2013
POPE FRANCIS "JESUS ALWAYS LOVES AND ALWAYS GIVES" AND LATEST FROM VATICANNATIONAL WEEK FOR LIFE AND FAMILY - FREE RESOURCES FROM BISHOPSWATCH THE LIFE OF ST. DAMIEN MOLOKAI PART 5 - FREE MOVIENOVENA TO HOLY SPIRIT DAY 4 FOR PENTECOSTVatican Radio REPORT: We need a "big heart" that is wide open and capable of loving. We must also avoid behaving selfishly at all costs because, selfish people, like Judas, do not understand what giving and love are; they become traitors, isolated and alone. This was Pope Francis’ message Tuesday morning during Mass at Casa Santa Marta.Focusing on the Gospel of the day and the contrast between the path of love and that of selfishness, Pope Francis said if we really want to follow Jesus, we must "live life as a gift" to give to others, "not as a treasure to be kept to ourselves". The Pope quoted the words of Christ: " No one has greater love than this, to lay down one’s life for one’s friends." But Tuesday's liturgy, he noted, also presents us with another person: Judas, "who had the exact opposite attitude." And this, he explained, was because Judas "never understood what gift really means": "Let us think of that moment with the Magdalene, when she washed the feet of Jesus with nard, which was so expensive: it is a religious moment, a moment of gratitude, a moment of love. And he [Judas] stands apart and criticizes her bitterly: 'But ... this could be used for the poor!'. This is the first reference that I personally found in the Gospel of poverty as an ideology. The ideologue does not know what love is, because they do not know how to gift themselves". Pope Francis continued: Judas stood apart “in his solitude" and this attitude of selfishness grew to the point of his "betrayal of Jesus." He said those who love “give their lives as a gift", the selfish instead "safeguards his life, grows in this selfishness and becomes a traitor, but is always alone." However, those who "give their life for love, are never alone: they are always in the community, part of the family." The Pope warned that those who "isolate their conscience in selfishness," in the end "lose". This is how Judas ended up, the Pope said, he "was an idolater, attached to money" "And this idolatry has led him to isolate himself from the community of others: this is the drama of the isolated conscience. When a Christian begins to isolate themselves, he or she also insulates his or her conscience from the sense of community, the sense of the Church, from that love that Jesus gives us. Instead, the Christian who gifts his or her life, who loses it, as Jesus says, finds it again, finds it in its fullness. And those who, like Judas, want to keep it for themselves, lose it in the end. John tells us that 'at that moment Satan entered into Judas' heart'. And, we must say: With Satan the payback is rotten. He always rips us off, always! " Instead Jesus always loves and always gives. And this gift of love, the Pope said, impels us to love "to bear fruit. And the fruit remains. " Pope Francis concluded his homily with an invocation to the Holy Spirit: "In these days of waiting for the feast of the Holy Spirit, we ask: Come, Holy Spirit, come and give me this big heart, this heart capable of loving with humility, with meekness, an open heart that is capable of loving. And let's ask this grace, of the Holy Spirit. And may He free us always from the other path, the path of selfishness, which eventually ends badly. Let us ask for this grace. " Tuesday morning Mass was concelebrated by the Archbishop of Medellín, Ricardo Antonio Restrepo Tobón, and was attended staff from the Vatican Museums and students of the Pontifical Portuguese College.
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HOLY SEE TO PREMIERE PAVILION AT VENICE BIENNALE Vatican City, 14 May 2013 (VIS) – This year, for the first time, the Holy See will participate in the Venice Biennale (1 June – 24 November)with a pavilion inspired by the Biblical story of Genesis, entitled “In the Beginning”. The name was chosen by Cardinal Gianfranco Ravasi, president of the Pontifical Council for Culture, who, in line with his dicastery's mission, is seeking meeting points to stimulate the Church's dialogue with contemporary culture. The first eleven chapters of Genesis are the starting point for the Holy See's pavilion, which is being coordinated by the director of the Vatican Museums, Antonio Paolucci. Beginning from three thematic areas, which have been entrusted to three different artists, the viewer is invited to enter into the first book of the Bible and to discover the journeys that begin therein; Creation, Uncreation, and Re-Creation. This morning in the Holy See's Press Office, Cardinal Ravasi, the director of the Vatican Museums, and the president of the Biennale, Paolo Baratta, presented the event. “The Pontifical Council for Culture,” began Cardinal Ravasi, “holds contemporary art at the heart of its interests for it is one of the most important cultural expressions of recent decades.” Genesis, the theme of the Holy See's pavilion, “is fundamental for culture and for Church tradition. It is also a source of inspiration for many whose works that have left a mark on the history of art: the story told in the Book of Genesis. Specifically, the first eleven chapters have been chosen, as they are dedicated to the mystery of man’s origins, the introduction of evil into history, and our hope and future projects after the devastation symbolically represented by the Flood. Wide-ranging discussions on the multiplicity of the themes offered by this inexhaustible source led to three thematic areas being chosen ...” “The theme of Creation,” the cardinal continued, “concentrates on the first part of the biblical narrative, when the creative act is introduced through the Word and the breath of the Holy Spirit, generating a temporal and spatial dimension, and all forms of life including human beings. Uncreation, on the other hand, invites us to focus on the choice of going against God’s original plan through forms of ethical and material destruction, such as original sin and the first murder, inviting us to reflect on the 'inhumanity of man'. The ensuing violence and disharmony trigger a new start for humanity, which begins with the punitive/purifying event of the Flood. In this biblical story, the concept of the voyage, and the themes of seeking and hope, represented by the figure of Noah and his family and then by Abraham and his progeny, eventually lead to the designation of a New Man and a renewed creation, where a profound internal change gives new meaning and vitality to existence.” The director of the Vatican Museums then spoke of the artists who are illustrating the three themes. “The theme of Creation was entrusted to Studio Azzurro, which places the immaterial image, light, sound, and sensory stimuli at the centre of their artistic investigation... Their work triggers a dialogue, awash with echoes and reverberations, between the vegetable and animal kingdoms and the human dimension, which leads, via memory, to other personal narrations on the concept of origins within an interactive plane that is also a temporal intersection.” The photographer Josef Koudelka is responsible for Uncreation. The power of his panoramic, black and white, speaks of the opposition between the human being and the world with its laws—moral and natural—and the material destruction that comes from a loss of a moral sense. Re-Creation was entrusted to the artist Lawrence Carroll, who is capable of giving life to salvaged materials, transfiguring them through processes of reconsideration and regeneration and who, against all odds, opens new possibilities of coexistence between as seemingly unrelated dimensions as fragility and monumentality. “The Holy See's presence, for the first time, among the pavilions of the Venice Biennale,” concluded Paolo Baratta, “is an event of great importance and as such is hailed by the world of art and culture. This decision is a confirmation of the significance of the Biennale as a platform for exchange and dialogue. … This 55th edition of the International Art Exhibition is ... an exhibition-research. Over the years, the mixed fortunes of contemporary art have witnessed artists express ideas and make declarations that required a form and conversely, artists create forms that demanded reflection. Yet it has always placed humankind and its doubts at the forefront, seeking the actively engaged viewer rather than the passive consumer. From this point of view, the renewed attention of the Holy See at this time seems extremely important.” |
| CARDINALS TO TAKE POSSESSION OF DIACONATE, TITULAR CHURCHES Vatican City, 14 May 2013 (VIS) – The Office of Liturgical Celebrations of the Supreme Pontiff today announced that this coming Sunday, 19 May, at 6:00pm, Cardinal Baselios Cleemis Thottunkal, major archbishop of Trivandrum of the Syro-Malankars, India, will take possession of the title of St. Gregory VII al Gelsomino on Via del Cottolegno, 4. The following Sunday, 26 May, at 11:30am, Cardinal James Michael Harvey, archpriest of Saint Paul Outside-the-Walls Basilica, will take possession of the diaconate of St. Pius V a Villa Carpegna in Largo San Pio V, 3. |
| OTHER PONTIFICAL ACTS Vatican City, 14 May 2013 (VIS) – Today, the Holy Father appointed Bishop Hector Eduardo Vargas Bastidas, S.D.B., as bishop of Temuco (area 17,474, population 596,000, Catholics 386,000, priests 71, permanent deacons 41, religious 162), Chile. Bishop Vargas Bastidas, previously of San Marcos de Arica, Chile, was born in Valdivia, Los Rios, Chile, was ordained to the priesthood in 1980, and received episcopal ordination in 2004. He was national president of the Private Schools Association (FIDE) and a representative of the Catholic International Education Office (OIEC) to the United Nations' Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (UNECLAC). He succeeds Bishop Manuel Camilo Vial Risopatron, P. Schonstatt, whose resignation from the pastoral care of the same diocese the Holy Father accepted, upon having reached the age limit. |
2013
LOVING THE CHILDREN OF RAPE - WITNESS OF THE CLEVELAND CAPTIVES - AMANDA BERRY AND MICHELLE KNIGHT
Michelle Knight (pictured below) was the 1st victim of Castro however, she had been gang raped in high-school by 3 boys before being abducted. She conceived and gave birth to a son, Joey, before she was taken by Castro. The government tried to take her son away and she was in a custody battle when she was taken. In fact while in captivity she conceived 5 times but was starved and beaten in the stomach by Castro until she miscarried. Truly, Michelle Knight has suffered a great deal. She is now in hiding and recovering from the mental and physical abuse of Ariel Castro. Let us pray for these 3 women Amanda Berry, Michelle Knight and Gina DeJesus. But also let us remember to pray for all victims and the innocent children born from tragedy.
See http://jceworld.blogspot.ca/2013/05/3-missing-teens-found-10-years-later.html story of the women found.
These cases show that the child conceived in rape does not deserve the death penalty of abortion as now happens but love.
NATIONAL VOLUNTEER WEEK IN AUSTRALIA
ARCHDIOCESE OF MELBOURNE RELEASE
Monday 13 May 2013
HUSBAND and wife volunteering team Maureen and Colin Goldsmith say conducting weekly communion services for older people brings purpose to their lives.
This week as part of National Volunteer Week celebrations the Upper Beaconsfield couple will receive 10-year service awards from not-for-profit aged and disability services organisation Villa Maria at its annual Volunteer Luncheon.
The Friday 17 May event, will be held at the Malvern Valley Public Golf Course to celebrate the amazing commitment and dedication shown each and every day by Villa Maria’s 300-plus volunteers. This year, more than 20 Volunteer Service Awards will be presented to volunteers who have achieved service milestones ranging from five to 30 years in various roles including aged care and disability services visitors, swimming assistants, computer support, reading companions and drivers.
The Goldsmiths, who are grandparents to 23 and great-grandparents to 10, were asked by the Priest at their church, St Michael’s Parish in Berwick, to take over chapel services at Villa Maria Berwick aged care residence in 2003. They have become regular and welcome fixtures around the home ever since.
Their Wednesday ‘service with the word and communion’ sessions have become quite popular, with around 20 residents attending the on-site chapel each week, and other residents who are more frail receiving visits from the Goldsmiths in their rooms.
“We think it’s absolutely important for people to have access to services that help keep them connected to their faith,” Colin said. “What we find particularly rewarding is being with people who are close to passing away. I remember one lady who was very frail and non-communicative opening her eyes to look at me and give a smile when I held her hand and said a prayer. It is so nice that we can come along and give someone something they appreciate at the end of their life. We call it ‘food for the journey’.”
Maureen said the couple made their services non-denominational, so they were accessible to people of all faiths. Their main aim is to have personal contact with the residents and make a positive difference to their lives.
“There are not many things you can do in life where you can help someone else and really make a difference, and this is one of them,” Maureen said.
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Monday 13 May 2013HUSBAND and wife volunteering team Maureen and Colin Goldsmith say conducting weekly communion services for older people brings purpose to their lives.
This week as part of National Volunteer Week celebrations the Upper Beaconsfield couple will receive 10-year service awards from not-for-profit aged and disability services organisation Villa Maria at its annual Volunteer Luncheon.
The Friday 17 May event, will be held at the Malvern Valley Public Golf Course to celebrate the amazing commitment and dedication shown each and every day by Villa Maria’s 300-plus volunteers. This year, more than 20 Volunteer Service Awards will be presented to volunteers who have achieved service milestones ranging from five to 30 years in various roles including aged care and disability services visitors, swimming assistants, computer support, reading companions and drivers.
The Goldsmiths, who are grandparents to 23 and great-grandparents to 10, were asked by the Priest at their church, St Michael’s Parish in Berwick, to take over chapel services at Villa Maria Berwick aged care residence in 2003. They have become regular and welcome fixtures around the home ever since.
Their Wednesday ‘service with the word and communion’ sessions have become quite popular, with around 20 residents attending the on-site chapel each week, and other residents who are more frail receiving visits from the Goldsmiths in their rooms.
“We think it’s absolutely important for people to have access to services that help keep them connected to their faith,” Colin said. “What we find particularly rewarding is being with people who are close to passing away. I remember one lady who was very frail and non-communicative opening her eyes to look at me and give a smile when I held her hand and said a prayer. It is so nice that we can come along and give someone something they appreciate at the end of their life. We call it ‘food for the journey’.”
Maureen said the couple made their services non-denominational, so they were accessible to people of all faiths. Their main aim is to have personal contact with the residents and make a positive difference to their lives.
“There are not many things you can do in life where you can help someone else and really make a difference, and this is one of them,” Maureen said.
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NATIONAL WEEK FOR LIFE AND FAMILY - FREE RESOURCES FROM BISHOPS
CCCB RELEASE: NATIONAL WEEK FOR LIFE AND THE FAMILY
MAY 12-19, 2013
SUGGESTED RESOURCES AND OPTIONS
The Canadian Conference of Catholic
The theme for this year’s Week is The Family: Facing life’s challenges together with Christ. The following resources are currently available on the CCCB life and family webpage:
- Artwork for full-colour posters
- Artwork for full-colour prayer cards/bookmarks, formatted 8 ½ x 11 inches
- Artwork for full-colour prayer cards / bookmark, formatted so four copies can be printed at a time on 8 1/2 x 11 inch paper
- Suggestions for promoting the Week before it begins as well as for activities during the Week
- Information on why to celebrate life and family together
- Text from the Diocese of Hamilton of an optional prayer for families
- Artwork from the Diocese of Hamilton for a series of three colour posters on families learning,living and loving in faith.
- Suggestions for liturgical celebrations to help mark the Week for Life and the Family: prayer for individual and group, a Vigil for life and family, Homily notes, Mass of the Ascension, Vigil Mass for the Solemnity of Pentecost, and a celebration of Vespers for the following Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity (PDF)
- A letter to families and other information (in French only) for Quebec Family Week, 13-19 May 2013, which many
Additional resources will be posted on the CCCB life and family webpage as they become available.
Dioceses, parishes and other non-profit groups can freely download the artwork of the proposed poster and prayer card / bookmark in order to print the total number of copies needed. The dimensions of the poster can be adjusted to the size that dioceses or parishes find most practical. It is the responsibility of institutions or groups using the materials to comply with the following conditions for use of the BRADI BARTH painting of the Holy Family:
- The name "BRADI BARTH" and "© www.bradi-barth.org" must be clearly noted under the image.
- Copies of this image are not to be sold. For commercial purposes, please contact BRADI BARTH – www.bradi-barth.ogus.
- The use of this image is limited to this printing. The image may not be used directly or indirectly for any other application. Use of other versions of this image, scanned or otherwise copied, is strictly prohibited.
- The image must be reproduced in its whole, without omission or cutting. Colour and/or quality deviation, as well as overprinting on the picture, are prohibited.
The promotion and activity suggestions for the 2013 National Week for Life and the Family were prepared by the Catholic Organization for Life and Family (COLF). These suggestions can be adapted or used in whatever way is practical for local needs, or other plans and activities substituted instead.
Background information on the vision and purpose of the National Week for Life and the Family is available in a CCCB document entitled “Elements of a National Pastoral Initiative for Life and Family”.
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NOVENA TO HOLY SPIRIT DAY 4 FOR PENTECOST
ACT OF CONSECRATION TO THE HOLY GHOSTOn my knees before the great multitude of heavenly witnesses I offer myself, soul and body to You, Eternal Spirit of God. / I adore the brightness of Your purity the unerring keenness of Your justice and the might of Your love. You are the Strength / and Light of my soul. In You I live and move and am. I desire never to grieve You by unfaithfulness to grace and I pray with all my heart! To be kept from the smallest sin against You. Mercifully guard my every thought and grant that I may always watch for Your light: and listen to Your voice and follow Your gracious inspirations. I cling to You and give myself to You and ask You / by Your compassion to watch over me in my weakness. Holding the pierced Feet of Jesus and looking at His Five Wounds / and trusting in His Precious Blood and adoring His opened Side and stricken Heart / I implore You / Adorable Spirit I Helper of my infirmity, so to keep me in Your grace that I may never sin against You. Give me grace O Holy Ghost, Spirit of the Father and the Son to say to You always and everywhere / "Speak Lord for Your servant heareth." Amen.
PRAYER FOR THE SEVEN GIFTS OF THE HOLY GHOST
O Lord Jesus Christ Who, before ascending into heaven did promise to send the Holy Ghost to finish Your work in the souls of Your Apostles and Disciples deign to grant the same Holy Spirit to me that He may perfect in my soul / the work of Your grace and Your love. Grant me the Spirit of Wisdom that I may despise the perishable things of this world and aspire only after the things that are eternal the Spirit of Understanding to enlighten my mind with the light of Your divine truth / the Spirit on Counsel that I may ever choose the surest way of pleasing God and gaining heaven, the Spirit of Fortitude, that I may bear my cross with You I and that I may overcome with courage all the obstacles that oppose my salvation the Spirit of Knowledge that I may know God find know myself and grow perfect in the science of the Saints the Spirit of Piety that I may find the service of God sweet and amiable / the Spirit of Fear that I may be filled with a loving reverence towards God and may dread in any way to displease Him. Mark me, dear Lord with the sign of Your true disciples / and animate me in all things with Your Spirit. Amen.
DAY 4 OF NOVENA
Thou in toil art comfort sweet, Pleasant coolness in the heat, solace in the midst of woe.
The Gift of Fortitude
The Gift of Fortitude By the gift of Fortitude the soul is strengthened against natural fear, and supported to the end in the performance of duty. Fortitude imparts to the will an impulse and energy which move it to under take without hesitancy the most arduous tasks, to face dangers, to trample under foot human respect, and to endure without complaint the slow martyrdom of even lifelong tribulation. "He that shall persevere unto the end, he shall be saved."
Prayer
Come, O Blessed Spirit of Fortitude, uphold my soul in time of trouble and adversity, sustain my efforts after holiness, strengthen my weakness, give me courage against all the assaults of my enemies, that I may never be overcome and separated from Thee, my God and greatest Good. Amen
(Our Father and Hail Mary ONCE. Glory be to the Father 7 TIMES. Act of Consecration, Prayer for the Seven Gifts)
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TODAY'S GOSPEL ONLINE : TUES. MAY 14, 2013
John 15: 9 - 17
9As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you; abide in my love.10If you keep my commandments, you will abide in my love, just as I have kept my Father's commandments and abide in his love.11These things I have spoken to you, that my joy may be in you, and that your joy may be full.12"This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you.13Greater love has no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.14You are my friends if you do what I command you.15No longer do I call you servants, for the servant does not know what his master is doing; but I have called you friends, for all that I have heard from my Father I have made known to you.16You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you that you should go and bear fruit and that your fruit should abide; so that whatever you ask the Father in my name, he may give it to you.17This I command you, to love one another.
9As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you; abide in my love.10If you keep my commandments, you will abide in my love, just as I have kept my Father's commandments and abide in his love.11These things I have spoken to you, that my joy may be in you, and that your joy may be full.12"This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you.13Greater love has no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.14You are my friends if you do what I command you.15No longer do I call you servants, for the servant does not know what his master is doing; but I have called you friends, for all that I have heard from my Father I have made known to you.16You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you that you should go and bear fruit and that your fruit should abide; so that whatever you ask the Father in my name, he may give it to you.17This I command you, to love one another.
TODAY'S SAINT : MAY 14 : ST. MATTHIAS APOSTLE
St. Matthias
APOSTLE
Feast: May 14
 Information:
| The Greek Matthias (or, in some manuscripts, Maththias), is a name derived from Mattathias, Heb. Mattithiah, signifying "gift of Yahweh." Matthias was one of the seventy disciples of Jesus, and had been with Him from His baptism by John to the Ascension (Acts i, 21, 22). It is related (Acts, i, 15-26) that in the days following the Ascension, Peter proposed to the assembled brethren, who numbered one hundred and twenty, that they choose one to fill the place of the traitor Judas in the Apostolate. Two disciples, Joseph, called Barsabas, and Matthias were selected, and lots were drawn, with the result in favour of Matthias, who thus became associated with the eleven Apostles. Zeller has declared this narrative unhistoric, on the plea that the Apostles were in Galilee after the death of Jesus. As a matter of fact they did return to Galilee, but the Acts of the Apostles clearly state that about the feast of Pentecost they went back to Jerusalem. All further information concerning the life and death of Matthias is vague and contradictory. According to Nicephorus (Hist. eccl., 2, 40), he first preached the Gospel in Judea, then in Ethiopia (that is to say, Colchis) and was crucified. The Synopsis of Dorotheus contains this tradition: Matthias in interiore AEthiopia, ubi Hyssus maris portus et Phasis fluvius est, hominibus barbaris et carnivoris praedicavit Evangelium. Mortuus est autem in Sebastopoli, ibique prope templum Solis sepultus (Matthias preached the Gospel to barbarians and cannibals in the interior of Ethiopia, at the harbour of the sea of Hyssus, at the mouth of the river Phasis. He died at Sebastopolis, and was buried there, near the Temple of the Sun). Still another tradition maintains that Matthias was stoned at Jerusalem by the Jews, and then beheaded (cf. Tillemont, "Memoires pour servir a l'histoire eccl. des six premiers siècles", I, 406-7). It is said that St. Helena brought the relics of St. Matthias to Rome, and that a portion of them was at Trier. Bollandus (Acta SS., May, III) doubts if the relics that are in Rome are not rather those of the St. Matthias who was Bishop of Jerusalem about the year 120, and whose history would seem to have been confounded with that of the Apostle. The Latin Church celebrates the feast of St. Matthias on 24 February and the Greek Church on 9 August. Clement of Alexandria (Strom., III, 4) records a sentence that the Nicolaitans ascribe to Matthias: "we must combat our flesh, set no value upon it, and concede to it nothing that can flatter it, but rather increase the growth of our soul by faith and knowledge". This teaching was probably found in the Gospel of Matthias which was mentioned by Origen (Hom. i in Lucam); by Eusebius (Hist. eccl., III, 25), who attributes it to heretics; by St. Jerome (Praef. in Matth.), and in the Decree of Gelasius (VI, 8) which declares it apocryphal. It is at the end of the list of the Codex Barrocciamus (206). This Gospel is probably the document whence Clement of Alexandria quoted several passages, saying that they were borrowed from the traditions of Matthias, Paradoseis, the testimony of which he claimed to have been invoked by the heretics Valentinus, Marcion, and Basilides (Strom., VII, 17). According to the Philosophoumena, VII, 20, Basilides quoted apocryphal discourses, which he attributed to Matthias. These three writings: the gospel, the Traditions, and the Apocryphal Discourses were identified by Zahn (Gesch. des N. T. Kanon, II, 751), but Harnack (Chron. der altchrist. Litteratur, 597) denies this identification. Tischendorf ("Acta apostolorum apocrypha", Leipzig, l85I) published after Thilo, 1846, "Acta Andreae et Matthiae in urbe anthropophagarum ", which, according to Lipsius, belonged to the middle of the second century. This apocrypha relates that Matthias went among the cannibals and, being cast into prison, was delivered by Andrew. Needless to say, the entire narrative is without historical value. Moreover, it should be remembered that, in the apocryphal writings, Matthew and Matthias have sometimes been confounded. |
source: http://www.ewtn.com/saintsHoly/saints/M/stmatthias.asp#ixzz1upbuGz2s
KERMIT GOSNELL FOUND GUILTY OF 1ST DEGREE MURDER OF BABIES
SEE http://jceworld.blogspot.ca/2013/04/who-is-kermit-gosnell-and-house-of.html
In addition, Gosnell was found guilty of 21 out of 24 felony counts of illegal abortions beyond the 24 week limit. He was charged with 227 misdemeanor counts of violating the 24-hour informed consent law, of which the jury found him guilty of all but 16.
He was also convicted of conspiracy and corrupt organization charges.
The penalty phase should begin on May 21.Gosnell's co-defendant, Eileen O'Neill, was found guilty on conspiracy charges, but in the immediate aftermath of the verdicts.
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