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I am not making this up. At Fishwrap (aka National Sodomitical Reporter) there is a piece – I kid you not – entitled: This Transgender History Month, pray to Catholic saints who defied gender norms
However, that’s not how it was originally titled:
They are insane.
They clearly think that the tide has turned.
Their next goal is, mark my words, to eliminate the age of consent. You know it’s true.
Meanwhile,…
Regular reminder to the NCR. https://t.co/qbYQ4RiWYR
— Lepanto Institute (@LepantoInst) August 26, 2026
Priorities… St. Francis had similar thoughts…
— Ioseph Vm (@Ioseph_IVM) August 26, 2026
Black mates in 4.
NB: I’ll hold comments with solutions ’till the next day so there won’t be “spoilers” for others.
i’d say elimination of age of consent is just a stepping-stone. the real goal is eliminating the concept of consent and implementing a system of reparations. so then when a self-identified “oppressed” pervert wants to molest someone in the “oppressor” class, no limits would apply.
Notice two things on the relics of the Cure of Ars.
The *tops* of the shoes show wear- from kneeling in prayer.
A priest so humble that he often lived on one baked potato per day had a chalice that was elaborate and beautiful, not some clay “carpenter’s cup”.
Pray for us, humble saint, that we may focus on what is important.
1. … Bxf2+
2. Kh1 Qxh2+
3. Kxh2 Rh6+
4. Qh5 Rxh5#
If 2. Rxf2 Qxf2+
3. Kh1 Qxe1#
Black mates White in 4 —
1. Qd7d5 Bxf2+
2. Kh1 Qxh2+
3. KxQ Rh6+
4. Qh5 RxQ++
Black to move and mate in 4
1. … Bxf2+
2. Kh1 {or Rxf2} Qxh2+
3. Kxh2 {forced} Rh6+
4. Qh5 {forced} Rxh5#
2.Rxf2 Qxf2+
3.Kh1 {forced} Qxe1#
Surely there must be a Catholic billionaire somewhere who could buy out this despicable rag, fire everyone, and start over, with real Catholic bona fides…