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About abyssum

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

BRAVO YOUR EMINENCE RAYMOND CARDINAL BURKE FOR CLARIFYING SOME ISSUES FOR US

!!!! Raymond Cardinal Burke https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hQTiup-Eeaw&app=desktop ======================================================================================================== Cardinal Burke on faith, the right to life, and the family: English exclusive by Izabella Parowicz Thu Mar 20, 2014 14:02 EST LIFESITE NEWS Editor’s note: The following interview with Cardinal Raymond Burke, prefect … Continue reading →

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BRAVO BISHOP DAVID ZUBIK FOR SAYING “NO” TO THE COMMON CORE FOR YOUR SCHOOLS

!!!! In Pittsburgh Bishop Says ‘No’ to Common Core in Diocesan Schools March 20, 2014, at 4:54 PM  |  By Kelly Conroy  | In a letter released Tuesday, Bishop David Zubik assured parents in the Diocese of Pittsburgh that the … Continue reading →

Posted in BISHOPS, CATHOLIC HIGHER EDUCATION, CATHOLIC SCHOOLS, POLITICAL CORRECTNESS, RELATIVISM, SAVING CHILDREN, THE CATHOLIC CHURCH, WITNESS TO THE TRUTH | Tagged , , , , , , , | Comments Off on BRAVO BISHOP DAVID ZUBIK FOR SAYING “NO” TO THE COMMON CORE FOR YOUR SCHOOLS

IT SEEMS THAT THERE MAY BE REAL ADVANTAGES TO HAVING BOTH A POPE AND A POPE EMERITUS AT THE SAME TIME

!!!! Archbishop Georg Ganswein March 21, 2014, Friday – The Gaenswein Interview http://www.moynihanreport.com/ “I can tell you a nice story. Pope Francis granted a lengthy interview to Jesuit Padre Spadaro who is the director of the most important Jesuit magazine … Continue reading →

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“JUDGE NOT, THAT YOU MAY NOT BE JUDGED” MEANS THAT YOU MUST JUDGE THE SIN BUT NOT THE SINNER

!!!! Cardinal Dolan and Toppling the ‘Barriers of Horror’ Created on Wednesday, 19 March 2014 16:09 Written by Luiz Sérgio Solimeo http://www.tfp.org/?utm_source=sm-tfp&utm_medium=email&utm_content=T100421&utm_campaign=tfp_newsletter “Good for him. … So I would say, ‘Bravo!’” That was Timothy Cardinal Dolan’s reaction when asked about … Continue reading →

Posted in BISHOPS, HOMOSEXUALITY, LGBT, LIBERALISM, MORAL RELATIVISM, POLITICAL CORRECTNESS, RELATIVISM, SEXUALITY, SIN & RECONCILIATION, WITNESS TO THE TRUTH | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , | Comments Off on “JUDGE NOT, THAT YOU MAY NOT BE JUDGED” MEANS THAT YOU MUST JUDGE THE SIN BUT NOT THE SINNER

CANON LAW SIMPLY REFLECTS THE THREE REALITIES OF SACRAMENTAL MARRIAGE

!!!! CARDINAL KASPER LEST SO MAY WORDS COMPLICATE A SIMPLE QUESTION by Dr. Edward Peters Catholic discipline that precludes holy Communion for divorced-and-remarried Catholics rests on three simple points. Assuming the specifications and nuances that should flesh out these points, … Continue reading →

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DO NOT COMPLAIN ABOUT POPE FRANCIS; COMPLAIN, IF YOU MUST, TO POPE FRANCIS

!!!! http://www.churchmilitant.tv/daily/?today=2014-03-18

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HOW CATHOLIC IS THE NATIONAL CATHOLIC BIOETHICS CENTER?

!!!! Dr. Paul Byrne; Bishop Rene Henry Gracida; Bishop Emeritus of Corpus Christi; Father Elias Mary Mills, FI; and Christine M. Zanier, M.D. Challenge the National Catholic Bioethics Center on its Recent Article on Jahi McMath March 18, 2014 RenewAmerica … Continue reading →

Posted in BRAIN DEATH, EUTHANASIA, HEALTH CARE, LIFE ISSUES, MEDIA BIAS, MEDICAL-MORAL PROBLEMS, MORAL RELATIVISM, NUTRITION AND HYDRATION, ORGAN DONATION, POLITICAL CORRECTNESS, RELATIVISM, SCIENCE AND ETHICS, THE RIGHT TO LIFE, WITNESS TO THE TRUTH | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , | Comments Off on HOW CATHOLIC IS THE NATIONAL CATHOLIC BIOETHICS CENTER?

THANK GOD, WE CAN STILL COUNT ON POPE BENEDICT FOR WORDS OF WISDOM

!!!! The Pope Emeritus Prays, But Also Advises. Here’s How With Francis reigning, Benedict extols John Paul and above all his encyclical “Veritatis Splendor” on the foundations of morality. He was a pope, he says, who was not afraid of … Continue reading →

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GILBERT KIETH CHESTERTON SAID THAT HE BECAME CATHOLIC IN ORDER TO GET RID OF HIS SINS

!!!! In classical Latin culture, a Genius was a guiding spirit given to individuals from birth (gignere), enabling them to have special insights. It can be confused with ingenium, a power from within, not one that is endowed from without. … Continue reading →

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GEORGE SOROS HAS FOUND LOTS OF USEFUL IDIOTS AMONG CATHOLIC HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL

!!!! George Soros, Chairman of the Soros Management Fund, a 25 billion dollar (most of it his money) fund., It used to be that it was thought that it is love that makes the world go round.  Others have demonstrated … Continue reading →

Posted in EUGENICS, EUTHANASIA, HEALTH CARE, JUSTICE, LIBERALISM, LIFE ISSUES, MEDIA BIAS, MEDICAL-MORAL PROBLEMS, MORAL RELATIVISM, NUTRITION AND HYDRATION, ORGAN DONATION, POLITICAL CORRECTNESS, RELATIVISM, SCIENCE AND ETHICS, SUICIDE, THE RIGHT TO LIFE, WITNESS TO THE TRUTH | Tagged , , , , , , | Comments Off on GEORGE SOROS HAS FOUND LOTS OF USEFUL IDIOTS AMONG CATHOLIC HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL