Liturgical Vestment Recommendation

Good flames e.g. tongues of fire during Pentecost come from above.

If this one has already been purchased and there are no returns, then you might do the "3 men in the fiery furnance bit" but that would really be a stretch.

Better resell or donate it to womyn priests.

H/T Cath. Vote Action.org

Sex Guide for kids (10 above) - not disclose HIV status

Here is a guide book from Int'l Planned Parenthood for "A young person's guide to their rights, sexuality and living with HIV"  Source http://www.ippf.org/en/Resources/Guides-toolkits/Healthy+happy+and+hot+text.htm or click here

By young person, they mean kids.Highlight the link for Young People and you'll see the definition below.
Young People:  Those who are aged between 10-24 years.

It also states that the young can decide if they will disclose (or not) their HIV status.
"Young people living with HIV have the right to decide if, when, and how to disclose their HIV status."

Then there's the money maker - abortion being peddled to kids.
Safe abortion:  Women may have an unplanned pregnancy, even if they and their partner(s) use contraceptives, and may wish to terminate their pregnancy by having a safe abortion.

Video: Abortionist Lies to Woman About Fetus

A Second Wisconsin Planned Parenthood Caught On Tape Giving Misleading Medical Information

Contact: Lila Rose, media@liveaction.org, (323) 454-3304
MILWAUKEE, April 12th–A new undercover video reveals medically inaccurate abortion counseling at a tax-funded Milwaukee Planned Parenthood clinic. The video, released by youth-led pro-life group Live Action, records Planned Parenthood staff distorting basic facts of fetal development and pressuring a woman to have an abortion.
In the video, a staffer tells a woman who is reportedly 6 to 8 weeks pregnant that at this stage her baby has “no arms, no legs, no heart no head, no brain.” The staffer emphasizes the difficulties of adoption, urges the woman to obtain an abortion as soon as possible, says that images of abortion are fabricated, and states that the unborn child at 6 to 8 weeks has no “identifiable parts” and is just “fetal matter.”

Source http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t3qisxPnbhg&feature=player_embedded or click here

State Dept fears al-Qaeda obtaining weapons grade nuclear material

"Terrorists including al-Qaeda pose a serious threat to world security as they attempt to obtain atomic weapons material, Hillary Clinton, the US Secretary of State, declared on the eve of a global summit in Washington to prevent a nuclear terror attack."    In a 2007 video, bin Laden repeated his promise "to use massive weapons" to destroy capitalism and help create an Islamic caliphate, and there have been numerous examples in recent years of al-Qaeda's attempts to acquire WMD material.  According to Mr Mowatt-Larssen, the first evidence of the terrorist group's plans to purchase nuclear material was in late 1993. An al-Qaeda defector who became a source for the CIA and FBI, revealed that bin Laden tried to buy uranium in Sudan.  In 2001, Zawahiri was quoted as saying in an interview: "If you have $30 million, go to the black market in central Asia, contact any disgruntled Soviet scientist, and dozens of smart briefcase bombs are available."

More here or  http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/article7094876.ece
On a spiritual note, one must always be ready to die.

CHA to JHA, Priests 100x less likely, Chicago nun apologizes re: Obama stance

CHA renamed to JHA http://www.catholicvoteaction.org/americanpapist/index.php?p=6825
CHA should be renamed to JHA - Judas' Health Agency.  IMHO, that would be an appropriate conclusion after the Vatican Chief Justice, Archbishop Raymond Burke condemned, rebuked and called out their “obstinate betrayal” this weekend during the Institute on Religious Life’s national meeting at Mundelein Seminary in Illinois.  His words leave no doubt that the Catholic Church has been betrayed by Sr. Keehan of CHA when they supported Obamacare. Consider these quotes from his speech.

"Who could imagine that consecrated religious would openly, and in defiance of the bishops as successors of the apostles publicly endorse legislation containing provisions which violated the natural moral law in its most fundamental tenets – the safeguarding and promoting of innocence and defenseless life, and fail to safeguard the demands of the free exercise of conscience for health care workers?"

And the damage done by these arrogant and foolish nuns is incalculable and unconscionable.
"The spiritual harm done to the individual religious who are disobedient and also the grave scandal caused to the faithful and people in general are of incalculable dimensions."
Finally, if these nuns are going to misrepresent the Church, then they should stop confusing the faithful and dissociate themselves from the Church;  they should not pretend to represent the other nuns in particular and the Church in general.  ( But they won't get a pen from Obama that way -  not to mention the millions of dollars for CHA that 30 silver pieces adjusted for inflation.)
"Now is the time for us all, and in particular for consecrated persons to stand up for the truth and to call upon our fellow Catholics in leadership to do the same or to cease identifying themselves as Catholics."

Question: Imprimatur for Organizations? Is there an official seal of approval in organizations that will denote an official relationship or a seal of approval from the Catholic Church - something like an imprimatur and nihil obstat in publications?

1 out of 100 Odds of sex abuse by priests http://www.startribune.com/opinion/commentary/90405449.html?elr=KArksc8P:Pc:U0ckkD:aEyKUiD3aPc:_Yyc:aUU  It is still safer to put your kids in parochial or Catholic schools.  'In 2004, a groundbreaking report commissioned by the U.S. Department of Education found that 6 to 10 percent of children in public schools have been sexually abused or harassed by teachers or school employees. Hofstra University Prof. Charol Shakeshaft, the report's author, estimated that about 290,000 students were victimized between 1991 and 2000. "So we think the Catholic Church has a problem?" Shakeshaft told Education Week. "The physical sexual abuse of students in schools is likely more than 100 times the abuse by priests." '

The Vatican has a blog at http://www.visnews-en.blogspot.com/ or you can see their latest entry at my blog roll, on the left margin.  FYI, the Vatican Information Service is a news service, founded in the Holy See Press Office, that provides information about the Magisterium and the pastoral activities of the Holy Father and the Roman Curia. Each service consists primarily of pontifical acts and appointments, a summary of the Holy Father’s homilies and speeches, presentations and communications concerning pontifical documents and dicasteries of the Holy See, activities of the Congregations, Pontifical Councils, Synods, etc, and official statements issued by the Holy See Press Office.

Chicago Archdiocese apologized for saying that President Obama is simply pro-choice and not pro-abortion   http://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2010/apr/10040803.html 

From LifeSiteNews:  Sr. Anita Baird, the founding director of the Office of Racial Justice for the Chicago Archdiocese, has apologized for saying that President Obama is simply pro-choice and not pro-abortion, and now professes that "there can be no distinction" between the two.  "In order to clarify my quote that appeared on LifeSiteNews.com, I am affirming my belief in the teachings of the Catholic Church and understand that there can be no distinction between pro-abortion and pro-choice, because the choice at issue is the choice to kill a child," wrote Baird in a statement released Wednesday. "I also apologize to those who were scandalized by my statement."  LifeSiteNews.com (LSN) had interviewed Baird Tuesday regarding the Office for Racial Justice's planned award for Fr. Michael Pfleger, a politically activist priest notorious for outspokenly supporting pro-abortion public figures such as Barack Obama.  During the interview, Baird said that "the president is not pro-abortion, the president is pro-choice. I think they are two very different things." "To be pro-abortion is that you believe in abortion and you support it," she said. "And I don't think you'll find that the president has ever said that."

I applaud Sr. Anita Baird for her humility and fidelity to the Church.

Video: You are invited on Tax Day

For an event near you, see http://www.teapartypatriots.org/

video source http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AivbTShqCns

Flying Cows and Pro-Life Democrats from St. Thomas & Indiana Right to Life

When St. Thomas Aquinas was in the seminary, he was taciturn so much so that his classmates thought that he was dumb.  His classmates tested him and said, "Look I see a flying cow."  At that, St. Thomas turned to the window.  "He actually thought that cows can fly!", they scoffed.  "I find it more plausible to believe that a cow can fly," St. Thomas responded, "that to think that a cleric can lie."

The Indiana Right to Life Political Action Group think the same about Democrats supporting the unborn such that they decided today to barr endorsing Democratic candidates.

“Our leadership anguished over this decision,” notes IRTL-PAC chairman Mike Fichter. “Had Democrats like Brad Ellsworth held firm in opposing federal funding for abortion in the health care bill, we likely would have rewarded such action with a bipartisan endorsement policy. Ellsworth’s collapse under pressure from the White House and Speaker Pelosi, as well as the collapse of his colleagues Joe Donnelly and Baron Hill, leaves us with no alternative. Leadership matters, and the reality is that Democratic leaders are advancing an abortion agenda at an alarming rate that will only be checked by a Republican majority.” — CNW  More at http://rtv6blogs.com/rtv6_capitol/2010/04/08/indiana-right-to-life-gets-it/