Thursday, May 3, 2012
Wednesday, May 2, 2012
Monday, April 30, 2012
Sacred Relics of Blessed Pope John Paul II in Manila
UPDATE:
The Relics of Blessed John Paul II and the Pope Mobile-World Youth Day 1995 will stay at the Blessed John Paul II Parish, Eastwood City, until May 14, 2012. A farewell Mass will be celebrated on Monday at 12:15PM. The relics will be brought to Don Bosco Makati and will be there until May 22, 2012.
Saturday, April 28, 2012
KFC ordered to pay $8.3 million to Australian girl
From Yahoo News:
Fast food giant Kentucky Friend Chicken has been ordered to pay Aus$8 million (US$8.3 million) to an Australian girl who suffered severe brain damage and was paralysed after eating a Twister wrap.
Monika Samaan was seven when she suffered salmonella encephalopathy -- a brain injury linked to food poisoning that also left her with a blood infection and septic shock -- in October 2005.
Several other family members also fell ill and they claimed Samaan's injuries, which include severe cognitive, motor and speech impairment and spastic quadriplegia, were caused by a chicken Twister wrap from a Sydney KFC outlet.
The New South Wales Supreme Court ruled in the family's favour a week ago and on Friday ordered KFC to pay the girl Aus$8 million in damages plus legal costs.
In a statement, the family's lawyer George Vlahakis said they were relieved the battle was over.
"Monika's severe brain damage and severe disability has already exhausted the very limited resources of the family," he said.
"Monika is now a big girl and they are finding it increasingly difficult to lift her and to look after her basic needs as well as look after Monika's younger siblings.
"The compensation ordered is very much needed. KFC have to date been determined that Monika does not receive a cent."
Last week KFC indicated it will appeal the decision but is yet to do so.
During the trial, Justice Stephen Rothman said the chicken became contaminated "because of the failure of one or more employees of KFC" to follow proper preparation rules, which he described as "negligent".
Wednesday, April 25, 2012
Absurdly Luxurious Pet Accessories for the 1%
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| 52 carats diamonds dog collar set in 18 Karat white gold ($3,200,000) |
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| Hand painted, 18k gold-dipped bowl ($225-$275) |
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| Dog shower with water jet nozzles and a shower head ($1,250) |
Thought For The Day: War
"There is nothing that war has ever achieved that we could not better achieve without it."
Tuesday, April 24, 2012
RH Bill: Part Of Global Depopulation Agenda
US' HHS Mandate, Philippine's Reproductive Health Bill & Ireland's Medical Treatment Bill. What do they have in common?
To me, it looks like an orchestrated, simultaneous, global attack to rapidly advance the depopulation agenda.
The depopulation strategy is - first you take God out of the picture, then legislate laws that will kill humanity - either through contraceptives, abortion, mandatory mass vaccinations, GMOs, etc ...
The depopulation strategy is - first you take God out of the picture, then legislate laws that will kill humanity - either through contraceptives, abortion, mandatory mass vaccinations, GMOs, etc ...
Catholics Prepare for Spiritual Battle - Good vs. Evil
Global Warming Scam Tied to Depopulation Agenda
ADDENDUM:
MANILA, April 25, 2012–Retired Archbishop Emeritus Oscar V. Cruz yesterday tagged the Reproductive Health (RH) bill as a form of foreign intervention in reaction to reports of foreign agencies’ push for the proposed legislative measure.
“I perfectly understand the collaboration and possibly even the conspiracy because there is a lot of money behind the RH bill, precisely because the most interested entities here are multinational pharmaceuticals.”
A conference on maternal and child health held this month had World Health Organization (WHO) Country Representative Dr. Soe Nyunt-u commenting that the “RH bill is of paramount importance for the welfare of the Filipino people,” stating an an oft-repeated line of advocates of the controversial measure that seeks taxpayer-funded procurement and distribution of birth control supplies, and a six-year mandatory sex education program in all schools.
In 1995 the WHO and the Philippine Department of Health (DoH) were involved in a controversy when they introduced the Tetanus Toxoid Vaccination Program. The vaccines were proven to carry hCG, which causes the spontaneous abortion of the child in the mother’s womb.
The Philippine Medical Association (PMA) came up with a positive test result that indicated that just such an abortifacient may have been administered to Filipinas without their consent.
Rey J. Echavez, M.D., one of the doctors who led the investigation and exposure of the controversy, rebuked the WHO representative and said that “He is under WHO. He cannot be neutral because his salaries are from WHO. What WHO will tell him he will propagate even if it is not the truth morally or scientifically.”
Natural Family Planning (NFP) teacher Willy Jose questioned, “It is clearly a case of unwanted foreign intervention into internal policy matters. Who are they to insist upon us Filipinos what laws we need to put in place and what not? Between the PMA and the WHO — who have contrasting views on the start of life — I’d side with our very own PMA.” (CBCP for Life)
RH bill denies freedom of religion, choice – lawyer
MANILA, April 19, 2012—As pro-lifers in the United States gear up for another nationwide rally for religious freedom in June to protest the birth control mandate, numerous Filipinos still need to open their eyes to the fact that one of the Philippine government’s proposed measures violates the freedom of religion.
Atty. Ma. Concepcion Noche, president of the Alliance for the Family Foundation Philippines Inc. (ALFI) said that the Reproductive Health (RH) bill, which has divided the nation due to contradictory viewpoints and insufficient understanding of its implications, tramples on the people’s religious freedom, a freedom protected by the 1987 Philippine Constitution.
Based on the bill, healthcare workers and medical professionals are forced to provide RH supplies and services or participate in practices that go against their religious convictions — referring patients to others who would provide the services concerned is participation nonetheless. Employers also must either provide RH services to their employees or suffer the consequences as specified by the legislative measure.
“Dangling a criminal penalty of imprisonment and/or fine, believers will find themselves torn between fidelity to God and loyalty to their country. This unjustly limits the right to conscientious objection on the part of health care workers and medical professionals,” Noche explained.
“For the exercise of religious freedom to be truly meaningful, individuals should be allowed to profess and practice their faith by freely seeking and serving God in their hearts, in their lives and in their relationship with others, without fear of persecution or punishment. Only in this way can this right be truly guaranteed,” Noche pointed out.
The current set-up already allows respect for the religious beliefs of everyone, the lawyer said.
“But once a national policy on contraception is legislated, that changes the landscape altogether. Making it a matter of national policy or institutionalizing contraception via RH Bill and allocating billions of our scarce resources, will deprive us of our choice because the government will effectively have made that choice already for the Filipino families,” she explained.
What ‘separation of Church and State’ means
Much as separation of Church and State has been invoked by those who insist that the practice of one’s moral convictions has no place in the public square, this principle has often been misunderstood.
“Under our Constitution, the command against the violation of the separation of the Church and State is directed to the State — not to the Church — which is mandated to steer clear of the religious realm and give utmost respect to the exercise of religion. So, with the RH Bill, is the State poised to breach this wall of separation?” Noche remarked.
“The State exists for persons, as a guarantor and defender of their rights,” she continued. “In the face of ever-changing social conditions that confront us as individuals and as a people, the central question is: What are the requirements that government may reasonably impose upon its citizens and how far should they extend?”
Religious convictions have no place in the political process, some RH bill advocates have said. Noche, on the other hand, disagreed with this notion.
On the contrary, “As demonstrated by St. Thomas More when he defied the sovereign of which he was a “good servant” and chose to serve God first, religion has an important place in the political process. For indeed, it has been proven time and again that for democracy to be stable, it needs a foundation of moral principles based upon faith and religion.” (CBCP for Life)
Ireland Scraps Bill On Abortion
"... And if we accept that a mother can kill even her own child, how can we tell other people not to kill one another? "
- Mother Teresa of Calcutta
MANILA, April 24, 2012–A supposedly proposed law on permitting abortion was defeated at the Dail Eireann, the Irish Parliament, with a landslide of 109 votes to 20.
The bill, authored by Clare Daly, a Teachta Dala (Parliament Member) of the Socialist Party, would have legalized abortions right up to birth in the European nation.
Bernadette Smyth, director of Irish pro-life group Precious Life, said it is “a victory for Ireland’s unborn children,” and also stated that the so-called ‘Medical Treatment Bill’ is a mere “sugar-coated name to make abortion-on-demand legal.”
“Abortion is not medical treatment,” she added. “There are no circumstances where the life of a mother can only be saved by killing her unborn baby. Even Clare Daly who tabled the motion admitted there was nothing ‘medical’ about it when she said it was really an issue of women’s rights to control their own bodies.”
Another Teachta Dala supporting the bill is Sinn Fein, who recently joined the said group in a rally, saying he wants an Irish Republic patterned after the 1916 Easter Proclamation, yet ends up voting for the bill and being branded as a liar.
“The Proclamation calls on Irish people to cherish all the children of the nation,” Smyth said.
“The question Sinn Fein now has to answer is, how can they cherish children while supporting killing children before they’re born?”
Smyth concluded by saying that Ireland’s unborn children continue to be protected by law, and that the nation is still the safest place in the world to have a baby.
“Precious Life continue to resist any attempt to legalise the killing of our unborn children and we continue to stand with the vast majority of people on the island of Ireland who say ‘NOT IN OUR NAME’,” she enthused.
Abortion is illegal in the Philippines, yet the proposed “reproductive health” (RH) bill being debated in both chambers of Congress poses a threat in its subtle steps toward legalization. Though the measure condemns abortion, it promotes contraception, including the use of the Pill and intrauterine device (IUD) both of which studies have shown have led to early-term abortion. Both have also been linked to serious side-effects on the women using them.
Monday, April 23, 2012
Sunday, April 22, 2012
Thought For The Day: Be the Best You!
"Be the kind of woman that when your feet hit the floor each morning,
the devil says - 'Oh crap, she's up!'"
Saturday, April 21, 2012
Hero dog draws sympathy
ZAMBOANGA CITY, Philippines—The one-year-old dog here whose face was horribly disfigured when she saved her young masters from being hit by a speeding motorcycle two months ago, has become a celebrity of sorts.
Kabang, a white-and-black “aspin” (short for asong Pinoy or native dog) shielded Dina Bunggal, 11, and cousin Princess Diansing, 3, from harm when she jumped into the path of the motorcycle. But her head got caught in the spinning front tire, causing her to lose her entire upper snout, including her nose and lower part of her eyelids.
Her deed has been described as heroic and her resulting plight has drawn a wave of sympathy. Despite the still open wound on her face, Kabang (a Visayan term that means spotty) is not showing any sign of trauma.
UPDATE: ZAMBOANGA CITY, Philippines— The courageous canine who saved two girls from harm when she blocked the path of a speeding motorcycle here in December, is US-bound.
“Kabang,” a female aspin (short for asong Pinoy or native breed), will undergo major surgery to reconstruct her upper snout, which was mangled and ripped off in the accident, according to veterinarian Dr. Anton Lim.
“Kabang is going to the US with the help of many kind-hearted individuals and donors, who would like to see the dog … live longer. Her story inspired many people especially animal lovers,” Lim said, citing a confirmation from Ramona Consunji of the Animal Welfare Coalition.
Lim said among those helping in Kabang’s trip to the US, which could take place next month at the latest, aside from local veterinarians and humanitarian groups and individuals, was Animal Welfare Coalition US coordinator Karen Kenngott.
In an e-mail to the Inquirer, Kenngott said that they wanted Kabang flown to the US as soon as possible.
“The more time that goes by, the more Kabang is at risk of infection,” Kengott said. “Fungal infections can be especially difficult to eradicate and any infection in the bone can be a lengthy process to treat at best. Her chances are better the sooner she can get those wounds closed,” she said.
Lim agreed by saying that Kabang is losing one of her remaining upper molars–which is very important for chewing and grabbing food–because of a previous infection.
Kenngott said Kabang would be operated on at the Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital of the University of California in Davis, “under a team of multi-disciplinary doctors and surgeons led by Dr. Boaz Arzi.” Arzi is a maxillofacial and dental surgeon.
LATEST UPDATE (09/12/12): click here for Update on Kabang, The Hero Dog
Friday, April 20, 2012
Lawsuit: KFC Franchisee Fired Employees For Refusing To Serve Expired Chicken
A former manager at a KFC eatery in Oregon alleges that the owner of his franchise not only ordered employees to serve expired chicken, but also that employees who refused to do so were fired.
According to the lawsuit filed yesterday in a state Circuit Court, KFC policy requires that all fresh chicken be served or discarded within 12 days of the "kill date" stamped on the box.
The lawsuit alleges that in 2010, a different manager had been ordered by the franchise owner to serve chicken that was "turning green and was several days beyond the expiration date." Instead, that manager threw away the chicken, against orders of her bosses. After the owner discovered the chicken had been tossed away, that manager says she was fired.
The plaintiff in the lawsuit alleges that he was directed by the franchisee to serve expired chicken as early as August 2010.
In Feb. 2011, he says one of his bosses changed the label on a box of fresh chicken to make it look like the chicken had been shipped frozen and thawed, and thus okay to serve.
Click here to read the rest of the article.
The Virtue of Patience
Excerpt from "10 Things Pope Benedict XVI Wants You to Know":
"Probably without being conscious of it, Pope Benedict XVI is teaching the world something through his own behavior. He is exceedingly humble and gentle, which stands in stark contrast to the bluster and braggadocio often associated with global titans in the worlds of politics, finance, and culture. He is living proof that one does not have to be an exhibitionist to lead and to inspire.
Perhaps more important, he's teaching a microwave world that expects instant results to slow down a bit, to catch its breath, and to look before it leaps. Upon Benedict's election, there were fevered expectations of swift and dramatic action in many quarters. Some expected a root-and-branch reform of the Roman Curia, the Catholic Church's central organ of government. Others anticipated a sweeping crackdown on dissident theologians and liberal activists within the Church. To this day, many pundits and commentators are still waiting for the "real" Benedict to emerge from beneath his patient, gentle facade; what they don't seem to appreciate is that what they regard as a facade is, in fact, the real pope.
Benedict is a man of deep faith, which means he realized that, ultimately, the vicissitudes of the Church and of the world are in God's hands, not his. There's a serenity about him, a lack of what the Germans call angst, rooted in his belief that the final act of the story in which all of us are involved has already been written, and it ends well. Thus he does not feel the need to lurch from one initiative to the next or to resolve all the Church's problems in a single bound. He understands better than most the complexities of those problems, both intellectually and pastorally, and he also grasps the importance of thinking carefully before taking steps that may have unforeseen consequences.
In an impatient world, Benedict XVI is a very patient man. To paraphrase Saint Augustine, occasionally his very lack of deeds is an important "word" for the harried women and men of his time".
Thursday, April 19, 2012
Thought For The Day: Gossip
"Careless talk against and about people can be like quicksand!
Not only have such mistakes of tongue destroyed innumerable friendships
but they have ruined marriages and cost many people their jobs and their future.”
- Jean E. Laird
Tuesday, April 17, 2012
The Untold Story Of The Titanic’s Catholic Priests Who Went Down Hearing Confessions
"May all Christians be found worthy of either the pure white
crown of a holy life or the royal red crown of martyrdom"
- St. Cyprian
All three of the European-born priests – Father Juozas Montvila of Lithuania, Father Josef Peruschitz, O.S.B. of Bavaria, and English rector Father Thomas Byles – are said to have declined lifeboats in order to offer spiritual aid to travelers who perished in the shipwreck.
Fr. Thomas Byles
Source: Lifesitenews
Amidst all the tales of chivalry from the Titanic disaster there is one that’s not often told.
It is that of Fr. Thomas Byles, the Catholic priest who gave up two spots on a lifeboat in favour of offering spiritual aid to the other victims as they all went down with the “unsinkable” vessel.
A 42-year-old English convert, Fr. Byles was on his way to New York to offer the wedding Mass for his brother William. Reports suggest that he was reciting his breviary on the upper deck when the Titanic struck the iceberg in the twilight hours of Sunday, April 14th, 1912.
According to witnesses, as the ship went down the priest helped women and children get into the lifeboats, then heard confessions, gave absolution, and led passengers in reciting the Rosary.
Agnes McCoy, one of the survivors, says that as the great ship sank, Fr. Byles “stood on the deck with Catholics, Protestants and Jews kneeling around him.”
“Father Byles was saying the rosary and praying for the repose of the souls of those about to perish,” she told the New York Telegram on April 22, 1912, according to the website devoted to his memory, FatherByles.com.
In the words of the priest’s friend Fr. Patrick McKenna, “He twice refused the offer of a place in a boat, saying his duty was to stay on the ship while one soul wanted his ministrations.”
Nearly two weeks after the disaster, The Church Progress in St. Louis, Missouri wrote this moving tribute to the heroic priest:
In almost every line that has been written, and in every sentence that has been spoken, there stands boldly out above every other expression a picture of sublime heroism that will be copied into the pages of history. And well it may, for it is deserving of that honor.
But when it is, mention should be made of one whom pens and tongues have almost forgotten in their accounts of this awful sea tragedy. Among those who safely reached the land again no one seems to have been aware of his presence on the ship, but we may hope that many who meet him in a blissful eternity will praise God that Father Thomas Byles was there to administer absolution unto them.
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