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Military Archbishop: Catholic Troops Can Refuse the Shot"

A question of following your conscience. Excerpts below but hit the link for the entire, very revealing article.

Catholic U.S. troops should be allowed to refuse the COVID-19 vaccine based solely on conscientious objection and regardless of whether abortion-related tissue was used in its creation or testing, the archbishop for the military declared in a new statement supporting service members who are seeking religious exemptions.

“No one should be forced to receive a COVID-19 vaccine if it would violate the sanctity of his or her conscience,” said Archbishop for the Military Services Timothy P. Broglio, in a statement released Tuesday.

Broglio previously has supported President Joe Biden’s mandatory vaccination order for U.S. troops, citing the church’s guidance that permits Catholics to receive even vaccines derived from fetal tissue, when no other vaccine option is available. In his new statement, the archbishop said that while he still encourages followers and troops to get vaccinated, some troops have questioned if the church’s permission to get vaccinated outweighed their own conscious objections to it.

“It does not,” Broglio wrote.   

The Archdiocese for the Military Services, created by the church in 1985, claims responsibility for 1.8 million service members and their families at 220 installations. Broglio was appointed by Pope Benedict XVI in 2007. 

In August, Broglio was quoted by Catholic News Agency, a publication of Eternal Word Television Network, supporting the Pentagon’s then-forthcoming vaccine mandates, saying the church, including Pope Francis, “had recognized the morality of the vaccine.” But, the article added, “The archbishop said that while a person could object from the mandatory vaccine due to their personal conscience, ‘even that should be formed by the teaching of the Church.’”

Broglio’s Tuesday letter appears to formalize that exemption.

Beautiful! Coast to Coast Rosary Rally in Rye, NY

The past Sunday. Thanks to Theresa as head organizer, the four priests who attended, along with 100 participants. And a wide variety of ages and ethnicity.  Unlike last year, the blustery rainy weather put everyone in a sheltered area just off the beach.

Many pictures, no need for commentary.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Coast to Coast Rosary Rally; This Sunday in Rye, NY

Good attendance last year - let's have a great attendance this Saturday!

British High Court refuses to stop third trimester abortions of Downs Syndrome children

Yes Horrible. But it's the same in NY State. Abortion allowed until the baby becomes a "person" on leaving the birth canal.

 

Very recent comments by Pope Francis on abortion

On a flight back to Rome, he doesn't mince any words.

“Abortion is homicide. Abortion...in no uncertain terms: whoever takes part in an abortion, kills,” said the Pope.

Google bans prolife ads from two prominent organizations

To quote the late free speech advocate Nat Hentoff, "Free speech for me, but not for thee".

On Tuesday, Live Action and Heartbeat International said Google removed ads about the life-saving abortion pill reversal protocol and a video about fetal development called “Baby Olivia.”

“At the request of abortion activists, @Google has just BANNED all of @LiveAction’s pro-life ads, including those promoting the Abortion Pill Reversal treatment, a resource that has saved 2,500 children to date,” Lila Rose, president and founder of Live Action, wrote on Twitter.

Censorship by Google means a near blackout of that information online. Google, which owns YouTube and other companies, is one of the most powerful entities in the world, and political leaders in the United States and Europe have been investigating whether it is violating anti-trust laws.

Pro-life and conservative groups, including LifeNews.com, have been feeling the brunt of its censorship powers for years.

“Why they fight so hard to silence us, I struggle to understand. But they do. And they fight dirty,” Cindi Boston-Bilotta, vice president of Heartbeat International, which runs the abortion pill reversal hotline, wrote Tuesday in an email to supporters.

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Studies and medical experts confirm the abortion pill reversal protocol is safe and effective. It works very similarly to a hormonal treatment that has been used for years to help prevent miscarriages.

The censorship comes at a critical time when abortion activists are pushing to expand abortion pills. The Biden administration recently stopped enforcing safety regulations on abortion drugs, meaning abortion groups now can sell them through the mail without ever seeing the woman in person.

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The latest censorship by Google is connected to a new article in the leftist news outlet The Daily Beast. According to the article:

A Google spokesperson said the company does not allow ads that promote harmful health claims, including those for abortion pill reversal. After reviewing a copy of the report provided by The Daily Beast, Google said it had removed all of the ads mentioned. Facebook said it was also reviewing the report and investigating the ads mentioned.

Boston-Bilotta said the abortion pill reversal protocol is safe, and they are appealing Google’s decision.

“We have appealed and are working hard to reach these women,” she said.

“I tried to remain calm”: Witness describes abortion at PP

This from National Right to Life, sent to us from Manhattan Right to Life -

A woman named Hope was hired by Planned Parenthood to interpret the worker’s words into sign language for deaf patients. She describes what she experienced when she was asked to interpret during an abortion. The baby was aborted at eighteen weeks

At 10:30 sharp, we entered the operating room. That’s when my stomach started to turn. Previously, when I’d read “medical procedure,” it had been for ultrasounds. But this was different – we were in an OR. The lights were too bright for the size of the room. There were cold-looking metal objects on a table. I was in an abortion.

I tried to remain calm. I interpreted back and forth, but when the murder began, I lost it. As I watched the doctor pull this life out, limb by limb, I couldn’t help but let the tears start to fall. What I had thought would be just lumps of blood clots were body parts. Arms, a torso, legs, and a head. I felt as if I was suffocating. As soon as it was over, I ran from the room. I collapsed in the hallway and sobbed uncontrollably. To this day, I haven’t cried like that since. A security guard rushed me into his office. I realize now that it was probably not to console me, but because I was scaring the patients.

I quit my job that afternoon. I went into the manager’s office and signed my papers. Abortion was not a strong enough word for what I had witnessed. Murder wasn’t even good enough a word. To me, murder implied that the person might have been capable of fighting back. No, this was a slaughter.”

Meghan McCain & Catholic Teaching on Abortion - seems to have a better grasp than some Bishops

McCain is not Catholic - this was on The View where she was the only sane voice.

More information on the Red Rose Rescues in Philadelphia this past Friday

From the following:

Citizens for a Pro-Life Society 

www.prolifesociety.com

 

Red Rose Rescue

www.redroserescue.com 

 

 

Unfortunately no pictures came through; text is below:

 

Two Red Rose Rescues Took Place

Friday, Aug. 27^th

 One RRR Shut Down a Planned Parenthood Abortion Clinic for the ENTIRE Day

No Abortions Took Place There!

Catholic Priest Remains in Jail

 

 

Here is a first-hand account of Friday’s Red Rose Rescues from rescuer Laura Gies. We had 2 teams: One went to Center City Planned Parenthood in Philadelphia and another went to West Chester, PA Planned Parenthood (in western suburbs). Both arrived at approximately 8:05 - 8:15 am.   1. Center City Philly PP: The Red Rose Rescue team was able to peacefully enter the waiting room of PP with 7 Red Rose Rescue team members in place by 8:20 am.  We were able to talk quietly to 3-4 clients. One young woman there to have Norplant removed took the rose I handed to her.    We had 45 minutes of fruitful interaction within the waiting room, without being noticed at all by the PP staff. Then there was a call for all of us to evacuate!  It took a moment to understand what this was about, at first we thought that it was because the staff figured out that several people in the waiting room (us!?) were not actual patients.  But then we realized it was due to rescuer Matthew Connolly who, when he managed to get past the clinic security guard, made a decision to “hide” in a bathroom down the hall from the procedure rooms. The clinic staff detected that someone was “barricaded” in the bathroom and they made a hasty judgment that this person was a danger to himself—not realizing of course that Matthew was a pro-life rescuer! As a result, the entire building was evacuated!   The police came and ordered that everyone leave the building—the PP staff, the women scheduled for abortions and us! However I made a decision to remain in the waiting room—as I was concerned that at some point the staff and women would eventually return and the abortions would begin. I wanted to remain to reach out to the women. Another Red Rose Rescuer had the same idea, and stayed in another bathroom off of the waiting room, completely undetected by clinic staff or the police! Two other rescuers, one of them Will Goodman and Dianna Harlow, evacuated the clinic with everyone else as they intended to continue to talk to the women, by now up to ten, who had come for abortions—women who thought that they too were there for an abortion!    Outside on the sidewalk the rescuers were able to interact with the PP clients, gently conversing about not getting an abortion and this went on for over two hours!  I stayed in the waiting room for one hour, sitting with the roses in my hands, undetected. I prayed a Rosary. A major focus was afoot—the police negotiating with Matthew “barricaded” inside the other restroom down the hall. A SWAT team was even call in and they managed to get the door of the restroom open—and by now the entire block where the PP clinic is located was cordoned off by police tape! Women arriving for their abortion appointments were told point blank by the police that the clinic was closed for the day.  Matthew was apprehended, by some degree of force (they used a tazer and pepper water spray, yes he says: it was not pleasant). However, Matthew was later released with no charges!  Finally, a uniformed police officer walked into the empty waiting room. I was there quietly praying with roses in my hands, and he suddenly noticed me. He looked at me startled, and began to explain that I did not belong inside, and I must "go outside with the rest of the protestors."   I responded, "Officer, as long as there is any chance that all the patients and staff would come back into the building to resume the dismemberment of children, I will not leave."

This exchange continued with both the uniformed officer and a civil affairs officer who came after being alerted to my presence. Eventually, I was handcuffed and dragged out of the waiting room and taken out of the clinic. I only received however, a mere $50 dollar city citation! The handcuffs were removed and I was free to walk away.

 Two hours later the other rescuer in the second restroom (who wishes to remain anonymous) was discovered by police inside and simply permitted to leave the clinic with no charges! 

 We witnessed the police informing about a dozen patients approaching the Planned Parenthood doors that all appointments were canceled for the day. No one was allowed entrance. Due to the Red Rose Rescue, no unborn children were killed at this PP clinic. We pray this reprieve will be the opportunity for at least one, and maybe more than one woman to choose life!  

2. WEST CHESTER, PA PP: Father Fidelis Moscinski, Linda Mueller and John Hinshaw participated in this rescue. Once they entered the waiting room however, the clinic staff detected that they were not there for any PP “services.” Police arrived very quickly and they were belligerent and hostile—even threatening to arrest Fr. Bill Kuscinsky who was outside on the sidewalk because he stepped into the street to take a photo!

 MFather Fidelis, Linda Mueller and John Hinshaw were arrested and taken away quickly. Sadly, abortion appointments continued for the day. The prayer supporters that came with the Red Rose Rescuers were alongside the faithful, local pro-lifer sidewalk counselors who were already in place as usual for Fridays at this abortuary. Much sidewalk outreach occurred to women arriving for abortions. 

 Fr. Fidelis, Linda and John were taken to the County Jail. Unbelievably they have been charged with felony trespass and conspiracy to commit trespass! There is simply no reason for such severe charges! NONE!

Linda was arraigned in late afternoon (before close of court for day) and given a $2,500 bail which her husband managed to pay.

 John and Father were not arraigned until "night court" after 7 p.m. Although their charges were the same, the bail was doubled! $5,000 bail each!  John was bailed out by a generous local benefactor. 

 Father Fidelis was very clear to everyone that HE DID NOT WANT TO BE BAILED OUT! He refuses to pay the bond! Thus Fr. Fidelis of the Franciscan Friars of the Renewal is still in the Westchester County jail. He will appear before a judge, Friday, Sept. 3rd at 10am—and we hope he will be released on his own recognizance!  Please pray!!!  

 For those who may not understand why Father Fidelis refuses to pay the bond—When you post bail, the court has the money now, and if you are found guilty later, and you refuse to pay the fine, the fine can be deducted from the bail you posted. 

 This is something Father Fidelis is avoiding. He has always stated that he is in the best position to do this, as he is a religious, has no money/property, no family responsibilities, etc.  After 30+ Red Rose Rescues, and at least a dozen for Father Fidelis himself, Father will be spending at least a few days in jail.

 

PLEASE PRAY FOR ALL THE WOMEN THAT THE RED ROSE RESCUERS TRIED TO HELP—PRAY THEY WILL CHOOSE LIFE!!

 

 

Fetal experimentation at U. of Pittsburgh - exposed

All in this video off EWTN.