BREAKING: Polish gov’t intervenes on behalf of its citizen in ‘vegetative state’ in UK, he’ll receive water and nutrition until Jan. 7

After water and nutrition were withheld from 'RS' on Christmas Eve, Poland’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Zbigniew Rau, wrote an official letter to the U.K.’s Foreign Secretary, Dominic Raab. Rau asked his British counterpart for an urgent 'help and intervention' in order to get food and water back to RS so he is not starved and dehydrated to death.
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Merry Christmas from LifeSiteNews!

Dear readers, Every year on Christmas Eve, LifeSite publishes Christmas reflections written by our staff and contributors. The year 2020 has been one of enormous growth for us and thus we are publishing far more Christmas reflections than in years past. We encourage you to read these pieces, many of which are personal and all of which are thoughtful, as you celebrate Christmastide. We have also included a link to a recap of 2020 by His Excellency Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò. LifeSiteNews will be taking a much-needed break to celebrate Christmas until January 4, 2021. We wish you all a very […]
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A full cradle and an empty grave: Christmas is the opposite of abortion

Decemer 24, 2020 (LifeSiteNews) – Each year, abortion groups celebrate the season by requesting donations and wishing everyone happy holidays. It is always ironic to see the spiritual descendants of Herod twist themselves into knots to acknowledge Christmas without being too religious, but I suppose it is also understandable. Nobody likes being left out, even those who spend the rest of the year dispatching God’s tiny gifts to the next world with scalpels and suction aspirators. This year, one abortion worker attempted to get particularly festive by topping a Christmas tree not with an angel or a star, but with […]
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A look back at Pope Benedict XVI’s 2007 homily on ‘the mystery of Christmas’ in ‘a polluted world whose future is at risk’

December 24, 2020 (LifeSiteNews) – “The time came for Mary to be delivered,” said Pope Benedict XVI, beginning his midnight MMass homily on the Feast of the Lord’s Nativity with St. Luke’s account of Christmas. “And she gave birth to her first-born son and wrapped him in swaddling clothes, and laid him in a manger, because there was no room for them in the inn” (Lk 2:6f.). “These words touch our hearts every time we hear them,” the pontiff remarked. “We can imagine the kind of interior preparation, the kind of love with which Mary approached that hour. The brief […]
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In spite of this year’s trials, let’s rejoice with Our Lady this Christmas

December 24, 2020 (LifeSiteNews) – The birth of my first baby wasn’t exactly fun. I labored for 24 hours and ended up having to get a C-section in the end. The pregnancy wasn’t a cup of tea either. Back aches, swollen feet, you name it. The toll that your body takes on to create a human being can be hard to deal with at times. There is, however, the spirit of excitement for what is to come. For some reason, I look back on those moments with fondness because I brought a child into this world and honestly, I believe that […]
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A skipped Christmas

December 24, 2020 (LifeSiteNews) – This time last year was very challenging for my family. As I wrote earlier this fall, my mom had just been taken from us suddenly in a car wreck and my eldest son (at that time seven) was recovering from injuries sustained in the crash. None of us felt like decorating or baking cookies or celebrating much of anything. So, we packed up our RV, put Mom's mini-Christmas tree up as our decoration, and drove off into the wild. We spent a week hiking in the mountains, fishing, having bonfires, and just being together. We […]
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Where God reveals Himself to us in a Christmas under oppression

GLASGOW, Scotland, December 24, 2020 (LifeSiteNews) — As far as I can tell, out of all the advents I have lived through, the advent of 2020 has been possibly one of the most…adventy. What I mean is, the manner in which I have entered into and, indeed, experienced this advent has been among the most authentic in my life, and much of that is down to 2020 itself (and God’s good grace, naturally). This year has brought many unexpected surprises: from the more general and depressing, like COVID and travel restrictions, to the joyful announcement of a new nephew joining […]
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The earthly and heavenly rituals of Christmas

December 24, 2020 (LifeSiteNews) – A smell of moss and fir tree in the living room. Typically Dutch meat patties in home-made puff pastry baking in the oven. Stollen with dried currants and almond paste in the middle, rising lazily in a warm corner of the kitchen. Everything will be just so. Everything will be ready this Thursday when we leave for our long drive to a vetus ordo Midnight Mass. Yes, I’m sure it’s Christmas, whatever’s happening in the outside world. The signs will all be there, in their proper places. And woe to whom would aim to change […]
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Lockdowns be darned! Spend Christmas with your families

ALBERTA, Canada, December 24, 2020 (LifeSiteNews) – This will not be a typical Christmas reflection, as I am afraid that for 2020, this will not be a typical Christmas.  I have to admit that news of governments calling to “cancel” Christmas – like they actually can wipe from the face of the earth one of the most important religious celebrations for Catholics and Christians around the world – has made me angry like never before.   I have had my fair share of angry moments in my life and have been in some very tough situations which have tested my resolve […]
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Lockdowns cannot stop God visiting each of us this Christmas

LifeSiteNews is facing increasing censorship. Click HERE to sign up to receive emails when we add to our video library.  December 24, 2020 (LifeSiteNews) – It was New Year’s Eve and like every year, my family hosted a party with our relatives and friends from all over town. We sat around the dinner table sharing our hopes and dreams for 2020. For most of us, we liked how things are going and wouldn’t want to change a thing. Each of us had our health, our home, our jobs, loved ones all around and our churches open for us to go to […]
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In the desolate places

December 24, 2020 (LifeSiteNews) — This Christmas season feels very different from previous holidays, at least for our family. In years past, our children were thrilled with the anticipation of spending Christmas Day with their grandparents in Maryland — a tradition we have maintained for the better part of 18 years. We’ve missed a few due to moving, but we’ve come home for Christmas every year that we physically could. This year, the children’s presents and treats have been trickling in via UPS, USPS, and FedEx. As excited as they are to receive these gifts, there is a palpable disappointment […]
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Contemplating the Incarnation of the Son of God with sacred art

December 24, 2020 (LifeSiteNews) — Prior to his being elected successor of St. Peter, Pope Benedict XVI, as Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, wrote, “The only really effective apologia for Christianity comes down to two arguments, namely the saints the Church has produced and the art which has grown in her womb.” In outlining the role of sacred art, St. Thomas Aquinas explains: There were three reasons for the introduction of the use of visual arts in the Church: first, for the instruction of the uneducated, who are taught by them as by books; second, that the mystery of the Incarnation and […]
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Born out of humility

December 24, 2020 (LifeSiteNews) — Pride is perhaps the greatest vice that is plaguing our society at this point in time. Joseph Delany noted in his article on New Advent that when one “unreasonably looks to be put ahead of others,” it is a common sign of pride. I am noticing more and more that people are starting to act like they are better than others. The other day, while I was watching a livestream of one of the election fraud hearings, I saw someone commenting in the live chat on how Trump “lost” the election and proceeded to insult […]
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Proof God’s in charge: How I got a new life in 2020

December 23, 2020 (LifeSiteNews) — Before I was hired by the honest and God-fearing people of LifeSiteNews, I spent most of my time drifting through each day, waiting for my life to radically change. Effective unemployment and living in a new city were both major encouragements in that aspect. I had about three months left of rent squared away when I received a message from a family friend working at LifeSite. My friend, knowing I had a knack for creating video content, encouraged me to apply for the video editor position, believing I could get it. After refreshing myself on […]
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A Christmas like no other in the USA: We are all activists now

December 24, 2020 (LifeSiteNews) — As a child growing up just outside the Washington, D.C. Beltway during the 1960s–1970s, my greatest fear was that one day I would see a brilliant flash of white light followed by a thunderous explosion, and then look up to see a hideous mushroom cloud rising over the nation’s capital. Back then, it never would have occurred to me that the biggest threat to our nation would come not from a foreign enemy reaching our shores, but from within — from fellow Americans who hold great power in politics, in mainstream media, in academia, and […]
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Brothers in arms

December 24, 2020 (LifeSiteNews) – The year 2020 was a year full of trials for nearly all the world. It was a year of division in the ranks of the faithful, the likes of which I could never have imagined. The strife was felt on every level: personal, spiritual, familial, occupational, corporate, political, and ecclesial. It was a year that convinced me of the power of evil being far greater than any human power, no matter how strong. It was a stark reminder we are to rely on God and God alone for our help, and that without Him we […]
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2020 was a year of clarity – about a lot of things

December 24, 2020 (LifeSiteNews) – “The darker the night, the brighter the stars. The deeper the grief, the closer is God!” – Fyodor Dostoevsky “Hold fast that which is good.” – 1 Thessalonians 5:21 During this year of massive attacks on the “fundamental human rights of freedom of movement, freedom of assembly, and freedom of opinion” and restrictions on public worship “unimaginable even during the Third Reich,” as Bishop Athanasius Schneider put it, there have nevertheless been many blessings and graces amidst the darkness. This past year has been, if nothing else, a year of clarity. We know who will […]
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The miracle of Christmas: How a baby redeemed the world and how my babies redeemed me

December 24, 2020 (LifeSiteNews) – The birth of my son was Hell on Earth. After putting my husband and me through physical and psychological torture, the hospital staff then tortured our baby, too, and took him from us, and it took two days of harrowing, maddening work to rescue him. It was not the birth experience my husband and I wanted for ourselves or our child – yet, in an example of God pulling good out of evil, it formed what are now some of my deepest convictions. I remember the year following the birth. Night after night, for weeks, I would […]
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The first Christmas was also uncomfortable and full of hardship

EDINBURGH, Scotland, December 24, 2020 (LifeSiteNews) — This Christmas will be the strangest ever for millions of Christians across the western world. We are going to have to check the headlines to see what our governments want us to do, and then we are going to do what we believe God is calling us to do: at least, I hope so. We’re just going to do it while looking over our shoulder, and that’s an uncomfortable thought. But it occurred to me that the first Christmas was also uncomfortable, and the discomfort was also caused by government fiat. We read […]
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This Christmas, Our Savior wishes to be born in our welcoming hearts

To help keep this and other programs on the air, please donate here.   In this episode, Mother Miriam speaks about how this Christmas week, we should all go to the baby Jesus with welcoming hearts and souls.   You can tune in daily at 10 am EST/7 am PST on our Facebook Page.   Never miss a show! Subscribe to Mother Miriam Live email updates here.
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Abp. Viganò: We’re witnessing ‘general rehearsal for the establishment of the kingdom of the Antichrist’

'In my opinion,' Viganò writes, 'what we are witnessing represents the general rehearsal for the establishment of the kingdom of the Antichrist, which will be preceded by the preaching of the False Prophet, the Precursor of the one who will carry out the final persecution against the Church before Our Lord’s definitive and crushing victory.
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World Economic Forum previews major ‘Great Reset’ summit slated for January

December 23, 2020 (LifeSiteNews) — The World Economic Forum (WEF) recently unveiled information about a summit scheduled by the group for next month, which will “mark the launch of the World Economic Forum’s Great Reset Initiative.” Labelled the “Davos Agenda,” the conference will run from January 25-29 in Singapore, rather than the WEF’s typical Davos, Switzerland location.  The WEF, a top globalist organization known for convening thousands of financial and political elites every year, had announced the January event and the “Great Reset” program at a virtual meeting this summer. The group’s founder, Klaus Schwab, described the Great Reset in June as a means “to revamp all […]
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Abp. Viganò: Vatican Nativity is ‘expression of apostasy, immorality and vice’

This irreverent monstrosity is the mark of the universal religion of transhumanism hoped for by the New World Order; it is the expression of apostasy, immorality and vice – of ugliness erected as a model. And just like everything that is constructed by man’s hands without God’s blessing, indeed against Him, it is destined to perish, to disappear, and to crumble.
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SSPX priest scores major victory against California Governor Newsom

In a landmark decision that was decided on Supreme Court precedent, SSPX Priest Father Trevor Burfitt sued California Governor Gavin Newsom for religious discrimination in not permitting the public celebration of the mass, and won. LifeSiteNews correspondent Jim Hale traveled to California to report on the story. Read the full story here: https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/california-priest-scores-major-victory-against-gov-newsom-can-keep-church-open/?utm_source=ShowsPage
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Christmas week is here: finish Advent strong for God

To help keep this and other programs on the air, please donate here.   In this episode, Mother Miriam speaks about the last remaining days of Advent.   You can tune in daily at 10 am EST/7 am PST on our Facebook Page.   Never miss a show! Subscribe to Mother Miriam Live email updates here.
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Christian actor Nick Searcy leading fight for freedom in California

The fight for freedom in California is being led, and won by Christians and among them is actor Nick Searcy. The man who starred as the Sheriff in the acclaimed TV series “Justified” has just finished production of a documentary “America, America, God Shed His Grace On Thee – a comic but serious film about the Bible and the United States Constitution. LifeSite’s Jim Hale is in California to cover the story of the SSPX Priest who just won his case against the state to resume the celebration of the mass. Jim caught up with Nick at a now famous […]
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How LGBT agenda offers perfect cover for predators to groom children

December 21, 2020 (LifeSiteNews) – I have recently written on LifeSiteNews two articles about how people in positions of authority and trust have failed children and young people. The first was about a clinic belonging to the UK’s National Health Service (NHS) adopted a policy of “affirming” the expressed desires of young people and children to “change sex”, prescribing them powerful drugs, whose long-term effects remain little-known, to “block puberty.” The courts have now determined that this policy was wrong, because younger children are incapable of consenting to this treatment, and even the consent of older children must be treated […]
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Man adopts 42 ‘miracle’ kids who survived abortions

Donate to the Comunidade Jesús Menino (Community of Baby Jesus) here: https://www.lifefunder.com While there was no place in the Inn for the baby Jesus, a Catholic Brazilian man believes God has called him to make a place in his home, a place he calls the Community of Baby Jesus, for the 42 disabled children he has adopted, many of whom survived failed abortions.
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Pro-life heroine Mary Wagner needs your help with landmark Supreme Court case

Sign up for our Video News email list, so you don’t miss any episodes or other LifeSite videos: https://bit.ly/LifeSiteVideoSub Mary Wagner’s eight-year legal battle to defend unborn children and their mothers has reached the Supreme Court of Canada. Her lawyer, Dr. Lugosi, is arguing that Canada’s law denying the humanity of the unborn child — thus allowing abortion up to birth — violates the Charter guarantees to the right to life and equality under the law. Mary has spent six years in jail for her peaceful interventions at abortion centers to save mothers and unborn children from the violence of […]
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A microchip-based program backed by Bill Gates is tracking the COVID status of millions

Since 2015, the Gates Foundation has supported Khushi Baby, a microchip-based project in India that helps monitor children's vaccination through attachable NFC microchip necklaces.  Read more: https://www.lifesitenews.com/blogs/author/john-henry-westen To help the John-Henry Westen Show reach as many people as possible, click here to donate: https://give.lifesitenews.com/give?utm_source=JHWGates  To receive weekly emails when a new show is updated, click here: https://lifesitenews.us1.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=3b519162c561a81f1ee4736a3&id=b7be5a6f12 
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Catholics should return to practicing Ember Days

To help keep this and other programs on the air, please donate here.   In this episode, Mother Miriam speaks about the Church and biblical tradition of Ember Days. These are holy days which are dedicated only to prayer and to fasting.   You can tune in daily at 10 am EST/7 am PST on our Facebook Page.   Never miss a show! Subscribe to Mother Miriam Live email updates here.
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‘We are not alone’: A 2020 recap by Archbishop Viganò

The months that we leave behind represent one of the darkest moments in the history of humanity: for the first time ever, since the birth of the Savior, the Holy Keys have been used to close churches and restrict the celebration of the Mass and the Sacraments, almost in anticipation of the abolition of the daily Sacrifice prophesied by Daniel, which will take place during the reign of the Antichrist.
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Lockdowns in the light of Advent: Advice from a hermit on how to cope

Father Maximilian Mary Dean is a Hermit serving in the Diocese of Harrisburg, PA where he offers daily mass for the Cloistered Carmelite Sisters of the monastery of Jesus, Mary and Joseph. His appearance on the John-Henry Westen Show at the beginning of the lockdowns in April was a huge hit with the faithful and he is back to talk about what it means during Advent to be carrying our crosses once again.
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Catholic guide to celebrating advent

To help keep this and other programs on the air, please donate here. Watch this episode of Mother Miriam's Live originally aired on 12.7.2020. Today, Mother Miriam speaks about the importance of using advent to prepare for Christmas and provides listeners with suggestions from apologist Jimmy Akin for this season of preparation. You can tune in daily at 10 am EST/7 am PST on our Facebook Page. Never miss a show! Subscribe to Mother Miriam Live email updates here.
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We are commissioned to share the gospel to the whole world

To help keep this and other programs on the air, please donate here.   Watch this episode of Mother Miriam's Live originally aired on 10.21.2020 and re-aired on 12.4.2020. Today, Mother Miriam speaks about the importance of spreading the gospel with others, which means telling them the tough truth sometimes. We cannot just allow others to continue in their sin thinking we are safe as long as we know the truth.   You can tune in daily at 10 am EST/7 am PST on our Facebook Page.   Never miss a show! Subscribe to Mother Miriam Live email updates here.
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Parents must not forget they are the primary educators of their children

To help keep this and other programs on the air, please donate here. Watch this episode of Mother Miriam's Live originally aired on 10.13.2020 and re-aired on 12.3.2020. Today, Mother Miriam speaks about the rampant spread of the LGBT agenda and the other propaganda being taught in schools. Mother reminds parents that they are called to be the primary educators of their children. She encourages parents to homeschool their children. You can tune in daily at 10 am EST/7 am PST on our Facebook Page. Never miss a show! Subscribe to Mother Miriam Live email updates here.
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The other pandemic: the sexualization of children

To help keep this and other programs on the air, please donate here. Watch this episode of Mother Miriam's Live originally aired on 10.12.2020 and re-aired on 12.2.2020. Today, Mother Miriam reads from an article published by John-Henry Westen about the sexualization of children in our society and how Church leadership isn’t protecting our children like they should. You can tune in daily at 10 am EST/7 am PST on our Facebook Page. Never miss a show! Subscribe to Mother Miriam Live email updates here.
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Christians need to get off the sidelines and become active in politics

Jonathan van Maren is joined this week by Dr. Jeff Myers, President of Summit Ministries, and one of America's most respected authorities on youth leadership development.  Myers discusses an article he wrote last month, titled “Christians Must Demand Justice in Election Crisis,” where he highlights important principles of citizenship which every Christian must support and promote, during the current post-election chaos. 
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Archbishop Viganò on the importance of good literature for the restoration of Christianity

'Memory is a fundamental element of a people’s identity, civilization and culture: a society without memory, whose patrimony consists solely of a present without a past, is condemned to have no future. It is alarming that this loss of collective memory affects not only Christian nations, but also seriously afflicts the Catholic Church herself and, consequently, Catholics.'
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The Democratic Party is the party of death because of their stance on abortion

To help keep this and other programs on the air, please donate here. Watch this episode of Mother Miriam's Live originally aired on 10.08.2020 and re-aired on 12.2.2020. Today, Mother Miriam speaks about the evils of murder through abortion. She reminds listeners that the Democratic Party is the party of death because of their stance on abortion and that no Catholic can vote for a Democrat. You can tune in daily at 10 am EST/7 am PST on our Facebook Page. Never miss a show! Subscribe to Mother Miriam Live email updates here.
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