Pope Francis criticized radical gender ideology in a recent interview, referring to it as &#8220;one of the most dangerous ideological colonizations&#8221; in the current public discourse.
Francis <a href="https://nypost.com/2023/03/11/pope-francis-gender-ideology-is-one-of-most-dangerous-ideological-colonizations/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">spoke on that topic</a> and others with journalist Elisabetta Piqué for an <a href="https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/253845/pope-francis-gender-ideology-is-one-of-the-most-dangerous-ideological-colonizations-today" target="_blank" rel="noopener">interview</a> published March 10 in the Argentine daily newspaper La Nación — and he explained that gender ideology was dangerous because it blurred the lines between male and female, diminishing the inherent value held by each.
&#8220;Gender ideology, today, is one of the most dangerous ideological colonizations,&#8221; Francis said. &#8220;Why is it dangerous? Because it blurs differences and the value of men and women. All humanity is the tension of differences. It is to grow through the tension of differences. The question of gender is diluting the differences and making the world the same, all dull, all alike, and that is contrary to the human vocation.&#8221;
The Pope explained that while he was not planning to write anything extensive on the topic of gender, he did find it necessary to address the issue from time to time, largely &#8220;because some people are a bit naive and believe that it is the way to progress.&#8221;
He went on to say that he believed it was important to draw a distinction &#8220;between what pastoral care is for people who have a different sexual orientation and what gender ideology is &#8230; they are two different things.&#8221;
The problem, he said, was that advocates of gender ideology were blurring the lines between the sexes — a move that he worried was a step down the road to erasing humanity.
They “do not distinguish what is respect for sexual diversity or diverse sexual preferences from what is already an anthropology of gender, which is extremely dangerous because it eliminates differences, and that erases humanity, the richness of humanity, both personal, cultural, and social, the diversities and the tensions between differences,&#8221; he said.
Pope Francis compared the current climate to the world presented in a 1907 book by Monsignor Robert Hugh Benson titled &#8220;<a class="null" href="https://www.amazon.com/Lord-World-Robert-Hugh-Benson/dp/0870612980/ref=sr_1_1?crid=KG1YWMO52NGH&amp;keywords=Lord+of+the+World&amp;qid=1678536476&amp;sprefix=lord+of+the+world%2Caps%2C109&amp;sr=8-1" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Lord of the World</a>&#8221; — a world that portrayed &#8220;a future in which differences are disappearing and everything is the same, everything is uniform, a single leader of the whole world.&#8221;

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Pope Francis Blasts Gender Ideology As ‘One Of The Most Dangerous Ideological Colonizations’

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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/catholicism" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Catholic</a> prayer and meditation app <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/god-is-doing-something-pretty-incredible-catholic-app-passes-up-google-tiktok-on-ash-wednesday" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Hallow</a> is not even five years old yet, but it&#8217;s already the top Catholic app in the world, connecting literally <a href="https://www.ft.com/content/087aff26-45ad-4da9-9e15-6648fcd3e69b" target="_blank" rel="noopener">millions</a> of people in <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/prayer" target="_blank" rel="noopener">prayer</a>, scripture, and meditation and hitting an astounding 175 million prayers prayed.
Those numbers are mind-blowing, Hallow CEO and co-founder Alex Jones told The Daily Wire, and such success is a testament to God. But when it comes to a &#8220;vision&#8221; for the app, or how Jones and company measure the success of Hallow, the 29-year-old answered directly, &#8220;A couple more people in Heaven would be nice.&#8221;
&#8220;Maybe a couple more people who are in that really dark spot, who might be lost, who might feel like they&#8217;re all alone — maybe a couple of those people might experience the warmth of God&#8217;s love,&#8221; Jones said. &#8220;So it&#8217;s that for us, that&#8217;s really what we&#8217;re focused on.&#8221;
Hallow was founded in December 2018 by Jones and his two friends, Erich Kerekes and Alessandro DiSanto. Kerekes serves as Hallow&#8217;s Chief Technology Officer (CTO) and DiSanto as Chief Commercial Officer (CCO).
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Jones, an Ohio native who was raised Catholic, fell away from his faith in high school and college. After graduating college, he got into secular meditation, but noticed he was always being pulled toward something spiritual and Christian as he meditated. Then agnostic, Jones recalled trying to figure out what was happening, asking others, including priests, &#8220;Hey, is there any way that there&#8217;s some sort of intersection here between this meditation thing and this faith thing?&#8221; 
&#8220;They all laughed at me and said, &#8216;Yeah, we&#8217;ve been doing it for more than 2,000 years. It&#8217;s called prayer,'&#8221; Jones recollected, giving off a laugh. &#8220;You probably should have heard about it.&#8221;
After this revelation, Jones said he &#8220;started learning all about these really beautiful, really powerful contemplative and meditative techniques within the Church tradition,&#8221; setting him and his friends on the path toward creating Hallow, which the CEO described as being guided and improved upon by God at every step along the way. 
The name Hallow has personal significance to Jones, too. &#8220;I randomly opened up a Bible that was laying around to Matthew 6, where He teaches the Lord&#8217;s prayer. And the word &#8216;hallow&#8217; is the word that stuck out to me that I meditated on — &#8216;hallowed be thy name,'&#8221; the CEO said. &#8220;And it just changed my life, brought me to tears, brought me back to my faith. It&#8217;s the most powerful experience in my life. My faith is now the center of who I am, the most important part of who I am; daily mass, confession, all that stuff — it brought me back to the beauty of all the Church teachings.&#8221;
Hallow has garnered more than 100,000 five-star reviews, some of them expressing deeply personal change and healing from God after finding the app.
Jones, becoming emotional, recalled to The Daily Wire some notes the Hallow team has received from users.
&#8220;We get these notes from people who are really lost, people who&#8217;ve been addicted, abused, who are struggling or suicidal, who are in a really negative, really dark space — young women who have body image issues, older men who have addiction issues; they write to us and say, God changed my life through this,&#8221; he explained. 
&#8220;I was about to kill myself and God saved my life through prayer, through this app,&#8221; Jones recalled one message, before describing another, &#8220;I&#8217;ve never been able to look at myself and see myself as beautiful, and I heard God say to me, you are loved. I made you this way. You are beautiful.&#8221;
&#8220;We get these notes every day and it&#8217;s just such a beautiful testimony to the power of God,&#8221; the CEO noted. &#8220;And if you just sit and give Him five, 10 minutes of your day, He can change your life.&#8221;
&#8220;We busy ourselves with all these distractions in life, and we never just sit in silence and try to let God into our hearts. And, for us, that&#8217;s really what it&#8217;s about,&#8221; Jones continued. &#8220;When people think about, you know, what&#8217;s the vision for Hallow? I&#8217;m like, I don&#8217;t know — a couple more people in heaven would be nice.&#8221; 
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Hallow, which <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/god-is-doing-something-pretty-incredible-catholic-app-passes-up-google-tiktok-on-ash-wednesday" target="_blank" rel="noopener">made history</a> on Ash Wednesday by landing at the number #3 spot on the App Store’s “Top Charts,” is not the only faith-based content feeding a large audience. &#8220;The Bible in a Year&#8221; podcast hosted by Father Mike Schmitz — who&#8217;s also teamed up with Hallow — has tremendous reach, the show &#8220;<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/costs-and-confusion-the-chosen-creator-explains-popularity-of-show-and-what-fans-can-expect-for-upcoming-season" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Chosen</a>&#8221; is the most successful crowdfunded TV series or film project, and new <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/faith">faith-based</a> movie “<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/the-chosen-star-jonathan-roumie-hilariously-reacts-to-jesus-revolution-landing-in-top-3-at-box-office" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Jesus Revolution</a>” landed in the number 3 spot at the box office over the weekend.
&#8220;I get really excited about this as potentially a moment of revival within the Church,&#8221; Jones said, adding that this faith-based content and media &#8220;speaks to these deep needs and these deep hurts and these deep wounds &#8230; in a way that really nothing else can.&#8221;
&#8220;I think we&#8217;re all really hungry for it, and we&#8217;re all in deep need of it,&#8221; the co-founder continued. &#8220;And I think COVID showed us that. With the depth of pain, anger, frustration, loneliness, depression, anxiety, grief — we can kind of distract ourselves from God in our normal day-to-day life when nothing crazy happens — but in those kinds of moments, you just realize how deep of a need you have, and the only thing that can really fill it is faith and God.&#8221; 
Jones noted that a friend recently experienced the loss of a child when his wife had a stillborn son. &#8220;They had to give birth and then bury their son the same day,&#8221; Jones said. &#8220;And there&#8217;s just nothing — you know, you can go for a run or, or sit and focus on your breath for a while, or, try to journal or whatever it is — but there&#8217;s just nothing that can speak to that deep of a wound. All of that seems silly when you&#8217;re talking about someone who lost their kid or when you&#8217;re talking about someone who&#8217;s been struggling with addiction for 10 years. Only God can speak to the depth of that.&#8221; 
Despite all its success, Hallow is certainly not slowing down. Last Wednesday, the app kicked off its 40-day <a href="https://hallow.com/pray40/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Lent Challenge</a>, which lasts, of course, until Easter Sunday.
The Christian application has teamed up with a range of big-name Catholics for the challenge, including actor Mark Wahlberg, who promoted Hallow during an interview on the “Today” <a href="https://www.today.com/life/inspiration/mark-wahlberg-explains-important-not-deny-faith-rcna71761" target="_blank" rel="noopener">show</a> on Ash Wednesday. Fr. Schmitz, “Passion of the Christ” actor Jim Caviezel, Jonathan Roumie of “The Chosen,” and Rwandan genocide survivor and best-selling author Immaculée Ilibagiza also work with Hallow for the challenge.
&#8220;This is kind the first time we&#8217;ve done anything like this, which has been really great,&#8221; Jones said. The app shot up to the overall #3 spot on the App Store’s “Top Charts&#8221; the day it launched. 
“For forty days, He walked through the desert,” the Hallow <a href="https://hallow.com/pray40/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">site</a> reads. “Thirsty, hungry, tired, and tempted by the devil. And He continued His walk all the way to His loving sacrifice for us on the cross. A sacrifice for each and every one of us.”
“Together, as one community from all over the world, we’ll pray for 40 days leading up to His crucifixion and resurrection on Easter Sunday,” it continues. “We’ll journey through the life-changing spiritual classic the Imitation of Christ and focus our prayer and meditation on the three pillars of Lent: prayer, fasting, and giving.”
Disclosure: Hallow is an occasional advertiser with The Daily Wire
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/thats-an-even-bigger-sin-mark-wahlberg-says-faith-is-not-popular-in-hollywood" target="_blank" rel="noopener">‘That’s An Even Bigger Sin’: Mark Wahlberg Says ‘Faith’ Is ‘Not Popular’ In Hollywood</a>
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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/los-angeles" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Los Angeles County</a> authorities charged the man accused of fatally shooting Auxiliary Bishop David O’Connell with one count of murder on Ash Wednesday.
O’Connell, 69, of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles, was shot dead in his home in the suburb of Hacienda Heights on Saturday just before 1 p.m. Nearly 48 hours into the homicide investigation, Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department authorities announced the arrest of 65-year-old Carlos Medina of Torrance, California, in connection to O’Connell’s death.
Medina is the husband of O’Connell’s housekeeper and had previously worked at the bishop’s residence and told authorities the bishop owed him money.
“This was a brutal act of violence against a person who’s dedicated a life to making our neighborhoods safer, healthier, and always serving with love and compassion,” Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón said, according to <a href="https://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/da-to-announce-charges-against-man-accused-of-killing-la-bishop/3100981/?_osource=SocialFlowTwt_LABrand" target="_blank" rel="noopener">NBC</a>.
The office of Gascón also filed a special allegation against Medina for using a gun during the commission of O’Connell’s murder at the clergyman’s home.
Gascón said Medina faces up to 35 years to life in prison.
O’Connell was named Auxiliary Bishop of Los Angeles by Pope Francis in 2015. He served as chairman of the interdiocesan Southern California Immigration Task Force, which helped respond to an influx of immigration from Central America in recent years. He was chairman of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Subcommittee on the Catholic Campaign for Human Development.
Los Angeles County Sheriff Robert G. Luna said on Monday detectives investigating the death of O’Connell received a tip from a concerned individual who <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/la-county-sheriff-names-suspect-arrested-in-killing-of-los-angeles-bishop" target="_blank" rel="noopener">described</a> the person of interest as “acting strange, irrational, and made comments about the bishop owing him money.”
Law enforcement found O’Connell dead in his bed on Saturday from a single gunshot wound after a deacon from the church dialed 911 upon checking on the bishop because he was late for a meeting, Luna said.
Authorities did not recover a firearm at the scene or detect any signs of forced entry at the bishop’s home. However, after canvassing the neighborhood for surveillance footage, detectives discovered recordings Sunday that showed a dark-colored compact SUV that had pulled into the bishop’s driveway, stayed for a short time, and left the location.
The sheriff said authorities received a tip Medina had left Los Angeles County and was believed to be in the Central California area until later returning to his home at approximately 2:00 a.m. on Monday.
Authorities surrounded Medina’s residence and called for the suspect to surrender.
At approximately 8:00 a.m., Medina exited his residence and surrendered — he was taken into custody without further incident.
“Although our priority before 8 a.m. this morning was to apprehend the suspect — and we did by some amazing detective work,” Luna said. “Our next priority is to get him prosecuted.”
Luna said a motive for O’Connell’s murder had not been determined.
While serving as an associate pastor, O’Connell focused part of his ministry on helping communities with gang violence and poverty in southern Los Angeles.
“My heart grieves,” Luna said. “Although I personally did not know the bishop, I cannot tell you how many phone calls I’ve received over the last 48 hours from people who have worked with him in different capacities,” adding that the bishop was a pillar in the Los Angeles community known for his peacemaking and passion for serving those in need.
During the press conference, Archbishop of Los Angeles José H. Gomez said that O’Connell was “a good friend to Los Angeles.”
“Out of His love for God, he served the city for more than 40 years as an immigrant from Ireland,” Gomez said. “Every day, he worked to show compassion to the poor, the homeless, to the immigrant — and to all those living on society’s margins.”
“He was a good priest, a good patient, and a man of peace, and we’re very sad to lose him.”

A Memorial For Murdered Auxiliary Bishop David OConnell In Hacienda Heights

Man Accused Of Killing L.A. Bishop Charged With Murder: Authorities

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President <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/joe-biden" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Joseph Robinette Biden, Jr.,</a> might be the only white boy from East Wilmington, as he is wont to say, but Ol&#8217; Diamond Joe is much more than that. By his own account, he is the most Polish-Jewish-Black-Puerto Rican-Greek-Irish-Catholic president that we have ever had.
On Tuesday, Biden was in <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/heres-how-a-u-s-president-sneaked-into-a-warzone-without-anyone-noticing" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Poland</a> to re-emphasize <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/mcconnell-again-says-war-in-ukraine-is-the-single-most-important-event-going-on-in-the-world-right-now-americans-beg-to-differ" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Swamp&#8217;s commitment</a> to endless war in Ukraine. While there, he told his Polish counterpart about his own connection with the Poles.
“As a young man, I was, uh, born in a coal town of Scranton, Pennsylvania, in northeastern Pennsylvania, in an Irish-Catholic neighborhood. Then when coal died, we moved down to Delaware, to a town called Claymont, Delaware, which was a working-class town,” Biden told President Andrzej Duda. “And, uh, but everyone in town was either Polish or Italian. I grew up feeling self-conscious my name didn’t end in an ‘s-k-i’ or an ‘o.&#8217;”
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Biden in Poland: ‘I grew up feeling self-conscious my name didn’t end in “S-K-I” or an “O” <a href="https://t.co/4mlg1D5DYb">pic.twitter.com/4mlg1D5DYb</a>
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The president threw in an &#8220;all-kidding aside&#8221; but it would seem that he has always been a bit race-conscious from an early age. In fact, he&#8217;s most at home in a multicultural society. Or rather, he changes his life story to best suit whatever group he is speaking with.
Just last month, he also told a group of black Americans that he used to go to the African-American church in town after attending Catholic mass.
&#8220;Let&#8217;s lay one thing to rest. I may be a practicing Catholic, but [I] used to go to 7:30 Mass every morning in high school and then in college before I went to the Black church,&#8221; Biden said at the time. &#8220;Not a joke, Andy knows this.&#8221;
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He also had an affinity for the Jewish people and attended Synagogue growing up.
“I probably went to shul more than many of you did,” Biden <a href="https://forward.com/fast-forward/519838/biden-jewish-high-holidays-white-house-shul-more-than-many-of-you-did/">stated</a> during a 2022 celebration of Rosh Hashanah.
“You all think I’m kidding, he can tell you I’m not,” the president said while gesturing toward a rabbi from Delaware.
“I’m a practicing Catholic, but I’d go to services on Saturday and on Sunday,” the president explained “You all think I’m kidding. I’m not.”
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Joe Biden at his event celebrating Rosh Hashanah:
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So, Biden wants the American people to believe that he would spend at least three hours every weekend attending multi-faith services growing up in Wilmington.
He is also practically Greek, too.
On Greek Independence Day in 2009, then-Vice President Biden, declared,  “I am an honorary Greek, not only today … but every day.” He gave himself the moniker “Joe Bidenopulous&#8221; because, he said, &#8220;in my first election the Greek community elected me.&#8221;
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Last fall, while in Puerto Rico for hurricane recovery efforts, Biden also let it be known that he was raised in the Puerto Rican community.
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Biden: &quot;I was sort of raised in the Puerto Rican community at home, politically.&quot;<a href="https://t.co/OA1LPK5auy">pic.twitter.com/OA1LPK5auy</a>
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And, of course, Biden claims to be a devout Roman Catholic. He also believes in gay marriage, abortion, radical gender ideology, and more that goes against church teaching.
So is Biden actually a walking, talking melting pot molded by nearly every ethnicity and religion under the sun?
No. A far likelier explanation is that he is a lying cheeseball.
The views expressed in this piece are the author’s own and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.

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Los Angeles County Sheriff&#8217;s Department authorities named 65-year-old Carlos Medina of Torrance, California, as the person of interest arrested in the fatal shooting of Auxiliary Bishop David O&#8217;Connell over the weekend.
O&#8217;Connell, 69, of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles, was shot dead in his home in the suburb of Hacienda Heights on Saturday just before 1 pm Saturday.
&#8220;This bishop made a huge difference in our community,&#8221; Los Angeles County Sheriff Robert G. Luna said during a Monday night <a href="https://www.facebook.com/watch/live/?ref=watch_permalink&amp;v=4359275967537551">press conference</a>. &#8220;He was loved, and it&#8217;s very sad that we&#8217;re gathered here today to talk about his murder in this way.&#8221;
Los Angeles County Sheriff Robert G. Luna said detectives investigating the death of O&#8217;Connell received a tip from a concerned individual who described the person of interest as &#8220;acting strange, irrational, and made comments about the bishop owing him money.&#8221;
Medina is the husband of O&#8217;Connell&#8217;s housekeeper and had previously worked at the bishop&#8217;s residence.
Law enforcement found O&#8217;Connell dead in his bed on Saturday from a single gunshot wound after a deacon from the church dialed 911 upon checking on the bishop because he was late for a meeting, Luna said.
Authorities did not recover a firearm at the scene or detect any signs of forced entry at the bishop&#8217;s home. However, after canvassing the neighborhood for surveillance footage, detectives discovered recordings Sunday that showed a dark-colored compact SUV that had pulled into the bishop&#8217;s driveway, stayed for a short time, and left the location.
The sheriff said authorities received a tip Medina had left Los Angeles County and was believed to be in the Central California area until later returning to his home at approximately 2:00 am on Monday.
Authorities surrounded Medina&#8217;s residence and called for the suspect to surrender.
At approximately 8:00 am, Medina exited his residence and surrendered — he was taken into custody without further incident.
&#8220;Although our priority before 8 am this morning was to apprehend the suspect — and we did by some amazing detective work,&#8221; Luna said. &#8220;Our next priority is to get him prosecuted.&#8221;
Luna said a motive for O&#8217;Connell&#8217;s murder had not been determined.
O&#8217;Connell was named Auxiliary Bishop of Los Angeles by Pope Francis in 2015. He served as chairman of the interdiocesan Southern California Immigration Task Force, which helped respond to an influx of immigration from Central America in recent years. He was chairman of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops&#8217; Subcommittee on the Catholic Campaign for Human Development.
While serving as an associate pastor, O&#8217;Connell focused part of his ministry on helping communities with gang violence and poverty in southern Los Angeles.
&#8220;My heart grieves,&#8221; Luna said. &#8220;Although I personally did not know the bishop, I cannot tell you how many phone calls I&#8217;ve received over the last 48 hours from people who have worked with him in different capacities,&#8221; adding the bishop was a pillar in the Los Angeles community known for his peacemaking and passion for serving those in need.
Archbishop of Los Angeles José H. Gomez said that O&#8217;Connell was &#8220;a good friend to Los Angeles&#8221; during the press conference.
&#8220;Out of His love for God, he served the city for more than 40 years as an immigrant from Ireland,&#8221; Gomez said. &#8220;Among the many things I admired in his life and ministry, he was fluent in Spanish with an Irish accent.&#8221;
&#8220;Every day, he worked to show compassion to the poor, to the homeless, to the immigrant. And to all those living on society&#8217;s margins,&#8221; Gomez added. &#8220;He was a good priest, a good patient, and a man of peace, and we&#8217;re very sad to lose him.&#8221;

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Authorities arrested a suspect Monday in connection to the death of Auxiliary Bishop David O’Connell, multiple sources say.
O’Connell, 69, of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles, was shot dead in his home in the suburb of Hacienda Heights.
Multiple media sources, including <a href="https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2023-02-20/la-me-bishop-killed-arrest">The Los Angeles Times</a>, reported authorities arrested the suspect on Monday. Other sources reported the arrest happened following a hours long barricade in Torrance, CA.
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BREAKING: Multiple sources telling <a href="https://twitter.com/FoxNews?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@FoxNews</a> that a suspect has been arrested in the shooting death of Bishop David O’Connell. The arrest came following a hours long barricade in Torrance, CA.
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A spokesperson from The Los Angeles County Sheriff&#8217;s Department told The Daily Wire O&#8217;Connell&#8217;s death is still under investigation and could not disclose further information.
Law enforcement sources told The Los Angeles Times that O&#8217;Connell was found dead in his bed on Saturday after a single gunshot wound. Other sources said no signs of forced entry at his home have been revealed and that the crime was not believed to be random.
The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department said the shooting happened just before 1 p.m. Saturday. Deputies arrived and found a man with a gunshot wound to the chest. The victim was pronounced dead soon after.
Archbishop of Los Angeles José H. Gomez said in a statement Saturday &#8220;I am very sad this afternoon to report that our beloved Auxiliary Bishop David O’Connell has passed away unexpectedly.”
“It is a shock and I have no words to express my sadness,” Gomez said. “As a priest and later a bishop here in Los Angeles for forty-five years, Bishop Dave was a man of deep prayer who had a great love for Our Blessed Mother.&#8221;
“He was a peacemaker with a heart for the poor and the immigrant, and he had a passion for building a community where the sanctity and dignity of every human life was honored and protected,” he added.
Archbishop Gomez released a separate statement after learning on Sunday the Los Angeles County Sheriff&#8217;s office determined that the death of O&#8217;Connell was a homicide.
&#8220;We are deeply disturbed and saddened by this news,&#8221; Gomez said. &#8220;Let us continue to pray for Bishop Dave and his family. And let us pray for law enforcement officials as they continue their investigation into this terrible crime.&#8221;
The sheriff&#8217;s department said on Twitter: &#8220;Bishop O&#8217;Connell was a guiding light for so many, and his legacy will continue to live on.&#8221;
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O’Connell was named Auxiliary Bishop of Los Angeles by Pope Francis in 2015. He served as chairman of the interdiocesan Southern California Immigration Task Force, which helped respond to an influx of immigration from Central America in recent years. He was also chairman of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Subcommittee on the Catholic Campaign for Human Development.
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Friends and parishioners hold a novena for Roman Catholic Bishop David O’Connell, who was found dead in his Hacienda Heights home. O’Connell suffered a gunshot to his chest and police are investigating the case as a homicide.

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An 18-inch pipe bomb — found behind a Catholic church in Philadelphia on Sunday by a passerby — launched an investigation and brought local bomb squad authorities to investigate the scene.
Philadelphia Police Department officials told a local <a href="https://www.fox29.com/news/police-sources-18-pipe-bomb-found-behind-holmesburg-church-near-railroad-tracks">Fox News</a> affiliate that a passerby found a PVC pipe with capped ends and black powder near Conrail train tracks behind St. Dominic&#8217;s Catholic Church just before 1:40 p.m. in Philadelphia&#8217;s Holmesburg section. 
Authorities shut down surrounding streets while a bomb squad removed the pipe bomb and transported it back to police headquarters. 
No injuries were reported. 
St. Dominic&#8217;s has not responded to requests for comment.
Authorities discovered the pipe bomb one day after Auxiliary Bishop of the Los Angeles David O’Connell was <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/catholic-bishops-death-being-handled-as-murder-investigation-los-angeles-officials-say/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">shot dead</a> in his home in the Los Angeles County suburb of Hacienda Heights Saturday afternoon.
The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s department said Sunday that authorities investigating the death of O’Connell are handling the situation as a murder investigation, a spokesperson told The Daily Wire.
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A <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/catholic-church" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Catholic bishop</a> was shot and killed in a Los Angeles suburb on Saturday.
David O&#8217;Connell, 69, the Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles, was shot dead in his home in the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/los-angeles-county" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Los Angeles County</a> suburb of Hacienda Heights Saturday afternoon. The Los Angeles County Sheriff&#8217;s Office said it is investigating the bishop&#8217;s death as suspicious, but few details were available.
&#8220;I am very sad this afternoon to report that our beloved Auxiliary Bishop David O’Connell has passed away unexpectedly,&#8221; Archbishop of Los Angeles José H. Gomez said in a <a href="https://lacatholics.org/statement-from-archbishop-gomez-on-bishop-oconnell/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">statement</a> Saturday. &#8220;It is a shock and I have no words to express my sadness.&#8221;
Born in Ireland, O&#8217;Connell served in the archdiocese since 1979, and was a stalwart in the local community, serving throughout Los Angeles. Gomez called him a good friend and asked that people pray for him.
&#8220;As a priest and later a bishop here in Los Angeles for forty-five years, Bishop Dave was a man of deep prayer who had a great love for Our Blessed Mother,&#8221; Gomez added. &#8220;He was a peacemaker with a heart for the poor and the immigrant, and he had a passion for building a community where the sanctity and dignity of every human life was honored and protected.&#8221;
The Los Angeles County Sheriff&#8217;s Department told <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/losangeles/news/bishop-david-oconnell-fatally-shot-in-hacienda-heights/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">CBS Los Angeles</a> that the shooting happened just before 1 p.m. Saturday. Deputies arrived and found a man with a gunshot wound to the chest. The victim was pronounced dead soon after.
&#8220;It&#8217;s very early in the investigation,&#8221; LASD Homicide Bureau Detective Michael Modica told CBS Los Angeles. &#8220;We got a lot more steps we have to take to make more determination to what&#8217;s happening.&#8221;
According to <a href="https://angelusnews.com/local/la-catholics/bishop-oconnell-dies/amp/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Angelus News</a>, O&#8217;Connell attended seminary at All Hallows College in Dublin. Then-Father O&#8217;Connell became a prominent figure in Los Angeles during the 1992 riots, when he was serving as pastor of St. Frances X. Cabrini. O&#8217;Connell aided community recovery efforts and served as a mediator between South L.A. residents and the police.
O&#8217;Connell was named Auxiliary Bishop of Los Angeles by Pope Francis in 2015. He served as chairman of the interdiocesan Southern California Immigration Task Force, which helped respond to an influx of immigration from Central America in recent years. He was also chairman of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Subcommittee on the Catholic Campaign for Human Development.

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An independent panel studying child abuse in the Roman Catholic Church in Portugal found that more than 4,800 children have been sexually abused by mostly priests over the past 70 years.
The Independent Committee for the Study of Child Abuse in the Catholic Church released its final 500-page report Monday to <a href="https://apnews.com/article/crime-portugal-child-abuse-religion-682c4c7d7c6eae0eb32c48b613de0556">the Associated Press</a>, which Portuguese bishops set up just over a year ago to look into the alleged historical abuse in the church from 1950 to the present day.
So far, 512 alleged victims have made accusations.
Pedro Strecht, a child psychiatrist who led the commission, told <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/thousands-abused-by-members-portuguese-church-past-70-years-2023-02-13/?taid=63ea74ce9b592b00010faf72&amp;utm_campaign=trueAnthem:+Trending+Content&amp;utm_medium=trueAnthem&amp;utm_source=twitter">Reuters</a> that at least 4,815 children were abused, adding those accusations are &#8220;the tip of the iceberg.&#8221;
&#8220;(We want) to pay a sincere tribute to those who were abuse victims during their childhood and dared to give a voice to silence,&#8221; Strecht said. &#8220;They are much more than a statistic.&#8221;
The panel included six individuals compiled of psychiatrists, a former Supreme Court judge, and a social worker, who interviewed more than 500 victims, researched old church documents and spoke to bishops and other clergy members.
Included in the report, the commission found a set of staggering statistics alleging 77% of the abusers were priests, 77% of the victims didn&#8217;t report the abuse, and only 4% went to local authorities.
Other figures revealed 48% of those allegedly abused that came forward spoke about the abuse for the first time, the Associated Press noted, adding 53% of the victims were male.
Most sexual abuses allegedly happened to children between 10 and 14, with the youngest victim only 2 years old.
Strecht told Reuters the victims were abused in Catholic schools, churches, priests&#8217; homes, and confessionals, among other locations. The report noted the abuse happened in &#8220;real blackspots.&#8221;
However, the report did not reveal specific locations.
Members of the panel decided against publishing the names of the victims and the alleged abusers, but the AP noted bishops would receive a list of those accused of abuse and still active in the church by the end of the month.
Senior church officials listened to panel members on Monday read out some accounts of the accusations, which the Associated Press described as &#8220;vivid and shocking.&#8221;
The panel said 25 allegations were submitted to prosecutors for review. However, most of the alleged cases reached the statute of limitations, but the commission argued the law should be changed for such crimes committed three decades ago to face legal proceedings.
Jose Ornelas, head of the Bishops&#8217; Conference, told a news conference after the final report&#8217;s presentation, saying the details were an &#8220;open wound that hurts and shames us.&#8221;
&#8220;We apologize to all the victims,&#8221; said Ornelas, who is also under investigation by public prosecutors for allegedly covering up child sex abuse at a Mozambique orphanage in 2011.
Portuguese bishops are set to meet next month to further review the report.

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The battle between good and evil can be likened to a messy food fight. 
God originally created food to foster health, unity, comfort, and goodness. But in the hands of the enemy, it creates the perfect opportunity for Cancel Culture to attack the dinner table and the people around it.
During the riots of 2020, Chick-fil-A was hit with <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/chick-fil-a-went-woke-earlier-this-year-amid-riots-that-didnt-stop-looters-from-hitting-their-store-in-philadelphia" target="_blank" rel="noopener">a wave of protests</a>, even though its employees kindly serve everyone with a “my pleasure.” The owner, Dan Cathy, a Christian, didn’t want to provide financial aid to LGBTQ organizations. His company provided millions of dollars to support the homeless, poor, and hungry. But that’s not enough for Cancel Culture.
These social justice warriors, who supposedly respect diverse experiences and defend freedom of expression, did everything possible to destroy Jack Phillips, a cake decorator in Colorado. A gay couple sued Phillips for not decorating a wedding cake to celebrate their marriage because it went contrary to his Christian understanding of marriage. That gay couple went to great lengths to destroy this man’s livelihood. It took the Supreme Court to finally decide in favor of this man’s conscience and the freedom of religious expression. This group wants to force a Christian to make a cake for a same-sex wedding, but would never ask a vegan to serve a burger.
Proponents of Cancel Culture want to be recognized as agents of high morality and principle, but they are hypocrites. They make demands like spoiled children. But they have more than tears and tantrums; they have powerful politicians, popular celebrities, access to 24 hours of op-ed media posing as news stations, and billions of dollars from powerful industries to cut down anyone who disagrees with them.
The deeper reality is that militant vegans want to impose a moral culinary cult on everyone. They believe eating meat is cruel to animals. According to them, veganism will save the planet — even though the planet existed just fine for millions of years without them.
As a chef, I enjoy eating vegetables, but I am always confused as to why vegans try to mimic the taste of meat. Ethical treatment of animals is a good thing. But at the end of the day, ethical treatment only helps to make a more quality product for slaughtering. Natural food is under attack, and so is the physical and mental health of humanity.
Hypocrisy abounds in Cancel Culture. Its agents vow to be inclusive and all-embracing, but they create havoc to shut down restaurants with Christian owners and bully customers at these establishments because they vote differently. And worst of all, they want to save creation but would gladly kill an unborn child. For them, another mouth to feed would be harmful to women. Yet they cannot actually define a “woman.”
I wish that these examples were far and few between, but Cancel Culture has hit close to home.
A few breweries in Baltimore have decided to bar my food truck from serving food to their patrons. The truck is not woke enough for them because they determined that as a chef and priest, I would impose my theological and moral views on their customers. They want to cancel the truck even though we provide jobs for the formerly incarcerated and disadvantaged communities, while also providing food for the poor.
Cancel Culture wants to control who eats what and when. They believe they have the moral authority to determine if someone goes hungry or feasts like a king. Thankfully, opponents of Cancel Culture are prepared. They can take comfort in the words of St. Teresa of Avila, who said, “When it’s time to fast it’s time to fast. But, when it’s time to feast, it’s time to feast!” In time, the just will receive their reward at the heavenly banquet.
Despite this dismal dietary outlook on what we’re force-fed by Cancel Culture, we have a recipe for hope. The devil used food to destroy us, but Jesus becomes food to save us! We just have to hunger for God and the right things to put into our bodies, minds, and souls. That’s why God became food! 
We will never have the complete victory in this earthly food fight, simply because we have to hunger for the Eternal Banquet in heaven. But, to help us serve and digest the good, beautiful, and true aspects of life, I recommend a few simple ingredients:
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<li>Eat with your family, regularly. The benefits are scientifically proven. This shared act makes us “companions” — a word that describes sharing bread with others.</li>
<li>Serve those who go without, and consider eating with them. Charity and missionary work makes us value every morsel as a gift from God and recognize that life is a gift.</li>
<li>Celebrate the saints and other feast days with gusto! Go ahead, drink a beer on Saint Patty’s Day, but also say a prayer to cast out the serpentine lies from our lives. Eat a bacon-wrapped lamb chop on Easter, but make sure you’ve fasted and confessed during Lent. Feast (and fasting) days are the remedy to the monotony of life, which the devil wants to make tasteless and boring.</li>
<li>Be sure to discern what you’re putting into your bodies with healthy moderation, but also consider how a healthy mind can make you spiritual sommeliers. Be experts of what you’re consuming — because you are what you eat! Physically and spiritually.</li>
<li>Finally, pray before you eat. Live a life of gratitude and consider how every bite is a connection to God’s creation and the people who had a part in feeding you. Being grateful makes us conscious of the Divine, Who can turn leftovers into a feast for the soul.</li>
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Cancel Culture’s weaponization of food to divide and destroy will eventually backfire, because its members will eventually cancel themselves. Thankfully, real food lovers will be on hand to nurse them back to sanity and health, one meal at a time — just like Jesus did.
Bon appetit and win the war.
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Father Leo Patalinghug is an award-winning chef and author, a widely acclaimed speaker, the founder of the international food and faith movement Plating Grace, and the host of Savoring Our Faith on EWTN. A priest of the Voluntas Dei community, he lives in Baltimore. His new book, coauthored with Michael P. Foley, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Dining-Saints-Sinners-Guide-Righteous/dp/1684512476/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=dining+with+the+saints&amp;qid=1668792669&amp;sprefix=dining+with+the+sa%2Caps%2C71&amp;sr=8-1">Dining with the Saints: The Sinner’s Guide to a Righteous Feast</a> publishes February 28, 2023, from Regnery History.
The views expressed in this piece are those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.

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Divine justice came swiftly for a would-be thief who broke into a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/catholic-church" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Catholic Church</a> earlier this week.
According to local news sources, the man, reportedly drunk, broke into the Cristo Rey Parish in the city of Monterrey, Mexico, near the border with Texas. While trying to steal a statue of St. Michael the Archangel in the early morning hours on Saturday, he reportedly tripped and fell, injuring himself on the angel’s sword.
According to a report from the <a href="https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/253368/thief-steals-st-michael-statue-from-church-trips-and-is-injured-by-the-angel-s-sword" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Catholic News Agency</a>, the man hopped the fence, smashed through a glass door, and entered the Church in the wee hours Saturday. While trying to make off with a statue of the angel, he tripped and fell on top of the angel’s sword, sustaining serious injuries to his neck. Fortunately, passersby saw the man and called for paramedics. Monterrey Civil Protection personnel arrived on scene and rendered medical aid before police escorted him to a local hospital. The statue, however, was unharmed.
Local news sources added some details about the incident. According to local newspaper <a href="https://amp.milenio.com/estados/hombre-robar-iglesia-monterrey-resulta-lesionado" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Milenio</a>, the thief broke into the Church looking for valuables to steal — but his vision was blurred due to his intoxication, and he stumbled and fell on the statue; he landed on the sword, which ran through his neck. Passersby saw the man walking out of the Church, clutching his neck and with blood on his hands. Paramedics arrived and managed to control the bleeding. Despite difficulty speaking and eventually losing consciousness, the man reportedly refused to be taken to a hospital, but Monterrey Police eventually escorted him anyway.
Locals told news outlet <a href="https://abcnoticias.mx/local/2023/1/16/estocada-de-san-miguel-ladron-fue-justicia-divina-vecinos-de-iglesia-cristo-rey-179970.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">ABC Noticias</a> that the man smashed through the glass door while trying to escape the Church after being wounded by the statue. Local residents said that the incident was “a matter of divine justice.”
&#8220;That happened to him for doing bad things,” said Lupita, the owner of a store that sells religious items located across from the Church. “Saint Michael is for protection, to combat evil, I think that&#8217;s why that happened to him.&#8221;
“He is the great protector. He is included in the articles that we sell here, and he is a protector of homes, and that is why people say that maybe that is why he saved the Parish,” she added.
Residents further told the outlet that the neighborhood, and the Church in particular, have been the target of robberies and other incidents in recent years. In October, a man broke into the Church and stole a statue of an altar boy and the alms tray, ABC Noticias noted. He was arrested by police after traveling only a few blocks when police spotted him carrying the statue.
Catholic News Agency reported that once the robber has recovered from his injuries, he will be handed over to the public prosecutor’s office, where he will likely be charged for the burglary and for damages to the Church.
Michael is the general of God’s heavenly army, mentioned by name in both the Epistle of Jude and the book of Revelation. He is venerated as a saint in the Catholic and Orthodox Churches, protecting the Church, guiding souls to their final resting place after death, and judging their deeds. He is the patron saint of grocers, paramedics, mariners, paratroopers, police officers, and military personnel. His feast day is September 29 in the Roman Calendar.

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