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

SURPRISE: SENIOR OFFICIAL OF THE CATHOLIC CAMPAIGN FOR HUMAN DEVELOPEMENT HELPED ELECT STATE SENATOR WENDY DAVIS

Posted on June 28, 2013 by abyssum

!!!!   WASHINGTON, D.C., June 28, 2013 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A Texas state senator has emerged as a “national hero” and “rising Democratic star,” in the words of mainstream media outlets, after she carried out an eleven-hour filibuster this week that … Continue reading →

Posted in 'SEPARATION OF CHURCH AND STATE', Abortion, ANTI-CATHOLICISM, LIBERALISM, PLANNED PARENTHOOD, POLITICAL CORRECTNESS, POLITICAL LIFE IN AMERICA, THE CATHOLIC CHURCH, UNITED STATES CONFERENCE OF CATHOLIC BISHOPS | 1 Comment

A WHOLE NEW CLASS OF ENTITLEMENT BENEFICIARIES HAS BEEN ADDED TO THE NATIONAL DEBT

Posted on June 28, 2013 by abyssum

!!!! New York lesbian couple’s new family life starts with Supreme Court’s DOMA decision By BETH DEFALCO, NATALIE O’NEILL Last Updated: 5:32 AM, June 27, 2013 Posted: 12:36 AM, June 27, 2013 http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/ny_pair_new_life_starts_now_NakqQ9qTyFPT2zZXL3ajgI A hardworking lesbian Marine and her public-school … Continue reading →

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SHARIA AND SAME-SEX ‘MARRIAGE’

Posted on June 28, 2013 by abyssum

!!!! More than 500 imams join unprecedented protest over gay marriage     I can take no comfort in the realization that all of Justice Anthony Kennedy’s pro-LGBT majority opinions (Sullivan, Lawrence, Doma, etc.) will mean nothing in the long … Continue reading →

Posted in FAMILY LIFE, GAY 'MARRIAGE', JURISPRUDENCE, LAWRENCE V TEXAS, MOSQUES, POLITICAL CORRECTNESS, POLITICAL LIFE IN AMERICA, RELATIVISM, SAME-SEX 'MARRIAGE', SHARIA LAW | Tagged , , , , , | Comments Off on SHARIA AND SAME-SEX ‘MARRIAGE’

“WELL IT COULD HAVE BEEN WORSE,” NO IT COULD NOT, IT ONLY DELAYED THE INEVITABLE

Posted on June 28, 2013 by abyssum

!!!! MARRIAGE AND JUSTICE ARE WOUNDED, BUT NOT FATALLY June 27, 2013 Matthew J. Franck http://www.firstthings.com/onthesquare/2013/06/marriage-and-justice-wounded-but-not-fatally You know that someone has bad news to relate when he begins by saying, “well, it could have been worse.” That is what the … Continue reading →

Posted in Abortion, CHURCH/STATE RELATIONS, Freedom of Conscience, FREEDOM OF RELIGION, GAY 'MARRIAGE', JURISPRUDENCE, LAWRENCE V TEXAS, MORAL RELATIVISM, POLITICAL CORRECTNESS, POLITICAL LIFE IN AMERICA, RELATIVISM, SAME-SEX 'MARRIAGE' | Tagged , , , | Comments Off on “WELL IT COULD HAVE BEEN WORSE,” NO IT COULD NOT, IT ONLY DELAYED THE INEVITABLE

IN TIME THERE WILL BE NO DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE DOMA AND ROE DECISIONS

Posted on June 28, 2013 by abyssum

!!!! June 27, 2013 3:44 PM Kennedy’s DOMA Deception Nationalized gay marriage is now inevitable. By Charles Krauthammer   Outside the Supreme Court. Charles Krauthammer Under the Defense of Marriage Act, the federal government does not recognize same-sex marriages even … Continue reading →

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G.K. CHESTERTON WAS PRESCIENT IN 1919

Posted on June 27, 2013 by abyssum

!!!!   THE SUREST WAY TO PERSECUTION IS TO SAY: “IT CAN’T HAPPEN HERE” By Father George Rutler http://blog.newadvent.org/2013/06/the-surest-way-to-persecution-is-to-say.html Our parish is blessed with a shrine to Saint Thomas More. The young artist who painted it after Holbein was a … Continue reading →

Posted in 'SEPARATION OF CHURCH AND STATE', ANTI-CATHOLICISM, Freedom of Conscience, FREEDOM OF RELIGION, INTOLERANCE, JESUS CHRIST, JUSTICE, LIBERALISM, MORAL RELATIVISM, POLITICAL CORRECTNESS, POLITICAL LIFE IN AMERICA, RELIGIOUS PERSECUTION | Tagged , | Comments Off on G.K. CHESTERTON WAS PRESCIENT IN 1919

TO DEMEAN THE OPPOSITION, AS JUSTICE KENNEDY DID YESTERDAY, IS TO UNDERMINE THE FOUNDATION OF OUR FREEDOMS

Posted on June 27, 2013 by abyssum

!!!! I do not agree with what you have to say, but I’ll defend to the death your right to say it – Voltaire   One Step Forward, Two Steps Back By  Mark Steyn June 26, 2013 10:29 PM Three … Continue reading →

Posted in Freedom of Conscience, FREEDOM OF RELIGION, GAY 'MARRIAGE', HATE SPEECH LAWS, INTOLERANCE, LIBERALISM | Tagged | Comments Off on TO DEMEAN THE OPPOSITION, AS JUSTICE KENNEDY DID YESTERDAY, IS TO UNDERMINE THE FOUNDATION OF OUR FREEDOMS

BISHOPS MUST BE HUSBANDS OF ONE CHURCH WITHOUT CONSTANTLY BEING IN SEARCH OF ANOTHER

Posted on June 27, 2013 by abyssum

!!!! Vatican Diary / Carrot-and-Stick Diplomacy Toward the pontifical representatives in the world, Francis has no prejudices. One day he rebukes them, another he encourages them. Some esteem him, others no. Above all they are expected to select future bishops … Continue reading →

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ANN BARNHARDT TELLS US WHY PRIESTS MUST BE MEN (CAUTION: NOT FOR THE FAINT-HEARTED)

Posted on June 26, 2013 by abyssum

!!!! http://barnhardt.biz/ Why Priests Must Be Men Part 1 of 3 Posted by Ann Barnhardt – January 19, AD 2013 11:21 PM MST I was planning for this to be the last essay I ever wrote, and since we’re into “any day … Continue reading →

Posted in FATHERHOOD, JESUS CHRIST, LIBERALISM, LITURGY, MAN, MINISTERIAL PRIESTHOOD, POLITICAL CORRECTNESS, WITNESS TO THE TRUTH | Tagged , , | 1 Comment

BE ADVISED, PROFANATION OF THE HOLY EUCHARIST IS ON THE RISE

Posted on June 26, 2013 by abyssum

!!!! HIJACKING HOLY COMMUNION IS VERY, VERY SERIOUS by Dr. Edward Peters The excommunication threatened against those who take the consecrated species for a sacrilegious purpose is latae sententiae (1983 CIC 1367), meaning that the canonical discussion of Brenna Cronin’s … Continue reading →

Posted in CANON LAW, DESECRATION, ECOMMUNICATION, EXCOMMUNICATION, JESUS CHRIST, PENAL LEGISLATION IN CANON LAW, THE SACRAMENTS | Tagged , , , | 1 Comment