Obama Admin Attacks Religious Freedoms. Bishops Flee to Congress for Protection.

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WASHINGTON, DC, October 27, 2011 (LifeSiteNews.com) - Bishop William Lori, chair of the USCCB’s newly created Ad Hoc Committee for Religious Liberty, called on Congress to take action to protect religious liberty in testimony delivered yesterday before a House Judiciary subcommittee.


He told the committee that the USCCB’s decision this past June to create the committee he was now chairing was motivated by a pressing concern over the recent onslaught of attacks against religious liberty.

The bishop focused in particular on actions taken by the Obama Administration, including the controversial HHS mandate requiring employers to cover all contraceptives, including drugs that can cause early abortions.


Additionally, he pointed to the administration’s decision to withdraw government contracts from Catholic organizations such as Catholic Relief Services and the USCCB’s Migration and Refugee Services (MRS) based on those organizations’ refusal to provide “reproductive services” that conflict with Church teaching.

“Already, HHS has taken its major program for serving trafficking victims away from MRS and transferred it to several smaller organizations that frankly may not be equipped to assume this burden,” he said.

He also criticized the Department of Justice for the polemical tone of recent court briefs it had filed in opposition to the Defense of Marriage Act. According to Lori, the DOJ had claimed “that supporters of the law could only have been motivated by bias and prejudice.”  ...

Bishop Lori called for “urgent and concentrated action” in response to these attacks, including support for the Protect Life Act, the Abortion Non-Discrimination Act, and the Respect for Rights of Conscience Act.

He suggested that a Congressional hearing may be needed to investigate “the illegal conditions that HHS and USAID are placing on providers of human services.”
He also noted the existence of state attacks on religious liberty, such as New York’s failure to protect the conscience rights of court clerks who refuse to cooperate with same sex marriage and Illinois’ refusal to allow Catholic Charities to facilitate adoption and foster care.

Pope says no "holy wars" - not the way of God.

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After traveling by train for just over an hour and half, the pope arrived to the city of Assisi for the inter-religious gathering. He boarded a small bus, along with other religious leaders, before arriving at the Basilica of St. Mary of the Angels. There, the pope personally welcomed all participants at the entrance.  


I don't think this Pope will kiss a bloody Q'uran anytime soon.  Good for him.  We need clarity in the Church not confusion. 

Why did Bl. Pope John Paul II kiss the Q'uran?

Why did Bl. Pope John Paul II kiss the Q'uran?  The same reason why Pope Pius XII kept diplomatic ties with the Nazis - to defend the helpless in the hands of the Nazis, now Muslims, and to save those that are being persecuted through diplomatic channels and stations e.g. churches and other religious institutions that had provided sanctuary to Jews back then and hopefully the Christians these days.  Bl. Pope John Paul II would have smoked a turd if it would save a single Coptic Christian.  St. John Bosco said that he would tip his hat to the devil, if he would let him snatch a soul from hell.

Muslims listen, even to Jews, if one can do this....

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Our friend Professor Mordecai Kedar shows us all on how to stand up to the the Arab media. If only our Jewish Federations and Jewish leaders would stop talking peace and instead stand up for what is theirs. Respect comes before being loved. Jews need to stop looking to be loved and start looking to be respected.

The spirituality for fighting Muslims is the same as fighting devils.

Spiritual warfare.    

The second Vatican council took a conciliatory approach to Muslims - saying they worship the same God. But here we see that they do not see it that way. Their god Allah is differentiated from the god of the Jews and Christians. So, that Vatican declaration might be taken in the sense of James 2:19 "You believe that there is one God. Good! Even the demons believe that--and shudder." Muslims may recognize the same God in the same sense as the demons do.  And Allah is the moon god of the Bedouins - even if the word translates into G-D. There is no continuity from YHWH of Israel to the heavenly Father of Jesus vs muhammed's sock puppet allah.

So, it is consistent with an approach of no tolerance, no compromise, no acceptance of evil e.g. the deceitful ways and teachings of Islam.

You choose - whether you're aware or not. See what these fundamental and life altering choices are.

I choose
to live by choice, not chance;
to make changes, not excuses;
to be motivated, not manipulated;
to be useful, not used;
to excel, not compete,

I choose
self-esteem, not self pity,
to listen to my inner voice, not the random opinion of others

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