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. .. .DAVID THEGIANT KILLER . .. . 1st. . S A M U E L . . 1 7 New International Version, emphases added Abrdgd – the complete text is in your BibleOR:TO READ 1ST SAMUEL 17 IN FULL, Click HereTO HEAR MAX McLEAN READING IT, Click HereTO HEAR A DRAMATIZATION OF IT, Click HereTO WATCH AN OVERVIEW OF 1ST SAMUEL , Click Here . .1 0 2 4 . . B. C. . . 48 As the Philistine moved closer to attack him, David ran quickly toward the battle line to meet him. 49 Reaching into his bag...

Teleios evaluated the influence of religious beliefs on the general wellbeing of college students. Of the 227 participants, there were almost equal portions of self-professed evangelicals, social Christians, agnostic/atheist and other religious groups. Students reported high levels of wellbeing with no statistical difference between religious belief systems. Evangelical Christians more often perceived themselves as: spiritual (P<0.001), accepted by God (P<0.001) and having more purpose (P=0.01). Students who identified as both evangelicals and ‘saved by grace’ showed greater wellbeing (P=0.015). IN SUMMARY, university students have high levels of wellbeing across all religious belief systems, but evangelical Christians show higher levels of...

US bishop: Right to life must be ‘paramount’ in 2020 election 'The right to life itself must be given our paramount consideration' CLEVELAND, Ohio, October 14, 2020 (LifeSiteNews) – Bishop Edward Malesic of the Diocese of Cleveland released a letter on his diocesan website regarding the “paramount consideration” that must be given to the right to life and opposing abortion above all other issues when voting in next month’s election. “The consistent teaching of the Church regarding the intrinsic evil of abortion seeks to secure all other rights as well,” Malesic wrote in his Sept. 30 letter. 

All Brothers, But Without God Anymore. A Philosopher Judges the Latest Encyclical From Francis A few days after its publication, the encyclical “Fratelli tutti” has already been shelved, given the absence in it of the slightest hint of innovation in comparison with the previous and well-known addresses of Pope Francis on the same issues.But what if precisely this rambling Franciscan homily on "fraternity" were to give birth to a "different Christianity,” in which "Jesus were nothing but a man?”This is the very serious "dilemma" in which the philosopher Salvatore Natoli sees the Church plunged today, with the pontificate of Jorge...

US Catholic Bishops Finance Organized Effort to Elect Joe Biden NOTE: At the end of this article, we ask that you contact your bishop to demand that all members of Faith in Action be immediately and permanently banned from future funding from the CCHD.The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) through the Catholic Campaign for Human Development (CCHD) are funding an organized and direct effort to elect former vice president Joe Biden as the next president of the United States. Faith in Action (formerly the PICO Network) is one of the most heavily funded organizations of the CCHD.  The...

Catholic bishop rebukes Biden for supporting ‘the ultimate child abuse’ 'Will you tell God you supported the ultimate child abuse because of the American Constitution?' October 13, 2020 (LifeSiteNews) — Bishop Richard Stika of the Diocese of Knoxville, Tennessee is the latest of numerous Catholic clergymen to publicly take issue with Democratic vice presidential candidate Joe Biden’s stated position on abortion. Joining Fr. James Altman, Cardinal Raymond Burke, Fr. Stephen Imbarrato, and others, Stika raked Biden for “support[ing] the ultimate child abuse.” On Sunday, Stika tweeted: A question for Mr. Biden. At your judgement before God, how will you explain...

. .. .DAVID MEETS MR. BIG . .. . 1st. . S A M U E L . . 1 7 New International Version, emphases added Abrdgd – the complete text is in your BibleOR:TO READ 1ST SAMUEL 17 IN FULL, Click HereTO HEAR MAX McLEAN READING IT, Click HereTO HEAR A DRAMATIZATION OF IT, Click HereTO WATCH AN OVERVIEW OF 1ST SAMUEL , Click Here . .1 0 2 4 . . B. C. . . 1 Now the Philistines gathered their forces for war and assembled in Judah. 3 The Philistines occupied one hill and the Israelites another....

Vatican Mints Mother Earth Coin Image of St. Peter welcoming migrants engraved on second coin VATICAN CITY (ChurchMilitant.com) - The Vatican City State Mint has issued a 10-euro silver coin depicting "Mother Earth" — an image designed for World Earth Day by Bergamo-born sculptor and engraver Luigi Oldani. Ten euro coin depicting "Mother Earth" While the Numismatic Chronicle interpreted the icon as Madre Terra (Mother Earth), the Vatican portrayed it as "a mother carrying the Earth, to which we owe care and love as if she were a daughter." The coin, issued Monday, symbolizes the earth's fertility "with long ears of corn"...

Pope Francis pleases the world – and trashes Catholicism Fratelli Tutti, Pope Francis’s latest encyclical containing 43,000 words, has nothing to do with a well-known variety of Italian ice cream, although some loyal Catholics may be forgiven for crediting the traditional Tutti Frutti dessert with more depth, substance and meaning than the latest offering from the Holy Father. Fratelli Tutti, though, like the ice cream, is sweet, gooey and inoffensive to the modern mind. Who could argue, for example, with the sugary statement that ‘everyone has a fundamental role to play in a single great creative project: to write a...

TX Prelate Defies State Bishops’ Conference Bp. Strickland opposes anti-life policies pushed by faux-life groups FORT WORTH, Texas (ChurchMilitant.com) - A coalition of disability advocates are petitioning the Texas Supreme Court to protect a toddler from having her treatment removed against her family's wishes. The Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops (TCCB) has long supported Cook Children's Hospital (CCH) in implementing the 10-Day Rule of the Texas Advanced Directives Act (TADA), which allows the hospital to remove 20-month old Tinslee Lewis from her ventilator.  Tinslee Lewis After a CCH "ethics panel" told the family in November 2019 of its decision to remove treatment, the Lewis...

. . SAUL HIRES A HARPIST . . NO, NOT HARPO MARX, BUT THANKS FOR PLAYING! VANNA, TELL ‘EM WHAT THEY WON. . . 1st. . S A M U E L . . 1 6 New International Version, emphases added Abrdgd – the complete text is in your BibleOR:TO READ 1ST SAMUEL 16 IN FULL, Click HereTO HEAR MAX McLEAN READING IT, Click HereTO HEAR A DRAMATIZATION OF IT, Click HereTO WATCH AN OVERVIEW OF 1ST SAMUEL , Click Here . .1 0 2 4 . . B. C. . . 14 Now the Spirit of the Lord had...

The cross and the dragon – how Pope Francis is lining up with Xi Jinping Chinese President Xi Jinping’s five-year policy of “Sinification” requires that religious believers be more loyal to the Communist Party than to their religion. The Chinese flag flies in front of a Catholic church in the village of Huangtugang, China. The Vatican and the Communist Chinese Government signed a provisional agreement. Full terms have never been released, but it deals with the appointment of bishops, and expires on October 22, 2020. Vatican Secretary of State Pietro Parolin reported the Pope’s intention to maintain the accord. Critics...

Catholic activists praise pope's move away from just war theory Vatican City — The leaders of an international movement seeking to have the Catholic Church formally set aside its long-held teachings on just war theory are praising Pope Francis' new encyclical Fratelli Tutti, which said it is "very difficult" to invoke the theory today because of the brutality of modern combat. Former and current presidents of Pax Christi International, which has co-hosted two conferences with the Vatican over the past four years focused on helping the church move away from the just war tradition, say the pope's document makes substantial...

Fratelli Tutti: Bergoglio’s Ideology of Brotherhood Fratelli Tutti: Bergoglio’s Ideology of Brotherhood Francis’ new encyclical "Fratelli Tutti" is the ideological manifesto of Bergoglism writes the Italian journalist Marcello Veneziani who is not a Catholic. For him, Fratelli Tutti is not theology but ideology imbued with moralism. Francis is interested in a universal citizenship, in welcoming immigration, and environmentalism. His enemies are nationalism, populism and liberalism. The coronavirus contagion is attributed to environmental degradation. His Saint Clare is Greta Thunberg, Veneziani writes. Not A Christian Brotherhood Veneziani identifies the theme of brotherhood as the heart of the encyclical but he points...

Fratelli Tutti: Glory to Man in the Highest Francis' encyclical 'full of sound and fury signifying nothing' Bad writers need good editors. Pope Francis needs a good plumber. The drains at Santa Marta have sprung a titanic leak. Fratelli Tutti's 43,000 words are flooding St. Peter's piazza, and Grzegorz Brzęczyszczykiewicz — the Vatican's elite Polish plumber — is as discombobulated as a plummeting parachutist whose ripcord is tangled in the zip of his trousers. Fratelli Tutti: verbosity on steroids Fratelli Tutti, Francis' latest encyclical, is a veritable bacchanalia of verbosity. It is longer than Jeremiah — the Bible's longest book....

Another Irish priest allows Muslim imam to lead prayers in Catholic Church A local imam joined Fr. Fergal MacDonagh at Our Lady of Dolours Church, Dolphin’s Barn, in a prayer service to mark the commencement of the new school year. DUBLIN, Ireland, October 9, 2020 (LifeSiteNews) – A Catholic school in Dublin invited a Muslim leader to issue a blessing to the students, as well as to offer a prayer in which he referenced Christ as a mere “prophet.”   A local imam joined Fr. Fergal MacDonagh at Our Lady of Dolours Church, Dolphin’s Barn, in a prayer service to mark the commencement of the new school year.  The Muslim...

COLUMBUS IS OURS -- Let us rejoice! A Happy Columbus Day for All our Readers!  ¡Feliz Día de la Hispanidad!   Monastery of Sant Jeroni de la Murtra, near Barcelona, where the Catholic Monarchs welcomed Columbus back from the Indies in 1493 Now that four centuries have sped since a Ligurian first, under God's guidance, touched shores unknown beyond the Atlantic, the whole world is eager to celebrate the memory of the event, and glorify its author. Nor could a worthier reason be found where through zeal should be kindled. For the exploit is in itself the highest and...

2020 election is Trump/Viganò vs. Biden/Francis for future of global order Was Fratelli Tutti deliberately released to coincide with the U.S. election? October 12, 2020 (LifeSiteNews) — A decade ago, journalists could barely contain themselves when news of misbehaving clergy came across their desk. Almost every time Pope Benedict said something publicly about homosexuality or abortion, the media pounced, immediately reminding their viewers that the Catholic Church was full of pedophiles and molesters and that it was a blatantly hypocritical organization. Fast forward to today. Despite the fact that Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò has blown the lid off rampant homosexuality...

. .. .SAMUEL ANOINTS YOUNG DAVID . .. . 1st. . S A M U E L . . 1 6 New International Version, emphases added Abrdgd – the complete text is in your BibleOR:TO READ 1ST SAMUEL 16 IN FULL, Click HereTO HEAR MAX McLEAN READING IT, Click HereTO HEAR A DRAMATIZATION OF IT, Click HereTO WATCH AN OVERVIEW OF 1ST SAMUEL , Click Here . .1 0 2 4 . . B. C. . . Then the Lord said, “Rise and anoint him; this is the one.” 13 So Samuel took the horn of oil and anointed him...

EXPOSÉ: New Interview with Fr. Charles Murr on Mother Pascalina, Bugnini, Paul VI, and Other Major Figures Preliminary Note: For decades, traditionalists have suspected or accused Annibale Bugnini of being a Freemason, based essentially on hearsay and circumstantial evidence. The matter remained doubtful to such an extent that the eminent French historian Yves Chiron, himself a traditionalist, was unable to credit the rumor, judging the evidence inadequate and inconclusive. The situation began to change last May when Kevin Symonds presented credible details, courtesy of Fr. Brian Harrison, naming Cardinal Dino Staffa as the one who brought Paul VI the...