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IS AMERICA POST-CHRISTIAN ??????

!!!! Pope Francis and the Not-Quite-Secular West By Ross Douthat THE NEW YORK TIMES September 24, 2015 3:30 pm September 24, 2015 3:30 pm [ Emphasis in red type by Abyssum ] About five years ago, after Pope Benedict XVI … Continue reading

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POPE BENEDICT XVI: PRACTICE INNER HYGENE TO AVOID THE FILTH THE WORLD FEEDS YOU

!!!!  :: Tuesday 01 September 2015 08/30/2015  Ratzinger at mass with former pupils: “The epidemic of the heart leads to corruption” The Emeritus Pope said “inner hygiene” is key and “the truth, love and goodness that come from God, make man … Continue reading

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THE NATIONAL CATHOLIC REGISTER

!!!! A Bishop’s Job Is Hardly Ordinary (650) At 92, Bishop René Henry Gracida — a friend of St. John Paul II — says, ‘God (still) has work for me to do.’ . by JIM GRAVES . 08/26/2015  . THE … Continue reading

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PROPORTIONALISM AS A CULTURAL VIRUS INFECTING ALMOST EVERY SECTOR OF OUR SOCIETY

!!!!   PROPORTIONALIST MORAL THINKING IS A DEADLY CULTURAL VIRUS This is a talk I gave at the LifeTree Conference on Restoring Traditional Medicine at the Renaissance Hotel in Raleigh, North Carolina, on the Feast of Saint Benedict, July 11, … Continue reading

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THE BENEDICT OPTION IS NOT A RETREAT FROM WORLD, IT IS A DISENGAGEMENT FROM THE VALUES AND MORAL OPTIONS OF THE WORLD

!!!! Saint Benedict and his sister Saint Scholastica . . Benedict & the Omnibus of Options By Rod Dreher • July 29, 2015, 10:49 AM [emphasis in boldface type by Abyssum / commentary in red by Abyssum] Since people began … Continue reading

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PROPORTIONALISM IS A CULTURAL VIRUS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE CULTURE OF DEATH

!!!! Father Richard A. McCormick, S.J., the father of Proportionalist Morality http://onestudiosproductions.com/projects/Lifetree/speaker_1/

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PREPARE YOURSELF FOR JUDICIAL MARTYRDOM; IT IS COMING SOONER THAN YOU THINK !!!

!!!! Monsignor Charles Pope DC Archdiocese priest-blogger: America is one step away from outright persecution WASHINGTON, D.C., Nov. 29, 2012 (LifeSiteNews.com) – An influential priest in the Archdiocese of Washington has warned that Christians are “pretty well set” for outright … Continue reading

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SCHISM REARS ITS UGLY HEAD IN GERMANY; SHADES OF MARTIN LUTHER

!!!!+  REINHARD CARDINAL MARX . . June 10, 2015 German Bishops have Prepared the Way for a De Facto Schism Tagged as Cardinal Marx, Cardinal Paul Cordes, Catholic Church (Germany), divorced & remarried, Theological Dissent By Marie Meaney Marie Meaney … Continue reading

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STOP !!! STOP WHAT ? STOP RECEIVING HOLY COMMUNION IN THE HAND !!!

!!!! . . . May 20, 2015 The Reception of Holy Communion in the United States Tagged as Holy Communion, Joseph Cardinal Bernardin, Liturgy, Memoriale Domini, post-Vatican II Crisis, USCCB By Christian Browne CRISIS MAGAZINE The Voice for the Faithful … Continue reading

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THE CHURCH MUST PRESERVE A CONTINUITY WITH THE PAST; NEITHER ANACHRONISTIC LONGINGS NOR AN IMPATIENCE FOR THE NEW AND NOVEL

!!!!     March 11, 2015 On Integrating Latin Mass Parishes into Church Life BY Jared M. Silvey Crisis Magazine A Voice for the Faithful Catholic Laity During the past few decades there has been a sharp rise in the … Continue reading

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