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Attorney objects to jail policy that allows inmates Playboy, nude photos March 17--Billings attorney Stacy Sampson had been inside the Yellowstone County jail hundreds of times during her four-year tenure as a public defender. But during a visit two years ago, she saw something that still makes her mad.

A Montana judge on Friday sentenced the Roosevelt County sheriff to a 6-month suspended jail term after he pleaded guilty to assault for throwing a man through a window during a drunken bar fight. [SUSPENDED! Let me read that again… There have been many expressions to describe the increasingly over-controlling government: Big Brother, the law, the man, New York’s Finest, Police State; none of which are very harsh. But in this case, and so many more – just consider attacks on pro-lifers. When this is the penalty for a bully with a badge, the head of his department, I think we are taking this matter way too lightly. Keep in mind that speeding ticket quotas are often directly connected to paychecks. –Kathleen]

Arresting Christians costs U.S. city $100,000, Feb. 18--A U.S. judge has ruled that the decision by city police to arrest a Christian pastor who wanted to hand out Christian tracts at a public event in 2009 will cost the city some $100,000.

South Dakota: “Is There Anything We Can Do to Get You to Enroll Your Student?”--Homeschoolers are under no obligation to respond to a certain district’s recent survey, which may be a tool for enticing home educators back into the public school system. [Like the Post Office, government schools, are suffering from stiff competition. The costs of running a school to serve fewer and fewer pupils are per capita, climbing radically. So, South Dakota is trying to entice homeschoolers back to government run schools. Why not tell your state officials to sell the buildings (CHEAP) to private companies to run the schools, with oversight only from the state level government as is appropriate. Federal intervention in schools is unconstitutional. What about the poor? Good Catholics take care of the poor, but the government should not force us to do so or decide how much we are to pay. BTW, Catholics are forbidden to send children to public schools except if there is a dispensation, which is not to be given unless the schools are no threat to the Faith, will not influence children toward Modernism, for example. Propose this on ballot initiatives in your state, or where you don’t have that option, take it to a legislator. Work at the state level. This is a win-win. --Kathleen]

Study says Montana has one of best business tax climates; Wyoming is tops--HELENA — Montana has the eighth-best business tax climate nationally, a national study concludes. [May be a good reason for you to come to Montana. –Kathleen]

Homeschool mother loses custody over paperwork mixup-- The fact that a New York school district simply delayed processing the paperwork for a mother who decided to homeschool her son cost the mother custody – at least temporarily – of her son, according to a new report. The Home School Legal Defense Association reports that what should have been no more than a simple misunderstanding or paperwork mixup resulted in the child being taken into custody by social services agencies.

Mike Mayott, parish life coordinator for Holy Rosary, Little
Flower and Our Lady of Guadalupe parishes in Billings, stands near
Holy Rosary Church on Thursday. Mayott is helping guide the
consolidation of the three churches into one new parish.

Trio of Billings Catholic churches planning to merge—1/10/12--Come July 1, Holy Rosary, Little Flower and Our Lady of Guadalupe parishes in Billings [Montana] will cease to exist. [Throughout the country mergers of this type have increased. In some cases, statistics may show a new church being built, but do not reduce the number of churches in that diocese by the number of merged churches that are being sold. These older more traditional churches are often traded for much more modern styled buildings and interiors.kp]

Occupy protesters removed from St Peter's Square 1/16/12--Demonstrators attempting to set up a protest camp in St Peter's Square in Rome have been forcibly removed by riot police, reports the Guardian.

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THE ROBBER CHURCH

by Patrick Henry Omlor

For me the most important part of this book is his "Questioning the Validity of the Masses Using the New All-English Canon." He called my attention to the risk, nay the certainty, of idolatry. Everyone can profit from his work, even those of us who have read it previously.

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NIKITARONCALLI: Counterlife of a Pope

by Franco Bellegrandi

The author served for years on the Vatican's Noble Guard and as an editor at the Vatican's newspaper, L'Osservatore Romano. Unfortunately, his informative and well-written book has never been published in English.

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PAOLO SESTO BEATO? / PAUL VI BEATIFIED?
by Luigi Villa
The author has fought freemasonry and communism more than half a century, and knows his subject. He documents his work with over three hundred footnotes, which we have mostly omitted because we consider Monsignor Villa sufficient authority on his own specialty. The book was written just over a decade ago, but much of its content was published earlier in his periodical, Chiesa Viva, some of it more than once. So if you find it somewhat repetitious, be assured of his different treatment of each "redundancy."

This important book has never been published in English.

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John XXIII "Beatified" Too? Open Letter to the Episcopate

by Luigi Villa

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Interesting stats: US Methodist population increasingly declines

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Catholic Bishops Lost in the Weeds of American Politics

[Title and article refers to Novus Ordo bishops. The ability to “see” and understand that these men are of a new religion, established at Vatican II, is a gift of grace. Once anyone “gets it” it is easy, but when looking back, I recall how confusing it was when I first was confronted with the changes. This story, while not piercing the darkness, does show that N.O. bishops no longer think or believe as Catholics, at least most.—Kathleen]

New book sheds light on Catholic-HHS mandate debacle

STAFFORD, Virginia, March 16-- Judie Brown, a prolific [Novus Ordo] author and astute observer of [Novus Ordo] leadership in America says, "Current events have made it impossible to continue to ignore serious consequences that come into play when religious leaders or their representatives confuse religion with politics."

In her new book, The Broken Path: How Catholic Bishops Got Lost in the Weeds of American Politics, she writes:

[T]he leadership of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops . . . has taken the moral currency of Catholic doctrine and, to a large extent, squandered it on securing seats at the table of the political and cultural powerbrokers in America. . . . Catholic structures, such as schools and hospitals, have grown dependent on government financial support. . . . An ordained priest, including Catholic bishops, cannot feed the hungry soul when he is more interested in playing footsie with politicians.

Bishop Rene Gracida, Bishop Emeritus of Corpus Christi, Texas, calls Brown's latest work a "hard-hitting wake-up call to Catholics."

Appointed twice by Pope John Paul II and again by Pope Benedict XVI to the Pontifical Academy for Life, Brown is known as a pull-no-punches defender of her beloved Church -- whether the attack comes from without or within.

Brown says she wrote the book after five ears of research because, "Even now in the 21st century, it is not idealistic to point out that the primary and singularly exclusive role of Catholic bishops and, by extension, their ordained priests and deacons, is to strengthen Catholic people in their faith by setting the example in their words and their deeds."

During the writing process something else occurred to her: "When anyone who is responsible and aware of a problem chooses to ignore it or otherwise walk away from it, he or she becomes part of it."

[Those who remain in the N.O. hoping to “correct from within” a false religion are a huge part of the problem. They in fact become greatly influenced and soon accept what they once rejected as unCatholic.]

The Broken Path: How Catholics Bishops Got Lost in the Weeds of American Politics has a five-star rating on Amazon. Readers call the book "amazing, disturbing, thought provoking, and ultimately uplifting."

Judie Brown is president and co-founder of the nation's oldest and largest Catholic pro-life advocacy group, American Life League. For more information, please visit www.ALL.org or call 540-659-4171.

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Interesting stats: US Methodist population increasingly declines

"Liberal Protestantism in America continues its implosion. Meanwhile, African United Methodists will outnumber U.S. church members in 10 years under current rates." -- Mark Tooley, IRD President

WASHINGTON, March 7 -- Once the largest Protestant denomination in the United States, new figures released by the United Methodist Church reveal that, while it remains America's second largest Protestant body, its U.S. membership has posted perhaps its largest drop since the 1970s.

The church's 2010 U.S. membership stands at 7,570,980, a drop of 108,870 persons from 2009. The decline largely mirrors trends in other U.S. mainline denominations: in the same reporting year, the Episcopal Church reported a loss of 54,436 members, dropping below 2 million members. In contrast, the Roman Catholic Church and the Assemblies of God have posted membership growth, while the Southern Baptist Convention, America's largest Protestant denomination, has reported stable membership.

Since the 1960s, United Methodism in the U.S. has lost nearly 4.5 million members, a nearly record loss for any church in the history of Christianity. Meanwhile, overseas United Methodism has gained 4 million members.

Non-U.S. United Methodism now accounts for nearly 40 percent of the denomination and includes 4.4 million members, mostly in Africa. At about 12 million members internationally and growing, The United Methodist Church is one of the 10 largest Christian communions in the world.

IRD President Mark Tooley commented:

"United Methodism's rate of U.S. decline as a percentage is much less than that of the Episcopal Church or Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) but is still tragic. Liberal Protestantism in America continues its implosion. Meanwhile, African United Methodists will outnumber U.S. church members in 10 years under current rates. Global Christianity, including United Methodism, thrives because it is evangelistic and confident about Christian beliefs.

"The upcoming April 24, 2012 governing United Methodist General Conference, where a record 40 percent of delegates will come from overseas, will showcase the clash between dying liberal U.S. Protestantism and dynamic global Christianity.

"Let's hope that United Methodism, on its present course, disengages from failed captivity to American culture and continues to grow internationally and perhaps, someday, even grow in the U.S. for the first time in nearly 50 years."

The Institute on Religion & Democracy works to reaffirm the church's biblical and historical teachings, strengthen and reform its role in public life, protect religious freedom, and renew democracy at home and abroad.

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Dr. Tommy Mitchell

Why Can’t a Day Mean a Day? Is faulty science making its way into Christian theology? What teachings about our beginning are true, and which ones conflict with the Bible? In the first of four online workshops provided free of charge from New Leaf Publishing Group, Dr. Tommy Mitchell of Answers in Genesis will explore the very first verses of the Bible in the e-vent “Why Can’t a Day Mean a Day?” Join Dr. Mitchell as he dissects scientific history and how it aligns with Scripture. Sign up for this free e-vent today! [Homeschool event –kp]

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