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CVSTOS FIDEI TVESDAY EDITION USCCB's Systematic Pattern of Cooperation With Evil - LifeSiteNews As the West Crumbles, the Catholic Church Endures - Dave Hartline, The Am Cth Pornography and Marriage - Patrick F. Fagan, The Catholic Thing Take Up Your Cross - Eric Sammons, The Divine Life The Need for Dialogue - David Warren, InsideCatholic Pro-Life Outside the Mainstream - Eric Brown, The American Catholic Concerning the Use of Hymns at Mass - Father John Zuhlsdorf, WDTPRS Athanasius Contra Mundum - Donald R. McClarey, The American Catholic How Much Freedom of Religion Do You Have? - Jimmy Akin, NCRegister Edmund Burke on Marie Antoinette - Donald R. McClarey, The American Catholic Bonus News: Can Mass be Canceled for Bad Weather? - Father John Zuhlsdorf, WDTPRS Pittsburgh's Dancing Cop, R.I.P. - Patrick Archbold, Creative Minority Report Pro-Abortionists Call Tim Tebow's Mother a Liar - Matthew Archbold, CMR Bonus Video: The Crucified Rabbi Trailer - Tito Edwards, The American Catholic Notable Commentary and Analysis: Forgiveness, Mercy, and Charity for Scandal-Plagued Church - T. Edwards, TAC How the English-Speaking Peoples Saved Civilization - H. W. Crocker III, InsdCth

CVSTOS FIDEI MONDAY EDITION Early Morning Update On Death Of Abortionist George Tiller Obama's Reckless Rhetoric Demonizes Pro-Lifers - Tito Edwards, American Cthlc OVERREACTION! - Jeff Miller, The Curt Jester Scott Roeder, No Connection With Pro-Life Groups - Tito Edwards, American Cthlc A Few Thoughts About The Tiller Murder - Father John Zuhlsdorf, WDTPRS Tiller The Killer Killed - Donald R. McClarey, American Catholic Updated -Tiller Murder: First Reactions - Patrick Archbold, Creative Minority Rprt Bleeding Kansas [Excellent Roundup Of News] - Jay Anderson, Pro Ecclesia "Pro-Life Groups Fear Backlash After Tiller Murder" - Fr. John Zuhlsdorf, WDTPRS Madness - Jay Anderson, Pro Ecclesia The Killers Own Words? - Matthew Archbold, Creative Minority Report Father Frank Pavone On The Killing Of Tiller - Donald R. McClarey, American Cthlc Oh No: Abortion Doctor Tiller Murdered - Matthew Archbold, Creative Mnrty Rprt Regular Early Morning Update: Pro-life Ending For Jay Leno’s Tonight Show - Tim Shipe, American Catholic We are Lucky this Pope is Ecclesiastically Incorrect - Shawn Tribe, New Lit Mov Resurgence Of Prayer, In World That Wants To Exclude It - Sandro Magister, Chs Fr. Alberto Cutie's Schismatic Act - Dr. Ed Peters, In The Light Of The Law Miguel Diaz Claims To Be Pro-Life. Is He? - Donald R. McClarey, American Catholic Chris. West Brouhaha Fuels Debate On Problem Of Modesty - Bush/Jalsevac, LSN Christopher West’s Defenders - John Henry, American Catholicc 'Missing Link'? Not Quite, Say Catholic Scientists - Steve Weatherbe, NC Register Evil, In The Name Of God - Deal Hudson, InsideCatholic Cooperating With The Creator: The Church & Birth Control - Mark Shea, InsideCth Dear Pro-Homosexual Gp.: "Faith Truths Aren't Open To Debate" - Fr. Z, WDTPRS More Trouble In Connecticut - Donald R. McClarey, American Catholic Weekend Update: Nat Hentoff Takes President Obama To Task - Christopher Blosser, Amrcn Cthlc Religion Clause Added To 'Gay Marriage' Proposal - Kevin Landrigan, Nashua Tlgrph Kmiec & George, "Is There Common Ground?" - Christopher Blosser, Amrcn Cthlc 'Gay' Activist To Oversee Public Classroom 'Safety' - Bob Unruh, WorldNetDaily Bridgeport Diocese Sues Connecticut Over Lobbying Laws - Associated Press The Real Miss USA Scandal - Danielle Beane, InsideCatholic CBS: Catholic Church Too Should Be 'More Progressive' - Kyle Drennen, NewsBstrs The Narrow Atlantic - DarwinCatholic, American Catholic Notable Commentary & Analysis: Fr. Alberto Cutie Leaves The Church For The Episcopals - Tito Edwards, Am Cth Obama Names Miguel Diaz US Ambassador To Vatican - Christopher Blosser, AC Newt Gingrich Opens Up On Catholic Conversion - Tito Edwards, American Cthlc New Website For Young Catholics: Pope to You For Fun: Faith Trek - Donald R. McClarey, American Catholic Fanfare For The Common Man - Donald R. McClarey, American Catholic Secular Commentary & Analysis: Now Is The Time To Leave Evil Empire Of Europe - Gerald Warner, Scotsman What's In A Name? Ask Jose And Muhammad - The Christian Science Monitor America's Two-State Fantasy - Mark Silverberg, RealClearWorld (Biretta Tips: New Advent & PewSitter.com)

Children are a gift from God: Lo, sons are a heritage from the LORD, the fruit of the womb a reward. Like arrows in the hand of a warrior are the sons of one's youth. Happy is the man who has his quiver full of them! He shall not be put to shame when he speaks with his enemies in the gate.

-- Psalm 127:3-5 Who then does a Catholic vote for in the 2008 American presidential election? It's easy, definitely not Barack Obama, the man with possibly the heart of darkness. Sources: Holy Bible and Priests for Life

CVSTOS FIDEI EVENING EDITION When an 8 Year Old Asks for Baptism - Elizabeth Scalia, Inside Blog Pilgrims at Tomb of Peter as in Ancient Rome - Sandro Magister, Chs Does Obama Believe in Sin? - Matthew Archbold, Crtv Mnrty Rprt Obama the Theologian - Jeff Miller, The Curt Jester 'Every Concealment of Truth Will Exact a Price in the End' -LSN Fr. Ragheed & Companions, Martyrs Of Iraq - S. Sinner, Blck Crdls Rationalizing Evil - Cranky Con, The Cranky Conservative Same-Sex 'Marriage' & Persecution of Civil Society - Jay Anderson, PE 5 Myths about No-Fault Divorce - Stephen Baskerville, Inside Cthlc James Carroll Against the Church - William Doino, First Things Bp. Brown Brushes Out Sexual Predate - Diogenes, Off the Record Bonus Commentary: A Sociologist against Women's Ordination - David Carlin, Inside Cthlc Kmiec Being Denied Communion - Jay Anderson, Pro Ecclesia Put Up or Shut Up - Patrick Archbold, Creative Minority Report Bonus News: School Harasses 6th Grader Wearing Pro-Life T-shirts - LfStNws Algerian Christian Converts Fined - BBC News Fr. Pfleger Suspended Two Weeks - Rocco Palmo, Whispers Shameless Blog Plug of the Day: Pro Ecclesia * Pro Familia * Pro Civitate by Jay Anderson Secular Commentary: Obama's Irrelevant Apologies - Thomas Sowell, RealClearPolitics (Biretta Tip: Kevin Knight)

H/T to Ignatius Insight "Catholics and other Christians need to take seriously the philosophical and even polemical arguments made by atheists, not to so much to put more strident atheists in their place, but to show, in a variety of ways, that Christianity is not only not contrary to reason, goodness, and order, but is an essential reason why they still exist today in the face of irrationality, evil, and chaos. This means, among others things, a decent understanding of Church history and a basic grounding in philosophy, both of which can be obtained, to a large degree, through reading books and articles by authors such as Chesterton, Sheen, C.S. Lewis, Peter Kreeft, James V. Schall, S.J., Frank Sheed, Thomas Howard, Josef Pieper, Thomas Dubay, S.M., and others."

The Columbine killers had some downright Satanic influences in their life, an extreme hatred of Christianity permeated in their dark souls, not that one would have learned it from the MSM. Anyway the VA killer was, no surprise, an anti-Catholic bigot. A play by this English major has come to light via the Smoking Gun news website, the whole thing is pretty crude, obscene, violent, frightening, and not worth your time, take my word for it. I am reproducing here though one portion of interest in which the monster, I refuse to even use his name, reveals his intense hatred for priests. "(Richard gently rests him {sic} hand on John's lap.) John: What the hell are you doing! (John slaps Richard's hand.) John (Cond't) What are you, a Catholic priest! I will not be molested by an aging balding overweight pedophilic {sic} step dad named Dick! Get your hands off me you sicko! Damn you, you Catholic priest." Of course you and I read this sort of thing, this pure hate for Christ's Church, and the red flags go up that this is a sick and sinister mind at work, sadly no matter how cliche it is, attacks on the Church will always be considered bold/hip/edgy in some circles. Though I must point out that to the great credit of the professor involved, the authorities were warned in the wake of these sort of writings. Secondly, is anyone else finding it insulting that the South Korean government's condolences include remarks worrying that this tragedy will "stir up racial prejudice or confrontation," against Koreans? All too often, the rest of the world is more than happy to judge Americans harshly based on a bad experience with a tourist, or depictions in the media. I am reminded of being told that Mel Gibson's "Passion of the Christ" would lead to anti-Semitic attacks. Just as seeing a film depiction of the Passion did not lead to a single such act, I am bothered by the fact that the Korean government thinks Americans will interpret the actions of one monster, who happens to be from Korea, and parlay that into attacks on all Koreans. Do the South Koreans really think we Americans are so ignorant and violent that we grieve in such a way? This is so absurd there aren't words for it. Third, cruising the liberal blogsphere, I saw a lot of rage regarding the fact that George W. Bush visited the campus today, even going so far as to urge the students to protest him, walk out on his speech, etc. Will these people ever put such compulsive hatred for Bush aside? If he didn't show up, certainly they'd be saying how he didn't care, and sunbed everyone, being so close by in DC and refusing to come. Of course there were no anti-Bush protests, even if the ultra-liberal hate-bloggers don't realize it, politics and life are not synonymous. President Bush was on campus there today as the representative of ALL OF US, of every single American and our mourning. I don't think very highly of Bill Clinton, no surprise there, but if he were president, and such a tragedy happened at my college, and he showed up to comfort a community in mourning, you can bet I would be giving the man a standing ovation. I sometimes wonder how much damage this obsessive hatred of Bush has done the presidency and the republic. Fourth, I am reiterating what I said in my previous post, we must not allow any excuses to be made here, no mater how troubled a childhood, or how lonely, or depressed, or medicated, or whatever, a person is, there is NO EXCUSE for acting in violence towards the innocent, much less on this horrific scale. Lastly, and most important of all, continue to pray for the victims.

Let me preface by saying that I have only caught a few snippets of news regarding the campus tragedy in VA. First and foremost we must pray for the dead, and the students and families dealing with this unspeakable tragedy. Secondly, and don't quote me on this, so little information is out there, but I am eerily reminded of two other shooting incidents, one in a mall in Utah a few months ago, and the DC sniper reign of terror a few years back. I am also, of course, reminded of the Columbine attacks carried out by Satanical monsters several years ago. It is impossible to know how each of us as individuals would react in the face of such violence and evil, anyone who has not experienced it is hardly qualified to comment. However I'll go out on a limb here and say this, in the face of events such as this one, the September 11 attacks, and scores of smaller incidents of evil and violence that occur all too often in our time, and throughout history, when people are presented with such evil manifested in a sick, twisted, individual, one must do all they can to resist. If one leads, many will follow. As we learned on 9-11, malicious evil-doers can NEVER be given the benefit of the doubt. The three hijacked planes that went into buildings were full of people who, until those last terrifying seconds, thought they were being held hostage, and of greater value to the hijackers alive than dead. Only technology (cell phones) and time allowed the good people of Flight 93 to fight back and in the process save countless others. In the post 9-11 world I would bet that no person alive, man or woman, age 9 or 90 would hesitate to charge an airline hijacker. When one is being mugged, obviously, your wallet is not worth your life, but when a sinister person, with no visible motive other than evil, brandishes a weapon, I pray that every good person in proximity will have the courage to fight them tooth-and-nail. Lastly, while I know as a Catholic we should not pass judgment upon the souls of others, I suspect that the monster who killed these young people in VA is just beginning his eternity in the fires of Hell. I don't know anything about him, but I simply do not care to hear a word in the coming days along the lines of "a troubled childhood," or "society failed him," or "childhood bullying." Moral relativism and psychobabble must not be allowed to cover up for the fact that such evil exists in our world. Let no one waste one moment of time on sympathy for him and instead focus on the killed, the wounded, and the grieving. May they all know the love and comfort of Our Savior Jesus Chirst. In the words of the Holy Father, "Despite all the darkness in the world, evil does not have the last word."

Prelude to the Clash of Civilizations: Islamic terrorist organization, Hamas, wins Palestinian authority elections. Wants to 'obliterate' Israel. President Ahmadinejad of Iran wants Israel wiped off the map. Is developing nuclear technology. Is a big oil supplier to China and a customer to Russia for nuclear technology. Hugo Chavez of Venezuela cranks up anti-American rhetoric causing the price of oil to shoot up to $90 a barrel. Russia and China doesn't want European nor United States intervention in Iran because of their nuclear and oil interests respectively. Especially in light of United States military forces that surround Iran in Afghanistan and Iraq. Turkey receives a cold reception in asking for entrance into the European Union. Muslims stage an intifidah in France and neighboring countries by burning cars, destroying municipal buildings, and private property for over a month. Pretty scary stuff. Sounds like the 21st century movie version of 'Red Dawn'. Thank goodness Pope Benedict XVI came out with DEUS CARITAS EST, Christian Love.

In a statement released by the Iranian state-owned new agency, President Ahmadinejad hopes for Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's death. This coming on the heels of his infamous diatribe last October asking for "Israel to be wiped off the map". President Ahmadinejad is a piece of work. What a more better example than that of this Muslim leader of the 'religion of peace'. Iran's state-owned media, the Headquarters for the Commemoration of Martyrs of the Global Islamic Movement, released a statement saying "the death of Sharon brings joy to the hearts of Muslims". Religion of Peace eh? Is this what the founder of Islam, Muhammad, preached? President Ahmadinejad said, "We don't shy away from declaring that Islam is ready to rule the world." Haven't we heard this type of rhetoric before? I'm beginning to get a little worried about this. Not that the United States is under eminent danger from President Ahmadinejad and his Muslim cohorts, but being attacked again is not what I want to go through again after 9/11. For more on this article click here. For more information on Iran click here.

In shi'iah Islam they believe a 12th imam will rise and rule the world or some kwanzaa made up stuff like that. My brain is lazy tonight, but I wanted to write on President Ahmadinejad and his race towards the destruction of the world between him and Dr. Evil. Anyways, a few political analysts are coming around to what I've been musing about these past few months on President Ahmadinejads rants on destroying Israel and Iran's race towards nuclear weapons. Charles Krauthammer wrote in RealClearPolitics about the combination of Iran's anti-Semitic rhetoric and Irans nuclear program. For more click here.

Walter Cardinal Kasper denounced Iranian President Ahmadinejad's statement calling the Holocaust a 'myth'. "It is shocking to hear from the mouth of the president of a nation with an ancient and venerable culture … expressions of anti-Semitism which for every human being are unacceptable,"... said Walter Cardinal Kaspar. For more click here. For a previous posting of mine concerning President Ahmadinejad click here. For more outrageous statements and commentary by me on the possible anti-Christ that is President Ahmadinejad of Iran, click here.

Due to Jacque Chiracs incompetence and ineptitude in dealing with the worst riots in France since 1968, Chirac has moved up from number 7 to number 6 on the Anti-Christ Top-10. Senator Hillary Clinton falls to number 7 as she continues to veer toward the middle from the far left, though this may change once the Democratic primaries begin in 2007. 1. Ayatollah Ali Khamenei of Iran, Supreme Leader of Iran (succeeded Ayatollah Komeini). Wants to destroy Israel with any means necessary. 2. President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad of Iran, figure head, but can sway public opinion with his outrageous statements of wanting to 'wipe Israel off the map'. 3. Dear Leader Kim Jong-Il of North Korea, wants to provide nukes to Islamic militants. 4. President Hu Jintao of Communist China. Is building a near-super power that may rival the U.S. Be wary of his false peaceful overtones, especially from a man that represents a repressive regime that is willing to kill its own citizens to stay in power. A regime that doesn't allow for freedom of religion. A regime that is militarily hostile to its immediate neighbors with a proven history of conquest and subjugation. Followed by the destruction of local culture and language. 5. King Fahd Bin Abdul Aziz of Saudi Arabia. He and his family dynasty has been directly funding the building of mosques and the training of militant Islamic clerics which helped to produce the perpetrators of 9/11. 6. President Jacque Chirac of France, a wolf in sheep's clothing. Will do everything, even at the cost of losing his soul, to undermine every single U.S. foreign policy effort of domestic security. Apparently he is also willing to do nothing when it comes to Muslim insurgents rampaging all across France for the 13th consecutive night. 7. Senator Hillary Clinton of New York, see number 9. Senator Clinton wants to be P.O.T.U.S. Wants to perpetuate the Clinton ideals of socialism, bacchanal morals, and bring back the good old days of Caligula, I mean her husband Bill. 8. President Bill Clinton of the U.S., is eyeing the General-Secretary position of the U.N. Would then work diligently to undermine the effectiveness of the U.S. in resolving internal matters. 9. President Hugo Chavez of Venezuela. Just imagine a Latino Jimmy Carter with an ego. Yeah, it's that scary. 10. General-Secretary Kofi Anan of the U.N., elected by the majority of countries that don't hold democratic elections themselves. For a bureaucrat with strict Internationalist and liberal leanings, having the power of the magnitude of the U.N. is not needed for an anti-Semite like Mr. Anan. For the last Anti-Christ Top-10 Poll, click here.

This is not a concise list and I will make periodic updates from time to time. But we need to examine the current events of the world and hopefully detect this Anti-Christ. 1. Ayatollah Ali Khamenei of Iran, Supreme Leader of Iran (succeeded Ayatollah Komeini). Wants to destroy Israel with any means necessary. 2. President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad of Iran, figure head, but can sway public opinion with his outrageous statements of wanting to 'wipe Israel off the map'. 3. Dear Leader Kim Jong-Il of North Korea, wants to provide nukes to Islamic militants. 4. President Hu Jintao of Communist China. Is building a near-super power that may rival the U.S. Be wary of his false peaceful overtones, especially from a man that represents a repressive regime that is willing to kill its own citizens to stay in power. A regime that doesn't allow for freedom of religion. A regime that is militarily hostile to its immediate neighbors with a proven history of conquest and subjugation. Followed by the destruction of local culture and language. 5. King Fahd Bin Abdul Aziz of Saudi Arabia. He and his family dynasty has been directly funding the building of mosques and the training of militant Islamic clerics which helped to produce the perpetrators of 9/11. 6. Senator Hillary Clinton of New York, see number 9. Senator Clinton wants to be P.O.T.U.S. Wants to perpetuate the Clinton ideals of socialism, bacchanal morals, and bring back the good old days of Caligula, I mean her husband Bill. 7. President Jacque Chirac of France, a wolf in sheep's clothing. Will do everything, even at the cost of losing his soul, to undermine every single U.S. foreign policy effort of domestic security. 8. President Bill Clinton of the U.S., is eyeing the General-Secretary position of the U.N. Would then work diligently to undermine the effectiveness of the U.S. in resolving internal matters. 9. President Hugo Chavez of Venezuela. Just imagine a Latino Jimmy Carter with an ego. Yeah, it's that scary. 10. General-Secretary Kofi Anan of the U.N., elected by the majority of countries that don't hold democratic elections themselves. For a bureaucrat with strict Internationalist and liberal leanings, having the power of the magnitude of the U.N. is not needed for an anti-Semite like Mr. Anan.

Nice to see that one major daily (The Seattle Times) is raising the question of the deafening silence of the world community's reaction to President Ahmadinejad of Iran's demand of 'wiping Israel off the map'. President Ahmadinejad, as I predicted when he took office, would be the most immediate threat to not only U.S. security, but world security as well. With a rogue nation such as Iran pursuing nuclear weapons and with their repeated statements in the past of using them against Israel, I am beginning to wonder if President Ahmadinejad is the 21st century version of the Anti-Christ instead of President Hu of Communist China or Kim Jong-Il of Communist North Korea. Evil has reared its head and Lucifer is smiling to the fact of the deafening silence from the rest of world. For the article click here.