These Last Days News - July 11, 2023
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2-2. African Catholic Priest: ‘There is a Terrifying Silence’ on Abortion ‘Even Within the Church’...
"The discipline and rules set down by My Son and those He chose to write the Book of life and love must be adhered to. We direct, in the name of the Trinity, that you bishops and cardinals of the world must use your full powers as hierarchy to excommunicate and defrock all who seek to dethrone My Son and destroy the Faith!"
- The Bayside Prophecies
Our Lady of the Roses, August 21, 1974
"When a man has stepped over the threshold and allowed himself to fall into mortal sin, he must be purified by trial, but he must also, My children, be purified by the rule of penance and confession.
"What manner of evil is being set now upon mankind that compels him to lose his soul by rejecting the Sacraments, by no longer confessing to his confessor, but coming to receive My Son in sacrifice, while his soul is degraded by sin of mortal nature!"
- The Bayside Prophecies
Our Lady of the Roses, September 7, 1976
"The Eternal Father sends each life with reason. The spirit of life is breathed into that body at the moment of conception. At the moment of conception the soul is united to the body. Though it grows from a small seed, it is living and must not be destroyed! It is murder My children, to destroy the seed.
"All who commit this terrible act of murder, My children, cannot enter into the Kingdom of Heaven unless they repent of this foul crime. They must in their repentance accept a penance upon earth for their acts that bring great sorrow to the Heart of the Eternal Father."
- The Bayside Prophecies
Our Lady of the Roses, December 27, 1975
The above Messages from Our Lord and Our Lady were given to Veronica Lueken at Bayside, New York.
LifeSiteNews.com reported on July 10, 2023:
by Emily Mangiaracina
A Catholic priest has voiced concern that there is a “terrifying silence,” including within the Catholic Church, on abortion in Africa, and is calling for the promotion of the encyclical Humanae Vitae on procreation to help counter the “culture of death.”
In a recent interview with EWTN Vaticano, Father Apollinaire Cibaka Cikongo, rector of the University of Mbujimayi in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), pointed to troubling estimates from the U.N. regarding the prevalence of abortion in the region.
In the capital of DRC alone, Kinshasa, abortion is common despite the country’s legal restrictions on the lethal procedure. According to the most recent statistics, in 2016, an estimated 146,713 abortions were performed, meaning about 56 out of 1000 women aged 15-49 had abortions.
“There is a social debate about these issues, but there is a prevailing culture that takes advantage of the general silence,” said Cikongo.
“There is a silence even within the Church,” he continued, noting that he has not “heard the Church say anything” about the numbers of babies aborted in the area.
“There is sometimes a terrifying silence,” he added.
He framed the killing of innocent life through abortion as being performed in the area “in good faith,” as the abortionists “say that these children are not wanted, they are the result of rape, so terminating their lives is not a problem.”
He pointed out that even Catholic religious and lay staff are complicit in the promotion of abortion.
“I have witnessed situations where in a hospital pharmacy, there is a religious sister there with posters promoting contraception and abortion programmes,” Cikongo shared.
He did not go so far as to suggest they are coerced, but noted, “If they want their hospital to receive subsidies, they have to accept assistance that includes contraception and abortion.”
“Even in the most remote villages, you can find health centers without microscopes but with condoms and contraceptive pills, focusing on fighting against life instead of identifying diseases that people have,” Cikongo continued.
The priest believes that spreading the message of Humanae Vitae, which affirms Catholic Church teaching that contraception contradicts the natural order and is unlawful, is important in encouraging families to welcome children.
Cikongo “called for the translation of the 1968 encyclical letter into local languages and its distribution to promote the sanctity of life in DRC, which he said has suffered from decades of violent conflicts,” Catholic News Agency reported.
“It is a small booklet that will allow us to spread the message because Humane Vitae corresponds with our culture,” he said, adding, “When I talk to an elderly woman in a village about Humanae Vitae, she can relate because that’s how she was raised.”
“With the new generations and the influence of the media, if we don’t wake up, we will have a society corrupted by the culture of death and the destruction of sexuality and the relationship between a man and a woman,” Cikongo warned.
“We assert our viewpoints in the face of pressure. The value of sexuality and the value of embracing life are crucial. These are things we need to learn from Humanae Vitae,” he continued.
CNA shared that Cikongo “spoke at a recent conference on Humanae Vitae in Rome” and “is expected to hold a conference on the culture of life versus the culture of death in Black Africa later this year in a 15-lecture series.”
"This evil has penetrated far into the very heart of My House. You must now turn back and restore My House. I, your God, give you this command for the salvation of your own soul."
- The Bayside Prophecies
Jesus, August 21, 1976
"For that one reason among many, the United States will suffer unless there is placed into your government a group that fears the Lord if they cannot love the Lord. They will fear Him and find measures to stop the slaughter of the unborn."
- The Bayside Prophecies
Our Lady of the Roses, April 14, 1984
A LIFE IS BORN
"There is a life, a spirit of life, My child, breathed into the body at the moment of conception. A life is born, a life has been sent by the Eternal Father with reason. For greed, for avarice, for a worldly gain, you murder the creations of the Eternal Father! You bring upon yourselves destruction!"
- The Bayside Prophecies
Our Lady of the Roses, August 5, 1975
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