(LifeSiteNews) — A Catholic priest faced an armed gang with courage and dignity before its leader stabbed him to death. Father Donald Martin Ye Naing Win of the Archdiocese of Mandalay, 44, refused to grovel to a group of 10 militiamen when they confronted him at Our Lady of Lourdes Parish in the village of Kangyi Taw, Myanmar (Burma), on February 14. According to two female eyewitnesses, when the squad ordered Martin to his knees, the priest replied, “I kneel only before God.” The priest then asked what he could do for them and if there was a matter they could discuss. In response, one of the men hit Martin with a sheathed knife, inadvertently also striking the leader of the gang, who then stabbed the priest repeatedly, almost severing his head from his body. According to the Vatican news agency Fides, the gang had first threatened two female parish workers who were helping Martin organize classes for the children of the village’s 40 Catholic families. The women reported that the …
DRESDEN, Germany (LifeSiteNews) — A German doctor has been sentenced to two years and eight months in jail for issuing mask and COVID shot exemptions. The 67-year-old Dr. Bianca Witzschel was also banned from working as a doctor for three years and fined around €47,000 ($ 50,472), which the court claims is equal to the amount that she reportedly made for issuing around 1,000 exemptions. reports that Witzschel is said to have issued “fake” certificates that exempted patients from wearing masks or receiving the experimental COVID jab in 1,003 cases across Germany between 2021 and 2022. The court also punished Witzschel for the possession of a stun gun without a license. The ruling also mentioned the fact that the 67-year-old is said to have identified herself as a member of the “Reichsbürger” movement – a group that is said to reject the modern German state – and to have been part of the “Indigenous People of the Germanites.” The German judge completely disregarded overwhelming …