What is it with California -- is it the land of fruits and nuts?
What is it with California -- is it the land of fruits and nuts?
From your keyboard to God's mailbox...Father Corapi is great!
‘traumatic for the kids’...
NO honey, what happened to the kids in those pictures was traumatic.
Your little crumb-cruncher goes to public skool, gets taught how to put condoms on bananas ‘cuz ‘kids are just going to do it anyway’, read ‘The Two Princes’ or ‘My Two Dads’, all his textbooks have ‘mom’ and ‘dad’ crossed out as this somehow offends gays (what the hell doesn’t offend them????), can participate in ‘The Day of Silence’ but biblical t-shirts and bibles will get you suspended.
No sweetheart, seeing the consequences of murder is not traumatic. what is traumatic is what those babies went through by their own parents, and government funding helped it happen. That’s friggin’ traumatic. And pathetic.
Of course one is required to extend communion to men dressed in drag as nuns who mock the Church and her teachings, or politicians who thumb their nose at Catholic teaching on the sanctity of life, but heaven forbid that a pro-life abortion clinic protester attempt to take communion. Sheesh...
Elderly pro-lifer arrested for trespass at his San Mateo parish pleads not guilty; trial set for Jan. 22
Ross Foti, the pro-life activist arrested after coming onto the grounds of St. Matthews Church in San Mateo last November, pleaded not guilty to charges of trespass on Dec. 27. Foti, 73, has long been a controversial figure at St. Matthews. Last year, parents of children at the parish school began complaining about Fotis truck, displaying graphic signs of aborted babies, which he parked on a public street adjacent to the school. In September, Foti, at the request of St. Matthews pastor, Fr. Anthony McGuire, agreed to cover the offending signs on his truck when it was parked near the church. Later, when Foti, according to McGuire, reneged on a promise never to attend the Friday childrens Mass (Foti said the ban was temporary), McGuire told him he was permanently banned from the parish.
When Foti later came to Mass on Tuesday, Nov. 13, McGuire had him arrested for trespass. Foti said he had attended two Masses the previous Saturday and had received communion from McGuire, but the priest had not had him arrested then. McGuire, however, claimed that he could do nothing about Foti on that Saturday, since Foti had left the church before he could speak with him. Scheduled to appear for a pre-trial conference on Jan. 10 and a jury trial on Jan. 22, Foti could face a fine and up to a year in jail if convicted on two counts of misdemeanor trespass. But, according to his lawyer, Katie Short of Life Legal Defense, the prosecution is charging him under a statute that prohibits entering and occupying real property or premises. Thats entering and occupying, said Short, and that means, basically, taking up residence. Its very difficult to make out a case of criminal trespass in California.
According to the San Mateo Daily Journal, Foti, who wants to be able to attend Mass at St. Matthews, would like to take his case before a court of canon law and pursue a civil suit for defamation of character. Foti would like to pursue a canon law remedy, said Short, but as for the claim that he wants to pursue a civil suit, I dont know where thats coming from. The question for the canonical court would be whether McGuire had the authority to forbid Foti to come to the parish. Ross did write to the vicar for clergy of the archdiocese [of San Francisco], said Short, and he got a letter back that said, I write to tell you that I support [Fr. McGuires] request that you withdraw permanently from St. Matthew Church. As pastor Fr. McGuire does have the right to make this decision and he does so after taking into account the best interests of all members of the parish and school community.
When she read the letter, Short said she thought, Wow, what youre saying is, somebody doesnt have to have done anything legally wrong, canonically wrong; a pastor can decide to expel someone in the best interests of the community. I frankly think that is something people should know. It puts in a whole new light this tolerance of pro-abortion politicians. Wouldnt it be in the best interests of a parish that it not be scandalized by the presence of pro-abortion politicians?