Tuesday, July 14, 2020
Viganò Calls Francis An "Argentinian Liquidator”
Viganò explains that many bishops at Vatican II were intellectually corrupt, since the solid preparatory documents could so easily be replaced with cheap innovation texts.
For Viganò, Vatican II was a "dishonest operation" and a "scam carried out against the faithful and the clergy.”
Since Vatican II, he explains, the Church went on a "slippery, unfortunate and destructive path” that finally reached "the bankruptcy of the company at the hands of its Argentinian liquidator" who is "ready to deliver the Church of Mercy Co. into the hands of the New World Order.”
Viganò suspects that Francis is confident to be given "some sort of managerial role" in this new structure "if only out of recognition for the work of destruction he has accomplished."
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Pope Shea Wants Austin Ruse Fired for Ridiculing Holy Pandemic Inquisition
Sunday, July 12, 2020
Destruction of Hagia Sophia's Mosaics Feared
Vienna (kath.net/KAP) The Austrian aid organization "Christians in Need" (CiN; formerly "Christian Solidarity International"/CSI) now fears the destruction of the 1,300-year-old mosaics in Hagia Sophia. "It is to be feared that the Christian mosaics in the dome of Hagia Sophia will now be destroyed once and for all. If Sultan Mehmed II had covered the Christian mosaics with plaster after the conquest of Constantinople in 1453, it is now to be feared that the mosaics themselves will now be destroyed, following the example of the assault on images by the 'IS'. Under no circumstances can these remain visible, because otherwise the regulations of the pictureless mosque - at the latest from the 8th century. If the ban on images is unreservedly enshrined in Islam - it is not enough to do so," CiN Secretary General Elmar Kuhn said in a statement on Sunday. The background is the decided conversion of the former Constantinople Cathedral, which in Ottoman times was a mosque and then a museum for 86 years, into an Isamian place of prayer.
With the fall of "ISIS" (Islamic State), the world had hoped that politics would return to reason. This also includes the fact that politics ceases to use religion as a tool. With the reassignment of Hagia Sophia in Istanbul to a mosque, it is to be feared that the image-storm mentality of ISIS will become acceptable, the statement continued.
World expects the peaceful contribution of religions
Overall, a great opportunity has been lost to find a way of dialogue and mutual respect. Then the reassignment from a museum to a house of prayer could have been a constructive sign. Hagia Sophia, also because of its great history, would be a true and unifying World Heritage Site. For the world rightly expects the contribution of religions to peace, justice and the preservation of creation, rather than to new violations and conflicts.
Although around 75 percent of the Turkish population would welcome the current re-Islamization of the originally Christian Hagia Sophia, this shows that the gap between the people, who rely on a respectful dialogue between religions and a religiously nationalist instrumentalized population in Turkey, goes deep. "This makes the development of a modern Turkey and its treatment of religious minorities worse. It is also clear that Kemal Atatürk's separation of state and religion is also clear, but as the situation in Europe shows, it certainly allows and can even promote cooperation for the benefit of the people," Kuhn emphasizes.
In the dedication of Hagia Sophia as a museum, a modus vivendi had been found since 1934, which also showed respect for the religious feelings of Orthodox Christians - and many Western Christians. "The fact that this respect is now deliberately being trampled underfoot is unfortunately an affront of the first kind. The impact on the Sunni-Christian dialogue, which has so far been so positive, is not yet foreseeable. A wave of fundamentalization is now to be feared on both sides, both with Christians and Muslims." But - Kuhn continues: "We hope and pray that the reconciliation projects of "Christians In Need" in Muslim countries will not be affected by this cultural vandalism." [In many respects CiN sounds like just another NGO]
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Early morning fire destroys much of 249-year-old San Gabriel Mission church
A fire broke out at the San Gabriel Mission early Saturday and burned the roof and much of the church’s interior, officials said.
Authorities have not determined what caused the blaze at the 249-year-old church on 428 S. Mission Drive.
The San Gabriel Fire Department received a call about the fire at around 4:30 a.m. and arrived at the scene to find flames through the roof, Capt. Antonio Negrete told KTLA.
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Saturday, July 11, 2020
David Cole's Interview With Hutton Gibson is Forthcoming
30 years from now, Thug Gordon won't be skateboarding
Friday, July 10, 2020
In defense of a good priest
7th Century Fore Abbey |
Newsom Abetting China in Planned Takeover of America
“That’s because this isn’t a billion dollars for ‘masks,'” writes Health Ranger's Mike Adams, in an exposé on Newsom’s treasonous acts. "It’s part of a massive money laundering operation to funnel money to China, so that China can funnel money and weapons back to Newsom in preparation for the civil war that they’re launching.”
Newsom is facilitating the transfer of weapons and ammunition from China to the United States, where much of it is being stored at the Easy End Complex in Sacramento. Pallets upon pallets of Chinese munitions are being stockpiled right under our nose, thanks to Newsom and his global cronies who are working feverishly to subdue America under a communistic one-world government.
“Essentially, Gov. Newsom has been stockpiling weapons and ammo in preparation for a civil war that he’s been helping to make reality,” notes the Health Ranger, who further points out how this coincides with Barack Obama’s infamous vision concerning the future of America:
“We cannot continue to rely on our military in order to achieve the national security objectives that we’ve set … We’ve got to have a civilian national security force that’s just as powerful, just as strong, just as well-funded.” — Barack Obama
For it doesn't take a learned person to see that this crisis mushroomed when the churches were ordered shut, and who ordered the churches shut in California but Gavin Newsom!
Fervent public prayer — especially the Mass and Rosary — is our only recourse for victory, which is why the Communists have worked so hard to keep the churches closed. They know they can't succeed with their plan if America is on its knees. This is the positive side to this and one that should be contemplated. It's fail-proof, so America should swing the church doors open and use the churches for public prayer that the doors of peace might remain open to us.
The saints tell us that the devils must flee at the sound of prayer, so we should take courage in knowing that we can drive these political devils and their satanic Grand Masters from our midst by simply uniting in prayer against the common enemy of God.
End of Secular Turkey: Turkish Court Bulldozes Way to Islamic Services in Hagia Sofia
Edit: in a move that has been developing for some time, Turkey is going to continue to become increasingly Islamic, while the rest of the West becomes more secular. Nature abhors a vacuum but no one is even seriously considering retaking Constantinople.
Deus Vult!!
A Turkish court has revoked the Byzantine-era Hagia Sophia's status as a museum, paving the way for it to be converted into a mosque as desired by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. The building was once a cathedral.
A top Turkish court ruled Friday that the 1934 conversion of the Hagia Sophia into a museum was unlawful.
It canceled a 1934 cabinet decision and ruled that the UNESCO World Heritage site should be reopened to Muslim worship. The decision was in line with the Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s calls to turn the site into a mosque despite international criticism. The United States and Orthodox Christian leaders are among those that have not approved of the decision.
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Italians Refuse to Wear Stupid Masks — It’s a Hoax!
[Zero Hedge] Hundreds of Italian demonstrators gathered in Rome’s Piazza del Popolo on Tuesday, ditching their masks in a protest against the Italian government’s lockdown restrictions aimed at controlling the spread of COVID-19.
The group, which calls themselves the ‘Orange Vests,’ is led by retired Carabinieri general Antonio Pappalardo, who doesn’t believe children should be made to wear masks, according to TIME.
Refusing to wear a mask himself, Pappalardo said “These lungs mine. I will take care of my lungs. Breathing is sacred.”
Elsewhere in Rome, opposition leaders, including League Party chief Matteo Salvini, marched on Tuesday to demand that the government resign.
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Psst!
Thursday, July 9, 2020
Francis Self-Censors Himself on Hong Kong
(Rome) The western left stages a “Black Lives Matter” grotesque, but cannot find a word to describe the situation in Hong Kong. And Pope Francis is doing the same.
Il sismografo is a half-official press review, which is located somewhere between the Vaticanistic Press Office and State Secretariat and headed by the Chilean Luis Badilla. Its contacts are correspondingly good. Badilla published Pope Francis' entire address to Angelus yesterday - albeit prematurely. But first, the text as it appears on the side of the sismografo had been published:
“Vatican: After the Angelus, Pope Francis speaks about the situation in Hong Kong. He calls for respect for freedom, dialogue and a consensual search for problem solving.
Text of the Pope's address.
Situation in Hong Kong
In these recent times, I have followed the development of the complex situation in Hong Kong with special attention and not without worry, and above all I wish to express my warm closeness to all residents of that territory. In the current context, the topics covered are undoubtedly delicate and affect everyone's lives; therefore it is understandable if there is a pronounced sensitivity in this regard. I therefore hope that everyone involved will be able to tackle the various problems with the spirit of far-sighted wisdom and authentic dialogue. This requires courage, humility, non-violence and respect for the dignity and rights of all. I also raise my voice that social life, and especially religious life, can express itself in full and genuine freedom, as is otherwise provided for in various international documents. With my constant prayer I accompany the entire Catholic community and the people of good will in Hong Kong so that together they can build a prosperous and harmonious society. ”
As far as the text of the relevant experts of the Vatican Secretariat of State for the speech after yesterday's Angelus prepared and advance about the embargo had been forwarded to the sismografo, who then published it prematurely. Because everything turned out differently.
In his speech Francis said nothing about Hong Kong. He didn't even mention the former British crown colony. The post on the sismografo was quickly deleted. The eagerness to publish, however, allows a look behind the scenes. It became apparent that Francis was self-censoring against the Communist authorities in the People's Republic of China. The Beijing regime is gradually reducing the special status of Hong Kong. This small zone of freedom in the "Middle Kingdom" is to be removed, which also plays a central role not least for the Catholics. It's no coincidence now that the current Bishop Emeritus of Hong Kong, Cardinal Joseph Zen, for many years the gray eminence of the Chinese underground Church and raising his dauntless voice against the new Ostpolitik of the Holy See under Francis. Overall, this is characterized by self-censorship.
A statement by the Vatican press office as to why the text was changed has not yet been issued. It coincides with the silence of the global and especially the otherwise hyperactive western left when it comes to the Communist People's Republic of China.
Black Lives Matter distorts a single case into a fictitious race problem, igniting an anti-white racism and an iconoclastic assault on Western history.
Given the viral zeal for which the irrational "Black Lives Matter" - complete with humiliating genuflections- supported fully by Pope Francis - his silence on the real situation in Hong Kong is downright spooky.
In the former case, the global left is against US President Donald Trump, in the latter case a Communist regime is spared embarrassment. The Wall Street Journal has named Pope Francis immediately after the election of Donald Trump as the world left's new leader, while Curia Bishop Marcelo Sanchez Sorondo, the political arm of the Pope, who praised the Communist regime in Beijing as the world's best exemplar of the Church's social doctrine.
All of this has existed since the Bolshevik October Revolution of 1917. The political left appears to be largely neither willing nor able to learn. What is new is that the Holy See behaves like an integral part of it.
Text: Giuseppe Nardi
image: Il sismografo / Vatican.va (screenshots)
Trans: Tancred vekron99@hotmail.com
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Benedikt Egli: "The Faith is Evaporated, Vaporized, Dissipated" Especially in Catholic Schools
Benedikt Egli: “Evaporated, Vaporized, Dissipated. The Change in Religious Formation at Catholic University Preparatory Schools in German-Speaking Switzerland Between 1960 and 1980 ”.
Linz (kath.net) Many "Catholic schools" did not survive the Post-Conciliar period. There were various reasons for this: explosively increased costs for schools and University Preparatory, the decline in religious orders and the increase in those leaving religious life, above all the evaporation of the Catholic faith.
The secondary and high school teacher Benedikt Egli, who has several years of experience in school and boarding school, has published a book on the educational history of Catholic boarding schools in German-speaking Switzerland. Under the title "Evaporated, Vaporized, Dissipated," he examines the "change in religious imprint" between 1960 and 1980. His observations are likely to be important for the entire German-speaking world.
Egli documents and analyzes in 160 pages an extremely interesting period in the developmental history of Catholic boarding schools. We all know that the Catholic religion changed [sic] a lot between 1960 and 1980. This is also evident in the area of education. Because the “religious stamp of Catholic boarding schools” has undergone a major change.
Readers can learn themselves of the detailed work and take note of what has happened in known and less well-known boarding schools in Switzerland in the period of just twenty years. To this end, he studied sources intensively and evaluated interviews with eyewitnesses and questionnaires. Information at the end of the book is provided by a comprehensive list of sources and literature as well as an appendix with many tables.
The Faith is "Evaporated, Vaporized, Dissipated". Indicators of Egli's allegations are the signs of dissolution in the Catholic Church, the massive decline in attendance at Sunday Mass with the almost total loss of Mass participants, the disappearance of the confessional, the sharp decline in religious vocations, the increasingly insidious lack of understanding of confessional differences, as well as the loss of the Church's influence in the modern world, especially its loss in terms of sexual morality. All of this is also reflected in the events at University Preparatory Schools. Were educators and teachers witnesses to the faith or were they perhaps not even Catholic? Also admitting the opposite sex, the changes both in religious education and in other areas of school religious education; - Egli tried to fathom all of this and presented it in his book.
Benedikt Egli's conclusion is more than sobering: the religious character has evaporated and dissipated; "The schools went through an internal secularization, a denominationalization and a liberalization".
Emanuele Ferrario Founder of Radio Maria Has Died
In a first statement, the Rev. Kocher/Program Director of radio horeb paid tribute to the merits and unique personality of the late founding president.
Balderschwang (kath.net/Radio Horeb) The founding president of Radio Maria, Italy and founding President of the Radio Maria World Family, Emanuele Ferrario, died on Wednesday at the age of 90. For decades, Ferrario has led the fortunes of Radio Maria Italy and the Radio Maria World Family, to which radio horeb belongs. Until recently, Ferrario was the acting President of Radio Maria Italy.
There are now Radio Maria stations in over 80 countries. At the end of the 1980s, Ferrario was encouraged by Pope John Paul II's call to use the modern media for the proclamation of the Christian faith, to found Radio Maria in Erba in northern Italy. In this, laymen and priests set out to spread the Gospel over the radio.
Emanule Ferrario saw this as the recipe for success of Radio Maria, which is heard daily by millions of listeners worldwide, with a particular focus on prayer and catechesis. Ferrario focused in particular on the transmission of Holy Mass.
Program director of radio horeb, the Rev. Dr. Richard Kocher paid tribute in an initial statement in the evening to the merits and unique personality of the late founding president. Kocher: "May the Lord give him eternal rest and recompense him all his merits and his commitment to the work of the Mother of God."
Wednesday, July 8, 2020
Tuesday, July 7, 2020
First Alex Jones, then E. Michael Jones...
RIP Jean Raspail
[Chronicles]
The great and good French novelist and thinker Jean Raspail died on June 13, three weeks short of his 95th birthday. I was deeply saddened by the news, although at his age it was to be expected. It is ironic that he succumbed to the COVID-19 virus, the product and totemic symbol of our age and the globalized world, both of which he loathed with a passion.
His bookcase-lined study felt a tad melancholy when I entered it, for the first and only time, in the summer of 1993, courtesy of General Pierre Gallois. It brightened soon enough with the host’s easy bonhomie, single malt Scotch (that was a surprise, I expected cognac), strong tobacco, and lively conversation. Raspail did not look very French to me. He seemed the embodiment of a Nordic patrician with his military mustache, a regular and austere face, a straight and remarkably slim figure. He was 68 at the time and looked 10 years younger. He evoked the image of ancient warriors whose blond hair turned red in the light of the Hyperborean campfires.
I was an awed 38-year-old aficionado, having read The Camp of the Saints in English translation some years previously. It was one of the few books that profoundly marked me for the rest of my days, on par with Dostoevsky’s Demons, Malaparte’s Kaputt, Céline’s Journey to the End of the Night and Carl Schmitt’s Political Theology.
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