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PURPOSE
The purpose of this News Commentary Section is to assist the faithful
in recognizing the signs and lies of These End Times. Somehow, many
self appointed Shepherds of These Times are trying to convince the
faithful that the Apocalypse will be, using street slang, "a piece of
cake" for them and "hell" for all others. They are led to believe that
if they "do this" and "do that" they do not have a thing to worry about
(of course, so long as that between the "do this" and the "do that"
they send in a donation).
Others lead the faithful to believe that "All Is Well" and will
continue to be, of course, as long as those donations keep coming in...
Wrong! For either case scenario to be true, the Old and New Testament
has to be invalid. Logically, if the Holy Scriptures are invalid there
is no use for "Shepherds", is there? So what is their function besides
collecting money?
Spending it, of course!
Now, let us focus on the real world and the news about its crumbling
structures, philosophies and half-baked theories. With the assistance
of the Holy Spirit of God, Who cannot be falsified, the disoriented
faithful will be able to understand what is truly taking place and why.
December
28th - Memorial of the Holy
Innocents
NEWS
- We're "Neither Angels nor Demons,"
Says Opus Dei Spokesman - December
25 - Zenit
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if any,
by The M+G+R Foundation)
"An Opus Dei spokesman has expressed
satisfaction with a new book on the personal prelature written by an
American journalist.
Marc Carroggio, who oversees
Opus Dei's relationship with international journalists in Rome, said he
was satisfied with the book just published by John Allen. "Opus Dei: An
Objective Look Behind the Myths and Reality of the Most Controversial
Force in the Catholic Church" has been published so far in
English, Portuguese and Korean.
Carroggio told ZENIT that this is the first book that compares
dispassionately the myths and reality surrounding "the Work," as it's
called by Opus Dei members. "The author has understood well the nature
of Opus Dei," Carroggio said.
Q: You must be happy since this book clears up many issues about Opus
Dei.
Carroggio: I worked in the
Rome press office while John Allen was writing this book. I can say
that I am satisfied with it, especially with respect to its method."
The
M+G+R Foundation Comments
We cannot thank God enough for His continued assistance in fulfilling
our function for the End of These Times. No one would believe us if we
stated that Mr. Allen's book was no more than an approved white-wash -
carefully applied after the Da Vinci's Code was
utilized to call the
world's attention to the Opus Dei. However, when an individual as Mr.
Carroggio endorses it, then it has been confirmed.
Traditionally Opus Dei will not raise its voice to defend an outrage
against God, or the Catholic Church but if anyone that they think has
wide public reach, they will "jump in hands and feet" to defend their
group. God also gave us a golden opportunity to
illustrate that.
If only 5% of what may be learned about Opus Dei in our Opus Dei
Indexes in English and Spanish were true, it would be enough to
expose
Allen's book as another Opus fraud. Personally we are fed up with their
meddling in world affairs, but, thanks be to God, their end is not far
off. We shall offer such disgust precisely for
the conversion of those
amongst their membership who seem to be completely ignorant of their ultimate
goal.
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NEWS
- Mosques monitored for radiation - December
23 - Reuters
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if any,
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U.S. officials have secretly
monitored radiation levels at Muslim sites, including mosques
and private homes, since September 11, 2001 as part of a top
secret program searching for nuclear bombs, U.S. News and World
Report said on Friday.
The news magazine said in its online
edition that the
far-reaching program covered more than a hundred sites in the
Washington, D.C., area and at least five other cities.
"In numerous cases, the monitoring
required investigators
to go on to the property under surveillance, although no search
warrants or court orders were ever obtained, according to those
with knowledge of the program," the magazine said.
The
M+G+R Foundation Comments
This is reckless reporting and, quite frankly, if the surveillance
was indeed only done as reported, the US government should legally
process the
magazine and track down the sources and take them to court too.
Have these people forgotten the
Nuke at the Soviet Embassy in
Washington, D.C.?
This is one
kind of "press freedom" we do not need and one surveillance system that we do need!
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NEWS
- Catholic priest suing New
York, Newark archdioceses - December
13 - MichNews
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if any,
by The M+G+R Foundation)
The following is
a quotation of the text of a press release, dated Dec. 13, 2005, from
New York
attorney John Aretakis regarding Father Robert Hoatson, a Catholic
priest who is suing the New
York and Newark archdioceses,
the Congregation of Christian Brothers and the Albany
diocese. Following
that is the unedited text of the lawsuit itself.
Fr. Robert
Hoatson, currently a Newark Archdiocese priest and former Christian
Brother is suing the Newark and New York Archdiocese, the Albany
Diocese and the Christian Brothers for 5 Million Dollars for the
Church's and his employers’ retaliation and harassment due to the
fact
that Fr. Hoatson has been outspoken and critical of predatory
priests
in the church and for the sexual abuse he suffered as a seminarian, and
most importantly for assisting victims of clergy sexual abuse for the
last 3 years.
To view the
Lawsuit: Click Here
»»»»» NOTE: The lawsuit text does
contain some graphic language.
The
M+G+R Foundation Comments
Egan, Law, Levada,
etc. they are all the same
- the Catholic
Faith Demolition Crew
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NEWS
- Benedict XVI decries
commercialization of Christmas - December 18 - Reuters
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if any,
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The German Pope, who will mark his first
Christmas as Roman
Catholic leader later this week, discarded his prepared text
and delivered the entire sermon off the cuff.
It was the second time in as many weeks
that the Pope
warned against rampant
materialism at Christmas. Earlier this
month he said commercial "pollution" was ruining the spirit of
Christmas.
In his improvised sermon, the Pope also
told the faithful
to remember that God was the
"only insurance" to help people
deal with sickness, loneliness and death. "Only one insurance
protects us. Only the Lord, and he tells us not to be afraid,"
he said.
The
M+G+R Foundation Comments
And miguel de
Portugal decries the commercialization of the Church since Constantine
presided the "Hallowed" Council of Nicae Council that shaped the
Material Church for the centuries to come as
St. Francis pointed
out.
Benedict XVI should be happy; the brand of Evangelization the Church
assumed obviously has giving much fruit, at the
expense of the
Faithful, of course. Why complain now? Does he
think that God has that short of a memory? He hasn't forgotten the
Borgia Pope, Alexander VI,
either, we just found out... and the reader will also in the near
future.
In reference to the "insurance" remark - of course, that is our
belief, however, some conditions do apply for such policy to be in
force as many Dioceses and their
Insurance Companies have learned after disbursing over ONE BILLION
dollars to pay a few "celibacy slip ups", which caused
more
damage than the billion dollars are worth.
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NEWS
- From Various Sources - From
December 8th through December 14th
(Highlighting,
if any,
by The M+G+R Foundation)
British
Mercenaries Shooting at Baghdad Motorists - December
8 - Scoop-Independent News
Security
contractors of the so-called "Victory" Group of the British
mercenary Firm Aegis Defense Services have committed the
ultimate war crime: the indiscriminate killing of civilians
as part of a "game", not a video game but a real game of
shooting Iraqi civilians as a form of entertainment, as
revealed in a "trophy video" posted on an Aegis employees
website. There are in fact several video clips, which
suggests that the practice is not an isolated event.
The
M+G+R Foundation Comments
This is how low our "civilized" world has gone
in its mad race to hell. How can we,
with a straight face,
ask God for
Mercy for this world. It deserves
the same as Noah's world received, since we have not
learned
yet.
Pentagon
may be spying on
anti-war activists - December 14 - Reuters
The Pentagon has a secret database
that indicates the U.S.
military may be collecting information
on Americans who oppose the Iraq war and may be also monitoring
peace demonstrations, NBC reported on Tuesday.
The database, obtained by the network,
lists 1,500
"suspicious incidents" across the United States over a 10-month
period and includes four dozen anti-war meetings or protests,
some aimed at military recruiting, NBC's Nightly News said.
The network said the document was the
first inside look at
how the Pentagon has stepped up intelligence collection in the
United States since the September 11, 2001, attacks.
The
M+G+R Foundation Comments
This is not an unreasonable strategy as long as it is not
utilized as Glado
was.
Properly implemented, it will
prevent orchestrated flares of
anarchism; unfortunately, its
credibility
has already been tainted by recent events.
Pentagon
aims US messages for foreign media
- December 14 - Reuters
A $400 million Pentagon
psychological warfare operation includes plans to place
pro-American messages in foreign media outlets without
disclosing the U.S. government as the source, USA Today reported
on Wednesday.
Citing one of the military officials in
charge of the
program, the newspaper said the media campaign was being
designed to counter terrorist ideology and sway foreign
audiences to support U.S. policies.
The report said the program, run by
psychological warfare
experts at the U.S. Special Operations Command, would operate
throughout the world, including in allied nations and in
countries where the United States is not involved in armed
conflict.
The description of the program by Mike
Furlong, deputy
director of the Joint Psychological Operations Support Element,
provides the most detailed look to date at the Pentagon's
global campaign, USA Today said.
The
M+G+R Foundation Comments
Once again - although not an intrinsically bad strategy, it
is doomed
even before it gets underway. What it will now result in is that, even
the legitimate news reports, will be seen as outright propaganda. Since
the
world already knows what
the power of well orchestrated
media propaganda can do, the US will harvest additional enemies - as if
we needed any more!
Will the White House ever learn? [The
answer to that rhetorical question is, for the record: "No, until it is too late."
Benedict
XVI Extols the Example
of Consecrated Persons - December 12 - Zenit
To present God to a world overwhelmed
by
hedonism, materialism and individualism, the Church needs the
testimony of chastity, poverty and obedience of consecrated persons,
says Benedict XVI.
The Pope expressed this conviction Saturday when meeting in Paul
VI Hall with 8,000 religious and members of secular institutes
and societies of apostolic life of the Rome Diocese.
"The Church has need
of your testimony, she has need of a
consecrated life that will address with courage and creativity
the challenges of the present time," the Holy Father told his
listeners, after they were introduced by Cardinal Camillo Ruini,
his vicar for Rome.
The
M+G+R Foundation Comments
These "touching words" bring to mind what the world knows
about Hierarchical
"Poverty".
They also bring to mind the memories that Law
was rewarded by John Paul II with the St.
Mary Major Basilica in Rome and the very recent memory that the
same Benedict XVI appointed Archbishop
Levada to be the "guardian
of the Faith".
With these hollow statements is how these
people are destroying whatever little is left of the Faith.
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NEWS
- Bright Planets and Meteors - December 11 - NASA
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if any,
by The M+G+R Foundation)
FALSE
AURORAS: With a strong cold wave
sweeping across the United States, reports have come pouring in of
colorful lights in the sky.
These are false
auroras, also known as "
light pillars"
-- luminous columns caused by manmade lights hitting snow or ice
crystals in the air. Look for them after a light snowfall. False
auroras can be almost as pretty as the real thing.
The
M+G+R Foundation Comments
God's
"chatter" goes on relentlessly with the Divine Hope that all who belong
to Him hear and avoid much suffering for themselves. FALSE
AURORAS
to announce FALSE DAWN?
Note:
It is interesting to note that several hours after we issued the above
as a letter to our Select List, NASA had removed the mention and
photograph of False Auroras from their News Page. If you wish to see
the original, let us know.
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NEWS
- Netanyahu: Israel should take out Iranian nuclear
facilities - December 4
- DPA
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Israel
should undertake an
operation to destroy the
Iranian nuclear programme similar to the airstrike it launched against
the nuclear reactor built by Saddam Hussein, leading opposition
legislator and prime ministerial candidate Benjamin Netanyahu said
Sunday.
"Israel
should not allow
Iran to develop a nuclear threat against
it," Netanyahu, challenging to become leader of the Likud Party
and
its candidate for premier in the March 28 elections, told Israel Radio.
"I'm carrying the tradition of (former
Israeli premier) Menahem
Begin, who did not let one of Iran's neighbours, the Iraq of Saddam
Hussein, develop such a threat against Israel and in a bold and daring
strike bought us two decades. I believe this is what Israel should
do," he said.
The
M+G+R Foundation Comments
As we stated on our October 29th posting regarding the
statement made by Iran's President calling for the destruction of
Israel:
As
you well know, we do not approve of war in any form or fashion,
however, we do not run the world.
Therefore - such attitude by Iran's
leadership will be taken, by
Western Powers, as a Declaration of War. With this in mind, we refer
you to the explanation of the Divine Logic associated
with the
events
at Hiroshima and Nagasaki. By world
standards, the
U.S. and allies could not be condemned for taking preemptive action.
The most serious problem here is that the US seems to have been
now very obviously
set up to act in a manner which is all too predictable.
Of course, the above
cannot be considered a "Prophetic Statement", announcing a dawn or a
sunset is not a "Prophetic Statement", it is a known an expected fact,
unless, of course, it is a false one.
It should be noted that, with the exception of Aljazeera
we have not no one else besides DPA making such news public. May
those
who Eyes, See and Ears, Hear.
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NEWS
- France's Lower House OKs Anti-Terror Bill - November 29 - AP
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France's lower house of parliament overwhelmingly approved a
new
anti-terrorism bill Tuesday that would increase the use of video
surveillance and allow police more time to question terror suspects.
The National Assembly voted
373-27 for the bill, which still needs to
clear a Senate vote in January before becoming law.
Interior Minister Nicolas Sarkozy, leading efforts to strengthen
laws against terrorism in response to deadly July bombings in London,
sought to assure lawmakers the bill would not trample on civil
liberties, as some fear.
He told the National Assembly the measures would allow police to
pre-empt terror attacks and not work "after the fact."
"This debate has paved the way for providing France with a more
efficient arsenal," he said. "The idea being that the worst should be
avoided and that we must give greater powers to law enforcement to
avoid a catastrophe."
The
M+G+R Foundation Comments
As we read these news, it is hard no to think about the recent rioting
in France and how it could have affected this "overwhelming" support.
We cannot help but have back flashes to the 2001 Anti-G 8 "riots"
in
Genoa. May those who have "Eyes, See" and those who have "Ears, Hear" -
should there be something to be seen and/or heard.
It took years for other
"spontaneous" events to be exposed for what
they were. Now, we don't have that kind of
time left.
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NEWS
- Roman Catholic Church
abuse scandal spreads to Brazil - November 26 - Mail and Guardian Online
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"A growing sex-abuse scandal is rocking
the world's largest national congregation of Catholics. This week, a
Brazilian priest was given a lengthy jail sentence after a court heard
extracts from a
diary that read like a paedophile priest's how-to manual.
Regina Soares Jurkwicz, author of Unveiling the Politics of Silence:
Sexual Abuse of Women by Priests in Brazil, said the South American country could
now be facing a problem of even greater dimensions than that uncovered
in the US in 2002.
"The Catholic Church doesn't
know what to do," she said. "In Brazil, the [typical] reaction of the
Catholic hierarchy is first to try to cover up the problem
or discredit the witness.
"Then, it is to transfer the
priest to another community, which is not told why he was transferred
there."
Jurkwicz said the problem has been exacerbated by the vast social
divide between Brazil's haves and have-nots.
"The victims are almost
always poor, vulnerable people," she said, arguing that Brazil's wealth
gap makes it easier for priests to exploit youngsters with
impunity.
According to extracts from its report, carried in Brazil's IstoE
magazine, 10% of Brazil's priests -- about 1 700 clerics -- are
involved in cases of sexual misconduct, including the physical abuse of
children and women.
The study was also said to have found that in the past three years at least 200 Brazilian priests
were referred to church psychological institutions following cases
involving paedophilia. Ten clerics are in jail and a further 40 are on
the run from the law.
On Thursday, Father Tarcisio Tadeu Spricigo was jailed for 14 years and
eight months for sexually abusing two boys, one of them a
five-year-old. In his diary,
obtained by police in São Paulo, the 48-year-old priest stressed
the need "to have boys who can keep a secret and without sexual
scruples".
The
M+G+R Foundation Comments
This is
how children are
damaged by such demonically depraved behavior. However, the worst part
is that the real culprits are not the spiritually sick priests who
engage in this behavior; the real culprits are the Church
Administrators who cover up for them and, the better they cover up,
the
greater their Papal rewards. These men are a Living Blasphemy.
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