Faith flourishing? Where?

Protestants and Modernists.

This is strictly a moral issue, not an intellectual one. I've been through this before with Laramie and I'm always surprised at how deep seated this belief is despite not being able to stand up to any scrutiny at all. So let's talk about the "Curse of Ham." Once again, there was no such curse in Genesis. Canaan was the one who was cursed, and the prophecy regarding his serving his brother was fulfilled when the Israelites took over the Canaanite lands. Secondly, in regards to Pius IX, his reference to the "curse" was purely spiritual. Logically, there can be no mental "curse" on black folks that couldn't also apply to white folks as no matter how you split a statistical variation, the majority of both races overlap. I realize I must be speaking with a man who is utterly confident he is more intelligent than any black man or woman he has ever met, because the minute you would meet such a person, you would have to admit one of the following:
A) They were able to rid themselves of the curse somehow.
B) A white person has just fallen under the "Curse of Ham" for being less intelligent than a black person.
C) Your intellectual conceit has successfully written off an entire chunk of the human population which the grace of God could not possibly remedy their defective nature.
Either way, this is a direct result of antichrist тαℓмυdic thought and as long as you cling to it, you will share in their Blood Curse. I'd love for you to tell a black and white Catholic spouses that God would have preferred they stick to their own race. What a filthy good-for-nothing neo-pagan you turned out to be!

But Africa is still rife with Mohammedans, animists, pagans, witches, diabolists and all manner of immorality and savagery. It's nothing close to the shining beacon on a hill that Christendom - which is to say, Europe - once was not terribly long ago in the greater scheme of things. And even if the whole of Africa were to convert, it would not become the pinnacle of Catholic culture and learning that Europe was once and (let's not forget) may yet be again

The footage shows that Officer A tried to grab Taylor's bat but Taylor pulled it away while it was raised above his head.

Officer A drew his service weapon, gave verbal commands to Taylor to drop the bat but Taylor didn't comply so the officer deployed his Taser stun gun twice but the jolts were ineffective, according to the video.

The police summary on the video says Taylor was still advancing toward Officer A and advancing with the baseball bat so the officer fired one round from his service weapon, which struck him in his chest and ultimately killed him.

However, the video appears to show that Taylor was still at least several feet away from Officer A when the officer fired the single shot.

After Taylor was shot blood oozed from his body and he backed away from the officers.

Officer B, who arrived in the middle of the confrontation, deployed his Taser after Taylor was shot and Taylor then fell to the ground.

The officers then handcuffed Taylor, with Officer A ordering him to "give me your hands, man," and then telling him, "We've got fire coming for you, man, and they will take you to the hospital."

A woman at the store screamed, "Oh my God!" after Taylor was shot and other customers also watched the shooting, with some of them recording the incident on their cellphones.

Police said Officer B retrieved a medical bag from his car to provide first aid to Taylor until paramedics arrived.

Tudor said, "Despite life-saving efforts by officers and paramedics Mr. Taylor died at the scene."