New High Court battle over a sick baby case - UK

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Catholic Education Service appoints anti-life and anti-family ex-MP as deputy director

The Catholic Education Service (CES), an agency of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of England and Wales, has appointed Greg Pope (pictured), former Labour MP for Hyndburn, as its new deputy director. Mr Pope has a lengthy and strongly anti-life and anti-family parliamentary record - see below. According to a CES press release earlier this week:
"Greg [Pope] was appointed after a rigorous selection process and was the unanimous choice of the final interview panel, which was chaired by Bishop Malcolm McMahon, Chairman of CESEW."

"Oona Stannard, Chief Executive and Director of CESEW, welcomed the appointment, saying...'[It] will help us to continue to both promote and protect Catholic education...'"Parents, clergy, teachers and other concerned citizens, both Catholic and non-Catholic, up and down the country have already been outraged by the CES's shameful complicity with the government and the pro-abortion lobby in spreading the culture of death through schools. The CES, along with the pro-abortion lobby, helped draft the government's guidance on sex education, which is a cornucopia of anti-life and anti-family ideas. The CES did everything it could to help the government mislead the public about the Children, Schools and Families bill. The bill, as passed by the House of Commons at third reading, was a vehicle to impose the teaching of abortion, contraception and homosexuality* on schools, including Catholic and other faith schools.

It is clear that the CES and its agenda has the full backing of Archbishop Vincent Nichols of Westminster. Archbishop Nichols has today expressed "deep shame" at the sexual abuse of children within the Catholic Church, apologising:
"to those who have suffered abuse, those who have felt ignored, disbelieved or betrayed".That is all very well, but neither Archbishop Nichols, nor Bishop McMahon, nor Oona Stannard have apologised for exposing schoolchildren to abuse via government-led sex education. Nor have these Catholic leaders apologised to all those parents, clergy, teachers and other concerned citizens "who have felt ignored, disbelieved or betrayed" by them. The CES's appointment of Greg Pope is an grotesque adding of insult to injury. I pray that Pope Benedict and his supporters in the Curia will relieve the Catholics of this country from this oppression by the episcopal policy in England and Wales.

 

Ctd.:

Greg Pope MP’s parliamentary record against life and family

Abortion
Greg Pope voted for amendments to lower the 24-week time-limit for abortions done on social grounds to 22 weeks or to 20 weeks but voted against amendments to lower the same limit to 16 weeks or to 12 weeks. (20 May 2008).

Abortion and contraception for school-age children
Greg Pope:

• voted against a bill which would have required practitioners providing contraception or abortion services to a child under the age of 16 to inform his or her parent or guardian (14 Mar 2007).
• signed a parliamentary motion praising a condom manufacturer for helping schools host “National Condom Week” (11 May 2004).

Abortion of disabled children
Greg Pope voted against an amendment which would have required doctors to provide pregnant mothers with certain information and an offer of counselling before any abortion of an unborn child on grounds of disability (20 May 2008).

Abortion groups
Greg Pope signed parliamentary motions praising the leading domestic and international pro-abortion organisations:

• All-Party Parliamentary Group on Population, Development and Reproductive Health (24 May 2005)
• All-Party Parliamentary Pro-Choice and Sexual Health Group (15 Jul 2004)
• Family Planning Association (15 Jul 2004) (9 Feb 2006) (21 Feb 2007) (9 Feb 2009)
• International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF) (1 Jul 2004)
• Marie Stopes International (1 Jul 2004)
• United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) (16 Dec 2002) (1 Jul 2004) (9 Jun 2005).

Abortion rights
Greg Pope signed parliamentary motions promoting:

• “reproductive health” (16 Dec 2002)
• “sexual and reproductive health” (24 May 2005) (9 Jun 2005) (20 Oct 2006)
• “sexual and reproductive health and rights” (1 Jul 2004)

According to the British government and to the US administration, these terms include a right to abortion on demand.

 

And:

Contraception
Mr Pope signed parliamentary motions promoting:

• “Contraceptive Awareness Week” (9 Feb 2006) (21 Feb 2007) (9 Feb 2009)
• “contraceptive choice” (20 Oct 2006)
• “contraceptive needs” (8 Feb 2006)
• “family planning” (16 Dec 2002)
• “National Condom Week” (11 May 2004) (11 May 2004) (9 May 2007)
• a tax reduction on condoms (30 Nov 2005)

Euthanasia
The Mental Capacity Bill (now Act) enshrined euthanasia by neglect into English statute law. Greg Pope:

• voted for the bill at second (11 Oct 2004) and third readings (14 Dec 2004)
• voted against amendments motivated by pro-life concerns (14 Dec 2004) (14 Dec 2004) 5 Apr 2005).

Homosexual* activity
Greg Pope voted to:

• reduce the homosexual age of consent to 16 (to equalise it with the heterosexual age of consent) (21 Feb 1994) (22 Jun 1998) (22 Jun 1998) (25 Jan 1999) (1 Mar 1999) (1 Mar 1999) (28 Feb 2000). He also signed a parliamentary motion in the same vein (24 Mar 2004).
• reduce the homosexual age of consent to 18 (21 Feb 1994)
• allow active homosexuals in the military (9 May 1996). He also signed a parliamentary motion in the same vein (24 Mar 2004).

He also signed parliamentary motions celebrating the decriminalisation of homosexuality in England (24 Jul 2007) and calling for the decriminalisation of homosexuality in Uganda (12 Nov 2010).

Homosexual* parenting
Greg Pope:

• voted against amendments which sought to retain the requirement for doctors to consider the child’s need for a father (20 May 2008) or male role model (20 May 2008) before a woman is given fertility treatment.
• voted against amendments restricting adoption to heterosexual couples (20 May 2002) and married couples (4 Nov 2002). He also signed a parliamentary motion in the same vein (24 Mar 2004).

Homosexual* propaganda
Greg Pope:

• voted against measures (popularly known as “section 28”) preventing local councils from promoting homosexuality, including the teaching in schools of “the acceptability of homosexuality as a pretended family relationship” (5 Jul 2000) (10 Mar 2003) (10 Mar 2003). He also signed a parliamentary motion in the same vein (24 Mar 2004).
• signed parliamentary motions promoting measures against “homophobia” (4 Nov 2003) (26 Oct 2005) (22 June 2006) (4 Jul 2006) (10 Jul 2006) (12 Dec 2006) (24 Jul 2007) (12 Nov 2010).

Homosexual* rights
Mr Pope signed parliamentary motions promoting homosexual rights generally and in other various ways (24 Mar 2004) (21 Feb 2005) (30 Mar 2006) (4 Jul 2006) (20 Nov 2006) (20 Mar 2007).

Homosexual* unions
Mr Pope signed parliamentary motions promoting homosexual unions (7 Sep 2004) (13 Oct 2004) (20 Jul 2005).

 

Finally:

Marriage
Greg Pope voted against:

• an amendment to reject plans for a no-fault divorce system in England and Wales (24 Apr 1996)
• amendments to extend the cooling-off period for divorce from one year to 18 months or to two years (24 April 1996).

Mr Pope also signed a parliamentary motion arguing that “unmarried couples should receive the same benefits as married couples should one partner die”. (16 April 2002)

Parents’ rights
Greg Pope:

• voted against a bill which would have required practitioners providing contraception or abortion services to a child under the age of 16 to inform his or her parent or guardian (14 Mar 2007)
• voted for the Children, Schools and Families bill at second (11 Jan 2010) and third readings (23 Feb 2010), which would have restricted parents’ rights over their children’s education, especially regarding sexual matters.

Population control
Greg Pope signed parliamentary motions promoting population control (16 Dec 2002) (1 Jul 2004).

Transsexual* rights
Mr Pope signed a parliamentary motion “call[ing] on the Government to bring forward legislation to give transsexual people full rights and legal recognition” (27 Nov 2002).

Sex education
The Children, Schools and Families bill, as debated by the House of Commons, would have forced all state-funded schools (including faith schools) to provide sex and relationships education, based on anti-life/anti-family principles. Greg Pope voted for the bill at second (11 Jan 2010) and third readings (23 Feb 2010). He also signed a parliamentary motion in the same vein (21 Feb 2007).

* Pope John Paul II, the great pro-life champion, teaches in paragraph 97 of Evangelium Vitae that it is an illusion to think that we can build a true culture of human life if we do not offer adolescents and young adults an authentic education in sexuality, and in love, and the whole of life according to their true meaning and in their close interconnection.

 

This Archbishop MacMahon seems a right piece of work.

There's more falling than the Vatican.

 

Simply horrid

 

Beyond...

 

Another great scripture quote that give credence to the reality that we are truly in the "last days" of the world we know till the Era of Peace arrives. All of the conditions mentioned in the scripture above are in full view today.

 

Agree.
This bothers me the most.
How can it be so widely accepted that parents' rights over their children can be taken away?
And how can the hospital imprison Alfie and refuse the parents' request to take their child home/away?

Shocking, but so sadly true.

 

Alfie Evans’ parents to ‘form a relationship’ with hospital, ask supporters to return home: BREAKING
https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/a...LifeSiteNews.com&utm_medium=Breaking News Bar

Did Alder Hey force Alfie Evans’ dad to read a ‘hostage’ letter to save his son?
https://www.lifesitenews.com/opinio...s-dad-to-read-a-hostage-letter-to-save-his-so

 

The whole episode is demonic. 'Dignity' is becoming a word to be very wary of.

 

Isn't this whole mess the epitome of the 'diabolic disorientation' that Sr Lucia warned of?

 

This Father Dwight Longenecker post encompasses all the points that concern me. He gets it.

People making a big who haw are just rabble rousers in the eyes of the Government. We need to learn the Government is not God. And we are His people who need to get on board His Ship and fight using the weapons He has supplied. The Rosary, the Sacraments, Prayer and Fasting. Then we have moved the power back to God where it belongs.

Our only real hope is to listen to Blessed Mother and Keep Watch and Pray.

 

I think everyone's prayers seem to have been answered and the family has found great peace, bless them. They ask that all the fuss stop now so they can have time with the child. I think they have found acceptance, which is pretty miraculous in the circumstances.

I am so happy for them.

 

Thursday, April 26, 2018

"And after this, our exile..."



"We would now ask you to return back to your everyday lives and allow myself, Kate and Alder Hey to form a relationship, build a bridge and walk across it." —Alfie's father, Tom Evans, in a statement in Liverpool this evening in which he asked for an end to all polemical press coverage of his son's battle to live. Alder Hey is the name of the Liverpool hospital where Alfie is staying. Despite appeals to be allowed to take Alfie out of the hospital, the parents' wishes have been rejected by the British court system. How has this happened? When parents and a hospital disagree over treament of a patient, if the disagreement is not resolved in an arbitartion process, the disagreement is placed in the hands of the British court system. That is what seems to have happened in this case. Hence the parents' desire to patch up relations with the hospital...



"From this point onwards there will be no more statements issued or interviews given. We hope you will respect this." —Tom Evans, 21, in a press conference this evening. Based on this statement, Tom will not be giving any further public statements about Alfie's case. It is now the hour of silence...



"Holy Mary, pray for us..." —A phrase of the "Loreto Litanies," prayed at the end of a rosary this evening in St. Peter's Square by a small group of Catholic laypeople and several nuns and priests, many holding candles...



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Prayer in St. Peter's Piazza



The group, numbering perhaps 200 souls, had gathered at 10 p.m. to pray a rosary for Alfie and his family, beginning precisely at 10:17 p.m. — the time Alfie was taken off of his breathing equipment three nights ago in the Liverpool, England, hospital where he has been for a year and a half.



It was an evening as perfect as only a Roman evening can be — clear sky, bright moon.... a small breeze stirring the night air... overhead, solitary doves and seagulls coasting on the breeze down from the great obelisk toward the facade of St. Peter's, wings outstretched, in total silence, their flight, it seemed, a form of prayer...



(Italians in prayer in St. Peter's Square this evening, beginning at 10 p.m. for nearly an hour...)







Then the leader of the group, a middle-aged, earnest Italian man, said:



"Alfie's father, Tom Evans, just an hour ago, requested that all the polemics around Alfie's case cease immediately. He has said it is the family's wish and request, to all of us. So, we want to make clear that we are not here tonight to pray for or against anyone, in any sort of polemical context. We love Alfie, and his family, and we do pray for him, and his parents, but we are really here tonight for quite another purpose: to pray for our own personal, inner conversion. The inner conversion of each one of us."



People looked at the leader and weighed his words.



Some seemed to nod.



There was total silence.



Quietly, the rosary began, in Italian.



The candles flickered on the faces of those praying.



Several photographers moved about snapping photographs.



The occasional solitary dove flew overhead...



"Nel nome del Padre, del Figlio..."



"In the name of the Father, of the Son..."



"Padre nostro... venga il tuo Regno... rimetti a noi i nostri debiti come noi li rimettiamo..."



"Our Father.... thy Kingdom come... forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive..."



"Ave Maria, piena di grazia... prega per noi peccatori..."



"Hail Mary, full of grace... pray for us sinners..."



"Gloria al Padre, e al Figlio, e allo Spirito Santo.

Come era nel principio..."



"Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit.

As it was in the beginning..."



"O Gesù mio! Perdona le nostre colpe, preservaci dal fuoco dell’inferno, porta in Cielo tutte l’anime, specialmente le più bisognose della tua Misericordia."



"O my Jesus, forgive us our sins, save us from the fires of hell, lead all souls to heaven, especially those most in need of Thy mercy."



And then again, and then another time, and another, and one more, until the end of the 5th mystery...



"...forgive us our sins..."



"...pray for us sinners..."



"Glory be..."



"...those most in need of Thy mercy."



And then, this:


"Salve, o Regina, Madre di misericordia, vita, dolcezza e speranza nostra, salve. A te ricorriamo, esuli figli di Eva: a te sospiriamo, gementi e piangenti in questa valle di lacrime. Orsù dunque, avvocata nostra, rivolgi a noi gli occhi tuoi misericordiosi. E mostraci, dopo questo esilio, Gesù, il frutto benedetto del tuo seno. O clemente, o pia, o dolce Vergine Maria. Amen."



"Hail, holy Queen, Mother of mercy, hail, our life, our sweetness and our hope. To thee do we cry, poor banished children of Eve: to thee do we send up our sighs, mourning and weeping in this valley of tears. Turn then, most gracious Advocate, thine eyes of mercy toward us, and after this our exile, show unto us the blessed fruit of thy womb, Jesus, O merciful, O loving, O sweet Virgin Mary! Amen."



"... after this our exile..."



The rosary took about 25 minutes.



The murmurs of the prayers attracted passers-by.



The group was about 200-strong when the rosary began, but, bit by bit, the crowd grew larger, until some 400 were praying quietly...



As the minutes passed, and the murmuring prayers flowed over the piazza like the sounds of water in a mountain stream, it seemed right to set aside the polemics.



There is enough reason for each of us to pray... for the things we know that we have done wrong... and not done right...



The rosary ended.



The Litanies of Loreto followed.



The Italian woman next to me let me look onto her sheet, in the flickering light of a candle, which contained the "Litanie Lauretana."

 

THE LORETO LITANIES (link)



Lord have mercy.
Christ have mercy.
Lord have mercy.
Christ hear us.
Christ graciously hear us.

God, the Father of heaven,
have mercy on us.

God the Son, Redeemer of the world,
God the Holy Spirit,
Holy Trinity, one God,

Holy Mary,
pray for us.


Holy Mother of God,
Holy Virgin of virgins,
Mother of Christ,
Mother of the Church,
Mother of divine grace,
Mother most pure,
Mother most chaste,
Mother inviolate,
Mother undefiled,
Mother most amiable,
Mother admirable,
Mother of good counsel,
Mother of our Creator,
Mother of our Saviour,
Mother of mercy,
Virgin most prudent,
Virgin most venerable,
Virgin most renowned,
Virgin most powerful,
Virgin most merciful,
Virgin most faithful,
Mirror of justice,
Seat of wisdom,
Cause of our joy,
Spiritual vessel,
Vessel of honour,
Singular vessel of devotion,
Mystical rose,
Tower of David,
Tower if ivory,
House of gold,
Ark of the covenant,
Gate of heaven,
Morning star,
Health of the sick,
Refuge of sinners,
Comfort of the afflicted,
Help of Christians,
Queen of Angels,
Queen of Patriarchs,
Queen of Prophets,
Queen of Apostles,
Queen of Martyrs,
Queen of Confessors,
Queen of Virgins,
Queen of all Saints,
Queen conceived without original sin,
Queen assumed into heaven,
Queen of the most holy Rosary,
Queen of families,
Queen of peace.



Lamb of God, who takest away the sins of the world,
spare us, O Lord.

Lamb of God, who takest away the sins of the world,
graciously hear us, O Lord.

Lamb of God, who takest away the sins of the world,
have mercy on us.



Pray for us, O holy Mother of God.
That we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ.



Let us pray.


Grant, we beseech thee,
O Lord God,
that we, your servants,
may enjoy perpetual health of mind and body;
and by the intercession of the Blessed Mary, ever Virgin,
may be delivered from present sorrow,
and obtain eternal joy.
Through Christ our Lord.


Amen.



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The prayer ended.



The crowd began to disperse.



I said to the Italian woman next to me: "Well, even from his hospital bed, Alfie is changing the world. Even if we can no longer talk about him, and he cannot speak, he's doing it..."



She looked at me quizzically.



"We must stop what is happening all over the world, what they are doing to the children," she replied, quite firmly, with a quite serious look, in a decisive voice...




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Tonight, silence



As I write, little Alfie is still alive and breathing, without his breathing machinery, which was detached Monday night at 9:17 p.m. — more than three days ago.



...but his parents have just given what they say is their final statement, and will now keep silent and seek to rebuild their relationship with the Liverpool hospital staff where Alfie is staying



Here is a report on this latest development from the London Telegraph (link):



Alfie Evans' father in dramatic u-turn as he asks supporters to 'return to their lives' in his 'last' interview


By Helena Horton Nick Squires, in Rome


26 APRIL 2018 • 7:23PM


Alfie Evans' father has urged his family's supporters to carry on with their lives in a dramatic u-turn outside Alder Hey hospital.



After weeks of ramping up support for his 23-month-old son to be allowed to travel abroad to receive treatment for his undiagnosed brain condition, it appears Tom Evans has had a change of heart.



Earlier on Thursday, the 21-year-old father even called for the Pope to travel to Merseyside to see Alfie's plight for himself.



But speaking outside the hospital in Liverpool, which has become the focal point of the bitter treatment dispute, he said his latest interview would be his last.



"Our lives have been turned upside down by the intense focus on Alfie and his situation," Mr Evans said.



"Our little family along with Alder Hey has become the centre of attention for many people around the world and it has meant we have not been able to live our lives as we would like.



"We are very grateful and we appreciate all the support we have received from around the world, including from our Italian and Polish supporters, who have dedicated their time and support to our incredible fight.



"We would now ask you to return back to your everyday lives and allow myself, Kate and Alder Hey to form a relationship, build a bridge and walk across it."



Staff at the hospital have been subjected to abuse by angry supporters of the Evans family, who had been campaigning for Alfie to be released from hospital.


In a statement on behalf of himself, his son, and Alfie's mother Kate James, he said:



"We also wish to thank Alder Hey staff at every level for their dignity and professionalism during what must be an incredibly difficult time for them too.



"Together we recognise the strains (that) recent events have put upon us all and we now wish for privacy for everyone concerned.



"In Alfie's interests we will work with his treating team on a plan that provides our boy with the dignity and comfort he needs.



"From this point onwards there will be no more statements issued or interviews given. We hope you will respect this."


Earlier on Thursday, Mr Evans appealed to Pope Francis to travel to Liverpool to see the plight of his son who he claims is being held hostage at Alder Hey hospital.



Tom Evans, who has been at the centre of a bitter legal dispute with the hospital, told the Catholic channel TV2000 on Thursday: "I call on the Pope to come here to see what is happening.



"Come here and see how my son is the hostage of this hospital. What we are enduring is not right."



Rome's Vatican-owned pediatric hospital Bambino Gesù has offered to treat the 23-month-old boy, who has a serious undiagnosed brain condition.



The government in Rome has granted Alfie Italian citizenship in a bid to bring him to Italy and beat rulings to let him die.



But the British courts have refused to allow the child, who continues to fight after being taken off life support earlier this week, to be transferred to Italy.



"Thank you Italy. We love you," Mr Evans said. "Alfie is part of the Italian family. He is part of Italy. We belong to Italy."

 

Padraig, perhaps your benign take is correct. My fear is that tremendous pressure has been applied on the Evans family to comply with the diktats of the NHS. Alfie remains a prisoner. Anyway, regardless of where the truth lies, several masks have been removed.

 

What else can they do but make the best of things. Imagine the sorrow in their hearts. I find it very ironic that the royal family has recently celebrated the birth of a child and yet treats its citizens as subjects to the usurpation of God in the land of Briton.

We talked a bit about this last night at RCIA and it was agreed by all that the government is acting as God without subjecting itself to God. Until our western governments give all credit and authority where it is due we will see nothing but more and more cases such as this. It is our duty to resist.

 

Tom Evans was forced to read out a speech to the waiting media, that was written by lawyers for AH. The deal was "Read this out or you don't get to take Alfie home." The anger on his face said it all. He and Kate also had to sign gagging orders not to speak about this to the media again. The staff who deliberately tried to hasten that child's death by removing food and hydration after they had tried to asphyxiate him and failed,will not have their names made public. They will be protected.

Peace my Arrass, Padraig. Tom Evans did what he had to do to get his son home. Don't believe for one minute this is about peace.

But one day, and hopefully, soon, the full truth about this will all come out.