Why Was St. Kolbe Called 'Anti Semitic'?

In an article in Anglo Protestant newspaper The Irish Times in 1999, Geoffrey Wigoder referred to Saint Maximilian Kolbe as ‘the anti Semitic priest’.

An Israeli, he served as Vatican's Secretariat for Religious Dialogue with the Jewish People at the time of writing the article. In a shocking passage, Wigoder seems to have objected to not only the beatification of Kolbe (who was killed by the Nazis) but also the beatification of St. Edith Stein, who was also killed by the Nazis. He also repeated baseless insinuations about Pope Pius XII.

He wrote:

There have been glitches during this period and certain acts of the Pope - such as his reception of Arafat when a terrorist leader and of Waldheim, or his beatification of the anti-Semitic priest Maximilian Kolbe and of Edith Stein, the nun who died at Auschwitz for her Jewishness, as well as the proposed beatification of the controversial Pius XII - have been badly received in the Jewish community.

The accusations stemmed from 1982, the first charges were from Austrian periodical Wiener Tagebuch, a propaganda arm of the Austrian Communist Party (KPO).

Later, Washington Post writer Richard Cohen had criticised Pope John Paul II’s beatification of Kolbe, stating that the anti Semitism of Kolbe was ‘swept under the carpet’. Cohen actually blamed Kolbe for inciting the Holocaust (which Kolbe died in) and wrote:

 it is not unfair to say that he and others like him provided a hospitable enviroment for it (the Holocaust). By propagating anti-Semitism, they set the stage for the unimaginable horror that was to follow.

In selecting Father Kolbe for sainthood, the church overlooked this

In a deranged article in 2006, Cohen raged at Pope Benedict XVI’s visit to Auschwitz:

In religious terms, he is undoubtedly a saint -- but not to me. My saints are not bigots.

A writer who supported killing or expelling 82% of Iraq’s Christians in an illegal and criminal war, Christopher Hitchens, dismissed the heroism of Kolbe, writing that he was:

a rather ambivalent priest who . . . had apparently behaved nobly in Auschwitz

Hitchens, who helped to bring about a criminal war that led to an estimated one million deaths of innocent people in Iraq while he smoked cigars and drank wine, also wrote that Kolbe had been:

stoking the very oven in which he was to perish.

More recently, Hareetz marked Pope Francis’s visit to Auschwitz by stating:

The Catholic Church canonised him, turning him into a martyr nearly 35 years ago. It ignored the fact that he was actually an anti Semite who believed in the ‘Protocols of the Elders of Zion’ and that he justified the expulsion of Jews from Poland’s economy.

The article then made insinuations about Pope Pius XII and the Vatican Archives, which have since been proven to be false with the opening of the records of the much slandered pope.

Jedrzej Giertych, who wrote a book called ‘The Libel against a Saint’, stated that even most Jews in the 1920s thought that the Protocols of the Elders of Zion was authentic, nonetheless, it only makes up a couple of lines in his vast bibliography.

The New York Times reported that the opposition to Kolbe’s beatification was coming mainly from British and American sources. The New York Times article on the matter actually defended Kolbe, writing:

In 1934 his colleagues in Poland sent him a sample issue of the newspaper. Father Kolbe wrote back to them about an article that demanded the elimination of Jews from Polish economic life. The letter said:

''It would be better not to speak so much about the necessity of a systematic removal of Jews, but rather to contribute to the multiplication of Polish businesses, which would lead more speedily to the goal.''

The next year he wrote to the editors: ''I would pay great attention not to stimulate hatred against Jews or to deepen it among readers, who are already hostile to them. Our highest goal must always be the conversion and sanctification of souls.'' Conversion Was the Goal

Nonetheless, Kolbe was not without Jewish defenders.

The St. Louis Centre for Holocaust Studies wrote:

his image of the Jews, as of all who did not share his faith, was of people who were prisoners of error, not objects of hatred.

Where did this controversy come from?

Kolbe had written thousands of letters, books and articles over a number of decades, many of them as part of his Militia Immaculata initiative, with his print editions of The Knight of the Immaculate and the Little Daily reaching large numbers of people. Despite the tens of thousands of pages from these 10,000 plus documents, only 31 mentioned Judaism, and they were mostly in relation to Masonry and Communism, of which he said he wished, ‘to seek the conversion of sinners, heretics, schismatics, Jews, etc., and especially, Masons’. There was of course the well known story from 1917, where a young Kolbe had seen Masons marching in Rome showing St. Michael being trounced by Lucifer and threatening to make the pope their slave.

Eugene Fisher, executive secretary of the National Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Secretariat for Catholic-Jewish Relations in the early 1980s had written that Kolbe had kept some 2,000 Jewish refugees in his monastery, evidence that his issue was more to do with spirituality than with race or whatever has been insinuated by the likes of pro Iraq War Christopher Hitchens.

Kolbe, by an objective measure was an incredibly noble and brave man, who gave up his life so that a man with children would live instead.

His Polish background and opposition to Freemasonry and to Communism was in an environment that was very different to that which was to be found after World War II.

In his own words, he articulated it best:

Hatred is not a creative force: only love is creative

Was St. Maximilian Kolbe an Anti-Semite? | EWTN

SAINTHOOD - The Washington Post

Whose Silence? - The Washington Post

Rome has left its traditional anti-Judaism well behind it (irishtimes.com)

The Defeat of Tenochtitlan and the End of Aztec Human Sacrifice

Few civilisations in history embody violence and cruelty as did the Aztecs.

Although many interpret terms like ‘Aztec’ to indicate all indigenous peoples of Central America, it ignores the fact that the Aztec Empire was run by animalistic bullies, who used their opulent wealth and power to enslave, massacre and abuse other indigenous peoples.

The Tlaxcaltecs and other native groups eagerly assisted Hernán Cortés and his Spanish forces in the Battle of Tenochtitlan, wishing for an end to the wicked Aztec Empire.

The idea that all natives were opposed to the Spanish is one misconception, but another one is that which seems to think that the treatment of natives in the Americas was worse than if they had been left alone. The same people who argue that, invariably do so on the assumption of the truth of allegations of ‘mass murders’ by the church against natives, even as recently as the early 20th Century. Ironically, the church did no such thing, but the pagan Aztecs did.

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Atop Templo Mayor in Tenochtitlan, innocent people would be sacrificed to the gods in gruesome fashion. Cortes’s men witnessed this upon their arrivals, they saw the priests slicing open the chests of sacrificial victims and offering their hearts to their gods. They would then dispose of the body down the steps of the Templo Mayor.

Recently discovered towers of skulls in Mexico

Recently discovered towers of skulls in Mexico

One of the conquistadors, Andres de Tapia, described how he had seen large constructions with thousands of skulls embedded. Recent excavations have shown that this was indeed true. It is remarkable that we still have to listen to exaggerations surrounding the Spanish Inquisition, when the numbers of deaths were minimal, while these genocides in the name of indigenous gods are overlooked, even denied or dismissed.

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Why did the Aztecs do this? The practical reason was to rule by fear. The cosmological reason was that they believed in Huitzilopochtli, the god who opposed the darkness and who needed to be supplanted and satisfied with constant sacrifices of humans.

The human sacrifice element is obviously the one that still captures much of people’s imagination, but slavery and war on behalf of the Aztecs was equally as much a part of their corrosive influence on the region.

In November 2020, the Mexican government sought an apology from the Catholic Church for its role in helping to end the evil Aztec Empire. They should be given no such thing.

On August 13th 1521, Cortes and his men took victory against the Aztecs and finally conquered Tenochtitlan.

Less than 20 years later, Our Lady of Guadalupe appeared in a land plagued by human sacrifice and enslavement to demons masquerading as gods. Within a decade, Mexico was Catholic.

Always pray and hope, with the expectation and realisation that it can move mountains and that the Holy Spirit works in the world.

Writing on the United States and its abortion culture, Dr. Peter Kreeft has written the following, which must give us pause for thought in our own times.

About 500 years ago, a strikingly similar culture of death reigned in Aztec Mexico. Some historians estimate that one out of every three children . . . were ritually sacrificed to their bloodthirsty and demanding god . . . exactly the same proportion of children conceived in America who are aborted today...













Catholic Staff and Students Being Bullied in Irish Schools

In a shocking new survey, it has been revealed that large numbers of Catholic students and staff are being aggressively bullied in the Irish education system.

Catholic World Report write that the survey of 214 teachers has revealed that intimidation and harassment of Catholics is now endemic in the Irish schooling system.

Some of the findings include

  • Religiously committed students feel vulnerable as they are a minority in Irish schools now.

  • Expressing religious based convictions can lead to low level bullying by staff members … e.g. expressing anti-abortion views

  • A Catholic student is more likely to be ridiculed or laughed at for their faith position so they tend to be silenced by the prevailing trend towards a secular humanist worldview

Certainly one has to assume that the behaviours of certain Irish politicians and media figures have been the catalyst for this, with many in the public eye even engaging in bullying behaviours of their own such as recording processions in order to encourage social media mobs to bully Catholics.

You can read a summary of of the shocking report here.

https://www.catholicworldreport.com/2021/08/11/report-shows-irish-teachers-concern-over-bullying-of-practicing-catholic-students/

Ireland Offers Hope to UK Euthanasia Battle

Many in Ireland are aware that the Dying with Dignity Act 2020 — An Bille um Bás Dínitiúil, 2020 — will not progress because as Mr. Lawless noted, it is not “legislatively workable” due to “a number technical legal errors.”

Obviously (!) that decision was made without any reference to the 1400+ submissions received by the Justice Committee of the Oireachtas — most overwhelmingly opposed to the legislation! Sure.

The brilliant news is that resistance is not futile!

In much the same way that Ireland’s legislation was pushed during the pandemic, the UK introduced two Bills through the House of Lords mid-pandemic while the NHS was nearly overwhelmed keeping people alive. The first Bill lapsed. The most recent version is basically identical and called the Assisted Dying Bill (HL Bill-13.)

The medical response in Canada to our “Medical Assistance in Dying” was at best, muted. (MAiD includes Assisted Suicide & Voluntary Euthanasia.) The official response from the Canadian Medical Association and its subsidiary medical associations, was to take a “neutral” approach — in other words they provided no particular medical opposition.

I hope that the UK notes the vast differences in response and outcomes between Canada and Ireland.

My focus is now to write for the UK: Catholic Arena will keep readers apprised of the progress there. I will be holding up the Irish response as a beacon of hope! It shows the British people and medical organizations that it can be done.

If there is one concrete benefit to opposing Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia, it is for people like Canadian Lia (Garifalia) Milousis, who tells her poignant story in the video below.

“I’m the future version of myself who survived to tell you this.”

Dr. Kevin Hay

BREAKING Nantes Terrorist Murders Priest in Vendée

Last year, liberal journalists and activists across Europe embarked upon a disinformation campaign in order to distract from a politically inconvenient story.

A Rwandan refugee had intentionally set Nantes Cathedral on fire in an act of arson.

The disinformation campaign claimed that he has been released without charge and was not a suspect but a wonderful sacristan. He was the sacristan, but was not wonderful and his deportation order was not follow upon even when it was determined that he had in fact set fire to Nantes Cathedral.

Now, in a farcical and tragic development, French media are reporting this morning that the same terrorist was allowed to remain free and has MURDERED a priest in the Vendée, the historical home of persecution of Catholics in France.

The Interior Minister of France has announced the ‘assassination' on Twitter, before cowardly making excuses for allowing the terrorist to stay and blaming Marine Le Pen for her rhetoric.

More on this story as we get it.

The Tragedy of Nagasaki's Christianity

August 9th, 1945.

On this date, the most devastating single act of violence in history was committed against the home of Christianity in the East when American forces dropped an Atomic Bomb on Nagasaki, Japan.

The city had a long and mystical relationship with the Catholic faith since 1549, when Saint Francis Xavier arrived at Kagoshima in Japan. The great Jesuit brought with him teachings of Christ and the Catholic faith.

The initial years of Japanese Christianity were a success and brought many baptisms and conversions to the faith. The Jesuits continued the success they experienced in other areas into the city of Nagasaki. So prolific were they in inspiring the Nagasaki people to follow Christ and to embrace his church that the area became known as 'Little Rome'.

The Japanese had converted to Catholicism in droves, estimates state that 130,000 had converted by 1579.

It was at that time the largest non European ruled Christian nation. The Jesuits, joined by the Franciscans and Dominicans, had successfully won over locals.

Domestic tensions would soon impinge upon this success.

A ban on the Jesuits in 1587 arose from Japanese native Toyitomi Hideyoshi, hoping to stamp out the influence of Christianity and the Jesuits in particular, upon the Japanese. Incidents like the San Felipe, where it was alleged Jesuits were a precursor to invasion, only made the situation worse.

In 1597, the Japanese church began the first of its many sufferings, when the executions took place of the men who became the 26 Martyrs of Nagasaki. Like our Blessed Lord, these men were crucified and pierced with spears, they were composed of Franciscans and Jesuits.

In 1615, Christianity was completely prohibited from Japan and missionaries were ordered to leave. Many stayed, even though persecutions followed. On September 10th 1622, 56 Christians were burned alive or beheaded at Nagasaki.

The following centuries were equally bleak for Christians in Japan.

Many tried to live their faith in secret but were forced to trample on an image of Christ or Mary once a year in order to prove that they were not secret Christians.

Despite their great suffering and the lack of priests to say Mass, the underground Church of Nagasaki was a place where Christians kept their faith from generation to generation. Anywhere they could, they prayed together, in secret and with great love for the Mystical Body of Christ.

In 1865, after Japan had been reopened to non natives, a French priest by the name of Bernard Petitjean was approached by some of those remnant Christians.

One of them whispered that she believed as he did and asked to see an image of the Virgin Mary. The priest was stunned to find that they'd baptised their children for centuries and kept the faith alive.

Most of the hidden Christians of that area were from the Village of Urakami.

In thanksgiving for the Lord's presence, they decided to build a Cathedral on the grounds of the land where they had been forced to trample on Our Lady's image. The Church of the Immaculate Conception that was built there was the biggest in Asia.

The Cathedral was completed in 1925 and became a sign of hope for Christians leading in to the future. 20 years later, 95% of Japan's now blossoming Catholic Church lived in Nagasaki.

After 250 years of exile, Japanese Christians finally had reasons for optimism.

Unfortunately, some in the United States had other plans for Japan's Christians.

On August 9th 1945, as the local Catholics prepared for the Feast of Immaculate Conception, the pilots of the Boxscar were instructed to look for the spire of the Urakami Cathedral as they dropped the 'Fatman' bomb.

Under orders from Harry Truman, a Freemason, the United States dropped its 2nd Atom Bomb in 3 days. The destruction was unimaginable.

Fulton Sheen would later associate the viciousness of the atomic bomb attacks with the moral disorder of the world afterwards, seeing it has having opened up a new system where the ends justified the means in all circumstances and man was capable of using technology to inflict hell on Earth.

The bombing in Nagasaki happened at 11.02 am as many attended Mass.

In the death toll

-8,500 of the 12,000 Christians

- 3 separate orders of nuns

- An entire Catholic school

There were stories of nuns singing as they made their way through the streets after the blast, many dropping dead on the street as they did so.

Christians now make up only 1% of the wider Japanese population.

We can pray and hope that these near 500 years of suffering and hiding will reap many rewards for the descendants of Christians in centuries to come, the blood of the martyrs will always be the seed of the church.

New Film on Latin Mass Highlights its Beauty

With current debates over the liturgy raging within the church, a new film is set to be released at the most apt time.

Mass of the Ages will offer a look into the Latin Mass communities of the United States of America, with cinematography that highlights the beautiful aesthetics. The makers of the film have stated that it

strives to reclaim the extraordinary mystery of Christ’s presence in the liturgy in the manner it has been celebrated for nearly 1600 years.

Rather than getting caught up in current debates:

Mass of the Ages approaches the debate by letting the beauty of the TLM stand on its own, so that it might be appreciated and understood by every Catholic.  The film project was undertaken by a group of professional Catholic filmmakers two years ago in response to the staggering statistics of disaffiliation in the Church among young Catholics, gradual decline in the priesthood, and degradation of the family unit over the past 50 years.  It also stems from the perspective that the TLM offers a solid foundation at a time when the world is in chaos and many Catholics are doubtful of Christ’s True Presence in the Eucharist. 

Many Latin Mass Communities in Europe and North America will note that their membership transcends overall trends wherein young people have less the faith, Director and Producer Cameron O’Hearn states:

Millions have left the Church, but many flock to the Traditional Latin Mass which weathered the sweeping changes of the 1960s and retains its traditions. Families are rising up to be a part of it, and it isn’t what you’d expect. When you think of a ‘Traditional Catholic, you probably have someone very specific in mind. But the characters in Mass of the Ages will surprise you--messy families, courageous priests, and deaths that forge a strong faith.

Despite claims to the contrary made about Traditionalists in liberal Catholic media in recent weeks, the ‘filmmakers affirm the validity of both the Novus Ordo and TLM and do so in a spirit of reverence’.

Rather, in a timely fashion, they state:

Our main priority is to showcase the beauty of the Mass of the Saints--where Heaven touches Earth--and make it accessible to the average Catholic. Mass of the Ages will give you a deep appreciation for your Catholic faith, and we cannot wait to share it with you

There are significant reasons as to why Traditional Latin Masses have surged in attendance over the past 14 years. When people attend them, specifically young people, they find that it transmits beauty, reverence and piety with an immediacy that is not always readily present in the inconsistent nature of the presentation of liturgies within some local parishes. In its silence, majesty and heredity it stands as a portal to not just deeper Eucharistic comprehension but also to aspects of theology and history that they have been alienated from.

The Latin Mass might not be the solution to every problem within the church, but it is a solution to one, that is the loss of reverence for the Eucharist. Hopefully this film with be received with a spirit of charity by those hostile to the Latin Mass and its attendees.

New Study Finds Half of Irish Catholics Returned After Pandemic

A new study by the Iona Institute has found that:

  • 46% of Catholics who were regular Mass goers pre pandemic have since returned

  • Of those who have not yet returned, 62% have said that it is because of fear

  • 20% said that they do not know if they will return

  • 4% said that they will not return

Commenting on the poll, which was a sample of 1,000 people, Iona’s David Quinn commented:

Church leaders will be encouraged that almost half of Catholics who were attending Mass regularly before the start of the pandemic have returned. In many cases, this is about the maximum a given church can accommodate because of social distancing requirements.

 What is noteworthy, however, is among those who have not returned, fear of Covid is still the main driving force even though almost every Mass-goer will be fully vaccinated by now, whereas last year, no-one was vaccinated. Clearly some work needs to be done both by the Churches and public health authorities to reduce the fear factor to a more reasonable level.

Church leaders will also be concerned that around a quarter of those who were coming to Mass regularly before the pandemic either won’t be back, or don’t know if they will. Is this because they have fallen out of the habit, or they have become permanently nervous of crowds? One way or the other, there will have to be an outreach to this group

Generally speaking, these are not numbers, especially with Ireland having endured Western Europe’s most severe lockdown and one of the world’s most aggressive crackdowns on religion during the pandemic. Gardai were seen entering churches, there were newspaper ‘journalists’ monitoring churches on webcams to spot if 5 extra people attended funerals and there was even the case of Fr. PJ Hughers, where Gardai surrounded his village to stop people from attending Mass. These have all played large psychological deterrents to a swift return to Mass.

It might be interesting to see if the recent bravery from the bishops in standing up to the government, who arbitrarily changed Covid rules today after being caught partying hard with dozens at a time across hotels in Dublin, will have an impact upon increasing numbers of those attending Mass.

Czech Cardinal's Beautiful Response to Criticism

When faith and politics collide, it is often the case that people are inclined to take sides and to forget humanity while engaging in animosity.

A powerful example of how to keep one’s humanity in a Christian spirit has been displayed by Czech Cardinal Dominik Duka this week, when he was interviewed regarding two of his employees running for election with right wing parties.

The political activities of Josef Nerušil and Hana Lipovský have caused serious objections from liberal Catholics in the Czech Republic, with twenty six prominent Catholics releasing a recent public letter calling on Cardinal Duka to disown the pair. The open letter stated:

We fear that some information about your attitudes is confusing to both the Catholic and non-Catholic publics, and in the eyes of many people, it legitimizes political forces that are completely contrary to the basic principles of gospel, joy, peace, and justice

We therefore believe that, at this moment, there is an urgent need for you to stand clearly and convincingly on the side of truth and justice, on the democratic direction of our country, in order to promote the prestige of the Catholic Church in the eyes of the public. On the contrary, the impression that the Catholic Church is dangerously messing with extreme political currents, reinforced by uncertainty about your true views, could lead to a further departure of people of goodwill from the Catholic Church.

Despite facing public pressure to disown the pair, Cardinal Duka has given an interview to Konzervativ Ninoviny in which he gave a thoughtful and Christian response on the matter:

The Church is not an organization that has led a political life. Although it is often associated with certain movements. This may have been the case in history, but the Second Vatican Council declared that this path was not possible. Each Catholic chooses according to his conscience. We know and know Mrs Lipovsky's statement, so it will now be up to her to what extent she fulfils her mission and how she goes forward. Even the bishops' conference does not tell believers which party is electable and which is uneatable. They must respect freedom of conscience and have confidence in our believers that they can carry out their political engagement in the spirit and conscience of a Christian. That's all I can say as my office, and I'm not authorized to do so.

Cardinal Duka lived under Communism and knows full well that state and church’s relationship can become toxic and authoritarian. With that in mind, another comment that he made in the same interview was the most meaningful:

We must realise that it is a democracy and, if we are a democratic state, the political parties represented in parliament meet the basic parameters of a democratic system. And then it's up to those people to decide. And then we know that a large part of political parties are silent in many areas. Even if they are radical-left actions that literally undermine all the foundations of Christian civilization. And it doesn't cause any outrage at all. We are in a situation where many people believe that only some extreme attitudes can change the atmosphere in society.

As my office, I have to deal with every mayor when I come to the parish. No matter which party he was elected to. There's no other way. Just as I have to deal with all the parties in parliament. I have led various negotiations and from different levels since 1990. I have to understand every person. Even if it doesn't go the way I want it to go. And it can go in a direction that I may even rightly consider wrong. But I can't write him off. I can't distance myself from him.

This debate is currently raging across Europe, should pro abortion pro Globalism politicians be considered to be more acceptable just because they are on media outlets every day, while nationalist and conservative politicians are faced with expulsion?

The church will come under increasing pressure to denounce non Globalist politicians across Europe as the forces of Globalism lose their grips on power, as is happening in Germany, Italy, France and Spain. The cardinal’s response seems the fairest example.

George Soros Funded RTE's Abortion Propaganda Film

In 2018, Ireland infamously voted to remove the rights of unborn babies to be alive within its jurisdiction.

One of the few amusing aspects of the whole thing was that women (and male feminists) naively saw it as a grassroots movement, when in reality it was designed as a way to unite the Left with ruling parties Fine Gael and Fianna Fail after a decade of austerity. The ‘movement’ to lower the birth rates of Irish people through abortion was not a ‘grassroots women’s movement’, but was mostly driven and funded by men, with women generally reduced to the roles of shrieking on social media and making cardboard signs that said ‘Keep your Rosaries off my Ovaries’.

One of the men who dreamt up the legalised culling of Irish babies was George Soros, making this reality through his Open Society Foundation. The Open Society Foundation contributed financially to many ‘human rights’ NGOs in the runup to the referendum, who saw no problem in campaigning to remove the most fundamental of human rights, the right to be alive.

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The media tried to make light of Soros’s involvement, as did pro aborts, but ultimately the vote was almost entirely the creation of Soros, Irish based Anglo media and those in the establishment who wished to lower the birth rate. The pro abort boots on the street were mere pawns and had no real impact upon the result, as can be seen in Poland today, where naive women carry identical posters from those Soros used in Ireland, fully convinced of their own originality and independence in the process.

Now, Soros has funded a new film in which ‘he primary focus of this new documentary is on the dynamic female leaders of the pro-choice campaign’. They then have the gall to mention ‘grassroots activism’, even calling it achieving the ‘near impossible’. The oligarchs must be laughing.

Despite round the clock promotion on Irish Government Media, the film has garnered little in the way of genuine enthusiasm from ordinary Irish people, many of whom voted to remove the rights of unborn babies based on ambiguous promises. The film’s press release is mired in anti Catholic fantasist delusions, stating ‘It shows a country’s transformation from a conservative state in thrall to the Catholic church to a more liberal secular society’.

Ireland is traditionally one of the least civically informed nations on Earth, with many unaware that later that year, pro abortion politicians rejected amendments to ban sex selective abortions, to ban abortions for disability grounds and refused to permit pain relief to be administered to babies in abortion. Most recently, many are unaware that babies have been stabbed in the heart and born alive during abortions and left to die. Many are still convinced that they passed a law for emergencies.

Tonight’s propaganda piece may be one of the last stings of the dying wasp of RTE, which is now thankfully looking close to bankruptcy.

It also signals the end of the 3 years of the Repeal movement, with its two main leaders, Zappone and Varadkar now embroiled in a corruption scandal.




1/3 of Irish Women Who Aborted Called Helpline After

Despite the Irish government’s claims that they wanted to save lives over the past year and a half, they managed to successfully abort over 6,000 babies during that same period.

An annual report has revealed that 2,000 of the mothers of those babies called the HSE’s MyOptions helpline for ‘post termination support’. This represents almost 1/3 of the total number of abortions.

Overall, 10,000 women called the helpline last year while going through a crisis pregnancy, which has been made harder by the pro abortion’s government’s anti family policies.

The numbers calling the helpline were actually higher in 2019, with 13,214 calling the crisis pregnancy line and 2,793 calling the post abortion helpline.

It is likely that some may now be repeat abortions, thus reducing the need to get support, but Ireland does not publish detailed information on topics such as that like the British do so we can only guess.

There is also a ‘webchat’ service, where a person hired by the government speaks to the person who has aborted their child and offers ‘support’.

The report also stated that 11 face to face services established for support were unable to operate as normal due to the lockdown restrictions in 2020.


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Repealgate Overshadows RTE's Abortion Movie Night

Tonight was supposed to be a fun night in for the girlos of the Repeal the 8th movement, which stripped Irish babies of the right to be born and has killed around 15,000 of them already.

Instead, a dark cloud has descended over the largely middle class movement, as its two leaders Leo Varadkar and Katherine Zappone are embroiled in a scandal over the latter’s appointment to a lucrative fake role and both of their attendances at a social gathering at a Dublin Hotel.

Varadkar could barely contain his contempt last month when he spat ‘Yeah they’re off’ at Catholics regarding Communions and Confirmations. His disdain was played down by the media, as he was spotted attending several outdoor events for Dublin Pride, even as pro Varadkar journalists contemptuously warned clergy that Communions could ‘risk lives’.

The whole thing started to unravel last week however, as a number of bishops signalled their intentions to defy Varadkar’s edict, which was the straw that broke the camel’s back in this instance. After a year of events such as having Gardai surround a village where Mass was taking place, storming a church in Athlone and many individual cases of Gardai visiting priests because single digits of extra mourners had attended funerals, enough was enough.

The move coincided with pro censorship Biden campaigner Zappone being appointed to a made up role of Free Speech Czar, where she would be paid tens of thousands of euro for 60 hours work a year. Bilderberg member Simon Coveney, who spent much of the past few weeks dropping in for tea to leaders in Africa (yes, really), claimed that it was a real job, but only exacerbated public outrage.

Now, the story has taken on a whole new dimension, with reports of both attending a Zappone centric event at a Dublin hotel alongside 50 others, which is not permitted under Covid rules.

The story has flattened the triumphant mood of Ireland’s abortion lobby, who were hoping that tonight’s Soros funded film The 8th would recreate the joyous mood that they had celebrating removing a baby’s right to live in Dublin Castle in May 2018.

Zappone and Varadkar were the heroes of that day. One part Indian, gay and Protestant educated, one American and a Lesbian, it was seen as the birth of a new Ireland.

It was the birth of a new Ireland alright, where the cronyism carries a rainbow flag instead of a brown envelope.

Ken Moore

Irish Priest's Incredible Comeback To Radio Caller

Despite themselves infamously breaking Covid Rules earlier in the year with a large party, Ireland’s State Media have worked overtime to create a fictional crisis within the Irish church which apparently hinges on ‘divisions’ over returns to Communions and Confirmations.

To create this façade, they have brought Father Tony Flannery on a number of broadcasts, failing to tell viewers and listeners that he is currently suspended from public ministry by the Vatican.

Flannery appeared on RTE Radio this morning to express reservations about children being allowed to make their First Holy Communions and Confirmations, citing public health advice.

RTE, who broadcast a skit earlier this year which accused Catholics of worshipping a rapist God, also invited Fr. Brendan Kilcoyne of the Brendan Option podcast from Immaculata Productions.

One listener reacted angrily to the suggestions of opening, stating:

I am horrified that bishops and priests are willing to break public health guidelines. Disgraceful!

Fr. Brendan paused for a second before replying:

Society is itself doing things that we find absolutely abhorrent, such as for instance abortion, but we have to live with that

RTE will air pro abortion propaganda film ‘The 8th’ tomorrow, which was made with money from a grant by George Soros’s Open Society Foundation.

Maybe they will include this scene.

How to Pray the Rosary in Latin

In the name of the Father, and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost. Amen.

In nomine Patris, et Filii, et Spiritus Sancti. Amen.

I believe in God, the Father almighty, creator of heaven and earth. I believe in Jesus Christ, His only Son, our Lord. He was conceived by the power of the Holy Spirit and born of the Virgin Mary. He suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, died, and was buried. He descended to the dead. On the third day He rose again. He ascended into heaven and is seated at the right hand of the Father. He will come again to judge the living and the dead.

I believe in the Holy Spirit, the holy catholic Church, the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body, and the life everlasting. Amen.

Crédo in Déum, Pátrem omnipoténtem, Creatórem cáeli et térræ. Et in Jésum Chrístum, Fílium éjus unícum, Dóminum nóstrum, qui concéptus est de Spíritu Sáncto, nátus ex María Vírgine, pássus sub Póntio Piláto, crucifíxus, mórtuus, et sepúltus. Descéndit ad ínferos: tértia díe resurréxit a mórtuis: ascéndit ad cáelos: sédet ad déxteram Déi Pátris omnipoténtis: índe ventúrus est judicáre vívos et mórtuos.

Crédo in Spíritum Sánctum, sánctam Ecclésiam Cathólicam, Sanctórum communiónem, remissiónem peccatórum, cárnis resurrectiónem, vítam ætérnam. Amen.

Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be Thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven.

Give us this day our daily bread and forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. Amen.

Páter nóster, qui es in cáelis, sanctificétur nómen túum. Advéniat régnum túum. Fíat volúntas túa, sícut in cáelo et in térra.

Pánem nóstrum quotidiánum da nóbis hódie, et dimítte nóbis débita nóstra, sícut et nos dimíttimus debitóribus nóstris. Et ne nos indúcas in tentatiónem: sed líbera nos a málo. Amen.

Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee. Blessed art thou amongst women and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus.

Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners, now, and in the hour of our death. Amen.

Áve María, grátia pléna, Dóminus técum; benedícta tu in muliéribus, et benedíctus frúctus véntris túi, Jésus.

Sáncta María, Máter Déi, óra pro nóbis peccatóribus, nunc et in hóra mórtis nóstræ. Amen.


O my Jesus, forgive us our sins and save us from the fires of Hell. Lead all souls to heaven, especially those in most need of Thy mercy.

O Jésu mi, ignósce nóbis, libera nos ab ígne inférni, ad caélum tráhe ómnes ánimas, praesáertim máxime indigéntes.

Hail holy Queen, Mother of mercy, our life, our sweetness, and our hope. To thee do we cry, poor banished children of Eve. To thee do we send up our sighs, mourning and weeping in this valley of tears. Turn then, most gracious Advocate, thine eyes of mercy toward us. And after this our exile show unto us the blessed fruit of thy womb, Jesus. O clement, O loving, O sweet Virgin Mary,

V. Pray for us, O holy Mother of God,
R. That we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ.

Let us pray:

O God, Who by the life death and resurrection of Thy only-begotten Son, hath purchased for us the rewards of eternal salvation, grant, we beseech Thee, that meditating on these mysteries of the most holy Rosary of the Blessed Virgin Mary, we may imitate what they contain and obtain what they promise, through the same Christ our Lord. Amen.

Sálve Regína, máter misericórdiæ: víta, dulcédo, et spes nóstra, sálve. Ad te clamámus, exsúles fílii Hévæ. Ad te suspirámus, geméntes et fléntes in hac lacrimárum válle. Éja érgo, Advocáta nóstra, íllos túos misericórdes óculos ad nos convérte. Et Jésum, benedíctum frúctum véntris túi, nóbis post hoc exsílium osténde. O clémens, O pía, O dúlcis Vírgo María,

V. Óra pro nóbis sáncta Déi Génitrix
R. Ut dígni efficiámur promissiónibus Chrísti.

Orémus:

Déus, cújus Unigénitus per vítam, mórtem et resurrectiónem súam nóbis salútis ætérnæ præmia comparávit: concéde, quæsumus: ut hæc mystéria sacratíssimo beátæ Maríæ Vírginis Rosário recoléntes, et imitémur quod cóntinent, et quod promíttunt, assequámur. Per eúndem Chrístum Dóminum nóstrum. Amen.

Health Minister Said 'Church Have Lot to Answer For', Criticised Archbishop

A newly unearthed interview from Stephen Donnelly has exacerbated the growing rift between the Minister for Health and Catholics, especially in light of incendiary comments that he has made about First Communions and Confirmations.

The Health Minister has issued a warning to the bishops which the Irish Independent referred to as ‘blunt’ today, on the same day that an explosive interview with Hot Press was unearthed on social media. In that interview, Donnelly admitted to smoking marijauna and enjoying it, he also admitted to having visited a ‘strip club’, but refused to be drawn on questions about other drugs that he had used. In the interview, he also stated,

I’d like to find a way to decriminalise small quantities of weed. If a grown adult wants to grow a herb and then smoke it, and there are no negative consequences for other people, then they should be allowed to do that.

This seems remarkably different from his opinion that Catholic bishops are ‘putting lives at risk’ by performing Communions and Confirmations, in church settings where not a single transmission of Covid has been linked.

After being asked was he religious, Donnelly (who also stated that his campaign for election was managed by someone who had led Obama’s campaign in Toledo) told Hot Press:

I’m a non-practising Catholic. I would describe myself as spiritual – not in a twinkly bells sense. But I do believe that there is more out there than what we see in the physical world. I do believe that Jesus Christ was around 2,000-odd years ago. Was he the physical personification of God the Catholic Church preaches? I don’t know.

He then continued:

I have huge difficulty with some of the Catholic Church’s dogma around things like homosexuality and abortion and the role of women. And, I think, sadly, they have a lot to answer for.

In 2018, Donnelly (who’s government presided over 3,000 domestic violence 999 calls being ignored in large numbers during lockdown) claimed that the church ‘promoted’ a ‘shameful, hypocritical and destructive view of women across the Globe’.

Donnelly also tried to interfere in the internal matters of the church with a tweet that unleashed a Twitter mob after Archbishop Eamon Martin, after the Archbishop followed church procedure by stating the automatic excommunications of politicians who vote for abortion.

Many Catholics are still convinced that they are living in the late 70s or early 80s and that any playful to and fro with politicians will not ultimately affect them and that it is still licit to throw a few quid into the Fianna Fail church gate collection.

When legions of Gardai are surrounding villages to stop people attending Mass, as happened in Cavan earlier this year, then it is time to wake up and smell the coffee.

The Hot Press Interview with Stephen Donnelly | Hotpress

Dying With Dignity Bill Was Only One Battle

Many have heard the favourable news that the Justice Committee of the Oireachtas (Ireland’s Parliament or Congress) concluded that the Dying with Dignity Bill 2020 is not “legislatively workable” due to “a number of drafting errors, there were a number of technical legal errors.” [James Lawless]

This Bill “was dismissed on technical, not ethical, grounds.” Maybe through technicalities, but a victory nonetheless. The demise of the Bill should be perceived as carrying the day in a major battle — not prevailing in the war.

James Lawless, Chair of the Justice Committee, said that Assisted Suicide & Voluntary Euthanasia is “…a very important issue…but this needs to be done properly…all the issues which the OPLA [Office of Parliamentary Legal Advisers] have stated, they can be overcome.”  

 

“They can be overcome…”

A loaded statement from any Barrister-Politician! Lawless was talking about the wording of the Bill primarily, though he seems to imply overcoming all opposition to Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide too.

The coalition government of Fianna Fáil, Fine Gael and the Green Party have ‘drunk the Kool-Aid’ of misguided ‘compassion’ laced with ‘absolute personal autonomy.’ This has led them to support Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide. Sinn Féin is not much better. They pledged “…support for the new legislation which would let people who are terminally ill decide the timing of their own death” which clearly fits with their support of Westminster imposing abortion onto Northern Ireland.

Mary Lou McDonald and Michelle O'Neill “support London's rule in the North.”

Mary Lou McDonald and Michelle O'Neill “support London's rule in the North.”

Other jurisdictions allowing Euthanasia or Assisted Suicide have not become more compassionate, though they do become more tolerant...tolerant to damaging our Human Rights. A few people will gain a brief sense of control through Assisted Suicide/Voluntary Euthanasia [AS/VE] but this comes at an enormous cost to society as a whole. Medicine in several countries has changed, forever.

Please consider reading other article on Euthanasia, Society and Medicine in Catholic Arena, including:

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PUTTING THE EUTHANASIA GENIE BACK IN THE BOTTLE.

https://www.catholicarena.com/latest/euthanasiagenie 

 

The ‘flawed legislation’

While speaking on Newstalk, campaigner Michael Nugent made the unsubstantiated claim that Assisted Dying is already taking place “even though the legislation is not there” and that Ireland needs "…legislation to regulate something that's already happening.” Ireland does have legislation regulating Assisted Dying and Euthanasia — the Justice, Law and Criminal Procedure Acts!   

Lawless praised the Dying with Dignity Bill as an “important Bill” which was “opening up a conversation which needs to be had.” The Justice Committee received over 1,400 submissions, most of which were opposed to the Bill. These included: the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland; the Irish Palliative Medicine Consultants Association; the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland; the Irish Society of Physicians in Geriatric Medicine; the College of Psychiatrists of Ireland; the Irish Healthcare Professionals for Dignity in Living and Dying, amongst others.

There was one submission from a group of 100 doctors called the “Irish Doctors supporting Medical Assistance in Dying” (IDsMAiD) who support “medically assisted dying.” As of the 27 July 2021, @IDsMAiD1 on Twitter had 172 followers and a total of 19 Tweets! (If, as Nugent suggests, Euthanasia is already occurring in Ireland, one would logically investigate these 100 doctors first!)

Thank God the Irish people and the medical profession were so vocal. In 2015-16 the Canadian Medical Association and Alberta Medical Association provided NO opposition to the introduction of Medical Assistance in Dying (AS/VE) into Canada. Such silence showed acquiescence, if not clear approval. Since 2016 the progression has been so rapid that Canada has already made it legal for doctors to kill people — Canadian citizens — suffering from mental illnesses alone, by 2023.

 

Medical Ethics

The Medical Council of Ireland is explicit in its guidance to the profession: Section 22.6 of the Guide to Professional Conduct and Ethics for Registered Medical Practitioners states: “You must not participate in the deliberate killing of a patient by active means.” If a Minister of Health ever pressures the MCI to change this Section, expect some new iteration of the “Dying with Dignity” Bill.

Conclusion

Ireland has faced many tough problems over the past 18 months, including the COVID pandemic, a prolonged lock-down, the effects of mass immigration and civil unrest. During this disaster, the Irish government perversely tried to sneak through this shabby legislation for Assisted Suicide and Voluntary Euthanasia.

As has happened in other countries (the UK right now) this sort of legislation will keep coming, and coming, till the liberal politicians get their way or the voter tells them otherwise through the ballot box. Next election, the same liberal ‘modern’ politicians will bribe the electorate with shiny cups to drink from the communal trough, so that they can get their way later…

Perhaps the plain cup is the better choice? Then maybe, Ireland will not have to choke down more of this flawed legislation.

DO NOT LET THEM WIN THE WAR.

 

 

Dr. Kevin Hay.

Kevin is a UCD grad and a rural Family Doctor in Alberta, Canada.

You can follow him on Twitter @kevinhay77 (though please be careful on Anti-Social Media!)

Social Democrats Founder Falsely Claims Communions 'Putting Lives At Risk'

Despite there being no public evidence of a single transmission of Covid 19 in a Catholic church, the co-founder of the anti clerical Anglo Centric party Social Democrats, Stephen Donnelly, has today baselessly claimed that bishops are ‘putting lives at risk’.

In what the Irish Independent called a ‘blunt warning’, the former prolife politician and now pro abortion Minister for Health and ardent self proclaimed ‘feminist’, claimed that he ‘understood the frustration among people of religious faith and saluted the patience shown by church leaders of all denominations’.

This is despite the fact that his soon to be Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has been seen repeatedly celebrating ‘Pride’ on the streets of Dublin over the summer, with Irish journalists working overtime to ignore the videos and images, having played down his breaking of restrictions last May when he was spotted drinking in the Phoenix Park. There was also the heavy establishment presence at the recent Festival of Sacrifice in Croke Park, which was presented as a totally acceptable event. They have also allowed Drag Shows to proceed, with children present.

The government have repeatedly twisted the knife on Catholics since accepting the bailout from the IMF over a decade ago. They shut down the Vatican Embassy, twisted the Mother and Baby Homes history to include something about babies being flung into a septic tank (without evidence) and in recent months have sent Drew Harris’s Gardai to intimidate Catholics in their places of worship, even surrounding Fr. PJ Hughes in Cavan in a China style show of strength as he said Mass. It is highly likely that they will attempt to do the same again before year’s end.

Donnelly is the founder of the Social Democrats, a party who have amongst other things suggested government regulation of Confession and banning prayer vigils near abortuaries. One of their TDs infamously claimed, before she was elected, that she would have an abortion for every minute given to the conclave in 2013.

More recently, the same TD expressed her confusion at Ireland’s restrictions on Mass being eased, when at the time they were the most draconian outside of China and North Korea.

Donnelly is no longer in the Social Democrats, but Fianna Fail. For some reason, many Catholics still vote for Fianna Fail despite their hard pro abortion positions and growing anti clericalism, as well as their active work in attacking the pro family policies of Hungary and Poland.

They have seen no problem allowing abortion clinics to continue and to allow wedding numbers to resume to 100 while limiting funeral numbers and outright forbidding Communions and Confirmations.

Now is the time to get behind your bishops and priests, when the next lockdown comes a scapegoat will be needed and you can bet that they will be high on the government’s list for blame. This is not the Ireland that you grew up in, to be am Irish Catholic now is to be considered hostile to the Irish State itself.

Ironically, Communions and Confirmations have taken place as normal in the United Kingdom, meaning that there are areas in Northern Ireland where they can happen but not minutes away across the border. The Irish government have also had no problem with tens of thousands travelling each weekend to Belfast and other places for partying. Only the most gullible would accept this ban as being sincere.

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Irish Prolifers Continue Fight Against Abortion

Last week, Sinn Fein/Westminster signalled their intention to establish ‘services’ which would provide controlled destructions of unborn Irish babies in Northern Ireland.

Sinn Fein, who are now a Unionist Party in all but name, gleefully supported London’s continued rule in the North, celebrating the deaths of Irish babies. Where Bobby Sands once claimed that ‘Our Revenge Will Be The Laughter of Our Children’, Unionist Sinn Fein reply, ‘Our Laughter Will Be The Deaths of Our Children’.

Prolifers have not accepted defeat yet however, despite the massive odds against them, with the parliaments in London, Dublin and Belfast all determined to abort Irish babies.

In Belfast this past weekend, Precious Life arranged baby shoes in the shape of the number 1,556, to represent the Northern Irish babies killed by abortion doctors in the past 15 months.

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Their vigils have faced extreme violence from pro Westminster Irish Republicans (it’s a thing now) in recent months, who have demanded that the prolifers bow to London rule in the name of the Irish Republic. Nonetheless, they have persevered and this display shows a powerful reminder of the lives already lost and yet to be lost to abortion in Northern Ireland, with ‘Catholics’ Boris Johnson and Jacob Rees Mogg culpable for the issuing of the edict.

In another event, Catholics took to the streets of Dublin to discuss abortion with the public and to hand out leaflets as seen in the video below. 3 years since the removal of the 8th Amendment and it appears as though many Irish still don’t understand what they voted for that day.

Across the country, there were prolife vigils at medical facilities.

This one below took place in Roscommon.

As George Soros’s astro turfed propaganda piece ‘The 8th’ airs on Irish State Media channel RTE this week (a heavily funded station which recently claimed that Catholics worship a rapist God) it is worth reminding people that they might not have had the trajectory that brought them to abortion in the past decade were it not for the IMF bailout and the close cooperation between the forces of international banking, large corporations, George Soros, the Bilderberg secret society and the Irish left.

The Irish prolife movement is a movement of the people. It is speaking for the weakest. It gives a voice to the past, present and future of the Irish nation.

The ‘Irish’ abortion movement is a movement of the oligarchs, the bankers and the Imperialists. It speaks for the strongest, the richest the cruellest. It gives a voice to those who wish to kill the Irish nation.

Costa Rica Catholics Pray for End to Latin Mass Ban

Last week, Catholic Arena were among the first to report on the complete ban on the Traditional Latin Mass in Costa Rica.

Today, those Traditional Catholics who were shut out from their right to the Latin Mass have gathered at the residence of their Apostolic Nuncio to pray for mercy and for its return. Carrying photographs of Pope Francis and the Vatican flag, they knelt and prayed the Rosary as they begged their powerful clerics to exercise kindness in allowing the Latin Mass to return.

Their Facebook page stated:

We want to reiterate that tomorrow's event IS NOT A PROTEST, it is a day of prayer or public ′′ vigil ′′ that we will make Costa Ricans faithful in absolute communion visible with Pope Francis and our Bishops, on the basis of Canon 212 § 3:

They have the right, and sometimes even the duty, on their own knowledge, competence and prestige, to express to the holy pastors their opinion about what belongs to the good of the Church and to manifest to others faithful, saving always integrity of faith and customs, reverence toward Pastors, and given the common usefulness and dignity of the people.

Hopefully the Nuncio can return to Rome with a message that relays their faith and desire for mercy.

Learn the Our Father in Latin

Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be Thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven.

Give us this day our daily bread and forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. Amen.

Páter nóster, qui es in cáelis, sanctificétur nómen túum. Advéniat régnum túum. Fíat volúntas túa, sícut in cáelo et in térra.

Pánem nóstrum quotidiánum da nóbis hódie, et dimítte nóbis débita nóstra, sícut et nos dimíttimus debitóribus nóstris. Et ne nos indúcas in tentatiónem: sed líbera nos a málo. Amen.