Syria

A dark room with smoke and a white statue of Jesus, featuring text discussing fair use of copyrighted material. The text mentions Fr. Vander Lugt and a painting in his house, referencing US Copyright Laws for educational purposes.  The text reads: "There was an image here of Fr. Vander Lugt in his house by a painting. It was Fair Use under April 8, 2014, nine years later, linked to the source. Fair Use is being killed. The US Copyright Laws allow uses of copyrighted material for parody, news commentary, criticism discussion, and extending to the public interest. No commercial use of the photo existed; it did not compete with their photo service—this isn't even their market... if anything, it increased their sales by sending more people to the sources who then realized advertising impressions and made money."

Jesuit Priest Van der Lugt dragged outside and shot in Syria

News is circulating today about a Jesuit priest, Fr. Frans van der Lugt, S.J. is confirmed by his Dutch province to have been killed. The news reports make it a little unclear who killed him, though — the insurgents sent in by the West, or the other insurgents. I don’t think we should say it…

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Melkite Nun: Syria is torn apart by foreign interests

Mother Agnes Miriam, who we’ve reported on here in the past is touring the United States discussing the atrocities in Syria. Most importantly, she’s explaining that the so-called “civil war” did not come from within as our news would have us believe. Local TV in Lincoln, NE covered her talk there. They report: To her,…

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From Under the Rubble…”Incredibly Small”

During his speech to the nation regarding Syria on September 10, Obama spoke of “humanity” four times. Three of them reflected the sense of the term made famous by Turgot (+1781), the Enlightenment progressive for whom “the total mass of mankind (l’humanité) marches… slowly but steadily toward ever greater perfection.” In his prodigious studies of…

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From Under the Rubble…Cal Thomas’s Learning Curve

The British parliament has defeated Prime Minister David Cameron’s motion to join Obama’s proposed attack on Syria. As of this writing, the U.S. Congress has not acted, but the prospect of another U.S. war in the Middle East has brought some old issues back to life. And some old players — the most interesting of…

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Melkite Nun Explains the Syrian Rebels are Destroying Them because they are Christian

Melkite Nun, Mother Agnes Miriam, explains that Christians are not fighting the government, and that the mass media is not reporting the truth — Christians in Syria are being beheaded, killed, and targeted — They are fighting for the own lives.

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“Now it is our time to suffer and die…” Syrian Archbishop Reports on the Destruction in Damascus

I am posting for your consideration a letter that was sent out two weeks ago. Although I have seen a few Catholic stories here and there, I had not found the full text of the letter anywhere, so haven gotten my grubby hands on a copy, I post the whole letter here. There may be…

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