum

!!!! Illinois bishop upholds priest’s decision to deny Communion to pro-abort Sen. Dick Durbin by Patrick B. Craine Thu Apr 03, 2014 14:10 EST SPRINGFIELD, IL, April 3, 2014 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Bishop Thomas J. Paprocki of Springfield, Illinois, known for … Continue reading →

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THE IGNORANCE OF OR NEGLECT OF CANON LAW CHARACTERIZES THE ADMINISTRATION OF TOO MANY DIOCESES

Posted on April 1, 2014 by abyssum

!!!! April 1, 2014 Why We Need More Canon Lawyers by Randall B. Smith CRISIS MAGAZINE We’ve all known administrators who were hired to do a certain job, but when they found they couldn’t do that job, they either tried … Continue reading →

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TAKE TIME TO REJOICE IN THE BEGINNING OF TIME AS YOU CELEBRATE LAETARE SUNDAY

Posted on March 30, 2014 by abyssum

!!!! March 30, 2014 by Fr. George W. Rutler The Belgian priest and physicist, Monsignor Georges Lemaître died in 1966 after receiving news that his theory of the birth of the universe—what he called the “hypothesis of the primeval atom”—had … Continue reading →

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CREEPING TOTALITARIANISM TRIES TO SNEAK INTO TEXAS

Posted on March 30, 2014 by abyssum

!!!! THE ROMAN FASCES SYMBOL OF ITALIAN FASCISM     Texas Right To Life & Texas Home School Coalition intervene in federal lawsuit Texas Ethics Commission Threatening First Amendment Rights Texas Right to Life prolife@texasrighttolife.com 28 March 14 Two of … Continue reading →

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REJOICE, AGAIN I SAY REJOICE!

Posted on March 30, 2014 by abyssum

!!!! 29 March 2014 Laetare, Ierusalem! http://stlouiscatholic.blogspot.com/2014/03/laetare-ierusalem.html?m=1 The Church to me is all important things everywhere. It is authority and guidance. It is love and inspiration. It is hope and assurance. It is God the Father, God the Son, and … Continue reading →

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NOT KNOWING WHO WAS YOUR FATHER CAN CAUSE SERIOUS PSYCHOLOGICAL PROBLEMS

Posted on March 29, 2014 by abyssum

!!!!   Sunday, March 30, 2014   Hi there, This week we’ve tried to give the gist of one of the most surprising arguments I’ve come across in a long time. Bioethicist Inmaculada De Melo-Martín contends in most recent issue … Continue reading →

Posted in FAMILY LIFE, FATHERHOOD, Freedom of Conscience, GENES AND SEXUAL ORIENTATION, HUMAN SEXUALITY, LIFE ISSUES, MEDICAL-MORAL PROBLEMS, MENTAL HEALTH, RELATIVISM, UNCHASTITY, WITNESS TO THE TRUTH | Tagged , , , | Comments Off on NOT KNOWING WHO WAS YOUR FATHER CAN CAUSE SERIOUS PSYCHOLOGICAL PROBLEMS

MAKING TEXAS ANOTHER BELGIUM IS NOT THE ANSWER TO THE DEATH OF CHILDREN

Posted on March 29, 2014 by abyssum

!!!! Family that starved baby to death pushing Texas to legalize euthanasia by Ben Johnson Fri Mar 28, 2014 13:46 EST Tags: brad newton, euthanasia, texas, texas right to life PORTLAND, TX, March 28, 2014 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A family is … Continue reading →

Posted in BRAIN DEATH, EUTHANASIA, HEALTH CARE, INFANTICIDE, MEDICAL-MORAL PROBLEMS, MORAL RELATIVISM, NUTRITION AND HYDRATION, ORGAN DONATION, POLITICAL CORRECTNESS, RELATIVISM, SAVING CHILDREN, SCIENCE AND ETHICS, SUICIDE, THE RIGHT TO LIFE, WITNESS TO THE TRUTH | Tagged , , | Comments Off on MAKING TEXAS ANOTHER BELGIUM IS NOT THE ANSWER TO THE DEATH OF CHILDREN

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY

Posted on March 28, 2014 by abyssum

!!!! Carlo Cardinal Caffarra, Archbishop of Bologna “Loosing the unbreakable bond between conjugal sexuality and procreation, which denies the core teaching of Humanae Vitae, has paved the way for its reverse, that is, separating procreation from conjugal sexuality: from sex … Continue reading →

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THERE IS RENEWED HOPE: THE HOLY SEE HAS REMOVED A ‘PRINCE BISHOP’ MAY WE SEE MORE SUCH REMOVALS

Posted on March 26, 2014 by abyssum

!!!! Pope Accepts Resignation of High-Spending German Bishop By MELISSA EDDYMARCH 26, 2014 THE NEW YORK TIMES   BERLIN — Pope Francis on Wednesday accepted the resignation of Franz-Peter Tebartz-van Elst, the bishop of Limburg, whose extravagant spending on renovations … Continue reading →

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