tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1015949969530867456.post4615884430159959679..comments2024-01-09T15:49:37.273-05:00Comments on THE TENTH CRUSADE: Commonweal Magazine, Bishop Kicanas and the Subculture of FundelinTTChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08738875888053745269noreply@blogger.comBlogger37125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1015949969530867456.post-80646951054366303762010-12-02T06:35:23.277-05:002010-12-02T06:35:23.277-05:00Nancy,
I love your zeal. God bless you!
The peop...Nancy,<br /><br />I love your zeal. God bless you!<br /><br />The people are in deep doo doo but the Church is forever. Luckily, Christ had the wherewithall to entrust His Church to a Higher power.<br /><br />Generally speaking, the folks operating that site do not want their readers to know the truth. They will generally delete or block people who speak the truth. I need to use my time wisely. If you think there is something in particular over there I can contribute to, send me the link and I will post something and see what happens.<br /><br />Those folks are in the darkness. They want a fan club, not truth. If the consciences of their readership wakes up, they lose their self esteem when their errors are exposed.TTChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08738875888053745269noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1015949969530867456.post-91034500413298433192010-12-01T23:48:25.160-05:002010-12-01T23:48:25.160-05:00Carol, The Church is in serious trouble. Now, more...Carol, The Church is in serious trouble. Now, more than ever, she needs your help in defending the Faith.N.D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/14319122125249787860noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1015949969530867456.post-51421668048401170842010-12-01T22:00:41.196-05:002010-12-01T22:00:41.196-05:00Nancy,
I appreciate your thoughts. I'm not s...Nancy,<br /><br />I appreciate your thoughts. I'm not sure that is right now a productive use of our time.TTChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08738875888053745269noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1015949969530867456.post-5218256960040608272010-12-01T20:03:36.497-05:002010-12-01T20:03:36.497-05:00I think St.Michael The Archangel would tell you to...I think St.Michael The Archangel would tell you to go on the Commonweal site and defend your Faith without ad hominem attacks which would be much more productive then simply talking amongst yourselves.N.D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/14319122125249787860noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1015949969530867456.post-391520463019116712010-11-22T11:55:25.756-05:002010-11-22T11:55:25.756-05:00I hate to rain on the parade.
I love what you do,...I hate to rain on the parade.<br /><br />I love what you do, but this is a myth.<br />"I have to tell you that many men homosexual men went into the seminary in good faith to be celibate and these bastards plied them with booze and took advantage of them."<br /><br /> Homosexual is a verb. The only escape is to 'no longer be one of them'. It is a club complete with rituals and traditions and it is part of the occult. Please read about the issue of queers in the church on BHE. <br /><br />A man who would rape a boy would have no trouble murdering him if he thought he could get away with it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1015949969530867456.post-74503093045374368622010-11-16T12:56:34.509-05:002010-11-16T12:56:34.509-05:00Hi Jack,
It was too early in the day for me to ca...Hi Jack,<br /><br />It was too early in the day for me to catch the sarcasm! I'll save the inquisition for another time.<br /><br />Yes, Carol, good news and good work.Jerrynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1015949969530867456.post-41613299468339587272010-11-16T11:46:59.053-05:002010-11-16T11:46:59.053-05:00Hi Jerry,
Well I'll be a monkey's uncle! ...Hi Jerry,<br /><br />Well I'll be a monkey's uncle! Or more accurately, a monkey's nephew, I suppose. And here I thought that apple-eating incident was allegorical! :-)<br /><br />BTW, in the future, if Carol is praying for something, I'm going to bet heavily on her side. Great work, Carol, and thanks. Tim Dolan owes you a dinner. Commonsqueal has already started their weeping and teeth-gnashing. That site needs a cyber-exorcist. Is there a <i> Rituale Romanum </i> (the old one, you know, the Catholic one) online?Jack O'Malleynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1015949969530867456.post-30045406991117830082010-11-16T09:59:08.282-05:002010-11-16T09:59:08.282-05:00Hi Jack,
"After all, even the Church acknowl...Hi Jack,<br /><br />"After all, even the Church acknowledges the Darwinian account of evolution."<br /><br />Actually, it's just the recent two popes who've gone off the edge on this. The Church cannot admit evolution because it runs up against the Fall, Original Sin, and St. Thomas Aquinas. But this is going off topic.Jerrynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1015949969530867456.post-12269327153628267432010-11-16T00:29:14.928-05:002010-11-16T00:29:14.928-05:00Carol,
Yes I actually watched the entire hour of ...Carol,<br /><br />Yes I actually watched the entire hour of the "CIA" video. He makes some good points. But I'm not sure I'd like to live under a "Catholic monarchy" where only Catholics, and virtuous Catholics at that, are allowed to vote. He's a good presenter but a bit barmy. After all, even the Church acknowledges the Darwinian account of evolution. Once burnt by Galileo, twice shy, I guess.<br /><br />BTW, when I write "écrazez l'infâme", I don't mean it in the worst Voltairean sense - merely that this masonic and sodomite infested temporal institution of our days should be crushed and the True Church of Christ be restored.<br /><br />I vaguely recall that the cynic Voltaire called a priest for Extreme Unction (do they do that anymore in the masonic rite today?) to his deathbed.Jack O'Malleynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1015949969530867456.post-6661735305913137992010-11-16T00:22:11.113-05:002010-11-16T00:22:11.113-05:00Thanks Jack.
btw - the cleric that abused the S...Thanks Jack. <br /><br />btw - the cleric that abused the Sacrament of Confession sounds like he repented and worked hard to win back his soul. He did leave the priesthood (I think!) He was baited into whatever spiritual morass was going on under the nose of Kicanas and I pray that he has steadfast in holding onto Christ all the way through the race.<br /><br />I wouldn't want to discourage him since the last record we have of him sounded victorious -- just in case he ever came across this.<br /><br />Thanks for encouragement on the Commonweal thread. <br /><br /><br />Nighty nights!TTChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08738875888053745269noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1015949969530867456.post-78673452275499021892010-11-15T23:59:07.985-05:002010-11-15T23:59:07.985-05:00Carol: Don't hold back, tell us how you reall...Carol: <i> Don't hold back, tell us how you really feel. </i><br /><br />Absolutely. Any Irishman who holds back is a crypto-Sassanach! ;-)<br /><br /><i> It was sex, booze, wild music, dancing and more sex </i><br /><br />I'm reminded of Bernie Law losing it when he found out a priest had had an affair with a <i> woman! </i> I don't have the link at the moment but there was an article in the Globe during the heyday of the scandal when Bernie was praising the likes of Geoghan and damning some poor bastard that had fallen in love in God's natural way. <br /><br /><i> Kicanas must have had a good set of ear plugs which have probably come in handy every six months at the Bishop's conferences these past 20 or so years. </i><br /><br />These "portly gentleman" dining on the the dime of the devout every six months? Is that in itself not a scandal? Throw the bums out! What's the use of a bishops' conference anyway? They should spend the time washing the wounds of lepers.<br /><br /><i> I have to tell you that many men homosexual men went into the seminary in good faith to be celibate and these bastards plied them with booze and took advantage of them. Reading the story of that poor young man, my blood pressure boils. What they have done to Christ's Church is despicable. </i><br /><br />Yes, it is. I think that the teaching of the Magisterium is spot on. I'm not knowledgeable enough about the mental disease to know whether it is able to be cured or even suppressed. But if a man is inclined to same-sex attraction, despite the natural disorder of such inclination, and chastely refrains from homoerotic acts, then he should not be denied ordination. If he permits himself to be plied with booze and yields to his satanic impulses, then he is twice guilty and ought to find another career. The pervert who plied him ought to be drummed out of the priesthood forthwith. <br /><br />But we both know that does not happen. The episcopate is rife with inverts as well. Sodom survived the hail of brimstone. <br /><br /><i> Pray hard. </i><br /><br />Yes, exactly. And God bless you for your dedication to the Faith. You certainly give those Commonweal heretics a run for their money. They're nothing but a bunch of Kerry Healey episcopalians.Jack O'Malleynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1015949969530867456.post-16968701346869205062010-11-15T23:50:46.659-05:002010-11-15T23:50:46.659-05:00p.s. Jack - Have you seen Michael Voris' lates...p.s. Jack - Have you seen Michael Voris' latest? He takes some good swipes at Voltaire.TTChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08738875888053745269noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1015949969530867456.post-5053073658071711412010-11-15T23:27:27.779-05:002010-11-15T23:27:27.779-05:00Jerry, sounds ghastly.
You know how I hate the wo...Jerry, sounds ghastly.<br /><br />You know how I hate the word sodomites.TTChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08738875888053745269noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1015949969530867456.post-25509069200038487722010-11-15T22:58:46.865-05:002010-11-15T22:58:46.865-05:00"But is it any different than it was 2000 yea..."But is it any different than it was 2000 years ago, really?"<br /><br />Pope St. Peter said, (2 Peter 4-10) "For if God spared not the angels that sinned, but delivered them, drawn down by infernal ropes to the lower hell, unto torments, to be reserved unto judgment: 5 And spared not the original world, but preserved Noe, the eighth person, the preacher of justice, bringing in the flood upon the world of the ungodly. 6 And reducing the cities of the Sodomites and of the Gomorrhites into ashes, condemned them to be overthrown, making them an example to those that should after act wickedly, 7 and delivered just Lot, oppressed by the injustice and lewd conversation of the wicked: 8 For in sight and hearing he was just, dwelling among them who from day to day vexed the just soul with unjust works. 9 The Lord knows how to deliver the godly from temptation, but to reserve the unjust unto the day of judgment to be tormented: 10 And especially them who walk after the flesh in the lust of uncleanness and despise government: audacious, self willed, they fear not to bring in sects, blaspheming."<br /><br />That's 1950 years ago. Sounds pretty solid to me. Really.Jerrynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1015949969530867456.post-63541500664780766362010-11-15T22:54:05.453-05:002010-11-15T22:54:05.453-05:00Jack,
Don't hold back, tell us how you really...Jack,<br /><br />Don't hold back, tell us how you really feel.<br /><br />Fundelin was apparently the nickname seminarians gave Mundelein. It was sex, booze, wild music, dancing and more sex. In other words, it was a whore house. Kicanas must have had a good set of ear plugs which have probably come in handy every six months at the Bishop's conferences these past 20 or so years.<br /><br />I have to tell you that many men homosexual men went into the seminary in good faith to be celibate and these bastards plied them with booze and took advantage of them. Reading the story of that poor young man, my blood pressure boils. What they have done to Christ's Church is despicable.<br /><br />Pray hard.TTChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08738875888053745269noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1015949969530867456.post-67862337714148656482010-11-15T22:39:19.580-05:002010-11-15T22:39:19.580-05:00ps..I should have added that I am not jumping for ...ps..I should have added that I am not jumping for joy about the chaos in Rome. But is it any different than it was 2000 years ago, really?<br /><br />They're shivering under thy beds but they will come out eventually.TTChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08738875888053745269noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1015949969530867456.post-79080170984849425212010-11-15T22:36:02.719-05:002010-11-15T22:36:02.719-05:00Thanks for all your great comments.
The Rainbow...Thanks for all your great comments. <br /><br />The Rainbow Sash people know their peeps at the USCCB, don't they. <br /><br />I agree Larry about the Commonweal crowd. Their 'concern' about sexual abuse was limited to Bishops selling celibacy and morality. What a bunch of frauds.<br /><br /> Interestingly enough, they're now complaining over there that they can't drum up the kind of support for Bp. Kicanas Grant was hoping to drum up. Apparently selling drunkenness,groping and sex as the the indicators of readiness for celibacy and ordination is not gelling.<br /><br />n.b. Can we keep from throwing the Pope under the bus? He's with us. Really.TTChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08738875888053745269noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1015949969530867456.post-20234704024253880282010-11-15T22:31:53.831-05:002010-11-15T22:31:53.831-05:00Maybe it's just me but I don't get the jok...Maybe it's just me but I don't get the joke about "Fundelin". Besides Carol's use of the term, I read it also on the convoluted thread on Commonweal, which I could make neither heads nor tails of, except that that Grant Gallego character or whatever his name is, seems to have a napoleon complex. If he'd enough faggots he'd be running the biggest auto-da-fe in town right on Boston Common. . I use "faggots" in the Inquisitional sense. Grant's sense would be of a different type of flamer. Where's Fr. Feeney when we need him? Apologies to Dick Cushing who went to the Perry School in Southie and had a Jewish brother-in-law and was great friends with Stan Blinstrub. I hope you're not with the majority of bishops, Your Eminence, your honoured skull paving the floor of the devil's jacks and getting the asperges of every demonic fiend that needs to relieve himself after his saturnalian licentiousness. Bejasus, it sounds like a night at Mundelein. But all Southie guys go to heaven, as a good old local Jebby once told me.<br /><br />Anywho, what does "Fundelin" mean? The name of Kicanas' hotbed of homoerotic horniness is Mundelein, isn't it? Is it something to do with the buggers that ran it?<br /><br />A side point: is anyone convinced that the majority of these bishops give new significance to the term "portly gentlemen"? I find it reprehensible to fund a cabal that drinks better wine and eats more beef than I can afford. I had thought that asceticism was a Catholic virtue. They must have changed that at Vatican II. Naaahh ... <br /><br />Écrasez l'infâme!Jack O'Malleynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1015949969530867456.post-70430060919315825472010-11-15T22:19:56.387-05:002010-11-15T22:19:56.387-05:00Jerry
Whatever. Solution is get rid of all the fr...Jerry<br />Whatever. Solution is get rid of all the freemason's in the Church & see what's left.<br /><br />and Pray for ALL the good & holy Priests - Adopt a Priest in Prayer.kdnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1015949969530867456.post-84221819643019228932010-11-15T21:33:36.792-05:002010-11-15T21:33:36.792-05:00Commonweal would be in a tizzy if a different bish...Commonweal would be in a tizzy if a different bishop, say Chaput or Nienstadt, was likely to be elected USCCB president, and this same situation had occurred under their watch. They'd be brandishing pitchforks.Larry Denningerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06015803653090711740noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1015949969530867456.post-12258909596997463492010-11-15T20:49:29.947-05:002010-11-15T20:49:29.947-05:00And if St. Pius V isn't clear enough, hear St....And if St. Pius V isn't clear enough, hear St. Basil the Great:<br /><br />"The cleric or monk who molests youths or boys or is caught kissing or committing some turpitude, let him be whipped in public, deprived of his crown [tonsure] and, after having his head shaved, let his face be covered with spittle; and [let him be] bound in iron chains, condemned to six months in prison, reduced to eating rye bread once a day in the evening three times per week. After these six months living in a separate cell under the custody of a wise elder with great spiritual experience, let him be subjected to prayers, vigils, and manual work, always under the guard of two spiritual brothers, without being allowed to have any relationship ... with young people."Jerrynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1015949969530867456.post-25271260788184458802010-11-15T20:30:36.883-05:002010-11-15T20:30:36.883-05:00Here's the Tradition of the Church, as decreed...Here's the Tradition of the Church, as decreed by Pope St. Pius V:<br /><br />“So that the contagion of such a grave offense may not advance with greater audacity, taking advantage of impunity, which is the greatest incitement to sin, and so as to more severely punish the clerics who are guilty of this nefarious crime and who are not frightened by the death of their souls, we determine that they should be handed over to the secular authority, which enforces civil law. Therefore, wishing to pursue with the greatest rigor that which we have decreed since the beginning of Our Pontificate, we establish that any priest or member of the clergy, either secular or regular, who commits such an execrable crime, by force of the present law be deprived of every clerical privilege, of every post, dignity and ecclesiastical benefit, and having been degraded by an ecclesiastical judge, be immediately delivered to the secular authority to be executed as mandated by law, according to the appropriate punishment for laymen plunged in this abyss.”Jerrynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1015949969530867456.post-2363538668428918002010-11-15T19:34:30.683-05:002010-11-15T19:34:30.683-05:00Hi kd,
The Nov 29, 2005 Vatican instruction does ...Hi kd,<br /><br />The Nov 29, 2005 Vatican instruction does not ban ordination of homos. That's discussed in the article I linked above (<a href="http://www.latinmassnetwork.net/2009/01/17/vatican-report-us-seminaries-a.html" rel="nofollow">link</a>). The document does not define "deep-rooted tendencies," and the former president of the USCCB, Bp. Skylstad, said that men with a lasting same-sex attraction can be ordained, according to the instruction.<br /><br />So when did Rome straighten out Skylstad? You get three guesses, and the first two don't count. There is nothing to straighten out because the document specifically says it's OK to ordain homo-tendency types and those who had "transitory" problems.<br /><br />Well, "transitory problems" is Kicanas' argument exactly re McCormack! Kicanas is fully in accord with the instruction. It's you complainers who are out of line, right?Jerrynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1015949969530867456.post-53534050265982244732010-11-15T18:07:02.899-05:002010-11-15T18:07:02.899-05:00Jerry
Vatican Says No Homosexuals in Priesthood – ...Jerry<br />Vatican Says No Homosexuals in Priesthood – Approved by Pope Benedict<br /><br />ROME, September 19, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) - Homosexual men may not be admitted to the Catholic priesthood, according to a soon-to-be released document that has been approved by Pope Benedict XVI. The document has been anticipated since before the death of Pope John Paul II and speculation has raged that it would retreat for political reasons from declaring a ban on ordaining declared homosexual men. <br /><br />In a media update today, Catholic World News says that the text was approved by Pope Benedict at the end of August. The document, to be classed as an “Instruction” comes from the Congregation for Catholic Education and says that homosexual men should not be admitted to seminaries even if they are celibate. It says that homosexuality, understood by the Catholic Church as a moral and psychological disorder, seriously “detracts from their ability to serve as ministers.”<br /><br />The document is expected to be released to the public after the international Bishops synod in Rome in October. <br /><br />In 2002, the same year the scandal of widespread abuse of minors by homosexual predators in the priesthood, Catholic journalist and author, Michael Rose, released his best-selling exposé of what he identified as a homosexual underground in the seminary system that reached all the way into chanceries. Rose implicated bishops and seminary rectors as well as priests in enormous network whose objective was to make the Catholic priesthood a “gay profession.” The presence of the “lavender mafia” in US seminaries, said Rose in his book, has led to a clerical culture in which the teaching of the Catholic Church on other doctrinal issues, especially on abortion, contraception and marriage, is undermined or ignored.<br /><br />Since 2002, the mainstream media and significant portions of the Catholic community have been attempting to paint the issue as one of “priestly pedophilia,” rather than homosexual predation. This, despite statistics that have clearly shown the great majority of abuse victims were young adolescent men and boys in their teens. The scandal has been a disaster for Catholics in the US, resulting in billions of dollars lost to law suits and a number of dioceses declaring bankruptcy.<br /><br />The controversy over the anticipated document has been fueled by a long delay and speculation that the Vatican intended to back away from an outright ban on homosexuals in the priesthood. As recently as August 31, The Age newspaper in Australia was reporting that an unnamed highly placed Vatican source said the document was to be “shelved.”<br /><br />Today’s announcement came at the same time as the US Church gears up for a Vatican-ordered inspection of seminaries. Archbishop Edwin O’Brien, the head of the Archdiocese for the Military Services and the bishop appointed by Rome to head the investigation has said that he believes men with “strong homosexual inclinations” should not be allowed to enter seminaries. <br /><br />A vocal group of homosexuals and their supporters in the priesthood and hierarchy have been advocating that the inspection of seminaries should focus on the issue of “celibacy” rather than homosexuality. This is seen by many as a smokescreen and a convenient back door for bishops who hesitate to support the Catholic teaching which has long been that homosexual men may not be ordained. <br /><br />The seminary inspection will also investigate faculty members for dissent from Catholic teaching which Fr. Richard John Neuhaus has proclaimed is the root cause of the sexual scandals. In preliminary documents, the Vatican has ordered that areas to be examined include whether "there is a clear process for removing" dissident faculty.<br />sorry if this is dupl. had trouble posting.kdnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1015949969530867456.post-32310224784242788882010-11-15T18:03:52.874-05:002010-11-15T18:03:52.874-05:00Jerry
--------------------------------------------...Jerry<br />--------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br /><br />Vatican Says No Homosexuals in Priesthood – Approved by Pope Benedict<br /><br />ROME, September 19, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) - Homosexual men may not be admitted to the Catholic priesthood, according to a soon-to-be released document that has been approved by Pope Benedict XVI. The document has been anticipated since before the death of Pope John Paul II and speculation has raged that it would retreat for political reasons from declaring a ban on ordaining declared homosexual men. <br /><br />In a media update today, Catholic World News says that the text was approved by Pope Benedict at the end of August. The document, to be classed as an “Instruction” comes from the Congregation for Catholic Education and says that homosexual men should not be admitted to seminaries even if they are celibate. It says that homosexuality, understood by the Catholic Church as a moral and psychological disorder, seriously “detracts from their ability to serve as ministers.”<br /><br />The document is expected to be released to the public after the international Bishops synod in Rome in October. <br /><br />In 2002, the same year the scandal of widespread abuse of minors by homosexual predators in the priesthood, Catholic journalist and author, Michael Rose, released his best-selling exposé of what he identified as a homosexual underground in the seminary system that reached all the way into chanceries. Rose implicated bishops and seminary rectors as well as priests in enormous network whose objective was to make the Catholic priesthood a “gay profession.” The presence of the “lavender mafia” in US seminaries, said Rose in his book, has led to a clerical culture in which the teaching of the Catholic Church on other doctrinal issues, especially on abortion, contraception and marriage, is undermined or ignored.<br /><br />Since 2002, the mainstream media and significant portions of the Catholic community have been attempting to paint the issue as one of “priestly pedophilia,” rather than homosexual predation. This, despite statistics that have clearly shown the great majority of abuse victims were young adolescent men and boys in their teens. The scandal has been a disaster for Catholics in the US, resulting in billions of dollars lost to law suits and a number of dioceses declaring bankruptcy.<br /><br />The controversy over the anticipated document has been fueled by a long delay and speculation that the Vatican intended to back away from an outright ban on homosexuals in the priesthood. As recently as August 31, The Age newspaper in Australia was reporting that an unnamed highly placed Vatican source said the document was to be “shelved.”<br /><br />Today’s announcement came at the same time as the US Church gears up for a Vatican-ordered inspection of seminaries. Archbishop Edwin O’Brien, the head of the Archdiocese for the Military Services and the bishop appointed by Rome to head the investigation has said that he believes men with “strong homosexual inclinations” should not be allowed to enter seminaries. <br /><br />A vocal group of homosexuals and their supporters in the priesthood and hierarchy have been advocating that the inspection of seminaries should focus on the issue of “celibacy” rather than homosexuality. This is seen by many as a smokescreen and a convenient back door for bishops who hesitate to support the Catholic teaching which has long been that homosexual men may not be ordained. <br /><br />The seminary inspection will also investigate faculty members for dissent from Catholic teaching which Fr. Richard John Neuhaus has proclaimed is the root cause of the sexual scandals. In preliminary documents, the Vatican has ordered that areas to be examined include whether "there is a clear process for removing" dissident faculty.kdnoreply@blogger.com