Chikungunya Virus Now Spreading To More U.S.
States.
Jun 14, 2014
More states are reporting cases of a potentially deadly
mosquito-borne virus called Chikungunya, prompting the Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention to issue warnings to health departments across the
United States.
Archbishop Condemns
Satanic 'Black Mass' at Okla. City Civic Center as ‘Sacrilegious’
July 3, 2014
(CNSNews.com)
– Catholic Archbishop Paul Coakley, head of the archdiocese of Oklahoma City,
condemned a scheduled Black Mass by a satanic group, for which tickets are
being sold at the Oklahoma City Civic Center, as “sacrilegious,” a “blasphemous
mockery of the Mass.”
The
archbishop also called upon community leaders and board members of the Oklahoma
City Civic Center to “remedy this situation,” stressing that he hoped they did
not want to “enable or encourage such a flagrantly inflammatory event.”
The Black
Mass of Oklahoma, being offered by the group Dakhma of Angra Mainyu, is
scheduled to take place in the Civic Center Music Hall on Sept. 21 at 7PM.
Tickets are $15.00.
In the
description for the event, the ticket office says, “The Black Mass has been a
feared ritual, and now it’s being brought into the light! This will not only be
enlightening but educational as well. This Black Mass will be conducted for the
public to attend with certain adaptations to allow for a legal celebration.”
On the
eventful ticket website, it describes the event as follows, “A Religious Black
Mass will be conducted as a public event to help educate the public about
Religious Satanism. The ritual has been toned down to meet the laws of Oklahoma
and the rules of the government building. Enjoy the delights of the Devil.”
“For more
than 1 billion Catholics worldwide and more than 200,000 Catholics in Oklahoma,
the Mass is the most sacred of religious rituals,” Archbishop Coakley said in
in a July 1 statement condemning the Black Mass. “It is the center of Catholic worship and
celebrates Jesus Christ’s redemption of the world by his death and
resurrection. In particular, the Eucharist – which we believe to be the body,
blood, soul and divinity of Jesus Christ – is the source and summit of our faith.”
“That’s why
we’re astonished and grieved that the Civic Center would promote as
entertainment and sell tickets for an event that is very transparently a
blasphemous mockery of the Mass,” he said. “The ‘Black Mass’ that is scheduled
for the Civic Center in September is a satanic inversion and distortion of the
most sacred beliefs not only of Catholics, but of all Christians.”
The
archbishop asked those allowing the event, “to reconsider whether this is an
appropriate use of public space,” adding, “we trust that community leaders –
and, in particular, the board members of the Oklahoma City Civic Center – do
not actually wish to enable or encourage such a flagrantly inflammatory event
and can surely remedy this situation.”
Archbishop
Coakley also said that if the event moves forward, “we will have to consider
other peaceful, prayerful and respectful options to demonstrate our opposition
to this publicly supported sacrilegious act.”
“In the
meantime, I call on all Catholics in central and western Oklahoma – as well as
all men and women of good will – to pray for a renewed sense of the sacred and,
in particular, to pray that the Lord might change the hearts and minds of the
organizers of this event,” he concluded.
The permit
to hold the Black Mass reportedly was signed by Adam Daniels, an apparent
member of Dakhma of Angra Mainyu.
CNSNews.com
sent questions by e-mail to the Angra Mainyu, but the group did not respond
before this story was posted.
On the
Dakhma of Angra Mainyu website it discusses the Black Mass and says, “The
modern form of the Black Mass is still practiced by modern Devil Worshipers to
celebrate the perversion of the Catholic Mass still seen in society today. The Black Mass as gone through a
transformation to maintain practice within societal law.”
“The
consecrated host is corrupted by sexual fluids, then it becomes the sacrifice
of the mass,” reads the website. “The
blasphemy remains intact along with corruption of Catholic Mass.
Modern/Laveyan Satanists see this as ritual
to mock the Catholic Mass in the form of a blasphemy rite used to deprogram
people from their Christian background.”
“Religious
Satanism sees the Black Mass as a religious ceremony to empower themselves and
receive a ‘blessing’ from the Devil,” the group explains.
“The Black
Mass being performed at the Okc Civic Center has been toned downed as to allow
it to be performed in a public
government building,” says Angra Mainyu.
“The authenticity and purpose of the Black Mass will remain intact while
allowing for slight changes so that a public viewing can occur without breaking
Oklahoma's laws based on nudity, public urination, and other sex acts.”
Dakhma of
Angra Mainyu describes itself as “a religious and educational church dedicated
to Angra Mainyu (Ahriman). Angra Mainyu is seen as a destroyer.”
They also
say they teach “freedom from any religion that chooses to bind you to some type
of dogma the forces you to restrain your natural animal instincts.”
Kelly
Hadsall, management specialist with the Oklahoma Civic Center, told CNSNews.com
that “since the center is a city-owned facility, the First Amendment of the
United States Constitution does not allow us to turn away productions based on
their content.”
“The city of
Oklahoma City and the Civic Center are required by law to rent space to
individuals and organizations so long as they comply with our policies and
ordinances and have paid the established rental fees,” she explained.
Chinese city quarantined as resident dies of
BUBONIC PLAGUE.
23 July 2014
Parts of
Chinese city quarantined as resident dies of BUBONIC PLAGUE
Around 30,000 people from Yumen have been
sent to quarantine zones.
A 38-year-old victim infected by a wild
marmot and died last week.
151 people who came into contact with the
victim are also being checked.
City is now surrounded by police roadblocks
and emergency services.
Chinese officials have sealed off large parts of a city
after a resident who was bitten by a rodent died of bubonic plague.
The 38-year-old victim from the city of Yumen in Gansu
province was infected BUBONIC PLAGUE and began suffering from a fever later
that day.
Around 30,000 residents have now been told they cannot leave
and police at roadblocks on the perimeter of the city.
It said 151 people who came into direct contact with the
victim have also been placed in quarantine and are being analysed by epidemic
prevention teams deployed around the city.
Satanists Return Stolen Host to Archbishop Coakley.
August 21, 2014
The organizer of a Sept. 21 black
mass surrendered the consecrated Host, one day after the Archdiocese of
Oklahoma City filed a lawsuit for its recovery.
OKLAHOMA
CITY — Oklahoma City's archbishop voiced relief that Satanists organizing a
"black mass" in the city returned a stolen host that was to be
desecrated, but restated his concern that the event should happen at all.
The host was
given to a priest Aug. 21 by an attorney representing Adam Daniels, who
organized the black mass.
“I am
relieved that we have been able to secure the return of the sacred Host and
that we have prevented its desecration as part of a planned Satanic ritual,”
Archbishop Paul Coakley said Aug. 21.
“I remain
concerned about the dark powers that this Satanic worship invites into our
community and the spiritual danger that this poses to all who are involved in
it, directly or indirectly.”
The occult
group Dakhma of Angra Mainyu has scheduled a black mass at the Oklahoma City
Civic Center Music Hall Sept. 21. A black mass is a sacrilegious ceremony that
invokes Satan and mocks the Mass, involving the desecration of the Eucharist,
generally by stealing a consecrated Host from a Catholic church and using it in
a profane, sexual ritual.
Daniels had
said that, as far as he knew, the host was consecrated and that it had been
“mailed to us by [a] friend.”
His decision
to return the host quickly followed upon the Aug. 20 filing of a lawsuit on
behalf of the archdiocese, charging that the host had been stolen from the
Church.
The
archbishop has repeatedly asked that civic leaders cancel the event.
In July, an
official with the music hall defended the decision to permit the black mass
there, citing the hall’s neutrality policy.
She told
EWTN News that as long as no laws were broken during the event itself, the city
hall was not concerned with whether laws may be broken in obtaining a
consecrated Host ahead of time. She said that similar events scheduled in
previous years had poor or no attendance.
“I have
raised my concerns,” Archbishop Coakley said, “and pointed out how deeply
offensive this proposed sacrilegious act is to Christians, and especially to
the more than 250,000 Catholics who live in Oklahoma.”
The
archbishop has asked that every parish add the well-known prayer to St. Michael
the Archangel at the end of every Mass from Aug. 6, the feast of the
Transfiguration, through Sept. 29, the feast of the Archangels. He has also
asked each parish to hold a Holy Hour with Benediction from Aug. 15, the
Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, through Sept. 21.
The
archbishop will hold a Holy Hour, a Eucharistic procession and Benediction at
Oklahoma City’s St. Francis of Assisi Parish at 3pm Sept. 21, the same day the
Satanic event is scheduled to take place.
Tulsa’s
Bishop Edward Slattery and Bishop Carl Kemme of Wichita have also called on the
faithful to respond to the threatened desecration with their prayers.
A similar
black mass scheduled by Harvard Extension School’s Cultural Studies Club in May
was “postponed indefinitely” amid protest among students and the local
community.
Asked about
the lawsuit and the stolen host, the civic center’s public information manager,
Jennifer Lindsey-McClintock, said the facility is “glad to see that the
archbishop and Mr. Adams have come to an agreement on the matter of the host.”
However, she
contended, “Any decision to cancel the event itself would have to come from Mr.
Adams directly. As we have previously stated, as a government-operated
facility, we cannot deny rental space to any group based upon the content of
their message. This includes the cancellation of any event already booked in
our facility.”
Lindsey-McClintock
did not respond to CNA’s questions regarding the stealing of a consecrated Host
being necessary for a black mass to occur.
Dengu fever outbreak hits Japan.
Sep 6 2014 Tokyo Japan. 22 sickened.
The Enterovirus D-68 Sickens At Least 1,000 Children Across U.S.
Sep 8 2014 USA.
A mysterious respiratory virus, thought to be a rare and
much more serious variant of the common cold, is affecting hundreds of children
in at least 10 states across the country, causing symptoms of such severity
that an average of 15 percent of those treated for the illness have ended up in
intensive care.
Satanists Sell Out Controversial Oklahoma 'Black Mass' Event, Will Stage Exorcism Despite Christian Protests.
September
11, 2014
(Photo:
Facebook/The Satanic Temple)
Satanic
rights activists outside Harvard Square, after the "black mass" was
cancelled by Harvard.
he Satanist
group that will stage a controversial "black mass" at an Oklahoma
City civic center has said that all 88 tickets for its Sept. 21 event are sold
out. The co-founder of the group revealed that the ritual will go ahead despite
strong Christian protests and will feature a satanic exorcism, but will be
"toned down" to comply with state health laws.
"One of
the dictates of the church is not only to educate the members but to educate
the public, and to debunk the Hollywood-projected image of our beliefs,"
Dakhma of Angra Mainyu's Adam Daniels told ABC News.
He added
that the group will comply with state health laws and substitute vinegar for
actions involving urine as part of the satanic ceremony.
Daniels said
that the ceremony will also feature Dakhma of Angra Mainyu deacons and priest
who will stomp, spit on and use explicit language on an unconsecrated host, a
wafer presented as a form of the resurrected Jesus Christ.
A satanic
exorcism intended to draw the Holy Spirit from a follower's body will wrap up
the event, an inversion of Roman Catholic exorcism believed to expel the devil
from a person.
"Our
practices have gotten it to about 22 to 25 minutes," the co-founder said
of the length of the ritual.
Oklahoma
Gov. Mary Fallin, Catholic Archbishop Paul Coakley, and over 80,000 people who
have signed an online petition have all condemned the upcoming event.
Fallin
called the black mass a "disgusting mockery of the Catholic faith,"
saying that it should be "equally repellent to Catholics and non-Catholics
alike."
"It may
be protected by the First Amendment, but that doesn't mean we can't condemn it
in the strongest terms possible for the moral outrage which it is. It is
shocking and disgusting that a group of New York City 'satanists' would travel
all the way to Oklahoma to peddle their filth here. I pray they realize how
hurtful their actions are and cancel this event," she said.
Satanists Plan To Hold
'Black Mass' At Oklahoma Civic Center
September 12,
2014
Satanists
planning to hold a black mass at a public facility later this month in Oklahoma
say they've sold all 88 tickets that were available for the event.
The Dakhma
of Angra Mainyu, which is holding the Sept. 21 mass at the Oklahoma City Civic
Center Music Hall, is promising an event that is "enlightening but
educational," according to a description on the Civic Center's website.
"One of
the dictates of the church is not only to educate the members but to educate
the public and to debunk the Hollywood-projected image of our beliefs,"
Adam Daniels told ABC News. Daniels is a registered sex offender, convicted in
2009 of "sexual battery of persons over the age of 16," according to
the state's sex offender registry, which notes that he has satanic tattoos
"all over body."
In order to
comply with local laws, the group had to make a few changes to the ritual.
Instead of using urine, participants plan to use vinegar. Instead having a
naked woman on an altar, she'll be wearing lingerie. And instead of spitting on
a consecrated host, they will spit on an unconsecrated one, according to ABC.
The group
was reportedly in possession of a stolen consecrated host, causing the local
archdiocese to sue. It was returned to the archdiocese by an attorney
representing Daniels.
“I am
relieved that we have been able to secure the return of the sacred Host and
that we have prevented its desecration as part of a planned Satanic ritual,”
Archbishop Paul Coakley told the National Catholic Register. “I remain
concerned about the dark powers that this Satanic worship invites into our
community and the spiritual danger that this poses to all who are involved in
it, directly or indirectly.”
Coakley also
called the event "very transparently a blasphemous mockery of the
Mass."
But not every
religious group is riled.
"As a
church, we want to respond as people of love, who are consistent with the
teachings of Jesus and the ways he responded to those who rejected him and even
hated him," Tom Mannin, the pastor of Oklahoma City Community Church,
wrote on the organization's website in remarks spotted by the Christian Post.
His church
also uses the civic center for its services.
"(W)e
will speak gracefully and peacefully of the people at the black mass gathering.
We will pray for God's love to abound in our city and among it's people of
varying belief."
Dominican Rebublic. 500,000 sickened.
Sep 23 2014
The mosquito-borne virus known as chikungunya has sickened
nearly 500,000 people in the Dominican Republic, including 109 newborn babies,
an official with the Caribbean country's health ministry said Friday.
The virus was transmitted to the newborns by their mothers,
who had the illness when they gave birth, said Carmen Adames, who is
coordinating the Health Ministry's response to the outbreak. None of the
infants died, she said.
Dengu fever outbreak hits South China.
Sep 25, 2014
The number of dengue fever cases in south China's Guangdong
Province had reached more than 7,000 as of Wednesday, The infections have also
resulted in three deaths.
CDC hints Ebola is Airborne 'We are all connected by the Air we Breathe'
Sep 30, 2014
The Tennessee state health department confirmed the first human case of West Nile Virus 2 deaths of the summer.
Oct 2, 2014 USA
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