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About abyssum

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

WHEN THE STATE HAS THE ABILITY TO KNOW EVERYTHING EXCEPT THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN RIGHT AND WRONG, IT WON’T END WELL

!!!! The Maniacal Mind of Mark Steyn Submitted by jvanmaren on August 8, 2013 – 7:10pm http://www.unmaskingchoice.ca/blog/2013/08/08/maniacal-mind-mark-steyn Abortion Christopher Hitchens infanticide Islam Jonathon Van Maren Kermit Gosnell Mark Steyn Martin Amis Pro-Choice Pro-Life News Commentary By Jonathon Van Maren Few … Continue reading →

Posted in Abortion, DEMOGRAPHICS, EUGENICS, FEMINISM, INFANTICIDE, JEWS, LIBERALISM, LIFE ISSUES, MORAL RELATIVISM, POLITICAL CORRECTNESS, POLITICAL LIFE IN AMERICA, POPULATION, PRO-ABORTION POLITICIANS, RELATIVISM, SAVING CHILDREN, THE RIGHT TO LIFE | Comments Off on WHEN THE STATE HAS THE ABILITY TO KNOW EVERYTHING EXCEPT THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN RIGHT AND WRONG, IT WON’T END WELL

THE ELECTORS OF THE CONCLAVE WERE GIVEN A TEN-POINT CHECKLIST; HOW WELL DID THEY PERFORM?

!!!! Groundbreaking: The Last Warning to the Pope’s Electors The official bulletin of the Holy See has lifted the secrecy from the meditation dictated to the cardinals at the beginning of the last conclave, with the doors already closed. Here … Continue reading →

Posted in BISHOPS, CONCLAVE, EVANGELIZATION, FAITH, JESUS CHRIST, POPE, RELIGIOUS PERSECUTION, THE SECOND VATICAN COUNCIL | Tagged , , | Comments Off on THE ELECTORS OF THE CONCLAVE WERE GIVEN A TEN-POINT CHECKLIST; HOW WELL DID THEY PERFORM?

SPOON FEEDING A PATIENT IS NORMAL, NATURAL CARE

!!!! Nursing home won’t starve mother to death: family sues by Wesley J. Smith Mon Aug 12, 2013 10:35 ES This is how far the culture of death has come. I reported earlier about the controversy in Canada in which … Continue reading →

Posted in EUTHANASIA, HEALTH CARE, LIBERALISM, MEDICAL-MORAL PROBLEMS, MORAL RELATIVISM, NUTRITION AND HYDRATION, SCIENCE AND ETHICS, THE RIGHT TO LIFE | 3 Comments

JUDGES HAVE NOT CHANGED ALL THAT MUCH SINCE OLD TESTAMENT TIMES

!!!! Judge Shira Scheindlin Contentions The Ridiculous Ruling Against the NYPD Seth Mandel | @SethAMandel 08.12.2013 – 1:10 PM COMMENTARY MAGAZINE Today Judge Shira Scheindlin ruled against the NYPD’s legal and effective “stop and frisk” program, erroneously finding elements of it … Continue reading →

Posted in JEWS, JURISPRUDENCE, JUSTICE, LIBERALISM, MEDIA BIGOTRY, THE NEW YORK TIMES | Comments Off on JUDGES HAVE NOT CHANGED ALL THAT MUCH SINCE OLD TESTAMENT TIMES

SODOMY, RAPE AND THE GLORIFICATION OF EVIL ARE NOT WHAT CHILDREN SHOULD BE READING

!!!! JUST DAVID by Eleanor H. Porter Eighty years ago, when I was 10 years old, I was assigned a book to read by my Fifth Grade public school teacher:  Just David by Eleanor H. Porter.  That little book changed … Continue reading →

Posted in LIBERALISM, MORAL RELATIVISM, POLITICAL CORRECTNESS, RELATIVISM, SANCTITY, SAVING CHILDREN, SEX EDUCATION | 2 Comments

WE ARE SLIP SLIDING TOWARDS A TOTALITARIAN FORM OF GOVERNMENT

!!!! ………………………………………………………………………… A friend who has occupied positions of national prominence today sent me this email message.  I think that it is timely and important and so I pass it on to you. – Abyssum ………………………………………………………………………… I just sent this … Continue reading →

Posted in 'SEPARATION OF CHURCH AND STATE', ANTI-CATHOLICISM, CHURCH/STATE RELATIONS, Freedom of Conscience, FREEDOM OF RELIGION, HAPPINESS, INTOLERANCE, JEWS, JUSTICE, LIBERALISM, MORAL RELATIVISM, POLITICAL LIFE IN AMERICA, RELATIVISM, RELIGIOUS PERSECUTION | 1 Comment

THE STORY OF HOW CATHOLIC POPES, BISHOPS, PRIESTS, RELIGIOUS AND LAITY SAVED JEWS FROM HITLER IS FINALLY BEING TOLD

!!!! BOOKSHELF August 8, 2013, 4:42 p.m. ET A Righteous Priest Père Marie-Benoît saved thousands of Jews from the Holocaust. But he never tried to convert them. By MELANIE KIRKPATRICK THE WALL STREET JOURNAL At the Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial … Continue reading →

Posted in AUSCHWITZ, FREEDOM OF RELIGION, HOLOCAUST, JEWS, JUSTICE, LIFE ISSUES, POLITICAL CORRECTNESS, RELIGIOUS PERSECUTION, THE CATHOLIC PRIEST, THE RIGHT TO LIFE | Tagged , , , | 2 Comments

NO, NOT ANTI-SCIENCE JUST ANTI-STUPIDITY

!!!! Boris Karloff plays the mad scientist       THE ANTI-SCIENCE CANARD August 9, 2013 Wesley J. Smith I was involved in one of those heated internet dustups last week. It started when Hank Campbell, creator of the Science … Continue reading →

Posted in HEALTH CARE, LIFE ISSUES, MEDICAL-MORAL PROBLEMS, MORAL RELATIVISM, POLITICAL CORRECTNESS, SCIENCE AND ETHICS | Tagged , | 1 Comment

THE BEST MEASURE OF SUCCESS IN LIFE IS TO HAVE A LOVING FAMILY

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THE MADNESS NOT ONLY CONTINUES, IT CONTINUES TO GET WORSE

!!!! ▼ Thursday, August 8, 2013 British Columbia court to hear spoon feeding case. An article in the Vancouver Sun reported on the family of Margaret Bentley (82) that have launched a lawsuit against Fraser Health and the BC government concerning … Continue reading →

Posted in EUTHANASIA, LIBERALISM, MEDICAL-MORAL PROBLEMS, NUTRITION AND HYDRATION, ORGAN DONATION, POLITICAL CORRECTNESS, SCIENCE AND ETHICS, THE RIGHT TO LIFE | 1 Comment