by Pave The Way Foundation | Sep 6, 2018 | Charity & Commemoration
In December 2012, Sam Philipe, PTWF Director for Israel, made a plea on behalf of Pave the Way Foundation to the government of Israel to suspend any planned deportation of Philippine pilgrims who had overstayed their visas during the Christmas season. He wished that that they might travel to Bethlehem without fear of arrest.
Recently, Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte made the first visit by a Philippines president to Israel and met with Sam to thank him for his intercession in 2012.
by Pave The Way Foundation | Jul 31, 2018 | Education
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Armenian Genocide (Armenian: Հայոց ցեղասպանություն,[note 3] Hayots tseghaspanutyun), also known as the Armenian Holocaust,[9] was the Ottoman government‘s systematic extermination of 1.5 million rmenians,[note 2] mostly citizens within the Ottoman Empire.[10][11]
The starting date is conventionally held to be 24 April 1915, the day that Ottoman authorities rounded up, arrested, and deported from Constantinople (now Istanbul) to the region of Ankara 235 to 270 Armenian intellectuals and community leaders, the majority of whom were eventually murdered. The genocide was carried out during and after World War I and implemented in two phases—the wholesale killing of the able-bodied male population through massacre and subjection of army conscripts to forced labour, followed by the deportation of women, children, the elderly, and the infirm on death marches leading to the Syrian Desert. Driven forward by military escorts, the deportees were deprived of food and water and subjected to periodic robbery, rape, and massacre.[12] Other ethnic groups were similarly targeted for extermination in the Assyrian genocide and the Greek genocide, and their treatment is considered by some historians to be part of the same genocidal policy.[1][2] Most Armenian diaspora communities around the world came into being as a direct result of the genocide.[13]
Raphael Lemkin was moved specifically by the annihilation of the Armenians to define systematic and premeditated exterminations within legal parameters and coin the word genocide in 1943.[14] The Armenian Genocide is acknowledged to have been one of the first modern genocides,[15][16][17] because scholars point to the organized manner in which the killings were carried out. It is the second most-studied case of genocide after the Holocaust.[18]
Turkey denies the word genocide is an accurate term for these crimes. In recent years, Turkey has been faced with repeated calls to recognize them as genocide.[19] As of 2018[update], 29 countries have officially recognized the mass killings as genocide, as have most genocide scholars and historians.[20][21]
PTWF Director for Germany, Dr. Michael Hesemann, has for years researched the Vatican Apostolic Archives (formerly known as the Secret Archives) for Pave the Way in an attempt to uncover evidence of the Vatican’s life-saving actions undertook to protect and save Jewish lives during WWII. In conducting this research, he discovered over 2,000 pages of primary source documents, evidencing the Ottoman Turkish Empire’s systematic murder of over 1.5 million Armenians from Constantinople. He was also able to find documentation proving that the Holy See had intervened in an attempt to stop this tragedy from occurring.
by Pave The Way Foundation | Jul 13, 2018 | Education
PTWF Acts When Other Organizations Remain Silent.
FIGHT FALSE AND BIASED REPORTING WHICH ONLY SUCCEEDS IN INCITING HATRED
HEADLINE: CHRISTIANS NO LONGER WELCOME IN ISRAEL – PTWF interceded to identify a policy that required written permission to enter parts of the Palestinian territories. By acting immediately to remove such policy, Christian pilgrims were once again admitted to the Holy Land.
Article on AsiaNews.it covering the story
HEADLINE: VATICAN ERASES THE STATE OF ISRAEL– A bus riding in Rome said “Come to the Holy Land visit Palestine” with the official logo of the Rome travel service (Opera Romano). The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) immediately launched an international protest, condemning the Vatican for this. PTWF contacted the ZOA and had them retract their statement, which they did the following day. We contacted Opera Romano and the municipal police of Rome to determine this was a complete hoax, not authorized by Opera Romano.
http://www.jewishpress.com/news/zoa-appalled-that-vatican-tours-erase-israel/2016/11/30/
HEADLINE: CATHOLIC CHURCH CONSIDERS ALL OF ISRAEL AS OCCUPIED TERRITORY– Vatican owned Bethlehem University stated on their FAQ website page that “visas are needed while traveling through occupied Palestinian.”
This was posted by a biased student, unbeknownst to University administration. One hour after discovering this intentional misrepresentation, PTWF contacted the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem directly. The Chancellor of the University was shocked that this information appeared on the University website and immediately ordered it removed. PTWF acted before this could be reported by the media.
HEADLINE: POPE BENEDICT XVI EMBRACES ANTI SEMITIC BREAKAWAY CULT SOCIETY OF PIUS X BY LIFTING THE BAN OF EXCOMMUNICATION
PTWF immediately called a high Justice of the Roman Rota for a definition of “lifting the ban of excommunication”. In reality, this term is simply a legal requirement in order to negotiate the return of any breakaway group that does not embrace the Second Vatican Councils Declaration of Nostre Aetate. Further, this only allowed the curia to speak to the group, the Society of Pius X, it did not allow full communion. After the Pope was attacked by Catholics and non-Catholics alike, PTWF immediately contacted the Cardinal Secretary of State to issue a press release explaining this subtle, yet vital difference in terms. The press release was issued and calmed the attacks. Pope Benedict gratefully acknowledged the intervention of Pave the Way Foundation.
Americanmagazine.org article
HEADLINE: JERUSALEM CHRISTIANS UNITE…TO CLOSE CHURCH OF THE HOLY SEPULCHRE
PTWF interceded immediately through its connections to the Prime Ministers office to encourage him to end the standoff. The Prime Minister acted and the crisis ended.
Christianity Today
PTWF USES FACTS AND PROOF TO CORRECT REVISIONIST HISTORY
HITLER’S POPE AND VATICAN IGNORED THE PLIGHT OF THE JEWISH PEOPLE DURING WWII–
Since 2006, PTWF has used its unique and internationally recognized relationship with the Vatican to access and gain permission to publish over 76,000 pages of primary sourced documentation on our website to refute this statement.
THE TURKISH GOVERNMENT IGNORED ITS HISTORICAL RESPONSIBILITY TO ACKNOWLEDGE ITS ACTIONS RESULTING IN THE GENOCIDE COMMITTED AGAINST THE ARMENIAN PEOPLE
PTWF’s German representative and primary archival researcher, Dr. Michael Hesemann has uncovered over 2,000 pages of Vatican documents clearly proving this history. We are currently promoting international exposure to these facts.
THE TURKISH GOVERNMENT IGNORED ITS HISTORICAL RESPONSIBILITY TO REOPEN THE HALKI SEMINARY
REVEALING THE FATWA (Religious Order) OF THE PROPHET MUHAMMAD IN 628 AD FORBIDDING HIS FOLLOWERS TO HARM CHRISTIANS AND JEWS
Working tirelessly with internationally respected Islamic scholars, PTWF has attempted to reveal the Covenants of Protection, issued by the Prophet Muhammad to protect Christians and Jews. The fatwa threatens those who don’t comply, their punishment shall come on judgement day.
by Pave The Way Foundation | Jun 21, 2018 | Charity & Commemoration
PTWF Youth Directors Kirsten and Heather Keleher initiated a project to aid North Carolina seasonal agricultural migrant workers. North Carolina has one of the nation’s largest population of seasonal migrant farm workers. They arrive to work with next to nothing beyond basic living needs. Following the PTWF mantra, Heather and Kirsten have been identifying basic goods needed by these hard working people and building Welcome Packages for them, containing supplies.
“Four years and over 4,400 migrant farm workers served.
Heather and Kirsten Keleher, Pave the Way Foundation’s Youth Directors, founded Migrant Ministry in 2014 to provide Welcome Packages to North Carolina’s migrant farm worker population.
Standing in the shadow of the Vatican in 2013, as Pope Francis spread a message of love transcending all differences and compassion for those who leave their homes in search of better lives, the Keleher family began to ask how they could make a difference in the lives of those a little closer to home. Natives of North Carolina, where the migrant farm worker population is the sixth largest in the United States, Heather and Kirsten found their calling. After meeting Pope Francis with Father Hector LaChapelle through Pave the Way Foundation in February 2015, their mission was solidified.
By organizing drives in churches, schools, neighborhoods, universities, and communities across the state of North Carolina, Migrant Ministry collects items that the migrant farm workers need when they come from Mexico and Central America on crowded buses with limited belongings. Through strategic partnerships, Migrant Ministry has increased the number of farm workers reached every year since its inception.
What will the future bring for Migrant Ministry?
Migrant Ministry strives to reach more than 1,800 men in our 2018-2019 year, expand drives to a larger number of schools and churches, and recruit high school students to become leaders in planning and executing drives in their communities.
Four years later, Migrant Ministry is going strong. We look forward to all that the next four years will bring!”
by Pave The Way Foundation | Mar 16, 2017 | Peace
In cooperation with the Israeli government, Pave the Way Foundation supplies much needed baby formula and diabetes medication to Syrian refugees.
In cooperation with the IDF, PTWF supplied needed baby formula, and special medications for Syrian refugees in partnership with Israeli operation “Good Neighbor.”
Below is a photo of the IDF (Israeli Defense Forces) picking up cartons of baby formula and the instruction card for use in Arabic.
Special thanks to Mr. Hilary Ryan, PTWF Director William Cox, and the Boards of Directors and Advisors of PTWF who supported this project.
