Author Archives: Joseph Saraceno
The Latest: Infant dies in Portugal fires; toll rises to 32

Portuguese authorities say a 1-month-old baby has died in the country’s spate of wildfires, raising the death toll in the forest blazes to 32.
The Civil Protection Agency says the infant had been missing after a wildfire near Tabua, some 200 kilometers (120 miles) north of Lisbon. MORE
More than half of students at for-profit colleges defaulted on loans

Americans Killed by Guns Since 1968 Than in All US Wars – NBC News

Since 1968, more than 1.5 million Americans have died in gun-related incidents, according to data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. By comparison, approximately 1.2 million service members have been killed in every war in U.S. history, according to estimates from the Department of Veterans Affairs and iCasualties.org, a website that maintains an ongoing database of casualties from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. MORE
As Bethlehem’s mayor, I ask: Why are U.S. Christians celebrating Israeli policies

Trump Administration Defines Life ‘Beginning at Conception’

“HHS accomplishes its mission through programs and initiatives that cover a wide spectrum of activities, serving and protecting Americans at every stage of life, beginning at conception,” the document states initially. MORE
VIDEO: Knowingly exposing others to HIV will no longer be a felony in California

You now have to vote Democrat to receive it. Causing total dependence, that’s if you want to live.
Go out from her, my people; that you be not partakers of her sins, and that you receive not of her plagues.” [Apocalypse 18:4]
Gov. Jerry Brown signed a bill Friday that lowers from a felony to a misdemeanor the crime of knowingly exposing a sexual partner to HIVwithout disclosing the infection.
The measure also applies to those who give blood without telling the blood bank that they are HIV-positive. MORE
California adds ‘non-binary’ gender option on state licenses

Go out from her, my people; that you be not partakers of her sins, and that you receive not of her plagues.”
[Apocalypse 18:4]
Californians who don’t identify as male or female will soon be able to identify as a third gender on state documents.
Democratic Gov. Jerry Brown signed a bill titled the “Gender Recognition Act” Sunday night allowing state residents to identify as “non-binary” on driver’s licenses and birth certificates, The Sacramento Bee reported. MORE
Sermon for Saint Luke, the Evangelist October 18,

St Luke evangelist
In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. Amen.
Monsignor began the sermon by reciting the Hail Mary.
Because of Oktoberfest I’ll be short, but I didn’t want to let today’s feast go without a thought or two to take with you for your spiritual life and into your life in general. Continue reading
The Pope Flawlessly Called Out Trump’s Hypocritical Antiabortion Views

As the pope wrapped up a press conference in Colombia on Sept. 10, he spoke about DACA – and how it doesn’t match up with Trump’s antiabortion views. “The President of the United States presents himself as pro-life and if he is a good pro-lifer, he understands that family is the cradle of life and its unity must be protected,” he said. MORE
Pope Francis: ‘Wars and Climate Change’ Are Root Causes of World Hunger and Migration

Insight into the Catholic Faith presents the Catholic Tradition Newsletter

October 14, 2017 ~ Saint Callistus, opn!
1. Is the Chair of Peter Vacant? An Argument for Sedevacantism
2. Nineteenth Sunday after Pentecost
3. Saint Teresa of Avila
4. Family and Marriage
5. Articles and notices
Dear Reader:
One question that many ask is this: Why doesn’t God perform a miracle that would cause the conversion of the world? Continue reading
Uruguay elects morbidly obese first transgender senator

The 34-year-old lawmaker assumed her senatorial seat representing the Communist Party on Tuesday.
Suarez says she always had the support of her parents, but she was discriminated growing up by some schoolmates and teachers. MORE
Pope Francis Wants the Catholic Church to Change Doctrine on Death Penalty

The Fatima message started off with a request of amendment of life

Once again, In adhering to our Lady’s request of prayer and penance, the current trend that unless “all of Our Lady’s requests are implemented,” all is in vain in obtaining restoration in the Church and in the world. But that’s the problem. It has been in vain because Our Lady’s requests have been rejected by the Church and the world in general. Adding to the confusion was Pope John XXIII refusal to disclose the Fatima secret in 1960, then two years later we had the opening of the (gates of Hell) Vatican II Council, in Apocalypse 9.
Once Paul VI started implementing the heretical teachings of the Council every decent Catholic had to focus on the preservation of the faith, not to mention the decay of our moral standards in all aspects of our society here in the United States of America. Even Satan found his way to the Fatima shrine in Portugal by having Hindu Ritual Performed at Fatima Shrine May 5, 2004.
It’s no wonder Russia and the Russian Orthodox church has distance themselves from the west and the Vatican II Church. Continue reading