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Every killing is a tragedy. But it is horrible that so many Catholics are coming to her defense. She had two marriages, a child and then became a lesbian. If you have a child, you MUST care for that child and not let day care do the job. Peaceful protests are legal, but interfering with police is a crime and does have consequences. And the above quotation about an illegal alien is totally true.
Every January 9, the Fiesta of the Poong Hesus Nazareno of Quiapo draws millions of Filipino devotees to Manila for the annual Traslacion. People flock to Quiapo to commemorate the traditional transfer of the image, originally from Mexico, from Intramuros to the Quiapo Church. What is supposed to be remembered is a solemn act of devotion, a penitential procession reenacting a historical moment of faith. The modern Traslacion follows the route from Quirino Grandstand to Quiapo Church, and by nature this devotion is good. No question about that. Filipinos have a deep love for Christ crucified, suffering, carrying the cross. That instinct is Catholic and it is beautiful.
But let us be honest and blunt. As the years go by, what used to be a solemn and organized procession has turned into chaos. People get injured. People get trampled. People even die. And yet every year we repeat the same thing and pretend nothing is wrong. If you ask the elderly, those who witnessed the Traslacion decades …More
She was widowed at 29 with five children, lost her social standing when she converted to Catholicism—and became America's first native-born saint by educating children nobody else would teach.
This is the story of Elizabeth Ann Seton—and how tragedy transformed into purpose that still touches millions of lives today.
New York City, 1774.
Elizabeth Bayley was born into privilege and prominence. Her father, Dr. Richard Bayley, was a distinguished physician who would become the first health officer of the Port of New York.
She grew up Episcopalian in a well-respected family. She had education, social position, security—everything that mattered in colonial New York society.
But from early childhood, Elizabeth was drawn to something beyond privilege: service.
She saw suffering around her—widows struggling to feed children, families devastated by disease and poverty. While other young women of her social class focused on making good marriages and maintaining position, Elizabeth organized …More
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When an officer of the law, a policeman or a custom's official tells you to stop or to move over here, the official must be obeyed. In Europe there are policemen with loaded rifles, and this is not for show or decoration. Trying to run over someone with a car is a mortal sin because you are trying to kill that person.