Wednesday, November 06, 2024
Tuesday, November 05, 2024
The Enemy From Within : The Secret Shadow Campaign That Interfered In The 2020 Election, Plotted To An Insurrection, and Pre-Planned Jan 6th---Poised To Steal The 2024 Election
The Enemy From Within : The Secret Shadow Campaign That Interfered In The 2020 Election, Plotted To An Insurrection, and Pre-Planned Jan 6th---Poised To Steal The 2024 Election
Zoom videos and internal documents evidence radical leftwing activists worked with NGO's and federal bureaucrats in a plot to overthrow President Trump during the 2020 election and pre-planned to take over the US Capitol on January 6th to disrupt the electoral count. A multi-year investigation indicates this shadow network is poised to do it all over again during the 2024 election.
Investigative journalist Millie Weaver conducted an investigation into a youth led climate activist organization called the Sunrise Movement and successfully infiltrated the organization. The Sunrise movements internal organizational structured relied heavily on a massive web of interconnected Google docs and Zoom calls meetings for plannings and trainings. This model for organizing was prolific amongst other leftist groups subsequently infiltrated by Weavers team. Once inside the Sunrise Movement, Weaver's team discovered that the Sunrise Movement was partnered with a Spokes Council, lead by a radical street activist group called ShutDownDC. The Spokes Council consisted of dozens of other organizations including most notably: ShutDown DC, BLM, Democrat Socialists of America, Extinction Rebellion, Refuse Fascism, Hold The Line, Beautiful Trouble, Spaces In Action, Feds For Democracy, and Refuse Fascism, just to name a few.
Monday, November 04, 2024
Guy Fawkes Day: A Brief History
Guy Fawkes Day: A Brief History
The British holiday, celebrated with fireworks and bonfires, commemorates the failed Gunpowder Plot of 1605.
By: Jesse Greenspan
Updated: July 25, 2023 | Original: November 5, 2012
Teesside Archive/Mirrorpix/Getty Images
Observed in the United Kingdom every year on November 5, Guy Fawkes Day—also called Bonfire Night or Fireworks Night—commemorates a failed assassination attempt from more than 400 years ago.
On November 5, 1605, Guy Fawkes and a group of radical English Catholics tried to assassinate King James I by blowing up Parliament's House of Lords. The plot went awry and all of the conspirators were executed. Soon after, Britons began to celebrate Fawkes' demise and the survival of their king by burning effigies, lighting bonfires and setting off fireworks—a tradition that has continued to this day.
British Parliament
Background to the Gunpowder Plot
Catholicism in England was heavily repressed under Queen Elizabeth I, particularly after the pope excommunicated her in 1570. During her reign, dozens of priests were put to death, and Catholics could not even legally celebrate Mass or be married according to their own rites. As a result, many Catholics had high hopes when King James I took the throne upon Elizabeth’s death in 1603. James’ wife, Anne, is believed to have previously converted to Catholicism, and his mother, Mary Queen of Scots, was Elizabeth’s Catholic arch-rival prior to being executed. There were even rumors, inspired by his diplomatic overtures to the pope, that James himself would become Catholic.
It soon became clear, however, that James did not support religious tolerance for Catholics. In 1604 he publicly condemned Catholicism as a superstition, ordered all Catholic priests to leave England and expressed concern that the number of Catholics was increasing. He also largely continued with the repressive policies of his predecessor, such as fines for those refusing to attend Protestant services.
English Catholics had organized several failed conspiracies against Elizabeth, and these continued under James. In 1603 a few priests and laymen hatched the so-called Bye Plot to kidnap James, only to be turned in by fellow Catholics. Another related conspiracy that year, known as the Main Plot, sought to kill James and install his cousin on the throne. Then, in May 1604, a handful of Catholic dissidents—Guy Fawkes, Robert Catesby, Tom Wintour, Jack Wright and Thomas Percy—met at the Duck and Drake Inn in London, where Catesby proposed a plan to blow up the Houses of Parliament with gunpowder. Afterward, all five men purportedly swore an oath of secrecy upon a prayer book.
Observed in the United Kingdom every year on November 5, Guy Fawkes Day—also called Bonfire Night or Fireworks Night—commemorates a failed assassination attempt from more than 400 years ago.
On November 5, 1605, Guy Fawkes and a group of radical English Catholics tried to assassinate King James I by blowing up Parliament's House of Lords. The plot went awry and all of the conspirators were executed. Soon after, Britons began to celebrate Fawkes' demise and the survival of their king by burning effigies, lighting bonfires and setting off fireworks—a tradition that has continued to this day.
British Parliament
Background to the Gunpowder Plot
Catholicism in England was heavily repressed under Queen Elizabeth I, particularly after the pope excommunicated her in 1570. During her reign, dozens of priests were put to death, and Catholics could not even legally celebrate Mass or be married according to their own rites. As a result, many Catholics had high hopes when King James I took the throne upon Elizabeth’s death in 1603. James’ wife, Anne, is believed to have previously converted to Catholicism, and his mother, Mary Queen of Scots, was Elizabeth’s Catholic arch-rival prior to being executed. There were even rumors, inspired by his diplomatic overtures to the pope, that James himself would become Catholic.
It soon became clear, however, that James did not support religious tolerance for Catholics. In 1604 he publicly condemned Catholicism as a superstition, ordered all Catholic priests to leave England and expressed concern that the number of Catholics was increasing. He also largely continued with the repressive policies of his predecessor, such as fines for those refusing to attend Protestant services.
English Catholics had organized several failed conspiracies against Elizabeth, and these continued under James. In 1603 a few priests and laymen hatched the so-called Bye Plot to kidnap James, only to be turned in by fellow Catholics. Another related conspiracy that year, known as the Main Plot, sought to kill James and install his cousin on the throne. Then, in May 1604, a handful of Catholic dissidents—Guy Fawkes, Robert Catesby, Tom Wintour, Jack Wright and Thomas Percy—met at the Duck and Drake Inn in London, where Catesby proposed a plan to blow up the Houses of Parliament with gunpowder. Afterward, all five men purportedly swore an oath of secrecy upon a prayer book.
The Gunpowder Plot Is Hatched—Then Foiled
Eight other conspirators would later join what became known as the Gunpowder Plot. But although Catesby was the ringleader, Fawkes has garnered most of the publicity over the past 400-plus years. Born in 1570 in York, England, Fawkes spent about a decade fighting for Spain against Protestant rebels in the Spanish-controlled Netherlands. He also personally petitioned the king of Spain for help in starting an English rebellion against James. According to writings in the Spanish archives, Fawkes believed the English king was a heretic who would drive out his Catholic subjects. Fawkes also apparently expressed strong anti-Scottish prejudices.
By 1605, Fawkes was calling himself Guido rather than Guy. He also used the alias John Johnson while serving as caretaker of a cellar—located just below the House of Lords—that the plotters had leased in order to stockpile gunpowder. Under the plan, Fawkes would light a fuse on November 5, 1605, during the opening of a new session of Parliament. James, his eldest son, the House of Lords and the House of Commons would all be blown sky-high. In the meantime, as Fawkes escaped by boat across the River Thames, his fellow conspirators would start an uprising in the English Midlands, kidnap James’ daughter Elizabeth, install her as a puppet queen and eventually marry her off to a Catholic, thereby restoring the Catholic monarchy.
Gunpowder Plot
Robert Catesby What became known as the Gunpowder Plot was organized by Robert Catesby, a devout English Catholic whose father had been persecuted by Queen Elizabeth I for refusing to conform to the Church of England. Guy Fawkes, born in York in 1570, was a convert to Catholicism, and his religious zeal led him to […]
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On October 26, an anonymous letter advising a Catholic sympathizer to avoid the State Opening of Parliament alerted the authorities to the existence of a plot. To this day, no one knows for sure who wrote the letter. Some historians have even suggested that it was fabricated and that the authorities already knew of the Gunpowder Plot, only letting it progress as an excuse to further crack down on Catholicism.
Either way, a search party found Fawkes skulking in his cellar around midnight on November 4, with matches in his pocket and 36 barrels of gunpowder stacked next to him. For Fawkes, the plot’s failure could be blamed on “the devil and not God.” He was taken to the Tower of London and tortured upon the special order of King James. Soon after, his co-conspirators were likewise arrested, except for four, including Catesby, who died in a shootout with English troops.
Fawkes and his surviving co-conspirators were all found guilty of high treason and sentenced to death in January 1606 by hanging, drawing and quartering. A Jesuit priest was also executed a few months later for his alleged involvement, even as new laws banned Catholics from voting in elections, practicing law or serving in the military. In fact, Catholics were not fully emancipated in England until the 19th century.
Guy Fawkes Day Becomes a Holiday
After the plot was revealed, Londoners began lighting celebratory bonfires, and in January 1606 an act of Parliament designated November 5 as a day of thanksgiving. Guy Fawkes Day festivities soon spread as far as the American colonies, where they became known as Pope Day. In keeping with the anti-Catholic sentiment of the time, British subjects on both sides of the Atlantic would burn an effigy of the pope.
That tradition completely died out in the United States by the 19th century, whereas in Britain Guy Fawkes Day became a time to get together with friends and family, set off fireworks, light bonfires, attend parades and burn effigies of Fawkes. Children traditionally wheeled around their effigies demanding a “penny for the Guy” (a similar custom to Halloween trick-or-treating) and imploring crowds to “remember, remember the fifth of November.”
Guy Fawkes himself, meanwhile, has undergone something of a makeover. Once known as a notorious traitor, he is now portrayed in some circles as a revolutionary hero, largely due to the influence of the 1980s graphic novel “V for Vendetta” and the 2005 movie of the same name, which depicted a protagonist who wore a Guy Fawkes mask while battling a future fascist government in Britain.
Guy Fawkes masks even cropped up at Occupy Wall Street protests in New York City and elsewhere. “Every generation reinvents Guy Fawkes to suit their needs,” explained historian William B. Robison of Southeastern Louisiana University. “But Fawkes was just one of the flunkies. It really should be Robert Catesby Day.”
Truth Under Fire - AD's official Response to Speculations about our Beliefs
P.S.
The enemy of souls has sought to bring in the supposition that a great reformation was to take place among Seventh-day Adventists, and that this reformation would consist in giving up the doctrines which stand as the pillars of our faith, and engaging in a process of reorganization. Were this reformation to take place, what would result? The principles of truth that God in His wisdom has given to the remnant church, would be discarded. Our religion would be changed. The fundamental principles that have sustained the work for the last fifty years would be accounted as error. A new organization would be established. Books of a new order would be written. A system of intellectual philosophy would be introduced. The founders of this system would go into the cities, and do a wonderful work. The Sabbath of course, would be lightly regarded, as also the God who created it. Nothing would be allowed to stand in the way of the new movement. The leaders would teach that virtue is better than vice, but God being removed, they would place their dependence on human power, which, without God, is worthless. Their foundation would be built on the sand, and storm and tempest would sweep away the structure.
Selected Messages Vol.1, p.204.2.
Sunday, November 03, 2024
National Guard troops on standby in Washington state, Oregon and Nevada as a precaution for ‘potential’ election unrest
By Amanda Musa, CNN
4 minute read
Published 3:08 PM EDT, Sat November 2, 2024
Washington National Guard personnel walk on the Washington State Capitol campus on January 20, 2021 in Olympia, United States. David Ryder/Getty Images
CNN —
Ahead of potential civil unrest due to Tuesday’s presidential election, the National Guard is on standby as a precaution in several states, including Washington state and Oregon, where hundreds of ballots were damaged or destroyed after at least three ballot drop boxes were recently set on fire, officials say.
Almost all the ballots set ablaze on Monday were in a drop box in Vancouver, Washington, while most ballots in a drop box in Portland, Oregon, survived a fire set the same day, election officials said. The incidents are believed to be connected to a third fire on October 8, also in Vancouver. Portland police released a physical description of a suspect but said they’ve not identified him.
CNN —
Ahead of potential civil unrest due to Tuesday’s presidential election, the National Guard is on standby as a precaution in several states, including Washington state and Oregon, where hundreds of ballots were damaged or destroyed after at least three ballot drop boxes were recently set on fire, officials say.
Almost all the ballots set ablaze on Monday were in a drop box in Vancouver, Washington, while most ballots in a drop box in Portland, Oregon, survived a fire set the same day, election officials said. The incidents are believed to be connected to a third fire on October 8, also in Vancouver. Portland police released a physical description of a suspect but said they’ve not identified him.
Washington Gov. Jay Inslee addressed the ballot box fires in a news release Friday announcing the National Guard being placed on standby, saying, “The southwest region of Washington state has already experienced specific instances of election-related unrest.”
Texas AG says Catholic charity is smuggling migrants into US, runs ‘stash house’
By
Isabel Vincent
Published Nov. 3, 2024, 7:00 a.m. ET
The Texas Attorney General is demanding accountability from Annunciation House, a Catholic charity it says facilitates the illegal entry of migrants into the US.
James Breeden for NY Post
A charity run shelter in El Paso, Texas stands accused of “planning and facilitating” illegal migrants to cross over the border from Mexico into the US, according to court documents.
The accusation of brazen illegality is part of a suit filed by the state Attorney General Ken Paxton against Annunciation House, a Catholic group who run a handful of shelters providing temporary housing to migrants who have illegally crossed into the US.
Paxton launched an investigation earlier this year into the charity, demanding the immediate release of documentation about its migrant clients, which it has refused to do.
“Annunciation House publicly depicts itself as a humble organization dedicated to ‘simply liv[ing] the Good News of the Gospel’ and providing ‘compassion and freedom’ to ‘outcast[s] or alien[s],'” papers filed in year in El Paso County Court say, adding: “The actual operations of Annunciation House are quite different.
A charity run shelter in El Paso, Texas stands accused of “planning and facilitating” illegal migrants to cross over the border from Mexico into the US, according to court documents.
The accusation of brazen illegality is part of a suit filed by the state Attorney General Ken Paxton against Annunciation House, a Catholic group who run a handful of shelters providing temporary housing to migrants who have illegally crossed into the US.
Paxton launched an investigation earlier this year into the charity, demanding the immediate release of documentation about its migrant clients, which it has refused to do.
“Annunciation House publicly depicts itself as a humble organization dedicated to ‘simply liv[ing] the Good News of the Gospel’ and providing ‘compassion and freedom’ to ‘outcast[s] or alien[s],'” papers filed in year in El Paso County Court say, adding: “The actual operations of Annunciation House are quite different.
Migrants in El Paso head to a local church shelter after arriving El Paso from Colombia and Venezuela in March.
James Breeden/NY Post
“Annunciation House staff … made multiple admissions that they had assisted migrants in the past in the United States who had not surrendered to Border Patrol, had assisted persons in Mexico in crossing over to the United States in the past, and they intended to continue these activities in the future.
The shelters are run by Ruben Garcia, a Catholic activist who has been likened to a living saint for helping migrants in El Paso for nearly 50 years.
But Paxton alleges he his organization is involved in human smuggling and further accuses the group of “boasting” that it helps “migrants who avoided Border Patrol when crossing the Rio Grande, out of fear that agents would send them back to Mexico.”
“Annunciation House contracts with a local company once or twice a week to transport migrants in passenger vans in groups of approximately 15,” court papers say.
“Annunciation House staff … made multiple admissions that they had assisted migrants in the past in the United States who had not surrendered to Border Patrol, had assisted persons in Mexico in crossing over to the United States in the past, and they intended to continue these activities in the future.
The shelters are run by Ruben Garcia, a Catholic activist who has been likened to a living saint for helping migrants in El Paso for nearly 50 years.
But Paxton alleges he his organization is involved in human smuggling and further accuses the group of “boasting” that it helps “migrants who avoided Border Patrol when crossing the Rio Grande, out of fear that agents would send them back to Mexico.”
“Annunciation House contracts with a local company once or twice a week to transport migrants in passenger vans in groups of approximately 15,” court papers say.
The Kamala Harris enigma: A daughter of immigrants, now running for the highest office in the land
The Kamala Harris enigma: A daughter of immigrants, now running for the highest office in the land
Born to an Indian mother and Jamaican father, she’s been attorney general, senator, vice president and now, an unexpected presidential hopeful who might be able to stand in Trump’s way. She is defined by ambition, and has been underestimated countless times, says her biographer
Kamala Harris, at a 2021 White House event.
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The first plot twist in the quintessentially Californian story of Kamala Harris — whose first name means “lotus flower” — took place in Montreal, far from the San Francisco Bay Area where the U.S. vice president was born and raised as the daughter of an Indian mother and Jamaican father. Her parents met through the circles of1970s (1960s) political activism and divorced soon after getting married. Harris’s mother Shyamala Gopalan had built a career as a reputable oncological researcher when she received a job offer from a Canadian university that she couldn’t refuse. “I was 12 years old, and the thought of moving away from sunny California in February, in the middle of the school year, to a French-speaking foreign city covered in 12 feet of snow was distressing,” writes Harris in her memoir.
Once she got over her distress, the young girl joined a dance group called Midnight Magic, in which she perfected a dance style that would turn the unexpected U.S. Democratic presidential candidate into the latest TikTok sensation. One day, when Wanda Kagan, her best friend in high school, told Harris that her stepfather had abused her, the future politician’s family, including Maya, her younger sister who today is a public policy expert, had her move in. Harris says that the experience convinced her to become a prosecutor, “to protect people like Wanda.”
“She more than fulfilled that goal,” says Dan Morain, a reporter who began following Harris’s career in 1994 and is the author of a superlative biography, Kamala’s Way (Simon & Schuster). “Kamala came back from Montreal, finished her studies and wound up working as a deputy district attorney in Alameda County, was the district attorney of San Francisco and attorney general of California. Then she made the leap to national politics as a senator.” Now she’s on the brink of becoming the first woman president in the history of the United States.
The first plot twist in the quintessentially Californian story of Kamala Harris — whose first name means “lotus flower” — took place in Montreal, far from the San Francisco Bay Area where the U.S. vice president was born and raised as the daughter of an Indian mother and Jamaican father. Her parents met through the circles of
Once she got over her distress, the young girl joined a dance group called Midnight Magic, in which she perfected a dance style that would turn the unexpected U.S. Democratic presidential candidate into the latest TikTok sensation. One day, when Wanda Kagan, her best friend in high school, told Harris that her stepfather had abused her, the future politician’s family, including Maya, her younger sister who today is a public policy expert, had her move in. Harris says that the experience convinced her to become a prosecutor, “to protect people like Wanda.”
“She more than fulfilled that goal,” says Dan Morain, a reporter who began following Harris’s career in 1994 and is the author of a superlative biography, Kamala’s Way (Simon & Schuster). “Kamala came back from Montreal, finished her studies and wound up working as a deputy district attorney in Alameda County, was the district attorney of San Francisco and attorney general of California. Then she made the leap to national politics as a senator.” Now she’s on the brink of becoming the first woman president in the history of the United States.
Trust In God At All Times
Volume 43 Issue Eleven November 2024
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“For if the trumpet give an uncertain sound, who shall prepare himself to the battle?” I Cor. 14:8
Trust In God At All Times
“In God is my salvation and my glory: the rock of my strength, and my refuge, is in God. Trust in him at all times; ye people, pour out your heart before him: God is a refuge for us. Selah.”
Psalm 62:7-8
As I write this newsletter, we are just days away from Election Day in the United States of America. On November 5, 2024, millions of Americans will cast their ballots for either Vice President Kamala Harris or former President Donald Trump as their choice for the 47th President of the United States. It is one of the most pressing concerns on people’s minds, and it is the main topic of concern on major news outlets. Every news channel, newspaper, and news website is talking about the election, and mailboxes all over the United States are being bombarded with mailings urging us to vote for Trump or Harris. This constant noise and endless barrage of campaigning is taking its toll on the American people.
According to a piece published by StudyFinds on October 25, 2024, a recent poll reports that over 60 percent of respondents said the 2024 election is damaging their mental health. (1) The poll found that 46 percent of respondents said they “have feelings of anxiety,” 37 percent are “stressed out,” and 31 percent are “experiencing fear” regarding the election. Additionally, 28 percent of respondents said negative emotions regarding the election affect their performance at school or work. (2)
There is no question that people are feeling the pressure of the upcoming election. Polls suggest that the contest is a toss-up. The New York Times reported on October 28, 2024, that Kamala Harris has less than a one-point lead over Donald Trump. (3) Assuming the polls are accurate, most people have no idea how the election will turn out. What is clear is that no matter who is placed in the White House in Washington, D.C., a large segment of the American population will be profoundly unhappy. Those on the left worry that another Trump presidency would result in the end of democracy, while those on the right fear that a Harris presidency will lead the country down the road to communism.
Saturday, November 02, 2024
Friday, November 01, 2024
Shake up at Amazing Discoveries
Shake up at Amazing Discoveries
November 1, 2024 NewsHound
Back in 2019, the founders of Amazing Discoveries (AD) split apart from the ministry to form a new ministry, Quo Vadis.
It seems that there were differences between the founders and their daughter, Wendy. It is now becoming apparent that some of those differences are theological. Matthew Schanche, formerly affiliated with Amazing Discoveries made this statement two days ago:
“Blessings, brothers and sisters. After years of working together, my journey of spreading the message with Amazing Discoveries has come to an end. It has become evident that my beliefs and convictions no longer align with AD’s current direction and teachings. I’ve received numerous questions about my absence, and in this video, I respectfully share where I stand on key issues, why I can no longer be associated with certain views promoted by AD, and discuss what comes next.”
In this video, Matthew Schanche outlines what some of those theological differences are,
Observations
We are told that numerous people left AD over the last couple years, due to their support of the ‘2520’ theory.
Steve Wohlberg wrote an excellent article in 2020 about the dangers of the 2520 theory. We recommend avoiding the 2520 theory. It has unnecessarily divided churches, marriages and families. Back in August, at least 5 people left AD because of the 2520 nonsense. Over the last three years, around 30 have left for the same reason. Proponents of it generally believe it is a salvational issue to accept it.
According to the above video, AD teaches that Islam will play a key role in the end time events, a view that Walter Veith shared in the past, although he saw the papacy as the malevolent puppet master behind the scenes.
Apparently, Amazing Discoveries’ new view of Islam is that it is the king of the north and is responsible for the seven last plagues. This has led Matthew to separate himself from AD.
We don’t take a hard line stance on the King of the North and the King of the south. We do believe that God will make the identity of these entities plain, in His good time.
It is also noteworthy that Walter Veith recently separated himself from Amazing Discoveries. There appears to be a trend, here.
Stay sharp, love God, and walk in Truth.
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We are told that numerous people left AD over the last couple years, due to their support of the ‘2520’ theory.
Steve Wohlberg wrote an excellent article in 2020 about the dangers of the 2520 theory. We recommend avoiding the 2520 theory. It has unnecessarily divided churches, marriages and families. Back in August, at least 5 people left AD because of the 2520 nonsense. Over the last three years, around 30 have left for the same reason. Proponents of it generally believe it is a salvational issue to accept it.
According to the above video, AD teaches that Islam will play a key role in the end time events, a view that Walter Veith shared in the past, although he saw the papacy as the malevolent puppet master behind the scenes.
Apparently, Amazing Discoveries’ new view of Islam is that it is the king of the north and is responsible for the seven last plagues. This has led Matthew to separate himself from AD.
We don’t take a hard line stance on the King of the North and the King of the south. We do believe that God will make the identity of these entities plain, in His good time.
It is also noteworthy that Walter Veith recently separated himself from Amazing Discoveries. There appears to be a trend, here.
Stay sharp, love God, and walk in Truth.
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Jesuit Migration Network Denounces “Increased Militarization, Containment, and Externalization of Borders Over the Past Year.”
Jesuit Migration Network Denounces “Increased Militarization, Containment, and Externalization of Borders Over the Past Year.”
BY ISN STAFF | October 11, 2024
On October 3, 2024, the Jesuit Migration Network of Central America-North America (RJM CANA) released a statement summarizing its annual assembly. The statement affirms the collaborative work across the network to support and serve migrants and denounces the political structures and maneuvers that have magnified the suffering and plight of migrants and refugees.
Find the original statement in Spanish here and the English translation below.
In Times of Uncertainty, We Walk With Hope With Migrants and Refugees
Statement of the Annual Assembly of the Jesuit Network with Migrants Central America-North America (RJM CANA)
From September 30th to October 4th, thirty-two organizations that comprise the Jesuit Network with Migrants Central America-North America (RJM CANA), along with two guests from the Caribbean, gathered for our annual assembly in the border cities of Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, Mexico, and El Paso, Texas, United States. These cities, throughout their histories, have been deeply affected by regional migratory dynamics. On the one hand, they have been the stage for the implementation of migrant control and containment policies. On the other hand, they have witnessed acts of solidarity and hospitality that uphold the dignity of migrants and refugees.
Grounded in the voices of those we accompany and the work we carry out on their behalf throughout Central America and North America, we highlight the strength and importance of the role we play as civil society organizations in caring for migrants and refugees. We have found that working in a coordinated manner as a network is essential to our comprehensive approach, which includes direct accompaniment, advocacy, and research. In response to evolving migration dynamics and policies, we have had to adapt our efforts to meet these new challenges, always recognizing that every action must be taken with and for migrants, refugees, and displaced people and their families. We acknowledge the importance of learning daily from their strength, solidarity, audacity, and resilience.
We denounce the increased militarization, containment, and externalization of borders over the past year, which has exacerbated the precarious and dangerous conditions surrounding migration. Governments continue to implement policies that prioritize security, allocating more resources to border control than to addressing the root causes of migration. On October 1st, migrants and people in need of protection were victims of military persecution in Villa Comaltitlán, Chiapas, Mexico. This tragic event reveals the consequences of such policies, which claim lives and often go unpunished. Our network stands in solidarity with the victims and their families.
Simultaneously, pathways for regularization have been opened. However, not all people qualify for these programs, and in some cases, measures have been introduced that limit the right to seek asylum, violating the principle of non-refoulement and exposing individuals to greater risks and increased vulnerability. In this context, we urge countries in the region to apply the expanded definition of the Cartagena Declaration to ensure the protection and integration of those in need of asylum and refuge.
In these uncertain times of political change, our network remains vigilant not only to the implications and impacts of migration dynamics but, above all, to their effects on the lives of migrants and refugees. We will continue to defend their rights and advocate for informed, accompanied, and protected migration. We will promote dialogue at all levels and encourage actions that transform discrimination, racism, and xenophobia into pathways for hospitality.
Our network echoes Pope Francis’s message for the 110th World Day of Migrants and Refugees 2024, which calls us to encounter and accompany migrants and refugees with hope in every time and place.
God not only walks with his people, but also within them, in the sense that he identifies himself with men and women on their journey through history, particularly with the least, the poor and the marginalized. (Pope Francis)
Mexico, October 3, 2024
BY ISN STAFF | October 11, 2024
On October 3, 2024, the Jesuit Migration Network of Central America-North America (RJM CANA) released a statement summarizing its annual assembly. The statement affirms the collaborative work across the network to support and serve migrants and denounces the political structures and maneuvers that have magnified the suffering and plight of migrants and refugees.
Find the original statement in Spanish here and the English translation below.
In Times of Uncertainty, We Walk With Hope With Migrants and Refugees
Statement of the Annual Assembly of the Jesuit Network with Migrants Central America-North America (RJM CANA)
From September 30th to October 4th, thirty-two organizations that comprise the Jesuit Network with Migrants Central America-North America (RJM CANA), along with two guests from the Caribbean, gathered for our annual assembly in the border cities of Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, Mexico, and El Paso, Texas, United States. These cities, throughout their histories, have been deeply affected by regional migratory dynamics. On the one hand, they have been the stage for the implementation of migrant control and containment policies. On the other hand, they have witnessed acts of solidarity and hospitality that uphold the dignity of migrants and refugees.
Grounded in the voices of those we accompany and the work we carry out on their behalf throughout Central America and North America, we highlight the strength and importance of the role we play as civil society organizations in caring for migrants and refugees. We have found that working in a coordinated manner as a network is essential to our comprehensive approach, which includes direct accompaniment, advocacy, and research. In response to evolving migration dynamics and policies, we have had to adapt our efforts to meet these new challenges, always recognizing that every action must be taken with and for migrants, refugees, and displaced people and their families. We acknowledge the importance of learning daily from their strength, solidarity, audacity, and resilience.
We denounce the increased militarization, containment, and externalization of borders over the past year, which has exacerbated the precarious and dangerous conditions surrounding migration. Governments continue to implement policies that prioritize security, allocating more resources to border control than to addressing the root causes of migration. On October 1st, migrants and people in need of protection were victims of military persecution in Villa Comaltitlán, Chiapas, Mexico. This tragic event reveals the consequences of such policies, which claim lives and often go unpunished. Our network stands in solidarity with the victims and their families.
Simultaneously, pathways for regularization have been opened. However, not all people qualify for these programs, and in some cases, measures have been introduced that limit the right to seek asylum, violating the principle of non-refoulement and exposing individuals to greater risks and increased vulnerability. In this context, we urge countries in the region to apply the expanded definition of the Cartagena Declaration to ensure the protection and integration of those in need of asylum and refuge.
In these uncertain times of political change, our network remains vigilant not only to the implications and impacts of migration dynamics but, above all, to their effects on the lives of migrants and refugees. We will continue to defend their rights and advocate for informed, accompanied, and protected migration. We will promote dialogue at all levels and encourage actions that transform discrimination, racism, and xenophobia into pathways for hospitality.
Our network echoes Pope Francis’s message for the 110th World Day of Migrants and Refugees 2024, which calls us to encounter and accompany migrants and refugees with hope in every time and place.
God not only walks with his people, but also within them, in the sense that he identifies himself with men and women on their journey through history, particularly with the least, the poor and the marginalized. (Pope Francis)
Mexico, October 3, 2024
Reformation Day
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Today's Show: REFORMATION DAY
Chris discusses the annual remembrance of Reformation Day, which first happened on October 31, 1517 when the German priest, Martin Luther nailed his Ninety-five Theses to the church door in Wittenberg, Germany. We discuss the backdrop of the Reformation, which had been a series of events dating back to Magna Carta in 1215 A.D. How may the great charter of liberty have played a role? What were the other great events that preceded Luther? And was Luther the first to condemn the papacy as the Antichrist foretold in Bible prophecy? Tune in to find out!
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