Governor Baker Opened Churches Because of Looming Threat of Law Enforcement

Feds Pushed Baker

Came down hard. Federal justice officials have been pressing states including Massachusetts to reopen houses of worship as the country battles the spread of the coronavirus, Gov. Charlie Baker said Thursday. Baker said his decision to shutter houses of worship during the state of emergency “was the right thing to do, but I hated doing it .” They have been allowed to restart religious services this week as long as they practice social distancing as part of the first phase of the state’s reopening plan. Governor Baker didn't "hate" authorizing cross-contaminated cups of coffee getting passed out at any Dunkies enough to stop it. I'm glad he felt that way, but even as worshipers brought their concerns forward, he had to be legally threatened before he conceded his orders violated the First Amendment. Something screwball going on. We have a contagious virus which approximately 7/10 people with healthy immune symptoms overcome without havi...

May 29th Update

+ IHS What a gift - Christ's Blood will again be available to many of us this weekend. Deo gratias. Lots of local and national news that can be summarized with a few examples below. The CDC now concedes that COVID is not contracted from surfaces, the fatality rate is close to 0.26% and is falling so rapidly the problem will likely be eradicated before a vaccine is needed. We've learned many things in this crucible, but the most important lessons are, the government's attack on Christ's Church has begun, with few exceptions US see of bishops are either too craven to respond or are actively helping the government (Boston's see is the latter) and we have a lot of work ahead of us to be ready to prepare and respond. Many Catholics feel something extraordinary happening in the spiritual world and question whether if a full-blown government persecution and underground Church is around the corner. Quite frankly, that is up to ...

Massachusetts Governor Targets Churches for Shutdown Rules He Didn't Apply to Home Depot

My article at the Federalist Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker took it upon himself to make the salvation of our immortal souls constitutionally subordinate to the authority of the government. This is wrong and illegal.

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