'When the virtual background of a Zoom meeting attendee has pictures of his or her wedding, it unintentionally reinforces the idea that marriage is most fitting between opposite sexes.'
The German synodal path, where the bishops are discussing these matters, has been under strong criticism for questioning the Church’s teachings on sexuality.
'If you do not comply with this, the school is ultimately obliged to involve the public order office – up to and including taking your child into custody,' the German state of Saxony announced.
We will be today ‘terminating our relationship with the World Health Organization and redirecting those funds to other worldwide and deserving urgent global public health needs’
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Premier Jason Kenney said the bill was introduced because 'we believe that parents know better than politicians or bureaucrats about what’s in the best interests of their kids'
In South Australia, from the start of June restaurants and cafes will be permitted up to 80 diners, while no more than 20 will be allowed to attend church services.
'Canadians should be allowed to make up their own minds when it comes to getting vaccinated,' Derek Sloan declared, 'and parents — not the government — should make the decision about getting the vaccine for their children.'
Numerous churches in the state had filed lawsuits against Governor J.B. Pritzker’s stay-at-home orders limiting the size of participants at church services.
'Males will always have inherent physical advantages over comparably talented and trained girls—that’s the reason we have girls’ sports in the first place,' said an Alliance Defending Freedom attorney.
Sixteen unsealed excerpts show that Planned Parenthood was involved in obtaining and selling 'donations' of fetal tissue organs from women having abortions.
Malnourished and neglected residents, insect infestations, spoiled food, and a lack of proper safety precautions were included among the conditions alleged in the Canadian Armed Forces report.
The Board of Directors implored investors to reject a proposal that included evaluating its 'gatekeeper,' the 'bigoted, racist and sexist' Southern Poverty Law Center.
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'The president will take action to ensure that Big Tech does not stifle free speech, and that the rights of all Americans to speak, tweet, and post will be protected.'
Studies appear to find conflicting results as to hydroxychloroquine's effectiveness in treating COVID-19, and President Trump's promotion of it has made it a political lightening rod.
A recent documentary, AKA Jane Roe, released last week claims Norma McCorvey, the Jane Roe of Roe v. Wade, was paid to join the pro-life movement. McCorvey’s friends have spoken out defending McCorvey since she cannot refute these claims from her grave. In today's episode of The Van Maren Show, four of McCorvey's close friends join Van Maren in speaking about her dedication to the pro-life movement. Listen to McCorvey's godmother, Lynn Mills, pro-life activist Karen Garnett, President of Operation Rescue Troy Newman, and pro-life activist Patrick Mahoney.
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Individuals will be assigned a health score from 0 to 100, based on a number of factors including their medical records, physical assessments, as well as their drinking, smoking, sleeping, and exercise habits.
The Lepanto Institute has launched a White House petition requesting a congressional investigation of CRS for violation of the Mexico City Policy, which prohibits foreign aid from funding organizations which advocate for abortion.
A new documentary, AKA Jane Roe, claims that Roe from Roe v. Wade was paid off to be pro-life. Four of her closest friends come on The Van Maren Show to set the record straight.
The abortion facility's director allegedly told police, according to the police report, that the protestors entered her facility when video evidence shows they did not.
The Church 'accompanies you with prayer for a new outpouring of the Holy Spirit,' the pope insisted in a set of brief remarks during his daily Regina Caeli prayer.
'Our plaintiffs have been blessed with 10 children. But Governor Northam’s Order discriminates against them because of the size of their family—prohibiting them from attending a religious service together, with their Priest present...'
One review summarizes the film: 'As he frantically tries to hide the evidence of his relationship from his mom ... he quickly learns that maybe there's nothing to hide after all.'
'In order for people to move around freely and start getting back to normal life, we have to improve our ability to quickly pinpoint the virus and isolate it,' the prime minister declared.
The new bylaw comes with fines of up to $10,000 or a year-long prison term for any business, extremely broadly defined, that offers 'conversion therapy.'
The depositions show that top Planned Parenthood executives were well aware of their clinics’ participation in the harvest and illegal sale of body parts from aborted children – and they knew it would result in more money for their affiliates.
“Are there signs today that suggest that we may have entered the Fatima-prophesied chastisement? Not only has Russia spread her errors all over the world, but for the first time in history the greater part of Catholic humanity has been deprived of the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass,” John-Henry tells listeners. Join John-Henry Westen as he explains the predictions of Our Lady of Fatima and how they relate to our current times. To hear this and other full talks from the Rome Life Forum, including talks from Cardinal Burke and Bishop Schneider, visit: https://romelifeforum.com To help keep this and other programs […]
'Not only has Russia spread her errors all over the world, but for the first time in history the greater part of Catholic humanity has been deprived of the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass.'
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'The end of the American-led system and arrival of an Asian century…is now happening in front of our eyes,' said Josep Borrell, High Representative of the EU for Foreign Affairs and Vice-President of the European Commission.
Twenty years ago, Doug Mainwaring left his wife and two children to live as a gay man. His story may or may not surprise you, but it will definitely bring you hope.
Many centuries after his death, St. Philip's Congregation of the Oratory would number among its famous members the former Anglican cleric and eventual cardinal John Henry Newman.
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The former prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith joined with exiled archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò to denounce world governments' treatment of the coronavirus pandemic.
A teacher has been successfully running an online education institution to provide a learning environment especially for Catholic children with special needs in the safety of their homes.
'The people are demanding to go to church and synagogue, go to their mosque – many millions of Americans embrace worship as an essential part of life,' said Trump.
Schneider criticized bishops who 'not only did not care but directly prohibited their faithful access to the sacraments, especially to the sacrament of the Holy Eucharist and the sacrament of Penance'
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'The millions of casualties of a continued shutdown will be hiding in plain sight, but they will be called alcoholism, homelessness, suicide, heart attack, stroke, or kidney failure'
Dr. Kulvinder Gill of Concerned Ontario Doctors called the govt's partnership with the Communist Party 'the most counterproductive and dangerous thing it could do.'
'I would say Pope Francis maybe said that because of more a personal taste. But the doctrine of the faith … is what God has revealed, what the Church has received.'
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'The order allows malls, shops, and other retailers to open their doors at fifty percent capacity, allows businesses—from pet-grooming services to medical cannabis operations—to resume in-person operations...but explicitly leaves in place bans on in-person worship services for more than ten people.'
Professor Roberto de Mattei said that top leaders in the Church today who deny the idea of divine punishment is a sure sign that the punishment is already happening.
Describing Norma McCorvey — 'Jane Roe' of the infamous Roe v. Wade — as colorful, 'rough around the edges,' and deeply hurting, pro-life leaders who were friends with McCorvey weighed in on the shocking new claims, which the filmmaker held onto for several years.
For the new doomsayers, the issue is not the coronavirus, but America. It should be pitied, not admired. America is not great. It is wrong and has lost its way.
'By the time they had returned home from their errand, a child protective services caseworker and a law enforcement officer were waiting at the door to investigate them for child abuse.'
'The Government stands ready to provide whatever support we can to the Department of Health in Northern Ireland to commission full abortion services,' Northern Ireland's secretary of state declared.
To help keep this and other programs on the air, please donate here. In today’s episode of The Van Maren Show, Ethan Gutmann, an investigative writer and defender of human rights, joins Jonathon to discuss the live organ harvesting that he discovered was happening in China. Van Maren and Gutmann discuss the current situation in China, how Gutmann uncovered the live harvesting of organs 20 years ago, and why Gutmann thinks this is a good reason for us to be cautious in our dealings with China.
Ethan Gutmann wrote The Slaughter, a book that exposed China's harvesting of organs from living people to the world. Today he joins Jonathon to discuss this terrible practice to which the world turns a blind eye.
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Professor Felix Dirsch has published a response to the criticism of the Viganò Appeal concerning the corona crisis and its potential dangers to freedom worldwide.
The Chinese Communist Party is striving to embed itself in U.S. institutions, Trump's secretary of state declared, and 'we're doing everything we can to push back against that.'
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The words in the Adhan state: 'Allah is the greatest. I bear witness that there is no god except Allah. I bear witness that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah. Come to prayer. Come to salvation.'
Ironically, the decision is also a reprimand for the French bishops' conference, whose representatives supported the government in its suppression of the Mass.
The Pentagon admitted in February of 2018 that despite the ban, the first transgender person had signed a contract with the military. And that's not all.
It is highly unlikely that the risk of contracting the coronavirus will be brought to zero. At some point we are going to have to return to our 'normal' lives.
Dr. Jayanta Bhattacharya says there are 'no safe options' and argues that shutdowns have 'had an enormous negative effect on the health of people' worldwide.
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May 18, 2020 (LifeSiteNews) – There has been much talk of conspiracy theories over the past several weeks. Some people are proposing them, prestigious publications like The Atlantic are issuing dire warnings (the conspiracy theorists are winning!), Christian thinkers are attempting to lay out why the ground is so fertile for such theories, and I attempted to explain why so many of these theories are swirling around Bill Gates. In a hyper-politicized age where everybody’s motives are suspect, it is difficult to know who to trust—especially when government bodies and public health agencies are often the very institutions promoting hormone […]
Those who see the insanity of these policies are left to wonder how many women will be raped before the authorities give up on the transgender ideology.
If increasing numbers of families decide to pursue these options for themselves, we will be threatening the secular progressive agenda in a real and definite way.
Mary Wagner, who inspired the growing Red Rose Rescue movement in the United States, offered inspiring words in connection with Canada's 23rd March for Life.
'Citizens' dignity' must be preserved, and they should not be instilled with 'fear of the disease in order to get people to agree to undergo trials,' the bishop said.
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'In China the people are slaves under the Communist Party,' the bishop emeritus of Hong Kong declared, and 'the poor of the poor countries did not feel they got any help from this globalized economy of the world.'
The annual meeting of the World Health Assembly opens next week amid the worst global pandemic in a hundred years and heightened tensions between the United States and China.
The cases in question concern two California Catholic elementary schools’ right to select educators who reflect their understanding of faith, free from government interference.
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'The idea of plans for a New World Order under which countries and ordinary citizens saw their identity taken away by a powerful elite might have seemed absurd until a few years ago'
The bishop insists that history will not look kindly on bishops who cooperated with governments' draconian edicts interfering in how Catholics practice the Faith.
The lawsuit states, 'This complaint seeks justice for a brazen, unprecedented, and ongoing conspiracy to selectively use California’s video recording laws as a political weapon to silence disfavored speech.'
Joan sets us an example of a laywoman who refuses to be cowed by threats and intimidations from 'authority,' even legitimate authority abusing its powers.
'Congressional hearings are critical to our Nation’s understanding of the origins of COVID-19 and efforts by the communist Chinese government to deceive the international community.'
To help keep this and other programs on the air, please donate to support the show. The World Health Organization has been spotlighted in the news recently thanks to the coronavirus pandemic, but how much do you actually know about the WHO? In today’s episode of The Van Maren Show, Rebecca Oas from the Center for Family and Human Rights, joins Jonathon to talk about the background of the WHO, their current work, and why pro-lifers should be leery of the programs they promote. Oas and Van Maren discuss the how the WHO has come to be more of […]
'As much as I respect you, Dr. Fauci, I don't think you're the end-all,' said Sen. Rand Paul, who is an ophthalmologist as well as the only senator confirmed to have had the coronavirus.
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'Just saw a headline in a Catholic newspaper with the phrase 'pro-abortion Catholic,'' noted Bishop Thomas Tobin. 'Sorry. That's a contradiction in terms.'
'These religious leaders were persecuted,' said the Thomas More Society. 'Their rights to the free exercise of religion, their freedom of speech, assembly, and expressive association were trampled upon.'
Steve Ray converted to Catholicism in his late 30s after being raised Baptist. After studying Catholic theology on worship and authority, he entered the Catholic Church in 1994 on Pentecost Sunday. Today, he speaks with John-Henry about the coronavirus and the crisis in the Catholic Church. “There are elements in the church today trying to reach in that [deposit of faith] and change things around — put things in and take things out. And frankly, I object.”
Despite other areas of society opening up like public transit and beaches, churches are still strictly forbidden from hosting public religious ceremonies.
Rep. Jeff Van Drew of New Jersey switched from Democrat to Republican in early 2020 over a dispute with other Democrats over whether to impeach the president.
From the founder of the Human Rights Campaign to Joe Biden, baptized Catholics are well represented among those in favor of destroying the traditional family.
The case involves a pledge against prostitution that U.S.-funded foreign entities are required to make. It has obvious implications for abortion funding abroad.
Governments are pushing the dangerous procedure in countries where the safeguards of medical professionals in clinics and hospitals has ordinarily been available to women.
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A special Mother's Day tribute to the great sacrifices mothers make thousands of times every day. It is truly the little things that matter most, let us not forget that this Mother's Day. The Little Things Poem by Kathie Borys The work undone, the beds unmade The floor unswept, the meal delayed My cup of coffee growing cold The laundry I have yet to fold “I’m hungry Mom,” the children say A thousand and one times a day And, “Mommy, will you read to me?” And “Mom, why can’t I watch T.V.?” And “Mom, please hold me on your knee.” […]
The St. Charles Borromeo Society is now serving as as a nationwide resource for U.S. Catholics interested in getting churches in their own dioceses opened up again.
Many who heard Dr. Levin’s initial comments took to social media to sound the alarm that children could be taken from their parents’ homes by the government.
Bishop Schneider gave this speech on the occasion of the 300th anniversary of the founding of Freemasonry in 1717 in England and has kindly granted LifeSiteNews permission to publish it.
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According to the government of Alberta’s website, '[i]f you're exposed to COVID-19, Alberta Health Services (AHS) will use information from ABTraceTogether to contact you.'
The Alberta government has instituted sweeping new powers under the Public Health Act via Bill 10 to provide police across the province with confidential patient medical information.
'[T]he churches are closed because of the restrictions established by the Government,' Cardinal Vincent Nichols explained, without recalling that the bishops convinced the government to close the churches.
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The state's Republican Attorney General joined the church's lawsuit, saying that 'even in times of crisis, the law must be followed ... and defend(ed).'
The regulation is aimed at supporting survivors of sexual misconduct, but the Democrat presidential candidate claims it will 'shame and silence' victims.
The Policing the Pandemic Mapping Project lays out the statistics on how Canada's law enforcement are treating citizens' rights during the coronavirus panic.
'But our supreme pastor is Jesus Christ, not Giuseppe Conte or any other head of state. The state has its task, but the church has its own,' said the Vatican's former doctrine chief.
The judgement found this did interfere with Christian Hacking's legal right to freedom of expression, but that the interference was justified because some members of the public found the images disturbing.
To help keep this and other programs on the air, please donate here. In today’s episode of The Van Maren Show, Jonathon speaks with Klusendorf about why he sees a fundamental flaw in the idea that locking down the country under the guise of preventing people from getting coronavirus. In a recent article published through the Christian Research Institute, pro-lifer Scott Klusendorf argues that these lockdowns aren’t aligned with pro-life values. Klusendorf is a renowned speaker for the Life Training Institute and trains others to passionately defend life.
'A Biden presidency would fundamentally transform the United States of America and turn it into the nation that the LGBTQ activists and their progressive friends have always desired'
'Please be advised that … we will no longer adhere to the 10-person limit or the other unconstitutional restrictions comprised within your orders,' the Romanian-American pastors told the governor.
This is the first time we have seen a School Board – especially an entrenched liberal one whose members likely get political support from Planned Parenthood – capitulate to parents on this issue!
'The pro-life argument is not that we must do everything to oppose death at all costs...The pro-life argument is we will never intentionally kill an innocent human being.'
The Canadian Association of MAiD Assessors and Providers claims that the killing of patients should last only through the coronavirus panic, but its reassurance rings hollow.
The talk show host made her remark during an interview with celebrity couple Dwyane Wade and Gabrielle Union, who are publicly pretending their pre-teen son is a girl.
Y.G. Nyghtstorm was raped at the age of 11 by a camp counselor and homeless at 18. He used to hate God and blame him for what happened to him in his youth. Now, he’s a pro-life, pro-Trump Catholic.
The FDA should 'protect women from the distributers of abortion-inducing drugs who place lives at risk by circumventing your agency’s regulatory safeguards,' the letter stated.
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The petition demands that that the rights of sidewalk counselors be protected during the COVID-19 pandemic as police frivolously arrest peaceful activists nationwide.
A sixth investigative report on Catholic Relief Services projects shows that U.S. bishops' charity organization implemented and promoted sex ed curricula that include pornographic images and promote contraception.
Agencies from the U.S., Canada, UK, Australia and New Zealand have documented evidence that the Communists knew about the outbreak in early December but tried to hide it.
The NHS’s newly created NHSX just launched a limited test run in the Isle of Wight. It will use Bluetooth to exhort users to get tested for coronavirus or quarantine themselves.
'It is time for Samaritan's Purse to leave NYC...Their continued presence here is an affront to our values of inclusion,' Corey Johnson, the speaker of the New York City Council, said May 1.
Promotion and justification of abortion, homosexuality, and gender ideology, contain 'the spirit of a revolt against God, and in this sense it reveals to have the characteristic of the Anti-Christ.'
To help keep this and other programs on the air, please donate here. Watch Mother Miriam's Live's encore episode re-aired on 5.4.2020. In today's episode, originally aired the week after Easter, Mother Miriam shares the story of the Rag Man. This story was a favorite of Mother's blood sister when she was growing up and now she shares it with her audience in the hope of bringing you some joy. You can tune in daily at 10 am EST/7 am PST on our Facebook Page. Subscribe to Mother Miriam Live here.
Someone in the Italian bishops’ conference had the bright idea that people could be given Holy Communion in a plastic bag. The prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship says not so fast.
The U.N. secretary general’s policy brief calls 'sexual and reproductive health services' 'central to health, rights and well-being of women and girls.'
The bishops call for an 'effective vaccine or widespread testing and contact data' before they will consider no longer forbidding their priests to offer the Mass to the faithful.
Jonathan Roumie has portrayed Christ on a number of occasions. This time, he depicts Our Lord in the hit TV series, “The Chosen.” Listen as Jonathan explains how the eucharist and Our Lady helps him on set.
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Bill 10 was rushed through the Legislative Assembly of Alberta in under 48 hours. It allows a single minister to unilaterally make new laws and create new offenses.
The modern understanding's 'original defect, which consists of the political misunderstanding that the Church revolved around power that now has to be limited and shared 'democratically,' must not be exaggerated,' Cdl. Gerhard Müller insisted.