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The Corruption of Private Enterprise in the Pandemic Era

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The Corruption of Private Enterprise in the Pandemic Era
By Lisa Nelson October 6, 2022 Technology 7 minute read
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The privatization of government control is taking place in the United States. The trend is disturbing and leaves little legal remedy for our Constitutional rights and liberties of privacy, freedom of speech and association as well as the right to bear arms. While the Constitution is designed to prevent the usurpation of these rights by the government, there is little that limits the power of the corporations and institutions, which are making decisions about when and how we exercise our rights.

The privatization of democracy seems like an oxymoron. How can a capitalist free market system built on the idea of free enterprise and human innovation lead to an undemocratic system? The ideological justifications are many and increasing. National security was the first justification that allowed data sharing between the government and private corporations.

In a lawsuit in 2002, AT&T v. Hepting, a whistleblower revealed that the telecommunication provider was funneling our information to the NSA, skirting the Fourth Amendment protections that we possess against the government. At the time, the civil rights community expressed outrage and railed at the Bush Administration for such a transgression of our protected rights.

The ACLU and the Electronic Frontier Foundation and others decried the collusion between the government and the private sector in the abridgement of our constitutional rights even if it were in the name of national security. Those days are seemingly long gone.

Now private corporations and institutions argue they are limiting our freedoms to protect us from a range of things. Hate. Extremism. Misinformation. Disinformation. Today, a slow leak of revelations illustrate how the private sector is increasingly in control of whether or not we are able to protect our privacy against surveillance and data mining, exercise our rights of free speech and association or buy guns. Shockingly, many of us are applauding this usurpation of our rights and liberties in the name of democracy.

Our First Amendment rights in the hands of the private sector have led to a narrowing of the topics that may be debated. Social media platforms censor topics that range from Covid vaccines to election fraud to the Hunter Biden laptop story in the name of democracy.

And there is increasing evidence that the government is playing along and even pulling the strings. It turns out there was regular communication between agencies – the CDC, FBI and the White House – about whom and what to censor.

The abridgement of the right to free speech by social media platforms at the behest of the government is problematic enough but there is the more troubling fact that a free market system in a democracy is enabling private corporations and institutions to undermine the very rights that are essential to it. Free speech is not the only victim.

Our associational rights are also on the chopping block as an increasing number of organizations, the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) and the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) and many more zero in on groups that have been defined as “extremists” within an ever expanding definition of the term and data collection similarly broad and meaningless.

The ADL has now taken to demonizing particular groups like the Oath Keepers with a report that is efficiently coordinated with a map of all of those individuals who are associated with the group. The Oath Keepers might not be anyone’s favorite group, but let’s not forget a foundational case for protecting free speech rights.

When the membership list of the NAACP was similarly targeted by the government, the Supreme Court unanimously ruled in NAACP v. Alabama, 357 U.S. 449 (1958) that the First Amendment protected the free association rights of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) and its rank-and-file members.

There is no such protection against the ADL’s attack on the Oath Keepers but it does not follow that there aren’t effects on the freedom of association of those members and the chilling effect that it will have for those who choose to associate with similar groups.

It might be difficult to generate sympathy for the Oath Keepers, given that some of the members have been associated with the protest of January 6, but the point of our First Amendment freedoms is not to choose favorites as the ADL is currently doing. This was the point of the ACLU’s defense of the KKK in the landmark case of Brandenburg v. Ohio in 1969.

In this case, the Supreme Court walked away from the decades of persecutions of groups that were not the politically favored – communists, civil rights groups, labor unions and Vietnam War protestors, to protect the most vile of speech that was represented by the KKK.

Free speech and association are not the only Constitutional rights under fire. Private corporations are also jumping on the bandwagon of gun control. Visa, Mastercard and American Express have recently announced that they will track gun purchases separately.

Advocates hailed the development as a critical step toward undermining the flow of guns into the hands of violent people. Yet, there is no mention of how this monitoring affects the Second Amendment Rights that we have because there is no need to answer this question when private industry is doing the work.

Couple the ever expanding definition of “extremist” that the Biden Administration is using with the identification of those who are in “extremist” organizations by the ADL and SPLC and monitoring of gun purchases by VISA, Mastercard and American Express and you have the perfect storm of surveillance, chilling of First Amendment freedoms and curtailment of Second Amendment rights without any Constitutional protections whatsoever.

All of the above does not begin to scratch the surface of how institutions are doing the work of government without any accountability or transparency. Whether it is the imposition of COVID vaccination requirements, Diversity, Inclusion and Equity mandates, or speech codes in academia or corporations, the Constitutional oversight that serves the complex interests of democracy are absent. There is no way to work against these powerful forces that are aligned with the interests and ideology of the current administration.

And this inability to challenge these encroachments on the rights and liberties fundamental to a democratic society is not insignificant. Speak out on social media and the platform is ready and willing to report you to the government and deplatform you. Join an organization that falls out of favor with the ADL of the SPLC and you might find yourself identified as an extremist. Purchase a gun and the credit card companies are willing to report you to law enforcement if you happen to be “dangerous.”

Many political philosophers have warned, the ideology of capitalism is not all about freedom. Those like Herbert Marcuse in One Dimensional Man or Adorno and Horkhiemer in Dialectics of the Enlightenment, for example, provided a cultural, societal and political critique of the ideological constraints that resulted in “unfreedom” for individuals within a capitalist system despite the promise of freedom.

The assertion of power in early critiques of industrial societies advanced the idea that the maintenance and security of the authority only succeeds when it is able to mobilize, organize and exploit the technical, scientific, and mechanical productivity. Ideology served the function of mobilization and justifications for the authority.

There is a totalitarian quality to this control because of the manipulation of needs by the vested interests that include government but also media, education, and the corporate interests more generally. While there exists pluralism and even rights and liberties in a capitalist system, Marcuse and others argued that the effectiveness of each of these countervailing freedoms is diminished by the ideological constraints put upon their exercise.

Thus we are told that the ADL is identifying the extremists for us. That social media platforms are protecting us from disinformation and misinformation and preventing those nasty extremists from reaching us. And the credit card companies are only monitoring our gun purchases because those who are deemed dangerous should not be able to exercise rights. But these designations are ideological and by that it does not mean left or right.

The ideology of capitalism is defined by those who have a stake in the power they exercise. Academia. Corporations. Media. Government. The ideological accusations of extreme, dangerous, disinformation and more are the ways in which we are persuaded that freedom is being protected by these major players in economic life against all that could undermine it.

The truth is that with each decision made, government’s outsourcing its control ambitions – the privatization of democracy – is taking away that which is essential to it.
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Lisa Nelson

Lisa Nelson is associate professor in the Graduate School of Public and International Affairs at the University of Pittsburgh.

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In this episode, Dinesh explains how Biden offered millions of Americans "forgiveness" for their college debt--and then quietly took it back! Dinesh reviews a novel defense advanced by the Oath Keepers in their sedition case. Dinesh argues that Putin's latest tirade offers a valuable clue to a new strategy to galvanize an anti-American alliance of traditional people worldwide against the West. Dinesh examines the tragedy of white farmers in South Africa who are facing land seizures and violence from the black-majority government.
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His documentary films "2016: Obama's America," "America," "Hillary's America," "Death of a Nation," and "Trump Card" are among the highest-grossing political documentaries of all time. He and his wife Debbie are also executive producers of the acclaimed feature film "Infidel."

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As we reflect on the impact of our global outreach over the past 60 years, I’m excited to bring you news of a research breakthrough from St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.

Scientists at St. Jude helped lead the nation’s largest comprehensive analysis of genomes related to pediatric acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), the most common form of childhood cancer.

With samples from nearly 2,800 patients, St. Jude researchers worked with hospitals around the country to find further evidence of mutations that show ALL is not one disease affecting every child the same way, but rather a collection of more than 20 subtypes.

Some subtypes progress differently in children, posing different risks and requiring unique combinations of medicines and individualized therapy.

When St. Jude opened in 1962, the survival rate for ALL was just 4%. Today, thanks to your support, the survival rate at St. Jude is 94%.

But that’s still not good enough and with your continued support, we know we will one day realize the dream of our founder, Danny Thomas, of a day when every child can be saved.

With the announcement of this research, and with new breakthroughs and better treatments on the horizon, St. Jude is furthering its mission: Finding cures. Saving children.®

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Something truly evil is happening at the DOJ.

They are charging 11 pro-life activists for blocking the entrance to abortion clinics, carrying up to 11 years in prison and $250,000 fines.

A total of 0 people have been charged by the DOJ for firebombing pro-life pregnancy centers
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Biden’s Policies Cause Surge in Unaccompanied Minors and Greater Chance of Child Trafficking – And Not ONE DEMOCRAT Has Said a Thing about It

In October 2020 the number of minors crossing into the US unaccompanied was 1,929.
Less than two years later in April 2021 there were 20,339 unaccompanied minors crossing into the US.

That’s over a 1,000% increase from when President Trump was in charge.
The problem is only getting worse.
In August 2021, border patrol agents picked up a record 834 unaccompanied children who had crossed into the country in one day. The shocking number is the most the agency had ever encountered in a single day throughout its 97-year history.



It’s by design.
The massive 62% one-day jump in kids comes just days after Biden lowered the standards for selecting an adult sponsor for the children. Among other things, sponsors no longer have to get fingerprinted to claim a child from border patrol custody.
The careless change was made in an effort to get more children processed and released to make room for the countless more that will be coming.
The scariest thing of it all – these unprecedented numbers don’t even include the countless invaders that slip through undetected.

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The Left’s War on Food, Fuel, Healthcare, Education & Social Order

by Patricia Anthone | Oct 8, 2022 | Education, Global, Politics

The Left’s central-control agenda opposes the values of Western Civilization but cannot destroy them. The now obvious agenda of the modern political Left is to amass complete Central Control ⏤ of the economy, food, fuel, healthcare, education, and social order ⏤ by an all-powerful, global governing body comprised of self-seated elites.

This agenda requires opposition to the formation of families because family is the single biggest competition for party engagement and loyalty. People who have committed themselves to marriage and family are “centered” there. And that is a huge problem for those who believe the purpose of the citizenry is to feed, supply and support their government.

Once this is clearly understood, the policies and ideologies propagated by the Left over the past decades are easier to comprehend.

Leftists’ policies aren’t failures.

The “war on poverty,” the social-worker approach to crime, promotion of recreational sex, intoxicants, etc., all have achieved stunning success. And all the while, the Leftists have been able to position themselves and their Party as the ones espousing “liberal,” “compassionate,” and “open-minded” ideas.

Consider that the Socio-Sexual Free-For-All banner under which Leftists have disguised themselves as “liberals” has succeeded in significantly increasing the number of people suffering from both interpersonal and economic dereliction. The result has been a precipitous decline throughout the West.

The symptoms of this decline are now apparent, even if not correctly diagnosed:

Exponential increase in numbers of “homeless” (chronically intoxicated and mentally-ill vagrants)
Explosion in the numbers claiming membership in one or more “oppressed” identity group (s)
Sexual/gender confusion, ambiguity, or conflict
Greatly-delayed marriage and family formation
Failure to ascend the economic ladder (remaining ‘stuck’ in low/no skill jobs)
Precipitous drop in birthrate
Declining longevity

Each of these symptoms benefits the Left in the short and long term.

Short-term ⏤ human misery (of all kinds) converts readily into political capital.

Long-term ⏤ contributes to the social and economic collapse required to usher in a global governing body.

How, specifically, did they achieve all of their successes?

Aggressive Secularization – attack and replace the Judeo-Christian worldview on which Western Civilization is based. We ceded critical ground by permitting a “default” to the “secular viewpoint” in schools, board rooms, clubs, associations, and even in some churches. Everything that follows denial of our Creator is, by definition, a lie: key among which are the following ‘doctrines’ of the Left’s secular religion:

Humanity is an overgrown animal species; a scourge on the Earth that only containment by forcible exercise of central authority can prevent from destroying the planet. Generate contempt for humanity.
As animals, people cannot be expected to control or channel their feelings and urges. Further, the unfiltered reaction is a virtue called “authenticity.”
Parents, family, and religious institutions are backward and repressive; distrust all who aren’t ideologically aligned with the Left.
Even our own bodies might be ‘wrong’ for us; a situation which finds “solution” in “trans-identity,” a claim to political oppression that carries the promise of favor by the Party.

Rewarding mediocrity while deriding excellence. Among the claims made by proponents of the Marxist Critical Race theory is that accuracy in the mathematical calculation is an expression of “white supremacy.”

Erosion of the objective reference points required for critical thinking. If all that came before is wrong, if even our own experience can no longer be trusted, then the Party becomes the sole purveyor of truth, a role it assumes via fascist projection throughout society.

Promotion of chronic intoxication. In addition to “legalizing” more intoxicants, Leftist governments are creating ever-more elaborate programs to support chronic intoxication, making it entirely unnecessary for an addict to get clean.

Free needles,
“Safe shooting” sites equipped with needles and staffed with med-techs to administer reversal drugs to an addict who overdoses,
Provision of “camping” gear to addicts who eschew the shelters (need to use during the night).

Refusal to prosecute crime. Refusal to prosecute shoplifting, for example (up to a certain amount per shoplifter), has spawned crime rings that denude shelves within minutes ⏤ all without consequence to the criminal participant. The consequence for many city-center residents is a barbaric reality in which goods cannot be sold.

Ideological alignment with the Left has become the overt goal of nearly all in “public” education, mainstream news-media, information tech, social media, entertainment, and medicine.

The strategies deployed by the Left have made life hellish for many and brought our society dangerously close to collapse. But they haven’t “worked” with all.

America has a rock-solid core of people who are seemingly impervious to the Left’s effort to turn the citizenry into government-owned livestock. And in noting this, we are shown a path to the restoration of sanity. It is on the strength and character of these resilient people that hope for society rests. So, who are they?

Those emerging from intact, functional families raised to revere God is stronger and more resilient than the shallow-rooted offspring of fully-secular households. People who value God and family are more likely to marry, start families, engage in satisfactory careers, and regard themselves as happy. The Judeo-Christian values on which our society was built are durable and can be trusted.

Sometimes the solution is simple, even if it’s not easy.

Patricia Anthone
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Patricia (Tricia) Anthone has been an involved advocate of liberty in a number of volunteer capacities since 2013, including service to the Convention of States Project at multiple levels, the Colorado Chapter of the Republican Liberty Caucus, Colorado Freedom Force, Founder’s Keep, and her local Tea Party chapters.

Tricia’s ongoing contribution to the cause of liberty has taken the form of writings which relate America’s founding principles to current events. “Being invited to join the America Out Loud team is a great honor and an opportunity to participate in the important work of restoring America’s foundation,” she says.

Tricia is a wife, mother, and grandmother whose professional background has been in sales, marketing, and ad-supported publishing. She started and ran an ad-supported print publication for 30 years. She is now working with her husband’s project sales and management firm as the marketing director.

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Massachusetts Voters Face an Epic “Election of the Century”

October 8, 2022
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I’m sure some subscribers wonder why I haven’t written any posts or been on any podcasts lately. It’s because I’ve been working flat out on a new book. It’s now at the typesetter and should be out in November.

But something else is coming up in November. Normally I don’t get excited about Massachusetts gubernatorial elections. We’ve had our share of “RINO Republican” governors like William Weld and Mitt Romney.

But I didn’t realize how different this year was until a friend sent me this video of WCVB interviewing Leah Cole Allen, who is the Republican candidate for Lt. Governor on the ticket with Geoff Diehl:

Some of you know I was a registered nurse in Massachusetts for 45 years. Allen, like me, is an RN. The difference is, I retired voluntarily in 2019 just before COVID hit; Allen was fired as an RN for refusing the vax, even though she had been a front-line nurse on a COVID ward.

The WCVB interview was conducted outdoors, because the station wouldn’t let anyone in who wasn’t COVID-vaxxed.

Allen is also a former state legislator, so she knows the political process. When pressed by the somewhat hostile reporters, she also affirmed that she is pro-life and pro-Second Amendment. She is well-spoken.

I had the pleasure of meeting Leah on October 6 at a VFW rally event. Like me, from the lockdown’s beginning she opposed the quarantining of perfectly healthy, asymptomatic people, and understood that you do NOT force experimental vaccines (a misnomer for mRNA gene therapy) on people, a violation of human rights under the Nuremburg Code.

Like her running mate, Allen is totally opposed to lockdowns. Geoff Diehl has stated that, if elected, he will immediately restore the jobs of all state workers who lost them for refusing the jab. He is a former four-term state legislator. Here is a WCVB interview with Diehl:

To my surprise (or maybe not), more than a week after Diehl and Allen won the Republican primary, I typed in on Google:

Diehl Allen campaign website

Their website did not even show up; just a bunch of newspaper articles. I had to go to Geoff Diehl’s Twitter feed to find the actual link. Good old Google.

Well, that search-engine lapse has finally been corrected. The campaign’s website is https://diehlallen.com/

Of course, I’m not a big fan of politicians, and I don’t have much confidence in the integrity of the vote-counting systems.

But look at who Diehl and Allen are running against: Maura “Hold It” Healey. Healey, a lesbian, has said that if people aren’t comfortable going into a bathroom that a transsexual has walked into, they should “hold it” (hold their pee). In other words, trans people’s rights exceed everyone else’s. She is extremely pro-gun control, and here’s an article from last year on her “doubling down” on COVID vaccines.

I’m sure many of my readers are familiar with Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer, also known as the “Lockdown Queen” and “Wicked Witch of the West.” Well, Maura Healey would probably make Whitmer look like Snow White.

What would Massachusetts’ future be like under Maura Healey? The future is uncertain, and I can only speculate, but possibly we might see . . .

When flu season returns in the winter, it might only take one scary headline about a “new COVID variant” to throw Massachusetts back into full lockdown mode: small businesses shut down; workers informed by the governor who is “essential” and “not essential”; school children forced to mask up all day while isolated from each other by plexiglass (except maybe during “Drag Queen Story Hour”); people forced to stand six feet apart, even though former CDC Director Robert Redfield has now admitted that the 6-foot social distancing rule was arbitrary with no science behind it.

One of the scariest moments for Boston came less than a year ago, when mayor Michelle Wu announced that no one would be permitted into a Boston restaurant, gym, or major public venue, without proof of vaccination, despite powerful evidence that COVID vaccines don’t prevent transmission and have had countless severe side effects (see., e.g., my last post on COVID from 2021).

Fortunately, the Boston restriction was later lifted. But what happens if Maura Healey becomes governor? If there was a COVID resurgence, would she broaden Michelle Wu’s Boston ban and mandate vaccine passports for the entire state?

To give you an idea of just how left-wing Massachusetts has become, this year the state legislature passed a new law allowing illegal immigrants to obtain driver’s licenses. (Massachusetts voters will have an opportunity to overturn that law in an election-day referendum.) But given Healey’s soft stand on immigration, and her hard stand on gun control, one can anticipate sharply rising crime rates under a Healey governorship.

I do have a minor complaint about the Diehl-Allen campaign, however. Slogans may seem silly, but they’ve helped win elections, be it “He Has Kept Us Out of War,” “America First,” “I Like Ike,” or “Make America Great Again.” When you go to the Diehl website product page, one sees yard signs, bumper stickers, hats and coffee mugs. They all say the same thing: “Diehl for Governor.” I wonder how many long nights it took a brain trust, with rolled-up sleeves, laboring over coffee as they chain-smoked, to dream up that zinger? (Just kidding.)

But how many votes is that slogan going to draw away from Healey? Perhaps a handful. Since Healey has signs that say “Healey for Governor,” it’s a tradeoff at best. A “Diehl for Governor” coffee mug might make a good souvenir to bring to the concentration camp.

Now, what is it that virtually all Massachusetts voters HATED? They hated the lockdowns. They hated losing their jobs and seeing their business damaged or even destroyed. They hated standing outside grocery stores, in the freezing cold, six feet apart, to buy food. I can remember standing outside Target for one hour, while the customers boiled over with rage. It didn’t matter if they were Republican, Democrat or Independent. And they haven’t forgotten!

So how can Diehl and Allen take tens of thousands of votes away from Healey? Very simple. Just add three words to the current slogan:

NO MORE LOCKDOWNS!
DIEHL FOR GOVERNOR

I have not found any state regulation regarding bumper stickers or yard signs that would prevent this from being printed. And it’s a message which, if seen on bumper stickers moving throughout the state, would resonate with voters. It would hit the emotional buttons. No one wants to be locked down again. And Healey is defenseless against it; it’s perhaps her most vulnerable point, because as attorney general, she was a major lockdown enforcer.

I am not a rich man, but I did offer the Diehl campaign $2,000 if they would print bumper stickers to that effect. I have not heard back to date. Maybe it’s too late, maybe “everything’s already printed,” maybe they need more money, or maybe they just disagree. To be very sure, that’s their privilege.

By the way, when you go to the Diehl-Allen website homepage, it’s not much more creative. The opening slogan is “A Better Massachusetts Every Day.” Maura Healey might be having a chuckle over that: “Lots of laughs! I’m for a better Massachusetts too!” Now to be very fair, if you explore the Diehl-Allen website, it does lay out many excellent policies. But will everyone take time to read them? I would slam people with “NO MORE LOCKDOWNS!” right on the home page.

Diehl and Allen are doing a great job of traveling the state and talking up their message. But the liberal corporate media is not helping them. Massachusetts is heavily Democratic. Winning here will not be easy. They need to BRAND themselves as the “no-lockdown” candidates. And I‘m talking about honest branding.

If you have friends in Massachusetts, let them know: vote for Diehl and Allen. It could mean the difference between 4 years of lockdown misery versus 4 years of relative freedom. I say “relative freedom” because we still have the Biden administration to contend with.

One last campaign suggestion: Tucker Carlson, probably the foremost conservative on mainstream media, LOVES people like Diehl and Allen. He would chomp at the bit at a chance to turn uber-liberal Massachusetts from blue to red. Sure, his audience is national, but he has many Massachusetts viewers, other viewers with friends in Massachusetts, and would probably bring in a ton of donations from out of state—because a win in Massachusetts would mark a major turning point for America. I pray this suggestion—an interview of Diehl and Allen—might reach Tucker’s attention.

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In previous newsletters, we have recalled that when a small number of (humanly speaking) defenseless Christians transformed a pagan world into a Catholic Christian civilization, three characteristics of those early Christians primarily effected the transformation: 1) their supernatural Faith; 2) their supernatural Charity; and 3) the Miracles worked by the members of the Mystical Body of Christ which confirmed the supernatural origin of their Faith. In the life of St. Benedict, for example, we read of the fearsome barbarian warlord Totila who was brought to his knees by a miracle of St. Benedict. According to one account:
In autumn of 542 AD, while the Goth King Totila was passing through Cassino en route to Naples to attack it, he decided to test Saint Benedict because he had already heard of his gifts and charisms. As a consequence, Totila sent his squire dressed as a king to greet the monk; but Saint Benedict soon unmasked him. When he finally met Totila, he warned him with a dire prediction: “You have hurt many and you continue to do it, now stop behaving badly! You will enter Rome, you will cross the vast sea, you will reign for nine years; however, in the tenth year, you will die.” And that is exactly what happened.
Totila before St. Benedict

What was true of the evangelization of the pagan Roman Empire has continued to be true of later successful works of evangelization. St. Francis Xavier converted huge numbers of pagans to the Catholic Faith in India, and there is no doubt that his miracles played an important part in his success. Many resurrection miracles have been recorded in the canonization processes of the saints during the last eight hundred years, but few saints have been credited with raising as many souls from the dead as St. Francis Xavier, as described in this account:
St. Francis Xavier (1506-1552)

In the streets of Mutan, Francis met a funeral procession bearing the body of a youth who had died of a malignant fever. According to the custom of that area, the body had been kept for 24 hours wrapped in a shroud. Like Jesus with the widow of Naim, Francis pitied the bereaved parents; they pleaded with him.
The saint knelt down, raised his eyes to Heaven, and prayed to God for the lad's life. Then he sprinkled the covered corpse with holy water and ordered the funeral shroud cut open. When the body was visible, Francis made the Sign of the Cross over it, took the youth by the hand, and bade him in the Name of Jesus to live.

The youth rose up alive, and Francis gave him to his parents in good health. The crowd marveled and praised the holiness of Francis. The youth's parents and friends, in gratitude and memory of the deed, erected a great cross on the spot and held a festival there.

At another time, St. Francis was preaching at Coulon, near Cape Comorin in Travancore at the southern tip of India opposite Ceylon (Sri Lanka). This was a seaport, a rough town where many Christians dishonored their name. Francis, while preaching in the Portuguese church there, felt baffled and stymied by the wall of obstinacy he met in his hardhearted listeners.

Now it happened that a man had been buried in the church the day before. St. Francis stopped preaching; he prayed to God to honor the Blood and the Name of His Son and to soften the hearts of the congregation. Then he directed a few men to open the nearby grave of the man who had been buried the day before. He had prayed in tears, and now he accompanied his directions with the burning words of holy eloquence. He told the congregation how God was pleased even to raise the dead in order to convert them.

When they opened the tomb and brought out the body, it was already giving off a stench. On Francis' orders they tore apart the shroud-to find the body already beginning to putrefy. Francis expressed his desire that they should all take note of these facts. (They could hardly escape them!) Then the saint fell on his knees, made a short prayer, and commanded the dead man, in the Name of the Living God, to arise.

The man arose-alive, vigorous and in perfect health! The onlookers were filled with awe. Those who needed it fell at the saint's feet to be baptized, and a large number of people were converted because of this miracle.

The two miracles above were accepted by the auditors of the Rota as resting on incontrovertible evidence from two witnesses, Emanuel Gaga and Joam Audicondam, as well as from one "dead" person himself. These great miracles led almost the entire kingdom--except for the king and a few of his courtiers--to become Christians within a few months.
St. Francis Xavier (1506-1552)

We Will See an Abundance of Miracles

I will return to this theme again and again, because I am convinced that as the Catholic Faith is once again proclaimed far and wide on the foundation of the true doctrine of creation, we will see an abundance of miracles as confirmation of Our Lord’s delight in our willingness to proclaim the Catholic Faith, whole and entire. I have been confirmed in this conviction by the testimony of my friend Lani Randall who is a firm believer in the true Catholic doctrine of creation and whom I introduced to our readers in a previous newsletter. In this newsletter I would like to acquaint you with the wonderful work that Lani is doing to help our persecuted Catholic brothers and sisters in Pakistan—where “the Lord hears the cry of the poor” and miracles occur on a regular basis. Lani describes the birth of her apostolate in this way:
Over a year ago, the Lord has connected me to two beautiful Pakistani Catholics who've worked together for over 12 years to help their persecuted brothers and sisters in Christ. One is a young lady named Kanwal Lazrus, who started an orphanage back in 2011 because Our Lord Jesus Christ told her to do so, and she was obedient. Unfortunately, she lives in Canada now as she was caught evangelizing and was persecuted by Muslim men who almost killed her. Her parents sent her to Canada to stay with relatives and she is still living there after having moved over five years ago. She longs to see her parents again but does not feel safe enough to go back just yet. Her brothers and parents help run the orphanage that she started and she sends money when she can to help support them.

She introduced me to her friend and mentor, Atif Jamil Pagaan, who is a Catholic human rights attorney. Atif and his wife, Fahkra, have three children and are parishioners of Holy Rosary Catholic Church, located in Waris Pura Faisalabad, in the Punjab region of Pakistan. Holy Rosary is located in the Diocese of Faisalabad under Bishop Inderyas Rehmat. Atif has a unique story to share. He grew up very poor and when his father passed away, Atif was desperate to continue his education instead of go to work as a child laborer. Young Atif, only eight years old at the time, decided he would ask the priest of his local parish for help. Atif chose to knock on the priest's door every day until he'd answer him, and finally, the priest opened his door to Atif on the 15th day. That day changed his life as the parish priest took him under his wing and agreed to educate him...and feed him burgers from time to time, per Atif's request!

Years later, Atif graduated law school as a human rights attorney for his people, who are heavily persecuted for their Catholic faith. The police and judicial system in Pakistan is traditionally corrupt as it's a Muslim government, and unfortunately, their government encourages persecution of Christians (mostly Catholic), who make up roughly 2% of the population and who are treated as second class citizens. Their laws towards Christians are unjust, especially their blasphemy law which was created to falsely accuse Christians of disrespecting their prophet Muhammed without question. Many Muslims have been known to accuse their Christian neighbors or co-workers of blasphemy for no good reason other than to retaliate against them and to kick them out of their neighborhoods and places of employment. This has caused much persecution as the families of these falsely accused victims must leave their homes and go into hiding to save their lives. This costs money, too, which inflicts severe hardship, as many of them are very poor.
Mariam’s House

Atif and his lovely wife Fahkra, who is a very devoted Catholic wife and mother, have three children. Atif and Fahkra started Mariam's House as a shelter home to raise up families who've been negatively impacted by persecution. Mariam's House provides shelter, food, and skills training to help families escape generational poverty -- especially those who work as slave laborers in brick kilns. There are families --women and children especially-- who are exposed to unhealthy and harsh working conditions in the brick kilns, and sadly, some are raped in the process, and many times they are deprived of medical needs.

Mariam's House has also been a home to rescued Catholic/Christian girls who are abducted by older Muslim men who have sold them into slavery or forced them into marriages where they are raped and tortured. The countless number of young girls who fall victim to these older men are between the ages of 13 and 17. Atif spends the majority of his time working on such cases to file police reports and find these girls, only to rescue and restore them to the courts that sometimes return the girls to their families, and sometimes don't as they claim that some of the girls are now officially Muslims and belong to their husbands (some are too afraid to speak up in court). Atif has been very good at recovering many of these girls and convincing the court to return them to their families. Many end up in Mariam's House for extra help and support, but more trauma counseling is needed. I've been doing a lot of healing prayer over video chats with Atif translating when necessary and by the grace of God, we've seen much physical and emotional healing take place.

In addition, many of these young girls are from very poor families as the majority of the Christian community are very poor. Atif will donate his services and work pro bono in many cases because he wants to help free these young girls. His life is threatened almost daily as he's had to move his family more than three times in the past few years to escape death threats and make sure his wife and children are safe. It's a very difficult and emotionally taxiing position to be in, but his faith is SO strong as he witnesses countless miracles!

Right now, Mariam's House receives donations from a non-profit organization called All People Free. The founder lives in the U.S. and while he is not Catholic, he was called by God to help Atif and Fahkra. He is very faithful in his monthly donations for food and resources. However, the funds are limited and Atif and Fahkra also have a vision to expand what they're doing to include a Peace Center (a peaceful place for tortured victims of religious persecution). The Catholic diocese in his area does contribute financially to help aid Atif in his cases when necessary, but again, these funds are very limited.

I do what I can to donate as much as possible, and have been fundraising locally with people I know, but I believe God is calling me to officially start a ministry and have a separate account for funding this work. This work is SO important to the Lord, and to Our Blessed Mother Mary, as they want their Pakistani children free from all slavery! My goal is to put together a presentation to start visiting Catholic Churches to raise awareness so together, we can help show our love and support to our Catholic brothers and sisters!
Two Catholic Nurses in Pakistan, Falsely Accused of Blaspheming the Koran

“The Lord Hears the Cry of the Poor”

I want to share a testimony about two beautiful Catholic nurses who were falsely accused of blasphemy. We had a miracle happen when they were first arrested, and Atif called me for prayer. I prayed with him over the phone and as I prayed, he told me God gave him a vision during the prayer, that the law of the lower court would be changed within two months. Usually, cases like these would take years to resolve, but in two months a trial was started—and that was a miracle!

There was another instance where a 13-yr old girl was abducted and forcibly married to a 43-yr-old Muslim man who forced her to convert to Islam. Police did not register the complaint by the parents, so the girl's mother came to Harmony Foundation to get some help, and Atif got involved and was able to register the complaint with police. They raided the man's house and recovered the young girl, and after medical examination, she was found to be two months pregnant. The culprit was sent to jail and got released after five months, and then attacked the girl's mother by shooting her five times in the lower back. Thankfully, by God's grace, the mother survived but needed several surgeries. After sending money for the mother's multiple surgeries, she came home with only a cast on one leg, and pain in that leg. So, I was able to connect with her through Atif using What's App video calling, and I did some healing prayer with her. Atif called me two weeks later and said the mother's pain was gone and once the cast came off, she was FULLY HEALED! I also prayed for emotional healing from all the trauma for both the mother and her daughter, and I blessed the baby (who happened to have the same exact birthday as mine!) -- this is not a coincidence, but I believe God wanted them to know that He loves them as He (with our Blessed Mother's intercession) healed them both so the young girl did not lose her mother! GLORY TO GOD!!! And we were able to send them money to relocate them to another house so they could not be found by this man again.

There are more miracles like this one, including a Muslim mother of five children who witnessed the love of her Catholic neighbors and decided to convert. When her Muslim husband found her praying to Jesus, he tried to kill her, so she fled with their children. Atif sent me a picture of her and her children, one of the little ones did not even have clothes on, he was completely naked because she had to leave immediately for her safety so we raised money to help find her a temporary shelter (Atif could only keep her at Mariam's House for a short time as it endangered the other residents).

Another big miracle is little Komal, a beautiful 9-year-old girl who was riding public transportation with her parents around Christmas time two years ago for the purpose of buying her a dress for Christmas. The little girl was SO happy to have a new dress that she jumped off the bus and as she ran to her house, a truck hit her and crushed her legs. By the grace of God, Komal survived but her legs and feet were severely damaged. So, Atif got involved as the parents had to sell their home to pay for multiple surgeries to restore her legs and feet. As of now, after several surgeries, she still can't walk, and the father ran out of money to help her. I've prayed for her healing over video call and God provided money through a generous donor who offered ongoing therapy services. The therapist said her muscles will not atrophy since we are continually providing therapy and he believes with braces, she can walk, and that's another expense we are praying for. However, I believe with all my heart that God can restore her legs and feet. The generous donor also shared Komal's story with the children in his Sunday school and these children all drew pictures to encourage Komal and prayed for her, sending her love notes (I had forwarded pictures of these children with their drawings to Atif for him to share with Komal and it made her day!). We are continuing to pray for Komal's full healing and restoration of her legs and feet, as we know NOTHING is impossible for Our Lord Jesus Christ!

Here is another miraculous testimony of God's love for His children. Atif met a young man who works as a slave laborer in a brick kiln, whose sister was sold into prostitution. The young man was very oppressed and hurting, he could barely look at me on the video call. He wanted to get out of working in the brick kiln so he could focus on rescuing his sister, so Atif called me to pray for him and his situation. As I prayed over the phone, the young man had a vision and heard God tell him that he'll be set free from the brick kiln by next year. His countenance changed and he was SO, SO happy! God gave him peace about his sister, and while he was too emotional to share details, he just kept smiling and thanking me for praying! It was beautiful to see such an immediate turnaround in his demeanor, as hope was restored! I've had experiences where I've prayed for kidneys to be healed and backaches to leave, along with other physical ailments and I've witnessed the Holy Spirit heal them immediately! It's truly an honor to witness God's love at work like this!

A Peace Center in Pakistan

Atif's vision of a Peace Center will bring peace to our wounded and broken brothers and sisters in Pakistan. They will experience healing of soul, spirit and body through healing prayer, and rehabilitation through legal help and trauma and grief counseling. Medical needs can be addressed as well. It will bring them hope and relief! There also needs to be more financial support for legal fees, travel expenses, relocation of families to safe housing, utility expenses, and other basic expenses. There is more to discuss, but this is just a picture of what more can be done if we partner together to bring peace and healing to this part of the world.

Blessings In Christ through Our Lady of the Rosary,

Lani Randall
In the near future we hope to help Lani set up a fundraising page through our friends at LifeSite News, at which time we will share a link to the page with all of our readers. There is no doubt that Lani’s firm faith in God’s Genesis revelation supports her faith in His power to work miracles here and now. As you join with me in praying for the success of her work for the persecuted Catholics in Pakistan, please continue to trust God to grant miracles of body and soul in answer to our prayers, as we work together to help restore the true doctrine of creation as the foundation of our Faith.

Yours in Christ through the Immaculata in union with St. Joseph,

Hugh Owen