The other matter here is that we believe the resurrection of Christ means that all who believe in him do not perish, but pass from death to life (cf. John 3:16), and that God is not the god of dead people but of living people (cf. Mark 12:27, Luke 20:38). The language of the dead sleeping applies to us on this side of the veil—we see their bodies laid down as in repose—it is not speaking of their very aware and active state in the heavenly presence of God. Those who are in the heavenly presence of God are absolutely aware of this world, what is going on in it, and they continue to follow the Scriptural command to intercede on behalf of all. Where do we see this? In the account of the Transfiguration of Christ, for one, and in St. John’s Revelation—his un-veiled image of what life in the Kingdom is like now, how it will be at the end of the world, and then after the triumphant second coming of Jesus Christ.

In the accounts of the Transfiguration, Christ reveals himself as he truly is to the three disciples, Peter, James, and John. Moses and Elijah also appear with him, and they even discuss with Christ his coming passion (Luke 9:30–31).

Revelation 5:8 - Καὶ ὅτε ἔλαβεν τὸ βιβλίον, τὰ τέσσαρα ζῷα καὶ οἱ εἴκοσι τέσσαρες πρεσβύτεροι ἔπεσαν ἐνώπιον τοῦ ἀρνίου ἔχοντες ἕκαστος κιθάραν καὶ φιάλας χρυσᾶς γεμούσας θυμιαμάτων, αἵ εἰσιν αἱ προσευχαὶ τῶν ἁγίων
“Now when [Christ, the Lamb] had taken the scroll, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb, each having a harp, and golden bowls full of incense, which are the prayers of the saints.” (ESV which has “He,” which I’ve elaborated for clarity)

Revelation 8:3–4 - (3) Καὶ ἄλλος ἄγγελος ἦλθεν καὶ ἐστάθη ἐπὶ τοῦ θυσιαστηρίου ἔχων λιβανωτὸν χρυσοῦν, καὶ ἐδόθη αὐτῷ θυμιάματα πολλά, ἵνα δώσει ταῖς προσευχαῖς τῶν ἁγίων πάντων ἐπὶ τὸ θυσιαστήριον τὸ χρυσοῦν τὸ ἐνώπιον τοῦ θρόνου. (4) καὶ ἀνέβη ὁ καπνὸς τῶν θυμιαμάτων ταῖς προσευχαῖς τῶν ἁγίων ἐκ χειρὸς τοῦ ἀγγέλου ἐνώπιον τοῦ θεοῦ.
(3) “Then another angel, having a golden censer, came and stood at the altar. He was given much incense, that he should offer it with the prayers of all the saints upon the golden altar which was before the throne. (4) And the smoke of the incense, with the prayers of the saints, ascended before God from the angel’s hand.” (ESV)

The first account shows that Moses and Elijah are both aware of Christ’s activity in this world, and the two passages from John’s Revelation demonstrate something about the holy ones in heaven—humans and angels—that they bring the prayers of the saints (which, as we see throughout the New Testament, refers to faithful Christians) before Christ who reigns. This image of bearing the prayers to Christ is seen as their continuing faithful response to the Scriptural command for Christians to intercede on behalf of all; they themselves are praying together as one Church in heaven and on earth (cf. Matt 6:10). Why would God assign them this role? Why does he assign *any* of us this role? Because God reveals himself as Father.

A father desires his children to be involved in his life, activity, work. He trains up his children to be like him by having them participate in what he is doing. God continually involves creatures—Adam and Eve, angels, patriarchs, prophets, apostles, you and me—in his work. Not because he needs us, but because he *wants* us. The only way we can become like our Father is to participate in his life, and interceding on behalf of the world is one of the ways he has commanded us, through the Scriptures, to participate in that life of love and mercy. This command is not nullified simply because we pass through death to eternal life in Christ, rather it is increased as we see in the Revelation of John.

Why do we ask the saints for their intercession? Because we ask all our loved ones to pray for us, because God commands us to pray for one another, and because our God—the God of the living—desires us to be one community, his family, working his will on earth as it is in heaven.

The above was taken from a Facebook post. Not mine.

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"As political and economic freedom diminishes, sexual freedom tends correspondingly to increase. And the dictator will do well to encourage that freedom... it will help to reconcile his subjects to the servitude which is their fate."

~Aldous Huxley

"Life in the villages had stopped;
it had ended in Israel,
until I, Deborah, arose,
a mother in Israel."
-- The Song of Deborah, Judges 5

Cantate Domino "...and that no one, whatever almsgiving he has practiced, even if he has shed blood for the name of Christ, can be saved, unless he has remained in the bosom and unity of the Catholic Church."

Catechism of the Catholic Church

1260 Every man who is ignorant of the Gospel of Christ and of his Church, but seeks the truth and does the will of God in accordance with his understanding of it, can be saved. It may be supposed that such persons would have desired Baptism explicitly if they had known its necessity.

Fratelli Tutti
263. There is yet another way to eliminate others, one aimed not at countries but at individuals. It is the death penalty. Saint John Paul II stated clearly and firmly that the death penalty is inadequate from a moral standpoint and no longer necessary from that of penal justice.[246] There can be no stepping back from this position. Today we state clearly that “the death penalty is inadmissible”[247] and the Church is firmly committed to calling for its abolition worldwide.[248]

Far from being guilty of breaking this commandment [Thou shall not kill], such an execution of justice is precisely an act of obedience to it. For the purpose of the law is to protect and foster human life. This purpose is fulfilled when the legitimate authority of the State is exercised by taking the guilty lives of those who have taken innocent lives”
(Roman Catechism of the Council of Trent, 1566, Part III, 5, n. 4.).
 
Genesis 9:6
“Whoever sheds human blood,
    by humans shall their blood be shed;
for in the image of God
    has God made mankind.

Saint Moses The Black - “If we are on the watch to see our own faults, we shall not see those of our neighbor…To die to one’s neighbor is this: To bear your own faults and not to pay attention to anyone else wondering whether they are good or bad. Do no harm to anyone, do not think anything bad in your heart towards anyone, do not scorn the man who does evil…Do not rail against anyone, but rather say, ‘God knows each one.’ Do not agree with him who slanders, do not rejoice at his slander, and do not hate him who slanders his neighbor.”

“Having abandoned the study of the old, modern barbarians no longer have access to any values other than those ‘of modern industrial civilization,’ and so, Lewis wondered if ‘we shall not have to re-convert men into real Paganism as a preliminary to converting them to Christianity.’”

- The Medieval Mind of C.S. Lewis: How Great Books Shaped a Great Mind by Jason Baxter

1st Ecumenical Council

Canon I
It is by all means proper that a bishop should be appointed by all the bishops in the province; but should this be difficult, either on account of urgent necessity or because of distance, three at least should meet together, and the suffrages of the absent [bishops] also being given and communicated in writing, then the ordination should take place. But in every province the ratification of what is done should be left to the Metropolitan.

Canon XX
Forasmuch as there are certain persons who kneel on the Lord's Day and in the days of Pentecost, therefore, to the intent that all things may be uniformly observed everywhere (in every parish), it seems good to the holy Synod that prayer be made to God standing.

By Canon Law there should only be 120 voting members of The College of Cardinals. There are currently 132. 62% of the entire college has been appointed by Pope Francis

“We must walk open-eyed into that trap, with courage, but small hope for ourselves. For, my lords, it may well prove that we ourselves shall perish utterly in a black battle far from the living lands; so that even if Barad-dur be thrown down, we shall not live to see a new age. But this, I deem, is our duty. And better so than to perish nonetheless — as we surely shall, if we sit here — and know as we die that no new age shall be.”

— Aragorn; The Return of the King

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For five consecutive years, from 2012-2017, the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops’ (USCCB) annual granting agency called the Catholic Campaign for Human Development (CCHD) provided a total of $280,000 to a radical organization involved in the promotion of homosexuality and abortion.
The Community Alliance of Tenants (CAT) received the following grants:

$65,000 (2016-2017)

$50,000 (2015-2106)

$60,000 (2014-2015)

$55,000 (2013-2014)

$50,000 (2012-2013)

It is important to note that this money was provided by every diocese in the United States that participates in the CCHD collection.