Adverse Reactions and Protests in U.S. and Canada on Donald Trump Win

President-elect Donald Trump

Artwork © Ujjal Peter D'Costa (Nov. 17, 2016)

Republication presidential election nominee Donald Trump won, in his own language, the "rigged election" on November 8. Until the day of the election, he had been constantly pounding the election campaign trail with his verbal bombardment of the "rigged election."

When he himself won this very rigged election, not by popular votes (Hillary Clinton so far won more than two million popular votes than Donald Trump) but by electoral votes (Trump won 290 and Clinton 232 of these votes), he claimed legitimacy instantly! 

Immediately after the election, protests started and surged all over the U.S. and parts of Canada against Donald Trump's win. Protesters claimed the election to be fraudulent. Now some even want some centres' votes to be recounted to see if fraud was committed.

Whatever it is, now it is the reality that Donald Trump won and Hillary Clinton conceded to it, and Trump is going to be the next U.S. President after Barack Obama. 

Donald Trump is now not only the President of the people who directly voted for him, but also voters who voted against him. He wants to make America great, which he can only do if he works both for his supporters but also for his opponents. This is a very delicate balance to be achieved with cool and calm head as well as intelligent prowess. Can Donald Trump do it? That is the question in the minds of the Americans as well as onlookers from around the world.

 To know more on the above, please click on the following:

• Donald Trump wins 2016 presidential election: victory speech, full transcript (Nov. 9, 2016) 
• Transcript: Donald Trump's Victory Speech (Nov. 9, 2016)
• Trump spent a good portion of Election Day sowing doubt about the legitimacy of the election result (Nov. 8, 2016) 
• Canada's immigration website crashes as Trump's election lead grows (Nov. 9, 2016) 
• U.S. traffic to New Zealand immigration sites soars after Trump win (Nov. 10, 2016) 
• Calls to crisis, suicide prevention hotlines surge post-election (Nov. 11, 2016)
• Californians suggest 'Calexit' in Wake of Donald Trump Win (Nov. 9, 2016)
• Silicon Valley investors call for California to secede from the US after Trump win (Nov. 9, 2016) 
• Interest in #Calexit growing after Donald Trump victory (Nov. 10, 2016)
• Trump denounced in protests across U.S. (Nov. 10, 2016) 
• Angry protesters flood U.S. streets opposing Trump's election win (Nov. 10, 2016)
• 'Not my president': Trump denounced in protests across America (Nov. 10, 2016)
• 'Not my president': Trump denounced in protests across the U.S. (Nov. 10, 2016)
• Americans are freaking out about losing Obamacare (Nov. 11, 2016)
• Donald Trump effigies and American flags burned as thousands fill streets of U.S. cities in angry protests as celebs demand 'revolution' over vote (Nov. 11, 2016)
• Anti-Trump anger feeds protests, violence (Nov. 11, 2016) 
• Trump supporters cry foul over street protests (Nov. 11, 2016) 
• Protesters vow to fight Donald Trump presidency (Nov. 12, 2016)
• Anti-Trump protests head into fourth day as thousands rally, celebrities voice support (Nov. 13, 2016)
• Thousands rally, march in nationwide anti-Trump protests (Nov. 13, 2016)
• Anti-Trump protest in Vancouver draws hundreds (Nov. 11, 2016)
• Canadians protest Donald Trump in Toronto (Nov. 13, 2016)
• Anti-Trump protests move through fifth day (Nov. 14, 2016)
• Anti-Trump protests join hands in North Carolina (Nov. 19, 2016)
• A third of Hillary Clinton supporters do not believe Donald Trump's victory was legitimate, new poll finds (Nov. 13, 2016)
• One-third of Clinton supporters say Trump election is not legitimate, poll finds (Nov. 13, 2016)
• Gallup: 23% of Clinton voters say they won't accept Trump as legitimate, whatever that means (Nov. 13, 2016) 
• In U.S., 84% Accept Trump as Legitimate President (Nov. 9, 2016)
• Donald Trump declares Wisconsin [vote] count a scam as Clinton joins Green Party's Jill Stein's attempt to overturn result (Nov. 26, 2016) 
• CNN/ORC poll: A nation divided, and is it ever (Nov. 27, 2016) 
• Photos of Protests Against Donald Trump Win   

The Quotation of the Week (November 27 - December 3, 2016)

A quotation of John F. Kennedy on 'diversity,' compiled by Jerome D'Costa

Doodles © Jerome D'Costa (Nov. 4, 2016)

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Pope Francis Extends Abortion Forgiveness Indefinitely

Pope Francis closing the Holy Door to end the Jubilee Year of Mercy in St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican on Nov. 20

Photo courtesy: Reuters

At the end of the Jubilee Year of Mercy, Pope Francis, on November 21, through an apostolic letter ('Misericordia et Misera'), extended the time for forgiving abortion indefinitely. Earlier Catholic Bishops could forgive the sin of abortion if the penitent confessed it. Now he extended it to all priests of the world. 

The pope reiterated that "abortion is a grave sin, since it put an end to an innocent life" but he also mentioned that "there is no sin that God's mercy cannot reach and wipe away when it finds a repentant heart seeking to be reconciled with the Father," reported the Catholic News Agency. 

The Catholic Church teaching on abortion is: a woman, along with others who assist her in procuring abortion, is automatically excommunicated from the Church. Only the Bishops could absolve the sin of abortion and bring back 
these persons to the Church.

To know more on the subject, please click on the following:

• Pope extends Jubilee mandate on abortion, SSPX confession (Nov. 21, 2016)
• Pope extends special Year of Mercy provisions on confession (Nov. 21, 2016)
• Pope extends forgiveness for abortion, creates Day of the Poor (Nov. 20, 2016)
• Full Text of Misericordia et Misera (mercy and misery): Pope Francis' apostolic letter (Nov. 20, 2016)
• Pope Francis Extends Priests' Ability to Forgive Abortion (Nov. 21, 2016)
• Pope Francis allows priests to forgive abortion (Nov. 21, 2016)
• Pope Francis Just Changed Church Law On Forgiving Abortion. Here's How 9 Women Reacted (Nov. 22, 2016)
• Pope Francis gives all priests permission to forgive the 'grave sin' of abortion (Nov. 21, 2016)

To know the official teaching and position of the Catholic Church on abortion, please read the following:

• Catholic Church and Abortion
• Abortion
• Catechism Teaching on Abortion
• Excerpts from the Catechism of the Catholic Church on Life, Abortion, and Euthanasia
• Abortion - Excommunication
• Straight Answers: Automatic Excommunication For Those Who Procure Abortion

Pope Francis Elevates Archbishop Patrick D'Rozario to Cardinalate

Pope Francis placing the cardinal's biretta (red hat) on Archbishop Patrick D'Rozario, CSC on Nov. 19

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Newly-elevated Cardinal Patrick D'Rozario in St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican

Photo courtesy: AFP

Pope Francis on November 19 elevated 17 persons to the status of the cardinal. They come from Albania, Bangladesh, Belgium, Brazil, Italy, Lesotho, Malaysia, Mauritius, Mexico, Papua New Guinea, Spain, Venezuela, and the USA. 

He warned the new cardinals of the virus of polarization and animosity, and xenophobia. He also asked them to protect refugees, who are often classed as enemies. "The virus of polarization and animosity permeates our way of thinking, feeling and acting," the pope said. "We are not immune from this and we need to take care lest such attitudes find a place in our hearts, because this would be contrary to the richness and universality of the church, which is tangibly evident in the College of Cardinals."

Archbishop Patrick D'Rozario, CSC, of the Archdiocese of Dhaka is the first cardinal from Bangladesh. He belongs to the Congregation of Holy Cross, that has been working in the Dhaka and Chittagong regions of Bangladesh since 1853. 

Cardinal Patrick D'Rozario, born on October 1, 1043, was ordained priest on October 8, 1972; anointed the bishop of Rajshahi Diocese on September 12, 1990; appointed the bishop of Chittagong Diocese on February 3, 1995; appointed the Coadjutor Archbishop of Dhaka on November 25, 2010; succeeded the Archbishop of Dhaka on October 22, 2011; and named to the cardinalate on November 19, 2016.

For more, please click on the following:

• Pope creates D'Rozario as 1st Bangladeshi Cardinal (Nov. 19, 2016)
• D'Rozario made first Bangladeshi cardinal (Nov. 20, 2016)
• Pope Francis names 17 new cardinals of Roman Catholic Church (Nov. 19, 2016)
• Pope Francis to New Cardinals: Love Your Enemies (Nov. 19, 2016)
• Pope creates 17 new 'progressive' cardinals (Nov. 19, 2016)
• For Bangladesh's new cardinal, papal visit will boost faith (Nov. 19, 2016)
• Creating new cardinals, Francis warns against 'virus of polarization' in the church (Nov. 19, 2016)
• Patrick D'Rozario of Bangladesh among 17 made cardinals (Nov. 20, 2016)
• To 17 New Cardinals, Pope's Job Description: "To Be Merciful In The Heart of The Church" (November 19, 2016)

The Quotation of the Week (November 20 - 26, 2016)

A quotation of Barbara De Angelis on 'happiness,' compiled by Jerome D'Costa

Artwork © Ujjal Peter D'Costa

Why and How Donald Trump Won the 2016 Presidential Election

Donald Trump during his election campaign

Artwork © Ujjal Peter D'Costa (Nov. 16, 2016)

Until the election day on November 8, Donald Trump was complaining of rigged election, thinking that his opponent Democratic Party nominee Hillary Clinton would win.  Now he has won. Can it be logically said that Donald Trump won the election through the same "rigged system?" Why is he now keeping mum about the rigged election? What an irony!

There is a saying that promises are made to be broken. Donald Trump made so many promises, sometimes weird promises, that he would not be able to fulfill them. 

Any way, let us see why and how Donald Trump won the rancorous 2016 election. Click on the items below to know the details.

• How Donald Trump Won the 2016 election: The insiders tell their story (Nov. 9, 2016)
• How Trump won: The revenge of working-class whites (Nov. 9, 2016)
• How did Trump win? Here are 24 theories (Nov. 10, 2016)
• OPINION: Sutter: Millennials did not elect Trump (Nov. 10, 2016)
• Muslim immigrant woman: I voted Trump (Nov. 11, 2016)
• Spare me the euphemisms. White people made Trump President (Nov.    , 2016) 
• How Donald Trump courted White Americans to victory (Nov. 9, 2016)
• Why did Trump win? Because Democrats stayed home (Nov. 11, 2016)
• 7 Reasons Donald Trump Won the Presidential Election (Nov. 12, 2016)
• Why I voted for Donald Trump (Nov. 13, 2016)
• "We are called redneck, ignorant, racist. That's not true": Trump supporters explain why they voted for him (Nov. 13, 2016)
• Trump's Triumph Powered by Religious Voters (Nov. 9, 2016)
• Trump elected President, Thanks to 4 in 5 White Evangelicals (Nov. 9, 2016) 
• White evangelicals just elected a thrice-married blasphemer: What that means for the religious right (Nov. 10, 2016) 
• US election: Why did evangelicals vote for Donald Trump? (Nov. 16, 2016)
• OPINION: Where Donald Trump got his real power (Nov. 15, 2016) 
• The painfully obvious reason Christians voted for Trump (that liberals just don't understand) (Nov. 14, 2016)
• How the faithful voted: A preliminary 2016 analysis (Nov. 9, 2016)
•  Why did Trump win? Because Democrats stayed home (Nov. 11, 2016)
• Inside the Clinton loss: Who's to blame? (Nov. 11, 2016)
• One-third of Clinton supporters say Trump election is not legitimate, poll finds (Nov. 13, 2016)
• A third of Hillary Clinton supporters Do Not Believe Donald Trump's victory was legitimate, new poll finds (Nov. 13, 2013)

Pope Francis Visits Former Priests With Families in Rome

Pope Francis, on Nov. 11, meets with families of seven ex-priests in Rome

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Pope Francis greets a child of an ex-priest

Photo courtesy: L'Osservatore Romano via CNA

On the last Mercy Friday, on November 11, during the Jubilee of Mercy, Pope Francis met with seven young ex-priests who married and raised families. This unprecedented gesture of the Pope came as a demonstration of mercy.

On that afternoon, the Pope left his residence, St. Martha's House, in the Vatican and went to Ponte di Nona in the eastern suburb of Rome. Seven former priests with wives and children lived there in an apartment building. 

A Vatican communique said that Pope Francis wanted "to offer a sign of closeness and affection to these young men who have made a choice not often shared by their brother priests and families," reports the Catholic News Agency (CNA). 

For more, you may read the following:

• On last Mercy Friday, Francis meets men who left the priesthood (Nov. 11, 2016)
• Francis visits seven former priests, now married, and their families (Nov. 11, 2016)

The Quotation of the Week (November 13 - 19, 2016)

A quotation of Pope Francis on 'mercy,' compiled by Jerome DCosta

Design by Jerome D'Costa

President Barack Obama vs. Impersonator Obama of China

China's Xiao Jiguo impersonates President Barack Obama

Photo courtesy: www.bbc.com/

Chinese actor Xiao Jiguo, 30, who looks alike U.S. President Barack Obama, impersonates him in his acting stunts. He has been quite a stir in China for quite some time. 

When President Barack Obama leaves office in January, 2017, what will happen to this actor? 

More acting as a regular actor!

Learn more about him from the following:

• What will happen to China's Obama now? (Nov. 11, 2016)
• Meet the Chinese Obama impersonator: Can you spot the difference? (Nov. 5, 2016)
• It's the Barack of Beijing! Meet the Chinese actor who looks just like President Obama (Aug. 20, 2016)
• [Video] Meet China's Barack Obama Impersonator Xiao Jiguo (Sept. 23, 2016)
• Images of Xiao Jiguo of China impersonating U.S. President Barack Obama

 

The U.S. Gets Its Czar, President Donald Trump

President-elect Donald Trump

Artwork © Joachim Romeo D'Costa

The tumultuous and acrimonious U.S. Presidential election campaign culminated in the widely unexpected result, the victory of Donald Trump, the Republican presidential nominee. He will be the 45th President of the United States after the two-term President Barack Obama. 

So far Donald Trump received 289 electoral votes as opposed to Democratic Party presidential nominee Hillary Clinton's 218. The CNN termed it as "a stunning repudiation of Washington's political establishment. This also proves that the U.S. is not ready yet to accept a lady president.

Accepting the results, Trump called for unity: "I pledge to every citizen of our land that I will be president for all Americans," reports the CNN. 

Trump expressed his graciousness toward his opponent Hillary Clinton, saying, "We owe (Clinton) a very major debt of gratitude to her for her service to our country. I say it is time for us to come together as one united people." 

Hillary Clinton did not speak publicly on the election night but conceded her defeat to Donald Trump in a private call to him. Later on Wednesday she publicly conceded her defeat. 

The world reaction to the victory of Donald Trump was varied. Russian President Vladimir Putin congratulated Donald Trump and he "has expressed confidence that the dialogue between and Washington, in keeping with each other's views, meets the interests of both Russia and the U.S.," reports Russia Today. 

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu congratulating Trump said, "President-elect Trump is a true friend of the State of Israel. I look forward to working with him to advance security, stability and peace in our region."

U. K. Prime Minister Theresa May said, "We are, and will remain strong and close partners on trade, security and defense."

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said, " We appreciate the friendship you have articulated towards India during your campaign."

King Salman of Saudi Arabia said: “We wish your excellency success in your mission to achieve security and stability in the Middle East and worldwide.”

Chinese President Xi Jinping said: “I place great importance on the China-US relationship, and look forward to working with you to uphold the principles of non-conflict, non-confrontation, mutual respect and win-win cooperation,”

Mexico's reaction was mixed. It said that it would work with President-elect Donald Trump but would not pay for his U.S.-Mexico border wall. 

More Reactions to Donald Trump's Win:

• World Markets Plunge, Then Steady on Trump Victory (Nov. 9, 2016) 
• Clinton, Obama pledge unity behind Trump presidency (Nov. 9, 2016)
• President Obama Full Speech on Donald Trump Win (Nov. 9, 2016)
• 13 photos of Donald Trump Supporters Celebrating (Nov. 9, 2016)
• Cheers as Donald Trump is elected the next US president (Nov. 9, 2016)
  
• Anti-Donald Trump protests break out in New York and Chicago after US election results (Nov. 9, 2016) 
• Trump win sparks student walkout and angry protests across California (Nov. 9, 2016)
• Thousands take to streets of U.S. cities to protest Trump victory (Nov. 9, 2016)
• Live: Millions of protesters take to streets in US to voice anger at Donald Trump Presidency (Nov. 10, 2016)
• Vatican prays Trump presidency will promote peace amid conflict (Nov. 9, 2916)
  
• Donald Trump's Win Goes Down Hard in Mexico (Nov. 9, 2016)
•  Mexico will not pay for Trump wall, but seeks cooperation (Nov. 9, 2016)
• 'Dear God, America what have you done?': How the world and its media reacted as Donald Trump became US President-elect (Nov. 9, 2016)
• World reaction to Donald Trump's election win (Nov. 8, 2016)
• Russia's Putin, others pleased as Trump win shocks world (Nov. 9, 2016)
• Total global disbelief as Trump is elected president (Nov. 9, 2016)
• Newspaper Front Pages Around the World After Donald Trump's Win (Nov. 9, 2016) 
• Front pages across the world react to Donald Trump's US presidential election win with mixture of glee and horror (Nov. 9, 2016)
• See How the World's Newspapers Reported Donald Trump Victory (Nov. 9, 2016)
• The World Reacts: Everyone has an opinion on President Trump (Nov. 9, 2016)
  

(Updated on Nov. 9, 2016: 10:30 p.m.)