Edit: this Swiss Bishop has been struggling with the Modernists who dominate the administrative and financial structures of his Diocese. They haven't managed to run him out like they've done before, but they have managed to render him and his office almost ineffective in the opinion of the following article.
That is the reality: Catholic Bishops sit on their thrones and can't do anything. The Church is under the knout of the secularized Old Liberals, who have have the media bosses to thank for their power.
Bishop Vitus Hounder
(kreuz.net) Bishop Vitus Huonder of Church has beaten a pitiful retreat.
Against an earlier statement, he now says he will not ordain or educate Seminarians in the Old Rite.
The press speaker, Giusseppe Gracia, said this yesterday in a press release.
Msgr Huonder will send Traditional Seminarians on to Traditional Institutes.
The decision has its advantages.
Because then only modern Seminarians will be poisoned in the 'Theologische Hochschule' [An Advanced Theological Program] , which is infested by the Church's enemies, at the behest of the Bishop.
Two Personal Parishes
Msgr Huonder is promising the Traditionalists a consolation prize.
He wants that two Traditional Communities in the Cantons of Schwyz and Zurich -- which have lasted for more than two decades already -- will be made into Personal Parishes.
The press release has to point out, though, that these exist as "de facto" parishes as such.
The Bishop promises to send personnel, "as the demand requires". That will be simple for him to accomplish as well. For in the Old Rite there is no priest shortage.
Msgr Huonder explains that the Traditionalists in the Diocese of Church will have plenty of opportunities in the future, to celebrate the "celebration of the Divine Service" in the Old Rite.
That is admittedly a formulation which hails from the Old Liberal self-promotions Liturgy.
In the Christian Divine Service the Priest is the celebrant of the Divine Service. The faithful take part at it.
The Conciliar Church has thrown Holy Communion to the dogs: Now they must live with it.
(kreuz.net) A motorcyle blessing with Holy Mass will take place on the Simplon-Pass on the 1st of May.
The Pass connects the south-west Swiss Canton Wallis with Italy.
According to a report from the Swiss newspaper 'Blick', the occasion of the Motorcycle Friends is "almost holy already".
Moto Mass
It will be organized by the Moto-Club of Simplon and will have been taking place for its 25th occasion this year.
About 4500 bikers appear every year for the event.
In the past years there was a New Mass said by the Old Liberal homosexual ideologue, Pastor Charly Weissen.
Fr. Weissen likes to appear there as the top dog -- most of all in his bike gear.
He wears earrings and a handlebar mustache.
A natural consequence of Communion in the Hand
This years bicycle blessing happens "under a bad star" -- lamented 'Blick' yesterday.
This is because the secular priest, Paul Martone of Brig, celebrated the divine service last year -- and was appalled.
At the news daily, 'Walliser Bote' he called the affair an "unworthy spectacle".
Why?: Many cyclists received the Host with a cigarette between their fingers.
There was also alcohol being consumed during the Eucharistic celebration.
One visitor tried to get seven Hosts.
From these sacrileges, Father Martone drew his own conclusions and wants to be saying only a liturgy of the word.
But NO, the Legend must Continue
Actually, the Moto-Club Simplon has no such concern:
"For more than a thousand visitors the participation of a few people, don't rate to have themselves receive anything more than the highest Liturgy in the Church" -- said the club president appealingly for 'Blick'.
During the Service at Simplon, there's a 'disciplined quiet".
One request on the website of the Club made the point that over ninety percent of the members want a Mass.
For that reason the Club itself is seeking a willing priest.
He should be ready to give a simpl "Mass exhibition [sic]" on the Simplon.
The president will be heard to say, tellingly, that one is also desirous of a "supper".
The Archbishop of Chur, Switzerland is being attacked by his Deans. The tax church has been screaming for his dismissal. This looks like a contest of wills with the tax-administrators trying to run the traditional Bishop out of town. They don't like that he's going to be serious about having the Immemorial Mass of All Ages said. They don't like his attitude, but that's about all they can do, because there appears to be no move to get rid of him and no interest in Rome for replacing him either. Actually, when the Cardinal of Vienna does terrible things and his laity cry out to Rome, they don't do anything there either.
There's a petition you can sign, here. There are also two other stories on this blog, here and here.
All Deans are Against the Church Bishop
Swizterland: All fourteen Deans int the Diocese of Church have attacked Bishop Vitus Huonder in a press release yesterday. This is according to 'Radio Vatican'. The Deans have complained that the Bishop -- in sight of unrest in the Diocese -- has canceled the next Meeting of the Priest Council and of the Council of Lay Theologians. The Deacons insist that Msgr Huonder, revoke his order "as soon as possible" and hold these senseless Advisory Boards.
Editor: The traditional friendly Bishop of Chur is attempting to defend his position against the counter diocese, the bureaucratic councils that control the Church tax. He's going to Rome to defend the firing of a controversial his seminary rector. According to kreuz.net, one of the flash points between the two Bishops was the Old Mass. +Huonder is a strong advocate for the Mass of All Ages.
Will the Bishop Himself Resign?
The explosion of the Chur resignation has reached the Congregation of Bishops. There one learns: The slightest problems make Bishops who can't stop the decline.
(kreuz.net) Yesterday morning Bishop Vitus Huonder (68) of Chur directed comments to his fellow bishops, priests, deacons and pastoral assistants in an e-mail.
The letter stands in connection with the most recent resignation of the Rector of the Chur Seminary and General Vicar for the Canton of Graubünden.
"I sense there is great sense of dismay regarding the events of the last days in the entire Diocese" -- explained the Bishop: "I agree with that at this point too".
There have been different levels of "injury" that have taken place in the last months which had at once resulted in dismissal.
Msgr Huonder maintains that the Diocesan leadership has not succeeded in giving a "picture of unity" in this situation.
The Bishop did not mince words: "In the current hour I ask myself, what is to be done."
He has already contacted the Apostolic Nuncio, Archbishop Francesco Canalini (74) and asked for advice.
He has even received an appointment in Rome:
"I will then have the opportunity to come to together with the Prefect of the Bishops Congregation in order to discuss the situation."
Msgr Huonder has pointed out that this is "not for the expediency" of the Chur "Old Liberal" priest council or the not more precisely "Council of Lay Female Theologettes, Lay Theologians and Deacons" to use this as an opportunity to engage in a palaver.
He wants to solicit the Roman Council in this case:
"I wanted to consult antecedently with the Congregation for Clergy about what I have undertaken in the given circumstances and will make known then about any further actions."
In conclusion he cited a word from Pope John Paul II († 2005)from his book, "Memory and Identity":
"What does forgiveness mean, if it does not call on the good which is greater than any evil."
Msgr Huonder invites everyone, "to see the good that is always and manifold and to appreciate the
the interconnectedness."
Editor: As he's trying to get his Diocese in order and free it from the lay apparatus which controls the purse strings, he's just recently accepted the resignation of his Seminary rector, Ernst Fuchs and has been denied a replacement for the next Auxiliary Bishop. This doesn't "violate any Church law".
Huonder described in the interview how much power criticisms of his person cost, where he wants to lead the faithful of his Diocese and how capable he is for his office. Of course, he was eager to defend the Immemorial Mass as well in his interview with 'Sudostschweiz" on Sunday, here's a partial translation, h/t kreuznet; but he's never been shy about that:
The education of priests who will read the Mass in Latin, is not a sign of a conservative outlook. "I work integratively in these cases", he said in the interview this Sunday. After all it will be forbidden the current Mass in the vernacular in return; the old Rite deals almost like a second upgrade of the offering.
"In this case I want to act integratively", he said in his interview with 'Sudostschweiz on Sunday". He concluded by saying that he wouldn't abolish the Mass in the vernacular.
Huonder is further convinced that the refusal of a second Auxiliary Bishop will lead to calm the situation in the Diocese of Church. A "large weight" has fallen from his shoulders now that the solution had been possible, he explained.
Editor: some may recall the Bishop designate's controversial ideas. Too bad it won't be an indefinite postponement. Not only is there a disaster in his coming, but he's a disaster too, read here.
On the Ursen Cathedral in Solothurn, where Felix Gmür is to be consecrated Bishop, has been the subject of an arson attack.
Basel (kath.net/KAP) The consecration of the new Basel Diocesan Bishop Felix Gmür may have to be postponed. The reason for this is arson on the baroque St. Ursen Cathedral in Solothurn, the seat of the Bishops of Basel.
A 61 year old "Church hater" Andreas Z had put two gasoline cans near the high altar, poured them out and ignited them. The fire department brought the fire quickly under control, in any case there is substantial damage. Carbon will be a great part of the interiors damage.
Cathedral Rector Paul Rutz appeared very affected by the attack for his interview with the online edition of the Swiss daily "Blick", above all, because in eleven days the Episcopal Consecration is to take place. "It looks bad", says Rutz.
The problem is not only the carbon particles all over the Cathedral, rather the film of oil, which must have settled over everything, said Rutz: "What is not clear: the organ is not going to be playable for the 16th of January." That is in any case not necessary for the Episcopal Consecration. "If they decide in any case on Solothun, they can order a mobile organ," said the Cathedral Rector.
In case the Episcopal Ordination is not to take place in Solothurn, the Cathedral will have to be closed to the public for some time. One would in this case want to do a complete cleaning and not only the traces of the arson attack, said Rutz. The damages run from about 600.000 Franks (480.000 Euro).
Currently there is still an investigation in progress, which involve the possibility of using other churches for the Episcopal Consecration, says Rutz: "They must be big enough, have enough parking preparted, the infrastructure must be convenient as well." The decision where the Consecration will take place will be made by Thursday.
Gmür steps in to replace his successor Cardinal Kurt Koch, who has been since July an "Ecumenical Minister" in the Vatican.
The ruling against new Minarets was greeted in the world press with horror and the almost universal cry of a return to Hitler and "fascist" from the editorial page of every newspaper in the world. Now the UDC has voted for the deportation of foreign criminals and that same press is up in arms again, although there is still much talk about the guilt of white victims, it cites the issue from Daoudal blog, here:
The Swiss people approved, by a majority of votes (52.9%) in a majority of cantons (20 out of 26), the UDC's proposition on the automatic expulsion of foreign criminals.
Meanwhile, Newt Gingrich has further cemented his contact with Hispanic voters by his own conciliatory approach to immigration, and Catholicism. [He converted to Catholicism recently]
But other politicians aren't so conciliatory. It's a real problem, especially in dealing with the Muslims as one Austrian politician here vehemently declares:
LUCERNE, Switzerland, October 29, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) - Some Roman Catholic parishes in the central Swiss city of Lucerne caused an uproar by participating in a state-sponsored campaign in which condoms, bearing the slogan "protect thy neighbor as thyself," were handed out to teenagers.
When the group organizing the campaign issued a media release, headlines around the world carried the claim that the Catholic Church in Switzerland is distributing condoms as part of World Mission Sunday events.
The packages of condoms were printed with the slogan, "Forgetting can be infectious - Protect yourself and your fellow man." The packages were signed, "Catholic Church of Lucerne." A spokesman for the group, Florian Flohr, told media, "We needed something to appeal to people who wouldn't dream of talking to the church about that kind of issue."
First the old liberal fat cats set an Anti-Catholic revolution loose. Then they complain that they have been lumped in with the revolution.
[kreuz.net, Chur] Bishop Vitus Huonder (68) of Chur has been canonically, practically driven out of half of his diocese by non-designated community consultants.
For the notorious church-hate journalist Michael Meier there is no reason to raise the hue and cry in the Zurich regional paper 'Tagesanzeiger'.
Behind the decision there is a yearlong battle between the Zurich State-Church, which controls the Church-Tax, and the Bishop of Chur.
The battle escalated, as the Church-Tax Board adopted an Anti-Catholic church measure.
There it reads: "No priest can be selected as pastor, the Church Community selects the Deacon, the assistant pastoral leader person with the function to direct the community for a term of three years."
The Bishop Strikes Back
Msgr Huonder has actually replaced these illegal regulations now through a new "Guidelines for Sacristies".
They dismiss -- in agreement with Church law -- lay theologians and community leaders.
Simultaneously the Bishop wants more Parishes bound to their sacristies according to the German Model by 2018.
This direction will supersede proposals by the Bishop and also of the community elected pastors.
Those assigned to the Sacristy as employees and princely rewarded lay theologians will be called in the new concept "Pastoral Assistants".
They will be exclusively named by the Bishop or his successor.
"The popular vote is not required" -- cried Meier.
The Strategy of the Fat Cats
Markus Arnold -- an earlier State-Church fat cat in Zurich -- may whine to the 'Tagesanzeiger' and threatens to take legal steps against the Bishop.
Actually, a Zuricher Judge of the Canton Government waves this aside: "Bishop Huonder does according to canon law probably what, what he wants, even if it goes against Church Order."
In reality the tinkering of the Church Order stands in contradiction to worldwide Church Law.
The Jurist propose that the Zurich State Church might select pastoral assistant persons as community leaders independently of the Bishop and in opposition to Church Law.
Speaker Makes Plain
Bishop Huonder's communication's director, Prelate Christoph Casetti, cited Meier's article in his statement for the 'Tagesanzeiger'.
The Bishop has not allowed for any right of election in his "Guideline for Sacristies": "That happens time and again after votes that developments carry on running" -- avowed the Prelate.
It will come sooner than later to Priest selection, because there is "not a large selection" any longer.
The Parishes would rather select a Pastor, because they must share with other communities.
Naturally, a Reformed lay preacher doesn't believe in the Eucharist. Never the less, the old liberal Gaga-Priest brought him to receive and distribute communion.
[kreuz.net, Bern] On Swiss Thank-, Penance- and Prayer Day, which occurs on 19th of September, Father Gregor Tolusso (45) held a ceremony with the Reform Minister, Manfred Stuber, at the Trinity church in Bern.
The Liturgical Abuse was carried live by "Swiss Television".
Stuber is the leader of the Reformed Holy-Ghost-Church in Bern. The Trinity Parish is the largest community in the Diocese of Basel.
Sacrilege in the light of day
The protestant handled the preaching after the Consecration. Lay preachers are expressly forbidden during a New Mass.
For the Canon Father Tolusso used a text which he'd prepared himself. He even broke the Host before the Consecration.
At the Our Father the Reform Minister and driveled something about "freedom in diversity".
After the kiss of peace Father Tolusso said: "Whoever has heard and agrees with the invitation of Jesus to come to his table, as we have just prayed, may receive Communion."
After that, the Priest gave the Reform Minister Communion. The has been cut out of the video by "Swiss Television".
It is clearly visible, how the Reformed received the Chalice with the Blood of Christ.
Stuber took the Chalice and acted as a Eucharistic Minister in the choir area.
Later Stuber grabbed a ciborium and served communion in the hand to the Mass visitors.
Secular Priest makes bad for the camera
After the New Mass Father Tolusso and Stuber gave a common interview to 'Swiss Television'.
The secular Priest, Tolusso, presented himself for the interview in chasuble and stole.
Stuber explained to the camera that this is the first time he'd ever celebrated a New Mass (neugläubigen).
Father Tolusso published the lie that the lay preaching, which is forbidden, "is not a new form".
The ecumenical abuse is, according to him, a "long tradition".
Father Tolusso mentioned Stuber's predecessors during his preaching for the Eucharistic Celebration.
At least the Reformed [Minister] was honorable
In the next year the Pastor will celebrate the protestant "Lord's Supper" on Penance and Bed Day in the Reformed church.
He'll have to present a sermon for this event.
Fr. Tolusso maintains, in any case, that there are "differences" with the Reformed "Christians". As examples he named the Papacy, the Hierarchy and the understanding of the Sacraments.
But then, the clueless Pastor said: "If a Reformed Christian can say 'yes' to a Christian understanding, then he can participate in the Catholic Eucharist."
"Is he then still Reformed" -- asked the moderator and turned to the Reformed Minister.
Stuber explained, that he could not consent to the Catholic understanding of the Eucharist. He understands the Lord's Supper as only symbolic: "I don't see Christ. I see bread."
Better to part company than be wishy washy
In conversation Fr Tolusso there was mentioned several times a supposed "separation".
He discovered a -- dishonorable-- "Consensus theology, which has come about in the last ten years," right. He would not want only to be considered to be separated "by a theology of dissent" -- he droned:
"The greatest tragedy is separation and not the Eucharistic hospitality."
What he misappropriates: The separation is based in the Protestant denial of the Holy Mass.
Father Tolusso also understands the new Mass (neugläubige Eucharistie) as a "symbol of community".
The Eucharist may not be used "for dividing" -- he said, without implying a massive attack against the Protestants.
The reception of Communion without the Catholic Faith is something he sees as the allgeded "sustenance on the way to unity".
The state of health of the Diocesan Bishop of Lausanne, Genf and Freiburg has gotten worse.
Genf-Freiburg (kath.net) The state of health of the Diocesan Bishop of Lausann, Genf and Freibur has become worse. The diocese made a statement on Monday. it read: "I would like to all understand that the health of the Bishop Monseigneur Bernard Genoud, Diocesean Bishop of Lausanne, Genf and Freiburg, has gotten much worse in the last hours. It has not been decided whether he will go to meet his maker and Savior. In the mean time, we must accompany him with our prayers and thoughts. Pray at this time for all the sick, so that they may be saved by their faith in God and love for their fellows, supporting them in their suffering."
This ex-Nuntio despises [1] the direction the Papacy is going under Benedict's leadership, particularly in regard to his recent naming of the conservative Archbishop Leonard as the new Primate of Belgium [2]. Considering the Archbishop's steady hand in the face of secularist criticism and a lawsuit by homosexuals, it does give some indication of the reason for the Nuntio's hostility to the appointment.
[Translation from Kathnet]Karl-Josef Rauber is the Nuntio emeritus of Switzerland and openly violates the papal silence "Sub secreto pontificio" in conjunction with Episcopal appointments.
In a firey interview, which appeared in the last edition of the Italian paper, "Ill Regno",the German Archbishop Karl-Josef Rauber, till just recently the Apostolic Nuncio in Belgium and Luxemburg, turned with harsh criticisms against his superior and countryman, Joseph Ratzinger.
"For anyone, who has the occupation of the Office of the Papacy, it's no small thing." said the experienced Vaticanist, Sandro Magister, in the Italian paper, "L'Espresso" in a related commentary.
His intention to criticize the Pope has deep roots; they go back to the time when Ratzinger was a professor in Regensburg and Rauber was sent by him, to be engaged in his behalf in Rome. Archbishop Rauber's intention then was to challenge his conservative disposition.
The position worsened as Rauber became Nuntio in Switzerland. He complained in the interview, that the then Cardinal-Prefect of the Congregation of the Faith had denounced him "four times" to the Secretary of State, because he was openly criticizing the discipline of celibacy and had spoken poorly of some Bishops.
Like windup automatons, these lunchroom Lenins at the Swiss Bishops Conference have been roused to play their divisive role for globular harmony in the face of Switzerland's auto-immune response against the evils of Islam. Either the Swiss Bishops are eager to please their Masters or they have been effectively conditioned to be hostile to their own motherland. These kinds of divided loyalties are commonplace, for example, a recent poll taken of Vatican Employees showed a clear Obama majority. Will someone put these dinosaurs to pasture and replace them with younger, orthodox men?
We look with hope that some day, real Bishops will come from the Monasteries to replace these men who are more like grocery store managers than prelates.
By John Thavis, Catholic News Service
VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- The bishops of Switzerland said the country's ban on the construction of minarets, the Muslim prayer towers, represents an obstacle to interreligious harmony.
The ban aggravates interfaith tensions and could have negative repercussions on Christian minorities in Muslim countries, the bishops said in a statement Nov. 29.
The prohibition was adopted by Swiss voters in a referendum that passed with a 58 percent majority. There are about 150 mosques in Switzerland serving some 400,000 Muslims; only four have minarets and, unlike in Islamic countries, they are not used to call Muslims to prayer.
The bishops said the referendum campaign, promoted by right-wing parties, had used exaggeration and caricature, and demonstrated that "religious peace does not operate by itself and always needs to be defended."
"The decision of the people represents an obstacle and a great challenge on the path of integration in dialogue and mutual respect," the bishops said. Banning the building of minarets "increases the problems of coexistence between religions and cultures," they said.
The bishops said the measure "will not help the Christians oppressed and persecuted in Islamic countries, but will weaken the credibility of their commitment in these countries."
Swiss authorities said after the vote that the four existing minarets would be allowed to stand, and that there was no ban on the construction of new mosques.
