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Pope Scrambles As New Two Books To Expose Pay-For-Sainthood Scandals At Vatican

The Vatican described the books as “fruit of a grave betrayal of the trust given by the pope, and, as far as the authors go, of an operation to take advantage of a gravely illicit act of handing over confidential documentation.”

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Two new books are deepening a Vatican scandal with tales of mismanagement and greed, such as sainthood causes that can cost up to a half-million dollars and a monsignor allegedly breaking down the wall of his next-door neighbor – a sick, elderly priest – to expand his already palatial apartment.

“And upon her forehead was a name written, MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.” Revelation 17:5 (KJV)

The leaks in the new books are seen as part of a bitter internal struggle between the reformers and the old guard. This week, the Vatican arrested two former members of the commission in an investigation into stolen documents.

A new book by journalist Gianluigi Nuzzi makes some startling allegations, including a report that Vatican “postulators” – officials who promote sainthood causes – bring in hundreds of thousands of euros in donations for their causes but are subject to no oversight as to how the money is spent.

In his book “Merchants in the Temple,” obtained Tuesday by The Associated Press two days ahead of publication, Nuzzi estimates the average price tag for a beatification cause at around 500,000 euros ($550,000) – and some have gone as high as 750,000 euros ($822,000). Causes of saintly candidates who don’t inspire rich donors can languish.

He also recounts a tale involving Monsignor Giuseppe Sciacca, a top official in the Vatican City State administration, who in 2012 apparently wanted a fancier apartment. When Sciacca’s neighbor was hospitalized for a long period, Nuzzi writes, the cardinal took advantage, broke down a wall separating their residences and incorporated an extra room into his apartment, furniture and all.

The elderly priest eventually came home to find his possessions in boxes. He died a short time later, the book says. Francis, who lives in a hotel room, summarily demoted Sciacca and forced him to move out.

A second book by Emiliano Fittipaldi, a reporter for the L’Espresso newsmagazine also obtained by the AP on Tuesday, details financial wrongdoing at the Vatican, citing reports by independent auditors.

Avarice,” also due out Thursday, claims a foundation set up to support a children’s hospital paid 200,000 euros toward the renovation of the apartment of the Vatican’s No. 2 at the time, Tarciso Bertone. Bertone came under fire last year over the apartment, described in the book as a “mega-penthouse,” which sat ill with Francis’ vision of a “poor church.”

Bertone has said he paid for the renovations himself.

Fittipaldi also said nearly 400,000 euros donated in 2013 by churches worldwide to help the poor wound up in an off-the-books Vatican account.

The Vatican described the books as “fruit of a grave betrayal of the trust given by the pope, and, as far as the authors go, of an operation to take advantage of a gravely illicit act of handing over confidential documentation.”

“Publications of this nature do not help in any way to establish clarity and truth, but rather generate confusion and partial and tendentious conclusions,” the Vatican said in a statement.

The books, and this week’s arrests, mark a new phase in the “Vatileaks” scandal. The saga began in 2012 with an earlier Nuzzi expose, peaked with the conviction of Benedict’s butler on charges he supplied Nuzzi with stolen documents, and ended a year later when a clearly exhausted Benedict resigned.

Nuzzi’s new book is written from the perspective of the reform commission, whose archives were supposed to remain top secret. It focuses on the resistance the commission encountered in getting information out of Vatican departments that have long enjoyed near-complete autonomy in budgeting, hiring and spending.

“Holy Father, … There is a complete absence of transparency in the bookkeeping both of the Holy See and the Governorate,” five international auditors wrote Francis in June 2013, according to Nuzzi’s book. “Costs are out of control.”

The book says one of the commission’s priorities was getting a handle on the Vatican’s vast real estate holdings. Nuzzi cites a commission report which found that the value of the real estate was some 2.7 billion euros (about $3 billion), seven times higher than the amount entered on the balance sheets.

Rents were sometimes 30 to 100 percent below market, the commission found, including apartments given free to cardinals and bureaucrats as part of their compensation or retirement packages.

The book says if market rates were applied, employees’ homes would generate rental income of 19.4 million euros rather than 6.2 million euros, while other “institutional” buildings that today generate no income would bring in 30.4 million euros. source

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France Invokes Never-Used Mutual Defense Clause Article 42.7 To Demand War On ISIS

For the first time in history, France has invoked Article 42.7 of the Lisbon Treaty to demand that all EU member nations support and join them in fighting ISIS in the wake of last Friday’s deadly Islamic terror attack in Paris.

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What is article 42.7 of the Lisbon Treaty?

For the first time in history, France has invoked Article 42.7 of the Lisbon Treaty to demand that all EU member nations support and join them in fighting ISIS in the wake of last Friday’s deadly Islamic terror attack in Paris.

Article 42.7 is the solidarity clause that states that if a member of the European Union is the victim of “armed aggression on its territory” other states have an “obligation of aid and assistance by all the means in their power.”

This article was first invoked at the request of the French government following multiple terrorist attacks on Paris. EU countries voted unanimously in favor.

The Lisbon Treaty also includes a “solidarity clause,” Article 222 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU). This article mentions the European Union specifically whereas Article 42.7 just mentions member states. By choosing to invoke Article 42.7, France has chosen a more inter-governmental approach.

Article 42.7 is similar to NATO’s Article 5, which states that an attack against any member of NATO is considered to be an attack on all members. This was first invoked after the 9/11 terrorist attacks on the United States.

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If Present Trends Continue, Donald J. Trump Will Be The GOP Nominee For President

Here we are, many months into the race for nomination, and Donald J. Trump remains the far-and-away Republican favorite. Trump is ahead of Ben Carson by nearly 10 points, with Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio after that, and John Kasich and Carly Fiorina tied for last place. Is America ready for President Trump?

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Donald Trump has nearly a double-digit lead over Ben Carson in the race for the GOP’s presidential nomination, a new poll says.

Here we are, many months into the race for nomination, and Donald J. Trump remains the far-and-away Republican favorite. Trump is ahead of Ben Carson by nearly 10 points, with Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio after that, and John Kasich and Carly Fiorina tied for last place. Is America ready for President Trump?

Speaking in Knoxville, Tennessee, the Donald Trump steamroller continued unabated. The lady at the beginning of this video is the 92 year old woman who registered to vote for the first time in order to cast her ballot for Trump. Her name is Beada Corum. As you listen to her talk, and see how excited she is, you come to understand how deep the well of anti-liberal sentiment is that Trump has tapped into.

Donald Trump is winning not because he is a good politician, and not because he panders to the Christian Right. Not at all, Trump is winning because he is speaking the words that the majority of Americans have been saying for nearly 7 years now. He has the audacity the talk about unfettered illegal immigration, something that heretofore was the 800lb elephant in the room, and forced all candidates from both parties to talk about it as well. He speaks in glowing terms of the massive wall he will build to keep illegals out, but the American people will be thrilled if the wall that we already started finally gets finished. We need a president who loves America, and will do what’s necessary to make us great again.

With every ISIS bomb that goes off, anywhere around the world between now and November, Trump’s poll numbers will rise. Every time that Obama gives a speech on Islamic terrorism and refuses to use the term Islamic terrorism, Trump’s poll numbers rise. When Obama’s phony Iranian Nuclear Deal gets finalized, Trump’s poll numbers will rise. For every day that the 5 American prisoners remain in an Iranian prison, Trump’s poll numbers rise.

Donald Trump is not a politician, nor does he desire to be one. America doesn’t need another career politician. America needs someone who will repeal Obamacare, stop illegal immigration, stop importing fake Syrian refugees who are really terrorists, build up our military, keep us safe, continue supporting Israel, and rebuild the economy. It’s not complicated.

Is America ready for a President Trump? Yep. Long overdue.

 

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Mattel Casts Gay-Friendly Little Boy In New Moschino Barbie Doll Commercial

“Moschino Barbie is so fierce!” the boy screams as he and two female friends laud the doll, done up in designer Jeremy Scott’s sleek glamour.

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The new Moschino Barbie is a huge hit and its commercial is breaking boundaries by featuring a young boy

“For this cause God gave them up unto vile affections: for even their women did change the natural use into that which is against nature:” Romans 1:26 (KJV)

The queering of American society has now descended to the level of mentally conditioning children to accept everything from blurred gender lines to no gender lines. Mattel, makers of the iconic Barbie Doll, have cast a lisping, preening, homosexual-in-training little boy in their latest commercial. And just in time to start your Christmas shopping!

“Moschino Barbie is so fierce!” the boy screams as he and two female friends laud the doll, done up in designer Jeremy Scott’s sleek glamour. Barbie’s cellphone goes off and the little boy says, “It’s for you, Moschino Barbie,” before winking at the camera. Watch the ad below, and see for yourself:

You will notice that, in the commercial, Mattel was not content with merely casting a boy in a girl’s Barbie doll commercial. No, they cast a little boy in a girl’s Barbie doll commercial and made him lisp and preen like a homosexual fashion queen. Mattel is not selling you a doll, they are selling your children the LGBT agenda, that’s what this commercial exists to do.

Little boys all across America will see this commercial, and then copy it’s mannerisms. That’s what kids do with television.

If this world lasts for another 20 years, the next generation is going to be a freak show of transexual, asexual, multi-sexual lost and confused human beings that will have more in common with Sodom and Gomorrah than they will with the America you and I were raised in.

Every world empire that has ever existed in the annals of world history came to their crashing end when, as a nation, they embraced a culture of open sodomy. The Greeks, the Romans, all of them came to a bitter end. America will fare no better.

As the commercial says, “Moschino Barbie is fierce”, but not nearly as fierce as the spirit of wickedness and depravity that’s behind her.

 

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